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Kamis, 18 November 2010

Foods and Drinks : Cupcake

The first mention of the cupcake can be traced as far back as 1796, when a recipe notation of “a cake to be baked in small cups” was written in “American Cookery” by Amelia Simms. The earliest documentation of the term “cupcake” was in “Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats” in 1828 in Eliza Leslie's Receipts cookbook.
In the early 19th century, there were two different uses for the name "cup cake" or "cupcake". In previous centuries, before muffin tins were widely available, the cakes were often baked in individual pottery cups, ramekins, or molds and took their name from the cups they were baked in. This is the use of the name that has persisted, and the name of "cupcake" is now given to any small cake that is about the size of a teacup. The name "fairy cake" is a fanciful description of its size, which would be appropriate for a party of diminutive fairies to share.
The other kind of "cup cake" referred to a cake whose ingredients were measured by volume, using a standard-sized cup, instead of being weighed. Recipes whose ingredients were measured using a standard-sized cup could also be baked in cups; however, they were more commonly baked in tins as layers or loaves. In later years, when the use of volume measurements was firmly established in home kitchens, these recipes became known as 1234 cakes or quarter cakes, so called because they are made up of four ingredients: one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, and four eggs. They are plain yellow cakes, somewhat less rich and less expensive than pound cake, due to using about half as much butter and eggs compared to pound cake. The names of these two major classes of cakes were intended to signal the method to the baker; "cup cake" uses a volume measurement, and "pound cake" uses a weight measurement.
In the early 21st century, a trend for cupcake shops was reported in the United States, playing off of the sense of nostalgia evoked by the cakes. In 2010, television presenter Martha Stewart published a cook book dedicated to cupcakes.

Foods and Drinks : Cotton Candy

Cotton candy or candyfloss or fairy floss  is a form of spun sugar. Since it is mostly air, servings are large. Cotton candy is often served at fairgrounds or circuses. Food coloring is used to change the natural white color. A typical serving on a stick is at least one ounce and contains about 100 to 115 calories. It is sometimes sold in bags containing several servings.
A similar confectionery is the Persian Pashmak, and the Turkish Pişmaniye, although the latter is made with flour in addition to sugar.

Movies : Step Up 3D

Step Up 3D (also known as Step Up 3) is a 2010 American 3D dance film written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer and directed by Step Up 2: The Streets's Jon Chu. The sequel sees the return of Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner, who portrayed Moose from Step Up 2 the Streets and Camille Gage from Step Up, respectively.
As the third installment in the Step Up trilogy, and the first shot in 3D, the film follows Moose and Camille Gage as they head to New York University, the former of whom is majoring in electrical engineering after promising his mother that he would not dance anymore. However, he soon stumbles upon a dance battle, meeting Luke and his House of Pirates dance crew and later teaming up with them to compete in the World Jam dance contest against their rivals, the House of Samurai dance crew.
Step Up 3D premiered in Hollywood at the El Capitan Theater on August 2, 2010 and was subsequently released worldwide on August 6, 2010, through conventional 2D and 3D (in RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, and XpanD 3D) formats. It was also the second movie to feature the 7.1 surround sound audio format, the first of which was Toy Story 3. The film grossed $15.8 million in its opening weekend, the lowest of the trilogy, and has received positive reviews, with some praising its dance sequences and effective use of 3D, while others criticizing the repetitive story.
The film is on DVD on November 29th 2010 (Region 2) and December 21st 2010 on Region 1

Movies : Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 adalah sebuah film animasi produksi oleh Pixar yang ditayangkan pada tahun 2010 dalam bentuk Film 3D. Film ini merupakan sekuel dari seri film Toy Story dan merupakan sekuel terakhir yang akan dipublikasikan. Pada hari pertama peluncuran film ini, reaksinya sangat dahsyat. Film ini berhasil mengantongi $41 million hanya dari hari pertama pemutarannya saja, dan dalam tiga hari berhasil mendapatkan $109 million, menciptakan rekor baru untuk film animasi. Film ini gagal menyamai Toy Story dan Toy Story 2 di Rotten Tomatoes, dimana kedua film itu mendapatkan rating bersih 100%, film ini mendapatkan rating bersih 99%.

