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PARIS (AFP) – Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.PARIS (AFP) – Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations... more
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ACBJ (American City Business Journals) used 20 statistical indicators to rate living conditions in all 3,141 counties and independent cities across the nation.
Topping the list is Los Alamos County, located about 30 miles northwest of Santa Fe, N.M. Rounding out the top five are Olmsted County, Minn., which includes the city of Rochester; the Colorado counties of Pitkin and Douglas; and Loudoun County, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C.ACBJ (American City Business Journals) used 20 statistical indicators to rate living... more
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Or at least according to new rankings published by Reader's Digest.Are they owned by the French or something?! The good old U. S. of A. comes in 23rd. 23rd?! WTF? We're the bastions of democracy (or, we were) and capitalism and freedom (sort of) and gun ownership. Come on man, that's got to be worth something.Joking aside, Reader's Digest used the UN's Human Development Index and the Environmental Sustainability Index drawn up by Yale and Columbia universities and the World Economic Forum as the statistical basis for the ranking. The list looks at several environmental (air and water quality, greenhouse-gas emissions) and social factors (gdp, education, unemployment, life expectancy).Nordic countries dominate the top of the list (Reader's Digest must like the cold).Or at least according to new rankings published by Reader's Digest.Are they owned... more
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