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Patient Comments: Actinic Keratosis - Describe Your Experience
Please describe your experience with actinic keratosis.
Comment from: Jean, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: August 19
I am 73-year-old woman. I have had breast cancer twice since 1994. I had a mastectomy and skin grafts. Now I have been diagnosed with actinic keratosis of the lip. I am waiting to have it treated. I have worked in the sun all my life but did not use sunscreen as I should. I feel good, and other than arthritis, I feel well and stay busy. The Lord has blessed me. When I see women with tattoos on their breasts and body piercings, I think, "Honey, if you had been through what I have been through, that would be enough!"
Comment from: jc, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: December 13
I am in my 3rd week of topical treatment. Wow, is my face looking ugly! I put a "Hello Kitty" Band-Aid on the worst spot so I can work as a veterinary technician without scaring people! The cream cost over $200 with insurance, but my doctor told me it is more effective. It does hurt and itch and looks terrible, but I wanted to make sure the spots were gone for good!
Comment from: Kim R, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: November 18
I had a red spot, less than 1/4" in diameter, on my cheek for over a year. The doctor thought it wasn't much, but because it hurt when touched, suggested removing it for biopsy. I got a shot to numb the area, then he removed it with a flexible razor blade-like instrument. Biopsy came back as actinic keratosis so I am glad it's gone.
Comment from: mel, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: August 17
I am 34 and I have this on my cheeks bones. I was always in the sun when I was little and even as a teenager, but I didn't start getting the spots until last year and I hope and pray they stop growing, people tell me oh your glasses cover most of the spots, but I know there still they are not. I know that beauty is not everything, but I still find myself trying to cover them up, I want to really express like many on here have to use sunscreen. Sure even at 34 I would love to just run out on the beach with out hassling to put on sun screen, but its so worth doing that, I am even going to start wearing a sun visor, just take good care of yourselves.
Comment from: Golden Girl, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: April 16
I am a 67 year old fair skinned female that spent many years at the beach, fishing, crabbing, sailing etc. I had a significant squamous cell carcinoma removed from my forehead 6 years ago. I have at least 100 Keratosis' all over my body even in places that were not exposed to the sun. I now have a spot on my nose that I am wary about and will be going to a dermatologist ASAP. I feel like an old ship that has grown barnacles all over her hull. I tell all young ladies, to cover up or use the tanning in the bottle.
Comment from: Fairly Stupid!, 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: March 02
I'm older now (a 58-year-old male) and much, much wiser. I have loved the sun and the outdoors all my life. I have always felt good in the sun. I have always felt good with a tanned face and body. I worked outside off and on for 30 years. I sunbathed at every opportunity, sometimes being caught with very red burns, and being fair-skinned, this was often. Now I have actinic keratosis, and I regret all of the above. Now the least bit of sun causes discomfort to my face. I wish you could put my message somewhere where everyone could read it, especially those like I once was who believe all is well in the sun!
Comment from: ItsTessie, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: July 31
I am a 53 year old female who has had both actinic keratosis and basal cell carcinoma since my early 40's. I am blue eyed and very fair skinned and grew up in S. Cal and took a lot of sun as a child, teen and young adult. I still love the sun and have a pool. I try to be smarter about my exposure. I just got three biopsies done on my face today and several lesions frozen on my hands and face. I now preach the use of sunscreen and hats to everyone. I have small scars where the lesions have been treated both with freezing and surgery. Aldara cream seems to leave the least scaring, but all the scars are very small and only really show if I get some tan (which I try not to do) and then they show up more as a white spot than an actual scar, and the "scars" are not as ugly as the scaly, red patches of actinic keratosis. WEAR SUNSCREEN AND HATS WHENEVER YOU GO OUT IN THE SUN AND TEACH YOUR KIDS THE SAME THING.
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Cubmaster's Pack Book for the Boy Scouts
Okay, who out there was in the Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts? We all had our handbooks for the different levels and such. You could do everything from tie a special knot to building a lean-to to sleep under! This here is a Cubmaster's book and has a copyright of 1954. This is my only hardbound scout book. My others are the various other books from different years in soft covers. This hardcover is full of photos of scouts performing numerous tasks and having a good time. It also includes the traditional illustrations throughout the book that most all scout books feature. How about that race car in the photo! I never built one of those, but my son and I did for during his scouting period. (We won!.....I mean he won!)

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The two major types of lubrication employed by these systems are grease and oil. Grease is a semisolid lubricant that in essence is a combination of mineral or vegetable oil and soap, not animal fat like other types of grease. They are utilized in industries that require infrequent lubrication of machines that therefore require a lube that will stay in place a long time. Grease, with its greater viscosity, will do just that. The other major lubricant is oil, which is a liquid state that does not adhere to surfaces, making it a perfect lube. Mineral oils such as petroleum are best for lubrication, because they do not degenerate nearly as quickly as organic oils do. Lubrication systems are employed in almost every industry that uses mechanical equipment. This includes oilfields, power plants, steel processing companies, the food and beverage industry, printing, mining and industrial manufacturing. The need for lubrication is not specific to these large scale production based industries though; many products that are used everyday by the common middle class American require regular lubrication, including cars and computers.


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Battersea Power Station Development to BeginFriday 14th December 2012
The first phase of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment can start after developers were granted detailed planning permission.
Last week the Government announced it would support the extension of the Northern line to Battersea and now Wandsworth Council has approved the first stage of work on the iconic building.
The selling of residential units at the site has now been brought forward and will start on January 10 2013.
Rob Tincknell, Chief Executive Officer of Battersea Power Station Development Company, said they are "delighted" to have been give the go ahead to start.
�In the wake of last week�s announcement by the UK government to support the extension of the Northern Line underground line to Battersea and Nine Elms, we have seen a new rush of interest in the development from potential purchasers, he added. "It is incredibly exciting for us that we will be selling residential units off plan next month.�
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back end
1The end of something which is furthest from the front or the working end: the back end of the car swung round
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- All its windows were blown out and it's front and back ends showed clear impact damage.
- It's hard to see the front end and the back end for parking.
- The front and back ends of the lifeboat had been blown away, and another man was clinging to the side of it.
1.1 informal The rump or buttocks: a face like the back end of a sheep
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- At least you don't spend your whole day staring at the back end of a mule.
- Wouldn't life be peachy if you had another motivation, outside of vanity and maybe one or two alleged health benefits, to drag that saggy, sorry old back-end of yours to the gym?
1.2The latter part of a period of time: the book takes us up to the back end of last year
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- Something we didn't find tedious, however, was the interview broadcast at the back end of last year.
- The feel-good-factor that started at the back end of last season has rolled on through the summer leaving fans contemplating their most successful campaign in years.
- They have come on quite strong at the back end of the season and this will be a tough game.
1Relating to the end of a project, process, or investment: many annuities have back-end surrender charges
2 Computing Denoting a subordinate processor or program, not directly accessed by the user, which performs a specialized function on behalf of a main processor or software system: a back-end database server
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Hungarian Government's Strike at Constitutional Court Triggers Popular Outrage
The Hungarian governing Fidesz party's plan to curb the Constitutional Court's power in retaliation to the court throwing out a proposed new law has triggered popular outrage. Even among those backing the party.
"Democracy happens to be a pain in the neck. But we like it just the same. That's why Fidesz' reaction is unfortunate," said Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet, usually a strong supporter of Fidesz, in an editorial.
The Court ruled Tuesday that the government's proposed bill to apply a 98% tax on public sector workers' severance pay exceeding a certain limit was unconstitutional. Such retroactive legislation would breach employment contracts, and would therefore infringe the constitution, the court argued.
In response, Fidesz has drafted new legislation to remove the court's jurisdiction over budget matters and taxes. Fidesz argues that if Hungarian citizens can't vote on such matters, the court shouldn't have a say either. Fidesz' two-third majority in parliament would ensure passage for the new law, and the party plans to resubmit the bill on severance pay once the court has been stripped of its powers.
"As a result, we are now a republic without a constitution, with the old one worthless junk, according to Fidesz, who are going to amend it whenever they want. The fact that they are doing it in the name of the people is, unfortunately, the most ridiculous Communist argument," said Heti Valasz, a political weekly, which normally endorses Fidesz' politics.
