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Geena Davis: Kudos to Jennifer Lawrence, But Women in Hollywood Have a Long …

Geena Davis: Kudos to Jennifer Lawrence, But Women in Hollywood Have a Long …
The fact is, according to my institute's research, the ratio of male-to-female characters in films has been exactly the same since 1946. Articles predicting a sea change have always been wrong. So far. My intense passion for numbers began about 10 …
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Emerging Markets: Opportunities Abound, Even in China
Chisholm: I'm worried about the growing debt/GDP ratio in economies like Brazil and Russia that could result in a decline in investment and employment and hurt consumers over the longer term. In China, a number of consumer-service companies have …
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Legally, Bud Light Lime Is a Craft Beer
It's worth mentioning that one of the top comments on that video (which has a 9:1 ratio of dislikes to likes) calls the famous beer “carbonated horse piss.” The commented went on to say “I'll stick to my local brew, thank you very much.” Blue Moon …
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Think there aren't women in bitcoin? Think again. April 24, 2015

Think there aren't women in bitcoin? Think again. April 24, 2015
Blythe Masters, then head of global commodities at J.P. Morgan, in 2012. Photograph by Joe Amon — Denver Post via Getty Images. Rumors of the lack of women in the bitcoin industry have been greatly exaggerated. The bitcoin community—the developers, …
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Are Digital Schools the Wave of the Future?
… in the field, there may be very few such teachers, who may be burdened with a large number of students benefiting from her expertise, resulting in reduced dynamic interaction, much like a brick-and-mortar school that has a large student to teacher …
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Where are the women? At Cannes, debate rages about lack of female filmmakers
The male-female ratio among directors is better in Europe than in Hollywood, but women are under-represented as filmmakers around the world. Although Cannes kicked off Wednesday with Emmanuelle Bercot's out-of-competition drama "Standing Tall," only …
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Museum celebrates women in tech

Museum celebrates women in tech
It involved building a 20m PSK-31 radio and using a Raspberry Pi to decode and display the text data being received. The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is located in the grounds of Bletchley Park. The new gallery, sponsored by Google UK, …
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Tony Dixon G4CJC
Steve, M0STC, only worked EA8/DD5ZZ 5/7 PSK31 on Monday and he has a good beam! Most popular DX (three or more contacts, any mode). Monday DX: H70ORO, D44AC, PY2VI, ZV1WSA, K3ZO, 9K2YM, SU9AF, PR7AP, LU2FLB, WP4OPF, VK6IR, …
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Surfin’: Women in Radio

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ explores the website of the Young Ladies in ham radio.

It’s no secret that men dominate ham radio; women only represent about 15 percent of the US ham population. This demographic is also evident when attending ham radio events, such as the Dayton Hamvention®: The guys are everywhere, whereas the gals are few and far between. But there…

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