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Reason, Compassion, Technology: A Libertarian Take on Abortion
Whose Life is it Anyway?
Commentary from the Libertarian Opinionizer
This is one article in which you get the opportunity to read the conclusion first.
A libertarian who accepts the non-aggression principle can be morally pro-life or morally pro-choice but cannot forcibly impose that morality on another. But a whole person must be both rational and compassionate.
Libertarians are just as split on the issue of abortion as everyone else. That shouldn't surprise anyone since libertarians are individuals, not a bunch of groupthink conformists. But most of their arguments, pro and con, fall flat because they seldom make the argument they should: Defining their terms correctly and then applying the Non-Aggression Principle rationally and compassionately.
The real issue isn't about the rights of the mother versus the rights of the unborn because rights, properly understood, based on nature and reality, never conflict. The real issue is about self-ownership. Either one owns oneself or one doesn't. There is no in-between.
Pro-Choice AND Pro-Life
Pro Reason and Pro Personal Responsibility
As all other decent people, libertarians should absolutely acknowledge and empathize with the emotional and psychological realities of pregnancy, and they should absolutely be aware of other people's religious and philosophical positions concerning abortion.
Further, libertarians should also be respectful of everyone's individual freedom and personal responsibility. Libertarians should never be control freaks who assume to dictate to others what they can or cannot do with someone else's internal bodily functions.
There is no doubt that emotions, and especially compassion, are absolutely essential to human beings. Without positive emotions people aren't whole; they're damaged, incomplete beings we know as psychopaths or sociopaths. But that doesn't justify substituting emotions where reason must be paramount.
Life is a process, not an instant flash of light. A seed becomes a shoot, putting down roots and putting up a tiny stem and leaves before it blooms as a flower. An acorn becomes a sprout in the process of becoming an oak tree. A larva goes through a pupa stage before a mosquito emerges. A caterpillar marks time in a cocoon before it transforms into a butterfly.
Emotion Versus Reason
Human Fetus vs. Human Child
In a similar process, after a sperm has fertilized an egg, and the egg spends nine months in a womb developing as a fetus totally dependent on its mother for its very existence, the fetus becomes an individual fully-functioning human being by emerging from the womb, taking its first breath of air with its own lungs and is released from the dependency of the mother's womb.
No one calls a seed a flower. No one calls an acorn an oak tree. No one calls a larva a mosquito. No one calls a caterpillar a butterfly. No one calls a fertilized human egg a human baby. The term "unborn child" is an oxymoron; a fetus is "unborn," a child is "born." Rational definitions are paramount to a rational discussion.
There are reasons why these different words exist. They help us to identify the different stages in the process by which life emerges from life.
Abortion is also not an issue of "When does human life begin?" Life, again, is a process. Life doesn't begin at conception and it doesn't begin at birth.
Life begins at life.
An actively living sperm and an actively living egg must unite to begin a new life. But where do the live sperm and live egg come from? They come from already living humans, who came from already living humans, who came from already living humans, and so on backwards into the primordial beginnings of humanity. Religions and origin myths aside, nobody actually knows when or how human life began.
So the issue is not "when does life begin," the issue is when the life of a specific individual human being begins. Calling a human sperm, a human egg, a fertilized human egg, a human fetus a "baby" or a "human being" is an emotional distinction. The entire process must complete successfully for there to be a human being.
Just as no one calls a fertilized human egg a human being no one at the end of the human life cycle calls a lifeless human being "human." The former human being may be called a "corpse" or a "cadaver" or a "carcass" or a "body" or "earthly remains" but not properly a "human being."
The deceased is a former human being just as a fetus is a potential human being.
So why, besides emotion, should the beginning, developing and ending stages of a human fetus be called a "human being" when only the freely living functioning individual entity is the actual "human being?"
Don't Berate, Cooperate!
Respecting Ideas, Rejecting Coercion
Every individual has a right to believe anything he or she wishes to believe. The emotional desire to think of a developing human fetus slowly growing inside a human womb, totally dependent on oxygen and nutrients from its mother, is perfectly natural and eminently admirable.
What no person has a right to do is to forcibly impose one's own beliefs on another. If the fetus is not your fetus, not in your womb, not in your body, it is none of your business beyond your personal opinion.
When the fetus successfully completes its journey from fertilized egg to living, breathing, functioning individual human being that new human being is fully entitled to the same rights as all other living, breathing, functioning individual human beings.
The non-aggression principle against coercion along with the right of self-ownership, self-defense and defense of others applies. A "right," after all, is a right only if it applies to all living human beings equally.
Calling a fetus "human" only identifies the fetus as a "human fetus" rather than the fetus of some other living thing. Otherwise the fetus is still a fetus no matter what some people choose to call it.
Note also that even though many people call an unborn fetus a baby no one calls a newborn baby a fetus. They know the difference and acknowledge that difference, whether consciously or not. The baby is a newborn human being, not a newborn fetus.
While the fetus is in the womb in a woman's body that fetus is absolutely nobody's business other than that specific woman. Her life is her life. Her body is her body. Her womb is her womb. Her fetus is her fetus. Even the man who supplied the sperm has no right to compel the woman to do anything one way or another concerning the fetus for the simple reason that the fetus is not in his womb in his body as a part of his life. He can express his wishes but cannot impose them on her.
Where Pro-Choice and Pro-Life should meet
There is No Escape from Reason
James Silberman at "The Federalist," a conservative website, attempts to state the libertarian anti-abortion case in his article titled "Why All Libertarians Should Be Pro-Life."
It should be noted first that nowhere in his article does he call the fetus a fetus. He always uses terms like "human," "person," "individual," and "preborn child."
Refusing to call a spade a spade, a rose a rose, a fetus a fetus is an argument from emotion. It's a rejection of A is A, the "Law of Identity" first described by Aristotle and emphatically restated by Ayn Rand. To reject A is A is to believe that something is not what it is.
What Silberman does get right is this:
"There are two, and only two, possible sources of our freedoms. Either they come from the state's generosity, in which case the state can rightfully confiscate them, or they are naturally assigned to each of us through being human, in which case they are inalienable and cannot rightfully be confiscated by the state."
But then he throws in a third source of our rights. "None of us are God. None of us gets to assign or withhold the inalienable rights to life and liberty from anyone else" and further complains that "libertarians, conservatives, and all kinds of small-government advocates are losing the battle for the soul of the country."
This is an argument from faith, not from reason.
But that isn't all. Silberman goes on to—apparently unknowingly—commit a major contradiction. He quotes Ron Paul as saying "Everybody has an absolute equal right as an individual, and it comes to them naturally." But he identifies the fetus as an individual. Isn't the pregnant woman also an individual whose absolute equal right came to her naturally?
How can the rights of a pregnant woman and the rights of a fetus in her womb both be absolute? Logically, they cannot be. It's like asking what happens when an unstoppable force impacts an immovable object.
The only escape from this logical contradiction is to invoke A is A by properly identifying the fetus as a fetus and the pregnant woman as a pregnant woman who in fact has the absolute right to her own body, her own womb and her own fetus. From the Oxford Dictionary:
Absolute NOUN Philosophy
1 A value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things.
1.1 the absolute Something that exists without being dependent on anything else.
The value or principle of the "rights" of a fetus cannot logically be "absolute" since the fetus and therefore its "rights" must be viewed in relation to other things, such as the fact that it resides inside the womb inside the body of, and is dependent upon, a person who has, by her very nature of being human, the absolute right to her own body, her own womb and her own fetus.
Generation Ultimate?
Hope for a Libertarian Future
What both Choice and Life libertarians can agree on is that Choicers should stop accepting tax money forcibly redistributed from people's pockets—including the pockets of Lifers—to fund their Planned Parenthood operations, and Choicers should stop supporting laws that would criminalize the way pregnant women use their own bodies.
Further, both sides should stop using pregnant women as tug-of-war trophies in their political battles. Both childbirth and abortion—and let's not forget miscarriages, stillbirths, premature births, serious birth defects and other unwanted complications—can have overwhelming emotional, ethical, moral, spiritual, physical, psychological, medical, economic, cultural and social issues that both sides can help to cope with if they just work together with compassion; the left with their focus on feelings-based concern and the right with their focus on rational problem-solving.
