Radio Bejad: September 2013

Sunday, 29 September 2013

4 Poorly Planned Rebellions

If I’ve learned anything from popular music it’s that one should rebel against anything for whatever reason as frequently as possible. However, before you begin your rebellion be sure to plan ahead first. Without long term plans you’re rage against the machine isn’t going to get you much other than a tremendous military loss and a lost cause.

Top 10 Fascinating Facts You Might Not Know About Phone Numbers

by Nick

You may have heard some interesting and already common facts about mobile phones on occasions. But what about the phone numbers that give you that unique mobile identity and make using your phone possible. Here’s ten great facts that you may have never heard before:

The World Health Organization declared March 18 World Sleep Day. All living beings spend their lives in an alternating pattern of sleep and wakefulness. However, unlike people who are programmed to sleep at night, some animals can sleep during day time, some at night, while others try to stay awake as much as possible: so they are always on the alert.

Amazing Screw Art In 3D

by sarad987

Meet Andrew Myers, one of the most patient modern-day sculptors around. This Laguna Beach, California-based artist goes through a multi-step process to create incredible works of art you almost have to see (or touch) to believe.

7 Military Secret Weapons Left Unfinished!

By The Engineer

Power, the main reason for weaponry inventions today, and the greed for power has nations and governments spending huge amounts of their capital in order to have better weapons than others and so invest even in the craziest of ideas, often leading to absurd weapons that are disappointing and are never developed.

Back To The Future

by sarad987

An original and creative gallery of photographs by Irina Werning. The artist talks about herself: “I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today. A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.”

8 Inventions From the 1980′s That Never Took Off

Ah… the 80′s. For some of us, it’s a decade of bad music we love to listen to. For others it’s the days of growing up and the best cartoons ever made (Transformers…). For many more it’s an age of inventions and technological ideas that never really caught on with the public.

NASA Tests A Hybrid Plane That Works Like A Toyota Prius

Recently there has been a shift in paradigm and now science is doing its best to go green. We have come to realize how our inventions have affected the nature and are doing our best to undo those harmful effects and to be more and more environment friendly. One such project was ERO robot that recycles concrete and Project Zero Electric Plane. This was the reason behind NASA’s project known as Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA).

Used cars - they are cheap and easily available. We might have heard many buyers complaining after buying used cars; there's always something wrong with them. On the other hand, some lucky buyers might end up getting good bargain from the one that they bought. Here are some models that you might need to give second thoughts before buying used ones....

Top 10 Visited Cities In 2013

by Mary Mckee

When deciding to travel, where would you like to visit? Paris, Rome, London, New York City are all great options but here is a list of the top 10 visited cities this year to help you decide!

Lamborghini marked its 50th anniversary in March of this year by unveiling the Lamborghini Veneno. The new car is being touted by Lamborghini as a “Race car and a road going super car” based on its ancestor, the Lamborghini Aventador.

September can be a tricky time to get a deal. If you can hold out and want to cash in on serious savings, it's better to avoid splurging on popular electronic items this month.

Wouldn’t you have hated it if you parked your car next to a gleaming skyscraper only to find hours later that the same skyscraper had melted your car by converging the sunlight? That is what happened to one unfortunate Jaguar Owner, Mr Martin Linsday when he parked his shiny new black Jaguar next to the newly constructed 37 storey skyscraper.

What Are the Most Expensive Car Repairs?

When the dreaded check engine light comes on, you get that sinking feeling in your stomach. You're probably about to drop a lot of money on an expensive car repair. If you're lucky, it could be something simple, but you had better hope it's not one of these expensive repairs!

Five Reasons Your Smartphone Battery Runs Out Quickly

by Nematoda

Over the past decade, mobile phone capability has improved at an incredible rate. We can do things with those little devices in our hands that twenty, ten or even five years ago we would have thought impossible. Yet there is one area of smartphones that hasn’t improved. In fact, if anything, it seems to have got worse over recent years. The general battery life of a smartphone is as short now as it was when mobile phones came with shoulder straps. So what’s the deal? Why does the battery run out so quickly and can you do anything about it?

Skylift - A New System For Embarking On Airplanes

By Seven

There is a lot to be done concerning about ergonomics in airplane trips - even if it seems that it is not necessary yet. The passengers' arrival and departure continues to be a complicated and slow process, submitting the human beings to not so developed mechanical systems. Adults, children and people of reduced or none mobility who carries several baggages have to face with conveyor belts, stairs and rude automobiles of various sizes and shapes from place to place. Then, the designer Hannes Seeberg, because of this lack of uniformization and adjustments, conceived a multifunctional vehicle named Skylift.

