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Restaurants just as bad for health as fast food: study
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New Corriedale Secretariat August 2017
Peter Weston has retired after 24 years as Secretary of the Australian Corriedale Association Inc. and after 50 years of stud sheep breed administration. The ACA Federal Council Executive has appointed the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc., Rural Services Department, as the new ACA Secretariat.
Looking after the Corriedales will be Malcolm Buckby, the Manager of the Rural Services Department. Malcolms contact details are:
2016 NSW Corriedale Breeders Victorian Tour
The last week in September, seven intrepid New South Welshmen, Chris and Amanda Kemp, Henry and Annette Thompson, and Jon Abbott picked up their last couple, Richard and Jane Carter at Narrandera . Their mission to have a look at Corriedales in Victoria. They crossed the border amidst storms and flood warnings to visit four Victorian Corriedale studs.
Stopping at Deniliquin at the Peppin Sheep Museum, Amanda Kemps great discovery was of a row of Corriedale Flock books starting at No 1., which provided a fascinating start for the journey. Jon Abbott read out the conditions for teachers in the nineteenth century in rural Australia - they were tough.
At Loddon Park , we were met by the champions from Bendigo and Shane Baker, as Peter was still overseas and a race filled with the sale team rams. It was interesting to see his White Suffolk stud rams. The timing was right as they were preparing rams for the joint sale in October. And our first morning tea.
Driving to Porcupine Ridge, we were met on the road by Darryl, and escorted to their farm. The MacDonalds have been there since the 1850s and the sight of over a thousand Corriedale ewes with their lambs on the steep slopes was something to behold. Again we had the chance to inspect the sale team for the October sale and the young stud sires. Jans lunch and afternoon tea, with her amazing little cheesecake tarts and homemade sausage rolls, were delicious. It was interesting to talk to Finn and Amanda, the next generation of Corriedale breeders.
The next day, we were royally welcomed by Brenda and Jim Venters near Geelong and ushered straight into a yard full of ewes and lambs to class and enjoy, followed by a drive over their farm which has been in the family also since the 1850-s. Beautiful scones, slice and sandwiches at Springdale as we caught a view of two elephants out the window. Perhaps Jim and Brenda remembered Senator Guthries comment that the original Corbett sheep were as big as Shetland Ponies.
This kept us going until our last stop, Compton Park where we were met by Milton and Charlie Savage for a lovely lunch. It is fascinating to see Corriedale sheep in their home environment, surrounded by the rest of the mob, old and young alike. Once again we were lucky to see the young rams being prepared for the sale. It will be interesting to see how Charlies pick, fare next year.
Our final thoughts on the journey home was how generous all four studs had been at showing us anything we wanted to look at. It was a wonderful experience to be given the chance to see so many good sheep. At each farm the sun shone and the welcome was equally warm. And luckily we managed to miss the flooding on the return journey, as the bus was weighing a bit heavier, from all the good food. Full marks to Henry Thompson, our State Branch Social Director, for making it possible.


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Do you have a negative relationship with your child?
Dr John Gottman, in his 40 years of research, explains it perfectly in his Bringing Baby Home Program. Just like couples can have more negative than positive things about things about your relationship, you can also have more negative than positive things about your relationship with your children.
Many parents find themselves at times in an exclusively negative relationship with their children. Parents who frequently criticise and fail to recognise positive things about their children are in a negative cycle. I know I do go through stages with the girls sadly from time to time. I might be feeling tired from their constant demands, lack of sleep etc etc that I can hear myself being negative towards them. It is extremely important that we recognise when this is occurring and stop it straight away.
Some parents may feel by being negative that the child will be scared or feel threatened to do the right thing. But sadly, in most cases, the child will misbehave more because the child is accustomed to misbehaving to get some form of connect with you.
If you find yourself in the negative cycle with your children, take a breath and do something for you for 5 minutes. Then get in the habit of picking out when your child is behaving positively and acknowledge those moments. This will help swing around your relationship from a positive rather a negative relationship.
If you feel you need help to achieve this, I do run a 12 week coaching program called Nurture Your Mother/Child Relationship.


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Double Olympic gold medallist Yevgeny Plushenko, three-time world champion Patrick Chan, and Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu all have Winter Games history in their sights starting Thursday.
Plushenko, 31, is looking to become the most medalled man in Olympic figure skating history while Canada's Chan, 23, and Hanyu, 19, could become the first men from their countries to win the men's title.
Chan came into the Games as favourite but has lost ground after struggling to third in the men's short programme in the team event in which Hanyu gave an outstanding display to lead Plushenko.
"It was good to get the jitters out," said Chan, who holds world record scores in both the free skate and overall total, but was overtaken by Hanyu in the short programme this season.
Vancouver silver medallist Plushenko is back to claim the gold he felt he was cheated of in 2010 when American Evan Lysacek took the title without landing a difficult four-rotation quadruple jump. Lysacek has not competed since.
Plushenko has been boosted by his solid skates on the way to team gold and matching Gillis Grafstroem's record four medals between 1920 and 1932. Another medal would see him overtake the Swede as the most medalled man in figure skating history.
The Russian already has gold in 2006 and silver in 2002 and 2010.
The lure of another medal is appealing for the veteran despite complaining of pain in his back on Sunday.
"I love being first," he said. "This is my fourth Olympic Games, and I am so happy I can compete, whatever medal I get.
"I'm going to try two quads. I have a triple axel-triple flip combination in my pocket, which is a great combination and one which no one else in the world has done," he said.
Chan has dominated the sport since finishing fifth in Vancouver and has won the last three world titles.
But Hanyu beat Chan in the Grand Prix final and should also be a challenger along with fellow Japanese Daisuke Takahashi, the Olympic bronze medallist, Tatsuki Machida and Spaniard Javier Fernandez, the world bronze medallist.
"I envied Plushenko for a long time and admired him and to be able to fight and defeat Plushenko on the same night is unbelievable," said Hanyu.
But his strategy remains closely guarded.
Biggest obstacle is himself
"It's a secret," he said of the plan hatched by coach Brian Orser.
