The Francesians Reading Remastered

Posted on 2022-04-25 by arjaybe


The audiobook version of the novel The Francesians is now available in an improved and remastered form. It is also available as a direct download from this site rather than by a link to the Internet Archive. The original version was not bad and it received many compliments from listeners who found my voice both professional and pleasant to listen to. This remaster benefits from a more strict adherence to the audio standards generally accepted in the audiobook industry. It has also been cleaned up and freed from some lingering glitches. The result is something that I’m proud to present to the world.

Please visit the Books for Free page and download the The Francesians AUDIOBOOK in both MP3 and OGG Vorbis formats. They come with the individual chapters bound in ZIP archives.

This completes the remastering of the Green Comet trilogy audiobooks. Please download and listen to them, then come back and tell me about it.

rjb

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Human Rights — Article Twenty-Five

Posted on 2022-04-19 by arjaybe

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages.

Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

We all have the right to adequate food, clothing, housing, medical care and social support. In addition, we have the right to support if we become unemployed, sick, disabled, widowed, old or anything else beyond our control. I think we can assume that the writers of this declaration didn’t mean for these rights to apply to people who suffer those setbacks deliberately.

These rights are especially directed at mothers and children, whether the mothers are married or not. This stipulation ensures that mothers and children can’t be punished merely for not being in a marriage.

rjb

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Remastering The Francesians

Posted on 2022-04-10 by arjaybe


I’m working on remastering the audiobook of The Francesians. When I originally made the recordings, I thought that a clean recording that sounded good was all that was necessary. It turns out that there are certain things that have to meet specifications. The overall volume must fall between a couple of levels. The peak volume mustn’t exceed a set level. And even the silences have to fall between a maximum and a minimum level of loudness. Who knew?

I expect to have the remaster done by the end of the month.

rjb

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