Politicalized abortion ceases to be about abortion and becomes all about the politics with the woman, the fetus and the newborn all getting lost in the self-serving posturing.
Eventually, however, the only end to this conflict may come about through advances in technology.
One potential solution is offered in Victor Koman's book Solomon's Knife, that of transplanting a fetus from a womb where it's not wanted to one where it is wanted. It's almost a libertarian solution but because this isn't non-fiction, it's a novel that requires conflict and drama, Korman's transplant is a fraudulent act; neither mother is told.
Yet the author makes it clear that his fictional protagonist, the surgeon, is not merely a heartless abortionist but a compassionate human being when she tells her young client:
"I suffered a great deal of guilt and wondering when I had my abortion." Her fingers tightened. "If there were any way that I could let you make your decision without pain or fear or guilt, I would. Believe me."
Another possibility is that, someday, in a free libertarian society where government and other tyrannical interventionists are no longer tolerated, someone may finally perfect voluntary, temporary and easily reversible birth control and an artificial womb ("The coming era of motherless births") and the whole issue of abortion will become history.
Yet even then of course, humans being humans, there will develop endless arguments over the rightness or wrongness of "artificial" versus "natural" gestation and the importance of "positive emotional development" versus "mechanical babies."
Whose Body is it Anyway?
The non-aggression principle (NAP) requires a libertarian to be opposed to coercion. Coercing the mother on behalf of the fetus is anti-NAP; coercing the fetus on behalf of the mother is anti-NAP.
In short, a libertarian who accepts the non-aggression principle can be morally pro-life or morally pro-choice but cannot forcibly impose that morality on another. A whole person must be both rational and compassionate.
So the bottom line for all libertarians should be:
Not your life, not your body, not your womb, not your fetus, not your business.
References and Links
Why libertarians should be pro life James Silberman argues his position in which he claims both a pregnant woman and her fetus have "absolute" human rights, a logical controdiction.
Why libertarians should be pro-choice A website "made up of libertarians who want to keep the government out of the abortion issue, as well as other reproductive rights issues."
Government creates massive roadblocks against adoption Why adoption should be a contract between the birth mother and the adoptive parents, not a politically regulated process that works against the very children it pretends to protect.
Science, not ideology: is motherless births the future? With reliable birth control, artificial insemination and artificial wombs the whole issue of abortion may become moot in the future.
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Hi Gradivus,
I agree with virtually everything you've said beginning with this:
"There can be no 'libertarian position' on abortion."
But I covered that in my article by clearly stating up front "Commentary from theLibertarian Opinionizer" that identified the article as both commentary and opinion. Even the article title itself told you "Reason, Compassion, Technology: A [not "THE"] Libertarian take on Abortion"
So you should have understood from the very beginning that I was presenting my own personal opinion and not speaking for all libertarians or for anyone else. ALL of my articles warn the reader that they are reading opinion, not a factual article.
You also take exception that I "don't get to decide" when life begins and I obviously agree with you since I wrote in my article: "Abortion is also not an issue of 'When does human life begin?'" and yet that seems to be your whole argument which means we agree on that point.
The whole purpose of my article is to show a way to apply the non-aggression principle to the issue of abortion, which means to me that neither you nor I nor anyone else has any right to decide when or why or how to abort or not abort a fetus except the host mother herself.
I think at my age I've heard virtually every argument about abortion that can be made and from my personal viewpoint of libertarianism and the non-aggression principle I came to my own conclusion at the end of my article:
"In short, a libertarian who accepts the non-aggression principle can be morally pro-life or morally pro-choice but cannot forcibly impose that morality on another. A whole person must be both rational and compassionate."
I disagree with your mind-reading speculations about my application of reason vs emotion when you wrote "(I can see it's a living human being!) versus not being able to see the baby" but that's all right since it's just as easy for me to accuse you of emotionalism rather than reasoning but I don't care to engage in that sort of mind-reading.
So again IN MY OPINION: "Not your life, not your body, not your womb, not your fetus, not your business."
I have little to no disagreements with anything else you presented since most of it fell outside of my direct interest in the article—And it was an article after all, not an entire book so I couldn't possibly cover everything.
Thanks for taking the time to express your thoughts on this issue. You've been far more reasonable than 99% of the trolls who inhabit social media.
This is a battle over the moral high ground. So getting down to the morals both agree on, is the correct starting place.
You're right. If someone pays for their own abortion, others may see it as a sin. But when you demand the person who sees it as wrong pay for it, you've dragged them into the decision.
Too many liberals don't realize that when you socialize the costs, you make it everyone else's business. If we have to pay for your abortion, your STD treatment or illegitimate child, we absolutely have the right to criticize the decisions that led to it.
I think logically applying the NAP requires knowing when an organism is developed enough to experience aggression. We would know this by knowing at what point a fetus reacts to aggression. That would vary according to how quickly each individual fetus developed, so it would be difficult to make a law pertaining to this view of aggression.
There does seem to be a lack of reason in its explanation. For example, it made the argument that we don't call a caterpillar a butterfly so why do we call a fetus a human? Now that is or ignorant or deceitful. As the descriptions and what you are describing is wrong. "Human" classifies the organism, whilst teen, toddler, baby, caterpillar butterfly classifies maturity of an organism. Now the OP mentioned "first breath" as like ok now you are human because breathing makes you a real human for some reason. A developing baby can breathe as early as 15 weeks. Now before I get the "but you are showing ignorance by calling it a baby instead of a fetus" The term "fetus" only describes that the baby is still inside the mother. IOW no matter how you remove it. Be it via a C section, natural birth or an abortion. Its a baby outside of the body. Now let's get back to the caterpillar. When you step on a caterpillar did you kill an insect? When you cut open a cocoon and harvest the silk and left it to die are you not responsible for its death? When you smash a butterfly did you not kill an insect? If you grab a pregnant woman and punch her baby until she gave birth to a dead and mutilated child did you kill a human? If you shoot a teenager at a school did you kill a human? When you go to an ER and unplug a breathing machine or remove the stitches of a freshly operated person. Are you not responsible for a humans death? If you sabotage a bungee rope did you not plan on killing a human? The real argument is. Will the NAP protect all humans within the borders of the nation or only those able to read and agree to it? The other question would also be if the NAP will allow invasive measures to prevent people from violating the NAP and to what point this will be. IOW an armed mob planning on shelling your house or a woman or man attempting to kill their child.


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Here is a copy of a thread I TRIED to start on another magic discussion board - the general census of opinion was "Don't do it!"
Before I abandon the idea all together, what do you guys think?
I'm doing a stage/caberet "performance" in May along with a load of other magicians. I think I know what my act will be, but as the entertainment is all magic, I would like to do something a little different... on the lines of:-
In first Penn and Teller TV "special" that I saw (must be 15 years ago now!), Teller walked onto the stage, took out a pack of cigarettes, removed one out, lit it, had a few puffs, threw it onto the stage and stepped on it to put it out.
(Penns voiceover.. as far as I remember it!) "Seems simple doesn't it, a migician has a cigarette, but let's watch that again..." (Teller goes through the routine again...) "Is that a real pack of cigarettes that Teller is taking from his pocket? Is he really removing a cigarette from the pack? Is that a real lighter that Teller is using? And is that the same cigatette Teller had a moment ago? Is he really throwing the cigarette down and is Teller really stamping it out? ..... I don't think so."
(Teller then goes through the routine again this time "exposing" his real actions with a voiceover explaination from Penn. Actually Teller removes a pack of cards from his pocket, simulates removing a cigarette from the pack (which is actually a pencil!) Switches it for a real cigarette, "lights" it with a small flashlight, switches the cigarette for one that is already lit, pretends to throw it on the stage to put it out (but steals it in reality)... etc....)
Now the audience know the sleights and sublties involved, Teller goes through the routine a final time, so that the audience can appreciate that when you are a magician, things are seldom as straightforward as they seem!
