New this week: The Joy of
Menstruation: Ad for Brevia Confetti panty pads
and tampons (1988, Elle magazine, France); Carefree
Teens pantyliners (1991, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
Rained out, locked out
On Saturday continuous thunderstorms in
the Washington, D.C., area stopped me from finishing this News page and
putting your letters here; I was worried that electrical problems might
damage my computer.
Come back next week, but look at New this week,
above.
But then Sunday I discovered that my passwords
accessing this site and my e-mail account didn't work! I had changed both
of them Friday and for some reason they did not take effect.
Finally, today, Tuesday, after two fruitless
days of trying to get back on the 'Net, I connected after an hour's discussion
and reconfiguration with my Internet Service Provider and uploaded what
you see. It seems I had a corrupt PPP. (Sounds like a personal problem,
doesn't it?)
What a relief! Now I get to check four days' worth of e-mail!
You have privacy here
What happens when you visit this site?
Nothing.
I get no information about you from any
source when you visit, and I have no idea who you
are, before, during or after your visit.
This is private - period.
Is this the new millennium or even century?
You can get the correct information
if you go to these pages published by the U S Naval Observatory:
"whenIs")
A comprehensive site from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich will put right any doubts:
Help Wanted: This Museum Needs a
Public Official For Its Board of Directors
Your MUM is doing the paper work necessary to become eligible to receive
support from foundations as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. To achieve
this status, it helps to have a American public official - an elected or
appointed official of the government, federal, state or local - on its board of directors.
What public official out there
will support a museum for the worldwide culture of
women's health and menstruation?
Eventually I would also like to entice people experienced in the law,
finances and fund raising to the board.
Do You Have Irregular Menses?
If so, you may have polycystic ovary syndrome
[and here's a support association for it].
Jane Newman, Clinical Research Coordinator at Brigham
and Women's Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, asked
me to tell you that
Irregular menses identify women at high risk for polycystic ovary syndrome
(PCOS), which exists in 6-10% of women of
reproductive age. PCOS is a major cause of infertility
and is linked to diabetes.
Learn more about current
research on PCOS at Brigham and Women's
Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University
- or contact Jane Newman.
If you have fewer than six
periods a year, you may be eligible to participate
in the study!
New this week: The Joy of
Memstruation: Ad for Brevia Confetti panty pads
and tampons (1988, Elle magazine, France); Carefree
Teens pantyliners (1991, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
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