Kennedy's Kalorama Home

The late Sen.Ted Kennedy's grand home in the Kalorama area of Washington. DC has recently sold for $6.5 million to the Republic of Gabon.  The structure is classic Greek Revival and sits on a well groomed tree line street. I would have loved to tour this property but with the listing price of $8 million I didn't quite meet the requirement to "show financial ability" to get a look. Can't you imagine the political discussions that must have taken place in the senator's library? With more than 8,900 square feet, six bedrooms, an indoor pool, two balconies, five fireplaces and beautiful gardens this house is nothing short of elegant...a grand house for entertaining and large family gatherings. I understand the Republic of Gabon will use it for it's official ambassador's residence.

 Greek Revival exterior

Elegant and traditional living room

Stately dining room

What fireside chat's took place in the senator's cozy library?
Sun room

Sun room with walk our to terrace

Classic neutral bedroom

Balcony overlooking the garden

Floorplan

Grandest stadium in the World

1. International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Jepang

In 2002 made ​​history as the World Cup, first held in Asia, and organized by the two Asian countries as well. The stadium was built at a cost of Yen 60 mylar is able to accommodate 70,000 spectators. The specialty of the stadium is covered by green grass Japanese experience, which is maintained specifically. The stadium has a network of hot water pipes are planted beneath it, the roof can be opened and closed, two giant screens, 824 lights and is equipped tool to reduce shadows.

 2. Azadi, Teheran, Iran

From the name, you might think Iran is not an ideal place for honeymooners, but this country has many beautiful places, including a stadium that can accommodate 100,000 spectators. The stadium had been used for 1974 Asian Games

3. Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italia

Italy had twice host the World Cup. First, in 1934, the World Cup was held at the Stadio Del PFN, and the second, namely the 1990 World Cup final in this stadium. The stadium was also witness to the history of the failure of teams AS Roma won prestige through finalti against Liverpool in 1984. In June 2001, millions of billions of dollars injected to renovate the stadium.

4. San Siro, Milan, Italia

In Italy, people can not separate the San Siro from football. Home teams Inter Milan and AC Milan, is one of the few places in Italy for sports. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000 seats with an incredible arrangement of beautiful light. There are VIP lounges and bars local fans.

 5. Maracana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Everyone seems menyuaki Brazilian football. No wonder when the local parliament to make the stadium with a capacity of 125,000 seats this. unfortunately, the place and even then still seems to be expanded. The stadium is purposely built for the purpose of this 1950 World Cup, to accommodate 200,000 fans overwhelmed the two teams that competed at the 1950 World Cup there. This historic stadium to spend U.S. $ 40 million for renovation costs.

6. Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco

The stadium question is a new version of the Louis II Stadium, which was built in 1937. The stadium is a stadium relocation itersebut, and inaugurated in 1985. The stadium which has a distinctive architecture of this Monaco, has a seating capacity for 200,000 people, and is one of the most comfortable stadium in Europe.

7. Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spanyol

Real Madrid is one of the oldest football teams in Europe. Although already established since 1902, but Real Madrid have not had a "cage" itself until finally born Chamartin Stadium 1924. Unfortunately, Chamartin destroyed during the Spanish civil war, and the local government then set up the Santiago Bernabeu on the land in 1947. The stadium is a place to hold the 1982 World Cup finals. Now, the stadium is being modified and the expected completion in 2005. Renovations carried out on a large scale, but will not reduce the uniqueness and history that have been made.

8.Gelora Bung Karno,Jakarta,indonesia

Bung Karno Main Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia Bung Karno Sports Arena. The stadium is commonly used as an arena football game at the international level. The stadium is named in honor of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president, who is also a figure who sparked the idea of ​​the construction of this sports complex. In order to de-Soekarnoisasi, the New Order era, the name was changed to the stadium that is part of the Stadium Utama Senayan sports complex. After the passing wave of reform in 1998, the name of the stadium was restored to its original name through a Presidential Decree. 7 / 2001.
With a capacity of about 100,000 people, the stadium that was built in the mid-1958 and its first phase completion in the third quarter of 1962 is one of the largest in the world. Asia Cup 2007, made ​​renovations to the stadium to reduce the stadium capacity to 88,083 spectators.
Its construction was funded with soft loans from the Soviet Union was 12.5 million U.S. dollars a certainty obtained on December 23, 1958. And of course with substantial funds that it makes this sport galanggang as the largest football stadium in Indonesia.Hingga today, Bung Karno stadium is the only truly international standard in Indonesia.