Should the new law come into force, the court would also be stripped of its power to weigh the legality of a recently announced crisis tax on the telecommunications, energy and retail sectors. Nor would it have a say on a recently adopted pension law, which among other matters would channel payments to private pensions funds to the state for 14 months.
It was necessary for the Court to have wide-ranging power in the years since Hungary's regime change in 1989. "[However,] with the solidification of the rule of law [in Hungary since then], this wide scope of constitutional jurisdiction has become unjustified," Fidesz parliamentary caucus leader Janos Lazar said in an attempt to defend the government's move.
Index, one of Hungary's most widely read online news agencies, asked its readers who they think will save democracy in Hungary. "Nobody" received the highest number of votes by Thursday afternoon, twice as many as "elections" and "the Almighty". These shared second place with nearly the same number of votes, followed by "Facebook" and "the country's intelligentsia."
"Regardless of who is now saying what, one thing should be clear: not the 98% tax is at stake here but Fidesz' constitutional chastity, credibility and commitment to democracy. I don't agree with those who are triumphant now, saying they have been right all along, that it's been predictable that things [under the Fidesz government] get this far. The option to choose is always there in politics, it could have turned out differently, and Fidesz … still do have a choice, they do have an opportunity to put things right, to think them over," said political analyst Gabor Torok on his blog.
The public outrage in Hungary against Fidesz' reaction has led several civil organizations, not only political parties, to call for demonstrations. This is noteworthy because Hungarians rarely take to the streets. People also established pages on Facebook to express their dissatisfaction, forming groups such as "Objection against the Curbing of the Constitutional Court's Rights," and others quickly joined.
Whether public pressure will be sufficient to make Fidesz stop and rethink what it plans to do remains to be seen. The party won't face elections of any sort for more than three years.


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Prosecutors in Puntarenas, a major port city in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, have lodged a criminal complaint against the Executive President of the National Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture (Spanish acronym: INCOPESCA). The charges are related to shark fin poaching.
According to an online news report by Alvaro Sanchez of CRHoy.com, INCOPESCA's Executive President Luis Dobles has been accused by prosecutors of Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Safety (MSP in Spanish) of authorizing the offload of a malicious catch of fin-less sharks in Puntarenas.
The complaint, which has been filed under docket 11-2032-431 PE, is awaiting a resolution by the criminal division of the court in Puntarenas. It explains that a fishing vessel flying the Belizean flag requested authorization to dock and offload in Puntarenas; however, a better purchase offer may have arrived from El Salvador. According to Dobles, the boat returned to Costa Rica five days later.
Should the charges against Dobles stick, they would vindicate Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and international fugitive, who claims that public officials in Costa Rica are in cahoots with shark fin poachers and their wicked, yet lucrative, trade.
The MSP complaint alleges that the Belizean fishing vessel offloaded sharks that had been relieved of their fins. This may conform to a tactic used by shark fin poachers who seek to skirt the law: They legally catch sharks, but they hack off their fins and leave them to die on deck or below in the fish hold. When the boat docks, the criminal crew fakes selling the catch, which is exchanged at a bargain price or quickly disposed of.
The prosecutor's office in Puntarenas is the busiest in Costa Rica with regard to shark fin poaching. In the last two years, they have processed seven related complaints, including the case of the Hung Chi Fu, in which the captain of the Taiwanese vessel initially received a fine, but was later sentenced to two years in prison. Prosecutors in Puntarenas are currently handling six shark finning cases.


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The Pros:Chorus! is an interesting effect. Create new sounds from your guitar. Inexpensive alternative to effects devices.
The Cons:Can't use on nylon strings - will wear out. Pluck! doesn't sound better than a normal pick.
Much like a "Capo" or a "Slide", the Jellifish guitar pick is a mechanical device that is used on your guitar (or any other stringed instrument) to create new and unique sounds. The Jellifish looks similar, and is used in the same manner as a conventional guitar pick, but by no means is meant to replace it.
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It merely provides a new experience of playing your 6 string electric or acoustic, by creating 3 different sounds.
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The Jellifish is not recommended on Nylon strings, but will not wear steel strings any faster than a normal guitar pick. The Jellifish guitar pick is available in many music stores and retails for around $10.
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Create new sounds from your guitar
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Can't use on nylon strings - will wear out
Pluck! doesn't sound better than a normal pick
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U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (middle) talks to Cindy Miller of Jacksonville, N.C., as Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter listens Monday just outside Diehlstadt, where an EF2 tornado struck the community June 4. Miller's father-in-law and two brothers-in-law were killed during the tornado.
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DIEHLSTADT -- A week after a deadly tornado swept through Diehlstadt, its residents continue to pick up the pieces.
On Monday U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson along with Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter toured the community to survey the damage from the nighttime June 4 tornado that killed three residents, Loy G. Miller, 70; and two of his sons, Jasper L. Miller, 49; and Randy G. Miller, 47.
"It's so heartbreaking," Emerson said as she looked over the property where Loy Miller's mobile home was struck by the tornado and is now a vacant lot. "... It's sad -- and scary."
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Oregon State University has taken yet another step towards campus sustainability.
From OSU News:
Oregon State University has joined a growing number of universities around the United States in an initiative to make its campus "climate neutral� by establishing policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions and reduce its energy usage.
From Salem-news.com:
OSU is engaged in several other energy-reducing projects:
* A project in Bexell Hall, home of the College of Business, will reduce the amount of energy consumed by lighting by approximately 50 percent.
* Lighting typically represents about 25 percent of the energy used in an office building. Bexell also is implementing new computer use policies and practices that could contribute to a goal of reducing energy use in the building by 50 percent.
* The university is exploring new software products that would reduce the energy used by campus computers. The idea, Trelstad said, is to adjust the power settings on individual computers to match the needs of users.
* OSU has a successful sustainability audit program for campus buildings that not only looks at energy consumption, but water and paper use, and even office furniture.
* The university also is conducting an audit of its outdoor lighting to make sure that lighting is safe for pedestrians at night, but that lights don't come on too early – especially since the change to daylight savings.
* Recent campus buildings have been constructed in a more environmentally sustainable manner, exemplified by the 153,000-square-foot Kelley Engineering Center. Designed to be extremely energy efficient, and constructed using sustainable materials and techniques, it received a "Gold� LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
"Oregon State also has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as a 'Best Workplace for Commuters' because we have great support for a variety of alternative transportation modes,� Trelstad said. "Since transportation has an obvious and significant impact on global warming, this is important to us as a university – and we've been a leader in this area for a long time.�
OSU's faculty are actively involved in a number of research efforts related to sustainability, including the development of wave energy, passively safe nuclear power, biofuels and other new forms of energy under the Sun Grant initiative; and incorporating these and other new findings into sustainability education throughout the curriculum.
This is great news.
UPDATE 5/10/07- OSU students have voted to increase student fees to help pay for renewable energy.


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Dorthy Stewart is a resident at Burcham Hills in Lansing. She's a bit reluctant to reveal her age. She says, "We'll say I'm past 60." She's in the first stages of Alzheimer's disease. She says, "You never know when you're going to forget something." When we visited with her, she was sorting greeting cards. Dominique Hill has been a caretaker at Burcham Hills for more than two years. She was helping Dorthy and a friend to sort the cards. She says, "The best thing to do is just to keep them going so that the brain won't just die out." About the staff and projects, Dorthy says, "Nice people you know, we have a lot of nice activities."
The residents also play dominoes, cards and a number of other "brain games" that help to keep the mind active. Burcham Hills Recreation Specialist Eldon Wood says, "It does trigger memories. The idea is to be social, be in a group and it does stimulate them intellectually, even though they're at a lower level, they're still using their minds to think and it's true, if you don't use it, you lose it."
The number of people with Alzheimer's is in fact growing with the aging of the baby boomers population. The American Alzheimer's Association says more than 5 billion people have the disease nationwide with about 44,000 in the Mid-Michigan area alone. Gary Pollitz sits on the board of the local Great Lakes Chapter of the American Alzheimer's Association. He says, "You have a one in eight chance of getting Alzheimer's disease by age 60, and then by the time you're 85, you have a 50/50 chance."
