My opposition has been to the decision to go to war in Iraq, motivated by the belief that this would create a serious diversion of effort and strengthen our enemies.
Requiring Microsoft to submit such a plan will cause a huge diversion of effort by Microsoft's executives at a critical time when Microsoft is attempting to change its entire business and programming model to remain competitive in the Internet age.
Workload implications of implementing the indicator Potential barriers to the implementation of the indicators Unintended consequences to the implementation of the indicator: these can be positive or negative in nature (i.e. disruption to clinical or organisational workflow, 'spillovers' that may be negative (diversion of effort) or positive (encouraging general quality improvement).
"This is a misguided effort, a diversion of investigative resources, and blatant effort to shut down the zealous defense of defendants at these sham proceedings at Guantánamo," he said.
Several critics of the Administration's policies, including Senator Kennedy and former Vice-President Gore, have said this week that this is a diversion from our efforts on terror, our efforts in Afghanistan.
Otherwise, the "hidden costs and downside risks, including the diversion of data and measurement efforts, risk distorting development policy making" (Ravallion 2012).
This failure is particularly harmful when one considers the enormous opportunity costs of the effort: diversion of attention, precious resources and support away from the established solutions that really work.
Comparisons to other cities are unfair, Mr. Hayes said, considering Houston's cheap landfill fees and the diversion of city money to relief efforts after two recent hurricanes.
The Germans refrained from attempts to recapture the lost ground at Lens, due to the demands of defensive operations of the Third Battle of Ypres and the need to avoid the diversion of forces from the main effort.
Three problems are converging on New York nonprofit agencies that are not receiving funds for disaster relief: a faltering economy, the diversion of charity money to the relief efforts and, in many cases, a demand for services that is ever-growing.
Fleming said the diversion of the ship to the rescue effort had affected several ongoing science projects, though the AAD was doing all it could to minimise any further disruptions.