Red in Bed

I've heard it said never use red in the bedroom if you want to get a good night's sleep.  Red is an 

energy color. It stimulates.  I have no problem with a red bedroom. Whether in fashion or in decorating I always say, there's a red for everyone. Just choose the right red... with the correct undertones. In my book these bedrooms rock! Which room would you want to spend time in? 

Who said you shouldn't paint a bedroom red.  SW6313 by Sherwin Williams is perfect for a masculine feel good bedroom..  

image:HGTV

A red and green color pallet shouldn't be reserved for the Christmas season. The charcoal gray walls add depth.

Beautiful coral red adds a  feminine  touch to this bedroom.

Great tomato red room in a small space.

Red gauze and back lighting bring the drama... this red is spicey

Art on foot

To take a truly informed science-art-nature walk on the Stanford campus, it's nice to have a museum docent, an earth-sciences dean, a curator and a bunch of professors with you.

A second self-guided tour of the university's many plants, animals and outdoor art has been turned into a podcast and is now available at birds.stanford.edu. With earbuds in their ears and walking shoes on their feet, visitors can follow their iPods to salamander tunnels and serpentine soil, the New Guinea Sculpture Garden and the Kennedy Grove, while learning about butterfly conservation, biomimicry and engineering.

They'll hear the voices of biologists Paul Ehrlich and Donald Kennedy (who is also a former Stanford president), earth-sciences dean Pam Matson, artist Darryl Wheye, Cantor Arts Center curator Patience Young and others. The hosts will guide visitors through a walking loop while pointing out spots and features of interest.

I followed the first tour last year and was particularly taken with the falcon and luna-moth sculptures it showed me. I also liked the pretty citrus grove filled with lime, lemon, orange and kumquat trees. A leisurely way to spend an afternoon.

Pictured: A stone sculpture from the New Guinea Sculpture Garden at Stanford University. Photo from the garden's website at stanford.edu/~mjpeters/png/.

Amazing Fountain in the World

1.Fountains of Bellagio (Las Vegas): Performance Choreography Water

Fountains of Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas (USA) is a large fountain with performances involving light and music. This show can be seen from a number of specific points on the Strip, from the street and from neighboring buildings. Show the water is carried out every 30 minutes in the afternoon and early evening, and every 15 minutes from 8 AM until the early hours. The Fountains is built on an artificial lake covering nine acres. Movement of water is set to follow a variety of music; Examples include "Fly Me To The Moon" (Frank Sinatra), "Time to Say Goodbye" (Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli) and "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion).
According to the urban myth of the lake is filled with dirty water from the hotel, while using fresh water, which was drilled decades prior to irrigate a golf course that previously occupied the land. In fact, these fountains use less water than the golf course. They use a network of underground pipes with more than 1,200 hoses that make it possible to perform a fountain along with 4,500 lights. It is estimated that the lake fountain takes U.S. $ 50 million to make.
2.Fountain of Wealth (Singapura): World's Largest Water Fountain.
Fountain of Wealth is located underground in the largest shopping mall in Singapore's Suntec City and is famous because it is the world's largest fountain. The symbol of wealth and life, its design is based on the Hindu mandala, and is a symbolic representation of spiritual unity, unity and harmony among the four races in Singapore. Made of bronze, and consists of a circle with a length of 66 meters which is assisted by four large pillars. Occupies an area of ​​1683 meters (5521 ft), with a height of 13.8m (45.2 ft). The fountain reaches a height of 30 meters.
3.Magic Fountain of Montjuic (Barcelona)
Magic Fountain of Montjuic is a spectacular game of color, light, movement, music and water acrobatics in Barcelona. Placa d'Espanya is located in and the National Palau, this magic fountain attracts thousands of tourists every night. Built by designer Carles Buigas 1929 for the Great Universal Exhibition, nearly 3000 workers are involved in this project for less than one year.
4.Volcano Fountain (Abu Dhabi)
 