Pollitz says the cost of treating and caring for patients will climb to 148 billion dollars by 2030. Pollitz says, "All of our Medicare budget right now for 2030 would have to go towards just treating people with Alzheimer's disease."
As far as care options, you can try to keep yourself or your loved one in the home. Wood took care of his own mother as long as possible. Eldon says, "They could get lost, they could wander away. They forget where they are. So, as long as they're able to stay at home it's great, if you can have an in-home companion or another family member that's OK to stay with them, great, but as soon as any safety issue appears, it's best to place them in assisted living like this."
The cost for assisted living facilities or an adult foster home can run between $3,000 and $8,000 a month. Pollitz says Medicaid and Medicare will not help you pay unless you qualify for a Medicaid waiver which is income based. Pollitz says, "You have to qualify for Medicaid services. Otherwise, you're on your own."
Long term care insurance is available, but that has to be purchased well before diagnosis. Also take care of your body, studies show that eating saturated fats, being obese and having diabetes or heart disease increases the chance of getting Alzheimer's. Pollitz says, "Our total body health by far affects our brain."
If you are open to participating in a medical study, free testing can be available through the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in Ann Arbor. Pollitz says, "just give them a call and they will gladly sign you up for a number of different studies they're working on."
Although there is no cure yet, practitioners have a better idea of what the disease is and the quality of care is changing. Some Lansing Community College nurses are training on how best to care for Alzheimer's patients at Burcham Hills. Michael Wolfston, Foundation Director, Burcham Hills Retirement Community, says "It's Quality of life on a day to day basis. You're helping them cope with a disease that's scary, it's very frightening and you just don't want to let them sit there and rot, you want them to continue to function as a while human being which hopefully will delay the onset of the disease."
Dominique says there is one simple thing families can do for their loved ones. Dominique says, "Come and visit them, they get lonely and...they remember a lot from their past, not so much what they do everyday, but it's their past, their past life, their childhood, their family. That's the kinds of things they remember. They like visitors...especially their family....it makes them smile." She adds, "I love them like they're my own grandparents." Dorthy says, "It's a nice place to be. I've enjoyed it all the while I've been here." It's a situation Dorthy feels that she's lucky to be in.
Pollitz says there are support groups available that can help you deal with the disease. he says you can get information on that and more by calling the local chapter of the Alzheimer's association at 517-999-3004 you can also call the national helpline 24 hours a day, 7-days a week at 1-800-272-3900 with any questions you may have.


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Museum Madrid Guide
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This page is an essential guide to finding a museum in Madrid. Here you will find an introduction to the most popular museums, and we've also provided details of How To Travel To them, what you can see inside and how much entry tickets cost. There are also links to pages with more detailed information.
There are more than 44 museums in Madrid.
To make it easy for you, there is also a separate page with information about popular art museums in Madrid. See our Art galleries page.
The Royal Palace
The Royal Palace is one of the most visited museums in Madrid. It was built during the 17th and 18th centuries during the Bourbon era, and although it is no longer lived in by the Spanish Royal family, they still use it for state occasions. Inside you can take a tour of many of the lavish rooms.
Some of the more unusual rooms include the porcelain room, where the walls are covered with green and white porcelain.
The Royal Palace (Palacio Real)
Street: Bailén
Tel: +34 91 454 8800
Official website for the Royal Palace
Metro: Opera (Red Line, L2) or (Green Line, L5) plus 5 minutes walk
October - March: Monday - Saturday 10:30 - 18:00, Sunday and Holidays 10:00 - 16:00
April - September: Monday - Sunday and Holidays 10:00 - 20:00
Entry fee: €10.00 without guide; €17.00 with guide. Children under 5 go free.
Cheap rate: €5.00 for pre-arranged school groups, old age pensioners, students and the handicapped.
FREE entry to the Royal Palace with the Madrid Card
Disabled access is available.
Lazaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid
This museum in Madrid was originally a house belonging to Jose Lazaro Galdiano, who was a writer, editor and financier. He lived from 1862 - 1947, and in this time built up an extensive art collection, together with many unusual items. For example you can see a cross-shaped pocket watch, that Charles V used to wear when he was hunting.
Lazaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid
Museum Lázaro Galdiano
Street: C/ Serrano, 122
Tel: +34 91 561 6084
Official website for Museum Lazaro Galdiano:
Metro: Gregorio Manañón (Orange Line, L7) or (Dark Blue Line, L10) Plus 5 minutes walk
Núñez de Balboa (Green Line, L5) Plus 10 minutes walk
Rubén Darío (Green Line, L5) Plus 10 minutes walk
Timetable: Wednesday - Monday 10:00 - 16:30
Entry fee: €4.00
FREE entry on Wednesday's
FREE entry to the museum with the Madrid Card
Disabled access available
Museum of America
This is an interesting museum that is bursting with artefacts from Spain's colonisation of the America's. It is spread over 2 floors, and many pieces have been preserved since pre-historic times.
You can see ancient Mayan parchments dating from AD 1250 and gold ornaments from Columbia. The museum has temporary exhibitions in addition to its permanent displays.
You can enter for free on Sundays and also on the following dates: 18 May (International Museum Day); 12 October (National Fiesta of Spain); and 06 December (Constitution Day).
Museum of America
Street: Avda. Reyes Católicos, 6
Tel: +34 91 549 2641
Official website of Museum of America
Metro: Moncloa (Yellow Line, L3) or (Grey Line, L6, Circular) plus 5 minutes walk.
01 May - 31 October: Tuesday - Saturday: from 09:30 - 20:30
01 November - 30 April: Tuesday - Saturday: from 09:30 - 18:30
Sundays and public holidays: from 10:00 - 15:00
Closed Monday.
Entry fee: €3.00
Under 18s and over 65s enter for free.
Disabled access available
Traje Museum
This Madrid Museum is all about clothing in Spain from the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. There are rooms with clothing from different periods, and also temporary exhibitions.
Traje Museum
Street: Avda. Juan de Herrera, 2
Tel: +34 91 550 4700
Official website of the Traje Museum
Metro: Moncloa (Yellow Line, L3) or (Grey Line, L6, Circular) plus 10 minutes walk. Or Ciudad Universitaria (Grey Line, L6, Circular) plus 10 minutes walk.
Timetable: Tuesday - Saturday: 09:30 -19:00
Sunday, public holidays: 10:00 - 15:00
Closed Mondays and 01 January, 06 January, 01 May, 09 November, 24 December, 25 December, 31 December
Entry fee: €3.00
Free entry with Madrid Card.
Free entry Saturday afternoons, Sundays and 18 April (World Heritage Day); 18 May (International Museum Day); 12 October (National Fiesta of Spain); and 06 December (Constitution Day).
Naval Museum, Madrid
In this museum you can see replicas of arsenal from the 18th century Spanish Navy. The history of the navy is told through paintings, weapons and charts. Each room details a different era in history, and you start with the 15th century and pass through different rooms until you reach the present day.
Naval Museum Madrid
Street: Paseo del Prado, 5.
Tel: +34 91 523 8789
Official Naval Museum website
Metro: Banco de España (Red Line, L2) Plus 5 minutes walk.
Timetable: From Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Summer hours: Closed month of 19 July - 01 September.
Closed: Every Monday, 01 January, Thursday and Friday, 01 May, 15 May, 16 July, 09 November, and 24 December, 25 December and 31 December.
Entry fee: Free
Real Madrid Museum
You can see the Real Madrid museum as part of the stadium tour. The museum is extensive and is full of trophies dating back over the teams' entire history. There is also a wall of photos of all the Real Madrid players there have ever been, and autographed shirts and boots from the first team. You make your own way around the stadium on the tour, and get to visit the VIP boxes, as well as the changing rooms.
Real Madrid Museum
Street: Pº de la Castellana, 144, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Puerta 3
Club Address: Avda de Concha Espina 1, 28036, Madrid
Telephone: +34 91 453 2902
Official website of Real Madrid Museum
Metro: Santiago Bernabéu (Blue Line, L10)
Timetable for tours: Days in which no match.
Monday - Saturday: 10:00 - 19:30
Sunday or Bank holidays: 10:30 - 18:30
The price of the stadium guided tour includes entry to the museum:
Children under 14 years old: €11.00
Adults: €16.00
Real Madrid Fanclub Card holders:
Children under 14 years old: €8.00
Adults: €11.00
Members: Free


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For the fifth consecutive season, the college football season will begin at Cowboys Stadium with LSU and TCU squaring off in the "Cowboys Classic" on Aug. 31. The game will be nationally televised on either ESPN or ABC.