Before I get flamed with cries of "Exposure", it should be pointed out that the only "exposures" in the above are "generic" sleights - switches, palming and a bit of general misdirection, not the disclosure of any particular magic trick. The whole point of the "trick" is that nothing magical happens! - Until you are shown what is really going on.
I'd like to do something in a similar vein, but don't wish to smoke on stage, can anyone suggest a short routine of mundane actions that could be developed into a similar routine, without (of course) exposing an effect (T&R newspaper for example can't be done as it is a recognised trick and shouldn't be revealed.)
Jonathan Townsend
Eternal Order
Ossining, NY
27083 Posts
And from there on you want them to be skeptical of EVERY action you make?
You are losing quite a bit for that cheap laugh you worked very hard to get.
If you had a really good kicker ending...
Special user
Isle of Man UK
538 Posts
Thanks for the comment Jonathan, perhaps I'm looking at this from the wrong angle... on reflection, I've never really done an act that uses a lot of "moves" - so it doesn't worry ME that I'm proposing to expose them. It would probably uspet my friends who are performing in the same show though!
Jonathan Townsend
Eternal Order
Ossining, NY
27083 Posts
On a more positive tact...if the performer were to be revealed as your pretty assistant at the end of the bit (say by taking off the top hat etc.. ) folks might forget much of what they heard and saw before.
The more basic issue remains how closely you want them watching for things. Does that middle section of a zig-zag have an odd front panel that slides? Do those feet in the thin model sawing look real? Does the Asrah form swing slightly while it rises?
The closer they look, the more they will see. Are you SURE you want them looking?
Inner circle
New York
1287 Posts
Sorry Magicjohn, but isn't clear to me what is what you want to express.
General audiences doesn't share our fascination about how magic is accomplished. Otherwise, the Masked Magician's specials would have been a big hit. Only magicians see magic in the way magic is done. Usually, to share that fascination doesn't pay.
In the other hand, people may be interested in exploring the dynamics of perception, but the routine you describe, which relies heavily in post-productions resources, is maybe too complicated.
What do you want to say?
Special user
Isle of Man UK
538 Posts
You are probably right... As a magician, I often think that some of the methods that we use to do the magic are more interesting than the tricks themselves.
I guess the audience isn't supposed to think the same!
Loyal user
Valparaiso, IN
219 Posts
In the latest issue of Magic Magazine the Flicking Fingers talk about doing this with the Egg to Silk effect. They did this to utilize all 10 of them on stage at once and also to throw in some extra comedy. The "exposure" was farcial. They did the routine with two people and then two commentators came on stage to show how it was "really done". I think that to do a trick or routine well and then to show it to the audience works funnier if the reveal is farcial. Make the reveal be something that is almost absurd to show "how great of a magician you are." This will bring laughter from them and avoid any actual exposing of method.
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Valparaiso, IN
219 Posts
I must add, Enrique, that I agree somewhat but if an audience is at a live magic show they do become curious. I believe this is so because they have more of an investment in the show as they are part of it. If one is watching on tv it is too passive. That is one of the main reasons that I believe certain arts and sports do not translate well to tv. Being part of it live makes you part of it. I also believe that this is why many shows such as "American Idol" allow viewers at home to vote. This way they feel more a part of the show.
Special user
Isle of Man UK
538 Posts
Hi Popo, I haven't seen the article in Magic, but used to do a silk to egg routine (with "exposure" i.e. revealing the hole in the plastic egg).
However, at the conclusion of the routine, both my "student" - a helper from the audience, and I, break our eggs into a bowl, thus proving the whole explaination a sham. - needless to say, the helper from the audience is aware that I've switched her plastic egg for a real one, but doesn't actually know how!
...Must revisit that one sometime!
Jonathan Townsend
Eternal Order
Ossining, NY
27083 Posts
Part of being a magician is staying aware of the difference between what we think about (effect / method) and what the audience is supposed to be experiencing (entertainment and that feeling we call magic).
Two distinct worlds. Connected only by performance.
Eric Leclerc
Inner circle
Ottawa Ontario
1185 Posts
If you invent a routine of your own, perform it for spectators, get the applause, then disect it and show them how you did it, theres nothing wrong with that.. You could even "fool" them AFTER you explained it..
example: the cigarette thumb clip vanish.. after explaining it you could use a thumb tip to make it vanish and come up with a cool line like "of course now you know the secret of my routine, but there is always things magicians will keep to themselves..." boom, do the tt vanish...
go for it.. I have seen the pen and teller routine and it plays well....
Smoke & Mirrors
Special user
506 Posts
Funny presentation.
It's hilarious to me from MY point of view as a MAGICIAN.
I think it's WRONG to do it for a "regular audience" and I don't think they will "get" all the jokes. Some will even assume that this is actually what happened and that you are actually giving away real secrets. This will only confuse them as to what the point of your act is.
Elite user
498 Posts
Lance Burton did a nice little routine on one of those magic specials.
He "Exposed" torn and restored tissue.
He showed the tissue, showed he had a second tissue rolled up in a ball and palmed. He showed the first tissue getting torn, and then he showed how to switch the hanky that he tore up for the full hanky that was palmed.
When he unrolled the "restored" hanky that looked like the end of the trick and the audience would probably have been mildly amused that their suspiscion was always right.
Then he took the rolled up ball of torn tissue pieces and unrolled it to show that it was also restored and he was left with two tissues.
If you are going to do this trick then you MUST have a kicker that say's "Ha, that's not how it's done at all".
Sometimes doing an ambitous card I'll insert their card face up and do a very slow c*****c p**s, so slow that noone really believes me when I tell them that that's how I get the card back to the top, but they kind of want to believe me. Because it's the only logical explaination.
Then I tell them I'll do it at full speed, I use any one of the various Ambitous moves and they can't see "the move", even though they "know" that it looks like.
Am I exposing the C*****c P**s? Sort of, but only in a way that they can't quite believe it works. In other words, when they see all that happens in the P**s it sort of IS magic to think I do it without them seeing.
As a bonus my C*****c P**s is invisible, because I don't actually do it.
Note, this isn't a normal part of my ambitous card and I tend pick my moment/victim.
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While considering how to start the 2019-20 Peru State men's basketball team's season outlook, it appears the start could almost be identically the same as what was written for 2018-19. Having watched practices and a recent scrimmage, the following paragraph is almost identical as to what was written 12 months ago.
After losing four starters off of a national tournament team and an All-American, you would expect the team to be in somewhat of a rebuilding mode. However, in head coach Bob Ludwig's third season at the helm of the Peru State men's basketball program, the expectations do not change.
It would appear that even after a 23-win season and another experience in the NAIA DI National Tournament, there are plenty of things they can build off of and improve heading into the new campaign. Although the team loses its top five scorers, there are more returners coming back from the 18-19 season than did so in the 17-18 campaign.
Overall, the 'Cats finished with a 23-11 mark and were 15-9 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (Heart). The Bobcats won the Heart's post-season tournament defeating Benedictine (Kan.) on its own court.
In the NAIA Division I National Tournament last March, Peru State earned a spot into the national tournament having won the Heart's tournament. The Bobcats faced William Carey (Miss.) in the first round and lost a tough contest 95-89 to a team which made it to the semifinals.
Peru State will be opening its season this Friday night in Columbia, Mo., where they will face William Woods (Mo.) in the first round of the Columbia Classic.
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This article is part of our FanDuel Fantasy Soccer series.
- 3:00 pm: Club Brugge vs. Paris Saint-Germain
- 3:00 pm: Galatasaray vs. Real Madrid
- 3:00 pm: Juventus vs. Lokomotiv Moscow
- 3:00 pm: Manchester City vs. Atalanta
- 3:00 pm: Olympiacos vs. Bayern Munich
- 3:00 pm: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Red Star Belgrade
For detailed stats and odds, check out the FanDuel Fantasy Soccer: Tuesday UCL Cheat Sheet.
