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The world’s most happiness country – Vanuatu
Are you happy? British person in the world to do research, vanuatu multinational results of the happiness index rank high on the list
Vanuatu is a poor country, but what is missing here is no shortage of smiles.
Vanuatu people laugh, unlike other people I have been polite laughter, where laughter is penetration from the heart out of the smile.
Happiness password: No pressure, do not think! Life without a sigh of food and clothing! – Bennie Blog
Google will be change you watch television habit
In the competition with apple, Google on phones have first lose game, this is why Google TV cause. So value In a week of Edinburgh international TV festival, Google chairman of board of directors the Eric Schmidt speech not only to the user on the future trend of TV, and it has also exposed a Google future television strategy.
“Ignore the Internet is very dangerous.” Schmidt said. “The Internet is the future of television a foundation, the reason is very simple: because people need.”
It is Google challenges to traditional TV declaration.
Traditional TV there is time and the channel restriction, and the Internet are infinite choices. And, more and more viewers choose to use the Internet to demand to replace the past with video recording in advance of the program, this way allowing the user to select the program has more freedom.
For many years, TV through the editors’ choice other ways to control the user to watch the program, which is a kind of similar marketing “push” way, but in the age of the Internet, we have a great deal of material selection, need to use “pull” way through combining algorithm and edit control tailored suit your program, and that it is Google’s strengths. You watch and share more more, the system will have more opportunities to understand you, and will better show to recommend to you. For you, this is the perfect television channels.
Schmidt cited the example of Netflix, not necessarily to be in on the Netflix has a lot of new content, but through the strong recommendation engine mining, the rise of Netflix momentum was unstoppable. Schmidt says, in 60% of Netflix and broadcast is the result of the individuation of Netflix Suggestions.
The future will be more and more personalized television, at the same time is also more and more social. This looks a bit of a contradiction, but with the Internet, you can share with others you in the programs to watch, or help you find at the same time and you watch the same program, this is a social network.
This does not take place in the user interaction to watch TV, but through the TV screen outside of the “second” interactive. You can use laptops and smart phones, use blog and BBS, even with friends real-time chat. And this interaction will help improve the television ratings.
North Korea’s commodity prices
To understand the income of the north Korean people, must first understand the exchange rate of the currency. Look at the designed for foreigners in the shop of a sell wine, will know that the coin and the ratio of the RMB. We know that 100 RMB = 10 euros, pictures of the bottle marks a price of 10 euro wine should amount to 100 yuan, and the 1700, is the price of the currency. Namely: RMB 100 = 1700 toward the currency. The exchange rate of the renminbi and money than 17 are: 1.
In 40 countries have been to walk the 52 countries and area, north Korea is the only foreign tourists are strictly forbidden in the place where the locals, so understanding shop locals consumption become very difficult. Foreign visitors were set to foreigners, price in euros store shopping is given priority to, by 10 times to pay RMB directly.
Due to the lack of energy, with north Korea from the visitors to earn the money to buy energy, become the main way north Korea solution of financial difficulty. So for sale to foreigners of items are very expensive, afraid of foreigners price comparison is too big, in the mind unbalance. The tourist shops set from the local people shop.
North Korea’s urban and rural the gap between rich and poor is very big. Capital, Pyongyang is take the city, and the shots income which best also often dealing with foreigners the income of the tour guide is the most enviable. My tour guide said she probably has more than 500 every month the currency’s salary. I had a conversion, and fold RMB 30 DuoYuan money. But let me doubt, a member of the other tour guide said, his income is 600 RMB per month. If north Korea to income is 600 RMB in, I think that’s really good. Many Chinese people in remote areas of the bottom with less than 600 yuan! But the same job is 20 times wage income, how also can’t! Am I listen to the wrong? Or someone to face lying? The blog for me to analyze.
North Korea does not let foreigners into their stores, in addition to the local people take you found that locals prices so cheap, let you don’t balance away. It is said that, the more important is the local people’s store material deprivation, glass closet in our dining room is always empty, and the only light industry products also are made in China, this will let the love of north Korean very lose face.
Pyongyang person’s life is ok, but the lives of people in rural north Korea can be really bad. North Korea is poor, flat land again, do not have the appropriate industry farmers of the tools and fertilizer, can’t out enough food. On the train in to Pyongyang, I see the roadside maize fields also have people’s army GangLou, that is afraid of hungry farmer stealing food and set up.
