Friday, May 29, 2009

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And you you've got the skeletal?


Margaret cinquenne, asks Luke seienne" you schellettro you got it? ".
And Luke says," and yes, if not as I die? "

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Saturn and its rings, my mother and my choices


thirty-six years and when I just graduated, they asked me why I decided to enroll in the degree course in Astronomy, I always answered that in Given that 'grow up' I wanted to teach physics, I would have been able to give this freak. "So - I explained to everyone - for the education that is comparable to that degree in physics."
Put that way, my choice has never been challenged by my parents. The question "... and then that'll work? "had a response and the circle was closing. Just graduated, after a few months of teaching in the province of Bologna, I ran away from schools, taking refuge in Rome, the Institute of Interplanetary Space Physics.

In time then I analyzed the best choice because of my studies, finding a reply from the multi-faceted response that includes also a more intimate setting. I had never told anyone before, fearing that the eyes of others as a criterion would appear too insignificant to justify such an important decision.
Until something happened that forced me to revise my conclusions ...

few Sundays ago, with my mother, I found myself case for a very nice photo exhibition, organized by a group of amateur astronomers.
The place was particularly striking: the Swabian castle of Termoli, which overlooks the sea and where you can see San Salvo (Chieti province of the country where I was born). On the terrace that runs all around the tower had been set up telescopes.
still see the picture I discovered with some dismay, that my mother had never looked up in any one summer night to see the light stripe of the Milky Way, nor had he placed the eye on the eyepiece of a telescope ( I confess: I do not own one, I never asked for a birthday gift ...). So I immediately together on the terrace and, in order, we have seen with the moon, the Orion nebula and finally Saturn.
My mother was literally struck by this vision, as it happened to me the first time I observed Saturn and its rings through a telescope (I was already in its third year University). I do not know why, but see 'direct drive' the rings of Saturn focused a few inches from your nose arouses great emotion and disbelief ... almost as if our brain did not accept that that bright dot in the sky may have a dimension of its own, more extended and even different from the perfect and 'incorruptible' spherical shape ...
Once the visit, we returned home. We had dinner together chatting about various things, but making no reference to the show.

E 'was just before going to sleep that I've caused to think again about why I chose this profession. Before going to bed my mother made me a very convoluted speech, which I was immediately impressed because her primary school teacher now retired, has always expressed his thoughts in a schematic way.
not remember his exact words, however, the concept was as follows: If you had the chance to see the sky when he was younger, he would have certainly done my own studies. So unconsciously ("very unconsciously "as she admitted) she was right to influence my choice.
So finally he had found the explanation of why I started this profession, which had never fully understood.

The funny thing is (and is why I laughed so much that night!) That I had come to the conclusion that he had undertaken such studies because they represent the farthest thing from my mother! Something to her (which has always so deeply, although unintentionally, influenced much of my life, marking the time and priorities) certainly could not 'put your mouth'. And instead ... looks a bit '... even then caso non era stato così!
Non fraintendetemi: sebbene abbiamo un rapporto… uhmm, come dire? abbastanza ‘articolato’, oltre a nutrire per lei un amore profondo, l’ho sempre ammirata come donna.

Anche lei si è trovata in qualche modo, fra gli anni settanta e ottanta, in un certo contesto sociale e geografico, ad essere una ‘pioniera’. A quel tempo nel nostro centro-sud il termine ‘pari opportunità’ era totalmente sconosciuto, e nell’immaginario maschile esistevano solo le femministe o le casalinghe. Mia madre invece non ha mai smesso di lavorare, neanche quando a distanza di due anni l’uno dall’altro, le sono arrivati quattro figli.
Not hardly ever comes out on the street alone, since it is not covered by education very severe impartitale from my grandmother. However, at seventy, my mother knows how to use the internet much better than me! Search in a confident way to find recipes that unknown to her, to search for definitions impossible puzzle of the week, to read the latest developments on the site of our country, to communicate with children who have found work and love beyond the borders Italian.

Francesca Altieri

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Astronomers hope that it is "neutral" ...


 
I liked the idea of \u200b\u200bstarting with a quotation from a movie title of a famous actor from my fellow countryman, Massimo Troisi, indimenticabile per la sua originale e intelligente ironia. Ma poi, confesso, sono rimasta
nell'imbarazzo tra: "Il postino", "Scusate il ritardo" e "Non ci resta che piangere", che mi parevano tutti piu' o meno azzeccati ...
soprattutto per le molte perplessita' e lo scarso entusiamo manifestati, piu' o meno apertamente, da molte colleghe chiamate a contribuire a quest'iniziativa.

