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Diversity of India causes doubt (Sai Baba)
2011-10-30 23:22:00 On the one hand, Sathya Sai Baba glorified India as the country with a diversity as magnificent beyond description (this is almost the logo of Incredible India tourist advertising). In another context, however, he says knowing the diversity is not worthwhile, it means “doubt, dissension and dispiritedness”! He never could make up his mind where ...
The importance of bio-diversity.
2011-08-14 13:48:00 A sweet, unpretentious, yet significant TEDtalk by Cary Fowler, the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, on the importance of preserving the bio-diversity of our seeds, and the role of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in this. While often dubbed as "the Doomsday Vault", the half a million seeds stored at Svalbard guarantee a future rather than a doomsday: As the natural conditions under which we grow our food continuously change, our seeds also need to adapt. As these changes... Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org
Does local TV news lack diversity?
2011-08-05 12:13:00 Today we learned that WGN-TV anchor Allison Payne will be leaving next month after 21 years at the station. Payne’s impending departure has left some to ponder about whether Channel 9 will choose her replacement based more on diversity or qualifications. I think it’s a sensitive issue for news managers to address but a necessary...
Column Fodder: "Desperate Housewives" Desperately Needs Diversity
2010-11-12 13:01:00 I'm taking a small screen stand this Sunday. "Desperate Housewives" is off my regular viewing schedule. I could blame poor character development, like Lynette going full shrew orSusan taking one more clumsy step toward being a poor man¹s Lucille Ball. But if those reasons could have run me off, I¹d have DVR-ditched this ABCshow seasons ago.This show has finally done it...No more "DH" for me....
Philanthropy and diversity
2010-10-21 22:45:00 Are you a fundraiser who thinks about ways to reach "untapped" segments of potential donors? Do you ever realize how much you may be impacted by unspoken assumptions about who to pursue as a potential donor? This is part of a series of posts about diversity in the nonprofit sector.
Economic Diversity Info Is SuperSecretâ„¢, Says Board
2010-07-22 18:37:00 Wondering what if any effect the new magnet/ selective enrollment admissions plan will have on economic diversity within schools? You won't find out the answer from CPS -- even though economic diversity was the basis of the student application and acceptance formula they were using. Catalyst says that, on aggregate, the economic mix will remain the same, with families living in higher-income neighborhoods making up nearly 40 percent of the SE and magnet enrollment (here). But there's no school-by-school breakdown of the economic distribution like there was with race. So I asked the Board. First they said they didn't have it. Then they said they couldn't give it out for privacy reasons. But that doesn't really make sense, given that...
Freedom for Art is Unity in Diversity
2010-06-23 05:00:00 Last Friday, I went to listen to Salman Rushdie present the “Leiden Freedom Lecture.” Freedom, he argued is the essence of life and the essence of creativity. So many Baha’is have told me that to be a Bahai and an artist means that you need to be ‘moderate’. Some, artists themselves, have presented all sorts ...
Politics of Diversity Just Another Form of Racism
2010-03-06 00:23:00 Politics of Diversity Just Another Form of Racism The word "diversity" has always bugged me. The politicians, mass media and society toss this word around as if to imply it were a thing of inclusion. I understand the intent. Sadly, it just isn't so. I have thought about this issue for some time in one form or another, but mostly from the perspective of the "hyphenated American". It is something I detest and abhor with a passion.
Time to get real on diversity
2010-02-26 20:26:00 In his recent blog on Guardian CIF, Jonathan Chaplain made a very important observation, that workable, mutually respectful compromises need to emerge out of the fog that surrounded the last minute opt-out that Ed Balls inserted into the Children?s Schools and Families Bill, concerning sex education. read more
By: Ekklesia
TV Shows that "Desperate"ly Need Diversity
2009-12-08 20:15:00 Man, I'm Ambien-level tired of hearing about Tiger Woods. How about you? As I told my Twitter fam, let's move the hell on. Tiger just went tiger, as Chris Rock might say. Can we talk about something else that's been bugging me? I am not one of those people always seeking some kind of racial slight. I have no more understanding of those who seemingly WANT to see bigotry in every instance than I do those who blindly deny it in all instances. Reality is somewhere in between. But sometimes, when I am enjoying my favorite television shows, movies and other entertainment, I can't help but notice cultural cluelessness rearing its goofy head. Last night,...
