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'Angry Young Man' actor Albert Finney dies aged 82
Robin Millard
London, United Kingdom / Sat, February 9, 2019 / 05:22 pm
In this file photo taken on August 8, 1970 French actress Anouk Aimee (L) and British actor Albert Finney (R) pose after their wedding at Kensington registry office in London. Veteran British actor Albert Finney, who starred in films including (CENTRAL PRESS / AFP/File)
Veteran actor Albert Finney, who found fame as one of Britain's "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s and 60s and went on to star in films including "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Erin Brockovich", has died at the age of 82, a family spokesman said Friday.
Finney, who received four best actor Oscar nominations and won three Golden Globes, "passed away peacefully after a short illness with those closest to him by his side", the spokesman said.
A Shakespearean actor, he mixed his movie career with television roles and acclaimed stage performances.
He made his name in the gritty kitchen-sink drama "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" in 1960, becoming part of the wave of working-class actors and writers who revolutionised British film and television at the time known as the "Angry Young Men".
He gave memorable portrayals of Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, British prime minister Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens' miser Ebenezer Scrooge and pope John Paul II.
Finney's more recent films included "The Bourne Ultimatum" ( 2007 ), "The Bourne Legacy" ( 2012 ), and the James Bond film "Skyfall", out the same year.
His four best actor Academy Award nominations were for "Tom Jones" ( 1963 ), as Poirot in "Murder on the Orient Express" ( 1974 ), "The Dresser" ( 1983 ) and "Under the Volcano" ( 1984 ).
He was also Oscar-nominated for best supporting actor for his performance as a gruff lawyer in "Erin Brockovich" ( 2000 ).
Read also: Stephen King series 'The Outsider' expands cast
- Staple of stage and screen -
Born in 1936, Finney, a bookmaker's son, grew up in Manchester, northwest England and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1955.
He started out in Shakespeare plays before portraying the titular hero in the Oscar-winning adventure-comedy "Tom Jones", which made him a major film star.
Shortly before his "Tom Jones" breakthrough, he turned down the title role in the epic "Lawrence of Arabia", which went to Peter O'Toole.
Finney appeared and sang in "Scrooge" ( 1970 ) and "Annie" ( 1982 ), in which he played tycoon Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
He was a regular at London's Old Vic theatre, which said Friday: "His performances in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov and other iconic playwrights throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s stand apart as some of the greatest in our 200-year history."
He was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with the BAFTA Fellowship lifetime achievement award in 2001.
Finney racked up 13 BAFTA nominations -- nine for film and four for television.
He won two: most promising newcomer for "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" in 1960, and in 2002 for his portrayal of Churchill in "The Gathering Storm".
BAFTA said it was "deeply saddened" to hear of his passing.
- Bond swansong -
His Golden Globes were awarded for "Tom Jones", "Scrooge" and "The Gathering Storm", which also earned him an Emmy Award.
At the London stage Olivier Awards, he won the best actor gong in 1986 for "Orphans".
In "Skyfall", Finney played the Bond family's gamekeeper Kincade.
Daniel Craig, who played Bond, said: "The world has lost a giant.
"Wherever Albert is now, I hope there are horses and good company," he added, referencing the film.
The movie's director Sam Mendes added: "He really was one of the greats: a brilliant, beautiful, big-hearted, life loving delight of a man. He will be terribly missed."
Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli added that were "heartbroken".
A tweet on the official James Bond account quoted them as saying: "We are heartbroken at the loss of Albert Finney. It was a privilege to work with him and an honour to have had him as part of our Bond family."
Finney had a son, Simon, with his first wife, actress Jane Wenham. His second wife in the 1970s was the French actress Anouk Aimee.
His son and his third wife Pene Delmage were at his bedside in London's Royal Marsden Hospital, where he had been for the past month.
Finney's funeral will be held in private.
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Q: Refactor a code of selection a validator I have a datatable and have to validate every field in it. I have refactor this code to this below, but a complexity is 15(!!)  Should I make something like dictionary with type as Key and Func as Value? I'd be very grateful for some ideas
private bool CheckField(DataRow dataRow, ValidationField validationField)
        {
            bool result = false;
            if (validationField.Requiered)
            {
                if (validationField.Type == typeof (int))
                {
                    result = this.CheckIntegerAndNotNull(dataRow[validationField.Name].ToString());
                }
                else if (validationField.Type == typeof (DateTime))
                {
                    result = this.CheckDateTimeAndNotNull(dataRow[validationField.Name].ToString());
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (validationField.Type == typeof (int))
                {
                    result = this.CheckIntegerOrNull(dataRow[validationField.Name].ToString());
                }
                else if (validationField.Type == typeof(DateTime))
                {
                    result = this.CheckDateTimeOrNull(dataRow[validationField.Name].ToString());
                }
                else if (validationField.Type == typeof(string))
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                    result = this.CheckStringOrNull(dataRow[validationField.Name].ToString(),
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*Save value of dataRow[validationField.Name] to local variable (maybe also dataRow[validationField.Name].ToString())

