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Incredible facts/ statistics/ review of 2005

 
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:18 am    Post subject: Incredible facts/ statistics/ review of 2005 Reply with quote

Check this out...

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/05yearinreview.html

I was surprised to see Norway is now the world's most liveable country, (USA is 10th).
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/mostlivablecountries.html

also, top scientific discoveries of the year. They found and examined dinosaur tissue:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0931611.html

Comparitive country statistics: it was no surprise to see Zimbabwe had the worlds highest inflation at 133% (although I have heard 600%).
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762380.html


anything strike you as outstanding about 2005?
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No "liveability" measurement is complete without a "poisonous and evil beasties" metric. Australia would quickly drop off the radar, I'm afraid. However, if you put "abominable snowmen and likelihood of frostbite" on the list, Norway and Canada would vanish too.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The criteria for calculating rankings include life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, educational attainment, and adjusted real income.


Interesting that the criteria are all mathematically determined. Well, not really. To be accurate the rankings need to include climate. People tolerate bitter cold or endless gray clouds and rain because they have no choice.
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
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The criteria for calculating rankings include life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, educational attainment, and adjusted real income.


Interesting that the criteria are all mathematically determined. Well, not really. To be accurate the rankings need to include climate. People tolerate bitter cold or endless gray clouds and rain because they have no choice.


The downside to which would the appearance in the list of African countries as amongst the most livable. Laughing Laughing
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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the appearance in the list of African countries as amongst the most livable


Speaking for myself, Morocco would get my vote over Norway every day of the week. I guess I just don't care enough that my neighbor Olaf can write his name but that Omar's kids don't go to school. Along about February, after months and months of winter gloom, I feel like shortening the life expectancy of everyone who crosses my path. Starting with people who wear berets.
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The Bobster



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Starting with people who wear berets.


Laughing
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Wangja



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Location: Seoul, Yongsan

PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
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the appearance in the list of African countries as amongst the most livable


Speaking for myself, Morocco would get my vote over Norway every day of the week. I guess I just don't care enough that my neighbor Olaf can write his name but that Omar's kids don't go to school. Along about February, after months and months of winter gloom, I feel like shortening the life expectancy of everyone who crosses my path. Starting with people who wear berets.


Damn, YTB, you're on form these days - can you carry this into the New Beer?
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:25 am    Post subject: Re: Incredible facts/ statistics/ review of 2005 Reply with quote

rapier wrote:
I was surprised to see Norway is now the world's most liveable country,...http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/mostlivablecountries.html

Iceland is the second most liveable country? Shocked

The ranking must use very narrow criteria without much weight to the environment and quality of life that comes from nature and culture.

Not to mention its reputation for the highest prices in Europe.
Seems like a great place to visit though:

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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Damn, YTB, you're on form these days - can you carry this into the New Beer?


To be honest, I've been taking a leaf from some of the new posters. I've been aiming lower, based on the conclusion that I was writing above the heads of the great unwashed Europeans.


Laughing
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