Nel leggere le esperienze raccontate in precedenza su questo blog da varie colleghe - alcune delle quali appena all'inizio della loro carriera - ho puntualmente avuto l'impressione di ritrovare qualcosa anche della mia.
E' come se vi sia un filo conduttore che accomuna gran parte delle nostre storie personali al di la', ovviamente, boundary conditions that may have been also quite different.
And it 'probably the first fact of having a predisposition to scientific studies, a lot of curiosity' to the natural world and its phenomena, and often a certain spirit of adventure but also can not forget that we have been given the opportunity 'to grow from an early age' passion for the study, until the meeting, more 'or less random, more' or less precocious, with "the Mother of All Sciences", which made us choose the path that led us to make our profession of Astronomy.

But at this point it seems legitimate to ask the question: Is there 'maybe some difference in the path followed by our male colleague?
I guess the answer is no. In any event, in this regard, it would be interesting and appropriate to hear the voice of someone of "professional astronomer ...
For this reason, I particularly welcome and fully endorse the statement made earlier by Paul Edwards, who stressed that, when reading a scientific paper (as, I might add, a proposal for observing time, or submitting a research project ), not only do not notice if the author is male or female, but the thing is' totally irrelevant to us.

I always had the belief (or perhaps illusion?) That our country, at least in our area, was quite ahead of many other countries about the "woman question" and that, take rather, the real problem resided elsewhere and is that the opportunities' for growth and cultural approach to the world of science depend heavily on the social context in which an individual is formed, and today, in an ever more 'urgent, from the limited (and mostly' poor) prospects for integration into the work that the company 'now seems able to offer to young people.

So, my fear is that the "initial bias" of a blog devoted exclusively to the 'female world "is perceived by many as a sign of discrimination that probably does not encourage a large turnout.
However, as I note at least in Spain there is also a blog dedicated to: "Los JOURNALIERE Cosmicos" El blog de los profesionales astronomos, which, if nothing else, it balances a little 'things ....

Elvira Covino


Monday, May 11, 2009

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astronomers and astronomers

I am a bit 'confused' Profession Astronomy "read it as" Astronomer women. " I do not see astronomy as a species that is the difference 'in doing astronomy as a man or woman? I can not certainly distinguish a scientific paper written by a woman from one written by a man!

That amazes me that the most 'applicant is the small bias in which astronomers have come across often as women. I fear that the risk is to not stand out from other forums and meeting places on the web which gather people who share situations more 'or less contingent: the page of the class of '77, one of who bears the same name, who has a twin, etc.. Nothing wrong, of course, and 'fun to know who makes a living somewhat parallel to yours, find out how far they push the common experience and where everything changes, and maybe vent a little frustration with those who interpret them. But the mission statement that stands in the pages of Astronomy Profession seems much more 'ambitious!

no mistake: Martin is absolutely right when he says that some minor incidents are a symptom of something more 'serious. As a serious, indeed: in Italy there 'ignorance shameful. And the cultural backwardness leads to social backwardness. Women are among the first to suffer the consequences of what 'but the problem is in any way in which subjective considerations, prejudices, ignorance, superstitions and religions preclude someone to do work or to live as they wish or to make certain choices personal, which lead to injustice, in short. But precisely because 'the problem' serious' well put it in perspective and clarify that the profession has little to do with astronomy.

Maybe I'm wrong, oe '' cause my experience and 'very limited (even working in this field for five years and have always stayed in the same place, which can' be that things work better than elsewhere), or and 'why' are issues that do not live on my skin, but I do not seem to discriminate against women in science. I think the problem is to "support" the woman and the family in general (the dancer from the employee to science), such that it becomes the practice for husbands to stay home with small children, and the like. Moreover, our world and its 'one of those where the cultural prejudices are less entrenched and in which a woman to the practical problems are managed more' easily. I refer to my sister, who is having a difficult pregnancy. If you were in my place would be more 'easy for her to continue the work, thanks to flexible hours, the chance' to do many things from home or absent for a visit without many formalities'. The same will be 'when my grandson will grow'. Of course, even for my brother, if he were my own work, it would be more 'simple near her.