This slate is going to be fun… as long as you back the correct favorites. Juventus and Man City should get most of the attention, but Bayern Munich, PSG and Tottenham aren't far behind in terms of odds. I'd temper expectations on Tottenham given their struggles and that they couldn't beat Watford at home over the weekend. Plus, Red Star Belgrade already beat Olympiacos and Bayern managed one goal in the first 80 minutes of that matchup. I'd rather focus on the teams who are easier to trust, and Juventus have won their last six in all competitions. That means Cristiano Ronaldo ($23), and it's the perfect time for him to break open a slate. He hasn't done much in the first two Champions League matches, but he's in prime position to make the scoresheet multiple times after scoring in four of his last five starts. While Juve have a few other intriguing options, none of them have the upside of Ronaldo. Of course, you could also fade Ronaldo in tournaments and go Gonzalo Higuain ($18), Miralem Pjanic ($17) and whoever else makes the XI.
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Comics Vixen: The New Black Panther
I really, really wanted to review Civil War — the movie. I've seen it twice so far and I'm angling to see it a third time, although since rent was just due, no one can afford the movies right now. But I've also been fiercely reading all of the excellent reviews and think pieces about the movie; which are so numerous at this point that it's hard to justify writing one of my own. Nearly everything I would say has been said, in some form, already — and said very well, for the most part.
My favorite thing about the film, by far, was Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther. From the instant T'Challa (Black Panther's name by day) appeared on the screen — having not yet assumed the title of King of Wakanda or of Black Panther — viewers could sense that we were in the presence of greatness. That sense of greatness has been a key trait of Black Panther ever since the character was introduced by Stan Lee in 1966. As the first black superhero in major American comics, Black Panther has had ups and downs throughout the years. But, even through the most questionable of costumes and storylines, this has always been a character who is crucial to the Marvel universe — not because of any ties he has to other characters or storylines, but because there is not, and never will be, another superhero as unique.
Black Panther doesn't need to hide his identity — he's king of the most scientifically advanced nation in the Marvel Universe. He lives in the beautiful (fictional) Afrofuturist country of Wakanda and fights only when something interferes with his or Wakanda's peace and prosperity. Unlike most popular male superheroes, women are his advisors and protectors, rather than love interests or damsels in distress. Black Panther isn't here for petty interpersonal drama, or a girlfriend, or a superhero team, or some sort of personal moral compass. Black Panther's here for Black Panther.
And now we have a newly revamped Black Panther, not just onscreen, but in the new Black Panther series by unlikely comic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. Of course, the new series has also been greatly discussed and dissected. But comics always have a smaller following than the films based on them, so the discussion doesn't feel quite so complete and there is much to talk about. Ta-Nehisi Coates is an unlikely comic writer simply because he has never written a comic before.
If his name sounds familiar, it's because he turns out excellent writing for The Atlantic on a regular basis. Coates has written for such high-profile publications as The Village Voice and Time magazine, in addition to publishing two books. He was one of those icons who snuck up on me. Without ever intentionally looking him up, his work came across my desk so often and was of such high quality that I unconsciously catalogued his name under "writers I admire." It's well-deserved admiration: Coates is an immensely talented writer, covering cultural, political, and racial issues with a balance of straightforwardness and delicacy few writers manage to strike. But how does it translate into comics?
I confess to only having read the first issue of the new Black Panther — the second one is sold out and waiting on a second printing at both my local comic shops. I feel a twinge of guilt, because even my #1 is a second printing and not the sure-to-be-ultra-collectible first printing. That said, such a historical comic is one that I'd likely never part with no matter the selling price. For me, the value of comics is in the pages, not the resale value. And this one is definitely worth holding on to.
Coates' first Black Panther issue has a slightly rough feel. The sense that it was written by a non-comic writer is tangible. It's hard to pinpoint exactly where that feeling comes from, but I would guess that it's because the expected tropes and benchmarks of a first issue aren't in this one — yet the feeling is so subtle that I'm not even sure what those tropes and benchmarks are. Coates leads us through the story in a way that it seems other comic writers wouldn't. Scenes change without the wide establishing shots used in many comics (which may be the decision of the artist, but likely also has something to do with the way it's written). Characters flit in and out of the pages with little context. Most memorable is a couple in an intense prison break scene, although there is a great deal of foreshadowing. A couple of opening paragraphs before the first page gives us some backstory, but there isn't any of the heavy-handed exposition through dialogue that we often see in Marvel books.
Although lots has to happen in a first issue in order to hold the attention of the reader, this one feels especially fast-paced, if not slightly cluttered. However, this is the first of an 11-part series, and it makes little sense to criticize the events that happen in a single issue when they are clearly setting up a much larger picture. One thing that's always drawn me to Coates' writing is his ability to contextualize even seemingly miniscule happenings with so much history and culture that readers will wonder how they didn't make the connections themselves. I'm fairly confident that he will do the same with this comic series. Of course, the connections and big picture of the Marvel Universe are important, but even more important are the moments when comic books can connect to what's happening in the real world. Few people understand politics and culture like Ta-Nehisi Coates. It seems likely that he might use that real-world knowledge to inform his new series.
What direction this might take is unclear from the events in the first book. This is very much a setting-up book, full of exciting moments and intense visuals, but without much in the way of storyline yet. A writer like Coates, however, knows how to tie complex threads together to make a story complete. Although the comic book medium is very different from the long-form journalism he's known for, good writers are good writers no matter where you put them.
"Black Panther #1" is worth reading because it's the first of a series that I believe is going to be indispensable reading for any serious comic reader. Number 2 awaits me as soon as the second printing hits my local shelves. No doubt some of you have already read it. But for the rest of you, get thee to a comic store and read some new Black Panther!
And while you're waiting for the next installments, you should check out the rest of Coates' writing, too. I admit it: I'm a fangirl.


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A lot of things put off finishing the calculations this month — half the industry is in San Diego, and I've busy promoting my new projects (both my new Star Wars ebook and news of my new Mass Effect series were released this week). As it is, I'll be doing the usual comics-sales-through-history notes in a separate, later post. But the estimates for June 2008 comics orders are now complete and online, and they show an industry that is in a lot better shape at midyear than many would have imagined.
A nice rebound in aggregate Top 300 comics sales helped overall orders for comics, trades, and magazines nudge slightly ahead of June 2008 — and I mean slightly, a difference of $60,000 or so. The numbers for the second quarter were ahead 4%, not quite recovering the ground lost in the first quarter. Overall dollar orders in the direct market at midyear stand at nearly $206 million, off about 1%, or less than $3 million, from the same period last year. The "long tail" of trades is where the difference is being made up, as Top 300 Comics units, dollars, and Top 300 Trade Paperback dollars are all off for the year to date by 10% or less.
The figures:
June 2009: 6.56 million copies
Versus 1 year ago this month: down 2%
Versus 5 years ago this month: unchanged
Versus 10 years ago this month: +1%
Q2 2009: 18.92 million copies, -7% vs. 2008
YEAR TO DATE: 35.49 million copies, -10% vs. 2008
June 2009: $22.7 million
Versus 1 year ago this month: +6%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +23%
Versus 10 years ago this month: +36%
Q2 2009: $64.06 million, -3% vs. 2008
YEAR TO DATE: $120.28 million, -4% vs. 2008
June 2009: $6.04 million
Versus 1 year ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: -35%
Versus 5 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: +15%
Versus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: +35%
Q2 2009: $20.76 million, -17% vs. 2008 when comparing just the Top 100 TPBs each month
YEAR TO DATE: $39.09 million; down 9% when just comparing just the Top 100 TPBs each month
June 2009: $28.74 million
Versus 1 year ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: -3%
Versus 5 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +31%
Versus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +36%
Q2 2009: $76.88 million, -6% vs. 2008 when comparing just the Top 100 TPBs each month
YEAR TO DATE: $159.34 million; down 5% when just comparing just the Top 100 TPBs each month
OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines)
June 2009: $37.03 million ($40.57 million with UK)
Versus 1 year ago this month: up less than 1%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +25%
Q2 2009: $114.79 million, +4% vs. 2008
YEAR TO DATE: $205.91 million, -1% vs. 2008, +33% vs. 2004
Right off, we see an interesting thing: When we look at the month of June across time, the Top 300 comics are generating unit sales within a very narrow range: 6.56 million copies now, 6.66 million last year, 6.53 million 5 years ago, and 6.52 million 10 years ago. That's a 100,000-copy range, scarcely one hit title. Yet roughly the same number of units is generating 6% more dollars than last year, 23% more than five years ago, and 36% more than 10 years ago. Such is the change in pricing!
