Old Look for Green Comet

Posted on 2020-09-17 by arjaybe


Back to the original theme we go. I tried a new one because I was warned that the old one might not handle mobile devices as well as it should. All was fine for a while, then the new one stopped displaying the comments under the posts. It said how many were there, but it refused to show them. So we’re back on the old theme, at least for now. I wouldn’t mind using a new theme, but the process of finding one is just too onerous. It’s not easy to find a theme that will support all the features of the old one. My enthusiasm has been dulled by the failure of the last replacement, too.

I’ll keep a languid eye out for a suitable new theme, but we’re sticking with this one for now.

rjb

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Sunward — Final Chapter

Posted on 2020-09-14 by arjaybe

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I’ve written the final chapter of my current novel, Sunward. Now it’s time for proofreading, first this final section, then the book as a whole. After that I’ll complete the epilogue and then head on to formatting and other presentation matters. Writing the story is only step one. Let me think. Do I remember how to get an ISBN? What about the cover image? Wish me luck.-)

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Human Rights – Article Thirteen

Posted on 2020-08-28 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 13.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

In spite of the fact that they used the masculine pronoun for a gender-neutral third person singular pronoun, I think we can forgive them because they were in the steely grip of the grammarians who insisted that using the epicene “they” was unacceptable. The important thing is that article thirteen says that no one shall be a prisoner of their country, or in their country. This article says that everyone has the right to move about within, depart from and return to their country.

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