Former Olympic champion Scott Hamilton, who beat Orser to gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Games, believes that the biggest obstacle facing Chan is himself.
"(Chan's) got the total package. The only thing that can deny him is him," said Hamilton, the last man to win an Olympic title after three world golds.
"It comes down to the moment. It comes down to how you feel at that specific time."
The competition has got tougher since Chan won his first world title in Moscow in 2011.
"In Moscow, he was so far above the group. (Now) Yuzuru Hanyu is getting closer and closer."
Takahashi, 28, meanwhile has experience of the Sochi ice having won the 2012 Grand Prix final at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
"It's great, I can really feel the ice. I have had a lot of different experiences in the last year, but I still remember that moment when I won here," said the Japanese skater.
Spaniard Fernandez, who trains with Hanyu under the guidance of Orser in Toronto, also believes he has a shot at the podium. And he feels that his jumping skills could give him the edge.
"I'm good at jumping. I'm able to do many quads in competition and many big jumps. It's my strongest thing," said Fernandez.
Kazakh Denis Ten came into Olympic season with high hopes after winning world silver but has seen his campaign undermined by a skin infection, back pain, an injured ankle and painful dental surgery.
"I'm still not 100 percent, but I'm going to do my best here. I'm just trying to push through it and skate my best in Sochi."
The competition gets underway with Thursday's short programme with the free skating final on Friday.


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Sisterhood represents the women of the synagogue and is a group of enthusiastic, friendly, and committed women. Our goal is to foster the highest ideals of Judaism and to promote meaningful relationships among the women in our congregation. We are committed to providing many quality programs and social events throughout the year. We benefit the community and the synagogue, as well as our own personal and spiritual growth.
Sisterhood provides a collective identity for women. As a group we develop projects in which we are interested and wish to be involved. Sisterhood gives you the opportunity to put your talents, time, and gifts to work for many causes, both large and small. You are able to enrich your congregational family's life, as well as your own. Sisterhood is community action, dinners, special programs, speakers and monthly meetings.
Sisterhood works closely with North Shore Synagogue's Religious School to provide snacks for special holidays such as Sukkot and Purim, an Oneg for Rosh Hashanah Family Services, and in adopting families for Chanukah.
Sisterhood donates money to the YES Fund through the sale of Uniongrams. This fund provides scholarships to rabbinic students and supports activities for high school and college age youth. Each year, Sisterhood contributes to the Happiness is Camping program, which provides a wonderful summer experience for children with cancer.
Working with others, sharing ideas and forming relationships builds strong ties among women. In a world that has become very complex and sometimes uncaring, Sisterhood is a way of belonging, of being part of a group, of involving oneself in our synagogue and community.
All Sisterhood members are welcome at our Board meetings.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Lord's Way
There are many good people and organizations in the world that are trying to meet the pressing needs of [SSA Members]. We are grateful for this, but the Lord's way of caring . . . is different from the world's way. The Lord has said, "It must needs be done in mine own way." He is not only interested in our immediate needs; He is also concerned about our eternal progression
Too often we notice [our own] needs . . ., hoping that someone from far away will magically appear to meet those needs. Perhaps we wait for experts with specialized knowledge to solve specific problems.
The Lord's way is not to sit at the side of the stream and wait for the water to pass before we cross. It is to come together, roll up our sleeves, go to work, and build a bridge or a boat to cross the waters of our challenges. You men of Zion, you priesthood holders, are the ones who can lead out and bring relief to the Saints by applying the inspired principles of the [Gospel]! It is your mission to open your eyes, use your priesthood, and go to work in the Lord's way.
The place to begin is to familiarize ourselves with what the Lord has already revealed. We should not assume that we know. We need to approach the subject with the humility of a child. Every generation must learn anew the doctrines that undergird the Lord's way. . . Brethren, study the revealed principles and doctrines first. Read the handbooks; take advantage of the Internet website providentliving.org;
Once you have studied the doctrines and principles . . ., seek to apply what you have learned to the needs of those within your stewardship. What this means is that, in large measure, you're going to have to figure it out for yourself. [Every individual, e]very family, every congregation, every area of the world is different. There is no one-size-fits-all answer. . . It is a self-help program where individuals are responsible for personal self-reliance. Our resources include personal prayer, our own God-given talents and abilities, the assets available to us through our own families and extended family members, various community resources, and of course the caring support of priesthood quorums and the Relief Society. This will lead us through the inspired pattern of self-reliance.
You're going to have to chart a course that is consistent with the Lord's doctrine and matches the circumstances of your [personal life]. To implement divine [gospel] principles, you need not look always to Salt Lake City. Instead you need to look into the handbooks, into your heart, and into heaven. Trust the Lord's inspiration and follow His way.
In the end you must do in your area what disciples of Christ have done in every dispensation: counsel together, use all resources available, seek the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, ask the Lord for His confirmation, and then roll up your sleeves and go to work.
I give you a promise: if you will follow this pattern, you will receive specific guidance as to the who, what, when, and where of [living the gospel]. The temporal is intertwined with the spiritual. God has given us this mortal experience and the temporal challenges that attend it as a laboratory where we can grow into the beings Heavenly Father wants us to become.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Always Love You
So, five years ago my wife introduced me to Ryanhood. They are a fun musical duo from Tuscon. We've been following them ever since. They released a new album today. We got an advanced copy a couple of weeks ago and since then I've been dying to share this song.
Ashley and I were lying in bed listening to the new album which we had just downloaded. We'd heard most of the songs at concerts, though it was nice to hear them polished for recording. There were a couple of fun new songs that were very much Ryanhood's style. Then we got to this song. I think both of us were expecting a cute, possibly sappy, little love song. It didn't take long before we both just stopped and looked at each other and started tearing up. At least I did. I was stunned.
Always Love You can be taken as a song about a man who is deeply in love regardless of whether or not he's loved in return. But I heard my Savior's voice. I heard my Heavenly Father talking about His love for me. I don't know if this song will be meaningful for anyone else, but that possibility is part of the reason I am posting it. The other reason is that I just need to testify of God's love for me. I know He cares deeply about me. He has a plan for me and wants me to be happy. I'm grateful for that knowledge.