The game will be a matchup of two teams that have previously posted victories in the "Cowboys Classic" Labor Day weekend showcase with TCU claiming a 30-21 win over Oregon State in 2010 and LSU topping Oregon 40-27 in 2011.
This will be the third appearance at Cowboys Stadium for both squads, with TCU topping BYU in a conference game in 2011 and LSU knocking off Texas A&M in the 2011 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
This season's Cowboys Classic is the fifth year of a long-term agreement between ESPN and Cowboys Stadium to bring a top college football game to Arlington, during the Labor Day holiday weekend.
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MIT Gender Equity Project
Annotated Bibliography
Updated 5 July 2001
New in this release:
-URLs have been added to entries, where they are available
-New entries are marked with a change bar
- Bailyn, Lotte. "Chapter 3: Individual Constraints: Occupational Demands and Private Life." In Breaking the Mold: Women, Men and Time in the New Corporate World, 40-54. New York: Free Press, A Division of MacMillan, Inc., 1993.
This chapter analyzes the ways in which organizations make it difficult to maintain meaningful links between work and private life. Part of the chapter focuses explicitly on the pressures faced by professors.
Estrich, Susan. Sex and Power. New York: Riverhead Books (Penguin Putnam), 2000.
Makes a strong case for concerted action by women. Author draws heavily on her personal experience, both in politics and at Harvard Law School. Bibliography.
- Lazarus, Barbara B., Lisa M. Ritter, and Susan A. Ambrose. "Learning by Critique." In The Woman's Guide to Navigating the Ph.D. In Engineering and Science: IEEE Press, 2001
- Rayman, Paula. Beyond the Bottom Line: The Search for Dignity at Work: Palgrave, 2001.
When teaching American students about trade unions, organizations most students view as akin to religious cults, the only thing that sometimes gets through is "respect." And that only gets thru because they understand "disrespect," someone pushing them around in a humiliating fashion. Paula Rayman takes this argument to heart in "Beyond the Bottom Line: The Search for Dignity at Work." There are many threads to this work, including a critique of most corporations for pursuing the low road, but laudatory stories of firms such as Norsk Hydro, and case studies from the "dual agenda" (i.e. profits and people count) action research studies at Fleet Bank and in the Biotech sector. The importance of the design of work and the ways in which technology shape work are highlighted throughout. But at the heart of the book is a plea to build on the "three pillars of dignity: the economics of livelihood, the psychology of self-respect, and the political and spiritual dimensions of making a difference through social responsibility."(pp. 23-24) The concluding chapter provides elegant ways to make this happen, by overcoming overtime, promoting portable benefits, valuing caregiving, and connecting growth to economic security. All of this is written in an ascessible fashion, and stories small and large are covered throughout. Perhaps my favorite aspect of the work is the skillful blending of the case for work/life AND work/family AND anti-poverty policies. I've never seen anyone connect the three so well, and the "search for dignity" theme is what pulls it all together so very well.
- Toth, Emily. Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
Humorously dispensed advice a la Miss Manners. Index, bibliography
- Valian, Virginia. Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women. 1999 paperback ed. 401 vols: MIT Press, 1998.
An exhaustive compilation and analysis of virtually all scholarship to date
- Williams, Clarence G. Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999: MIT Press, 2001 (January).
This book grew out of the Blacks at MIT History Project, whose mission is to document the black presence at MIT. The main body of the text consists of transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews, in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond. Although most of the interviewees are present or former students, black faculty, administrators, and staff are also represented, as are nonblack faculty and administrators who have had an impact on blacks at MIT. The interviewees were selected with an eye to presenting the broadest range of issues and personalities, as well as a representative cross section by time period and category.
Each interviewee was asked to discuss family background; education; role models and mentors; experiences of racism and race-related issues; choice of field and career; goals; adjustment to the MIT environment; best and worst MIT experiences; experience with MIT support services; relationships with MIT students, faculty, and staff; advice to present or potential MIT students; and advice to the MIT administration. A recurrent theme is that MIT's rigorous teaching instills the confidence to deal with just about any hurdle in professional life, and that an MIT degree opens many doors and supplies instant credibility.
Each interview includes biographical notes and pictures. The book also includes a general introduction, a glossary, and appendixes describing the project's methodology.
Clarence G. Williams is Special Assistant to the President, Ombudsman, and Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the editor of Reflections of the Dream, 1975-1994: Twenty Years Celebrating the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Zuckerman, Harriet, Jonathan R. Cole, John T. Bruer, and Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. The Outer Circle: Women in the Scientific Community. 1st ed. New York: Norton, 1991.
Conference Proceedings
- "Who Will Do the Science of the Future? A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science." Paper presented at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 2000 1999. Report available online at
- McIntosh, Peggy. "Feeling Like a Fraud." Paper presented at the Stone Center Colloquium Series, April 1984.
Many people-especially women-experience feelings of fraudulence when singled out for praise, press, publicity or promotion. While such feelings of fraudulence may be deplorable, especially if and when they trouble women more than men, these same feelings also may indicate a wise reluctance to believe in the accuracy of absolute ranking, and may point the way to a valid critique of hierarchical structures. Apology and self-disparagement may indicate an honest refusal to internalize the idea that having power or public exposure proves one's merit and/or authority. Apologetic or hedging speech may indicate uneasiness with rhetorical or coercive forms of speech and behavior, and may signal a desire to find more collaborative forms. People who feel in public like imposters are perhaps more to be trusted than those who have never experienced feelings of fraudulence. The analysis is placed in context of a theoretical model of a double and conflicting structure within the psyche and within the society: overvalued, over-developed, "vertical," competitive functions at odds with undervalued, under-recognized, "lateral," collaborative functions. A double vision of these double functions within both psyche and society is recommended to understand feelings of fraudulence and to overcome them in contexts where that is necessary.
- McIntosh, Peggy. "Feeling Like a Fraud: Part Two." Paper presented at the Stone Center Colloquium Series, December 1987.
This sequel to Part I posits a baseline sense of authenticity which gives one the ability to have feelings of fraudulence. The sense of authenticity creates the awareness of a lack of fit between what one feels and what is said about one's virtue or competence, or expected in public behavior. Vignettes of situations inducing feelings of fraudulence are contrasted with vignettes of experiments in teaching or public speaking which involve newly-invented forms and which have brought feelings of authenticity in public performance. The talk is cast in the metaphor of a house tour, and features both a greenhouse and a Madwoman in the Attic. The analysis is placed in context of a theoretical model of a double and conflicting structure within the psyche and the society.
- Women in Higher Education edited by Mary Dee Wenniger. Madison WI: Wenniger, Mary Dee, 2001. http://www.wihe.com/
Journal Articles
- Bix, Amy Sue. "Feminism Where Men Predominate: The History of Women's Science and Engineering Education at MIT." Women's Studies Quarterly 2000, no. 1&2 (2000): 24-45.
- Fehrs, Mary, and Roman Czujko. "Women in Physics: Reversing the Exclusion." Physics Today (1992): 33-41.
Examination of the pipeline in physics, including international comparisons. Sidebar: interviews with Vera Rubin, Sara Majetich, and Sarah Bolton.
- Ferber, Marianne A., and Michelle L. Teiman. "Are Women Economists at a Disadvantage in Publishing Journal Articles?" Eastern Economic Journal 6, no. 3-4 (1980): 189-94.
Another seminal article.
- Ginther, Donna K. "Does Science Discriminate against Women? Evidence from Academia, 1973-97." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Papers 2001, no. 02 (2001): 66.
This study uses data from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to evaluate differences in employment outcomes for academic scientists by gender. A decomposition of estimated salary differences shows that over time, gender salary differences can partly be explained by differences in observable characteristics for faculty at the assistant and associate ranks. Substantial gender salary differences for full professors are not explained by observable characteristics. Probit and duration model estimates indicate gender differences in the probability of promotion, making it less likely for women to be promoted to tenure. Between 1973 and 1997, very little changed in terms of gender salary and promotion differences for academics in science. After evaluating potential explanations, the author concludes that gender discrimination similar to that observed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accounts for unexplained gender disparities.