Paul Edwards

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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I never dreamed Einstein (thank goodness).

"The young Einstein Marta dreams." So 'a little article appeared on page headline' Youth and School 'La Repubblica, a couple of years ago. An article which talked about science, the discovery that I had done some years before (the first double pulsar, exceptional laboratory to test relativity 'general immodest ed) during my PhD thesis. The journalist had made me pertinent questions, about my work in general, the discovery in particular, then seasoning it all with a pinch of anecdotal, but there was. Nothing compared to what happened 40 years ago in Jocelyn Bell, discoverer, along with his doctoral supervisor Anthony Hewish, pulsars: a meeting on women in science held in Turin little more 'than a year ago, Jocelyn Bell told how , while Hewish journalists asking questions about science, she was asked if his girlfriend, who wore bra size ... He then have given the Nobel for his discovery of his student, but she is not 'even been mentioned (and here we could open a long parenthesis on the Nobel denied to women in science, but maybe we'll talk another time.) Times have changed, machismo then there are clearly 'more' or when there 'is widely, at least in words, condemned and deplored. Unfortunately, however, 'I happen to notice, in some small things, even insignificant, a kind of machismo hidden, perhaps unconscious. If I say "cook" for example, the most 'comes to mind the fat lady who gives you the' scoop of the slop at the university cafeteria, but if I say "cook" conjures up images of the chef in his restaurant Vizzani luxury. If I am the owner an article about a scientific discovery can write "The young Einstein Marta dreams" but I never would dream of writing "The dreams of young Einstein Mario," would not be very serious, very professional, damn it! These things are minor, or anyone, but maybe they are a symptom of something more 'serious.

Marta Burgay

(photo: me and Jocelyn Bell back-to-back ["skin-to-skin," as the photographer just Anglophone :-)] Women and Science after the meeting in Turin)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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After saro 'serious (?)

I know, I know, I had been told to give a tone to this blog, to try to stimulate discussions on hot topics, series and - I swear - I do it after ... maybe. In the meantime, re-reading some old posts, with tales of the nightlife of astronomers at the telescope I thought, 'hey,' cause do not give even the point of view of a radio astronomer, we observed during the day. " ... or better, even in daylight. 24 hours to 24: the light does not disturb us, there is no 'taking dawn, nothing I can finally put an end to the endless rounds of observation. And so, 'when, more' or less than twice a year, I go to Australia, the Parkes radio telescope, I often find myself set your alarm at 3 am (I have to struggle to say "3 am" the 3 are the damn night!) forklift pockets bikes, mountain bike with an absurd back-pedal brake and wheel ridiculously small, and I walk in darkness' absolute kilometers separating the guest from the telescope. Yeah, 'cause the light does not disturb us, of course, but we ought to be in remote places, away from the world and especially by the men and their infernal machines (cars, phones, electric shavers, microwave ovens, shear sheep ...) producers of interference. And so 'Chile and Parkes' dark, dark and indescribable. And here I hit the ground running poetic emotion to tell you that you try to see the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, Orion upside down '... but I miss the poetic vein. Today (today?) Are definitely not serious and nothing poetic. In short, dodging deadly spiders and snakes from the bite, sheep and kangaroos, arrival at the telescope. To Parkes, as stated in one of the many souvenir cups that I bought at the visitor center, and 'the most' beautiful radio telescope in the world (okay, okay, questionable), if only for the fact that the control room there is Straight BELOW: choose your pulsar, Your globular cluster, your favorite galaxy, enter the coordinates, press it the "observe" and "gzzzzzzz" a monster of 64 feet in diameter - the frying pan, for friends - begins to move, slow and heavy, over your head: the walls vibrate slightly, the hum becomes more 'sharp decline and then ... agreement, I understand, is not 'very poetic pointing a radio telescope. What I said: poetic, nothing! In short, 4 in the morning, start the turn. A Parkes there 'no operator. Only you with the frying pan (and the evil "watch dog", the alarm makes sure you're not asleep, playing an indescribable volume every 15 minutes). None within 20 km, except for another astronomer you share, barely crossing it to the shift of your days, snakes and kangaroos. Recently we also had the invasion of locusts. But I digress. How did I get the grasshoppers? I wanted to describe a typical day of radio astronomy and I came away with the locusts ... be, 'and perhaps' better close here for now. Besides, I told you, I will be 'serious AFTER.

Marta Burgay