Car crashes happen everyday and are horrific, sometimes with deadly consequences. What about car crashes decades ago - are they equally horrific, considering the technology available then? Take a look at these photos and judge yourself...

10 Amazing Facts About Human Brain

1. Weight:

Human brain weighs 3 pounds.

Every body should have one simple right the right to live but sometimes people will deny innocent people these rights and murder them(genocides,ruthless dictators,civil wars,mass executions etc) and usually when thes type of things take place a Superior power will invade and stop the dictator or regime that’s committing atrocities. One thing that the human kind was doing from the beginning of time is fighting with each other. Many times the fighting got out of hand and consumed the innocent people. Here we compiled a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll. It covers the lowest estimate of death as well as the highest estimate, the name of the event, the location, and the start and end of each event. Some events overlap categories.

5 Failed Inventions That Could Have Changed The World

Failed Iron Ore Extraction

People know Thomas Alva Edison as a successful inventor but history book tells us that he has some failed inventions on his credit. In the 1890’s he put in a huge sum of money in iron ore mining as he was planning to supply iron to different companies, but all his money went down the drain as he failed to extract iron from its ores.

The term "scream queen" once carried a stigma and was associated with typecasting and ‘B-list’ status. In recent years, the title of scream queen has taken on a different connotation and is a designation that is more readily embraced. Many consider it to be an elite status only bestowed on a select few. A scream queen is more than just an actor who stars in a couple of horror films. A scream queen is someone who embraces the horror film genre and their work within it.

See our top fifteen picks listed inside!

24 Genius Ideas

"Now, why didn't I think of that?" - that's what you might have in your mind after going through these inventions, ideas, gadgets and innovations...

Abandoned Star Wars Film Set

By Lizzy Layne

In the Tunisian desert lies a hidden gem: The ruins of what once was the set for Star Wars. When visual artist and filmmaker Rä di Martino discovered that the set was never broken down and instead left to deteriorate over time like ancient ruins, he jumped at the opportunity to rediscover it. With a bit of luck and the help of a local police station, Martino was able to find what remains of Luke Skywalker’s childhood home and capture the amazing images below.

20 Quotes For Getting Through Tough Times

1. Tough times never last, but tough people do. - Robert H Schuller

2. The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them. – Unknown

3. Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. - Leroy Satchel Paige

You only have 24 hours in your day and when you let go of trying to be superman and just be content with being who God has made you to be, you’ll find your life is so much more peaceful and calm. Time wasters will keep you away from focusing on what’s really important. To free up your schedule, identify time wasters and take action to deal with them. If you want to be a successful person, you’ve got to have a laser-like focus, something that’s harder to do now than ever before. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to do one thing: Invent, develop, and market a product or service that customers really need or want. If you have big plans later on in life such as starting your own business, you need to do two things: stop wasting your time and focus on your goals.
Following are the 10 most common ways of wasting time.

45 Simple Pleasures That Money Cannot Buy

Accidentally overhearing someone say nice things about you.

Laughing soo hard you don’t even make any noise.

Songs that bring you back to great moments in your life.

Those random good-hair days when you just feel beautiful or handsome.

7 Breathtaking Aquariums Around The World

With a capacity of 260,000 gallons of water and over 2,500 fish visitors can travel through the aquarium using an encased elevator!. Take a look at this and other 7 Breathtaking Aquariums Around The World.

10 Of The Weirdest Deaths In History

by Kathy Benjamin

Everyone hopes that when they die it is peacefully in their sleep, or surrounded by their loved ones. But no matter how you meet your maker you can rest assured it probably won’t be like these people did.

You might be interested in this related article published earlier:
http://afkra.blogspot.com/2013/07/10-unusual-deaths-of-21st-century.html

Edison's Big Failure

by John H. Lienhard

Today, let's meet a great inventive failure - Thomas Alva Edison. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.

Bumper Stickers for Women

A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles - although they are often stuck onto other objects. Most bumper stickers are about 30 cm by 8 cm (12 in by 3 in) and are often made of PVC.

(Wikipedia)

We thought we knew Proton like the back of our hands, until we found out that...

10 Most Expensive Diamonds In The World

There isn’t much more beauty in this world then diamonds. They are breathtaking, and no one can describe them nearly enough to put into words their astonishing beauty and remarkable value. Diamonds are the most expensive jewel in the world, and diamonds are the hardest material on Earth, and because of that they are the symbol of endurance one of the most beautiful thing in the world – love. All the greatest romance, love stories and famous marriages have beautiful diamonds in common. Gemstones from God, as diamonds are referred to in some cultures are most hidden nature assets. There isn’t a single girl in the world who doesn’t want to see the splendor of a diamond on her hand, and the spark in her eye.