Encouraging Diversity of Candidates for Wheaton Presidency
2009-10-26 14:42:00 The following open letter has been signed by 90+ Wheaton alum since Friday evening, and you can sign it as well here. Dear Wheaton Presidential Selection Committee,As an academic institution and as a Christian community, Wheaton recognizes the importance of diversity and has acted successfully on it. The selection committee, chosen to help select the next Wheaton president, also recognizes the importance of diversity and includes this as part of its “Commitment” section in the concise “qualifications desired”: To champion ethnic, economic, and gender diversityCompared to other academic institutions, the percentage of ...
By: Trying to Follow
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY DIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2009-10-02 04:24:00 For the writers in you...here are some entertainment industry diversity and fellowship program opportunities that recently came through our in-box. Take advantage and spread the wealth!
NAACP Diversity Job Fair at Navy Pier
2009-09-18 22:53:00 Get ready to get hired. The NAACP Diversity Job Fair is at Navy Pier, Tuesday, September 22nd, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, click NAACP. ...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Diversity
2009-09-18 17:49:00 Let's consider this word: "diversity." What it refers to depends on the context in which it is used. But most of us who were cognizant during the 1990s know it often refers to race--especially in government-funded programming. Along with other words from the 90s (such as "multiculturalism"), "diversity" is a multi-syllable, all-encompassing, not-entirely-direct way to talk about skin color and how we need to be aware to not always separate ourselves according to our respective epidermal shades. And art museums, especially non-profit ones that presumably ride on the pretense of being accountable to their communities, have it in their best interests to consistently work with and exhibit art from all races. This is a no-brainer. So here's a question: Is...
Equality California?s Sham Diversity
2009-08-13 22:44:00 It is all but impossible to attend a gay confab without the leaders touting their commitment to diversity, singing paeans to the ideal of diversity or apologizing for not being diverse enough. And sure enough, at most such confabs, you’ll see that there are representatives from a great variety of gay interest groups, from transgender ...
By: GayPatriot
diversity factor for electrical design
2009-06-12 11:14:00 is there any international standard that can be used to derive diversity factor for continuous load, intermittent load and standby loads
Diversity to a Liberal
2009-06-06 21:42:00 In his wonderful book, I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next to a Republican: A Survival Guide for Conservatives Marooned Among the Angry, Smug, and Terminally Self-Righteous, former liberal Harry Stein sums it up: . . . the sort of “diversity” whewre no one looks the same and no one ever thinks differently.
By: GayPatriot
Diversity Win Britains Got Talent
2009-05-31 19:45:00 Dance group Diversity managed to pip Susan Boyle to the post and win Britain's Got Talent 2009. They will now perform in front of the Queen during the Royal Variety Show.View Susan's performance in the Final below:
By: Goss UK
Dance Group Diversity Beats Susan Boyle on ?BGT?
2009-05-31 08:05:00 The dance group Diversity upset and shocked crowd favorite Susan Boyle on the season finale tonight of ‘Britain’s Got Talent.’ The win for Diversity not only surprised the world, but it also surprised the group of teenage boys as well. The dance group were so stunned by their victory they were lost for words. Eventually they pulled ...
Susan Boyle, "Diversity", Win Sunday's "Britain's Got Talent" Finals Round
2009-05-24 23:53:00 More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! | Get my widget! Susan Boyle, who electrified audiences around the Internet world with her audition on the UK show "Britain's Got Talent" won the first of five finals rounds today, featuring 40 contestants who made "the cut" on Saturday. This round featured Boyle, violinist Sue Son, the daring Darth Jackson (a combination of Michael Jackson and Darth Vader), young Natalie Okri , belly dancer Julia Naidenko, (who Telegraph.uk blogger Anna Pickard refered to as "Julia Havalottaconstanants", I'm serious), chainsaw artist Kevin James, and a dance duo called "Faces of Disco", as well as a 67-person dance group called "Diversity." According to Pickard, who live-blogged tonight's event, Boyle sang at 9:33 PM in London and picked an Andrew Lloyd Webber song that Pickard described as "a musical that begins 'midnight ... doo doo dee doo doo evening'" which reads that it must be the song "Memory". Pickard explains Boyle had a ne...
Aliens Focus of International Day for Biological Diversity
2009-05-20 07:01:00 Invasive aliens aren't quite the same thing as extraterrestrials, but they are still an important topic to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a United Nations initiative. Every year on May 22, the CBD celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) "to increase understandi
Critics Say NASCAR Diversity Not a Priority
2009-05-11 05:40:00 Author: Todd A. Smith It was always Joe Henderson III’s dream to become a successful NASCAR driver. He entered NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity (D4D) program with hopes of cracking a barrier that remains in place for most African American drivers. According to New York Times article published in 2006, Henderson was under contract from 2005 to ...