You can listen or download at http://ryanhood.bandcamp.com/track/always-love-you?permalink
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"Where once the standards of the Church and the standards of society were mostly compatible, now there is a wide chasm between us, and it's growing ever wider. …
"The Savior of mankind described Himself as being in the world but not of the world. We also can be in the world but not of the world as we reject false concepts and false teachings and remain true to that which God has commanded."
That being said, I think that the personal essays are even more powerful. I think part of my reluctance to read and discuss the personal essays is that one of them is mine. I'm not self-promoting. I also know many of the authors personally. I felt that I already knew their stories. However, I was humbled by reading their stories. I gained a new admiration and respect for the difficulty they've faced and the faith and strength they've exhibited in response. I also got to read the stories of men and women I don't know. Their stories of pain, courage, and the redeeming power of Jesus Christ stirred my heart and gave me hope.
I don't think I can fully convey how powerful and inspiring these personal stories have been in my life. They show me that my way of facing this issue is only one of many approaches. I feel uplifted and supported as I read the words of others who share similar experiences. There were so many moments where what I was reading could have been written by me. At the same time I was edified to read of the uniqueness of each author. All of our stories are different. What we share is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and a commitment to follow Him.
I want to express deep gratitude to those individuals who took the risk to share something so personal and sacred with the world. I'm sure there are many who will discount, deny, and disparage our offering. But I know that I'm not standing alone.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Voices of Hope by Ty Mansfield
Last week, I got my copies of Voices of Hope. I will say that I haven't read all of the personal essays yet. I have read the plenary chapters, and I am in love. I love the frank compassionate voice that comes through in all of the writing. I love the courage with which the authors teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I wish everyone I know would read this book. Individuals who experience SSA, my family, friends, priesthood leaders, everyone can benefit from the principles discussed and the love shared in this book.
I can say that for myself, a single reading is not going to be sufficient. There is so much truth and valuable insight packaged in there, that I will study and re-read. I recently read a scripture that struck me. In 2 Nephi 27:20 the Lord says "I am able to do mine own work; wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give unto thee."
I can truly say that the Lord has given me these words. I believe He would like to give them to you as well.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Francis Webster's Bigger Story
She recounted the words of Francis Webster, a pioneer in the Martin Handcart Company. As I heard her quote his words, I heard my own testimony of the experiences I've had in the Church in regards to my homosexuality. I hear so many people complain about the lack of understanding in the Church. I hear and read criticism of Church leaders. I hear about all the failures and all the things that "should" be better. I've modified his word to match my experience. The original text, as well as a good treatise on the quote and Francis Webster's life can be found here.
"I ask you to stop this criticism. You are discussing a matter you know nothing about. Cold historic facts mean nothing here for they give no proper interpretation of the questions involved. Mistakes in handling homosexuality? Yes. Mistakes in Church policy and Church discipline? Probably. Mistake to support prop 8? Maybe. But I was affected by those choices and my wife was also. We sufered beyond anything you can imagine and many died not only spiritually but literally as well. Many lost families, friends, faith. Some lost hope. But I will never complain about that. I will never leave my faith, because I came through my experiences with the absolute knowledge that God lives for I became acquainted with him my our extremities.Now, Wendy Ulrich points out that not all of the survivors of the Martin and Willie Handcart Companies developed this perspective. Many may have only come to view this bigger story years later. Others never did. In her words:
I have risen from bed when I was so weak and weary from depression and hopelessness, that I could hardly put one foot ahead of the other. I have looked ahead to tomorrow and I have said I can go only that far and there I must give up for I cannot endure this suffering. I have gone on to that day and when I reached it I found just enough strength to try for the next. I have looked many times to see who was keeping me alive and I saw and felt many people. I knew then that the Angels of God were there, both mortal and immortal.
Am I sorry that I chose to experience homosexual attractions within the context of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ? No. The price I have paid to become acquainted with God was a privilege to pay and I am thankful that I was privileged to experience homosexuality and the LDS Church in the time and culture where I did."
Francis Webster did more that day than quiet a heated Sunday school class. He opened up a story. A story big enough to hold both leaders who make mistakes, and a God who can turn all things to our good. In fact he opened up story for all of us. A story that includes the possibility that we too may come to know God in our extremities. They find the hand of angels in our most difficult hours. They come to see the price we pay for mortality as a privilege, for it can open our blind eyes to see the face of God.
For instance, Webster's story is one of many stories however, among the handcart pioneers. Some of those pioneers may not have felt the hand of angels or come to know God in a tangible way. Some of them may have simply finished the track, moved on with their lives. Some may have simply given up, some may have never made much sense out of what happened, and others may never have really questioned at all.
But for Francis Webster the bigger story was one of unseen angels, and acquaintance with God. For others the biggest story may be one of personal stamina, and extraordinary luck, for others the bigger story may be one of the power of friendship and human compassion. It may have taken 40 years for some to learn to see the hand of God in some redemptive way in that experience, or that clear vision may not come until the dawning of a much brighter day. But the stories we create of our experience, stories shaped by our past but invested with our creativity and hope. These are what in turn shape our future.
I hope all of us can seek for a bigger story in our own lives.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
A Bigger Story
My name is Kevin. I'm a Mormon. I've read your posts quite regularly for a while now. I disagree with some of the opinions you've expressed. I'm comfortable with that disagreement, because I accept the fact that you and I have had very different life experiences. Due to that acceptance, I haven't felt any outrage or emotional reaction to your writings. Until now. I was very disappointed in recent article about Rich Wyler. As a man who has attended Wyler's Journey into Manhood weekend and served on staff twice, I found your remarks hurtful, belittling, and intolerant.
You usually write with an admirable professionalism, a sense of being fair and reasonable. I'm curious as to why you lost that perspective in this situation. It seems that you have a real hang-up with homosexuality and the doctrine of the LDS Church. I can relate to a feeling of dissonance regarding the issue. I have personal experience with feelings of sexual attraction to other men. At one point I identified myself as Gay. During that time, I had many negative feelings about the Church. I felt betrayed by the very God I had trusted so innocently. I wasn't able to reconcile my understanding of God with my personal experience. That time was the most painful, agonizing period in my life. I was suicidal.
