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Sunday, 28 July 2013

World's Five Extraordinary Blind People Having Exceptional Skills

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Physical disability is a problem several people are currently facing worldwide. This disease is like a curse, which leaves a person in despair. It is very hard to overcome from it and to live like a normal person; however, few people fight against this situation and fortunately come out as a winner.  Moreover, their struggle makes them famous worldwide, and people see them as an inspiration.

This all happens when people practice a lot. Here I am going to tell you amazing stories of five blind people who amazed the whole world through their extreme talents. 

A blind women who participated in Olympics

 Well-known athlete Marla Runyan was only 9 year old when she became blind. It was unfortunate for her but she never stopped believing in herself, and that confidence forced her to join San Diego University. While studding in the college she started her journey to become famous athlete by joining several sports events.
She won many medals in college sport events, which elevated her confidence a lot. Her career, however, boosted up when she won four gold medals in summer Paralympics 1992, and one silver and gold medal in Paralympics 1996. Besides, she won other famous national and international events, which are described below.
  • ·         She participated in Pan America where she won 1,500 m race.
  • ·         Best achievement in her career was the participation in Sydney Olympics as a legally blind athlete in 1,500 m race, in which she got 8th place.
  • ·         She won three consecutive 5000 m national championship.
  • She has written her story in her biography “No Finish Line: My Life as I See It”.

A blind who can paint amazingly


                       


John Bramblitt is known for painting without having ability to see what actually he is painting. His paintings have been exhibited in more than 20 exhibitions. A short film was also made based on him, which won many awards in world film forums. He was also awarded US Presidential Awards for Volunteerism as he voluntarily hosted many art workshops for untouchables. 

Earlier, He lost his sight after several seizures, in 2001 that made him depressed and hopeless. After struggling a lot, he decided to live courageously, and to do so, he selected painting as a career. He actually developed a distinct skill to recognize colors though touching. He told the media that each color feels him different; for instance, white color feels him thick.

A Blind Who Drives Car


It’s not surprising if we see someone is driving a Ford Escape on Daytona International Speedway; however, what about if the person you are watching is blind?  Yes, it will definitely be shocking for you. I am not talking hypothetically because a blind Mark Anthony Riccobono has done this many times.

Mark Anthony Riccobono could see only 10% of normal vision since the age of five; moreover, the percentage has been decrease over times. His car driving is not a stunt; instead, it’s a display to encourage blinds to live with fun.

 Mark Anthony Riccobono uses two mazor technologies while driving; one is DriveGrip and second is Speedstrip. In DriveGrip Technology, driver wear two special gloves that send vibrations over the knuckles so as the driver would guess how much to turn. Besides, Speedstrip is a technology, in which a cushion is used to indicate how much to accelerate.

A blind who is a well known photographer

Everything was normal in Pete Eckert life until he lost his sight. He was trained in Sculpture and Industrial Design and was planning to study architecture in Yale. His life changed when his doctor told him he will lose his sight gradually due to ‘Retinitis Pigmentosa’. It took almost two years to decide what things he could do to make his life pleasant. During this hard time, her girlfriend supported him a lot and encouraged him to stand up again.
He, therefore, began taking pictures, which he earlier liked the most. He takes pictures of ethereal double exposures and vivid light paintings using his Mamiyaflex camera. Moreover, he uses his ability of visualization to create a picture, and the sense of sound help him to add attractive elements in it.

 A Blind Who is a Professional Surfer


Derek Rabelo is famous for its surfing, though he is blind since he got diseased by congenital glaucoma, his blindness couldn’t stop him from learning swimming, skateboarding, surfing, and biking.  He is not an ordinary surfer; instead, he surf as good as other professional surfers. He was born in Brazil and started playing with sea waves when he was only three year old.

His skill to surf was improved in Hawaii where he was adopted by local surf community. Because of his surfing, he became very famous worldwide, and even a documentary is being filming based on him.

