April 4th 2019 - their first visit this year - five drakes and just the one duck!
The Photo Gallery below is of "Dr Gabs" - for many years resident pianist at the Metropole Hotel in Brussels - and direct inspiration for "Metropole" song which was begun when we were staying there in February 1998. Dr Gabs had died not long before our last visit there in 2014.
Three weeks later we had the work's première, this time with another dear pianist friend Dr Roy Wightman, in Stafford, a place with which Yvonne, Roy, myself and of course Carol Ann Duffy all have close connections. The afternoon was kindly hosted by Entrust Music Services, Staffordshire, FoSYM, the Friends of Staffordshire Young Musicians, of which Miss Howard is a patron and our own Ardross House. It proved a wonderful occasion, with the first half of the programme shared by two highly talented members of our younger generation, both from Staffordshire, Alice Dix soprano and Edward Robinson baritone, accompanied by Rachel Fright who is currently a Junior Fellow in Accompaniment at the Royal Northern College of Music, and who also impressed greatly. The second half was the first public performance of Rapture, and I think it is true to say that the audience was held spellbound. To close the concert, Alice and Edward joined Yvonne and Roy to perform an arrangement of my Metropole, which I had written twenty years earlier.
Elizabeth Lutyens was one of the earliest British composers to adopt serialist ideas, adapting Schoenberg's serial technique to her own requirements, and first introducing them in 1939.
Elizabeth Lutyens was born in 1906 and died in 1983.
The image credit for this photograph is the National Portrait Gallery, London, with photo metadata IPTC.
CDs of the Glasgow recording are now available on the tutti.co.uk website, as also are downloads, in two parts, matching the two books of the printed music which are published under the Ardross House label, each with settings of ten of the poems.
These are all now available from the classical music site tutti.co.uk, - a brilliant site dedicated to classical music. It is also possible to obtain individual sheet-music downloads of each of the twenty settings and in addition the opening bars of each setting can be viewed, along with the matching sound file.
The poems have a feel that is both universal and contemporary, and the musical settings aim above all to reflect the author's own refusal to 'simplify the contradictions and transformations of love - infatuation, longing, passion, commitment, rancour, separation and grief.' The musical language, with its background of serial technique, hopefully succeeds in being both contemporary and at the same time reasonably accessible.
Nine of the tracks from the Sonnets' CD "How do I love thee? ..." are available for download. The CD was originally released to coincide with Opera North's "Festival of Britten" season, with which Yvonne Howard was then touring. The accompanist is again the brilliant Scott Mitchell.
The Sonnets song-cycle "How do I love thee?"
Manchester by Stephen Guy on July 20th 2013.
A new site has been set up to cover the Sonnets settings. As well as the story behind the Sonnets and a commentary to accompany the full text of the sixteen selected sonnets there are also details of the beautiful première peformance by Yvonne Howard and Roy Wightman at Stafford in May 2013.
If you now have Windows 8 onwards the streamed audio files may not play with Media Player. So much for progress! There are dozens of these audio files and it is simply not possible to convert them all to mp3 format, so my apologies if some of the older sound files on this huge site will not play for tablet or Windows 8+ visitors. Sometimes, apparently, they will work, so you may be lucky!
ALSO: we are no longer selling the CDs on Amazon, which did not handle enquiries from outside Europe. Please use Tutti instead which distributes throughout the world. Thank you.
As mentioned above, the Alard Quartet's fine peformance of the work at St Mary's Stafford, as part of the 2013 Music Festival concert, is freely available to view on the vimeo channel.
The premiere was at Shugborough on June 24th 2012. Here are some interesting background notes on how the music aims to satisfy the rather unusual brief - but in the end, though, hopefully it's just a good piece, both to play and to listen to! I could not have wished for a better first peformance than that given by the Alard quartet, pictured below. Thank you Nigel for some dazzling playing!
Please visit the Pippa Passes site for more information about this haunting work, the performers and the recording.
- from March 2010: - coaxed out of retirement to join a Staffordshire Performing Arts quartet, giving eleven end-of-term concerts to local schools. And some quartet: Jane Olphin flute, Sandra Jones clarinet, KM on violin and viola and Dave Cunningham trombone.
And what a privilege - The Coppice Special School has children from 11 to 18, and how important music is to these youngsters. We clearly hit the right note, and each of us was presented with a Merit Award for a "fantastic concert".
On a lighter note - listen to a track from the 1971 vinyl recording we have just transferred to CD - the harpsichordist is John Pattinson.
One of our COMPLETUS Compline settings "Look Down O Lord / Be Present O Merciful God" has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. This was on November 4th 2008 and the music was selected and introduced by the incomparable Rob Cowan.
Talking of Archives ..... here's a bit of fun!
This 1971 vinyl record has just been transferred to audio CD.
Here is one of the tracks from side two, which also includes the Delius Serenade from Hassan, a couple of Handel movements and the Fiocco Allegro!
The recording dates from 1971 and was made for an educational project at Madeley Teacher Training College in Staffordshire, where <<John Pattinson>> was a lecturer and where I was one of several visiting instrumental staff.
<<The Bluebells of Scotland>> in an arrangement by William Honeyman (1845-1919).
<<The Bluebells of Scotland mp3 >> -for Windows 8 etc.
Some of our works - scores and audio CDs - can now be ordered from tutti.co.uk, - a brilliant site dedicated to classical music which can be accessed quickly and with complete confidence.
All these works can be studied in detail via the links on this page.
In addition, a new facility is being provided whereby sheet music can be downloaded directly from the tutti site. This is perhaps not appropriate for a long work, but for shorter works it may be very beneficial and so four of the songs demonstrated on our site are being uploaded. Hopefully this will prove easy and convenient to use. All being well, more works will be included presently.
- details of each can be found in the Caroline Sings and New Song features below.
"Completus" is a substantial work for double SATB choir lasting over 35 minutes and comprising six movements, the texts for which are all drawn from or connected with the service of Compline. A performing edition of the whole piece is now available, together with a dedicated web-site where sample pages of each setting can be accessed.
Ars Brunensis is also available - now including individual track downloads.
Of the six movements, three are set for double SATB chorus while the Nunc Dimittis (movement II) and movements IV and V are essentially SATB.
The opening movement is "Qui Habitat" (psalm 91/XC). The third movement is a setting of "Keep me as the apple of an eye" with "Lighten our Darkness" with the last movement an eight part setting of O Radiant Light - which is an English translation of the Latin text used by John Taverner in the late 1520s for his votive antiphon O Splendor Gloriae.
The third movement has also been scored optionally with trombone quartet (ATTB).
The work has been recorded by the breathtakingly beautiful Czech choir, Ars Brunensis, under their conductor Dan Kalousek.
The church of John Huss, Brno, was a perfect setting for the recording made by Annegret Lange's Vienna company, with recording and sound engineers Frantisek Poul and Vaclav Frkal - full details on the COMPLETUS site.
- April 2007 - I have just heard the pre-master disc - to quote Andrew Downes the choir is simply "superb"!
VIOLIN SONATA in A minor "Affinities"
This is a substantial work at some 28 minutes, and should be a welcome addition to today's repertoire.
For both players the parts lie well, but the work is not without challenges, not the least of them rhythmical. It is a very satisfying and rewarding work - the whole work having been conceived as an emotional journey, from the violinist's first anguished cry to the last movement's idyllic happy ending.
"I am thoroughly enjoying playing it .... the whole sonata is really elegant and happy and characteristic of the composer" !!
- a dear colleague who shall remain anonymous!
Audio downloads available for purchase from tutti.co.uk - just follow the link!
- violinist Jane Faulkner and pianist Timothy Ravenscroft. The recordings were made by the highly respected Michael Ponder in the splendid setting of All Saints, East Finchley.
"Pippa Passes - five songs of Asolo"
The words are by Robert Browning, from his poem Pippa Passes, first published in 1841.
The work was recorded in July 2011 by the brilliant mezzo-soprano Yvonne Howard and the English Piano Trio.
"Your lovely settings of Robert Browning truly do justice to this beautiful poetry" A.D.
The scores and parts for both "Pippa Passes - five songs of Asolo" and also the Violin/Piano Sonata "Affinities" are available to purchase from tutti.co.uk - click the logo, left.
