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Argues that the basic case for abortion is based upon the assumption that the foetus is not a person. Discusses the concept of a person and the potential for and actualization of this status. Concludes that the child is born with value and therefore possesses inalienable rights.

Outlines two kind of rights, universal and specific, and the dependency of a child. Covers the responsibility not to harm and looks at choice for all parties involved in abortion. Concludes with outstanding questions to face including the question of power.

Compares the opposing schools of thought regarding prenatal personhood and how this state should be defined. Looks at definitions based on a person's potential and a person's actions and compares these arguments with lower animal species. Concludes that there is an unacceptable cost in both arguments.

The relations between James Brooke and the various peoples of northwest Borneo have attracted considerable scholarly attention. Nineteenth-century Iban experiences have been analysed extensively and continue to provide the basis for a healthy industry in historical anthropology. Daniel Chew and Craig Lockard examined the development of the Sarawak Chinese community. Sabihah Osman explored Malay political activity during the Brooke period. In contrast, although Bidayuh were the subject of a detailed anthropological survey in the 1950s, political relations between Bidayuh and Rajah Brooke's regime have been largely ignored by scholars.

Describes the advantages of combining a Windows(TM) database package and
a Visual Basic(TM) program for graphical analysis of machine replacement
problems. The database allows the regular and easy updating of the cost
elements associated with the purchase, operation and disposal of a
machine. The Visual Basic(TM) program provides a simple user interface,
requiring only the use of a "mouse" for input, program control, and
graphical analysis of output. The program has easy access to appropriate
database, spreadsheet and word‐processing packages. Illustrates the use
of the program in considering the graphical analysis of the replacement
of an ambulance fleet.