SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) We all knew it and now it is confirmed again: http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/10/24/the-10-most-livable-countries/ 1. Norway> Human Development Index score: 0.944> Gross nat’l income per capita: $63,909 (6th highest)> Life expectancy at birth: 81.5 years (13th highest)> Expected years of schooling: 17.6 years (6th highest)According to the Human Development Index, no country is more livable than Norway. Relative to the country’s population of just 5 million, Norway’s economy is quite large. Norway had a gross national income of $63,909 per capita last year, more than all but five other nations. Oil revenue has helped Norway become quite wealthy and accounts for a majority of the country’s exports. Like several other highly-developed countries, and Scandinavia in particular, 100% of retirement age Norway residents receive a pension. Norwegians also enjoy particularly good health outcomes. There were just two deaths per 1,000 live births in 2012, tied for the lowest infant mortality rate. Edited October 27, 2014 by SoulMonster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Replace best with, 'most smug' - although I should not take the piss out of you vikings too much as you do after all send us a Christmas tree every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Needs more Ebola. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) I think Norway would have scored even higher if the Human Development Index also reflected on inequalities, poverty, human security, and empowerment, since Norway is a very equal society (very little difference between the richest and the poor, very litte difference between the sexes), with low poverty, little crime and with a generally flat business organization meaning that employees are empowered. Likewise, I think USA would drop radically on the list if these things were taken into account Replace best with, 'most smug' - although I should not take the piss out of you vikings too much as you do after all send us a Christmas tree every year.It's not smugness when it is entirely justifiable.Needs more Ebola.We actually had an ebola patient (!). It was a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders who returned home after getting infected in Africa. She had a full recovery and is now on her way back to Africa. Edited October 27, 2014 by SoulMonster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Click here to see the 10 least livable countries'Least livable'? What is that supposed to mean? The people of Niger I imagine live in their country, just as the Norwegian people live in their country. This is just plain, rudeness. There is no common decency here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Click here to see the 10 least livable countries'Least livable'? What is that supposed to mean?It means "the shittiest", as in "move, just pick a country, any country, throw a dart at a globus if you have a hard time, and move there. It will definitely be a better place to be than the shithole of a country where you are right now". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Then I will move to Niger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Needs more Ebola.We actually had an ebola patient (!). It was a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders who returned home after getting infected in Africa. She had a full recovery and is now on her way back to Africa.In that case, I acknowledge Norway as the best country in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nulla Lex Ink. Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't know if I agree that it's the best country overall overall, but I do think it's a pretty good place. They do have one of the best prison systems though, that's a definite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 ''She is now on her way back to Africa with a socialist atheist education and a penchant for statistics''. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't know if I agree that it's the best country overall overall, but I do think it's a pretty good place. They do have one of the best prison systems though, that's a definite.They provide lube and condoms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't know if I agree that it's the best country overall overall, but I do think it's a pretty good place. They do have one of the best prison systems though, that's a definite.It's just based on some metrics, depending upon what is important to you you might end up with a totally different list. Read more about how the nations are ranked here: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdiPersonally, I think the issue of equality should have been considered, too. But I doubt that would push Norway down on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Italy is the best country in the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) He thinks so too.....(That Norways is) Great show, btw...hopefully season 3 starts soon. Edited October 27, 2014 by Kasanova King 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) ''She is now on her way back to Africa with a socialist atheist education and a penchant for statistics''.http://online.wsj.com/articles/norwegian-ebola-patient-recovers-is-discharged-from-hospital-1413830048OSLO—A Norwegian medical doctor left the Ulleval Hospital in Oslo on Monday, having recovered from Ebola after contracting it on her first field job for Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone.“Today I am well and no longer contagious,” said Silje Lehne Michalsen. “I feel lucky, and it doesn’t really feel like I’ve had Ebola. Those who have been and are infected with Ebola in Africa have had—and have—a completely different experience than me.”Dr. Michalsen, 30 years old, said at a news conference in Oslo that she wanted to return to West Africa and continue fighting Ebola. She said she was thankful that many health workers are volunteering to join the fight.