The CD, with Yvonne Howard and the English Piano Trio, is also now available.
PLUS: instant downloads are now available for all five Pippa tracks: full details on the Pippa Passes pages.
This work had its first performance as part of a Commuters Concert at Birmingham Conservatoire in November 2000.
It was performed again, brilliantly, by the Windworks wind ensemble on November 19th 2006, also at the Conservatoire.
1. Heart of Scotland - a new anthem for a new age?
The "CAROLINE SINGS site" features "Footsteps", "Wings" and "Metropole" which Caroline Milan has performed and recorded - and not forgetting "Emily Rose"!
A song to celebrate a second birthday, "Carousel" - "Happy Birthday, Aged Two, Is there room for me too, As you race of on each new adventure? ....."
Welcome to a major site for schools and instrumental teachers: String and Percussion Hosanna! with instrumental (and percussion) parts and recordings of 26 assembly favourites, with audio clips of individual parts.
10 pages of violin music, 10 pages for viola, and 13 pages of percussion, with over 120 sound files. PDF format for speed, clarity and great print-outs. Great fun just to browse!
There are 29 songs and carols - Spring, Pancake Day, Lent/Easter, Harvest/Autumn, Halloween/Guy Fawkes, Endings, Hindu and Jewish - for festival assemblies throught the year, where each part can be individually listened to, simply by clicking its name.
The melody parts are suitable for recorder, violin, flute etc, while the accompanying line is specifically for young violinists.
All pages can be quickly viewed and printed out using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Another great educational site is "Sing and Play Along" with ideas for encouraging young instrumentalists join in school music lessons.
There are now ten books available in PDF format, and sound files of all 28 songs are available, plus individual percussion parts for each song.
As well as violin/recorder parts, there are melody parts for viola, cello, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone and trumpet, plus piano and vocal scores.
This hugely popular collection was originally compiled to provide young instrumentalists in Staffordshire schools with the opportunity to join in class and school assemblies, and provides instrumental melody booklets for violin/recorder, viola, cello, flute, B flat clarinet, trumpet and E flat saxophone.
A simple percussion score is also included, with short, memorable parts for a variety of tuned and untuned percussion, which can even be listened to individually, simply by clicking on an instrument's name.
Later, in response to many requests, a piano accompaniment book was also published, with new accompaniments by me to the twenty one carols.
There are separate booklets in PDF format for the seven instrumental melody parts, the piano accompaniment and the simple accompanying percussion parts.
is a cantata for two-part school or area choir, suitable for children of about 11 to 14 years old.
Catchy tunes, with simple two-part writing, and easy piano and percussion parts mean that everybody can join in what is a fun work with a serious warning message to all bullies!
Visit the site - see the scores and hear the music - Caroline Milan, singing all the vocal parts, really brings the story to life.
is a cantata for two-part school or area choir, suitable for children of about 12 to 16 years old.
" ... if she'd only said 'No thank you Paris..' "
All great fun, and an education too!
a cantata for two-part choir - five movements telling the classic story of Helen of Troy.
Visit the site - see the scores and hear the music - Caroline Milan, singing all the vocal parts, is in fine voice.
10. "Music for a While" has been produced by ASC Records for the Central Composers' Alliance.
The CD includes Caroline Milan and Julian Hellaby performing two of the pieces, Wings and Metropole, which are featured on the "Caroline Sings ..." site above.
It is a most attractive collection, and the CD is available from all contributing members as well as from ASC Records.
- the cycle repeats itself! August 2003 and a very late starter!
August 12th 2003 - you can watch a duckling hatch!
February 2004 and they are back on the pond. Too early yet to say; but is this going to be another hectic year for us! - update November 2004: no! plenty of activity but no, only smashed egg shells this year!
May 2009: not ducks this time, but more drama in our bird scene - including five cygnets.
February 25th 2016 - a pair of ducks make their first visit of the year to our pond. They certainly look just like the couple which have been regular visitors in the past, and they certainly know to come to chess board to ask to be fed!
April 4th 2019 (right) - first visit of the year that we have seen, the single duck being rather outnumbered!
... April 2014, a look at the LYNAM family in Cornwall during the 16th and 17th centuries - and a look even further back with a 1066 to the Restoration Outline!
In Lincolnshire, the DYON / DYAN Outline (revised August 2016) is equally fascinating, going right back to the 15th century - and we know quite a lot about this family, not least because so many of the family became priests! For example - Dom. Alan DYAN' will in 1488 includes the lines "my body to be buried in the church of Saint Clement Grainsthorpe. Also I bequeath one cow in the name of my mortuary."
December 2012, a look at the DEOR / DEWAR world around Aberfeldy at the period of the Jacobite rebellions in 1715 and 1745. But what a lot of people sharing very few names!
December 2011 - a new Outline for some of the ELLIS families in Nidderdale, starting with Richard ELLIS who married in 1704.
October 2011 - a new Outline of the Constable / Billing / Hawkin / Rundell Quaker connections in Cornwall - including Blanche Constable's crossing to Pennsylvania in 1682.
Summer update, looking into the MILNE family of 18th century Angus, in the Scottish Highlands.
June 2011: a huge project looking at the MITCHELL families of North Cornwall, especially around Port Isaac, Port Gaverne etc. in four outlines! 1 2 3 4.
January 2019, sees the BILLING alias TRELAWDER outline update. This is a fascinating line, going back to the 1400s and earlier, according to Sir John Maclean's 1870s account.
The CONSTABLE to BILLING outline goes right back to Henry Constable's marriage to Joane GOODING at St Sampson or Golant in 1568!
This presents a fascinating picture of a family over two hundred years from the time of Henry VIII, with many Quaker families and early links with Pennsylvania.
and from Cumberland, yet more revisions to the Calvert / Walker and Ferguson / Hodgson lines.
January 2010: link to the HARROP family connection. Apart from music and ducks, and our love of crosswords (we are Azed fanatics) researching our family background has become another favourite pastime.
Although we have a large web of several thousand pages we are not currently thinking to put it on-line. But there are one or two mysteries which someone perhaps may be able to to help us resolve, and by the same token we may have information of interest to others, so bits of trees may appear here from time to time.
Our first mystery concerns Lancelot Hodgson who married Eleanor Ferguson on December 6th 1876 at Kirklinton in Cumberland. Lancelot was born at Upperby near Carlisle in 1855 to a single mother, Jane Walker, and until a few years before his marriage he was called Lancelot Walker. On his marriage certificate he says his father was called John Walker (a farm servant), so why, sometime after 1871, did he adopt the name Hodgson?
In a reversal on circumstances, we have just come across a 2007 GenesReunited request from Linda concerning her ancestor Ernest Richard Maudson EARNSHAW. Not being a member of GenesReunited we have not been able to trace Linda; but if she is still interested in her ancestors could she please get in touch. We have much of great interest for her.
An article is attached about The SILVESTER FAMILIES OF NORTH CHESHIRE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
For anyone researching the SILVESTER families of Cheshire and Lincolnshire this may provide interesting material!
April 2014 - more from Cornwall, with its wealth of wills providing fascinating and sometimes humourous reading! Welcome the LYNAMs.
February 2015: a huge step back, as we add the Brus and Mowbray family outlines. These take us back to the Conquest, and even before.
The Mowbrays came from the French village of Montbrai in Normandy, the Bruys from Brix, a little further north, on the Cotentin penisula.
Both families settled in North Yorkshire. It was the Brus family who founded Guisborough Priory in 1119. Perhaps the family is better known, however, for Robert the Bruce, 1274 - 1329, who became one of Scotland's most famous kings.
This will be mainly a music site, though, with works for voice, strings, wind ensembles, etc, as well as a wide range of educational material by the composer - if you just have time to visit one or two sites now, try PIPPA or the COMPLINE settings, or head for Scotland and its "New Song". Or for an educational visit, try one of the revised "Hosanna" sites.
Thank you for looking in. Please keep track of how the site develops.
the Central Composers' Alliance Site , click here to return to its home page.
You may also like to visit the Incorporated Society of Musicians' site, which lists other ISM members' websites throughout Britain, both composers and performers.
And if you would like to read a short biography of Kerry Milan, please click here.


