{"id":2021,"date":"2016-01-11T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2016-02-11T01:21:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T06:21:35","slug":"whats-in-our-banner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/whats-in-our-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in our Banner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We respect the Copyright laws of Sexaholics Anonymous.\u00a0 Thus, we had to\u00a0come up with\u00a0our own logo for the SA Teleconference Website.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The #1 purpose of this web site is &#8220;<\/strong>To serve the fellowship of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2022 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/men-women_rest_room_icon.jpg\" alt=\"men-women_rest_room_icon\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/men-women_rest_room_icon.jpg 450w, http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/men-women_rest_room_icon-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>If you like the website, join our committee.\u00a0 If you do NOT like our website, join our committee.\u00a0 In other words, &#8220;we can do together what I cannot do alone&#8221;.\u00a0 If you have a suggestion, constructive criticism, question, etc. then we welcome your input !<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless,\u00a0where do you commonly see the man\/woman\u00a0logo?\u00a0 At every restroom door, right?\u00a0 Notice the\u00a0S-Anon logo includes &#8220;Family Groups&#8221;.\u00a0 Our official Sexaholics Anonymous logo has a very <a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/s-anon_logo_black.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2024 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/s-anon_logo_black.png\" alt=\"s-anon_logo_black\" width=\"190\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a>unique standard gender symbol denoting male \u2642 and female \u2640 .\u00a0 This is derived from astrological symbols, denoting the classical planets Mars and Venus, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>These symbols have been in use since the Renaissance also denoting elements in alchemy, specifically the metals iron and copper.<\/p>\n<p>They were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by Carolus Linnaeus in 1751.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SA_logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2023\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SA_logo.jpg\" alt=\"SA_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a>They are still used in scientific publications to indicate the sex of an individual, for example of a patient. Pedigree charts published in scientific papers now more commonly use a square for male and a circle for female.<\/p>\n<p>The shape of the Mars symbol has been likened to an iron-tipped spear (i.e. a weapon mainly used by men) and shape of the Venus symbol to a bronze mirror or a distaff <a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cropped-male-female_logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-162\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cropped-male-female_logo.jpg\" alt=\"male-female_logo.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>(stereotypically associated with women in former centuries). <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_symbol\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Here is\u00a0our logo for SAPhoneMeeting website&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We also have a &#8220;Splash page&#8221; that changes frequently.\u00a0 Currently we are featuring the band Cold Play who played during the Super Bowl L halftime show.<\/p>\n<p>All music is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.<br \/>\n\u2014Walt Whitman<\/p>\n<p>A small group of friends sat in a room around a record player. It was a heavy old thing, with parts that had to be operated by hand and only one speaker &#8211; nothing like a modern stereo at all, but more like an antique phonograph. The record &#8211; a recording of their favorite music &#8211; was old, too, and scratched, its grooves worn smooth as a stone in some places. The tone arm skipped and scratched, and the sound was tinny, hard on the ears.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the friends squirmed in their seats as they listened, and several grumbled that it was impossible to hear the music with such inferior equipment.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the group sat listening, her eyes closed, swaying to the music and humming softly to herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can you enjoy this?&#8221; the others asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ah,&#8221; she said with a mysterious smile. &#8220;I am listening beyond the recording to the music I know is there!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Can I find the music that&#8217;s playing for me today?<\/p>\n<p>(From Today&#8217;s Gift: Daily Meditations for Families \u00a91985, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We respect the Copyright laws of Sexaholics Anonymous.\u00a0 Thus, we had to\u00a0come up with\u00a0our own logo for the SA Teleconference Website. The #1 purpose of this web site is &#8220;To serve the fellowship of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)&#8221;. If you like the website, join our committee.\u00a0 If you do NOT like our website, join our committee.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/whats-in-our-banner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s in our Banner?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}