The average comic offered in the Top 300 cost $3.50; the average comic ordered cost $3.46. These are both records, and as noted here earlier, $2.99 is still the most common cover price for comics in Diamond's Top 300, although that balance has changed a lot this year and $3.99 is catching up. The gradual changeover to $3.99 for many publishers is having amplified effects on the charts, relative to some of benchmark pricing changes in previous years; few publishers are stopping at the intermediate $3.50 step, and $2.99 to $3.99 matches the previous record jumps by percentage, from 15¢ to 20¢ in the mid-1970s and 75¢ to $1 in the late 1980s. The problem is that we really can't look at the 75¢ to $1 records to see how it affected unit sales, because it was right at the beginning of that boom, where numbers on everything were going up because of the explosion in the number of comics outlets. There may be clearer effects visible in the 15-to-20¢ example, but I don't know how useful info from a largely newsstand model will be.
In any event, at least the month of June shows unit orders holding relatively firm, despite the pricing trends.
The Top 100 Trades were off a great deal against June 2008; as described in the post on how graphic novel pricing has changed, last June's list had more hardcovers and more higher-priced products than June did this year. Still, as much as we hunt for the effects of price resistance in new comics sales, it's not unreasonable to expect that a recession might hit the big-ticket items to a more pronounced degree. We'll see as the summer progresses whether this is part of a larger trend.
Revised graphics are on the way, but in the meantime, some updates have been made to the Vital Statistics section. The Diamond-era records section now includes information as to how many publishers have had books in the #1 slot since 1997 (four: Marvel, DC, Image, and Dreamwave); the longest run for a title in that time at #1 (Uncanny X-Men, 10 issues in 1999); and the greatest number of consecutive months that a single publisher has had the #1 title since 1997 (Marvel, in a 27-month stretch that ended in April 2009).
And the #1 books for all months since 1996 have been updated on the Top Comics page. Seeing them all together notes a little numerological oddity: The issue numbers of the #1 books from December to May were #8, #583, #583, #3, #853, and #53! I suspect the Illuminati...
Oh, yeah — if you're looking in on us from the main site, there should now be a Flash module at left sending the Twitter feed. If you have the latest Flash version and it's not coming up, let me know — these things can be a little wonky.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
June 2009 comics sales: Almost tied at halftime
Posted by John Jackson Miller at 9:41 PM
Labels: 2009 sales, Comics prices, Diamond monthly reports


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OPTN Region 1 Business Meeting - Fall 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Beechwood Hotel
363 Plantation Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
363 Plantation Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
Event Description
Join us to learn more about upcoming policy proposals and OPTN committee projects. Interested in knowing what other institutions in your region think? Don't miss this opportunity to speak up and let the committees know whether you support their proposals or not. You will also hear from leadership about ongoing and upcoming key initiatives and learn about upcoming policy implementation plans, available resources and new projects under development.


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I may not be a bartender, or a mixologist as the hip brooklynites say, but I am always up for trying new and interesting cocktails. That's not to say that the classics are on the outs (hand me a martini straight up and I am set). However, after watching these awesome Cîroc spots, artfully styled by Emma Feigenbaum, I definitely feel some inspiration setting in! Maybe I'll create a drink with more than 3 ingredients? Eh let's face it, I'm probably just going to find a mixologist to make it for me.
Ciroc Amaretto – Styled by Emma Feigenbaum from Big Leo on Vimeo.


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Tamiya DH Mosquito FB VI- Stickers! Err, decals.
BloorwestSiR posted a topic in Works in ProgressHaving just completed my What If? Mustang GB, I was planning on getting back to my CT-133 build but this kit just kept staring at me since I picked it up last week. So onto the new cleared bench it went. Most of the bags are open from having posted pics of the sprues in another thread. AM will consist of new seat belts and decals once they come out. Carl
Airfix 1:24 Mosquito NFII - The All Black(s) Finished!
CraigH posted a topic in Ready for InspectionHi all. Here's my latest project completed. It's a commission build for a black, early Mosquito NFII night fighter from Airfix's excellent 1:24 kit. The all black finish and the night fighter variant, plus the fact its new owner wanted it in "flying" mode means there's not masses to see but it provided a good challenge in the painting, trying to make it look not black while trying to make it look....well, black! The cockpit gave plenty of scope for detailing and fine paintwork but was actually very well detailed OOB. Painting used the "black basing" principle of Doog,s Models, adapted for an all black plane. Link to the build is here: . As ever all comments gratefully received and thanks for taking the time to look.
A swarm of Mossies!
Bruce_Crosby posted a topic in Works in ProgressHi Guys, A big parcel arrived today. My mate Alan has sent me a Tamiya Mossie kit to build for him. I've known him since the last century when we both sub-contacted to Honeywell on London's Canary Wharf project and he knows I'm a modelling nutcase. Now I've got my own Mossie but haven't really had a good look at it so when this one turned up I though I'd have a quick peek inside. What did I find? Short answer, super duper fantastic plastic. So I'm going to do a dual build for him and me. There's another parcel waiting for me to pick up tomorrow which has contents unknown, Alan won't tell me exactly what I've let myself in for, so it could be seatbelts, etch, resin. Knowing Alan, it's probably all that and the kitchen sink as well. In a week's time I should have the Trumpeter Mustang tamed then straight into the Mosquito build. I know he would prefer to have his model in RAF markings, the kit has RNZAF, RAAF and Polish (RAF) so a bit of research and maybe cut some masks on the Cameo 3. Regards, Bruce Crosby
Two-Stage Mosquito
seiran01 posted a topic in Multi-Engine GBI have to admit picking which kit to build first for the GB was a bit tricky, but in the end, it's going to be the HK Mosquito IX/XVI with the two-stage Merlins, done up as a Mossie TT.35 target tug with bulged bomb bay doors. I have yet to decide if I will attempt to build the target winch fixture that some photos show, or if I will simply build the plane OOB and slap some bright paint on it. Either way it'll be yellow/black striped undersides with painted aluminum on top. Also undecided yet if it will be a scheme with the added dayglo stripes as seen in the image below. At this stage, the only planned aftermarket are eduard canopy masks and a zoomy cockpit PE, and Barracuda's two Mossie stencil decal sheets. The aftermarket items were ordered yesterday and won't arrive until next week, so I'll start the assembly on the wings and post photos once I get this baby on my workbench later today or tomorrow. Should be a fun one!
De Havilland Mosquito B Mk IV (FPU) - Finished...
kkarlsen posted a topic in Works in ProgressMy Mosquito project, stalled a bit because of the B-25J "Old Ironsides III" project A lot of research went into this project, getting the details right... Aftermarket...
Interesting Mosquito D Day stripes
Alain Gadbois posted a topic in General DiscussionHi! I found this interesting video on YouTube mostly about 627 Squadron. The stripes painted on the mosquito around 0:24 seem a bit odd, as the flaps and ailerons did not carry them. Also, I was surprised by the great variety of paint schemes sported by the various Mossies around! Here's the video for those curious to watch:
Tamiya Mosquito FB VI - 3/22 - Figure painting completedHere it is, my first WIP thread on this site. I've been back in the hobby for a little over a year after a couple of decades layoff, and have been working in 1/48 exclusively and posting on FSM mostly. This will be my first 1/32 build, and I will be taking it slow since it's such a huge kit. I will be eventually painting and marking her up as one of the Amiens raiders from 464 Squadron. First picture is just the kit in box in my newly reorganized workspace. Also pictured is my brand new homemade spray booth. I think I'm going to start tonight and will post some pics once I begin. I have no hope to produce something of the same quality as some of the amazing threads I read on here, but I hope to have fun and learn a lot. I welcome any and all comments and criticisms - it's the only way to get better! Thanks for having such an inspiring and welcoming forum.
