• To gain insight into the computations underlying these effects, we examined the behavior of a stimulus response model built from operations of linear filtering, nonlinear pooling, and divisive normalization. (nature.com)
  • This model captured the selectivity of individual V1 neurons for elementary stimulus attributes (orientation, scale, and phase), but only partially explained responses of single units to natural images. (nature.com)
  • The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, has condemned the avalanche of divisive rhetoric which is tearing apart the fabric of unity holding the nation together. (gov.ng)
  • Gen. Dambazau stated this when he addressed the media on the current atmosphere of divisive rhetoric aimed at causing disaffection and disunity among Nigerians. (gov.ng)
  • The Log Cabin Republicans, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ conservatives, said in a Twitter thread that DeSantis' rhetoric had "ventured into homophobic territory," calling it "divisive and desperate. (npr.org)
  • Washington - Standing side by side, the four Democratic congresswomen of color who were targeted in a racist tirade by President Trump that elicited widespread condemnation mounted a vigorous defense of their progressive agendas and tried to downplay the commander-in-chief's controversial comments, which they said were just the latest episode of a pattern of bigoted and divisive rhetoric. (cbsnews.com)
  • To the obvious question of why those of us who aren't gay should care if others who are have the right to go to City Hall and get a marriage license, their answer was deceptively simple: No, this wasn't just about whether public officials could deny marriage licenses based on sexual orientation. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • In the 21st century, we look beyond race but get stuck at sexual orientation. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • He went on to rail against the "liberal activism" of President Obama, and said, "He's divided us down the lines of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, prosperity versus poverty, and pitted us against each other. (salon.com)
  • The article discusses several reasons why sexual orientation, politics, religion, and social activism should never be part of your job search. (bcgsearch.com)
  • Since the 1990s Protestant churches have encountered controversy regarding the Church's response to persons of minority sexual orientations. (wikipedia.org)
  • The BYU rep at an NCAA event sheds new light on the divisive issue of sexual orientation. (byu.edu)
  • Today, we have another FBI study showing a big jump in hate crimes against Americans because of their race, religion, ethnicity and sexual orientation," he said. (jewishexponent.com)
  • The program defines a hate crime as "a committed criminal offense which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias(es) against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity. (jewishexponent.com)
  • Glynn Harrison and Andrew Goddard offer some reflections on sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) in the light of the forthcoming Synod debate and a recent paper by Michael King and Robert Song. (psephizo.com)
  • 1. We are grateful to our colleagues and friends Michael King and Robert Song for their observations on the effectiveness and potential harm of 'conversion therapy', or sexual orientation change methods (SOCE), in a document recently circulated to members of General Synod and published online . (psephizo.com)
  • Occasionally he has bucked the GOP line, as in 2007 when he was one of the few Republicans voting for a Democratic bill banning employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. (newrepublic.com)
  • The drama in this case began when TCG conducted an experiment to see what would happen if they created a space for affinity groups to divide themselves based on how attendees self-identify in four areas: gender, ability, sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. (howlround.com)
  • The issue posed by illegal use of power is ongoing reality for people of a disfavored race or sexual orientation. (cram.com)
  • The sexual orientation of the openly gay mayor doesn't figure into her decision. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Sexual orientation and gay marriage are not the flashpoints in this midterm election that they have been in the past. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Cicilline's sexual orientation has not been an issue in the race so far, and voters don't seem to care. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • I think the sexual orientation of candidates in this race, including mine, have been irrelevant to voters, and I think that's progress. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • The new laws also required advance notice to parents of instruction on sexual orientation, gender identity, and contraception, with an option to withdraw their children. (historynewsnetwork.org)
  • But Netanyahu's remarks about Arab parties and their supporters have been condemned as divisive, in some quarters as racist, and widely as unbecoming for the leader of a democracy that respects all its citizens, regardless of their ethnic background or political orientation. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Omar noted that Mr. Trump has made divisive, sexist and racist statements both as president and during his campaign. (cbsnews.com)
  • Is it worth discussing divisive issues and giving managers reasons to dislike you? (bcgsearch.com)
  • Unfortunately, many attorneys make the mistake of bringing up divisive issues with a colleague or in a job interview. (bcgsearch.com)
  • So while issues like progressive taxation and health care reform may seem divisive today, the generation that grew up in a recession may eventually have something to say for themselves. (bigthink.com)
  • Though a religious Catholic, he has to this point shown little interest in divisive culture-war issues. (newrepublic.com)
  • Organizations or projects that strongly represent political affiliations or divisive issues. (mdrtfoundation.org)
  • He would love nothing more than to divide our country based on race, religion, gender, orientation or immigration status, because this is the only way he knows he can prevent the solidarity of us working together," Omar said. (cbsnews.com)
