What is the meaning of MORE LIKELY, LESS LIKELY and EQUALLY LIKELY?
If you are a good listener (!) you are more likely to understand what people are talking about, If you are a bad listener, you are less likely to understand what people are talking about. If you speak Farsi, you are equally likely to understand what is being said as any other Iranian.
What is the best business to start in Denmark?
I don't know anything about you or your expertise, but I see a major market opportunity for someone who can match up the large number of incoming engineers from India, Pakistan and the Middle East with the Danish companies that need their services. The engineers are highly intelligent people, but they don't always know how to approach the Danish job market, and it can be confusing for a Danish employer to hire someone with a "different" name, "different" working culture, and "different" schools on his or her CV, since the Danish employer may have no idea if those are high-reputation schools or not. Also, quite frankly, some of these engineers speak not-so-great English. (I get a lot of emails from them on my website, HowtoliveinDenmark.com - A humorous guide for foreigners and their Danish friends .) English skills may be mostly irrelevant for the job they can do, but poor English skills certainly get in the way of the application process. Also, many of the engineering jobs available are at smaller companies owned by Danes who also speak not-that-great English. A clever entrepreneur could find a way to bridge the gap. Denmark needs engineers, and the engineers need a job. A smart entrepreneur (who would have to be Danish-speaking, or have a Danish-speaking partner) could bring the two together for everyone's benefit.
Does anybody know what happened with Eurodance music?
it went under a transformation...just like a bug is transformed into a butterflie...just kidding... There is your answer: Eurodance music has evolved and the categories may cross over one another. Sub-categories within the genre of Eurodance are not set in stone but are commonly recognized as: Classic Eurodance - As mentioned earlier, often a female vocalist and a male rapper. Synths are old fashioned, often has an early to mid 90's sound. Bubblegum - Started in Denmark. Usually female artists with silly lyrics and happy sounds. Chorus, verse style lyrics. Not to be taken seriously, but often amusing and cheerful. Eurotrance - Often vocal and sometimes rap. Usually not chorus, verse lyrics - more vague or repetitive. Simple lyrics. A lot of effects and echoes on the vocals. Driving percussion and ethereal chords. Often has a strong synth line with addicting rhythm. Eurotechno - Tends to use more sound effects and chord hit type sounds with minimal vocals. Crazy keyboard synths. Loud and powerful. High Energy (Hi-NRG) - Derived from disco. An Italian creation, sometimes called "Italo". It is Pop, Classic Eurodance, and Trance combined, and perhaps sped up a little bit. It is very uplifting. The vocals are very full sounding and so are the synth arrangements. Euro Pop - Basically it is Pop music with elements of Classic Eurodance or Trance but isn't quite one of the other categories. Often Chorus, verse style lyrics. Eurohouse - Similar to eurotrance, but less often contains vocals, and even less frequently contains many lyrics. Uses harder synths and often has longer, slowly changing and growing songs at a slower tempo. The current trend has been 'Tek-house' style a la Benni Bennassi. ITALODANCE-Has its roots from 80's groups like Valerie Dore, Savage, Sabrina, Miko Mission and Radio Rama. Italo in the 90's took a Eurodance form. Groups like Cappella, Alexia, Taleesa, Mollella, CO.RO, DA Blitz, and Double You burst into the scene with success. The newer Italo style today has a sort of a marching beat to it. Some claim Eiffel 65 and GiGi Da'Gostino were the fathers of this style.
Are Danish people in Denmark really the happiest people in the world? I wonder if Denmark is the greatest country on Earth?
It's not anymore, you came late to the party. Norway recently just took the position of Denmark as the happiest country on earth.Jokes asides, it all comes down on how you assess happiness. There are many definitions and for sure people will take different attitudes and understandings towards it. It's kind of personal.You'll not see here people laughing or jumping in the streets on a sunny weather (holding and waving a flag in one hand and taking a bite of a pastrie in another) more as you do in other countries. In fact, the Danes are somehow reserved and advocates of privacy. This already does not demonstrate ‘happiness’ for a lot of people.The fact that Denmark has been crowned as the happiest nation on earth several times already is made out of surveys where pretty much of the positive results come from the country's effective social welfare.Just to list a few:Free healthcare, regardless of income, age, class or race.Free education, in which students get actually paid to attend school/university.Unemployment benefits of 90% off the salary.Parternity leave with a total length of 52 weeks. Full salary if working on public sector.Child and youth allowance.Holiday pay.High wages.One of the safest, cleanest, trustful countries and one of the least with social inequality and corruption.And:Delicious pastries.Hygge.Clearly, the taxes are high for these benefits, but in good hands it can actually work well, removing many worries and contributing to the overall happiness of the citizens.It's important to note that there also many cultural aspects that must take part in their happiness:Danes do not like to judge others people's lives.They are proud about their country and culture.They tend to trust each other.Jante law.Laid back and chilled work culture.Values on autonomy and self-expression.Gender equality.Basically, it means that for the (most) Danes, they consider themselves happy with stability, security and freedom, just a bit more than other countries do. :)A2A.
Why are Scandinavian countries birth rates low?
