The 33 miners trapped underneath a Chilean mountain are safe. The most challenging task now is making sure the miners don’t lose their sanity as they await rescue.The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. shrank 8 percent to 11.1 million in 2009 from a peak of 12 million in 2007.A heated U.S. debate over a planned Islamic center near New York’s World Trade Center site is seen by Middle East media, scholars and citizens as more of a domestic American issue than an attack on their faith.Coming fresh off of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion (did you all catch that horror show? One word: cray-cray) is the announcement that Bravo is set to release yet another Real Housewives franchise, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” next month.Most coastal city-dwellers who are familiar with the grittier, busier side of life, relationships and indie-rock bands will love “Going the Distance”; the rest of America, not so much. From Baltimore to Lancaster avenues and along Market Street in between, University City is abuzz from the arrivals of college students and professors back after summer vacation.Tiger Woods fans have put up with the philandering, the text messages and the domestic spats. Now comes what may be the hardest thing of all to tolerate: losing.While breast-enhancing surgery has become almost a norm for American women, men are also heading to the plastic surgeon’s office more often — to have their man-boobs (moobs) removed. If you are what you eat, then most Cape Codders would be a clam — or maybe a lobster roll A land named for a type of fish should abound with chances to sample tasty seafood, and Cape Cod does not disappointSo you squandered an estate note on a bachelor’s degree, then trudged through more entry-level hardships and thankless internships than should be legally permissable, only to backslide into a self-esteem shattering, résumé-derailing grind, several tax brackets below your dignity. 
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Of the venture capital world is led by men
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5%
Total venture capital investments in the last 40 years received by women- or minority-owned companies.
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35%
There’s a 35 percent higher return rate investing with companies that have more women on their boards.
Of the $17.6 billion that angel investors — individual financial backers — doled out to startups last year, only 9.4 percent went to women entrepreneurs. Only 21 percent who sought the money were women.
The bleak numbers from the Center for Venture Research inspired Stephanie Hanbury-Brown to start Golden Seeds, an investment group that funds women-led startups and holds monthly investor forums in New York.
“We need more women entrepreneurs looking for equity. This is how you fund innovation and you grow companies to become big companies,” Hanbury-Brown said.
A handful of firms like hers are making a dent among male-dominated venture capitalists where it’s not uncommon for women pitching their startups to be asked when they’re going to have babies, she said.
“I’m waiting for that question,” said Zinovia Spezakis, a former money manager who’s raising money for her startup, Tonka Beans, which aims to get more women taking ownership of their personal finances.
Many said it’s not uncommon to hear sexist comments while trying to win over investors. “It’s getting better [but] there are leagues to go,” said Caterina Fake, co-founder of photo-sharing site Flickr.
Fake, who is now an angel investor herself, is helping women-led startups.
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In the July MMMpod, Young Veins talk about breaking away from Panic! at the Disco, Keith Lockhart talks about Buckwheat Zydeco throwing the Boston Pops for a loop, Zooey Deschanel talks about how Roy Orbison inspired a She & Him song, Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells talks about how awesome Funkadelic is, and we talk about how awesome Jimmy Cliff is, who in turn talks about Sam Cooke and divine intervention. An explosive show for July! Oh yeah, and we also test your knowledge of America songs in the MMMPod medley.