*Use switch for ValidationField.Type (you may need to create Enum)

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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse is a documentary film directed by Jeff Malmberg. The documentary had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 19, 2022, and had its worldwide release on November 18, 2022 on Disney+, on the same day as Mickey Mouse's 94th birthday.

Premise
The documentary follows the history and filmography of Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse is presented as a worldwide symbol of joy and the innocence of childhood. He became an overnight sensation after starring in the 1928 animated short film Steamboat Willie. Over the decades that followed, versions of the character evolved that reflect both the career of their creator and the changes in the country Mickey came to symbolize.

Production
In October 2019, a documentary, titled Mickey: The Story of a Mouse, was announced to be in production, with Jeff Malmberg as director.

Release
The documentary had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 19, 2022, before its debut on Disney+ on November 18, 2022. The documentary is accompanied by the short film Mickey in a Minute, animated by Eric Goldberg, Mark Henn, and Randy Haycock. The short follows Mickey Mouse, voiced by Bret Iwan, as he tours the halls of the Disney Animation building, ends up sucked into one of his old cartoon posters and takes a "whirlwind" trip through his past performances. The short appears near the end of the documentary.

Critical reception
 On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Fran Hoepfner, of TheWrap, gave a positive review, saying it is an "interesting exploration of a global phenomenon that goes out of its way to let Disney (the man and the company) off the hook". Daniel Fienberg, of The Hollywood Reporter, also gave a positive review, saying "Offering 93 minutes of radiant rodent hagiography, Mickey: The Story of a Mouse is maybe the most polished of Disney+'s recent documercials". Stephen Silver, of Tilt, gave 4 stars out of 5, saying "yes, it's a blatant act of self-mythologizing by Disney. But its also a fascinating examination of Disney history and a must-watch for anyone whos a big Mickey fan". Ross Bonaime, of Collider, gave a mixed review, saying the documentary is "an intriguing look at the century-long history of Mickey that can't help but try to avoid the biggest questions of Mickey and Walt Disney's past".

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2022 documentary films
Disney+ original films
Disney documentary films
Documentary films about animation
Films about Disney
Films directed by Eric Goldberg (animator)
Films directed by Jeff Malmberg
Mickey Mouse films
Walt Disney Pictures films
Works about Walt Disney
2020s English-language films
2020s American films