In a moment of tender mercy, at the peak of my rebellion against God, I was given the opportunity to meet other men who had experienced many of the same feelings I had. They understood where I was coming from and accepted me as I was, sans facade, doubts and all. I was introduced to the writings of Wyler and Matheson which resonated strongly with me. For the first time in years, I felt a connection to my God. I began to learn about a story that was bigger than the one I had been telling myself. I was brought to look honestly and humbly at the lies which I had come to believe. Some were lies handed to me by well-intentioned, but misguided members of the church. Others were spoon fed to me by a blinded society groping in darkness. The most painful were lies I had created myself to dull the pain of a wounded conscience. But paradoxically, the journey inward led to a new understanding of what was outside of me. I saw a world that was big enough to encompass me and my often conflicting experience. I met a God who was big enough to perfectly love and nurture an imperfect me. I met a self who was no longer a victim, but an agent capable of mighty change. I met a Savior, who was powerful enough to provide just such a change.
But that is just me. My story is also big enough for people who don't have an experience like mine. My world is big enough to encompass people who resolve their inner conflicts differently. My God is big enough to love and save all of his children. My self is willing to accept others as they are and trust my Savior to heal others as He sees fit, and not necessarily just like he healed me.
Is your story big enough to include me?
Friday, April 1, 2011
General Conference Prep
I generally struggle with Conference primarily because I "trifle with the words" that are spoken. I'm often listening just with my ears. Part of me is concerned with what someone I know might be thinking of a particular talk. Sometimes I'm thinking of who I think needs to hear this talk. Honestly, part of me is usually looking for any fault, anything I can construe as shame based or out of harmony with my own experiences. Sometimes I'm wondering what I would have felt if I had heard this talk three years ago when I was struggling with my testimony. All in all, I haven't really been listening properly. I haven't been listening with my heart. I haven't been listening to the Spirit.
It has been helpful for me in the past to read through part of a talk given by Elder Oaks at a CES fireside in May, 2005.
Last week I was talking with a member of the Quorum of the Twelve about comments we had received on our
April conference talks. My friend said someone told him, "I surely enjoyed your talk." We agreed that this
isnot the kind of comment we like to receive. As my friend said, "I didn't give that talk to be enjoyed. What
does he think I am, some kind of entertainer?" Another member of our quorum joined the conversation by
saying, "That reminds me of the story of a good minister. When a parishioner said, 'I surely enjoyed
your sermon today,' the minister replied, 'In that case, you didn't understand it.'"
You may remember that this April conference I spoke on pornography. No one told me they "enjoyed" that
talk—not one! In fact, there was nothing enjoyable in it even for me.
I speak of these recent conversations to teach the principle that a message given by a General Authority
at a general conference—a message prepared under the influence of the Spirit to further the work of the
Lord—is not given to be enjoyed. It is given to inspire, to edify, to challenge, or to correct. It is given to be
heard under the influence of the Spirit of the Lord, with the intended result that the listener learns from
the talk and from the Spirit what he or she should do about it.
King Benjamin understood that principle and explained it. His great sermon that is recorded in the first few
chapters of the book of Mosiah begins with these words:
"My brethren, all ye that have assembled yourselves together, you that can hear my words which I shall
speak unto you this day; . . . I have not commanded you to come up hither to trifle with the words which I
shall speak, but that you should hearken unto me, and open your ears that ye may hear, and your hearts that
ye may understand" (Mosiah 2:9).
As this prophet-king taught, when we come to hear a servant of the Lord, we are not "to trifle with the words"
that he speaks. It is our duty to open our ears to hear and our hearts to understand. And what we should seek
to understand is what we should do about the message.
I feel sure that is what King Benjamin meant, because he said later in his great message, "And now, if you believe
all these things see that ye do them" (Mosiah 4:10).
. . . . . .
Now, brothers and sisters, if you are troubled about something we have just said, please listen very carefully to what I will say
now. Perhaps you are a young man feeling pressured by what I have said about the need to start a pattern of
dating that can lead to marriage, or a young woman troubled by what we have said about needing to get on
with your life.
If you feel you are a special case, so that the strong counsel I have given doesn't apply to you, please don't
write me a letter. Why would I make this request? I have learned that the kind of direct counsel I have
given results in a large number of letters from members who feel they are an exception, and they want me to
confirm that the things I have said just don't apply to them in their special circumstance.
I will explain why I can't offer much comfort in response to that kind of letter by telling you an experience I had
with another person who was troubled by a general rule.
I gave a talk in which I mentioned the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13). Afterward a man
came up to me in tears saying that what I had said showed there was no hope for him. "What do you
mean?" I asked him. He explained that he had been a machine gunner during
the Korean War. During a frontal assault his machine gun mowed down scores of enemy infantry. Their bodies
were piled so high in front of his gun that he and his men had to push them away in order to maintain their
field of fire. He had killed a hundred, he said, and now he must be going to hell because I had spoken of the
Lord's commandment "Thou shalt not kill."
The explanation I gave that man is the same explanation I give to you if you feel you are an exception to what I
have said. As a General Authority, it is my responsibility to preach general principles. When I do, I don't try to
define all the exceptions. There are exceptions to some rules. For example, we believe the commandment is not
violated by killing pursuant to a lawful order in an armed conflict. But don't ask me to give an opinion on your
exception. I only teach the general rules. Whether an exception applies to you is your responsibility. You must
work that out individually between you and the Lord.
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught this same thing in another way. When he was asked how he governed
such a diverse group of Saints, he said, "I teach them correct principles, and they govern themselves" (in
John Taylor, "The Organization of the Church," Millennial Star, Nov. 15, 1851, 339). In what I have
just said, I am simply teaching correct principles and inviting each one of you to act upon these principles
by governing yourself.
Brothers and sisters, it has been a thrill to be with you. I pray that the things that have been said this evening
will be carried into your hearts and understood by the power of the Holy Ghost with the same intent that they
have been uttered, which is to bless your lives, to give comfort to the afflicted, and to afflict the comfortable.