  • He called on Nigerians to desist from using the traditional and non-traditional media platforms to perpetrate the appalling messages aimed at creating a divisive atmosphere and bringing disunity among citizens. (gov.ng)
  • Both Cicilline and Pougnet support legalizing same-sex marriage, which in past election cycles has been a divisive issue but has been less so this year, when there are no ballot initiatives on the issue. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • We hope that as each of us becomes free from acquisition driven, socially divisive, militarized forces, we can catalyze change and establish a new way of living with care for each other and the earth. (indybay.org)
  • The diplomat would certainly have scratched his head in trying to explain how the foreign-born head of a religion representing about a sixth of the country's people has also managed to connect with so many people from other religious backgrounds - or those without a religious orientation. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Subsidies for PV projects are a divisive topic in European countries. (isolarparts.com)
  • Recession-era children also grow up believing in more government distribution and "a more left-leaning orientation. (bigthink.com)
  • Throwing some truly quality shade, the New York Daily News reports that "Second-term Republican Steve King claimed that putting the abolitionist in place of President Andrew Jackson, most famous for the Trail of Tears , would be divisive. (salon.com)
  • For a Chinese analyst, such religious fervour could easily be seen as a dangerous, divisive feature of American society. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • This report provides further evidence that more must be done to address the divisive climate of hate in America. (jewishexponent.com)
  • In response to popular opinion that homosexuality should be accepted rather than discouraged, both Democrats and Republicans support the passage of a Senate bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity. (csmonitor.com)
  • Proponents of a bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity are optimistic about the measure's prospects ahead of a crucial Senate vote. (csmonitor.com)
  • Gay rights advocates - Republicans and Democrats - are newly upbeat about the prospects for Senate passage of a bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. (csmonitor.com)
  • Students in grades four and higher could discuss these issues, but "any curriculum or instructional materials on sexual orientation or gender identity" would be "age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards. (nowandviral.com)
  • Florida's law says "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3. (nowandviral.com)
  • In Ohio, HB 616 says schools shall not "teach, use, or provide any curriculum or instructional materials on sexual orientation or gender identity" in "grades kindergarten through three. (nowandviral.com)
  • That law allows parents to sue if a school district withholds information about their child's well-being or if their child is exposed to classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity deemed not "age-appropriate. (the74million.org)
  • The bill that last year said you couldn't teach sexual orientation or gender identity until third grade -- that's back, extending it to eighth grade. (cnn.com)
  • The new law prohibits teaching on "divisive concepts" about racism and classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation before fifth grade. (nbcnews.com)
  • A law signed in March by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders prohibits teaching on "divisive concepts" about racism and critical race theory, a way of thinking about America's history through the lens of racism. (nbcnews.com)
  • The law also prohibits classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation before fifth grade, similar to a Florida prohibition that critics have called the "Don't Say Gay" law . (nbcnews.com)
  • The AFT-NH, along with the other teachers' union, the NEA-NH, are suing the state over the new anti-discrimination law that prohibits teaching any one group is superior or inferior by virtue of their race, creed, or sexual orientation. (nhjournal.com)
  • The lawsuits falsely claim that the state law prohibits teaching "divisive concepts. (nhjournal.com)
  • The bill retains the restrictions on teaching three ideas that lawmakers describe as "divisive. (ibj.com)
  • But look, the fact remains that there is a whole long list of priorities that are divisive and ideological that DeSantis and Republican lawmakers are pursuing this legislative session. (cnn.com)
  • A vote for Representative Ellison by any member of the DNC would be divisive and unconscionable, not to mention counterproductive to the immediate and necessary steps of rebuilding the Democratic Party. (bizpacreview.com)
  • Questioning the indoctrination of little children in public schools regarding such topics as white privilege, gender identity, and sexual orientation, in McMorrow's world, is tantamount to hate-mongering. (frontpagemag.com)
  • Islam compels Muslims to stand up for justice and reject hate against any peoples - this, regardless of race, orientation, gender, culture, religion and ethnicity. (winnipegjewishreview.com)
  • Our people enjoy the same basic rights regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, skin color, ethnicity, age or physical and mental abilities. (cairco.org)
  • They say they will "rigorously enforce" rules via content moderation, regardless of "gender, religion, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, net worth, or beliefs" (after criticism , they retracted the "net worth" part). (betterconflictbulletin.org)
  • Providing instruction on this divisive issue is fraught with conflict as views and beliefs on the topic are deeply-held, diverse, and often politically charged. (liberty.edu)
  • That path is extreme, and divisive, and it does not include the beliefs of most Iowans," Terrell said. (iowastartingline.com)
  • As more and more gay individuals are open about their sexual orientation, people come to realize that they are their neighbors, their family members, their friends, their co-workers. (csmonitor.com)
  • Both are priorities for renewable energy advocates… "His natural orientation is to drive stakeholder consensus, and he'll be very cautious to pursue reforms that divide stakeholders and are deeply contentious," said Devin Hartman, director of energy and environmental policy at the R Street Institute, a pro-free markets think tank, as well as a former FERC staffer. (rstreet.org)