Diamonds are forever, and on our list we collect some of the most expensive piece of jewelry known to mankind.

10 Criminals Who Butt-Dialed Police On Themselves

By Andrew Munro

Butt-dialing is when someone accidentally calls a number with their phone in their pocket. Usually the results are pretty boring - just some muffled background noises. It gets less boring, however, when the number accidentally dialed is 911. It happens thousands of times every day and has become a real problem for police, who don’t have the resources to follow each one up. But every now and then, they strike the jackpot with crooks who butt-dial 911 in the middle of a crime.

5 Mind-Blowing True Stories Behind Famous Movie Locations

By Ryan Menezes

For like 90 percent of all movie locations, the most interesting thing that happened or will happen there is that someone once shot a movie in that place (unless you think "Rob Lowe had sex with the catering lady on this backlot" counts as interesting). In fact, most directors have to work really hard to make regular places look cool and intriguing. And we said "most" because other times, the real story behind the location is so crazy and fascinating that it completely dwarfs anything that a coked-up Hollywood screenwriter could come up with. For instance ...

Interesting Facts About Different Countries

Let's learn something new about our planet. Some of these facts are really amazing.

There are always tempers flaring and fights breaking out in Hollywood, but they usually don't make it past mere words for fear of ruining reputations. However, it seems these celebrities didn't seem to mind. Sometimes actions speak louder than words.

Be Careful What You Wish For

This guy’s wife asked for a “run-of-the-mill” birthday party and he happily obliged!

This Car Will Certainly Brighten Up Your Day

This Infiniti QX56 is inspired by the popular song “Yellow Submarine.” While the car cannot go underwater, it obviously attracts great attention with its unique colour schemes and patterns, both inside and out.

10 Poisons Used To Kill People

By GCchange

Poison is definitely among fiction’s greatest weapons. Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes seem to have developed the audience’s taste for untraceable, fast-acting poisons. However, murder mystery is one thing, but when the story becomes reality, you have got yourself a real killer! Here is a list of the most famous poisons used to kill people throughout history.

In science fiction stories or super hero comics, X-ray vision is the ability to see through physical objects at the discretion of the holder of this superpower. I think itâ€™s very interesting to see the world through x-ray .At the very least, artist Nick Veasey takes stunning X-ray photographs of the mundane, the gigantic, and naturally, of nature.

10 Neighbor Disputes That Ended In Violence

Original source : http://listverse.com
Posted : September 2013
Author : Shawn W. Larson

We’re all familiar with neighbor disputes. They parked their car a little too close to ours, they’re using our garden hose again without asking, or their dog just took a massive, steaming crap on our front lawn. These sort of things happen all the time, but sometimes neighbors aren’t emotionally stable enough to handle them. You never know which steaming pile of crap will be the straw that causes a psychotic break.

A cryptid is a creature who may be thought by some people to exist, but is not recognized by the scientific community. Cryptids appear frequently in folklore and mythology but – as you will see – tales of them appear still to this day. One cryptid that is well-known is Bigfoot. After the giant squid was discovered, I became fascinated (and creeped out) by these bizarre creatures. This list is in no particular order.

Strange Food Special!

People would eat the darnedest things, depending on their cultural background and love of unique experiences. The point of this page is to find the food that is not necessarily disgusting (in most cases it's only a matter of taste), but such food - and things made from food - that cause us to stop in the tracks and think twice before bringing it to our mouths.

Generation Game: Volkswagen Golf GTI

The production version of the Mk7 Golf GTI will make its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. With more power and torque as well as a better handling chassis and a DSG gearbox, the newest GTI will undoubtedly carry on Volkswagen's proud 'hot hatch' heritage, but with nearly 40-years of history behind it, there's more than enough material to see how the Golf GTI has developed over the years.

Most Fashionable Hotels In The World

#15 "The Peninsula"

To feel the unique spirit of the East, come to the fabulous city of Bangkok. Here you can fully enjoy the unique mix of modern lifestyle and eastern exoticism. Perhaps the best example of this harmonious blend is shown by a first-class hotel called "The Peninsula." The architectural design of the hotel, luxurious interiors, and an attentive staff all contribute to it being among the five best hotels in the world. It also offers luxurious tennis courts, aerobics rooms, an Olympic swimming pool, a private pier, limousine parking and a helipad.

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