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San Diego State to Add Diversity and Inclusion Monitors to Faculty Hiring Committees Meritocracy

San Diego State to Add Diversity and Inclusion Monitors to Faculty Hiring Committees

Posted by Mike LaChance    Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 12:00pm | 3/11/2020 - 12:00pm “in an effort to ensure those making hiring decisions at the school keep diversity and equity in mind throughout the process” Does this mean potential hires will now need the approval of a diversity administrator…
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March 11, 2020
Bill Gates Describes His Biggest Fear: “I Rate the Chance of a Widespread Epidemic Far Worse Than Ebola at Well Over 50 Percent” (2015) Spanish Flu

Bill Gates Describes His Biggest Fear: “I Rate the Chance of a Widespread Epidemic Far Worse Than Ebola at Well Over 50 Percent” (2015)

in Current Affairs | March 11th, 2020 4 Comments Advertisement What are billionaires afraid of? A wealth tax? Universal healthcare? Immigrants from several specific places in the world? Probably. But if you ask one billionaire, Bill Gates—who has spent the last several years spending money to combat deadly epidemics—he’ll answer…
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March 11, 2020
New EU rules set to force companies to make electronics last longer Non-renewable Resources

New EU rules set to force companies to make electronics last longer

Smartphone owners are being given new rights to have their device repaired under laws introduced by the EU that could put an end to 'throwaway culture'. Manufacturers will made to fix broken electronic devices under the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), which will also cover the UK despite Brexit.The…
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March 11, 2020
An Old Marathoner’s Physiology Belfast

An Old Marathoner’s Physiology

Main Blog > An Old Marathoner’s Physiology October 2019. Then fifty-nine-year old Tommy Hughes just finished the Frankfurt Marathon with a stunning single-age world record time of 2:27:52. Less than four minutes later, the Irishman’s son Eoin crossed the line as well, with a time of 2:31:30. With their combined…
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March 11, 2020
UK Lawyers for Israel libeled charity Palestine

UK Lawyers for Israel libeled charity

UK Lawyers for Israel’s Jonathan Turner. (UKLFI/YouTube)An Israel lobby group has made an out-of-court settlement in the UK after libeling a Palestinian charity in blog posts and letters to donors. Defense for Children International Palestine announced on Tuesday that UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) had withdrawn allegations that they provide…
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March 11, 2020
European lawmakers propose a ‘right to repair’ for mobiles and laptops Recycling

European lawmakers propose a ‘right to repair’ for mobiles and laptops

The European Commission has set out a plan to move towards a ‘right to repair’ for electronics devices, such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops. More generally it wants to restrict single-use products, tackle “premature obsolescence” and ban the destruction of unsold durable goods — in order to make sustainable…
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March 11, 2020
From stunting solar panel production to threatening EV sales, here’s how coronavirus is impacting the $360 billion clean-energy industry, according to 8 experts Electric Car

From stunting solar panel production to threatening EV sales, here’s how coronavirus is impacting the $360 billion clean-energy industry, according to 8 experts

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. The novel coronavirus continues to spread across the planet, and few industries are immune to its effects. It gutted demand for oil, spurring a price war that flattened the cost of Brent crude. That could…
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March 11, 2020