De Havilland Mosquito B Mk IV (FPU) - Diorama...
kkarlsen posted a topic in Ready for InspectionFinally this build has crossed the finish line - Kit: HK Models Mosquito B Mk IV. My goal was to depict one of the planes used by the RAF Film Production Unit (FPU). These Mosquito's were used to document some of the daring low level operations, mostly done by 2nd TAF. These cameraplanes participated in some of the famous operations against german targets, Gestapo Headquartes, Amiens Prison Break etc... In the beginning these planes were modified, to carry a cine camera mounted in the nose. Later 35 mm handheld camera's were being used and by the summer of 1944 they were fitted with an additional Perspex panel in the nose. This provided more glass for the cameraman, who by now, was moving around the cockpit trying to get footage of the operations. Some of these films can be watched on Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxLXCZobTk Diorama: December 1944: Mosquito B Mk IV - DZ414 'O' Orange (FPU) is getting ready for a mission. Some of the Pilots are discussing todays mission, the squadron dog is present. An RAAF officer/cameraman, is checking his camera equipment. RAF starter trolley is connected. Fitters are checking and doing some last minute maintenance on the left Roll-Royce Merlin engine. A RAF vehicle (Bedford MWD) has stopped, delivering equipment for the plane. Some additional camera's are loaded for a PR Mosquito. Thanks for watching! Kent Mosquito build: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=61578&hl= Bedford build: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=67154&hl=
Rocket armed Mosquitoes- pylon question
BloorwestSiR posted a topic in LSP DiscussionSo on my current FB VI Mossie build, I'm planning to do one with the underwing 60lb rockets. I have the Aerobonus ones enroute to me buy I've noticed they don't include the pylons. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be used? I think someone mentioned using pylons from a P-51, would they work? Or would ones from a Typhoon be better? Lastly, any one have any measurements on where they go? Thanks Carl
HK Models 1:32 DH Mosquito B.Mk.IV, DZ637
JamesHatch posted a topic in Ready for InspectionHi folks, I've just finished the HK Models Mosquito test shot and submitted my build article/photos to Brett for next month's Military Illustrated Modeller. Such a nice it to build. Non-fussy, and very tactile. An engineering triumph too Here she is, in her cookie incarnation.
HK Models DH Mosquito B IV
BloorwestSiR posted a topic in Works in ProgressAs suggested by Ron and Kev, I've started a new thread on the build of my HK Mossie kit so that it'll be easier for everyone to follow. This is going to be built alongside the Tamiya kit. Here it is with its bench mate.
HK Models 1/32 Mosquito B Mk.IV
jeroenpeters posted a topic in Works in ProgressHi Guys, In the meanwhile I've been working on the new HK Models Mosquito. I haven't shared it here before, because I wanted all the turmoil and negativity that clouded this release to pass over. I'm building this kit out of the box with the only additions being: • ProfiModeller stencil decals • Masks for the markings • HGW seat harnesses • Profi Modeller pitot tube • Metal mesh for the radiator guards It's a lovely kit to build. For my next build I might 3D print new spinners with a slightly more accurate shape. Not because I think it needs it, but because it's fun. Cheers!
HK Mosquito at Hannants....
geedubelyer posted a topic in LSP DiscussionHi gang, Hannants in the UK have the HK models Mosquito in stock. http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HKM01E15 £149:99


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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Bradybug Book Due Out Soon
Bradybug is getting close.
Donna Sheperd's delightful book is due out any time now. So many creatures and so much fun to draw for this cute tale of mistaken identities. Sometimes a name is not what you are.
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- T. Powell Coltrin said...
So true.
Congratulations to you. Your illustrations are so cute.
- July 20, 2010 at 5:02 PM
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Looks great! Well done!
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Some types of computer virus have the same characteristics. They are hiding the original files or folders saved in the disks and then replace them with viruses with the same name. The differences are only placed on the Exe extension in the files and folders. Meanwhile, the sizes tend to be smaller for less than 70 kb. Sadly, the files and folders that are attacked are commonly those that are opened often like Documents.
So, what should you do to bring back the lost or hidden files caused by virus and malware? There are some methods you can follow. You also need to prepare the iSkysoft data recovery software to recover data from computer and any storage device. At least, if the other methods cannot work well, the software can be a good alternative to bring them back safely. All the methods are explained as follow.
Deactivating the Restore System
Before using the data recovery software, you can try to bring back the hidden files by deactivating the restore system. But first of all, you must make sure that the disk is clean and clear enough. Use the most trusted and updated antivirus to make sure that all the viruses have been gone. Next, right-click on My Computer and then it is followed by Properties, System Restore, and Turn off System Restore on All Drives.
For the antivirus used to clear the viruses in the beginning, make sure that the one you use is able to repair the files and folders. Indeed, such antivirus is quite difficult to find around. Therefore, if using the restore system and antivirus still cannot bring back the hidden files, try the second method below.
Using Command Prompt
To recover data from computer and any storage device in the Windows PC that are hidden by the virus, it is possible also to do via Command Prompt already available in your computer. There are some steps to do. They are clicking Start, Run, and CMD and then pushing Enter. Next, you must type the code of d:/attrib –s –h *.* /s /d to show the hidden and lost files in the D drive. Wait for some minutes and if it is successful, the files are shown through Windows Explorer.
Using iSkysoft Data Recovery
If you have done the 2 methods above and then the data have still not shown yet, you don't have any other choice except using the data recovery software from iSkysoft. iSkysoft data recovery software is a kind of software that is functioned to bring back your data that are deleted or hidden for many causes. One of them is when your PC is attacked by viruses.
First of all, you must make sure that your PC has been cleaned from viruses. There are some ways to clean up the hard drives; they are by installing and activating an antivirus product. Besides, it is possible also to format the drives to make sure that they are completely clean. Anyway, how is about re-installing the PC entirely? This method is suggested not to be done at first. Although there are cases when the data can be recovered after the reinstallation process using such software, some other cases show that the recovery is not successful.
Second, the iSkysoft data recovery software must be installed on your computer. To have it, you can go to the official website to find the iSkysoft toolbox and then download it. Next, install it by following the instructions given. Only in some minutes, the software is ready to use.
Third, use the software from iSkysoft to show up the hidden data by the virus. After launching the software, there are some options for recovery. Choose Partition Recovery to recover the data lost due to the corruption, transferring, resizing, virus, and malware. Again, you must follow the steps instructed. Make sure to remember the type of the files along with the location so that the recovery process is done more smoothly. After scanning and previewing, you can find the hidden data show up. Save them in one new folder.
Summary: Showing up the hidden data by virus and malware can be done through some ways. One of them is by using iSkysoft data recovery that has been proven to recover the hidden, deleted, and lost data.


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- Old Stuff
- Instruments
- 1961 Martin 00-21NY
1961 Martin 00-21NY
The 00-21 was Martin's original entry into the Grand Concert-size category, in the early 1870s, and the model was made without interruption until the 1980s, quite a run. In the early 1960s, in order to take advantage of the emerging folk boom, Martin came out with a variation that capitalized on the "New York Martin" talk that was going around, calling it the 00-21NY. The differences were: no pickguard, plain fingerboard with no inlay, a straight bridge rather than a belly-type one, and a satin finish instead of gloss, which a lot of folks turned out to love. This beautiful and very cool version was offered for five years and only about 900 were made; it's rare to come across a really nice one today. I have here a beautiful one in terrific condition; there is one small finish check near the bottom of the top and that's it. The action is easy and low, and the original ivory saddle and nut are present, neither of which have ever been touched or trimmed. The tones, which come from its combination of Brazilian rosewood and the proportions of the original 12-fret 00-size Martin design, are as warm and clear and balanced as one could ever hope for. A perfect Martin guitar. $4995 w/hsc


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HTML 5 (formerly and commonly spelled HTML5[a]) is a software solution stack that defines the properties and behaviors of web page content by implementing a markup based pattern to it.
HTML 5 is the fifth and current major version of the HTML standard, and subsumes XHTML. It currently exists in two standardized forms: HTML 5.2 Recommendation[4] by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C, a broad coalition of organizations), intended primarily for Web content developers; and HTML Living Standard[5] by WHATWG (a small consortium of four browser vendors), intended primarily for browser developers, though it also exists in an abridged Web developer version.[6] There are minor conflicts between the two groups' specifications.