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History wars: archaeologists battle to save our heritage from the nighthawks
October 14, 2015 9.42am EDT
Mark Horton, University of Bristol
Mark Horton
Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
Mark Horton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK.
Like grave-robbers, they come at the dead of night, wearing camouflage and dark clothes to avoid detection. Armed with increasingly powerful metal detectors, they work their way across the fields, digging holes wherever they find a target. Landowners wake to find their crops trashed and dotted with holes. Nobody can ever know what they found, as any artefacts are rapidly sold through online auctions or smuggled out of the country. They are called nighthawks – and they are the bane of archaeologists across the country.
The English landscape is filled with ancient sites – from prehistoric forts and barrows, to Roman towns and villas, medieval villages and industrial remains. Each archaeological site has a unique story to tell and will often contain buried artefacts that help us to understand our history. Around 37,000 of these sites have been identified as ancient monuments: protected from development and treasure hunters.
For many years, archaeologists have been deeply divided on the subject of metal detecting. Some see detectorists as an army of keen amateurs, who go brave all weathers in the hope that one day, they will strike lucky. Provided that they work within the law and with the permission of landowners, they are generally seen as harmless, even beneficial.
Detectorists are encouraged to report their finds to the Portable Antiquities Scheme – a massive recording operation run through the British Museum – which maintains a database of every item that has been reported. The website contains pictures of more than 1m objects, based on more than 700,000 records. This huge amount of data has helped archaeologists to find new sites and to better understand little-known periods of our history as represented by artefacts, rather than buildings and physical remains. Some suspect that this is just the tip of the iceberg of the many important finds that have been made – possibly as many as 4m – in recent years.
But there is a dark side to this seemingly harmless hobby. A small minority of treasure hunters try to evade permissions and go onto well-known, protected sites, wielding powerful metal detectors with the intention of stealing valuable artefacts.
England and Wales are unusual in that metal detecting is legal, provided that detectorists avoid ancient monuments and declare any treasure (defined as gold and silver or prehistoric metalwork) to the Coroner. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, detectorists must obtain a licence to search anywhere, while in most of continental Europe, metal detecting is a crime.
The rather more liberal approach taken in this country means that we now know about many more sites than archaeologists alone could have discovered. But it also means we have a serious problem with looting which, until now, authorities have largely failed to face up to: police often neglected to prosecute and magistrates were reluctant to convict. In the past, the ambiguous legal position on heritage crime has often allowed those arrested to plead ignorance, by claiming they didn't realise that the site was protected, or that they even needed permission.
In a joint investigation between the University of Bristol and the BBC, we set out to discover just how prevalent night-hawking is. Fortunately, we now have new motion sensing, infrared camera traps, which can film at night time without artificial lighting – a technology largely developed for wildlife photography.
Infrared cameras catch a nighthawk in action. BBC/University of Bristol, Author provided
We set up six of these cameras around a well-known Roman settlement and protected ancient monument in the Cotswolds, and retired for a week to see what we might capture. There were, of course, several deer and foxes, but to our amazement our cameras also caught the full details of a night-hawking operation.
The group arrived at 10.30pm, wearing full camouflage and beanie hats, and armed with powerful metal detectors. They stayed for around four hours, and we filmed them scanning the fields and digging holes across the site. A getaway car finally picked them up at 2am. We have no idea if they found anything significant or not but they were clearly equipped with the intention of looting, just as a burglar with a crowbar is equipped to steal. The investigation aired on Inside Out West, and you can view the whole episode on BBC iPlayer.
Coincidentally, around the time of our investigation, the Sentencing Council – which produces independent guidelines on sentencing for the judiciary – revised its recommendations on heritage crime. Now, night-hawking is classed as an aggravated harm, along with stealing from war memorials and stripping church roofs.
We hope that stiffer sentences will deter the nighthawks, and that new technologies will make it much easier to collect evidence of wrongdoing. Now, for the first time, it looks like we might just have the tools we need to defeat the nighthawks, and save our heritage for future generations.
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Q: open same frame when button click in java i updated the code because many people doesn't understand so write a simple representation for that.
here is the problem whenever i clicked the button it open a new frame but i dont want this it does't open a new frame it remain open the same frame.
code for main frame :
import java.awt.EventQueue;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

public class JavaProject2_27 {

    private JFrame frame;

    /**
     * Launch the application.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    JavaProject2_27 window = new JavaProject2_27();
                    window.frame.setVisible(true);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Create the application.
     */
    public JavaProject2_27() {
        initialize();
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the contents of the frame.
     */
    private void initialize() {
        frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);

        JButton btnClicked = new JButton("Clicked");
        btnClicked.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                JavaProject2_28 obj=new JavaProject2_28();
                obj.getJavaProject2_28();
            }
        });
        btnClicked.setBounds(150, 99, 89, 23);
        frame.getContentPane().add(btnClicked);
    }
}

code for the second frame :
import java.awt.EventQueue;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class JavaProject2_28 {

    private JFrame frame;

    /**
     * Launch the application.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    JavaProject2_28 window = new JavaProject2_28();
                    window.frame.setVisible(true);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Create the application.
     */
    public JavaProject2_28() {
        initialize();
    }

    public void getJavaProject2_28()
    {
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the contents of the frame.
     */
    private void initialize() {
        frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

}

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A: I was checking your earlier program, still cannot find the implementation of getDataJavaProject2_23(); method in those three classes that you provided.
First of all answer to your question few things to mention:

*

*Use proper naming convention, as a example: JavaProject2_28 this class name didnot make any sense to us or even for you if you look at this after a week or two.

*You can divide your program for more classes, as a example: database data handling, GUI and etc.

*And another important thing is multiple JFrames for one application is not good because of even if you look at your task bar when running your program you can see there is multiple icons, it is difficult to deal with your application. There is more disadvatages about this. read this to get clear idea. Instead of multiple JFrames you can use one JFrame and multiple JPanel with appropriate layouts.

Answer for your updated question:

whenever i clicked the button it open a new frame but i dont want this
  it does't open a new frame it remain open the same frame.