- Ginther, Donna K., and Kathy J. Hayes. "Gender Differences in Salary and Promotion for Faculty in the Humanities, 1977-95." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Papers 2001, no. 07 (2001): 69.
This study uses data from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to evaluate gender differences in salaries and promotion for academics in the humanities. Differences in employment outcomes by gender are evaluated using three methods: the Oaxaca decomposition is used to examine salary differentials, and binary choice models and duration analysis are used to estimate the probability of promotion to tenure. Over time, gender salary differences can largely be explained by academic rank. Substantial gender differences in promotion to tenure exist after controlling for productivity and demographic characteristics. However, the authors observe a slight decline in the gender promotion gap for the most recent cohort evaluated. On the basis of this evidence, the authors conclude that gender discrimination for academics in the humanities tends to operate through differences in promotion, which in turn affects wages.
- Johnson, Kurt N., and J.D. Wiley. "Analytical Models for Minority Representation in Academic Departments." Research in Higher Education 41, no. 4 (2000): 481-504.
The authors present mathematical models for the evolution over time of the proportion of minorities in an academic department or similarly selected group of constant size. Using the models, they analyze both the steady-state and time-dependent behavior of the proportion of minorities, and also obtain a means of evaluating the effectiveness of a department's hiring history. They derive a number of surprising results with importance to institutional hiring policy and affirmative action; and they also present methods, suggested by the model and its behavior, to improve departmental hiring practices.
- McCracken, Douglas M. "Winning the Talent War for Women: Sometimes It Takes a Revolution." Harvard Business Review (2000).
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/prod_detail.asp?R00611 for abstract; can order full text
Author is CEO of Deloitte Consulting and chairman of Deloitte & Touche LLP, U.S. Although this article describes the challenge of achieving gender equity in a non-academic environment, both the environment and approach seem remarkably germane for research-based universities. Among other points, the article describes the impact of the loss of high-performing women on the firm, the methods that the firm used to illuminate hidden bias with stigmatizing anyone, the difficulties of overcoming both males' dismissiveness and females' unwillingness to become affirmative action targets, and finally, the measurable results after nine years of effort (14% of the firm's partners and directors are women, up from 5% in 1991).
Some interesting points:
-"Most women weren't leaving to raise families; they had weighed their options in Deloitte's male-dominated culture and found them wanting."
-"Women get evaluated on their performance; men get evaluated on their potential."
-"It's not just about women: young men in the firm didn't want what older men wanted....they weren't willing to give up their families and outside lives for another $100,000."
The article draws on "Deloitte & Touche (A): A Hole in the Pipeline and (B): Changing the Workplace," Harvard Business School case studies #300-012 and #300-013, by Jane Roessner and Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
- Meyerson, Debra E., and Joyce K. Fletcher. "A Modest Manifesto for Shattering the Glass Ceiling." Harvard Business Review (2000): 127-36. http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/prod_detail.asp?R00107 for abstract; can order full text
"Gender discrimination is now so deeply embedded in organizational life as to be virtually indiscernible. Even the women who feel its impact are often hard-pressed to know what hit them." (p 127) The authors believe that the glass ceiling will be shattered "only through a strategy that uses small wins-incremental changes aimed at biases so entrenched in the system that they're not even noticed until they're gone." (p 128) The small wins approach to change was developed by Karl Weick. The authors emhasize that real and lasting change can be made by small changes, and that these small changes are not threatening to any stakeholders. For example, one firm discovered it could recruit women more effectively simply by increasing the length of the interview time from 30 min. to 45 min., which gave female candidates just a little bit more time to "bond" with their middle-aged male interviewers. Another firm reversed its high turnover rate for female middle managers by bringing more discipline to meetings-ensuring that meetings started and ended on time-a change that freed all employees from the need to be available 15 hours per day.
- Rowe, Mary P. "Barriers to Equality: The Power of Subtle Discrimination to Maintain Unequal Opportunity." Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal 3, no. 2 (1990): 153-63.
This article argues that subtle discrimination is now the principal scaffolding for segregation in the U.S. The author suggests that this scaffolding is built of "microinequities": apparently small events, which are often ephemeral and hard to prove; events that are covert, often unintentional, frequently unrecognized by the perpetrator. Microinequities occur wherever people are perceived to be "different": Caucasians in a Japanese-owned company, African-Americans in a white firm, women in a traditionally male environment, Jews and Moslems in a traditionally Protestant environment. These mechanisms of prejudice against persons of difference are usually small in nature, but not trivial in effect. They are especially pwerful taken together. Microinequities work both by excluding the person of difference and by making that person less self-confident and less productive.
- Wennerås, Christine, and Agnes Wold. "Nepotism and Sexism in Peer-Review." Nature 387 (1997): 341-43.
Two Swedish researchers conduct the first-ever analysis of peer-review scores for postdoctoral fellowship applications, and discover that the system is riddled with prejudice.
Magazine Articles
- "Women in Science '93: Gender & Culture." Science, 16 April 1993.
- "Random Samples: Demanding Less." Science, 15 Dec 2000. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol290/issue5499/r-samples.shtml (subscription required)
NIH "biomedical research grants to men are 22% larger than those going to women.-for 1999, the average size of research awards was $306,472 for men and $250,838 for women.-[M]en are more likely than women to be center heads and to receive large, center-type grants."
- Babcock, Linda. "Negotiation Advice for Women: How Not to Lose Your Skirt." Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Newsletter 1999. http://www.cswep.org/babcock.html
- Cook, Sarah Gibbard. "Nine Universities Pledge to End Bias in Science, Engineering." Women in Higher Education, March 2001 2001.
http://www.wihe.com/articles/index.htm for the subscribers' site; need login and pwd
- Emmett, Arielle. "Lost Girls: Budding Female Scientists Encounter the Glass Ceiling as Early as Grade School." Technology Review, May-June 1992, 58-59.
A summary of "How Schools Shortchange Girls," a report compiled by the Wellesley Center for Research on Women
- Hopkins, Nancy. "MIT Report on the Status of Women Faculty in Science Leads to New Initiatives to Increase Faculty Diversity." MIT Faculty Newsletter, October/November 2000, 1, 13-15.
https://mit.edu/afs/athena/org/f/fnl/www/archives.html (MIT only)
An update on progress at MIT since the School of Science report was published in 1999. Prof. Hopkins describe two initiatives established this year to address issues raised by the MIT Report: gender equity committees in each of MIT's five schools, and an Institute-wide Council on Faculty Diversity.
- Lawler, Andrew. "Tenured Women Battle to Make It Less Lonely at the Top." Science, 12 Nov 1999, 1272-78. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/286/5443/1272 (full text; subscription required)
Includes sidebars:
-"MIT as 'Intractable Enemy'," about MIT's settlement with Gretchen Kalonji in her tenure-related sex-discrimination suit
-"Margaret Geller: Battling Discrimination or Bureaucracy?" about Geller's battle with Harvard
-"From MIT, a Primer on Boosting Women's Status"
- Manuel, Diane. "Sex and the Female Doctor." Boston Globe Magazine, 17 Oct 1993, 12.
When neurosurgeon Frances Conley resigned from Stanford Medical School to protest the advancement of a colleague whom she considered guilty of sexual harassment, she was really condemning the entire medical establishment.
- McKay, Shona. "Boys' Club." Globe and Mail: Report on Business Magazine, Sept 1992, 37-44.
Women in Canada have had to struggle to make hard-won inreoads in law, medicine, and business. But nothing compares with the antifeminist hostility-including murder and violence-that awaits them as they tackle engineering.
- Noble, David. "A World without Women." Technology Review, May-June 1992, 54-60.
The evolving but durable male priesthood of science and technology can trace its roots all the way to medieval Christianity. This article was adapted from the book of the same name. Sidebar: "The Lost Girls: Budding female scientists encounter the glass ceiling as early as grade school." [Emmett, 1992 #60]
- Timeline Committee in Celebration of Women in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. "Matriculation of Women at Harvard Medical School: A History of Conflict and Debate." JCSW Newsletter: A Publication of the Joint Committee on the Status of Women, Summer 1995.
A brief (six page) history. Partial source list included.