By: INDY 500 CLUB
Primer on Biological Diversity
2009-04-09 10:50:00 Mo from Neurophilosophy shared this directory of free primers on a wide variety of topics in the journal Current Biology. I took special note of the primer on Biological Diversity, and liked it so much, I chose to offer it here on Migrations (below the fold)… “Biological diversity,” Current Biology - 22 February 2005 (Vol. 15, ...
By: Migrations
diversity factors
2009-04-01 18:24:00 Dear Sir; I would llike to know how to calculate the Demand Load for lighting & receptacles & how much the Divesity factor I have to apply as per IEC.
Gratuitous Image of Lepidopteran Diversity
2009-03-31 09:33:00 Image from The Bordalier Institute
By: Migrations
CULTURE (S). ALTERNATIVES. DIVERSITY. RIGHTS.
2009-01-31 12:44:00 CULTURE (S). ALTERNATIVES. DIVERSITY. RIGHTS.Curators: Norberto Chaves and Álvaro SobrinoAn exhibition of posters, made by a group of visual communication professionals from Spain and Latin America, on the theme of cultural rights. Thanks to the generous collaboration of these professionals, this show has been possible.Its aim is to facilitate the promotion and increase awareness of cultural rights, defined as one of the central issues of Spanish cultural cooperation by the Directorate General of Cultural and Scientific Relations for the 2005-2008 period.Featuring reproductions of the posters, texts by the exhibition curators and biographies of the authors. Also including a text by Teixeira Coelho, Brazilian cultural politics expert, about culture and cultural rights.CAAM. Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno
By: weblogART
DIVERSITY FACTOR
2009-01-07 10:05:00 What is the value of the Diversity Factor we have to consider for calculating the electrical loads of Gated community residential villas/ Apartments.
Diversity Factor and Electrical Loads
2009-01-07 10:05:00 What is the value of the Diversity Factor we have to consider for calculating the electrical loads of Gated community residential villas/ Apartments.
Top Child's Product of 2008: Maru Doll Celebrates Diversity
2008-12-06 06:20:00 iParenting Media recently awarded the New Maru Doll 2008's Greatest Product. iParenting.com, part of Disney, is a media site with a respected program that recognizes the top products in children's industries.
Max demand, Load factor, Diversity factor
2008-10-24 12:39:00 Good morning everyone Would it be possible please for some one to explain the following topics to me (simply if possible) about maximum demand, load factor,diversity factor and standard after maximum demand. Been looking on the web but I'm not really any wiser about the whole affair. Thank
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
2008-10-16 02:00:00 Followers of Star Trek might have noticed the small IDIC symbol Mr. Spock wore in events requiring official Vulcan dress code. IDIC stands for “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations” a remarkable philosophy in spite of its pop origins and an enduring legacy of the late Mr. Roddenberry. Hello folks: my name is Sam. My first anniversary at RSA just passed, and it seemed like as good a time as any to plunge into the security blog-o-sphere. I sit in a unique position within RSA: in the middle of the customers, the partners, the markets and the technology. In the course of the last year, I’ve met with hundreds of people with whom we do business, with whom we do science and with whom we look to change the way the world works. And, let me tell you this: things are becoming more complex...
The Diversity Party
2008-10-13 12:49:00 -By Lee Culpepper If Obama and Democrats were truly the party of diversity, why would they want to eliminate America?s distinctive, capitalist society from the world? Aren?t there already enough mediocre, socialist nations clogging up the globe? Honestly, despite the demagogues in Congress meddling in the free market and causing America?s current hardships, our country clearly ...
By: Publius Forum
Diversity advocate Nancy Hicks Maynard dies at 61
(AP)
2008-09-23 04:00:00 AP - Nancy Hicks Maynard, the first black female reporter at The New York Times who, with her husband, became publisher of the Oakland Tribune and the founder a renowned institute that trains minority journalists, has died. She was 61.
Diversity advocate Nancy Hicks Maynard dies at 61
(AP)
2008-09-22 20:33:00 AP - Nancy Hicks Maynard, one of the first black female reporters at The New York Times who, with her husband, became publisher of The Oakland Tribune and a co-founder of a renowned institute that trains minority journalists, has died. She was 61.
The Amazing Diversity of the Rightosphere
2008-09-08 01:40:00 Welcome Instapundit Readers!! Click here for my my convention coverage. In this post as well as several others from St. Paul, I reported how impressed I was with my fellow bloggers some of whom I had met thee for the first time, having theretofore only known them as pixels on my computer screen. Not only were they ...
