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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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definitions
Peg - sometimes I wonder if we are using the word "registry" when "database" might be more accurate. To me, a registry implies something official and mandatory while building a database of collected information is something very different. And while I agree that I wish there could be a centralized agency collecting all of the data in an official way, I'm still glad various attempts are being made - and I hope the data will be shared.
It's too bad the Ali registry failed because the survey was too long - more information is better than less. The new registry being set up in Seattle required about a 45 minute phone interview - I did it willingly - perhaps it was easier to talk while someone else wrote!
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“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” — Susan B. Anthony
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