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Northwest Public Employees Diversity Conference
2014-01-13 20:18:23| PortlandOnline
A one day educational conference about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Its purpose was to address the needs of public employees and the communities they serve.
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Battle for Survival May Yield the Rain Forests Diversity
2014-01-02 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The diversity of a tropical rain forest can be hard to fathom for people who have not seen one. Three acres of jungle may be home to more than 650 species of trees more species than grow in the entire continental United States and Canada combined. Its tempting to look at all those species living so close together as a picture of peaceful coexistence. But Phyllis D. Coley and Thomas A. Kursar, a husband-and-wife team of ecologists at the University of Utah, see them as war zones. Hordes of insects...
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Species Diversity In Coral Reefs Hints At How Coral Responds To Climate Change
2013-12-14 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: It is widely known that coral reefs are being put in jeopardy by rising water temperatures caused by climate change. A team of marine biologists, led by Penn State University, has made a surprising discovery that suggests that very similar looking coral species actually differ in how they survive in harsh environments. "We`ve found that previously unrecognized species diversity was hiding some corals` ability to respond to climate change," said Iliana Baums, associate professor of biology at Penn...
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Publix outpaces Fortune 500 firms in director diversity
2013-12-11 13:00:32| Grocery - Topix.net
Tampa Bay's largest company, Publix Super Markets Inc., also is the market leader for gender diversity on its board of directors.
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Think about farm diversity
2013-11-21 20:43:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
While farm diversity can offer many benefits, before entering a new venture, ask yourself a few questions about how it will benefit your farm, what problem it solves and what it will cost your core business. read more
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