Renoir is an artist best known for his depictions of pretty children, flowers, pleasant scenes, and curvy women. His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life. Renoir was the first Impressionist to detach from the movement\’s ultramodern direction and his enthusiasm for painting was obvious to all who met him and observed his work. Biography: Name: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Short...

One of the nation’s most historic warships, the vessel is now the center of a fascinating and moving memorial park. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. She was decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the reserve duty. She was retired in 1962. Opening Hours: Open every day except Christmas Day 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (April-September) 8:00...

The Jaguar XJ has been updated for the 2014 model year. It looks as light as a sports coupe. The engine range carries over unchanged, but each engine is now mated to an eight-speed automatic with an available stop/start system which Jaguar says takes less time to restart the engine than it takes for the driver to move his or her right foot from brake to gas. The 2014 XJ, available later this year from...

A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner. One of the main events of your wedding day will be when you get to cut your wedding cake in front of all your friends and family. Your wedding cake will sit beautifully throughout your wedding reception and will be gazed upon by everyone as you cut that very first slice as husband and wife. The national average cost...

The Sony Handycam FDR-AX1 is the most-accessible 4K video camera yet. Ideal for anyone shooting home movies or short films on a tight budget that can’t afford multiple memory cards. It works by capturing video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Long GOP and audio in linear PCM, which all gets saved in an MP4 wrapper. The FDR-AX1 bears a striking resemblance to another Sony camcorder: the HDR-AX2000. Indeed,...

The images are taken to document the work of the new Mont Blanc cable car during this year. credit: Jean Pierre Blanc

The Guinness Book of Records has named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world. The pool is 1 km (0.62 mi) long, covering 8 ha (20 acres), containing some 250,000,000 litres of seawater, with a maximum depth of 35 m (115 ft). It uses water pumped, filtered, and treated from the Pacific Ocean. The pool was developed by Chilean company Crystal Lagoons, and opened in December...

The Royal Border Bridge was the last link in completing a continuous railway line running between London and Edinburgh. Designed by Robert Stephenson. It was opened in the mid 19th century by Queen Victoria. It is located in Berwick Upon Tweed England`s northernmost town which has passed between English and Scottish control over a dozen times Signs of ancient conflict. The North East of England is...

Sea Anemones are carnivores, many have a flower like appearance and vary in size, shape and color. The well-known sea anemones attach their stalked bodies to rocks, coral or other surfaces and wait for other creatures to simply blunder into them, leaving all the work to their sticky, stinging tentacles. The anemone can close off its top and digest its meal, then it spits out whatever is left over. credit:...

Italia in Miniatura is the Italian historical, architectural and cultural heritage theme park, which has blended fun and learning since 1970. The park displays 273 miniatures of famous Italian and European buildings in scale 1:25 and 1:50. The area is surrounded by Arcobaleno, a monorail. 10,000 plants and 5,000 miniature trees are integrated in the landscape. To fill the water basins 2,500 m3 of water...

The tallest coasters currently towers about 45 stories above the ground, while the fastest accelerates to 240 km/h in just under 5 seconds. Tubular steel coasters allow more looping, higher and steeper hills, greater drops and rolls, and faster speeds than wooden. Kingda Ka Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain Location: Valencia, California Designer: Intamin AG Class: Steel; Launched Shuttle Year of 1st...

With Halloween fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about costumes. Halloween allow presents kids their ideas so they can use creative imagination and dress up in a kids Halloween costume. Some of the character costumes that you will find here are from popular movies or professions. Check out these popular costume ideas for kids. credit: xubangwen

Bolivia is a beautiful, geographically diverse, multiethnic, and democratic country in the heart of South America. This landlocked country shares its borders with Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, Chile to the south west, and Peru to the west. Santa Cruz de la Sierra is the largest city of Bolivia. More than 60% of the population of Bolivia speaks Spanish, followed...

The Zoological Garden already makes clear through its main entrance, the Elephant Gate, which was built in 1899, that it is an unique place to see. First opened to the public in 1844, the Berlin Zoo was built upon a gift bestowed to the city by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. It is Germany’s oldest zoo with its collection of round 16.000 animals including a predator, a hippo and a nocturnal animal house...