P-C, those sound a lot like census categories. (Edit: yep, Census 2000: [link]
The history of how ethnicity and race have been defined in the census is really interesting. I was helping someone last night who wanted to tract the growth of the Hispanic population in my county. That ethnic category was added in 1970, though whether it's been termed Hispanic, Latino, or both has varied, and the relationship to race has varied. There's nothing in 1960 or 1950. Then in 1940 there was a category for "white persons having a Spanish mother tongue." Okay. 1930, 1920, 1910, there is a category for "persons of Mexican ancestry" or something like that. (In 1910 in Georgia there were 16 persons of Mexican ancestry. Hispanic immigration to the south is a very recent phenomenon.)
Well, tomorrow I have THE SCOLA. Then, brunch on Saturday with Buffista peeps (oops, must set that up), theatre Saturday night, and Easter church and brunch with the fam. The closing night of Sweeney Todd and opening night of [title of show]. Yes, the title of the show IS "title of show". Poor box office staff.
Ooooh, I know [title of show]!!! The 2008 run was directed and choreographed by Michael Berresse, a high school classmate of mine!
I'm off to Maine on Saturday (though I have tomorrow off for a free day around the area), and Sunday my brother, his wife and myself are taking Mom to dinner; an annual Easter ritual at Robin Hood Free Meetinghouse: [link]
That web site is woefully out of date.
P-C, those sound a lot like census categories. (Edit: yep, Census 2000: [link])
Ha, that explains it! Thanks.
opening night of [title of show]. Yes, the title of the show IS "title of show".
I may have heard of that. I would probably like it.
I do not have Friday off, but am considering Alice In Wonderland in the evening. I may even work from home on Friday to give myself the illusion of it being a day off.
Saturday I have karate in the am, then I'm taking K-Bug into Denver for her weekend birthday fun. We are seeing Mary Poppins, going out to dinner, going to a comedy club, spending the night at the Shereton, then shopping and brunching on Sunday.
Hey tech-y people: If I want to say that people are creating cellphone apps, what's the best verb? Program? Develop? Build?
P-C, those ethnicity & race options are straight from the Office of Management & Budget, which is why they're used in the Census. We use them on our studies too, so, I dunno, it seems standard to me.
We do break some of those categories down into more detail (and allow "other") but I think that for OMB compliance, you have to be able to aggregate your data into those 5 categories.