Sadly, the 2004 Volcano Mountain - once a famous landmark of Abu Dhabi and one of the most beautiful fountain in the world - torn down to make room for housing development. 80-foot-high fountain was built to resemble a pyramid circle, with the rungs of the four sides of the fountain up the six platforms to the top. In the afternoon, the fountain was turned into perunjukan with colored light while the water flows downward.
5.Big Wild Goose Pagoda Fountains (Xian)
Built in 652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is an ancient building protected and sacred place for Buddhists. Located on the southern outskirts of Xi'an City (China), this place is home to the largest musical fountain in Asia, with the light of the world's longest line.
6.People’s Friendship Fountain (Moskow)
 
People's Friendship Fountain (also known as the Friendship of Nations) in Moscow has 16 sculptures that wear their national costumes, representing the Republic of the Soviet Union. The fountain is complemented by a pool octahedral red granite with a surface area meterp ersegi 4000. This fountain is run by an eight-pump system that can fire 1,200 liters of water from 800 jets to reach the height of 24 meters per second.
7.Trevi Fountain (Roma)
 
Standing as high as 25.9 meters (85 feet) wide and 19.8 meters (65 feet), Trevi Fountain (Fontana Trevi) has one of the most beautiful sculptures in Italy: Neptune or Oceanus in the middle and two triton, one trying to tame a horse symbolizes the cruel sea, and the other one blew the sea shells that symbolizes peace. Ordered in 1732 by Clement XII and thirty years later his successor Clement XIII sanctified.Trevi became famous for his scenes in the movie "La Dolce Vita" made Fellini, Anita Ekberg bathed when late at night in this fountain. There is also a legend that says if you throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain, you will return to Rome.
8.Oval Fountain (Tivoli)
Fontana dell'Ovato (Oval Fountain), also called Fontana, Tivoli, located at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy. This fountain empties into the pond and then into the egg-shaped pool that is made in nymphaeum rusty. The design is created by Pirro Ligorio. The entire Villa is set as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.
9.Peterhof Fountain (Saint Petersburg)
Peterhof is a luxurious residence and beautiful Empire, founded in 1710 by Peter the Great on the banks of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea). Combining several palaces, a number of landscape gardens and a collection of statues and fountains, giving him the title "Russian Versailles him". Grand Cascade flows from beneath the palace towards the Baltic Sea and is one of a series of world's largest fountain. From the Grand Cascade's largest fountain, filled with golden statues of Samson fighting a lion, a canal runs through the park to the pier, where the Hydrofoil and ships of the St. Petersburg dock.
10.King Fahd’s Fountain (Jeddah)
Located in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, King Fahd's Fountain is famous for is the world's tallest fountain, fire-water to a height of 1023 ft (312m) - higher than the Eiffel Tower when the antennae are eliminated. Using three giant pumps that can shoot 625 liters of water per second at an incredible speed of 233 mph (375 km / h). When traveling to Jeddah, do not forget to visit this fountain, incredible.

Animals With World's Strangest Home

1. Hatchetfish
 
Fish body occupant of this gap is very small (the largest species known only measuring 12 cm), and harmless, but his face like a nightmare.
Hatchetfish is proof that we do not have sharp teeth or eyes glowing red to be spooky. This fish is found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world, creatures that eat the smaller the gap, such as copepods (a type of crustaceans).


2. Axolotl
 
Species that exist only in Lake Xochimilco, Meksisko, axolotl (means "water monster" in Nahuatl, the Aztec language) is actually a type of salamander. Apart from a funny face, they also have red hair which is a unique gills resembling feathers. This salamander species usually preserves the ability of his body throughout his life (also called neotheny). Unfortunately, these rare amphibians threatened with extinction because of pollution and hunted in some parts of Mexico to eat.