HTML 5 was first released in public-facing form on 22 January 2008,[7] with a major update and "W3C Recommendation" status in October 2014.[2][8] Its goals are to improve the language with support for the latest multimedia and other new features; to keep the language both easily readable by humans and consistently understood by computers and devices such as Web browsers, parsers, etc., without XHTML's rigidity; and to remain backward-compatible with older software. HTML 5 is intended to subsume not only HTML 4, but also XHTML 1 and DOM Level 2 HTML;[9] the HTML 4 and XHTML specs were announced as superseded by HTML 5.2 on 27 March 2018.[10]
HTML 5 includes detailed processing models to encourage more interoperable implementations; it extends, improves and rationalizes the markup available for documents, and introduces markup and application programming interfaces (APIs) for complex web applications.[11] For the same reasons, HTML 5 is also a candidate for cross-platform mobile applications, because it includes features designed with low-powered devices in mind.
Many new syntactic features are included. To natively include and handle multimedia and graphical content, the new
<audio> and
<canvas> elements were added, and support for scalable vector graphics (SVG) content and MathML for mathematical formulas. To enrich the semantic content of documents, new page structure elements such as
<nav>, and
<figure> are added. New attributes are introduced, some elements and attributes have been removed, and others such as
<a />,
<cite>, and
<menu> have been changed, redefined, or standardized.
The APIs and Document Object Model (DOM) are now fundamental parts of the HTML 5 specification[11] and HTML 5 also better defines the processing for any invalid documents.[12]
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) began work on the new standard in 2004. At that time, HTML 4.01 had not been updated since 2000,[13] and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was focusing future developments on XHTML 2.0. In 2009, the W3C allowed the XHTML 2.0 Working Group's charter to expire and decided not to renew it.[14]
The Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software presented a position paper at a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) workshop in June 2004,[15] focusing on developing technologies that are backward-compatible with existing browsers,[16] including an initial draft specification of Web Forms 2.0. The workshop concluded with a vote—8 for, 14 against—for continuing work on HTML.[17] Immediately after the workshop, WHATWG was formed to start work based upon that position paper, and a second draft, Web Applications 1.0, was also announced.[18] The two specifications were later merged to form HTML 5.[19] The HTML 5 specification was adopted as the starting point of the work of the new HTML working group of the W3C in 2007.
WHATWG's Ian Hickson (Google) and David Hyatt (Apple) produced W3C's first public working draft of the specification on 22 January 2008.[7]
"Thoughts on Flash"
Last call, candidacy, and recommendation stages
On 14 February 2011, the W3C extended the charter of its HTML Working Group with clear milestones for HTML 5. In May 2011, the working group advanced HTML 5 to "Last Call", an invitation to communities inside and outside W3C to confirm the technical soundness of the specification. The W3C developed a comprehensive test suite to achieve broad interoperability for the full specification by 2014, which was the target date for recommendation.[28] In January 2011, the WHATWG renamed its "HTML5" specification HTML Living Standard. The W3C nevertheless continued its project to release HTML 5.[29]
In July 2012, WHATWG and W3C decided on a degree of separation. W3C will continue the HTML 5 specification work, focusing on a single definitive standard, which is considered as a "snapshot" by WHATWG. The WHATWG organization continues its work with HTML 5 as a "living standard". The concept of a living standard is that it is never complete and is always being updated and improved. New features can be added but functionality will not be removed.[30]
In December 2012, W3C designated HTML 5 as a Candidate Recommendation.[31] The criterion for advancement to W3C Recommendation is "two 100% complete and fully interoperable implementations".[32]
On 16 September 2014, W3C moved HTML 5 to Proposed Recommendation.[33] On 28 October 2014, HTML 5 was released as a W3C Recommendation,[34] bringing the specification process to completion.[2] On 1 November 2016, HTML 5.1 was released as a W3C Recommendation.[35] On 14 December 2017, HTML 5.2 was released as a W3C Recommendation.[36]
The combined timelines for HTML 5.0, HTML 5.1 and HTML 5.2:
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W3C and WHATWG conflict
W3C and WHATWG have been characterized as both working together on the development of HTML 5,[14] and yet also at cross purposes[30][2] ever since the July 2012 split of the W3C work into milestone-based static standards and WHATWG's into a continually updated "living standard". The relationship has been described as "fragile", even a "rift",[40] and characterized by "squabbling".[2]
In at least one case, namely the permissible content of the
<cite> element, the two specifications directly contradict each other (as of July 2018), with the W3C definition being permissive and reflecting traditional use of the element since its introduction,[41] but WHATWG limiting it to a single defined type of content (the title of the work cited).[42] This is actually at odds with WHATWG's stated goals of ensuring backward compatibility[43] and not losing prior functionality.[30]
The "Introduction" section in the WHATWG spec (edited by Ian "Hixie" Hickson) is critical of W3C, e.g. "Note: Although we have asked them to stop doing so, the W3C also republishes some parts of this specification as separate documents." In its "History" subsection it portrays W3C as resistant to Hickson's and WHATWG's original HTML 5 plans, then jumping on the bandwagon belatedly (though Hickson was in control of the W3C HTML 5 spec, too). Regardless, it indicates a major philosophical divide between the organizations:[44]
For a number of years, both groups then worked together. In 2011, however, the groups came to the conclusion that they had different goals: the W3C wanted to publish a "finished" version of "HTML5", while the WHATWG wanted to continue working on a Living Standard for HTML, continuously maintaining the specification rather than freezing it in a state with known problems, and adding new features as needed to evolve the platform.
Since then, the WHATWG has been working on this specification (amongst others), and the W3C has been copying fixes made by the WHATWG into their fork of the document (which also has other changes).
The "markets" for the two specifications are largely different. The W3C spec is the one that Web developers most often refer to,[citation needed] while the WHATWG version is used by the software development teams of the browser makers (though a version exists for Web content authors, trimmed of the material only of interest to browser coders[6]). New features are added to HTML and, often experimentally, to browsers long before they appear in a W3C spec, because they arise in the WHATWG one.[40] The technology journal Ars Technica observed that "both groups are likely to continue to exist, and both groups will continue to have broad-based industry backing".[2]


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See - Analyst: US could pull out aid if military joins drug war | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
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MANILA, Philippines — Involving the military in the government's campaign against the illicit drug trade could force the United States (US) to suspend military aid in the country, an analyst said.
Earlier this year, President Rodrigo Duterte said that he wants to remove the police from the drug war and suggested that he will use the military instead.
Murray Hiebert, senior adviser and deputy director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, noted that the Leahy amendment bars the US Departments of Defense and State from providing equipment or training to foreign military units that commit "gross human rights violations."
"If the military were to join the drug war and participate in extra-judicial killings, congressional regulations could force the United States to suspend military aid and training to the units involved," Hiebert said in an article published on CogitAsia, the blog of the CSIS Asia Program.
This would introduce complications to the bilateral military relationship between the Philippines and the US that could take decades to resolve.
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The Leahy amendment would come into effect primarily against military units that can be linked to killings and abuses if the Armed Forces will get involved in the drug war.
"That does not mean, however, that killings by the military would not have a broader negative impact on Capitol Hill and prompt Congress to be reluctant to approve significant funding for military ties with the Philippines," the analyst said.
The flagship annual Balikatan exercises between American and Filipino troops would be affected. The joint military exercises have been running for three decades.
The Leahy amendment could also affect International Military Education and Training, which is intended to train the next generation of military officers and may also impact Foreign Military Financing grants to buy US defense equipment.
In September last year, US Sen. Patrick Leahy, author of the Leahy amendment, warned that the American government may take action if the extrajudicial killings and state-sanctioned violence in the Philippines will continue.
The American senator authored the amendment "to ensure that the United States is not complicit in human rights violations committed by forces that might receive U.S. assistance, and to encourage foreign governments to hold accountable perpetrators of such abuses."
According to Hiebert, the Philippines received $79 million in military assistance focused on boosting the capacity of the Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force.