  • F lorida Gov. Ron DeSantis made national headlines Monday when he signed into law a divisive bill banning certain classroom instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation in public schools. (the74million.org)
  • The report also paints a picture of a sitting bishop who for years has allegedly sought to exclude LGBT priests from exercising ministries in the Diocese of Florida, despite church canons forbidding discrimination because of sexual orientation. (livingchurch.org)
  • On Wednesday, President Biden issued several executive orders, including one extending anti-discrimination laws on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation. (nrb.org)
  • Under this order, all federal agencies are required to include "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in their definitions of sex regarding any policy that opposes sex discrimination. (nrb.org)
  • Nature Nsci'99), for increment contrast discrimination (ICD), orientation and spatial frequency discriminations, and for two contrast masking tasks. (usc.edu)
  • One might wonder whether banning "political orientation" discrimination is broad enough language, given that many of our most divisive controversies-e.g., the appropriateness of carving up children-may be seen as social, rather than political. (powerlineblog.com)
  • A press release trumpeting his departure credits him with raising the Task Force's visibility, but that was largely this year in the bruising, divisive fight over transgender protections in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (typepad.com)
  • As more states afford legal recognition to same-sex relationships and adopt non-discrimination codes that include sexual orientation, schools are faced with the decision of what, when, and how to teach children about same-sex attractions. (liberty.edu)
  • Both bills would restrict how K-12 schools teach about divisive concepts, but HB 327 goes farther. (nowandviral.com)
  • Her own sexual orientation has cost her a job or two, but that hasn't changed her: "When I haven't been sure of what will happen next or how I'm going to pay my bills, I'm sure I want to practice and teach medicine. (medscape.com)
  • One failed amendment would have changed the definition of the concepts to align with federal law on nondiscrimination of protected classes, including those of sexual orientation and gender identity, which are not covered in HB 1134. (ibj.com)
  • Our identities are not divisive concepts," Bruno said. (nowandviral.com)
  • Actually, "political orientation" was my shorthand, but the bill as drafted says "viewpoint," which covers any sort of controversy or subject. (powerlineblog.com)
  • Mechanisms for stable, robust, and adaptive development of orientation maps (Stevens et al. (yale.edu)
  • RALEIGH, N.C. - Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit in state court Friday on behalf of a professor whom the North Carolina Governor's School fired after he spoke out about the harms of the racially divisive ideology embraced by the school. (adflegal.org)
  • If you refuse to grant them this freedom, and attempt to use religion in a socially divisive or discriminatory manner, then you will be asked to leave. (cairco.org)
  • The increase of divisive ideas coming from politicians and the media has real impacts, and increases the risk of violence for LGBTQ+ people. (socialistparty.org.uk)
  • The model used 60 linear filters (5 scales, 12 orientations) followed by Heeger-type divisive gain control and statistically efficient decision. (usc.edu)
  • so it's really important that the schools foster that kind of community instead of a divisive one. (cbc.ca)
  • The sometimes divisive nature of these discussions was exemplified by the formation of dissenting groups within the Anglican Communion that rejected reforms that were intended to make the Church more inclusive (see related article Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion). (wikipedia.org)
  • Take a closer look at the emerging groups founded by students to start discussions on divisive topics. (chronicle.com)
  • The Education Department document states also states Pulaski County let teachers "hang divisive materials in their classrooms, including the pride flag. (nbcnews.com)
  • It becomes clear very quickly when the specific materials begin to be cited that when they say sexual orientation they mean non-heterosexual orientations," Equality Ohio Policy Director Maria Bruno said. (nowandviral.com)
  • Mullan himself says it clearly: "The United States is mired in a profound, expensive, divisive, paradoxical medical swamp -- and has been, with increasingly malign consequences, for at least fifty years. (medscape.com)
  • The Obama administration has made some gestures in this direction, most significantly making it a low priority for federal law enforcement to go after state-authorized medical marijuana retailers and suggesting a new orientation toward prevention and treatment. (nacla.org)
  • Titled "Dawg Camp," the orientation is offered to 250 incoming freshmen students, intended to provide a transition to the college community. (yaf.org)
  • It also explores how colleges can use prime settings to help new students engage with different viewpoints, in orientation and residence life. (chronicle.com)
  • Examine how residence life and orientation are opportunities to reach students early. (chronicle.com)
  • Rustad said he would end the province's "divisive" sexual orientation and gender identity program and "stand with parents who are demanding honesty, transparency, and accountability from our public education system. (fcpp.org)
  • The program guide for orientation leaders includes this supplement on pronoun usage, claiming gender-neutral pronouns "show respect for each other's gender identity and their gender expression. (yaf.org)
  • Our model consists of one layer of subunits followed by learned orientation-specific DN. (bvsalud.org)
  • And it is well past time to add the words 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' to the Idaho Human Rights Act. (idahodems.org)
  • There are many things from the eyes of a patient that we need to know," said CC Director John Gallin, during an orientation meeting for patients held late last month. (nih.gov)
  • Under the first phase of the relocation, the CC nursing staff designed orientation activities for patients and staff. (nih.gov)