M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. His Escher puzzle is the inspiration for this Magenta Escher Puzzle Headband, and will never cease to amaze anyone who takes a look!
Comfortable and made from high-quality materials, this headband is the perfect gift for a friend, loved one, or yourself!


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Silas N. Pearman Bridge
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This article is about the second original bridge which was demolished. For the original bridge which was demolished with it, see John P. Grace Memorial Bridge. For the current bridge, see Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.
New Cooper River Bridge
Pearman Bridge is on the right and the Grace Memorial Bridge is on the left
Cooper River and Town Creek
SCDOT
Cantilever truss with suspended center span
250 ft (76 m)
Clearance below
Construction end
The Silas N. Pearman Bridge, known locally as the New Cooper River Bridge from the opening date to the groundbreaking of its replacement, was a cantilever bridge that crossed the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It opened in 1966 to relieve traffic congestion on the companion John P. Grace Memorial Bridge. It was built by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and was designed by HNTB Corporation.
At the time it opened, it consisted of two lanes to carry US 17 northbound traffic and one lane that was reversible. The two lanes of the Grace Bridge were then made to carry only southbound traffic. In this manner, the reversible lane could be used in the direction of heavy traffic in the mornings and evenings as Mount Pleasant was effectively a bedroom community at the time.
Once the Grace Bridge was posted with a load limit and could not carry large trucks, the reversible lane was made southbound permanently. This made sure that trucks had access across the Cooper River at all times. Unfortunately, this also meant that there was always oncoming traffic on the Pearman Bridge. Fatal head-on collisions on the Pearman Bridge led to a debate about constructing a barrier to separate traffic. The debate was resolved when the transportation department installed plastic delineators on the bridge during its final years.
Both bridges were replaced by the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge in 2005. Demolition on the Pearman Bridge started on August 6, 2005. One of the piers was intentionally left standing as a sort of memorial to the bridge, and can be seen by motorists getting onto the new bridge from East Bay Street in Charleston.
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Mr. Rogers Documentary Being Heralded as Relevant For Our Turbulent Times
Jack Xiong June 13, 2018
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" is the new documentary focusing on beloved PBS children's show icon, Fred Rogers, and is being heralded by critics as timeless and timely in our current cultural climate.
Directed by Morgan Neville, the movie's release on June 8, 2018 coincides with the 15th anniversary of Rogers' famed TV show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", which debuted nationally on PBS in 1968.
The show would go on to include over 1,765 episodes until 2001. Fred Rogers later died of cancer at age 74 in 2003.
Rogers' life and career are examined in the new documentary: a political conservative and ordained minister, Rogers quit the seminary to deliver his visionary message of good, clean values on children's television.
Although generations of viewers would rightfully see him as exceedingly gentle, kind, and benevolent, Rogers was also adamant about telling it like it is to children, for their own benefit.
Indeed, in one clip from a June 7, 1968, primetime special, Rogers spoke directly to kids about their feelings and fears in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.
During the years of segregation at schools and public places when black families were bullied out of public swimming pools, Rogers invited his onscreen neighborhood cop, played by gay African-American François Clemmons, to share a footbath on camera.
The documentary also sheds some light on Rogers' few detractors, such as pundits from a "Fox & Friends" segment blaming Rogers' approach for inciting feelings of entitlement among the current generation of millennials.
Overall, film critics have noted that the Mr. Rogers we saw on television for decades was no different than the one in real life, as seen in this documentary: a genuinely kind soul who, in his own words, wanted to "make goodness attractive."
The film has received universal acclaim, scoring a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics and audiences alike are warming up to the tale of this gentle icon, perhaps as a respite and beacon to strive for in our turbulent times.
In fact, there is more of Fred Rogers to come—TriStar Pictures announced earlier this year that Tom Hanks will portray Rogers in an upcoming feature film about him.
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Mr. Rogers Documentary Being Heralded as Relevant For Our Turbulent Times

by Jack Xiong, Citizen Truth
June 13, 2018

	"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" is the new documentary focusing on beloved PBS children's show icon, Fred Rogers, and is being heralded by critics as timeless and timely in our current cultural climate.

Directed by Morgan Neville, the movie's release on June 8, 2018 coincides with the 15th anniversary of Rogers' famed TV show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", which debuted nationally on PBS in 1968.

The show would go on to include over 1,765 episodes until 2001. Fred Rogers later died of cancer at age 74 in 2003.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwktRDG_aQ

Rogers' life and career are examined in the new documentary: a political conservative and ordained minister, Rogers quit the seminary to deliver his visionary message of good, clean values on children's television.

Although generations of viewers would rightfully see him as exceedingly gentle, kind, and benevolent, Rogers was also adamant about telling it like it is to children, for their own benefit.

Indeed, in one clip from a June 7, 1968, primetime special, Rogers spoke directly to kids about their feelings and fears in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.

During the years of segregation at schools and public places when black families were bullied out of public swimming pools, Rogers invited his onscreen neighborhood cop, played by gay African-American François Clemmons, to share a footbath on camera.

The documentary also sheds some light on Rogers' few detractors, such as pundits from a "Fox & Friends" segment blaming Rogers' approach for inciting feelings of entitlement among the current generation of millennials.

Overall, film critics have noted that the Mr. Rogers we saw on television for decades was no different than the one in real life, as seen in this documentary: a genuinely kind soul who, in his own words, wanted to "make goodness attractive."

The film has received universal acclaim, scoring a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics and audiences alike are warming up to the tale of this gentle icon, perhaps as a respite and beacon to strive for in our turbulent times.

In fact, there is more of Fred Rogers to come—TriStar Pictures announced earlier this year that Tom Hanks will portray Rogers in an upcoming feature film about him.

This article first appeared on Citizen Truth and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


Happy Unofficial Beginning of Summer!!!
Yea!!! It's finally here! I hope you all have a happy and safe weekend. And don't forget to remember those who have gone before us... especially our fallen troops.
The weekend has started! Happy Memorial Day!
(I've had about three weeks of an ISP "server error" navigating online).
Happy Memorial Day to everyone from me, too!
Hope you all had a great Memorial Day Yesterday and that the sun shone for the start of Summer!!
Here's hoping everyone had a safe and fun holiday.
A big thank you to all the servicemen and women who have given their all for our country and made it a safer place to be.
Sorry that this is late, but hope all of you had a happy Memorial Day. And Brooke, I echo what you said. I hope everyone took some time to thank all of our service men and women, past and present, for the sacrifices they make for all of us here in the U.S.
A belated Happy Memorial Day to all! Hope you had a lovely weekend with family and friends.


Unlike some previous video appearances, Kim Kardashian shows only a little skin in this ad for her line of perfume. Kardashian was reportedly an active contributor to the look and scent of her perfume, and wrote on her Web site that "the Old Hollywood theme with a modern twist is a perfect fit for my fragrance." Which is ironic, because Golden Age glamour represents an era when being famous meant being good at something besides having well-connected parents. Personal vitriol aside, her ad, while pretty, isn't any more effective than Liz Taylor's perfume ads have been over the years. But let's be fair to Kim. Her Carl's Jr. work was groundbreaking.


Munyu Heavy Industries still producing scantalations? Anything I can do to help?
Yes, we're still working, although it's kinda been stalled since I had to move to my new apartment. Previously I was living with a friend and his wife, and they had martial problems and left the state in a rather big hurry -- I had like a week to find a place.
I currently live about a mile away from work and have to walk everywhere, so usually when I get home I don't have the gumption to do much.
Because I haven't used much time off this year, I ended up with about 6 days that I *have* to take this month or lose. So basically I normally work MTWSa, but this month I'm skipping out Monday and Tuesday of next week, ALL of the week after that, and the Monday after Christmas.
So in other words, I work tomorrow then am off for 4 days and hope to get some work done on the translation projects.
I've dabbled in Photoshop. I can easily clear text and put it back. My trouble is just redrawing over shading. I'd love to offer my aid if you think it will help. I've plenty of free time for it.
If someone could provide me with a raw scan download link I could see how well my touchup and editing can compare to the two previous releases, and if it is alright I wouldnt mind using my freetime to cleanup the scans. Typesetting the translated material is easy, Im pretty decent with photoshop so Im hoping for the best.


Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was Bishop of Geneva and is a Doctor of the Church.
St. Francis taught that we can all attain a devout and spiritual life, whatever our position in society: holiness is not reserved for monks and hermits alone. His wrote that "religious devotion does not destroy: it perfects", and his spiritual counsel is dedicated to making people more holy by making them more themselves. In his preaching against Calvinism he was driven by love rather than a desire to win: so much so, that it was a Calvinist minister who said "if we honoured anyone as a saint, I know of no-one since the days of the Apostles more worthy of it than this man".
St. Francis is the patron saint of writers and journalists, who would do well to imitate his love and his moderation: as he said, "whoever wants to preach effectively must preach with love".
He was beatified in 1661, canonized in 1665, and proclaimed Doctor of the Universal Church in 1877.
His feast is celebrated on the 29th in the Tridentine calendar, and on the 24th in the modern calendar.
On Sunday, January 28th, at 10:00 a.m. the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Saint Louis, Missouri, will celebrate the External Solemnity of Saint Francis de Sales, followed by a conference and dinner. The very Rev. Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz, Vicar General and Provincial Superior of the Institute will be the homilist and lecturer. Dinner tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for adolescents 12—17, and children are free.


Artrinsic Inc, the not-for-profit group which has been running thee portraiture competitions since 2007, is based in Perth, Western Australia.
Its Executive Director, Tina Wilson, an artist herself, conceived of the idea of promoting the Arts and assisting artists so gathered a group of like-minded people to put their dreams into practice. Tina is still the driving force behind the organisation and has managed to involve major sponsors/partners in the project.
Entries for the 2012 $40,000 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture are now open!
Visit our website to read the Terms and Conditions, to enter your artwork on-line or to view previous highlights and winning artists.


Signal-flow graphs are another method for visually representing a system. Signal Flow Diagrams are especially useful, because they allow for particular methods of analysis, such as Mason's Gain Formula.... What language is this? It looks like C except for the "Int" rather than "int" in the declaration. If it is C, there is no nested for loop, but ratehr a while loop nested in a for loop.
The overall transmittance or gain of signal flow graph of control system is given by Mason's Gain Formula and as per the formula the overall transmittance is Where, P k is the forward path transmittance of k th in path from a specified input is known to an output node.... 31/12/2016 · Flow Graph Cyclomatic complexity Independent Paths.
A control chart plots measured values along with upper and lower quality control limits. Values appearing outside these limits are unacceptable and could indicate a manufacturing problem.... There is naturally a flow chart to note the monitoring and control processes of the project, which starts with monitoring and control and leads to an integrated change control plan. That leads to quality control, which flows into reporting risk and issues, and so forth.
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As of the 2010 United States Census, Longboat Key, located in The Sunshine State, had a total population of 7003 people.
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'No! Kashmir is not normal,' says Indian journalist
NEW DEHLI: A noted Indian journalist, Nirupama Subramanian, has said that the situation in the occupied Kashmir valley is far from being normal.
Nirupama Subramanian, an Indian Express journalist who recently returned from occupied Kashmir shared her experience on Twitter and narrated in a series of tweets how people of Kashmir were angry with the government of India.
Subramanian while disapproving claims made by the Indian media and by Narendra Modi government said, "At the moment, Kashmir is anything but normal and all assertions to the contrary, whether by officials or media, are from la-la land. True, no violent uprising, but life, even the post-2016 one that people had got used to, is paralysed."
With the arrest and detention of all pro-India politicians, no politicians left in the valley who can sell Delhi's scheme to the people, said Subramanian after her interaction with the people of Kashmir.
She pointed out that virtually the entire population of the Kashmir valley has now turned anti-India. She added that the people were happy that pro-India politicians had been put in jail. "They (politicians) feathered their own nests by selling our fate to Delhi. They had it coming," she quoted the residents of the valley as having said.
According to Subramanian, though private vehicles were seen on the roads, public transport remained shut since August 5 – the day when Article 370 was made null and void by the BJP government. She said people have imposed "civil curfew" and efforts to win the heart of the Kashmiri people have become more difficult now.
"It's surprising how many people believe India's Kashmir problem is solved. The reality on the ground is entirely different, and once the fog of celebration clears, the challenges may become apparent," she remarked.


Artist Jay222 is a super nice guy. I met him recently at the Toxic Catalyst Show. But you really wouldn't know it by looking at his art. You might think he's one demented mother fucker. I traded him a custom RealxHead figure for some toys and he came up with this. He likes to take one figure and create two custom toys out of them. Really interesting gimmick. Usually he will take the head and make a body for it. Then make a head for the remaining body. The idea behind the RealxHead set is that it's a Prom Date with a Chaperone. "A prom date monster gone bad" I would hate to see the rest of this hellish prom.
Jay made this set for Mori of RealxHead. Looks like a mini Chaos head. But the other figure is almost unrecognizable. I think it's the Mini cochaos body.
Then Jay took a Max Toy Company mini Tripus and created two figures for Omar and Denise at Double Punch. Pretty friggin cool.


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Q: G4 and G5 Macs on one monitor using a dvi splitter?
Possible Duplicate:
How can I share a monitor between two computers?

I have a Power Mac G4 and a Power Mac G5 and I wonder how can I connect both on a single monitor (use one at a time). I tried using a dvi splitter but when I hook up both cables on the splitter and power up e.g. the G4 the screen remains black (no signal). I use dual link dvi cables on both machines. Any suggestions?

A: A Y splitter would only be effective when each item is powered one at a time, so there is only one digital stream at a time.  Even unpowered the second connection to a device could terminate the signal enough to stop the whole thing.  and it usually does.
It is possible to use a DVI splitter to get 2 poor adapted analog VGAs out, but even that isn't correct.
What is the purpose of a (simple) Y splitter?  there really isn't one in most of the situations. Splitting to send a data stream to 2 monitors fails most of the time, feeding 2 computers into one monitor fails most of the time (including the items being off). The one use for them can be getting the Dual Link signal to 2 monitors. Everything else you need either a switch, or a distribution capability (splitter/booster).
What do people do when they buy one and use it?  They have One connection that can Stay, and they move the wire off of either the second monitor, or off the computer (in your case) manually. Hey half done is better than undone right :-).  They basically manually "switch" the cables, so why didn't they purchace a switch?
2 types of switches the Manuel A-B switch, very similar to the old parellel port switch no curcuits , just a multipole switch , that changes the direction of the signal without curcuits.  Automatic switches with detection curcuitry.  They come as single switch items, or in KVM (keyboard Video Monitor) switches.  I would go for a well built manuel A-B or KVM  hard switch, that had a good solid clunk to the switching.

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Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud
People protest against alleged election fraud in a general elections in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Thousands on Sunday rallied in Bosnia for the second time in a week, alleging that pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik rigged a ballot during a general election in the Balkan country last weekend. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Radivoje Pavicic]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Amid widespread reports of fraud in Bosnia's general election, the ethnically divided country's top electoral body announced Monday it will conduct a recount in the race to become the next Bosnian Serb president, a ballot that was allegedly rigged by a staunchly pro-Russian leader.
The Oct. 2 election in Bosnia included races for all levels of government in the Balkan country's Serb-dominated and Bosniak-Croat parts, as well as for the joint central institutions that link the two.
Bosnia's central election commission on Monday ordered all ballots cast in the race for the president of the country's Serb-run part to be shipped to the central vote counting center in the capital of Sarajevo to be tallied anew and further examined.
The decision supported by all but one of the multi-ethnic commission's seven members followed widespread reports of irregularities and problems at poling stations.
"We have heard about cases of voter intimidation, vote buying, ballot stuffing, improperly sealed ballot boxes, of poll workers intentionally altering the vote tallies and numerous other procedural problems," election commission member Irena Hadziabdic said, explaining the reasons for the decision.
Hardline Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik has claimed victory in the race to be president of the Serb-run part, Republika Srpska. But his main contender, Jelena Trivic, has rejected that, saying Dodik's "thugs" were intimidating voters on election day and that poll workers loyal to his political party, SNSD, had altered vote tallies to reduce the number of ballots cast for her so as to hand him the victory.
Trivic's supporters have staged two large rallies over the past week to demand a repeat of the vote for Republika Srpska's president and support her refusal to concede defeat.
Dodik has been the most powerful Bosnian Serb politician since 2006 despite being sanctioned by the West for corruption and advocating the separation of Republika Srpska from the rest of the country.
Speaking to local media on Monday, Dodik described the commission's order as "running against the law" and an example of "foreign meddling."
Under Bosnia's electoral rules, votes are counted at polling stations by poll workers who are appointed by the country's central election commission but are all nominated by political parties and coalitions running in an election. The central election commission collects the poll station tallies, examines them for irregularities and runs recounts where necessary before certifying the results or ordering a rerun of a vote.
The commission has for years called for electoral law reforms, insisting that appointments of poll workers by political parties increases the risk of vote-rigging.
Separatist ambitions among ethnic Serbs sparked Bosnia's devastating 1992-95 war, which killed more than 100,000 people, displaced millions and shattered the country for years. A U.S.-brokered peace agreement that ended the war created the Serb and Bosniak-Croat entities, tied loosely by joint institutions.


