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TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today announced that it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2013 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) published by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, a civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. Owens Corning has achieved a 100-percent CEI rating every year since 2004. The 2013 CEI rated 889 companies, including all Fortune® 500 companies, on...
University of Cincinnati research is examining the effectiveness of a relationship education program that was created to specifically address the needs of male same-sex couples. Details on the program and the study, led by Sarah Whitton, a UC assistant professor of psychology, will be presented Nov. 17, at the 46th annual convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) in National Harbor, Md. Whitton explains that same-sex couples and heterosexual couples...
That glass ceiling women keep hitting? According to a new study, it might be your media screen. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As of the 2012 general election, at least 81 women claim seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. That's 40 times more than the number of female Representatives depicted in popular films over the last five years. Females in prime-time series also face inequity on screen - across eight industries, men are still promoted over...
SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Straight allies, in large numbers, flex their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) coworkers, according to the 2012 Out & Equal Workplace Survey. Representing over a fourth (26%) of all U.S. adults, self-identified allies to the LGBT community reported specific ways of expressing that support. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO) Nearly three-fourths (73%) of...
An evolutionary engine of genital evolution When a female mates with several males, these will compete over the fertilization her eggs. This is an important evolutionary force that has led to the evolution of a diversity of male sexual organ morphologies. This is revealed in a study of seed beetles published today in the leading scientific journal Current Biology. In higher plants, the influential classification system developed by Carl von Linnaeus relied on the fact that the...
World-class Programming on LGBT Diversity, Renowned Speakers and Entertainment! SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Executives, human resources and diversity professionals, employee resource groups and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and allies representing the vanguard of forward-thinking Fortune 500 companies will gather in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 29-November 1 to consider ways to advance workplace equality. The Out & Equal...
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In her new book, Resurrecting Venus: A Woman's Guide to Love, Work, Motherhood, & Soothing the Sacred Ache (Agape Media/Hay House October 2012), author Cynthia Occelli tells how she overcame enormous obstacles to the life that she dared to envision. She provides practical insight on how women can tap into their feminine essence to create the life they want - living authentic, fulfilled and joyful lives. Her story is as remarkable as it is...
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PFLAG NYC (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of New York City) is proud to announce Audra McDonald as the featured honoree at the 32nd Annual PFLAG NYC Awards Gala to be held on Monday, October 15, at Tribeca Three Sixty in New York City. Ms. McDonald will receive the PFLAG NYC "Stay Close" Leadership Award in recognition of her years advocating full equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and...
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Homoquotables, the leading gay-lesbian greeting card company, is expanding its product line and adding national distribution. "Since news of our tasteful line of gay and lesbian greeting cards was first announced, requests for our products have soared," said Dan McLellan. "My focus now is on making my cards more accessible. Two stores on the East Coast and one here in Boulder are stocking them. I've also found a way to give customers a...
NEW YORK, October 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Numbers of women in engineering, physics and computer science are on the decline In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world's leading economies, and are actually on the decline in others, including the United States. The study maps the opportunities and obstacles...
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The housefly (Musca domestica) is the most common fly occurring in homes and indeed one of the most widely distributed animals and the most familiar of all flies; it is a pest that can facilitate serious diseases. Physical description The adults are 5-8 mm long. Their thorax is grayish, with four dark longitudinal lines on the back. The underside of the abdomen is yellowish. The whole body is covered with hair. They have reddish compound eyes. The females are slightly larger than the...