The above are world’s most famous blind people who have proved that if you want to do something good, you can do it even if the conditions are contradicting. Apart from the blind celebrities described above, there are few more incredible people living in this world. For instance,
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  1.       Christine Hà, a blind woman, became famous by winning 2012 Master Chef TV Show. She can cook delicious food using her sense of smell and Taste. 
  2. ·         Christopher Downey, who lost his sight in 2008, is famous for his architectural ability to design elements of buildings. Earlier, he was reputed architecture, planner, and consultant. 

World's Five Most Mysterious Places




God created number of amazing places on earth for being explored by human being. Human have explored almost every part of the earth using their advanced technologies and instruments.
Moreover, there have been found some places worldwide that baffle intellectuals, and scientists have still been trying to solve the mystery inside the existence of such places. This article includes five of such mysterious places just to tell you how amazing the nature is.
Here are explained world’s top five places that are still a mystery for human being.

Rio Tinto River



The above picture of the river might baffle you and you might ask yourself how a river contains reddish water. The river somewhat looks like it belongs to another planet, may be it flows in Mars. However, it actually belongs to the planet earth and flows in southwestern part of Spain.

Rio Tinto River is considered mysterious due to the color of its water. It originates from Sierra Morena Mountains and reaches Gulf of Cadiz at Huelva. Apart from this, the river is also has acidic character in it.
Reddish property of its water is because of high concentration of Iron Dissolved in it. It flows up to 100 km and provides a large area for mining important minerals. People in Spain have been mining the site along the river for minerals like copper, silver, gold and iron since ancient times. 

It was found that acidic property of water in the river is due to the presence of bacteria named extremophile aerobic. These bacteria feed itself by iron and sulfide minerals present on its subsurface rocks.  

The Great Blue Hole


You might have seen many caves on earth and many of them might have amazed you by their way of formation. Things, however, become mysterious if we learn about a vertical cave which is located under a sea.

I am talking about world’s deepest sinkhole ‘The Great Blue Hole’. This blue hole is located in Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, about 60 miles from Belize City. The depth and diameter of it is 125m and 300, respectively. According to various studies, this blue hole was formed about 65,000 years ago due to the rise in sea water level.

The Great Blue Hole is home for many species, which attract tourists to come over just to enjoy its beauty. The site became popular when the famous Jacques-Yves Cousteau declared that this site is world’s one of the top ten places for scuba diving. 

 Mount Rorem



Situated in triple border point of Guyana, Brazil, and Venezuela, Mount Rorem is one of the most mysterious natural places in the world. This is because of the clouds that flow near its surface and make it heaven-like structure. Millions of tourists come to visit the divine look of the hill every year. The exact height of this hill is 2,500m and it is spread over 341 miles; moreover, its 3/4th part is situated under the territory of Venezuela.

It is mysterious not only because of its amazing looks but also due to its tremendous waterfalls. Some of the highest waterfalls of the world like Angel Fall originate from this hill. Its appearance with clouds and waterfalls exerts a pull on intellectuals to explore it more just to identify the causes of its formation


Some important rivers of American continent are also originate from this mountain such as Amazon, Orinoco and most of the rivers flowing though Guyana. 

Kunlun Mountain



Located in China, Kunlun Mountain is the most mysterious place on earth. Due to the horrible stories inherited to the people living around it from their ancestors, the mountain range also known as ‘The Gates of Hell’. It is believed that an individual who goes inside the valley, mysteriously never comes back.

If you really want to do some adventurous activities, you should come to this place at least once. But beware; people who luckily returned from the valley have reported that there were found only the remains of furs, bones and skeletons of animals and hunters. Moreover, there were also found few scattered lonely tombs, which indicate that something wrong has been going on over there.