- Walsh, Elsa. "Glass Ceiling Breakthrough." Washington Post Magazine, 23 July 1995, 11 - 30.
Profile of Allison Estabrook, a surgeon at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
Newspaper Articles
- "MIT'S Study of Its Own Gender Bias Is Attacked as "Junk Science"." Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 Jan 2000, A14.
Coverage of Judith Kleinfeld's attack on the MIT School of Science report.
- Abelson, Reed. "A Push from the Top Shatters a Glass Ceiling." New York Times, 20 Aug 1999, 1.
A look at the women of Hewlett-Packard, in the wake of Carly Fiorina's elevation. HP's equal opportunity policies are traced to the experiences of the 58-year-old chairman, Lewis Platt, when he was a single parent in 1981.
- Buchman, Susan. "Twenty Irrelevant Pages: Independent Women'S Forum Attack on MIT Gender Report Misses the Point." The Tech, 19 Jan 2000, 5.
Lucid debunking of Kleinfeld attack
- Campbell, Kenneth D. "Leaders of 9 Universities and 25 Women Faculty Meet at MIT, Agree to Equity Reviews." MIT press release, 30 January 2001. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/gender.html
- Dalton, Clare. "Discrimination at Its Most Dangerous." Boston Globe, 3 Oct 1993, A1.
Clare Dalton describes her experience at Harvard Law School.
- Doten, Patti. "Clare Dalton Looks Back in Anger." Boston Globe, 25 Oct 1993, 36.
An interview with Clare Dalton following her out-of-court settlement with Harvard of the lawsuit she brought after she was denied tenure.
- Erikson, Jane. "UA Faculty Women Are Paid 11% Less: Study Detects Earnings Gap in Medical School." Arizona Daily Star, 16 May 2001.
A new study, GRACE, reveals that female faculty members in the UA College of Medicine are paid $13,000 a year less than men, a shortfall of about 11 percent in median pay.
- Feder, Barbara, and John Hubner. "Reactions Differ at Stanford, MIT." San Jose Mercury News, 17 Feb 2000.
Primarily an overview of Stanford's gender equity history, with brief references to MIT as a benchmark. Includes a graph with some data on hiring and a sidebar on high-profile women.
- --- . "Female Scholars Pressure Schools." San Jose Mercury News, 18 Feb 2000, 14A.
- Fitzgerald, Karen. "Women Lose Faith in Engineering: Fewer Enter College and Many Leave Jobs." The Institute M___.
- Goldberg, Carey. "MIT Acknowledges Bias against Female Professors." New York Times, 23 Mar 1999, 1.
Coverage of the release of the School of Science Report.
- Goodman, Ellen. "Feminism Hits Home for the Women on MIT'S Faculty." Boston Globe, 11 April 1999, D7.
Commentary on the School of Science report
- Kleinfeld, Judith. "MIT Study Lacking Scientific Principles." Wall Street Journal, 18 Jan 2000, A27.
Response to Reed et al [below]
- Reed, Kathryn L., M.D., Charles M. Vest, and Robert J. Birgeneau. "We're Not `on a Par with the Boys'." Wall Street Journal, 6 Jan 2000.
Responses to prior articles on gender politics.
- Rensberger, Boyce. "Women's Place: On the Podium." Washington Post, 26 Aug 1992, A21.
NSF official Mary Clutter makes antisexism a policy for conferences.
Wilson, Robin. "Professor Disputes Scientific Validity of Report on Sex Bias at MIT." Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 Dec 1999.
- Zernike, Kate. "MIT Women Win a Fight against Bias: In Rare Move, School Admits Discrimination." Boston Globe 21 Mar 1999, A1.
Personal Communication
- Valian, Virginia. annotated bibliography 2000.
Annotated bibliography by the author of Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women
- "More Than Just Numbers: Report of the Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering." Report GST 108162025. Fredericton, New Brunswick: CCWE: Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering, 1992.
CCWE formed in 1990 "to uncover the social and cultural barriers responsible for the under-representation of women in engineering and to design bridges that will bring them as full participants into the profession." The Committee's mission was reinforced by a predicted shortage of engineers in Canada by 2000, and given further impetus by the murder, in 1989, of 13 female engineering students at École Polytechnique in Montreal. The report relied heavily on the personal testimony of women already in the profession, and makes a large number of specific recommendations, including steps to improve the public image of engineering as a profession attractive to women.
- "Advancing Women's Leadership in Science: An Action Plan to the Year 2000." Mills Women's Leadership Institute, 1995.
http://www.mills.edu/WLI/wli.home.html for Women's Leadership Institute
In October, 1994, the Mills College Women's Leadership Institute, with the assistance of a nine-member national advisory committee, sponsored the first national Women in Science Summit. Fifty-two of the country's leading women scientists gathered and developed specific strategies for each professional community, spanning all career stages, disciplines, and work venues.
"Statement on the Importance of Diversity in University Admissions." AAU: Association of American Universities, 1997.
- Committees on Women Faculty in the School of Science. "A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT: How a Committee on Women Faculty Came to Be Established by the Dean of the School of Science, What the Committee and the Dean Learned and Accomplished, and Recommendations for the Future." Cambridge, MA: MIT School of Science, 1999. http://web.mit.edu/fnl/women/women.html
This is the original report whose release in spring 1999 caused a media furor.
Including introductory comments by:
Dr. Charles M. Vest, President
Professor Robert J. Birgeneau, Dean of the School of Science
Professor Lotte Bailyn, Chair of the MIT Faculty
- Drago, Robert, Ann C. Crouter, Mark Wardell, and Billie S. Willits. "Faculty and Families Project: Final Report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation." Report Work-Family Working Paper #01-02. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 2001.
In November of 1999, the President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) met with senior women faculty at the University Park campus, and incompatibilities between simultaneous commitments to the institution and to families were among the issues raised. Growing out of that meeting, the Faculty and Families project was initiated at Penn State in August of 2000. Looking mainly at Penn State, the project sought to describe and understand the incompatibilities mentioned above with an eye to improving the ability of faculty to make and meet simultaneous commitments to career and family.
The context for and location of the research is found at Penn State, an institution whose policies and practices are arguably more advanced than most comparable universities. For some examples, tenure-track faculty with new children (including adoptees) are guaranteed paid leave, the tenure clock can be "stopped" (the formal term is "stayed") for one year in such cases regardless of whether a leave is taken, and on-site child care can be found on four of the larger Penn State campuses. The University Park campus also includes an active program to attract and support dual-career families and coordinates its spring break with the local school district.
Even with this relatively high level of support, there was a perception that the University could and should do more, and that policy oriented research might help guide further efforts. That research, along with the results, is described after a discussion of the framework employed for the project.
- European Technology Assessment Network (ETAN) Expert Working Group on Women and Science. "Science Policies in the European Union: Promoting Excellence through Mainstreaming Gender Equality." EU European Commission Research Directorate-General, 2000.
ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/etan/docs/women.pdf (PDF 1.61 MB)
A long but very well done report.
- Galinsky, Ellen, Stacy S. Kim, and James T. Bond. "Feeling Overworked: When Work Becomes Too Much." Report ISBN 1-888324-33-3. New York: Families and Work Institute, 2001. http://www.familiesandwork.org/publications/FEELING%20OVERWORKED%20FINAL.pdf [case-sensitive]
In recent years, interest in how much and how hard Americans work has escalated. Studies explore work pressures and work hours and how these factors affect employees' behavior, their views about their jobs, their health, and their personal and family lives. Yet almost no one has come right out and asked employees to what extent they feel overworked or systematically explored how these feelings are linked to work experiences, job performance, and personal and family life. This critical gap in our knowledge was the impetus for our study.
Data for the study were obtained from telephone interviews with a representative national sample of 1,003 adults (18 or older) who work for pay and are employed by someone other than themselves in their main (or only) job for any number of hours per week. Researchers at Families and Work Institute developed the interview questionnaire based on a literature review, consultation with experts in the field and business leaders, and focus groups with employees. Harris Interactive drew the national sample and conducted the interviews by telephone. All differences and associations reported here are statistically significant.