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Resource | Proposed Rule
Proposed Rule: Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the SFSP
This rulemaking proposes to amend the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) regulations to strengthen program integrity by codifying in regulations changes that have been tested through policy guidance and by streamlining requirements among Child Nutrition Programs. These changes update important definitions, simplify the application process, enhance monitoring requirements, and provide more discretion at the State agency level to manage program operations. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to clarify, simplify, and streamline program administration in order to facilitate compliance with program requirements.
Waivers of Rules
Welcome to the new SNAP Certification Policy Waiver Database. This waiver database was designed to help users find the information they need quickly in a friendly format. SNAP regulations provide that waivers may be approved under certain conditions, including when approval of a waiver would result in a more effective and efficient administration of the program.
Questions & Answers Regarding Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Program Personnel
This Questions & Answers (Q&A) memorandum is designed to provide an overview of the policies related to the Professional Standards regulations (7 CFR 210.30 and 235.11(g)) for state and local school nutrition program personnel. The regulations seek to ensure that school nutrition program personnel have the knowledge and skills to manage and operate the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program correctly and successfully. This document includes responses to questions submitted by state agencies and program operators on specific aspects of the regulations. This memorandum rescinds and replaces SP 38-2016, "Questions & Answers (Q&As) on the Final Rule 'Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010." This document has been updated to include questions regarding the final rule titled Hiring Flexibility Under Professional Standards (84 FR 6953/8247).
CSFP: Final Caseload Assignments for the 2020 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants
On Dec. 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (PL 116-94), which provides $245 million for CSFP for FY 2020. Based on this funding level, FNS is issuing a final national caseload allocation of 736,110 for the 2020 caseload cycle (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020). This amount is equal to the 2019 national caseload allocation. FNS is allocating final caseload and administrative grants as provided in this memo.
SNAP Guide to Supporting Requests to Waive the Time Limit for ABAWDs
This guide consolidates and underscores FNS policy concerning waivers of the ABAWD time limit and replaces its predecessor, FNS' August 2006 Guidance on Requesting ABAWD Waivers. FNS advises state agencies to use this guide to understand, obtain, and prepare evidence that successfully supports an ABAWD time limit waiver request based on relevant sections of the Act; federal regulations; and historical SNAP policy. As a result of the final rule, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents, that was published on December 5, 2019, the regulatory standards referenced in this guide are only valid through March 31, 2020. In order to have a waiver as of April 1, 2020, and thereafter, states must request a waiver that meets the new standards in 7 CFR 273.24(f) and should submit that request as soon as possible to their respective FNS regional office contact(s). FNS expects to replace this guide in the future.
Resource | Policy Memos | FD-147
Policy Cancellation Memorandum
In order to update and streamline policy guidance for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), the Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP), the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is cancelling Policy Memoranda FD-010, FD-027, FD-028, FD-029, FD-032, FD-053, FD-055, FD-071, FD-073, FD-074, FD-083, FD-086, FD-087, FD-090, FD-105, and FD-115. The guidance provided by these memoranda are either outdated, obsolete, or otherwise captured in more current memoranda.
Comment Request - Information Collection for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
This is a revision of a currently approved information collection (ICR). Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1766), authorizes the Child and Adult Care Program (CACFP). Under this Program, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide cash reimbursement and commodity assistance, on a per meal basis, for food service to children in nonresidential child care centers and family or group day care homes, and to eligible adults in nonresidential adult day care centers. This renewal revises reporting and recordkeeping burden and adds public disclosure burden not captured in the previous ICR.
Resource | Policy Memos | 2020-1
WIC Policy Memorandum #2020-1: Donation of Unused, Returned Infant Formula
USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recommends WIC clinics dispose of unused, returned WIC infant formula in accordance with state and local health and safety laws. FNS does not recommend donating unused, returned WIC infant formula to entities such as food banks or food pantries.
Request for Information: Self-Determination Demonstration Project for Tribes that Administer FDPIR
This is a Request for Information to help the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (the Secretary or USDA) develop the additional criteria, as authorized in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, for a self-determination demonstration project related to the purchase of agricultural commodities for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). USDA requests feedback from Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) and state agencies that administer FDPIR, Tribal leaders and representatives, and Tribal associations.


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Q: Applescript XML "Invalid Index" with CDATA Parsing the following XML with the following script throws an "Invalid Index" error. I've isolated it down to the fact that the CDATA isn't wrapped inside of a tag. It appears that the script counts the CDATA as a valid element in the initial read but doesn't use it in subsequent reads, thus throwing off the index and selecting the wrong element.
How can I get around this?
example.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<library>
  <info>Some info</info>
  <![CDATA[Yo]]>
  <books>
    <book country="US">
      <name>The Secret Lives of Cats</name>
      <publisher>Feline Press</publisher>
    </book>
  </books>
</library>

The script:
tell application "System Events"
    tell XML file "~/Downloads/example.xml"
        set books to every XML element of XML element "books" of XML element "library" whose name is "book"
        repeat with a from 1 to length of books
            set theBook to item a of books
            tell theBook
                name of every XML element
                name of every XML attribute
                value of every XML attribute
            end tell
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

Note, the example is a partly modified version of https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/WorkwithXML.html
If you remove the <![CDATA[Yo]]> part and run the script, you'll see that it works as expected.

A: Use a referenced object, like this:
tell application "System Events"
    tell XML file "~/Downloads/example.xml"
        set ref_books to a reference to (XML elements of XML element "books" of XML element "library" whose name is "book")
        repeat with theBook in ref_books
            tell theBook
                name of every XML element
                name of every XML attribute
                value of every XML attribute
            end tell
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

Or use the tell block on the whose clause, like this:
tell application "System Events"
    tell XML file "~/Downloads/example.xml""
        tell (XML elements of XML element "books" of XML element "library" whose name is "book")
            repeat with theBook in it
                tell theBook
                    name of every XML element
                    name of every XML attribute
                    value of every XML attribute
                end tell
            end repeat
        end tell
    end tell
end tell