The country also received $1 billion of military equipment from the US over the past four years. Last year, the Philippines received $42 million under the US maritime Security Initiative.
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1. Judge Urbina gives government until Friday to release Uighur detainees at GTMO into the US
Judge Urbina today ordered the government to release into the U.S. a group of Uighur detainees held at GTMO. The government no longer categorizes the men as enemy combatants, but will not repatriate the men to China out of concern for how they would be treated there and has not yet been able to persuade a third country to accept them. Read the rest of this entry »


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Réaltaí R5 ag rince! R5 Dance Superstars!
7th Feb 2020
Bhain R5 an-sult go deo as páirt a ghlacadh sa cheardlann damhsa sa Sólann i nDún Pádraig inniu.
R5 had great fun today participating in the Cross Community Dance workshop in Down Leisure Centre, which was organised by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Check out their moves in the photos and videos!
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In March of 2018, the repair industry was introduced to the first iPhone X Aftermarket LCD Display assembly, and only a few months later we saw for the first time an iPhone X Aftermarket OLED Display Assembly. Since then, the industry evolved even further and now we can choose between a couple of options, as you
should probably know.
When it comes to aftermarket OLEDs, we can find them in two different ways: hard and soft (also known as rigid and flexible). The original iPhone X screens has a flexible OLED Display that allows the display to flex around the edges of the screen. With this in mind, it makes sense that the first aftermarket OLED screens were soft, with rigid (hard) coming out later.
The problem is that, unlike the clear difference between OEM refurbished and Aftermarket displays, it's quite tricky to see the difference between a hard and a soft OLED display, so we decided to make it simple for you.
Soft OLED (or Flexible OLED)
Just like the original iPhone X's screen, the soft OLED display is built on a flexible material. Its display size matches the dimensions of the OEM screen and the flexibility around the outer edges allows the soft OLED materials to absorb an impact without damaging or breaking the visual display. Overall, Soft OLEDs better match the iPhone X's 5.8" display size and have a performance compared to an OEM, making them pricier.
Hard OLED (or Rigid OLED)
Hard OLED screens are built using a stiff glass substrate; Because of it, the display does not flex very much along the curve, so the display has an enlarged bezel that slightly reduces the size of the 5.8" display. The hardness of the glass also makes the screen more prone to cracks if the device is dropped.
Two reasons for choosing the rigid AM OLED is that they cost less and have higher screen brightness; but at the expense of display size and durability. It's also worth mentioning that, while enhanced screen brightness sounds like an added bonus, it may be harsher to look at.
Here's the Overall Breakdown:
|Soft OLED (Flexible)
|Hard OLED (Rigid)
|Display Size
|Equivalent to OEM
|Reduced from OEM
|Equivalent to OEM
|Lower than OEM
|Color Contrast
|Color Accuracy
As you can imagine by now, the soft OLED performs more similar to an original screen than the hard ones. However, the hard OLED is a good option if you are looking for a more affordable product, without sacrificing too much the quality of the screen's performance. In the end, it's up to every repair tech and end user to determine which screen will be best for each repair.


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JOY: [Looking up into the sky.] Hello? Mother Moon? It's me. Joy. Can you hear me?
I know you're up there. I can see you, but ... you're so far away. Why are you so far away?
I just want to talk for a few minutes. Like we used to. Do you remember how we used to talk? It was such fun! What ... what was it we used to talk about? I've forgotten. Beautiful things, I ... I know that, but ... I can't ... I can't quite ...
I don't even remember how I got here. Isn't that strange? I know I came from someplace warm. Warm and dark. And water. There was water. I remember floating in the night sky ... or ... or deep in the ocean. And I remember voices. Big soft angel voices. They told me things. Secrets. They sang to me. Beautiful songs! About ...
I ... I can't remember what they were about anymore. I try, but ... they're gone. Won't you tell me, Mother Moon? Won't you whisper in my ear just one more time? Please?
Why won't you answer me?
What have I done wrong?


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The White Persian Mulberry produces large, soft, berries with intense sweetness and acidity. The fruit appears similar to a large blackberry white to rosy fruit. . The fruit clusters of Persian mulberries often bends the limbs low to the ground for easy harvest. We harvest by shaking the trees and collecting the mulberries on sheets beneath the tree. Dense shade for cooling during hot summers. A naturally smaller tree, Persian Mulberry, Morus nigra 'Alba', will grow to about 12-15 feet if not pruned. Can also be trained as a bush.
USDA Zones: 6, 7,8,9,10
Pollination: Self-Fertile
Fruit Storage: Fair
Mature Size: 12-15 ft.
Recommended Spacing: 8-12 ft.
Ripens: Early
Uses: Fresh eating, dessert, jams, drying
Rootstock: own
Water Requirement: 8-15 gallons per week May through Sept.
Years to bear: 1-3 years
Shape when shipped: whip(no branching)
*Size supplied when shipped: 5/8 inch caliper (width around trunk) 6-8 ft. in field (trimmed to 4 to 5 ft. when shipped)
*As noted by University of California Scientists and other qualified professionals the most successful trees often have caliper from 1/2" to 5/8" and usually establish faster than smaller and larger planting stock.
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Los Angeles, CA (October 30th, 2018) West Coast collective Serial Killers (Xzibit, B-Real, & Demrick) returns with release of their brand new album "Day Of The Dead." This release comes fresh off the release of their new single "Get Away With It" that surprised their fans last week. This collective will also be releasing visuals from this project in the coming weeks. Stay tuned because this is only the beginning for Serial Killers!"We are extremely proud of the work we have done collectively as The Serial Killers," says Xzibit. "B real, Demrick and myself have worked on our individual careers, but when we get together to do one of these projects, it comes together seamlessly."
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Purchase Order Financing
Purchase Order Financing is a type of commercial financing that allows a business to use the purchase order from the client as collateral to receive funding for a pre-ordered project. Small or growing businesses often will not have available funds to purchase all the materials necessary for a big job, nor can they obtain funds from a traditional financial institution based on their credit alone. The difference between PO financing and traditional bank financing is that PO financing bases its credit decision on the financial situation of your client, while a bank would only consider your finances, regardless of promising future income.
Purchase Order Financing allows a company to:
- Process large orders and expand production without depleting cash reserves
- Obtain financing for pre-sold goods and inventory to promote business growth and opportunity
- Maintain their reputation as a business worth working with
- Continue to expand
Purchase Order Financing involves one company paying the supplier of another company for the goods necessary to fulfill a job for a customer. This advance may not be for the entire amount of the supplies, but it will cover a large portion. Sometimes, companies can qualify for 100% financing. The loan company will then collect the purchase invoice from the end customer. The purchase order finance company makes their money by charging fees to the company in need of funds. These fees are deducted from the collected invoice. The remaining balance is returned to the company.
Benefits of Purchase Order Financing
- Doesn't add debt
- Allows for larger orders without giving up business equity
- Ensures customer deliveries arrive on time
- Provides flexible funding
- Boosts your profits
- Expands your market share
- Provides fast financing


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Ready to ignite the train engine and see how good you are in the transport business. Well think again, as this train driving simulation will take you through intense challenges and technical gameplay like no other.
Drive your transport train to carry farm animals from one stop to another, delivering goods in time and making precise stops to earn higher respect points.
Our transport train driver will receive contracts from various vendors to deliver farm animals within the allotted time limit. So better make a perfect start and execute the stops with immense precision.
The closest you make a stop at the designation, the higher rewards you earn, with more challenging contracts awaiting ahead.
Start by a simple stop to stop pickup and delivery task. Execute this one perfectly, and you have a bundle of new contracts at hand. Make perfect stops at stations, drop off animals and pick up more cattle. Complete each level within the best possible times to impress the vendors and clients.
Accelerate and brake the transport train by onscreen controls, or pull up the emergency brakes to make precise stops. While at the drop off zone, open up the barriers and unload animals, waiting for the next lot to be loaded in again.
Drive off carefully to all the stops in the given time and earn bonus points for making close stops at drop off points.
Brilliantly designed train simulation gameplay
Carry various farm animals to pick up and drop off locations
Complete 5 time based missions with bonus multipliers for precise executions"