- Goldin, Claudia, and Cecilia Rouse. "Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of "Blind" Auditions on Female Musicians." Report 5903. NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1997.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W5903.pdf to download full text (PDF 1.70 MB)
Discrimination against women in the hiring process has been alleged for a number of occupations, but is extremely difficult to demonstrate. Now, according to the authors, a change in the way that symphony orchestras recruit musicians provides an unusual way to test for such bias.
Most orchestras revised their audition policies in the 1970s and 1980s and began to use a "screen" of some sort to conceal the identity of the candidate from the jury. In 1970, female musicians made up only 5 percent of players in the top five symphony orchestras in the United States; today they represent 25 percent. Using data from the actual (confidential) audition records of eight major symphony orchestras, spanning the late 1950s through 1995, Goldin and Rouse estimate that use of the "screen" increases the probability that a woman will be advanced out of certain preliminary audition rounds by about 50 percent. The "screen" also enhances the likelihood that a female contestant will be the winner in the final round.
Goldin and Rouse also analyze personnel records covering 1970 to 1995 for selected orchestras. They find that the switch to "blind" auditions can explain 30 percent of the increase in the female proportion of "new hires." Blind auditions also explain 25 percent of the increase in the percentage female in the orchestras since 1970, they conclude.
- Hall, Roberta M., and Bernice R. Sandler. "Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women?" AAC Project on the Status and Education of Women, 1982.
Resource list.
- Hollenshead, Carol, and University of Michigan Faculty Work-Life Study Team. "Faculty Work-Life Study Report." Michigan, University of, 1999. http://www.umich.edu/~cew/fwlsexecsum.pdf for executive summary
The University of Michigan Faculty Work-Life Study survey was mailed to 2,624 individuals-all University of Michigan-Ann Arbor faculty who held at least half-time instructional appointments; who had been at U-M for at least one year; who were either tenured or in tenure-track appointments; or who were clinical II faculty or lecturers. The number of overall respondents was 1,167, a response rate of 44%. The survey was conducted in 1996.
- MIT Computer Science Female Graduate Students and Research Staff. "Barriers to Equality in Academia: Women in Computer Science at MIT." Cambridge: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1983.
- Morella Commission. "Land of Plenty: Diversity as America'S Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology." Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development, 2000.
- Sandler, Bernice R., and Roberta M. Hall. "Campus Climate Revisited: Chilly for Woman Faculty, Administrators, and Graduate Students." AAC Project on the Status and Education of Women, 1986.
This report explores the chilly professional climate often experienced by women as faculty and administrators, and as graduate and professional students. It focuses on subtle ways in which women are treated differently-ways that communicate to women that they are not quite first-class citizens in the academic community. Building on the Project's earlier reports on climate issues for students, this report is based on an examination of the literature, numerous campus commission reports, and a large number of anecdotes reported to staff during campus visits and in response to a call for information in our newsletter. The report discusses common behaviors that create a chilly professional climate and includes numerous specific recommendations for change, an institutional self-evaluation checklist, suggestions for a campus workshop, and a list of resources.
- Task Force on the Status of Women. "Report of the Task Force on the Status of Women at Washington University School of Medicine." St. Louis: WashU School of Medicine, 1997.
- Women Faculty Issues Committee. "Report to Acting Provost Robert L. Mcgrath." Stony Brook, NY: SUNY (State University of New York) at Stony Brook, 2000. http://www.sunysb.edu/provost/Reports/Reports.htm [points to links from which both report and provost's response can be downloaded]
Executive Summary of Report
This report reviews the status of women faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Marine Sciences Research Center. It makes recommendations for redressing past inequities and for instituting future policies and procedures that will make Stony Brook a more attractive institution for women faculty.
Women constitute only about a quarter of the faculty in these colleges at Stony Brook. In the interests of promoting a more egalitarian community, the University should institute policies and procedures to increase the hiring, retention and recognition of women of all races and ethnicities. Strong leadership on gender issues is critical. The President, Provost, Deans, Chairs and Directors must actively promote conditions that will enable all faculty members to achieve their full potential as teachers and scholars, while serving as responsible members of their families and communities.
Although the manifestations of gender disparity differ by discipline, each department should follow the best practices now existing in the University and in other academic institutions in order to improve the atmosphere for all women on campus.
This report focuses on five specific areas and makes recommendations in each area.
- A. Salary equity and promotion path
- Establish a pool of money for redressing current salary inequities.
- Ensure that all starting salaries and processes for distributing salary increases are fair, whatever the gender or race of the faculty member.
- Address the significantly longer time spent at the rank of Associate Professor by women faculty.
- Work diligently to promote women to highest ranks of the University in a timely manner, including promotion to full Professor and consideration of women for positions at the Distinguished Professor ranks (for scholarship, teaching, or service).
- B. Parental/family leaves and childcare
- Establish a variety of leave options for care-givers.
- Allow junior faculty to suspend the tenure clock for care-giving responsibilities.
- Introduce flexible options for part-time positions for tenured and tenure-track faculty.
- Increase the availability of high-quality and affordable childcare.
C. Recruitment and retention of women faculty
- Hire and retain more women faculty at every rank in all academic disciplines.
- Establish a special fund for increasing the number of women faculty in areas in which they are significantly under-represented.
- Establish a family resource center.
- Establish a variety of partner hiring stratagems in conjunction with a strong effort to recruit and retain faculty from under-represented groups.
- Allow options for partners/spouses to share faculty positions and institute an option for halftime positions.
D. Resource Distribution
- Ensure gender equity in start-up funds, offices and laboratory space. Provide guidance from current faculty so that all new faculty, especially women and members of other under-represented groups, are adequately advised at hiring to negotiate for the resources necessary to succeed at Stony Brook.
- Provide increased mentoring for all current faculty, especially women, during their initial years, to help them obtain appropriate internal and external funding, including in the Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences.
- Monitor the distribution of travel and computer funding to make sure these resources are equally available to men and women faculty, particularly in the Humanities, Fine Arts and Social Sciences where such funds are often crucial for research and career advancement.
E. University Service and Administration
- Reserve women faculty's service for critical committees and recognize and reward such university service.
- Offer salary and other incentives to directors of undergraduate and graduate studies; reserve a portion of any new salary funds for this purpose.
- Promote more women to high administrative positions (chairs and above).
- Increase faculty lines, funding, and space for programs focusing on women in the University.
These recommendations are quite moderate. Much of what we recommend are already standard operating procedures at many U.S. universities and colleges. If all of our recommendations are accepted and put into place, the Stony Brook would still not be in the vanguard of academia in the U.S. with respect to gender equity. Perhaps the single most important objective is to increase the number of women faculty in the University. This will directly and indirectly affect many aspects of the academic atmosphere of the University in a positive manner.Provost's Response to the Women's Faculty Issues Committee
[the full text of the Acting Provost's response is included in this file; no executive summary is available]
- Zappert, Laraine T., and Kendyll Stansbury. "In the Pipeline: A Comparative Analysis of Men and Women in Graduate Programs in Science, Engineering and Medicine at Stanford University." Stanford, 1980's?


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Pumpkin Dump Cake
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 24
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 231.4
- Total Fat: 12.1 g
- Cholesterol: 46.3 mg
- Sodium: 246.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 28.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 3.8 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Pumpkin Dump Cake calories by ingredient
Submitted by: LRONNGREN
IntroductionI used a white cake mix. I also didn't have any walnuts so I used half pecans and half almonds. Really yummy! I used a white cake mix. I also didn't have any walnuts so I used half pecans and half almonds. Really yummy!
Number of Servings: 24
1-15 oz can pumpkin
1-12 oz can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 tsp nutmeg*
1/2 tsp ginger*
1/2 tsp cloves*
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c sugar
1-18.25 oz yellow cake mix
1 c walnuts
3/4 c butter, melted.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 9x13 pan. completely combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, spices, sugar and salt. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle with cake mix. Gently pat down with spoon. Sprinkle with nuts. Drizzle with butter. Bake for 50 minutes. Cool and cut in squares.
*You can use 4 tsp pumpkin pie spice or mixed spice instead of the nutmeg, ginger and cloves
Number of Servings: 24
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LRONNGREN.
*You can use 4 tsp pumpkin pie spice or mixed spice instead of the nutmeg, ginger and cloves
Number of Servings: 24
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LRONNGREN.