3.Aye Aye

You could say the appearance palinganeh primates (humans do not count of course), aye aye got big ears like a bat, the eyes are yellow and look a lot like gremlins (a comedy horror film in America). These animals actually became the inspiration for the monster-like Gremlin in the movie series Primeval, which recounted his descendants to haunt a house aye kosong.Aye found in Madagascar and is endangered because of habitat destruction and killed because the people in the country is not like the creature because it is considered bad luck.

4.Tikus Tanah Hidung Bintang
 
These rats were given the name because the shape of star nose of meat on his nose, covered with sensory receptors that enhance the ability of touch, because this animal is actually very bad vision. Star nose mole is recorded is the swimmers and divers as well as a great digger. Like other moles, this animal eat earthworms, grubs and anything slimy in the soil. Found in Canada and the northern United States of America.

World's most unique car

1. Most flat cars in the World
Flat car nuts will be included Guinness Book as the best vehicle aka flat flat world.
How flat? This car is only 19 inches tall. Edannya, creator Perry Watkins jet turbine engine installed in his car's ass. Whether the car is legal or not worn on the streets.

2. Colim: Caravans The Compotable

The vehicle is designed by Susana Christian crosses that are the result of a car and caravan for camping. The facade can be stripped-off, if it were not for camping, dams into a passenger car with two seats. Perhaps the strange appearance, but its flexibility is admirable.

3.World's Longest Limousines

This limo total length of 30 meters. Got 26 tires, room for many passengers, heated jacuzzi, sun bathing deck, a few beds and a ... helipad!

4.Dream Car 123: Pyramid Electric Cars

Dream Car 123 is a vehicle weighing 8000 pounds is shaped like a pyramid, built like a tank and if the night bathed in light from the neon colors. The coolest because the vehicle is powered by electricity. Need charging for 3.5 hours prior to use and able to roam as far as 240 miles at speeds of up to 40 mph (miles per hour). The inventor Greg Zanis, also designed a solar-powered towers and wind power to download chargeulang this strange car.

5. Peel 50: World's Smallest Car

Three-wheeled car broke records as the smallest car in the world to be produced and ready to weave in a traffic jam on the streets of Britain.

6. LEGO F1: Ferrari Racing Car

Consists of the 80,000 who arranged lego, lego car this is the largest and closest to its original size. Lego car was made with a 1:1 scale based on the Ferrari F2008 car that seemed to be driven. Created in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in the annual 'Lego World'.

7. Evolution: The car is very economical

Different from economy cars in general, the concept is rather like a hybird car, but the weight just 450 kg. Its speed reaches 160 km / h with a 2 cylinder turbo diesel engine. The door is unique because it is not located on the sides but instead uses a wing at the front door.

8. Mattrack Trucks: Car Skiing

This truck is actually an ordinary truck wheels replaced with belts mattrack. The manufacturer - Mattrack - seems capable of making this kind jendaraan of all 4x4 vehicles - from ATVs to trucks weighing 20 tons. Belts that make truck Mattrack short walk almost anywhere except on snow yag too thick or deep. In deep snow, belts longer needed. Short belt that can also be used when crossing glaciers (river snow) are short, whereas for the glaciers that used a belt width of a length.

9. Thrust SSC: Speeding Up to 750 Miles/Hour

Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car) is powered by two Rolls-Royce turbojet engine 205. Workers who sprayed the equivalent of 145 cars Formula One (F1). It weighs 10 tons and had recorded a maximum speed of 766 miles per hour at Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA in October 1997.

10. Bigfoot 5: Monster Trucks in the World's largest

Monster truck Bigfoot 5 is the largest and heaviest in the world. The body of the Ford F250 pickup 1996 with 460 cu inch V8 engine sabagai power source. Bigfoot weighs 28,000 pounds and height of 15 feet 6 inches. Giant wheels from vehicles cruising in Alaska in the American army in the 50s.