                  Besides, the beauty of the place is amazing; if you don’t like adventure you may come over as a tourist just to enjoy the beauty around. Apart from the above mysterious places, there are many others, too, and some of them are given below-
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      Moguicheng- It is a 10Km region located in China; people believe that the rock formation present over there creates beautiful music.
·         The Nazala Lines- The place contains mysterious lines, which were said to be created thousands of years ago.
·         Bermuda Triangle- Bermuda is a triangular region situated in western North Atlantic. The thing which is mysterious about it is that any electronic equipment becomes malfunctioned if it is moved across the region. 

Saturday, 27 July 2013

World's Five Most Weird Beaches

Saturday, 27 July 2013 - 0 Comments



Our earth is full of magical and beautiful places that amaze you through their attractive looks. Some of them are formed by the God itself and some are constructed by human. Visiting any beautiful natural site becomes unforgettable in our life, though beaches are considered most amazing places to spend holidays.

There are many incredible beaches around the world such as Hot Water Bridge in New Zeeland and Glass Beach in California; however, few of them are such mysterious that even scientists feel trouble explaining why those are thus formed.

Here I am explaining worlds five most weird and mysterious beaches present worldwide.

Hymas Beach- Whitest beach in the world



Situated in New South Wales, Hymas Beach is famous for its exceptionally clean water, unique underwater life and smooth air. This amazing beach is sandwiched with two other beaches, Chainman’s beach and Seaman’s beach.

The Guinness Book of world Records has conferred this beach as the whitest in the world. There are number of beautiful places around it that you even won’t decide where to go first. The beach authority offers several facilities for its tourists such as surfing, diving, bike riding, and much more. There is an awesome market near the beach, which satisfies each and every need of a traveler. If tourists want to go for extensive shopping, they may also go to ‘Huskisson’, the nearest town from the beach.

Moreover, Hymas beach is surrounded by two famous national parks named Jervis Bay national Park and Booderee National Park.

Papakolea Beach- A beach having green sand



Papakolea Green sand beach is the most beautiful beach in Hawaii and one of the two only green sand beaches in the world. The color of the sand in this beach is green because of the presence of olivine crystals.

The beach is surrounded by a cinder cone which was formed 49,000 years ago. This cinder cone is rich in olive crystals and the green sand was created by partial eroding of ocean over times. Actually, Hawaii is full of active volcanoes and the lava is rich in olivine crystals, and the cinder cone surrounding the beach was formed by this lava.

You may reach to this beach only on foot or a vehicle having four-wheel drive. You will also need to climb down the cinder cone to enjoy the beauty of this beach. The beach is situated 4.8km away from South Point called Ka Lae.  

Refrigerant Beach- an artificial beach in Dubai



What would you think of walking over cold sand on a beach even the sun is shining at its fullest? Of course, it’s possible and the city that made it possible is Dubai. Engineers in Dubai have been constructing a refrigerant beach adjacent to a luxury hotel so as the rich don’t need to burn their feet on hot sand while walking. The hotel adjacent to the beach is ‘Palazzo Versace’.

It will be formed by constructing heat-absorbing pipelines beneath the sand. Moreover, a giant air blower will also be positioned to supply cool air. The functioning of heat absorbing pipes will be controlled by thermostats connected to computer systems. The hotel is also providing a cooled swimming pool to attract their visitors. The negative part of the whole project is that the functioning of the beach will severely impact environment.

Gulpiyuri Beach- An inland beach



Located in Llanes , Spain, Gulpiyuri Beach is an inland beach and the second most incredible beach in the list. It is located in the middle of a meadow, approximately 100m away from the Cantabrian Sea. The beach is only 40m long and remains fully tidal as salt water circulates from Cantabrian Sea to the beach through underground tunnels. Moreover, water from Bay of Biscay also comes to the beach through underground tunnels and adds charming waves to the water of the beach.

It’s hard to reach to this beach because it is not visible from the shoreline of the Cantabrian Sea due to its small size. Therefore, you need to update your GPS before the journey to this beach. You may ask help from locals to find it, too; you should, however, dependent only on yourself. I also want to advice you that don’t go over there on weekends due to the expected large crowd in this period.