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Home » Library » Modern Library » Abortion is not Immoral and Should not be Illegal
Abortion is not Immoral and Should not be Illegal
Richard Carrier | -- | Modern Library
by Richard C. Carrier
Fundamentals of Agreement and Disagreement
Jen Roth has composed her case well, and I can see this debate will be of great value to everyone, not only secularists. I will begin with the major points of fundamental agreement and disagreement between us. Roth is quite right when she identifies the two key issues in the abortion debate: "whether every human being is a person is…one of the main controversies in the abortion debate," and "many defenders of abortion, both religious and secular, claim that the question of when life begins is a religious one, and therefore the views of any one group cannot be written into law."
The latter point is significant, since it is such a specious argument for the pro-choice party to employ, except when responding to its corollary: the claim by many in the pro-life party that abortion should be illegal because of religious reasons. That argument is equally to be rejected on its face. Just as law is concerned with facts and evidence when trying cases, so must facts and evidence be the issue in deciding responsible legal policy in the first place. Though the moral values which motivate the people and their legislatures to enact laws can derive from religious convictions, these motives must still be matched to demonstrable facts before legislative action is justified, since legislation goes beyond personal interests and convictions and imposes demands, and permits the use of force, on others who are unwilling. Such an imposition needs an objective justification–though what a society is to accomplish with its laws must necessarily be put to vote in any democratic society, the truth is not something than can be or ought to be decided by vote. This is the ideal of freedom of conscience. Undemonstrable judgments of fact should be the reserve of the individual and not the basis of forcing opinions on others, for a very good reason: for therein lies the road to intellectual oppression and physical tyranny [1].
However, Roth and I disagree in the answering of these two questions. In the first case, as I had expected, we define "person" differently and we must explore the reason why. This is where a lot of "talking past each other" goes on in debates like this and thus I hope to gradually narrow in on the issue and try to communicate my point of view while trying to comprehend Ms. Roth's. Only then can we identify who is right and why. This ultimately becomes not so much a question of facts as of values, since "person" is meant to identify an object of value, and thus how it is defined will be determined by this founding value. The next step would then be to take this value-derived definition and apply it to observed facts.
Philosophy vs. Science
The question "at what point does an individual physical being come into existence," Roth says "can be answered scientifically," but the question "at what point does that being become a person which must be accorded rights….cannot [be answered scientifically]," for "personhood is a philosophical issue." This is in part correct, since this is ultimately a question of how a word is to be defined (more specifically, how the object of our values is to be completely and correctly described), and though scientists can create operational definitions for use in organizing experiments and clarifying the results, the issue of defining terms for accurate use in general human life is the domain of philosophy, not science. Though a scientist can also be a philosopher, and the results of both fields can be combined and intertwined, the two activities should always be distinguished and never confused. With that in mind, Roth's statements need to be reformulated: science can only tell us when an individual human being comes into existence after we have defined "individual human being," which is primarily a philosophical task; likewise, contrary to Roth's words (though perhaps not her intent), science can tell us when that being becomes "a person [who] must be accorded rights" once we have already tackled the philosophical task of defining "a person [who] must be accorded rights."
Thus, Roth is both right and wrong when she says, "we can't scientifically prove that anyone is a person." She is right in that defining "person" is a philosophical, not a scientific task. But she is wrong in part, because once we have defined the term, science can prove whether someone is a person. In fact, only science can do this with the greatest success and certainty possible. How science would do it is essentially what I describe in my opening statement. This brings us back briefly to the question of religion: for if it were possible to adequately define and then scientifically demonstrate the existence of a "soul," the question of when or whether a body was "ensouled" would cease to be a uniquely religious belief and would become a demonstrable matter of fact, open to scientific investigation, and capable of objective proof.
Theology vs. Physiology
The fact that this can't be done is what makes such discussions of "ensoulment" irrelevant to proper legal policy debates, since without facts to back up the beliefs, the beliefs fail to escape the domain of liberty of conscience–in other words, so long as a case cannot be proven, what one believes in that case is merely a matter of opinion (or, if one wishes to cloak it in more honorable vocabulary, a matter of "faith"). And mere opinion (much less religious faith) has no business in decisions concerning the proper use of force to compel obedience in a democratic society. As to the moral question, there are two results: first, discussions of ensoulment are irrelevant to the personal moral lives of secularists who, by being secular, would not regard undemonstrable facts as carrying any great weight in their moral thought (as Roth acknowledges); second, discussions of ensoulment would be relevant to the personal moral lives of the those among the religious who give matters of faith greater weight, but this would only fall within the domain of personal principles, not of universal moral truth, as I explained in my opening statement.
Since the issue of ensoulment fails to meet the standards of both democratic politics and universal morality, we must look elsewhere for an objectively demonstrable feature of personhood. Once we have defined "person" with this need in mind, the task falls to science to identify when a person exists. Thus, the first question remains: how do we define a person? The answer lies in an analysis of our relevant values. For once we fully understand why we care about persons, we will automatically have our definition of "person." For in such a context, "person" means that which we value as a person. Since what we value in persons is almost certainly something everyone can see and experience at least indirectly, and is likely something that exists as part of the constitution of a human being, and the study of the constitution of human beings is a matter of physiological investigation, it is not far-fetched to anticipate that physiology could be where the answer lies.
Defining a "Person"
This I attempted in my opening statement: we value human minds, which we only know to exist as the result of (or in conjunction with) "a complex cerebral cortex." For we do not regard with special value a mere body without a mind–though we can keep a brainless body alive indefinitely, we do not generally consider this the proper thing to do (apart from its utility in preserving donated organs for transplant). Roth, instead, follows what is often proposed as definitive of personhood, and rightly finds fault with it: for "a being who performs personal acts" (to use Roth's terminology) does not include "the comatose, infants, and prenates."
But this is an incorrect definition of personhood. First, though we do value especially the existence of a rational consciousness, we also value other forms of consciousness–it should not be assumed, for instance, that those who believe abortion is not immoral also believe that torturing monkeys is not immoral, on the faulty ground that monkeys are not rational creatures. To the contrary, monkeys are conscious beings, albeit inferior in certain intellectual respects. In my opening statement I even used the example of a mouse to make the same point. But we still do not regard monkeys as persons; thus our value for animals is not the same as our value for persons (though it is a value nonetheless). It is also true that rational creatures have a greater scale of value and thus are afforded greater rights–we recognize this implicitly when we confer greater rights on adults than on children, even children who are quite capable of performing "personal acts." But this does not entail that killing a twelve-year-old is not immoral. Nor does this entail that a four-year-old is not a person, for though he is an underdeveloped person he is considered a person nonetheless. So there must be more to what we really value as a "person."
Consequently, I did not employ this faulty definition that Roth rightly dismisses herself. Instead, I used in my opening statement the more general concept of "an individual human personality" as being what we especially value as a person. It is a matter of established scientific fact that even newborn babies exhibit, and thus possess, personality traits–one can see this described in almost any introductory college psychology textbook (and especially texts on developmental psychology). And it would be incredible if these traits simply "didn't" exist until the baby left the womb, for we cannot even conceive of a mechanism that would trigger such a fundamental physiological change under such simple circumstances (since any significant psychological change corresponds to a comparable physiological change, as science has generally proven). We know that these and other personality traits are the product of a complex cerebral cortex, and such a cortex exists well before a baby is born (as I noted, it is typically in place between the fifth and sixth month–in other words, at the onset of the third trimester). We thus have solid, objective grounds to suppose that an individual personality begins to exist from the sixth month of gestation. In other words, this is when a person exists. And once we adopt this definition of "person" on philosophical grounds, the scientific evidence needed to find a person is already available.
This in turn explains why we respect the rights of people in a coma (just as we do people who are merely sleeping). For it is the existence of a personality that we value, not its active manifestation. Though it is the prospect of active manifestation that makes a personality valuable, this prospect still exists for people who are sleeping or in a coma, for their brains remain intact, storing all the aspects of their memory and personality which need only be unleashed–thus the personality still exists even in such states. The one thing we can know, as certain as we know anything, is that a body without a cerebral cortex cannot and thus does not possess a personality, even of a simple sort. It is therefore not a person.
Nevertheless, with many of Ms. Roth's individual points I agree–that is, if her arguments are subsumed within my analysis above. For instance, though Roth competently refutes the claim that "even if the prenate is a person, the pregnant woman is not obligated to allow him the use of her body," her arguments, in my view, only apply to a personality–which only has a chance of existing after month five of gestation. And to an extent she already agrees with me, noting that "there is little reason to even discuss whether a woman has obligations to a non-person." As to exactly when between the fifth month and birth an actual personality begins to form is currently beyond scientific investigation, but we have no reason to doubt that it begins very early after, if not at the same time as, the formation of a complex cerebral cortex. And thus, within that period of gestation, I agree with Roth, and for anyone who doesn't, her argument is well worth reading.
However, I don't know if Ms. Roth is correct that "current law only requires parents to provide for their children's needs after birth" [2] But there is no particular reason why this should have to be true on my theory. As far as I see it, acts which will cause future injury to a person are just as much crimes as acts which cause immediate injury. Thus, pregnant mothers who take drugs, or smoke or drink, etc., could justly be in danger of prosecution if a future person (their baby) is harmed by this–at the very least, they are certainly acting immorally. But to be exact, such an act would not strictly be immoral or justifiably illegal until the effect actually happened (i.e. when a person exists, who is in fact harmed). It is then that such an act would become a crime in fact. To complete the analogy, the attempt to harm a future person is not a crime unless there is a genuine intent, and in such a case the intent itself (coupled with action toward the intention) is the crime–attempted murder is a crime, but "attempted manslaughter" is not. However, abortion prevents the existence of a person and thus does not fall into this category of actions–no harm is ever done to any person in such cases, thus even the question of intent is irrelevant.
The Creation of Obligation
Ms. Roth is additionally right to note that sex–even when all precautions are taken–entails risk. And whoever assumes a risk also assumes any obligations that are thus being risked. This is the basic principle behind all civil law, and I do believe that a woman who becomes accidentally pregnant should have the right to sue the father for his share of the expenses in civil court, just as she would if he had damaged her property or caused the loss of her job–and that share could arguably be greater than half, since she is already under several burdens that cannot be shared or transferred. The corollary of this is that the father's voluntarily meeting of these expenses (without the involvement of the law) would be the moral thing to do.
However, there is no obligation created for the woman to choose to carry the prenate to term. The extent to which the father's opinion matters depends on cases, since, as far as I know, this would be a question of oral contract (unless an actual written contract was in place, an unusual prospect I'm sure). There would be an analogy with intellectual property law, and this is a matter for an entirely different kind of debate (and not an easy one at that). But if we assume the father has no rights, neither does the mother have an obligation, since she cannot have an obligation to a person who does not exist. This changes in the third trimester.
Removing the Need for Abortion
I also agree with Roth that we ought to seek solutions for the even-more-troublesome social problems that often motivate abortions: as she puts it best, "pregnancy can mean social, financial, and professional ruin for a woman," "the sacrifices of raising children are borne mainly by women," "many women are still uneducated about the way their bodies work, and many others lack access to safe, affordable contraception." Indeed, if anyone really wanted to end abortion for personal reasons, they would be most wise to put every effort into eliminating the need for it, and not try to impose their opinions on others by force. Yet the pro-life party is rarely even modestly involved in efforts to eliminate the social problems that motivate women to seek abortions, and for that they can be justly criticised.
However, I do not agree with the principle that these social problems never create a mitigating circumstance for abortion even within Roth's point of view. For it is a simple fact that circumstances can change the conditions under which an act is immoral or even illegal, and though one can certainly call, even fight, for those circumstances to be changed, this has nothing to do with what we ought to expect from those who are still in those circumstances and cannot escape them. Thus, if real, difficult, inescapable conditions actually exist for a woman, then abortion could even be the moral thing to do.
For instance, a woman already poor and with many children, in a backward, overpopulated country, would actually be acting for the greater good if she had an abortion, since the loss of work and money from the pregnancy, and the risk to her health, not to mention the addition of another mouth to feed, would actually serve to harm her and her existing children, or put them at serious risk of harm. That women should not have to endure such decisions is true, but irrelevant. Though Roth paints this as embodying the view that "violence against certain of our fellow human beings is an acceptable, even necessary way to solve social problems," the reality is that some acts are not solutions to social problems, but solutions to immediate problems–killing someone who is trying to kill you is not a solution to the social problem of violence, but it is certainly a solution to an immediate problem, and a solution that is generally accepted as both moral and legal, no matter how regrettable. Thus, accepting abortion does not have to entail the view that violence is a solution to a social problem. Although the killing of a person, correctly defined, would still require dire circumstances to be justified, on my view women do not really face a moral dilemma here, since they can abort a prenate before it becomes a person.
Ms. Roth and I agree on all the facts, as far as I can see. We only differ on one point of value, and that difference I suspect is the result not of any real disagreement, but of a semantic confusion–a logical error in moving from our value for persons to the defining of the object of that value. My argument is that we do not value mindless bodies. We value minds. Thus, when we talk about "persons" in the context of such values, we can only be referring to minds. Since minds do not exist before the sixth month of pregnancy, as science can effectively demonstrate, it follows that persons do not exist before then. Since Jen Roth's argument, both legal and moral, hinges on the meaning of "person," and I believe that I have correctly clarified its meaning, it follows that, if I am right, she should agree with me that abortion (as I originally defined it in my opening statement) is not immoral and should not be illegal.
Now read Jennifer Roth's First Rebuttal
[1] I have already argued elsewhere that recognizing such a liberty, qualified by a reliance on the objectively demonstrable, will make the world a better place in What an Atheist Ought to Stand For (1999).
[2] The task of checking this claim against all federal, state, and municipal codes, as well as the endless bulk of case law at all levels, is far too daunting for me. I will thus grant Roth's claim and confine my remarks to theory. Also, throughout this debate, whenever I employ the word "crime" I intend a more philosophical term, meant to encompass an act that is immoral and could justifiably be made illegal, even if not in fact illegal in any present jurisdiction.