I checked your program it is work fine(after press the button open up the other frame).
You can do some changes that are unnecessary:
Remove this function
public void getJavaProject2_28()
{
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

And add frame.setVisible(true); to the initialize() method.
Solution:
Add frame.setVisible(true) to button action.
Like below:
        }
    });
    btnClicked.setBounds(150, 99, 89, 23);
    frame.getContentPane().add(btnClicked);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

And in the main frame(which is button button added) change like below:
JButton btnClicked = new JButton("Clicked");
btnClicked.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
        JavaProject2_28 obj=new JavaProject2_28();
    }
});

Also you do not need the main() method in both if you are only open second JFrame in main frame button.

A: I solved It Please A look :
Parent Class:
import java.awt.EventQueue;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

public class ParentClass {

    private JFrame frame;
    private int Count;

    /**
     * Launch the application.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    ParentClass window = new ParentClass();
                    window.frame.setVisible(true);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Create the application.
     */
    public ParentClass() {
        initialize();
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the contents of the frame.
     */
    private void initialize() {
        frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);

        JButton btnClicked = new JButton("Clicked");
        btnClicked.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent arg0) {
                Count++;
                System.out.println("Count = "+Count);
                if(Count==1)
                {
                    ChildClass obj=new ChildClass();
                    obj.ChildClassVisibility();
                }
            }
        });
        btnClicked.setBounds(150, 99, 89, 23);
        frame.getContentPane().add(btnClicked);
    }
}

ChildClass:
import java.awt.EventQueue;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class ChildClass {

    private JFrame frame;

    /**
     * Launch the application.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    ChildClass window = new ChildClass();
                    window.frame.setVisible(true);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Create the application.
     */
    public ChildClass() {
        initialize();
    }

    public void ChildClassVisibility()
    {
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the contents of the frame.
     */
    private void initialize() {
        frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