In my experience - which is somewhat born out by statistics - most Danes either make a commitment to family, which means 2 to 4 children, or choose to have no children at all. I know of relatively few single-child homes, even in urban Copenhagen, where I live.Those making a commitment to family are not always the traditional male-female partnerships. I know several single women that have either adopted more than one child, usually from abroad, or chose to give birth to more than one child on their own, a medical practice financed by the tax-funded Danish health system. The Danish government also uses its high tax collections to heavily subsidize single parents, in addition to the quarterly checks given to all parents.Why do some Danes choose not to have children? Partly because the time commitment is extreme: Danish parents are expected to be heavily involved in their children's schooling and after-school activities, in addition to full-time work (for both men and women) and domestic chores. (Live-in domestic help is rare in Denmark.) The Danish school year is also extremely long - only six weeks' vacation in the summertime - which can make travel with children limited and expensive. Basically, if you have kids (and I do) your life and your schedule revolves around your kids. It is common in Denmark for either the mother or the father to leave work every day at 4pm to pick up the kids from tax-funded state day care. I can tell you with confidence that having kids is not a career plus, particularly for women. Other Danes don't have kids because they don't find the perfect partner in time, or because they "just never got around to it" while pursuing career or creative goals. Since many Danes are not finished with their education until age 27 or even 30 and many do not want to have children until they are established in their careers, the window for possible child-bearing is slimmer than it is in some other cultures. IVF is popular among couples in their late 30s and early 40s. But there is no familial or societal push for Danes to have children. People's self-worth in Scandinavia isn't tied to how many children they have (or the achievements of those children), so if they don't want to make that commitment, they don't.
What's the best way to grow a business in a down economy?
I see a lot of advantages for entrepreneurs in a tough market. Here are three of them:Your competitors are focused on cutting costs instead of growing their businessIt’s easier to adjust a small business and its strategyAdvertising costs are typical lower now (I just got 50% discount from a newspaper)Personally I’ve got some mixed signals lately. I’m part-owner of an IT reseller/consulting business, and I do have experienced customers asking for the cheapest products in order to limit their expenses.But more and more customers are asking for the high end products because they’re seeing their purchase as a long-term investment, where they were more likely to make impulse purchases one year ago. Instead of buying cheap products and through them out when they fails, the customers are buying quality products with longer life cycles because they believe that will give the lowest TCO over time.
Nordic model, anyone?
Sure sounds nice: The Nordic model refers to the economic and social models of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland). This particular adaptation of the mixed market economy is characterised by "universalist" welfare states (relative to other developed countries), which are aimed specifically at enhancing individual autonomy, ensuring the universal provision of basic human rights and stabilising the economy. It is distinguished from other welfare states with similar goals by its emphasis on maximising labour force participation, promoting gender equality, egalitarian and extensive benefit levels, large magnitude of redistribution, and liberal use of expansionary fiscal policy. Economic publications, such as "The Nordic Model - Embracing globalization and sharing risks", characterize the system as follows: An elaborate social safety net in addition to public services such as free education and universal healthcare. Strong property rights, contract enforcement, and overall ease of doing business. Public pension schemes. Low barriers to free trade. This is combined with collective risk sharing (social programmes, labour market institutions) which has provided a form of protection against the risks associated with economic openness. Little product market regulation. Nordic countries rank very high in product market freedom according to OECD rankings. Low levels of corruption. In Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index all five Nordic countries were ranked among the 11 least corrupt of 178 evaluated countries. High degrees of labour union membership. In 2008, labour union density was 67.5% in Finland, 67.6% in Denmark, and 68.3% in Sweden. In comparison, union membership was 11.9% in the United States and 7.7% in France. Please, counterargument or agree. I love political/economical discussion.
What the advantages and disadvantages of globalization in foreign sector?
war. the war of civilizations coming is what is the advantage for business as trillions will be made.and not so much for the little man everywhere
Harmful Effects of genetic engineering? Human designing !?
Can you think or list some Harmful Effects of genetic Harmful Effects of genetic engineering, if possible ... please list web-sites (links), books names... and i would aprciate the best as possible ... thanks in advance
Do southern Europeans look down on Northern European cuisine?
As a Dane I am not really going to answer the question but I would agree that the current everyday, danish traditional cuisine is not really praise worthy. I think there are a number of explanations:Due to a harsher climate we have naturally less of a variety of ingredients. We can grow tomatoes, but they will never be as good as in Spain.Some of our specialities are really acquired taste and not an easy sell to outsiders.Some of our specialities are really bland. The default Danish, the Danbo, cheese is either rather bland or, when matured, an acquired taste.We have forgotten how to use herbs – and when we do it today it is seen as a southern influence and not a traditionally usage (partly true, but not entirely)Denmark is a pork based cuisine, but we exported the best parts of the pork to the British. And due to climate we have produces salted ham and not dried ham – which probably isn’t really as tasty as a spanish dry-cured ham.For some reason we are very fond of boiling vegetables. It is a mystery to me!Quality ingredients are expensive (partly due to the climate, partly due to I dont know), some many people go for cheaper ingredients.Hopefully we will never “solve” the climate problem, so in that sense Nordic cuisine will always lack something the more southern cuisines have. But some of the problems can be solves and this is (as I understand it) the basis for the New Nordic Cuisine trend which is quite respected – at least as defined by Noma.