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to make this more of diet use SPLENDA for the sugar--
the evaporated milk can be "fat free" ..nuts can be optional..by patting down the cake mix you can a crust like topping..most of my square dancers thought I had made a crust..this is really a great recipe for a group..we all enjoyed it... - 3/5/09
My first dump cake! Very good but 24 pieces, you don't get much cake for the calories!
I did use splenda and skim evaporate milk, so cut some.
I did cook it for 50 min, but since this was my first I'm not sure how to tell if done.
Very good, will make again! I hope it freezes well! - 2/12/14
If anyone gets the correct recipe please send a copy to me. Because I didn't understand it either..... - 3/2/09
Reply from LRONNGREN (3/2/09)
Can you tell me if the correction I made is more understandable? This is my first time entering a recipe and I want to make sure everybody get it. Thanks!
WhiteTiger78, I didn't get it either. I'm pretty sure I'm being ditzy, but it sounds to me like you just mix all the top ingredients and then (after putting the goopy mixture into the pan), putting cake mix on top? The ingredients sound yummy, but I'm pretty sure I don't understand the preperation - 3/2/09
Reply from LRONNGREN (3/2/09)
Yes, you are right KLaura! I'll fix the description so it makes more sense to all! Thanks! :)


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TALLAPOOSA -- Rodger Dale Wallace, 45, died July 27, 2009, at his home.
He was born Oct. 18, 1963, in St. Louis, to Betty Jean Loving Manning of Gideon and the late Everett Ray Wallace.
Funeral arrangements are with the DeLisle Funeral Home.
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By Susan Thurston
Times Staff Writer
If we learned anything from the poor economy, it's that people love free stuff.
Free pie at the Village Inn on Wednesdays. BOGO deals at Publix. Free Fridays at the Tampa Museum of Art.
And, yes, even free workouts.
While health clubs, fitness studios and personal trainers have long promoted free introductory classes to pull people in, more and more are offering free sessions on a regular basis. The goals are multifold: create good will, build a community and, hopefully, grow their customer base.
"People need opportunities to take care of themselves that aren't hard on their wallets,'' said Roni Sloman, owner of Bella Prana Yoga and Meditation in Tampa.
Sloman decided to incorporate a free Sunday class at her new location opening today at 1000 E Kennedy Blvd. because she feels strongly that yoga should not just be for the wealthy.
Val Spies, owner of the Lotus Pond Center for Yoga and Health in Tampa, started free stress-relief classes on Monday nights when the economy took a tumble. She noticed people who lost their jobs had stopped coming or scaled back. She felt a duty to help them cope with the added stress.
Nearly five years later, the free yoga class is as popular as ever. Up to 40 people pack the place each week, many arriving early to get the best spots overlooking a waterfall. Spies weaves in humor and inspirational talk to motivate and relax her students.
"It's the highlight of my week,'' she said. "People are talking and laughing and really ready for it. There's a real community feeling. It's just great energy.''
Damon Reio leads a free boot camp class Saturday mornings at St. Pete's North Shore Park. Students do push ups and squats, work with dumb bells and bands, and beat tires with sledgehammers. For holidays, he incorporates a theme. For Easter, the class opened eggs containing different workout instructions.
"The workouts are always changing, so it's not a boring routine that your body gets used to,'' Reio said. "There's a lot of camaraderie and partner-type workouts. People know each other by name.''
The owner of Physiques by Damon Reio Training Studio in St. Pete, he started the free boot camps in 2008 to prove that people can get in shape without a personal trainer. The class began with two students and has grown to about 25, many of them first-timers not accustomed to strenuous exercise.
"I find that Saturdays are the most energy-driven boot camps that we have,'' he said. "We get a lot of folks who thank us afterward.''
Free classes can expose people to new regimes they otherwise wouldn't try. The Tampa Bay Fit Club meets Wednesday nights at Stars Athletics in Tampa. Members do cardio drills and body resistance training to a Beachbody home video aired on a big screen.
"Ninety-five percent of our goal is for people to have fun,'' said Bill Cowan, one of four coaches. "If they enjoy the workout, then they can talk to their coach.''
The club, which formed through Meetup.com, has more than 300 members and attracts up to 30 people a week, many of them couples. Coaches Buddy and Maria Coombs are married. Cowan and coach Mary Ann Brown met through the club and recently got engaged.
Casey Lynn came across the Tampa Fit Club through his Facebook friends. This club works out along Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa one Saturday a month. The 26-year-old dental student enjoys exercising outdoors with a group and appreciates the instructors' motivation. Passersby always stop to inquire and are amazed that the class is free.
"Some people need that little extra push,'' he said. "It's nice to have those guys out there helping you and giving recommendations. You definitely get a good workout.''
Instructor Josh Dobbie, who works as a personal trainer, founded the Tampa Fit Club in November to build a network of health-conscious people. Too many don't know what do at a gym or feel intimidated, he said. This gives them face time with instructors in a no-pressure setting.
The classes are free to remove an excuse for staying home. Health tip posts on Facebook and Twitter keep people engaged.
"This helps people in the community, and we don't want to put a price tag on that,'' Dobbie said.


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Former Vt. sheriff's deputy acquitted of charges
Jury returned not guilty verdict on two accounts
Published 10:51 AM EDT Mar 22, 2013
Jurors have found a former Vermont sheriff's deputy not guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child.
The jury initially told the judge Wednesday night they were deadlocked in the case of 57-year-old Richard Kelley of Pawlet.
The panel returned to deliberate Thursday. Jurors that afternoon returned not guilty verdicts on two felony counts.
Kelley was accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl in 2009. He denied the allegations on the stand and his lawyer pointed out inconsistencies in the girl's statements to police.
He was a deputy sheriff with the Windsor County Sheriff's Department.
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MILFORD, Texas (AP) - Residents of the North Texas town of Milford will remain out of their homes at least until Friday.
The town of 700 about 40 miles south of Dallas was evacuated today after a drilling crew punctured a gas pipeline, triggering an explosion. However, the Ellis County Sheriff's Office says no injuries have been reported.
Chevron, the pipeline's owner, requested a one and a-half mile evacuation zone around the site, and sheriff's deputies went door to door advising people to leave. Chevron has indicated it could take until Friday for the flare to burn itself out, allowing crews to repair the rupture in the line.
Flames could be seen shooting into the air Thursday afternoon and some vehicles at the worksite burned. A column of billowing black smoke could be seen from miles away.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Here is an easy way to find the location of your polling place. Type in your street number, street name, and zip code. Then select Get Polling Place. Your polling location will be listed below.
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MailSaver is a tool I have written for manually archiving email from Novell GroupWise in an open format. It saves entire folders from GroupWise's Cabinet all at once, into plain text and html files that are automaticlly named on the fly. Attachments can optionally be saved too, in their original format.
MailSaver is a plugin for the Windows GroupWise client, and works with GroupWise 6.0, 6.5, and GroupWise 7.0 SP2 or Higher. There are some bugs in Novell's GroupWise client APIs which prevent it from working in GroupWise 7.0 without SP2 or higher.
MailSaver is open source, thanks to the generous agreement of my company. You can download and use MailSaver for free, and you can download the source code and use it to learn the GroupWise APIs for extending the user interface of the Windows client and manipulating the user datastore. No warranty is offered or implied.
In 2010, our company migrated to Exchange from GroupWise, and I stopped working on MailSaver. Some of the users of MailSaver were interested in adding new features and supporting newer version of GroupWise, so Jon Schneider took the source code for MailSaver 4.0 and modified it. Now it supports GroupWise versions newer than version 7, and it also allows the saving of nested folders of messages. Jon's website is here. He doesn't have any info posted about his work on MailSaver, but there is a link to his 5.0b version below.


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Definition of seminal vesicle in English:
seminal vesicle
Each of a pair of glands that open into the vas deferens near its junction with the urethra and secrete many of the components of semen.
Example sentences
- The most common technique is a 'radical prostatectomy', which involves removing the prostate gland, seminal vesicles and nearby lymph nodes.
- These are moved up a tube called the vas deferens to a place called the ampulla where they are mixed with fluids from two membranous pouches called seminal vesicles and the prostate gland.
- This surgery for bladder cancer involves removing the bladder, prostate, upper urethra and seminal vesicles.
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