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Damp squib
Thread starter Brogan
Start date 5 April 2009
The race started off well, there was plenty of overtaking and it was shaping up to be a great battle between Button, Glock and Trulli.
Just a shame the weather had to go and spoil it
Hopefully this will be the last time we see races timed to suit European audiences and sponsors as it clearly achieved the opposite effect to that which was intended.
On a more positive note, Jenson achieved his first fastest lap.
Check the Database for his updated stat's - select the Drivers main tab for race wins, poles, entries, etc.
McZiderRed
I was really enjoying the race until the rain ruined it !
If they'd started earlier it would have been fine. Of course, it's difficult to judge the weather, especially when it's very usual for it to rain in the late afternoon like it does at Sepang!
Fingers crossed for a full race in China....
It was an excellent race but everyone knew that if it was going to rain then it was going to be torrential and the whole thing would be red flagged. Bernie and the organisers dropped the ball by scheduling the race at the monsoon prime time.
Anyway, enough of that. What on earth were Ferrari playing at putting Kimi on full wets that early!? It wasn't a gamble - it was plain stupid as the track was bone dry and in the time he was out on the wets while it was dry he could have made 2 or 3 (maybe even more) stops (I would usually be happy with this but I have Kimi in my Fantasy Team ). Brilliant call by Toyota and Glock to put him on inters as it was a gamble but it was an educated one. Jenson's times at the end of his first stint were excellent, got him out in front and he had a pit stop in hand which effectively won him the race. Mention also has to go to Quick Nick who only made one stop while others around him made 3 or 4 but perhaps fortunate to get second as to the timing of the race stopping as he started to lose grip (or pitting) and would have started to drop back through the field. And does anyone else feel that Nico has been the unluckiest driver so far this year - looking good for 4th and maybe a podium in Australia when his tyres pretty much died and then today where after leading for the first few laps he somehow found himself down in 6th when the race was stopped.
Hopefully China can produce another great race.
Points Scorer
"Hopefully this will be the last time we see races timed to suit European audiences and sponsors as it clearly achieved the opposite effect to that which was intended."
i don't think i would have seen the race if it hadn't been at the 'normal' time. cos if it would have been at the usual time i would be fast asleep in bed! so i am fine with the time when the race was shown. plus rain has been known to happen at all times of the day.
Oops, Nico only finished 8th
here's the opinion of webber. time of start made no difference cos at 3 local time there had been a massive downpour too.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74296
In terms of weather perhaps but everyone was complaining of poor light.
Mark my words, the race will be moved back an hour or 2 for next year.
veravista
Unfortunately it was yet another triumph of Bernies greed over practicality. Don't lose sight of the fact that as a dictator he's the one that ensured the race started to suit European TV audiences, despite the fact that he's desperate to get shot of as many European rounds on the old traditional circuits as possible. Serves the old bugger right I say.
Still, was laughing like a drain throughout most of the rain affected part of the race and hats off to the BBC commentary team who at least made a decent fist of keeping us informed of what was going on, despite being struck by lightning a couple of times!
Just need to wait for a couple of days now to see what result the organisers want.
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ah of course. light is another thing. but i am not sure if this was an issue with overcast skies, the sun setting or maybe both.
Andrea_Moda_Rules
Hey I dont think It was a damb Squib for 30odd laps had some great racing, And what about that Hamilton/Webber battle, how many times did they overtake each other, Kers may of had sumat to do with that but who cares that was pure entertainment.
So what if it was cut short, that a perfet case of quality not quanitity
This Championship is starting to look very boring, because Jenson Button is so damn good in this car, this year. Second, predictably, went to Nick Heidfeld in the wet, if this guy ever wins a Grand Prix it will be in the rain, he's podiumed in so many wet races! BMW just don't panic when others try to be clever, and it works! Someone else always seems to be faster than them, but what the hell?
Big praise to my DotD TIMO GLOCK, who was brave enough to drive against what the weather was doing, not what the smartarses expected it to do. The fact that everyone switched to inters just as the wet window opened was clear idiocy on their parts!
Japan 2007 - putting inters on as race starts behind saftey car
Monaco 2008 - pitting Massa one lap after Kubica, hence losing place trying to second-guess weather
Britain 2008 - Raikkonen keeps knackered tyres at first pit-stop
Malaysia 2009 - Dry track, extreme wet tyres!
Ferrari's hall of wet weather shame grows!
And good luck to those of you who don't like non-whole numbers - Trulli, Rosberg and Webber's figures will confound you all year...!
buxted-plump
I don't see why the race times have to be altered to suit the europeans, as any true fan will tell you, they'll always be up at silly o'clock if that's what time they have to be up for the start of the race
buxted-plump said:
Another point buxted does it really suit European?? The Aussie race was still very early and Malaysia less so but still at 9'o clock would of it seen the increase of viewers that Bernie expected I don't see it myself.
Personally i have no problem with Dusk Races drivers should stop moaning and get on with it, Malaysia's problem was rain more then anything else. It just seems a rather pointless move by Bernie. Perhaps a comprise for night races which i know the oraniser of the Austraillia GP (cant rember his name) was dead against a night race at Melbourne although i dunno about Malaysia
If Australia can be at 6am, then Malaysia can be at 6am. Problem solved. Now where's Bernie's salary for me to buy a new house with?
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using Autofac.Builder;
using Autofac.Core.Registration;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace Autofac.Tests.Features.Collections
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class CollectionRegistrationSourceTests
    {
        [Test]
        public void ResolvesAllAvailableElementsWhenArrayIsRequested()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            var s1 = "Hello";
            var s2 = "World";
            cb.RegisterInstance(s1);
            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
            var c = cb.Build();