I know that as I go into this weekend, I need to focus on what the Lord is trying to teach me through the Holy Ghost. I need to focus on what I need to do differently as a result of the things that I will learn through the conference. I need to worry less about what someone else might think about a talk or how I might take offense at what is said. I hope to be able to hear what I need to to progress and improve. Perhaps someone else might benefit from some of the things that I have been thinking.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Rambling about Kinsey
Kinsey's scale is definitely a big step up from the simple gay-straight-bi classification. I know one of my biggest challenges is falling into all or nothing thinking and failing to recognize the subtleties of human experience (my own as well as others').
Still I think that the Kinsey scale is limited in its usefulness. It creates an artificial continuum of heterosexual to homosexual. I do like the way you've written out the descriptions as they focus more on overt behaviors than on subjective judgments.
One of the reasons I dislike Kinsey's scale is because it assumes that heterosexuality and homosexuality are opposite poles of a single spectrum. My personal experience and judging from the vast majority of men that I have interacted with, is that sexuality is much more like an infinite Stereo equalizer. In an equalizer, each slider controls the volume of a set range of frequencies. Those sliders can be moved independently and only work in relation to the overall volume control. Most equalizers use fairly large ranges and have relatively few sliders. However, it is possible to use much more restricted ranges and have many more sliders. It is also possible to give the sliders a greater ability to increase or decrease the volume of certain ranges.
I believe sexual, (and romantic, physical, and emotional) attractions are largely learned desires. The process of learning those attractions is largely influenced by the genetic and physical composition of the brain, spiritual attributes brought from premortality, and the environment/experiences of the individual. Those attractions can be influenced by very broad ranges or very narrow and specific ranges(i.e. I'm attracted to everything that's human; I'm only attracted to men; My attraction to men is very high, but there is a subtle attraction to women; I'm only attracted to women; I'm only attracted to blonds; I'm attracted to lots of men, but as far as women go I'm only attracted to my wife and Holly Marie Combs.) There are an infinite number of specific attractions that can be learned. For example, I would argue that Polynesian men are not born with a gene that makes them attracted to large women rather than skinny women. Rather this attraction is more the product of their culture. Also consider the learned boundary-for most people-of not being sexually attracted to one's siblings. Despite arguments to the contrary, there really isn't sufficient evidence to suppose that there is an anti-family gene. That's much more of a cultural (a.k.a. learned) boundary.


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Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
(23-02-2011 09:20 PM)Lilith Pride Wrote: The people who support this book say it's all about interpretation,
That is right. What they fail to say is that interpretation means to affect some kind of a change from it's original form. So this leaves us with a book that is absolutely perfect, BUT, you have to change the meanings a certain way. And everybody has contradicting meanings, BUT, they all are right.
Holy Shit!
When I find myself in times of trouble, Richard Dawkins comes to me, speaking words of reason, now I see, now I see.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
The thing that gets me about the "interpretation" part is that it doesn't make sense. Not only for the reason No J. mentioned, but for this: this entire book, though written down by many people, was supposedly "inspired" (whatever that actually means) by one being. And now that we have it, the interpretation is supposed to be "guided" (another vague term in these circumstances) by one entity (the Holy Spirit).
Yet people who seek and ask for this guidance are led in multiple directions.
Yep, clear as mud.
Our brains deceive us on a regular basis, so we have to find ways to fight back.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
"Love one another." I still can't see the controversy.
I finally had the chance to view that video. I don't know what the hubub is about. I'm a student of love. What that man is talking about is pretty straight forward and, frankly, quite a lovely message. I honestly cannot penetrate what is meant by 'commanding love is an unethical request'.
All I've heard so far is that loving as a way to show that one is a follower of Christ and to bring glory to God is somehow self-serving. But all love is self-serving. Altruism is self-serving. Love and altruism are also the things that make human society possible. So what's the deal? More to the point, if people are living in a way in which they offer love to everyone, what does it matter what the motivation is?
Multiple people have asked for a clarification of what love is (aparently we're in a Foreigner song). Shouldn't the Biblical definition of love be referenced here? Or does Jesus never explain what it means to love?
Video man discusses agape. Does anyone know if this is indeed the sort of love that Christ is commanding or is it something other?
Hey, trillium13.
Quote:Personally, I think the whole "love one another" thing is pretty hypocritical, because I've heard more hate spew out of "Christians" than I would be able to measure.
I don't disagree that there are a number of people who, in the name of Christ, act like douchebags and spew hate. My question is does that really make a message of love hypocritical? As a Canadian, I grew up hating Americans. In the name of the USA, horrible things are done. Millions are killed, lands are stolen, resources are plundered, societies are destroyed and the list goes on. And I hated Americans for it. But when I got to know actual Americans, like the people, I realised that the people, by and large, were decent people, worthy of my love and friendship and that those others who did these aweful things would not be dissuaded by my hatred.
Quote:In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one's opponent, but that he must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy. For, what appears to be truth to the one may appear to be error to the other. And patience means self-suffering. So the doctrine came to mean vindication of Truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent but one's own self.
Self-sacrifice is an integral component of agape; self-sacrificial love.
Anyhoo, all of this is to say that I think it's a disservice to denounce an entire people over the actions of a few. There are many good Americans who interpret what it means to be American positively, just as there are many good Christians who interpret what it means to be Christian positively and that the message, "love one another," is not invalidated by the people who disregard it.
Hey, TheSixthGlass.
Quote:Go further and think of a despicable person. Bigoted, selfish, harmful, abusive, violent, destructive. Do you love them? Even more doubtful. Should you love them? Why? Now, in this case you might pity them. You might still have empathy for them as a human being. You might still do things to help them. But to somehow offer them your utmost emotional state?
Because love is the breeding ground of healing.
Nothing occurs in a vacuum. These people are not broken. They can be as fully functioning and socialised as anyone. But if they're carrying pain or fear around with them, how will they heal? Hatred? Marginalisation? Being ignored? Or being loved?