}


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The respective School Boards are responsible for calculating and sending the top 20 Percentile cut off marks for JEE to JoSAA. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) is responsible for managing joint seat allocation for admissions in IITs, NITs, IIITs and Other-GFTIs. Prior to seat allotment process, JoSAA requests School Boards to send the top 20 percentile cut off marks of the Class 12th Board Exam.
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Which Subjects are considered for calculating the top 20 percentile cut off marks for JEE?
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According to the information published in the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) website, the top 20 Percentile Cut off Marks for NIT+ System for 2017 is as follows. The cut off marks for CBSE Board for 2017 are OC-431, OBC-420, SC-400, ST-385 and PWD-385. For CISCE Board, the minimum marks in class 12 for JEE are OC-427, OBC-408, SC-391, ST-366 and pwd-366. Please note that these cut off marks are out of 500.
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What if the Board provides the aggregate marks of both class 11th and 12th Board exams?
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What if the School Board gives aggregate marks for all subjects?
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What if the Board does not give the top 20 percentile cut off marks?
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When to produce Class 12 mark sheet to check eligibility?
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Posted: Apr 08, 2020 12:30 PM
Source: Greenfield For Iowa via Facebook
Iowa's Democratic Senate primary continues to be a target for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as he aims to get Theresa Greenfield, his hand-picked candidate, over the primary finish line. Sen. Schumer's fundraising group, Senate Majority PAC, has pumped money into Iowa in support of Greenfield and is wasting no time attacking GOP incumbent Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA).
Greenfield echoes Democratic talking points about "money in politics" and reversing the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, which was a huge win for free speech:
"Theresa is committed to building a grassroots campaign by Iowans, for Iowans and won't take a dime from corporate PACs. Theresa has received grassroots contributions from all 99 counties in Iowa, and has been endorsed by dozens of leaders from around the state," Greenfield's website says.
When asked about Senate Majority PAC bankrolling her campaign and running television ads in support of her, Greenfield contends that she has no control over outside groups:
"I cannot control what outside groups are going to do," Greenfield told The Iowa Starting Line.
Greenfield's campaign was recently hit with a complaint from a watchdog group, Foundation for Accountability and Trust, claiming illegal collusion with Senate Majority PAC; the complaint alleges that Greenfield signaled for Senate Majority PAC to take information from her campaign website. FACT's complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) points out that Greenfield could have been signaling for SMP to use information by using covers such as "Important Update," on her campaign website, as Washington Free Beacon reported earlier:
"Several federal candidates have used their campaign websites to request outside organizations, with which they are prohibited from coordinating, produce and run television advertisements on their behalf," the complaint states. "The requests are conveyed in a specific format, i.e. using a campaign webpage entitled 'Important Update,' identifying the information with specific 'code words' such as 'Iowa voters need to hear about,' and linking to a PDF document that is designed to provide the information and citations for the substance of the advertisement, which all appear to be in the same format. The purpose and effect are clear: to give specific instructions, information, and graphic campaign materials to outside organizations to run advertisements beneficial to their campaign," the complaint reads.
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Gay and lesbian economists — and others who do not identify as heterosexual — were far more likely to report discrimination and disrespect in the field than heterosexual economists. Only 25 percent agreed that "people of my sexual orientation are respected within the field." Twenty percent said they had been discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation.
Janet L. Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chief who will take over as president of the association next year, said the raw numbers made the extent of the profession's problems clear. Some 85 women reported having been physically assaulted by another economist, in many cases by a direct supervisor. More than one in five women said they had been subjected to an unwanted sexual advance.
The profession is grappling with mounting evidence of its problems with issues of race and gender. Economics remains dominated by white men, even as women have made substantial gains in other science and engineering fields. And a growing body of research finds that women in economics face discrimination when it comes to hiring, publication and promotion.
Those complaints grew louder late last year after revelations that a Harvard University investigation had found that Roland G. Fryer Jr., one of the field's brightest young stars, had sexually harassed employees and created a hostile work environment. Shortly after accusations against Mr. Fryer became public, he was elected to the A.E.A.'s executive committee; he later resigned, but the association faced criticism for not acting earlier or more aggressively. Harvard administrators are reviewing the investigation's findings, and Mr. Fryer has denied the accusations.
The association's actions on Monday are in part a response to the Fryer case, Mr. Bernanke said. The executive committee is proposing to allow it to remove officers or even expel members for violations of its code of conduct. That provision will require a vote of the membership.
Other changes will take effect immediately. The committee adopted a new policy on harassment and discrimination to supplement a code of conduct adopted last year. Members will have to certify compliance to be considered for leadership positions or awards.
The newly created ombudsman position is an attempt to address a structural challenge: Instances of harassment and abuse often cross institutional lines. In an open letter to the economic association's leaders last year, a group of graduate students and research assistants called for a "discipline-wide reporting system" to document abuse.
Jennifer Doleac, a Texas A&M economist, said students and other young economists deserved credit for pushing for change. Alice Wu, an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, helped bring attention to the profession's toxic culture in 2017 with a thesis that documented misogynistic comments on an online message board. Heather Sarsons, then a Harvard graduate student, later that year published a paper showing that women get less credit for work they do with male co-authors.
The 47-question survey was sent late last year to more than 45,000 current and former members of the association. The 9,000 who completed it, including more than a quarter of current members, represented a high rate for a voluntary survey. About a third of the respondents were women, about a fifth were nonwhite, and about 4 percent identified themselves as gay or lesbian.
Economists cautioned that people could have been more likely to respond if they felt they had faced discrimination or harassment, and that as a result the survey might not be representative of the profession as a whole.
But Marianne Bertrand, a University of Chicago economist who oversaw the survey as the head of a special committee on the professional climate in economics, called the results distressing. "The responses are sort of a mandate" for the association and economics departments to act, she said.
If anything, the survey probably understates the problems. Despite efforts to reach former members, it left out many people who left the profession after facing discrimination or harassment, or who decided against becoming economists at all.
"We're certainly surveying the winners," said Lisa D. Cook, a Michigan State University economist who is one of the field's most prominent black women.
Ms. Cook said women, and particularly black women, had long felt that their ideas were being dismissed or that they were not being given the same opportunities as their white male colleagues. But she said she and her peers often pushed those suspicions to the side.
Indeed, the survey results also showed how harassment and discrimination ripple through the profession. A third of black economists said they had "not applied for or taken a particular employment position" to avoid harassment or discrimination. Nearly half of women said they had not presented an idea or asked a question at a conference or at their school for the same reason.
Martha Bailey, a University of Michigan economist and a member of the A.E.A.'s executive committee, said she was one of them. She said the survey — and a broader reckoning within economics in recent years — had forced many women to confront the possible impact that sexism had had on them and their careers.
"There's this part of me that regrets those decisions, and there was a sadness when I took the survey," Ms. Bailey said.
Women said the results were not, on one level, a surprise, confirming what many have experienced. But they said there was value in having numbers that show how widespread the problems are.