            var strings = c.Resolve<string[]>();
            Assert.AreEqual(2, strings.Length);
            Assert.Contains(s1, strings);
            Assert.Contains(s2, strings);
        }

        [Test]
        public void ResolvesAllAvailableElementsWhenEnumerableIsRequested()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            var s1 = "Hello";
            var s2 = "World";
            cb.RegisterInstance(s1);
            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
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            var strings = c.Resolve<IEnumerable<string>>();
            Assert.AreEqual(2, strings.Count());
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        }

        [Test]
        public void ResolvesCollectionItemsFromCurrentLifetimeScope()
        {
            var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
            builder.RegisterCollection<DisposeTracker>("dt");
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            DisposeTracker tracker;
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                tracker = ls.Resolve<DisposeTracker[]>().First();

            Assert.IsTrue(tracker.IsDisposed);
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        [Test]
        public void ReflectsChangesInComponentRegistry()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            cb.RegisterInstance("Hello");
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            Assert.AreEqual(1, c.Resolve<IEnumerable<string>>().Count());

            c.ComponentRegistry.Register(
                RegistrationBuilder.ForDelegate((ctx,p) => "World").CreateRegistration());

            Assert.AreEqual(2, c.Resolve<IEnumerable<string>>().Count());
        }

        public interface IFoo { }
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        [Test]
        public void EnumerablesFromDifferentLifetimeScopesShouldReturnDifferentCollections()
        {
            var rootBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
            rootBuilder.RegisterType<Foo1>().As<IFoo>();
            var rootContainer = rootBuilder.Build();

            var scopeA = rootContainer.BeginLifetimeScope(
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            var scopeB = rootContainer.BeginLifetimeScope(
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            Assert.That(arrayA.Count(), Is.EqualTo(2));
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            Assert.That(arrayB.Count(), Is.EqualTo(2));
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        }

        [Test]
        public void ResolvesAllAvailableElementsWhenReadOnlyCollectionIsRequested()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            const string s1 = "Hello";
            const string s2 = "World";
            cb.RegisterInstance(s1);
            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
            var c = cb.Build();

            var strings = c.Resolve<IReadOnlyCollection<string>>();

            Assert.That(strings.Count, Is.EqualTo(2));
            Assert.That(strings, Has.Member(s1));
            Assert.That(strings, Has.Member(s2));
        }

        [Test]
        public void ResolvesAllAvailableElementsWhenReadOnlyListIsRequested()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            const string s1 = "Hello";
            const string s2 = "World";
            cb.RegisterInstance(s1);
            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
            var c = cb.Build();

            var strings = c.Resolve<IReadOnlyList<string>>();

            Assert.That(strings.Count, Is.EqualTo(2));
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        [Test]
        public void ResolvesAllAvailableElementsWhenListIsRequested()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            const string s1 = "Hello";
            const string s2 = "World";
            cb.RegisterInstance(s1);
            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
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            var strings = c.Resolve<IList<string>>();

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        [Test]
        public void ResolvesAllAvailableElementsWhenCollectionIsRequested()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            const string s1 = "Hello";
            const string s2 = "World";
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            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
            var c = cb.Build();

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        [Test]
        public void ResolvingClosedListTypeThrowsException()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            const string s1 = "Hello";
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            cb.RegisterInstance(s1);
            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
            var c = cb.Build();

            Assert.Throws<ComponentNotRegisteredException>(() => c.Resolve<List<string>>());
        }

        [Test]
        public void ResolvingClosedCollectionTypeThrowsException()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
            const string s1 = "Hello";
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        public void ResolvingClosedReadOnlyCollectionTypeThrowsException()
        {
            var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
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            cb.RegisterInstance(s2);
            var c = cb.Build();

            Assert.Throws<ComponentNotRegisteredException>(() => c.Resolve<ReadOnlyCollection<string>>());
        }
    }
}


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BENTLEY, Mary Josephine Mary Josephine Ellis Bentley went home to be with her Lord and Savior on June 8, 2020. Mary Jo was born in Dallas, Texas on January 15, 1923 to Robert Alvin Ellis and Myrtle Colbert Ellis. Raised in Dallas, Mary Jo moved with her family to Waco, Texas in 1939, where she and her beloved brother Robert "Bob" Ellis both attended Waco High School. Mary Jo was also the Centennial Queen Melody at the Texas Centennial. At Baylor University, Mary Jo was president of her sorority, Alpha Omega, and later secretary to Baylor President Governor Pat Neff. On November 10, 1951, Mary Jo married Clarence Bentley. They journeyed happily together for over 60 years. Active members of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Mary Jo and Clarence taught Sunday School, participated in mission trips and building projects, and were sponsors of the Clarion Choir. Mary Jo was charm itself. Her wonderful sense of humor and welcoming personality meant that everyone who knew her was immediately a friend. She was a beloved mother and a treasured grandmother, able to laugh, comfort, and celebrate life with family and friends. Her deep love of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ made her a strong example of a true woman of faith. Mary Jo was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Clarence, whose quiet, peaceful life in Heaven just got a bit noisier; also her parents, her brother Robert, and son-in-law, Greg DeBoard. She is survived by a daughter Sally DeBoard, and grandchildren, Robert and Emily, and a son Ellis Bentley, his wife Cathy, and grandchildren Hunter and Brayden, each of whom brought special joy to her life, as did many dear relatives and cherished friends. A celebration of her life will be held on June 13, 2020 at 11am in the historic sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Dallas. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Samaritan's Purse.
Published in Dallas Morning News on Jun. 12, 2020.
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