Perfect and simple example. Steven Biko and Donald Woods. Woods was a South African journalist that was writing ill of the rights movement. Steven Biko, a leader, could have denounced him, but instead, he invited him in. He welcomed him and respected him and showed him love and Woods wound up writing in support of Biko and South African blacks. Woods was eventually declared a banned person for his new writing. Check out the Donald Woods biopic Cry Freedom.
But that's just one example among millions of the transformative power of love and I believe that it is that transformative power that Jesus was after; the ability to make the world the best it can be through love. I must admit that I am quite shocked that people here are doubting that power.
Hey, Lilith Pride.
Quote:Im thinking Glass is talking more about how a lot of people make it very hard to care for them, and it's kind of depressing to be expected to care anyway.
See Vader, Darth, in Star Wars: Episode 6: The Return of The Jedi.
Quote:Dregs: So I interpret the command literally, but I do also find it to absolutely unrealistic, and possibly not the smartest thing either.
This to me seems like the cynical viewpoint. It speaks to me of a world in which certain people are simply unworthy of love and a world in where to love is to be a chump.
The bravery demanded by Christ (and by any philosopher throughout history that has commanded love, because Christ is absolutely not the only one) is to love in the face of hatred. It's easy to love those that love you back. The difficulty and the reason the commandment is necessary, is to love those that you might not otherwise. If no one loves, then yes, absolutely, we wind up with that cynical world where everyone is determined to take advantage of everyone else and where people are discarded.
So if asking people to love everyone is unethical (I still don't understand why that is) I'm assuming that the suggested alternative is not to ask people to hate everyone (as that was stated as equally unethical). So what is the proposed alternative? Ie, what is the ethical suggestion?
Peace and Love and Empathy,
25-02-2011, 10:45 AM (This post was last modified: 25-02-2011 02:25 PM by Lilith Pride.)
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
EDIT: I originally cited BnW yay late night posting sorry for that.
Way to misquote me Ghost =p I was trying to state my supposition of Glass's opinion before my statement.
There is a limit to how much you can help. There are people who take and take, until you can't give any more. If I get to this point with people I distance myself, but I don't start disliking them for doing it. Love one another is not a command to act, it is a command to sympathize and understand others.
I'm the poor sap who helps out anyone that needs help and you know what? A lot of times I get immediate results of my help, and furthering results down the road. There are people I've found who don't want help, and people who can't properly use it. Helping out a stranger in small ways is perfectly fine. If someone is agressively against you try not to be as agressive in return. If you're agressive you know what to expect.
No one is suggesting that you should be gullible, just take some of the opportunities to help others. You don't have to act with every case, but at least listen to what others have to say. If I found a man starving on the street I wouldn't ask him anything about himself before getting him food. For me there is a level of worth everyone gets just for existing, it's nothing that radical. It just means I'm not going to ignore people just because of a few differences.
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
(25-02-2011 10:45 AM)Lilith Pride Wrote: Way to misquote me BnW =p I was trying to state my supposition of Glass's opinion before my statement.
How did I misquote you? I had not made a single comment on this thread.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
Love is an overly-used and multi-meaning word. There are a big variation from simple respect to total intimacy. To make this conversation applicable to everyone here, we could use a few more words to describe the different levels, or definitions, of love so that we are all on the same page as to what each one of us means when we say the word love.
When I find myself in times of trouble, Richard Dawkins comes to me, speaking words of reason, now I see, now I see.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
I don't know enough greek to read a greek bible or have the interest to, and I only have a simplistic understanding of the greek types of love. Since greek is the best language I know of for determining which love is being discussed.
I'm discussing an idea, not words from a book. I don't want to try making sense of the book. Already said that it proves itself wrong because not even the "god" of the book can follow the laws.
Yes it can be misinterpreted, but as was stated there are better prophets with this message than Jesus.
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
(25-02-2011 10:45 AM)Lilith Pride Wrote: EDIT: I originally cited BnW yay late night posting sorry for that.
Well, now I feel both better and worse. Better because it means I'm not going crazy. Worse because you confused me with Ghost!
(everyone relax, it's just a joke)
I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
RE: Commandment of Love - Unethical? (And a Request for Assistance)
(25-02-2011 10:10 AM)Ghost Wrote: Hey, trillium13.
I was sort of speaking off the cuff when I said that, and not without some bitterness. The truth is that before I lived here in the BB I would probably never have thought of it. I knew plenty of Christians prior to living here that seemed like quite nice people. Truly good people. Most of them really were trying to live by the whole "love thy neighbor" sort of motto.
Around here I've run into many more of the hateful kind who don't really have an inkling of what the word "love" means. So it has made me quite bitter and hateful at times myself. I don't think the message itself its hypocritical necessarily, it all depends on who is delivering it. If the message is to "love everyone, except gays, liberals, Obama, atheists, and anyone else who doesn't think like me or go to my church", then that is hypocrisy.
My reason for being is to serve as a cat cushion. That is good enough for me.
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Karachi Port Trust, in order to maintain its edge over Port Qasim as the primary
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A sign of maturity for most technologies and professions is the appearance of standards. Standards are used to enable, to promote, to measure, and perhaps to govern the use of that technology or the practice of that profession across a wide spectrum of communities. Standardization increases independent applications and comparative evaluations of the tools and practices of a profession.
Standards often apply to processes and codes of conduct, but standards also apply to digital content, including: (a) interoperable data exchange (such as GIS, CDF, or XML-based data standards); (b) data formats (such as ASCII or IEEE 754); (c) image formats (such as GIF or JPEG); (d) metadata coding standards (such as ICD-10 for the medical profession, or the Dublin Core for cultural, research, and information artifacts); and (e) standards for the sharing of models (such as PMML, the predictive model markup language, for data mining models).
Standards are ubiquitous. This abundance causes some folks to quip: "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them." So, it should not be surprising to note that standards are now beginning to appear also in the worlds of big data and data science, providing evidence of the growing maturity of those professions…
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When we think about feeding the poor the vision that often comes to mind is the desperate need of third-world nations. Yet, here in America, there are millions of families facing the same desperate need. While the task may seem impossible, our mission here at Vineyard Church North Phoenix is to reach those families in our community who are facing a tough decision; to pay a bill or to put food on the table.