By: GayPatriot
NBC COMEDY SHORT CUTS DIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL IS NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES | DE
2008-07-09 17:43:00 NBC Universal's 3rd Annual Comedy Short Cuts Film Festival is looking for your funny and entertaining short films! The unique showcase of short, comedic films and videos produced with a culturally diverse production team, cast or theme, will once again crown a winning filmmaker, who will be given the chance to pitch to NBC comedy development and meet with NBC Universal's top network, studio, cable, and film executives.
Shilpa Shetty honoured with Global Diversity Award
2008-07-03 14:43:00 Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has been honoured with Britain?s Global Diversity Award along with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: HotGirls4U
Perspective Is Always Interesting
2008-06-06 22:17:00 For the next few weeks I’ll be doing a consulting assignment in Pennsylvania. As with most places I go to, one of the first questions I’m asked is where I’m from. Instead of getting specific with it, I just say I’m from the Syracuse, NY area. Now, depending on where I am, the response ...
By: Mitch's Blog
Employers who encourage diversity reap the benefits
2008-06-04 11:38:00 Diversity issues should no longer pose financial or legal problems for employers, with a report out today indicating that organisations which take steps to remove workplace bias are better off than their counterparts. The r
Are Lithuanians Accepting Of Diversity?
2008-06-03 09:35:00 A recent poll of Lithuanians indicate a significant number of them would accept the presnce of Romas in their wokplace but would prefer not having much social interaction with them. Seven out of ten Lithuanians would not mind having Romas working beside them and they would also welcome those with different sexual orientations in the ...
Diversity Issues In Belgium Police Force
2008-05-31 09:32:00 Belgium, like many European nations is experiencing an influx of thousands of immigrants. The history of immigration is usually characterized by gaps between newly arrived people and existing power structures such as the police and judiciary systems. The European Union has launched a EUR 600,000 campaign which is aimed at increasing the number of immigrants ...
Diversity training discriminates against homophobes
2008-05-28 07:34:00 An ex-Rockwell Collins employing is suing the company for discrimination because they made him take diversity training. Does anybody see the oxymoron in that? Suing for discrimination for having to take diversity training? Well maybe not so much oxy as moron. Apparently Thomas Meeker is a devout Christian and believes homosexuality is a sin. So when ...
By: The Bean Blog
Is A Conversation About Race Possible?
2008-05-27 08:08:00 First, the quick story. On another blog, the writer quoted someone who said they’d gone to Africa, and after hearing that another country was apologizing for slavery, he wondered why no one had apologized to him while he was in Africa. Initially I assumed the writer was white, then when I learned the ...
By: Mitch's Blog
Diversity association set up to promote best practice
2008-05-27 02:01:00 A new diversity body to promote codes of professional practice has been set up and officially registered, it has emerged. The doomed Learning and Skills Council (LSC) last year recommended that a new association should be d
Brookhaven Lab Offers Grants to Promote Diversity in Science, Technology, E
2008-05-27 00:00:00 The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced a new grant program to increase interests and strengthen skills in science, technology, engineering, and math among 10- to 15-year-old females, African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos(as), and/or Native Americans. Known as BreakThru Mini-Grants, these one-time grants of up to $5,000 will be competitively awarded to local nonprofit community organizations in Suffolk County.
Proctor & Gamble links manager pay to diversity
2008-05-23 10:05:00 Managers at consumer goods giant Proctor Gamble have their pay linked to the way the manage diversity, the consumer goods giant's HR director told delegates at the CIPD diversity conference this week. Madalyn Brooks s
Is There An Equivalent Word?
2008-05-23 04:56:00 This week two things happened concerning the N-word; one didn’t involve me, one did. The rapper Nas, who had wanted to give his latest CD that negative appellation, was turned down by his record producers, and now it will just be named after him. It seems the publishers would actually like to sell some records ...
By: Mitch's Blog
Equality minister exposes House of Commons diversity scams
2008-05-22 17:47:00 Equality minister Barbara Follett has lifted the lid on diversity scams in the House of Commons. There are only 125 women in Parliament, compared with 520
Business Diversity in Rahimyar Khan
2008-05-21 02:29:00 Owais Mughal Following photo appeared in the daily Dawn of May 18, 2008. It sohws a small business stall in Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan. What caught my attention to this photo is the sheer diversity of business being caried out from this small stall. The Urdu words written on the stall advertise for ‘desi’ Eggs, a public ...
Racial Profiling Does Exist
2008-05-13 02:05:00 In communities across the country, the police are fond of saying that racial profiling doesn’t exist, and that people are making it up because of their hate for the police. I know I’ve been pulled over a time or two when I was younger, but those days seem to have passed at this juncture. Well, ...
By: Mitch's Blog
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