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Best And Worst Passports
Henley and Partners have a compiled a List of The Best and Worst passports of the world.

Passports.

Contrary yo what one assumes by the terms, the best and worst e determined based on the Visa restrictions to travel by the host countries.

One would find the West at the Top of the List, for the Best Passports naturally.

Of the worst the top six worst passports, four are from the South Asian Countries., not Africa or the Middle east,Iran included.

India ranked higher than all three countries at 74. Many intervening positions were shared by several countries, showing India ranked much higher than other nations.

An indication of from whom or where the US expects benefits and from where the Nation has been fully exploited.

The firm explains:

In today’s globalized world, visa restrictions play an important role in controlling the movement of foreign nationals across borders. Almost all countries now require visas from certain non-nationals who wish to enter their territory. Visa requirements are also an expression of the relationships between individual nations, and generally reflect the relations and status of a country within the international community of nations.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the top ranks of the index are held by European countries. Finland, Sweden and the U.K. share first place, being allowed to access 173 countries in the world without applying for a visa. Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg and the U.S. follow in second place, with access to 172 countries in the world without a visa.

The Worst Passports.

Lebanon Lebanese citizens can access 38 countries without a visa. Caption: In this Oct. 7, 2005 photo, Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines airplanes are parked at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sri Lanka Sri Lankans can access 38 countries without a visa. Caption: A newly-delivered Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft is given a water cannon salute at the Bandaranaike International airport in Colombo on May 19, 2011. (LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Sudan Sudanese citizens can access 38 countries without a visa. Caption: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir arrives at Khartoum airport on September 3, 2013 for a one-day visit to the Sudanese Capital. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)

Nepal Nepalese citizens can access 37 countries without a visa. Caption: In this Sunday, May 26, 2013 photo, a flight takes off for Katmandu from Lukla airport, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Pakistan Pakistanis can access 32 countries without a visa. Caption: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 747-300 passenger plane makes its final approach for landing at the airport in Islamabad on September 13, 2013. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

1. UK, Finland, Sweden (number of visa-free countries 173)

2. Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, USA (172)

3. Belgium, Italy, Netherlands (171)

4. Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain (170)

5. New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria (168)

6. Australia, Greece, Singapore (167)

7. South Korea (166)

8. Iceland (165)

9. Malaysia, Malta (163)

10. Liechtenstein (159)

… and the worst

Afghanistan (28)

Iraq (31)

Pakistan, Somalia (32)

Source:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/visa-restriction-index_n_4030655.html

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/kiwi-traveller/9265533/Whats-the-best-passport-in-the-world-for-travellers
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10 Oct 2013
Draw Cash Transact With Face No PIN
No instances of forgetting the PIN and endless wait for getting the new PIN.

Face Recognition.

Nor the fear of losing the card.

A new software system is on to transact by using your Face!

The problem will be that those who kidnap you need not torture you to part with your PIN.

Probably some one can find that some expressions as the Password and not make it Public.

Story:

You probably already know about payment systems like Google Wallet, which can use NFC technology to let you check out with the swipe of a smartphone. There are also services that use geo-fencing to register when you’ve walked into a store and when you walk out. The latest fad, however, doesn’t require any extra equipment at all—at least none you’d be carrying around. You just need your face. It’s a big, crazy step. But also one we have the tools to start working toward.

At present, there’s a small slew of companies using facial recognition software to handle all kinds of transactions. The work they’re doing has the potential to completely change your daily life, and scare the underpants off of privacy advocates. But companies like Uniqul are mostly counting on the former. This Finnish start-up is on a mission with the stated purpose to create “the world’s fastest payment system,” and this week they launched a novel payments system based on facial recognition.

The elephant in the room, of course, is whether stores are willing to make the massive investment in extravagant facial recognition equipment to use the service, and whether people are willing to let Uniqul file their face away in a database of customers.

The basic premise behind Uniqul’s checkout process is that you should never have to do anything but be yourself when paying for something. No wallet. No iPhone app. Just a smile—or a grimace depending on your mood. You just walk up to the register where a camera scans your face and matches it against the database. “In the background our algorithms are processing your biometrical data to find your account in our database as you are approaching the cashier,” the company explained in a press release. “The whole transaction will be done in less than 5 seconds—the time it usually takes you to pull out your wallet.” The only thing you have to do beyond that is tap OK on a screen

Source:

http://gizmodo.com/you-wont-need-a-pin-when-you-pay-for-everything-with-y-805487185
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19 Jul 2013
UFO on Ocean Floor.Video.
Swedish Researcher and Explorer Peter Lindberg found a mysterious object,UFO?, lying in the ocean floor., reports Space.com.

It , the UFO,was round , a large circle about 60′ in diameter..

The Object/UFO was found in between Sweden and Finland in the Baltic Sea.

The UFO appeared to have have moved to its present position, after landing somewhere else.

The other alternative seems that it could be Stonehenge..

Sonar analysis of the purported to be ready soon.

He was ‘was using sonar to look for the century-old wreck of a ship that went down carrying several cases of a super-rare champagne. Instead, the team discovered what it claims is a mysterious round object that might (or might not) be extraterrestrial.’

…Adding to the mystery at the bottom of the Gulf of Bothnia, Lindberg said he saw evidence of scars or marks disturbing the environment nearby, suggesting the object somehow moved across the ocean floor to where his team found it…

It might be a natural feature formation, or possibly a sunken, round man-made object.

Lindberg’s claim that the object “is perfectly round” may or may not be accurate; while it looks round from the information so far, the resolution of the sonar image was not high enough to verify that it is indeed round. And while the lines that appear to be leading to (or from) the feature may suggest some sort of movement, it’s also possible they have nothing to do with the object. [UFO Battles Captured on Video? Not Likely]

Lindberg himself did not offer an extraterrestrial origin, though he did speculate it might be a “new Stonehenge.”.

http://www.space.com/12475-ufo-ocean-floor.html

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We are at the moment working 100 percent with the project Operation Baltic Discovery; a mysterious circle shaped anomaly found on the sea floor.
We are negotiating with media companies, sponsors, investors and others to be able to carry through the project in the best way. We can’t reveal at this stage which companies or persons who are involved due to their wish for secrecy.
http://oceanexplorer.se/
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23 Sep 2011
Finland Mall Rampage: Gunman’s Body Found
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Finland-Eyewitnesses-Report-Shooting-At-Shopping-Centre-In-Town-Of-Espoo-Near-Helsinki/Article/200912415511444?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15511444_Finland:_Eyewitnesses_Report_Shooting_At_Shopping_Centre_In_Town_Of_Espoo,_Near_Helsinki
Police have found the body of a gunman who killed five people in a city near the Finnish capital of Helsinki.
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31 Dec 2009