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- Take your orange bag home and fill it to the brim with non-perishable items.
- Don't let those bags get lonely, bring them to church on our Food Drive Weekends. Simply leave your filled purple bags behind your car and one of our Team Members will pick them up!
- Volunteers are needed for the weekends of September 20/21 and 27/28 to help sort food. Please use the Communication Card in your bulletin if you wish to volunteer. Thank you!
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Passing one array per field into procedure.
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:57:20 -0800 (PST)
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I hope this is not too vague of a question, but let me know if better clarification is needed. I am going to be replacing a java/hibernate based "data feed" with a pl/sql package. By data feed, I mean Oracle fusion will be used to call our stored procedures with data to be integrated into our schema. By integrated, I mean - foreign keys looked up and populated, data validations, etc. It had been strongly suggested that I use arrays as the arguments to the stored procedure instead of "table of" .
My questions are: Anyone have experience calling a stored procedure with one array per field where there are a large number of fields (like 30+)? I ask because there are not really 3 dimensional arrays to be used righ? Does anyone have any thoughts on this approach? Again, this will be called from java. the database is 10G. Any ideas (links) on how to manage these arays once they are passed in?
Any ideas are welcomed. And again if I have been unclear please let me know.
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This morning on ABC News , Steve Coburn apologized for his sore loser remarks following the loss of California Chrome at the Belmont Stakes.
Coburn, appearing with his wife Carolyn said he was "ashamed" of his remarks and congratulated the winner Tonalist. He said "I needed to do this because I was wrong." He also said he wanted Chrome to win "for America."
After the Belmont Stakes, Coburn appeared on camera, ranting about the unfairness of the Triple Crown process.
"I'm 61 years old and I'll never in my lifetime see another Triple Crown. It's not fair to the horses that have been in the race since Day 1," he said.
The Belmont winner, Tonalist, did not race in the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness.
"Look at it this way, if you can't make enough points to get in the Kentucky Derby, you can't run in the other two races. It's all or nothing, because it's not fair to these horses who have been running their guts out since Day 1," Coburn told Rice.
Coburn was convinced that the other horses in the field were there strictly to sabotage California Chrome's shot at the Triple Crown.
"This is the coward's way out," he said angrily while being shoved in the shoulder by his wife in the background.
"Our horse had a target on his back."
But Mr. Coburn knew the rules of the Crown before entering Chrome in the three races, each of which is a stand alone event. If he felt his horse was at such a disadvantage running against "fresh horses" he shouldn't have bothered.
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Police are again urging residents to keep unattended vehicles locked, and also to keep houses locked at night in view of a string of criminal incidents, this time in the center of town and including one incident in which people were home when a burglar entered their dwelling. ...Read Full Article
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December 29, 2013
Easy Like Sunday - Gracie :)
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She's beautiful!ReplyDelete
You're looking good Gracie. That sun puddle sure becomes you.ReplyDelete
Your Gracie looks like OUR Grayce!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2013 at 1:47 AM
Gracie looks so pretty and relaxed there. What a nice picture of her!ReplyDelete
Paws up for LOTS of sun puddles in 2014!ReplyDelete
Hi there Gracie. You sure look good in that nice sun puddle. Hope all of you have terrific day.ReplyDelete
Nice to see Gracie again. She looks like she's living the good life in her forever home.ReplyDelete
xxoo to Zoe too.
Gracie is gorgeous in the sun! Purrs!ReplyDelete
We bet that sun feels good, Gracie. Enjoy your easy.ReplyDelete
Kevin and Tracey, Gracie looks extremely content and well! How wonderful that she is now part of your wonderful family :)ReplyDelete
the critters in the cottage xo
That is a lovely sun puddle for a lovely lady. Enjoy your easy Gracie.ReplyDelete
Awww Gracie is looking lovely and gorgeous in the sun!ReplyDelete
We have rain and gray weekend so far, but sure are taking it easy :-) Have a lovely Sunday xoxo
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Aww..sunpuddles are the best. Have an easy Easy :) Pawkiss :)ReplyDelete
A lovely sunpuddle on an Easy Sunday. Purrfect!ReplyDelete
Gracie, that is a great way to spend an Easy Sunday! Enjoy!ReplyDelete
We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas holiday!
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You sure caught a purrfect sunpuddle beautiful Gracie!ReplyDelete
It's time the girls get some pawparrazi time. She is such a beautiful ladycat.ReplyDelete
Smooches pretty girl!!!ReplyDelete
Love seeing you enjoying your easy, sweet baby girl.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful sun puddle, accented by a most beautiful cat!!!!ReplyDelete
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Hello sweet Gracie, so nice to see you and so nice to see you enjoying a sunpuddle!ReplyDelete
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Is there room for two more kitties in your sunpuddle cos it's raining here.ReplyDelete
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Neil Ramirez is Back in the Cubs' Bullpen as the 8th Man
For weeks we've been wondering whether or not Neil Ramirez would make the roster on Opening Day. But now that we know he did make the team (along with Tommy La Stella and Matt Szczur), we're wondering if he'll be any good.
Of course, as you may recall, this was not a concern heading into the 2015 season.
Last spring, Ramirez was coming off a stellar 2014 campaign, where he finished with a 1.44 ERA over 43.2 IP. As a 25-year-old rookie reliever, he was striking out batters roughly 30% of the time and keeping them to just a .184 AVG when they did make contact. With a 95 MPH fastball and a plus slider, Ramirez was one of the most dominant relievers during that entire season.
After weathering some shoulder inflammation and left abdominal soreness, Ramirez managed to pitch just 14 innings in 2015. And although the results were fine – 3.21 ERA, 25% strike out rate – he didn't look quite right. His fastball velocity was way down, his slider lost its bite, and he was walking batters 10.0% of the time.
