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Started by scarface, February 26, 2013, 12:28 AM

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scarface

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Tonight, new videos are available on the forum.



She Scammed $4 Billion And Simply Vanished
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2713qu_-0sY



Spain: The end of 'dwarf bullfighting'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4V32eDYUPY



What are the top 10 Poorest Countries in Europe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVQDl4QhxT8

On this map, you can see the GDP per capita in the European union. You can see that the south of Europe is particularly poor (south of Spain, and south of Italy). France is below the European union average for most of its regions, and is only well ranked because the Ile de France region's GDP per capita is twice as high as the European union average. On this map you can clearly see the "blue banana" of Europe and its industrialized regions: the north of Italy, West Germany, and the Netherlands.
If you want the to see the same map for France, here it is:



An Evening walk in the 17th Arrondissement of Paris. I lived in this arrondissement for 5 years so I know pretty well the place of Clichy as well as Avenue de Villiers, that you can discover in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1MIuK1Ze7U

Note that I'm going to Neuilly sur Seine at the end of the week for some business. I'll go to Paris to take new photos then, in an arrondissement you have not seen before on the forum.


Vorontsov D - remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83JSPbF-9nA


humbert

Regarding Ruja: Pulling of a Ponzi scheme like this is the easy part. The hard part is disappearing -- and not just her but all the money she took. For anyone whose face is plastered everywhere and who is wanted by so many countries to disappear into thin air takes genius. Kudos to this woman!

Regarding the map of the EU countries GDP, the only entry that doesn't make sense is Ireland. The southern part of Ireland in dark blue? That can't be right.

scarface

Quote from: humbert on July 27, 2022, 05:28 AMRegarding the map of the EU countries GDP, the only entry that doesn't make sense is Ireland. The southern part of Ireland in dark blue? That can't be right.

Ireland's main source of income stems from its service industries: pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages.
If opulence of countries like Palestine and Greece is due to the olive oil trade, one could indeed assume that the riches of Ireland come from its local products like Whiskey (the Irish are proud of their local distilleries and you probably know the Jameson brand, the Irish blended whiskey), Connemara Marble, soda bread or even chocolate (in my opinion, as far as chocolate is concerned, the Swiss are the best)

But humbert is right, there is something odd with Ireland.
In fact I found the analysis of a specialist concerning the economy of Ireland. Here it is:
In the case of Ireland, the measurement of GDP is significantly distorted by the composition of the Irish economy, whose measurement is particularly volatile due to the corporate tax policy of the country, and how GDP is measured. If you took the numbers at face value, it's GDP grew by 26.3% in 2015 (FT, 2016) which is hilarious. If you actually dig into why the statistic is that way, you'll notice that it stems from multinationals domiciling their assets in Ireland (be it IP, planes to be leased to airlines and corporate tax inversions). As these capital assets are now "Irish", the numerator in the GDP per Capita calculation balloons, even after how you adjust for cost of living, and when you combine it with Ireland's low population you have a high GDP per Capita.
Does this actually reflect living standards in Ireland? Probably not. Those planes, corporations etc. don't really have anything to do with Ireland (little to no local employment for these assets, proportionally low level of tax paid so doesn't generate a lot of tax revenue for the government to spend on services etc.), Ireland is just where they're registered. Hence their GDP measurements are particularly quirky to the point of uselessness.

scarface

Tonight, new videos are available on the forum.


The Big Four - Accounting firms under scrutiny | DW Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0XEIFGK5o



Brexit: What will happen to Ireland? | The Economist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH42ZktzfeE



The Three Wise Men:
They came from the past. They were looking for the Messiah. They found trouble...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qNgwHxOGh0



The Unsolved Mystery of Peter Bergmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVOZ7YPOakI



scarface

Tonight, new videos are available on the forum.


Inflation: The New Global Menace I Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4gxNY7kYY



Two Accidents At Disneyland | A Short Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cogFWQUl_pE



Florida hurries to catch fast-spreading snail invasion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBLabB8qpIE



Cairo's "Garbage City"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYTfaaxwFc


scarface

Tonight, new videos are available on the forum.


The Haute Route disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EFzryLxnY



India: Sikkim - A Green New World I documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBcmlXb_sPQ



Iraqi cleric Sadr's supporters announce parliament 'sit-in' amid political crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs80GEc7T_M



Will there will electricity in Europe this winter? Nothing is less certain, as Russia cut gas supplies to Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJNhJ599MY

scarface

The forum is very calm. Some users of the forum are probably on vacation. and I don't know if humbert, Vasudev or Guliver are still there.
Maybe you have watched the previous video about the reduction in gas imports in the wake of the sanctions towards Russia. In France, sobriety is already visible in the retail sector: extinction of signs as soon as closing time, reduction of lighting, even lowering of the temperature: From Carrefour to Casino, this sector has agreed on a plan of "energy sobriety "
A few weeks ago I was in the small Carrefour supermarket of Fontenay aux roses, and I was wondering why some of the aisles were so dark. At that time I didn't really paid attention, and I thought it was a temporary problem. When I came back a few days ago it was still the case and I noticed that only half of the neon lights were switched on. I don't know if such measures are taken elsewhere, in countries such as Sweden, the Czech Republic or Palestine.


humbert

I'm still here. It's just tht when people log in and see nothing, they don't post.

Mark my words -- you will not be freezing to death this winter due to lack of gas. The West is not going to allow Putin to get his way that easily.

Guliver

I am still here as well. Your guess was correct, I was on a bit of a vacation so I wasn't able to post here.

Regarding the energy situation, in Czech rep. there are talks about saving energy in general, but there is no specific law or regulation. There's also rumors about stuff like the government putting a cap on heating temperature in the winter, but right now that's nothing but speculation. Otherwise, I haven't noticed anything, no dimmed lights in stores or such.

scarface

Quote from: Guliver on August 10, 2022, 11:27 PMRegarding the energy situation, in Czech rep. there are talks about saving energy in general, but there is no specific law or regulation.
Maybe the situation is not so dire in the Czech Republic then. In France the retail sector has agreed on a joint 'energy sobriety plan' to save on scarce electricity this winter. In view of the possible energy shortages caused by the war in Ukraine, retailers have announced a series of measures that most supermarket and hypermarket groups will adopt from 15 October.
In all supermarkets, the temperature will be lowered to 17 °C, while the light intensity will also be reduced: by 30 % during opening hours and even halved in the morning, before the shops are open to the public. At night, the ventilation will be switched off, as will all illuminated signs as soon as the supermarkets close. The production of ice, especially for fish shops, will be moved away from energy consumption peak times.