Tibetan buddhist monasteries
To LangMu temple is the third day, except for the first evening after a few minutes to arrive a little vicissitudes of the temple, axel and mountain flower lousy man on the outside of the grand canyon, located in gansu province level of the territory, the red temple haven’t around. Today was supposed to get up early to plan the red temple hill see the sunrise, but one night of heavy rains disrupted all of our trip. After the rain of the LangMu temple hill, rolling clouds wind, but do not have a lasting appeal. LangMu temple to the level, it is both sides of the temple, north sichuan style each different. The red temple is gannan GeLu sent yellow eaves QiaoJiao, temples, red watts jinding; Sichuan benzene bo teach geer bottom temple, the temple for more than the white walls, coloured glaze is a top, dignified and solemn and respectful appearing in the few minutes of primitive simplicity.
Along the way, from the north sichuan gannan scenery beautiful scene, LangMu temple is a charming way of paradise of sweet little post, here can be brushed the dirt, all visitors here can let visitors away from the hustle and bustle of the city, can let visitors here forget the dismay, reforming and tourism, on a new journey, to explore the other half of the unknown world.
North Korea subway compare Russia subway
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In the eyes of the west, north Korea and Russia are two mysterious hard stuff, “walking” 40 countries today the two countries together, because in the world of the subway battle, the two countries took two champion respectively. Don’t look down upon the two countries, one of them is the world’s fastest subway, one is the deepest global subway.
But, in the golden, National Day when I am sitting on the subway of north Korea’s yongbyon, I found that if the depth, Russia and north Korea to say, that it is better than not seen where the sun shines. The same is the product of the cold war, is also impressive mystery of civil air defense projects, the two dragons have too many underground similarities. Now let me to Pyongyang and Moscow’s metro to a big pk.
Pakistan’s lunch box and China have what different?
China’s lunch box two blue a literacy live many migrant workers, then Pakistan of box have why to differ? The city of ordinary people eat what every day? Walk 40 countries for you today may be at hand.
Pakistan’s political unrest, economic instability, many young people all run to the big city to find way out of the mouth, in Karachi with so many migrant workers drift.
They do most of the work is to drive, handling, when the clerk.
In the white-collar work for office for lunch can occasionally to a meal at the hamburger.
And most people can only eat up the street fast food.
If you find places for lunch, the streets of Karachi to solve most is to see this simple car file.
Of course, thrifty Pakistan with the luxury of not disposable lunch box. It installed in the fast food, the most common is bread, meaty and yuan green onion, replace fast food lunch box
The roadside health environment is very bad, most people eat is a lot, often to stand in line. Because the price was cheap, eat a meal and is RMB 2-3 yuan.
The weather was very hot, on the side of the road to eat fast food often hot sweat.
This is a roadside soda fountain store. Mister owned they see 40 countries the only walk the yellow race appeared, looking at me with curiosity.
The roof of the world-the top of mount Everest
This is in the world I’m afraid not many people do not know the summit of Everest big names, and from our postcards, geographic magazine news broadcast even see the lofty pyramid shape mountains, for what she is 8848 m or 8844 m high debate, has attracted worldwide attention. And once you really looked at the face to face the world’s highest peaks, and utterly is another kind of feeling.
From the start, we pull nie wood along the 318 national highway to the from Everest base camp where. Many of the villages along the way, there will be on the wall of Tibetan style houses are painted red, white and blue three way, like the French flag, in fact this is the sign of SaJiaPa Tibetan Buddhism, SaJiaPa is known as the flowers in teaching, xigaze area very large proportion of pilgrims. Compared with other denominations spend taught there is a big difference is the monks is a wife, but can the children will not again after likes to.
Many ancient relics along the way and village, mainly is adjacent to the diaolou and garrison of Numbers, majority is broken, castle tall diaolou are collapsed, only keep half a wall YiShiDuLi. Here is that the Numbers, since ancient times because of the history in this article, link to hide the channel and Nepal, the Himalayas opposite of Nepal DuoCi infringe upon hidden, even playing all the way to Lhasa, ancient Chinese authorities act caused the alert. And after liberation, 318 national road is built in this xigaze: old channel to the communication between China and Nepal and India relationship.
The team turned in a mountain, interphone rang out from the team leader of voice: “the snow mountain is Everest in front!!!!!” Mount Everest!!!!! The seat come from literacy for mountain peaks, the countless songs sung in a mountain, so that we see. Excellent weather, cloudless mount Everest, although still far away, but the pyramid mountain stand proudly, and in it, and a few other around a snowy peaks up sharply from the mountains, afterwards just know around son los peak (8516 meters), yves LuFeng (8463 meters) and cho oyu (8201 meters) around in the summit of Everest, plus the nearby XiXiaBangMaFeng around (8012 m), in that a small area, should focus on the 8000 m peak level 14 a five of the seat, to think of “five yues return not to see mountain” view, it is then home.
