Dr Brekke suggests that even if women are determined to find their place at an academic institution, problems can arise if they decide to have children.
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"We had a much greater buy-in (from teachers) because it fits with what they already have to do, " says Andrea Brekke, the Healthy Schools, Healthy Families program manager.
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"It was more powerful than the famous March 6, 1989 flare which was related to the disruption of the power grids in Canada, " said Paal Brekke, a project scientist with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.