However, he continued to rehab over the winter and came into Spring Training 2016 healthy and ready to go. In his first official game – the Cubs home opener at Sloan Park – Ramirez was hitting 91-92 MPH on the radar gun, which was an extremely positive sign for early in the Spring. In fact, it's not too uncommon for pitchers to start a few miles per hour lower than their typical range, as they ramp up the intensity throughout the month of March (in fact, Ramirez did just that in 2014). So with Ramirez already hitting 91-92 MPH on March 4, good things were expected to come.
Unfortunately, the velocity never fully returned, and it may not ever do so. "I don't know if the velocity's going to come all the way back," manager Joe Maddon said via Patrick Mooney (CSN Chicago). "But the guy's got a really good slider/breaking ball/slurve." And maybe that's okay.
And the key, according to Maddon, is to forget about velocity altogether. "So we just talked more about it," Maddon said of Ramirez, "Let's just get the hitter out and not worry about the [velocity]." So far, so good, as Ramirez went on to give up no runs runs in five of his seven Cactus League appearances this Spring. And although there were a couple of rough outings mixed in, Ramirez has shown the ability to be a useful part of the bullpen, with or without plus velocity.
His role is yet to be determined, as is the length of time the Cubs will carry eight relievers. For today, though, Ramirez made the team, and can still be extremely useful.


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Barcelona Transfer News: Marc Bartra Eyed by Manchester United, Latest RumoursFebruary 23, 2016
Manchester United are reportedly interested in finalising a cut-price deal for Barcelona defender Marc Bartra after discovering he could be purchased for £9 million.
Per Mundo Deportivo (h/t talkSPORT), Bartra has grown tired of waiting for his chance in the Barca first-team and is now ready to move on, with a transfer to the Premier League giants seemingly the most likely.
Per WhoScored.com, the Barca centre-back has featured in six La Liga matches this term, including just three starts, with head coach Luis Enrique overlooking the 25-year-old for much of the current campaign.
Manager Louis van Gaal's United remain in need of defensive reinforcements due to a string of injuries this term resulting in Danny Blind featuring regularly in an unpreferred central role alongside Chris Smalling.
Per Goal's Mark Doyle, Bartra turned down several offers during the summer of 2015, claiming he was eager to earn more game time at the Camp Nou, stating: "I'm not listening to offers. My head is focused 100 per cent on Barca. My goal is to surpass the 21 games I played as a starter last season."
However, following Bartra's failure to secure more on-pitch action, the defender's views on the matter have altered, and he is willing to leave the club.
As noted by Mundo Deportivo, via talkSPORT, the club's academy graduate reportedly had a £20 million release clause inserted into his latest contract. However, due to his limited appearances that price tag figure has dropped considerably by more than half, alerting the attention of the Old Trafford club.
The defender posted a picture of himself on social media after coming off the bench against Sporting Gijon for a rare outing:
Marc Bartra @MarcBartra
3 puntos muy importantes hoy en El Molinón. Seguimos sumando, esto no para! #ForçaBarça 💪🏼 https://t.co/hYpwSHavWa
Per Mundo Deportivo and via Sport Witness, the Catalan club are hoping of recreating the deal they struck with Everton for midfielder Gerard Deulofeu. In striking similarity, Barca remain keen not to lose their man permanently and are planning to arrange a buy-back clause in his contract for any prospective club seeking their player's signature.
Bartra—left out of the side's Champions League squad—may appear too old for the club to loan out, with an offer from Seville for his services on a short-term deal turned down in January, per Sport. In seven seasons at the club, the seven-time capped Spain international has made 55 appearances, per Soccerway. Bartra wants to remain loyal to the club but has become disillusioned by Enrique's persistent neglect.
United are expected to make a defensive acquisition a priority this summer, with Smalling their only consistent performer at the heart of their defensive, completing 25 league appearances this term. Competition for places at Barca has seen the likes of Pedro leave for Chelsea and is the key reason why Thiago Alcantara followed manager Pep Guardiola to Bayern Munich.
Bartra could join the list of departees soon and admitted last summer he did have an interest in English football despite his Barca allegiance, per Andy Mitten of FourFourTwo: "I like to watch the Premier League," he says. "English football is a little anarchic, full of one-v-ones. I like that, but my heart is in Barca."
The centre-half remains desperate to gain the trust of his manager and allow him to make the centre of defence his own, however, with Gerard Pique, Javier Mascherano, Jeremy Mathieu and even Thomas Vermaelen ahead of him in the pecking order he faces a tough task.


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On 14 Jul 97 at 15:29, Hohberger, Clive P. wrote:
> Latin 0 (yes, zero) attempts to correct 8859/1 Latin 1 by providing
> a new base set.
Am I correct in taking this to mean that you are seriously proposing
"Latin 0" (or presumably ISO 8859-0) as the name for this new
character set/code page ? I've not complained as long as people use
it as a sort of jocular nonce name, but 0 is much too symbolic a
character to use casually. Such a proposal carries all sorts of
implications that this character set is *the* base for latin
characters, with some better claim than the existing latin-n (n > 1)
sets. Please let's just use the next number in sequence - 11 or
whatever we're up to now.
> The Eurocurrency code is EUR. It's symbol is a graphic looking like a
> small "c" with 2 horizontal lines through it. Like the dollar sign,
> which has both alpha form USD, and graphic "$" forms.
I'm trying hard to stay polite here... To say that the symbol "$" is
the graphic form of alpha "USD" is simply absurd. There are at least
six countries that have a currency called Dollar, and ten more that
use the symbol "$" for a currency with a different name. It might be
nice if each currency had a unique one character symbol, but it isn't
the case now. Looking at the IBM National Language Design Guide
Vol2 (not an authoritative source, but a very handy one), I see that
Costa Rica and El Salvador both use a currency symbol that looks a
lot like your description of the Euro sign. The UK and Ireland both
use stlg. Japan and China use yen. The two Koreas use the same
W-with-bar for their two currencies. Perhaps the only obviously
unambiguous symbol is the Thai B-with-vertical-bar.
Clearly it's up to the EU to choose how to represent their new
currency, but I am certainly skeptical about the need. Probably the
symbol will end up as a local one like $, with EUR used when
there's ambiguity, as with CAD, USD, AUD, MXN etc.
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