The Bowling Ball beach


California is famous for its beautiful beaches and related sports; however there is a beach that makes California more amazing destination for tourist.

The Bowling Ball beach is situated in Schooner Gulf near a small town Mendocino in California. As you can see in the image, there are uncountable number of ball-shaped rocks gathered together, which forms an incredible appearance in the beach.  The rocks appear like a battalion of army, which is ready to attack the rival. However, the mysterious part is that all the rocks are of almost uniform shape and size. Moreover, the space among the rocks is also almost uniform, though it is a work of nature not human.

These are the most incredible beaches in the world, which amazes us through their exceptionally beautiful appearance.  You should visit at least one of these place just to feel how complicated the nature is.

Apart from the above, there are also other beaches around the world having distinct appearance. Some of them are described below.

  • ·         Huiquan Bathing Beach, situated in Shandong Province, is the best bathing beach and also the most crowded beach in the world.
  • ·         Airport Beach is located in Scotland and famous due to the fact that a plane can easily land on the beach.
  • ·         Glass Beach is located in California and famous for the glass pieces spread all over it. 

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Top Five Weird Hotels in the World


You might have visited high profile five-star hotels; they are undoubtedly good, but they actually offer facilities of almost same standard. Businessmen build hotels just to make profits from it, and to do so they only concentrate on how to provide best comfort to their customers. However, there are some people or companies who think beyond the traditional phenomenon and build hotels that are unique, incredible and surprising.
Here, I am going to explain world’s most amazing and unique hotels in this list. 

Hotel made up of shipping containers

As China exports millions of shipping containers each year for being reused and recycled by others, a shipping company in there initiated an innovative way to reuse them.  The company constructed an incredible hotel using shipping containers.
The name of this amazing hotel is Xiang Pray House and it is located near the city of Changzhi. You will be amazed seeing that how the guidelines for a five-star hotel are implemented in this hotel. If you look the building from outside, it will look like a dull village made up of shipping containers; however if you go inside, you will find almost every facility for you comfort in it.   

The luxurious infrastructure of the hotel includes 21 cozy rooms decorated with traditional Chinese furniture, lights and more. The sizes of the rooms are 50 or 100 sq ft, and the ceiling is 8.5 ft off the ground; however, comfort is not comprised due to the small sized rooms. 

Hotel made by Access Cards

Holiday Inn, a well known hotel series in USA, has built a two ton heavy hotel with the help of a record holder card-stacker Brayen berg. Mr. Berg used 200,000 access cards collected from number of hotels to build this 400 sq ft hotel. He claims that this hotel is the most challenging thing he has ever made.
It took almost four months to construct this hotel and just from the opening day the hotel became centre of attraction for the people in Manhattan. It consists of one guestroom, one bathroom, and one lobby.  It would be unforgettable moment for you visiting this hotel as even towel, toilet and carpet are made by access cards.
The hotel is just a promotional showpiece of Holiday Inn Hotel chain; therefore don’t even think of staying over there. I have added this hotel in the list only to show you how creative a person could be. 

Hotel made of concrete pipes

As you can see in the above picture, this hotel is built using recycled concrete tubes. The man behind this innovative idea was Andreas Strauss who earlier constructed a hotel named ‘Das Park Hotel’ using the same principle. The challenge of implementing such a great idea was taken up by a company ‘T3arc’, which constructed the hotel cheaply, quickly and without sacrificing the natural beauty around the area.
The name of the hotel is Tubohotel, located less than an hour away from Mexico City. T3arc completed the work tremendously by adding large number of features to provide sufficient comfort in rooms of the hotel.
Three concrete tubes are placed over a wooden site in a pyramidal shape to build one structure of the hotel. Moreover, curtains are fitted in each room to providing some privacy, and a set of stairs is attached so as to access the top room of the pyramid. 

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