Saturday, October 26, 2013

Quick notes: Women in engineering, Roma plight...

  • India has a much better male-to-female ratio in engineering courses than the U.S. Compared to the West, India does much better on this dimension of gender equity.


  • Flashy Feminists Struggle to Muster Support: The public isn't shocked by their "sextremist" tactics anymore, leading to a dwindling of already meager support.


  • Prejudiced Europe falls silent after high-decibel allegations of child-snatching:  DNA tests show Bulgarian Roma couple are parents of the four-year-old blonde girl found in Greece: The Roma couple found caring for Maria were charged with abducting a minor and falsifying documents. This seems to be a common occurence: Ireland returns 2 blonde children to Gypsy parents


  • Asian pollution makes computers sick, too: Rotten air is taking a toll on electronics in China and India, with sulfur corroding the copper circuitry in PCs and servers and wrecking the motherboards.


  • Han invasion? Greenland awards huge iron ore project. Opponents are concerned about plans to bring in up to 3,000 mainly Chinese workers.


  • This is what happens when you don't outsource to India:

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