Issued at 0900 UTC TUE AUG 20 2024
Day: August 20, 2024
Tropical Storm Gilma Public Advisory
…GILMA CONTINUES TO BATTLE STRONG WIND SHEAR…
As of 2:00 AM PDT Tue Aug 20
the center of Gilma was located near 15.7, -118.3
with movement WNW at 8 mph.
The minimum central pressure was 1000 mb
with maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph.
Hurricane Ernesto Forecast Discussion
Issued at 500 AM AST Tue Aug 20 2024
Tropical Storm Gilma Forecast Advisory
Issued at 0900 UTC TUE AUG 20 2024
Hurricane Ernesto Public Advisory
…ERNESTO MOVING RAPIDLY AWAY FROM NEWFOUNDLAND… …DANGEROUS BEACH CONDITIONS CONTINUING ALONG THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST AND ATLANTIC CANADA…
As of 5:00 AM AST Tue Aug 20
the center of Ernesto was located near 47.3, -50.0
with movement NE at 36 mph.
The minimum central pressure was 975 mb
with maximum sustained winds of about 75 mph.
Hurricane Ernesto Forecast Advisory
Issued at 0900 UTC TUE AUG 20 2024
Denmark Is The World’s Best Country For Women
Denmark Is The World’s Best Country For Women
Metrics assessing women’s safety, inclusion, and access to justice vary greatly by country and region.
In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Julia Wendling ranked the top 10 nations for women, using the 2023 Women Peace and Security Index scores from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.
Countries are given an index score out of 1.0 that is derived based on the following components:
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Inclusion: education, employment, financial inclusion, cell phone use, parliamentary representation
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Justice: absence of legal discrimination, access to justice, maternal mortality ratio, son bias
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Safety: intimate partner violence, community safety, political violence targeting women, and proximity to conflict
Which Are the Best Countries for Women?
All of the top 10 countries for women received index scores above 0.9, significantly higher than the global average of 0.65. Nine of them are located in Europe, with New Zealand (#10) representing the only regional outlier.
The highest-ranked country was Denmark, which scored particularly well across inclusion (such as financial inclusion and parliamentary representation) and justice (such as absence of legal discrimination and access to justice) metrics. Its Scandinavian peers—Sweden (#3) and Norway (#7)—followed closely behind.
Overall, the group of best countries for women feature low maternal mortality, high education rates, and a lack of political violence against women and proximity to conflict.
Other Takeaways
Canada (#17), the UK (#26), and the U.S. (#37) all rank relatively high but didn’t make the top 10 list. Lower rankings for parliamentary representation, maternal mortality, and community safety dragged the score for the U.S. down to lower than European counterparts.
If you found this interesting, check out this visualization that looks at the countries with the most gender-equal pay among OECD countries.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 08/20/2024 – 04:15
China’s competitiveness is driven by low taxation, not by industrial policy
Contrary to popular belief, China’s economy depends much less on central planning than in the past. China is strong in EV development, and the success is due not to government subsidies and direction but to plain good economics.
TSC’s woke revolt. Dumps DEI.
#tractorsupplycompany
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The Folly of Legislating against Unfairness
Legislating against unfairness in order to achieve “equal” outcomes is like legislating against the wind. While government has little control over outcomes, its predations can make those outcomes worse.