“To have Ebola in West Africa is more than having symptoms. It’s losing sisters, fathers and neighbors,” Dr. Michalsen said. “To be six years old and submitted without knowing anybody. That your family is stigmatized. To be isolated in warm, overcrowded tents, with hard beds and dead bodies in the neighboring beds. But that’s only if you’re lucky enough to get a space.”The Norwegian doctor was among 500 international workers and 3,000 local workers employed by Doctors Without Borders in West Africa since March. Twenty-three of the group’s field workers in West Africa have contracted Ebola, and 13 have died, all of them local staff, Doctors Without Borders said.“We are extremely relieved and extremely glad that Silje is well,” said Anne-Cecilie Kaltenborn, secretary-general of Doctors Without Borders Norway.Ms. Michalsen traveled in early June to Bo, Sierra Leone’s second-biggest city, to fight Lassa fever. However, the Ebola epidemic spread quickly during the summer, and her job became more dedicated to the disease. She had worked at a newly established Ebola center in Bo for two weeks when she fell ill.Ms. Michalsen said she had felt unwell after work on Oct. 4, and had isolated herself in her room when she found she had a fever. A malaria test turned out negative, but an Ebola test on the next day was positive. A day later, she was flown to Norway inside an airtight container to avoid further contagion.Ms. Michalsen said she was thankful for the evacuation and the care she had received in Oslo, but that she wished that the international response against Ebola in West Africa would have been swifter. She explained how she had watched the epidemic spread quickly for several months in Sierra Leone, scared and frustrated as health care workers felt that they fell three steps behind for every day that passed.“To have Ebola in West Africa is to have a small chance of survival, but most probably you’ll end up dying by yourself,” said Ms. Michalsen. “I wish we could have acted several months ago; because then the battle would have been infinitely much easier to win. A lot of lives and families would have been spared.”Ms. Michalsen’s father, Bard Borch Michalsen, told national media that it was a shock when his daughter called him from Sierra Leone and said she had contracted Ebola.“We’re very happy,” he told the VG daily. “It was great to be able to give her a hug.”Although her first mission didn’t turn out the way she’d planned, Ms. Michalsen said she “hopes to be able to return to the field as soon as possible.”Great show, btw...hopefully season 3 starts soon. I still haven't seen this show. I am sort of prejudiced against Norwegian TV productions. Edited October 27, 2014 by SoulMonster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Back on topic, I don't think there's anything wrong with Soulmonster being proud of the country he is from,,,, and statistically, he has every right to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 And, ''she is on her way home, a now reformed sour hatchet faced old atheist commy''. If she went to Italy she would have survived Ebola and would be soaking up dolce vita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Great show, btw...hopefully season 3 starts soon. I still haven't seen this show. I am sort of prejudiced against Norwegian TV productions.Really? Why? The show is a hybrid....so it has a lot of "Americanized" comedy in it as well. It's very well made....orginal and creative....currently one of my favorite shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nulla Lex Ink. Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 He thinks so too.....(That Norways is) Great show, btw...hopefully season 3 starts soon. I know that if I was a mobster on the run because I ratted on my old acquaintances, I'd wanna hide in Norway. That's something that should have been factored into the equation: How good a hiding place is our country for people in Witness Protection?But no seriously, Lilyhammer rules. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Back on topic, I don't think there's anything wrong with Soulmonster being proud of the country he is from,,,, and statistically, he has every right to. Funny thing, I don't know if I am proud of it. Proudness, for me, is reserved for things that I have done or accomplished myself. I am probably one of the least patriotic people in the world. The motivation behind posting this was just to have some fun and see what sort of discussions would come out of it. And to be smug. Especially to be smug. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Do not you people pay £10 for a pint or somethings scandalous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Great show, btw...hopefully season 3 starts soon. I still haven't seen this show. I am sort of prejudiced against Norwegian TV productions.Really? Why? The show is a hybrid....so it has a lot of "Americanized" comedy in it as well. It's very well made....orginal and creative....currently one of my favorite shows. When it started running I couldn't be bothered to see it because we have made so much bad TV I was sure this would be no exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Do not you people pay £10 for a pint or somethings scandalous?Pint Price Index is sadly lacking as a basis for the study. Still, I guess it would have to be adjusted for our wages, and our resulting Pint Price Per GNI per capita is probably not that scandalous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 When it started running I couldn't be bothered to see it because we have made so much bad TV I was sure this would be no exception.You should give it a try....and watch at least 3-4 episodes before forming your opinion. It starts off a little slow but really develops a few episodes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Jeg alt ga.That's all I know.and jeg alt ga bra.Hmmmm...............Scandinavia.... A region of Europe that I guess I'd like to visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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