The most wonderful is the summit, is actually QiYun vast clouds is the wind from south blown to Everest, be JiaoFeng cutting waft, as if JiaoFeng long hair, and with the wind dancing, changeable various shape, as if to have a life Everest, collectively called “virgin”, but like the majesty, solemn gaze at a father throughout the continent. This is the highest portion of the earth, each person idea of a high mountain, and the closer to the copy can touch makes the fear, dare not born anything rash.
The most wonderful is the summit, is actually QiYun vast clouds is the wind from south blown to Everest, be JiaoFeng cutting waft, as if JiaoFeng long hair, and with the wind dancing, changeable various shape, as if to have a life Everest, collectively called “virgin”, but like the majesty, solemn gaze at a father throughout the continent. This is the highest portion of the earth, each person idea of a high mountain, and the closer to the copy can touch makes the fear, dare not born anything rash. We had started to grow, also very far away, we climbed up the innumerable hillside, turned a corner in the stars, countless shining with forward. The stars is really too bright, the moon did not rise to the brightness of the stars, even the avalanche Milky Way. Depend on the back, I can see the head out of the window of the stars, countless stars, blue, white, glowing red, the disturbance in the atmosphere a glowing. I remember my childhood had ever heard of a story, the story said great people die, will become the stars of heaven in the dark sky, looking down at the earth. And right now the stars from so close I so bright so big, my heart really understanding that a poem “dare not loudly language, perhaps the blockbuster”.
In this work, and I was in fear, and went to sleep in the most close to the stars dream, once again touched the highest point of the world.
Visa dominate mobile payment and a digital wallet plan
As is known to all, cell phones and digital pay field is a major innovation happens, the credit card company also is this a cost big strength find partners and establishes the cooperation relations.
American express, recently introduced their own digital payment services, especially in foursquare and facebook is the number of transactions extremely amazing above. Mastercard about this one, also in the NFC and Google in Google Wallet a cooperation, and in the autumn of last year to us $520 million acquisition of the online payment gateway DataCash. Visa in mobile payment this obviously big action also many, including investment, costing spent $190 million to buy the virtual items PlaySpan payment platform, $110 million acquisition of the mobile payment Fundamo company.
The person in charge of the global mobile products Visa Bill Gadja and global product strategy, innovation and the person in charge of the business Jennifer Schulz explore together once, these financial companies on how to pay for mobile and digital domain.
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Gadja explained the visa mobile payment of the three big action. Strategy One of them is the main focus of the NFC, entity shop in the mobile payment. We see the wallet, such as Google Nexus S that android mobile phone NFC chip, let the built-in mobile phone immediately into the purse. Visa recently joined the ISIS, a T-by AT&T, Verizon Mobile and consociation make of organization. ISIS the next in Texas and Utah will include a series of market, release.
Gadja also said Visa is authorized to ISIS mobile payment application, and also PayWave in actively seek will NFC into mobile payment structure of the company.
Of course also someone did not look good, such as ebay NFC CEO John Donohoe, talking about when the NFC once pointed out with business and not have too big relationship. In short Paypal should is only met support the NFC edge just Android.
Gadja think NFC will replace, but this entity credit card in the NFC replace all pay still have very long before a period of time.
The movement of the Visa the second part of the strategy is related to a digital wallet and mobile web pages. The electronic commerce on phones, the rapid growth of the mobile device needs to have a simple to a key to enter your user name and password payment experience. In fact PayPal has in this a piece of hard for a long time, but seems to not pay much attention to Visa. We should look forward to Visa also have a similar paypal and has a key technology pay things appear? Visa did not fear into the territory of Paypal and earlier this year, and even issued a point-to-point payment services.
May the house of Visa announced that its a digital wallet plan. We will later on the move, but this platform to explain the part function can also allow you through their mobile phone check your credit card information access. Visa’s mobile payment account for the third part is a value-added services, a bit like real-time warning, can provide you with some of your position based on selling news.
In fact Visa in earlier this year tried through text messages to customers with side, and the discount information will be and more merchants and bank provide similar service cooperation.
Gadja says in talking about mobile payment, in fact there are other factors. In the United States, have more than the outside of the cell phone users, but they don’t have a credit card, he says this kind of about 2 billion people.
In these markets, Visa goal is to some such as prepaid, or other financial services into mobile phones. This may include airtime or buy transit ticket, or peer-to-peer payment.
Visa feel will on the world those don’t have a credit card or to the system is very strange people together, it’s a mining potential. This is why the company investment. One of the reasons the costing Gadja says the power of costing is independent small trading market is huge, this really very imaginative.
Gadja says the current mobile payment of the biggest challenge in the field of industry fragmentation. All kinds of mobile phone operating system, various manufacturers and all the mess of mobile phone applications, together many, many, the Visa, it would be the future in this a piece of innovation and development of the main challenges.
But he still says with intelligent mobile phone penetration rate more and more high, in the mobile business this one area has a lot of innovation and development of space.