Animals : Panda

Panda Besar , Ailuropoda melanoleuca ("Kaki-kucing hitam-putih") atau diringkas Panda, adalah seekor mamalia yang biasanya diklasifikasikan ke dalam keluarga beruang, Ursidae, yang hewan asli Tiongkok tengah. Panda Besar tinggal di wilayah pegunungan, seperti Sichuan dan Tibet. Pada setengah abad ke-20 terakhir, panda menjadi semacam lambang negara Tiongkok, dan sekarang ditampilkan pada uang emas negara tersebut.
Nama China-nya berarti "kucing-beruang," dan juga bisa dibaca dibalik tanpa mengubah arti. Ia dinamai panda di Barat karena mirip dengan Panda Merah, dan dulunya dikenal sebagai Beruang Belang (Ailuropus melanoleucus).
Meskipun secara taksonomis ia adalah karnivora, makanannya seperti herbivora, sebagian besar tumbuh-tumbuhan, hampir hanya bambu saja. Secara teknis, seperti banyak hewan, panda adalah omnivora, karena diketahui mereka juga makan telur, dan juga serangga selain bambu. Kedua makanan ini adalah sumber protein yang diperlukan. Telinganya bergerak-gerak saat mereka mengunyah.
Panda Besar juga masih bersaudara dengan Panda Merah, tetapi mereka dinamai mirip sepertinya akrena kebiasaan mereka memakan bambu. Sebelum hubungannya dengan Panda Merah ditemukan pada tahun 1901, Panda Besar dikenal sebagai beruang berwarna dua.
Selama puluhan tahun, klasifikasi taksonomi panda yang tepat diperdebatkan karena baik Panda Besar maupun Panda Merah memiliki ciri-ciri seperti beruang dan rakun. Namun, pengujian genetika mengungkapkan bahwa Panda Besar adalah beruang sejati dan termasuk keluarga Ursidae. Saudara terdekatnya dalam keluarga beruang adalah Beruang Berkacamata di Amerika Selatan. Sekarang masih diperdebatkan apakah Panda Merah termasuk keluarga Ursidaea tau keluarga rakut, Procyonidae.
Panda Besar termasuk spesies terancam punah, terancam oleh kehilangan habitat dan tingkat kelahiran sangat rendah, baik di alam maupun di kandang. Sekitar 1.600 diyakini masih hidup di alam. Panda Besar adalah lambang World Wildlife Fund (WWF), organisasi pelestarian alam.
Panda Besar memiliki cakar yang ganjil, dengan "jempol" dan lima jari; "jempol" ini sebenarnya tulang-pergelangan tangan yang termodifikasi. Stephen Jay Gould menulis esai tentang topik ini, lalu menggunakan judul The Panda's Thumb untuk buku kumpulan esainya.
Panda Besar pertama kali dikenal di dunia Barat pada 1869 oleh misionaris Prancis Armand David (18261900). Panda Besar lama menjadi hewan favorit masyarakat, sebagian karena spesies ini lucu seperti bayi, mirip dengan boneka beruang hidup. Panda juga sering digambarkan sedang berbaring santai sambil makan bambu, bukan berburu, sehingga meningkatlah citranya sebagai hewan manis dan cinta damai.
Peminjaman panda besar ke kebun binatang Amerika Serikat dan Jepang merupakan bagian penting diplomasi Republik Rakyat Cina pada tahun 1970-an karena peminjaman ini menandai sebagian pertukaran budaya pertama antara Tiongkok dan dunia Barat.
Namun, pada tahun 1984, panda sudah tidak lagi digunakan sebagai alat diplomasi. Alih-alih, China mulai menawarkan panda kepada negara-negara lain untuk peminjaman hanya sepuluh tahun. Ketentuan peminjaman standar mencakup tarif hingga US$1.000.000 per tahun dan syarat bahwa anak yang lahir semasa peminjaman adalah milik Republik Rakyat China.
Pada 1998 akibat tuntutan hukum oleh WWF, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mengharuskan kebun binatang AS yang ingin mengimpor panda agar memastikan bahwa setengah tarif yang dipasang China disalurkan untuk upaya pelestarian panda liar dan habitatnya, barulah lembaga tersebut mau mengeluarkan izin pengimporan panda tersebut.

Roller Coasters : Floorless Coaster

A floorless roller coaster is a roller coaster with trains that ride above the track and allow the passenger's legs to dangle. It is a fairly new concept in roller coaster design brought forth by manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. The first ever floorless coaster debuted in 1999 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. The coaster, Medusa now named Bizarro starting the 2009 season, opened to great reviews and continues to earn its place on the Amusement Today Top 50 Steel Coasters list. Recently, B&M have incorporated floorless trains on their Diving Machine roller coasters, such as Griffon and SheiKra. Though they contain floorless trains, the coasters are still not considered floorless coasters. Maurer Söhne had designed their own version of the floorless coaster, a variant of their X-Car, but currently do not have any installations.

Roller Coasters : Bobsled Coaster

A Bobsled roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode. The name derives from the great similarity to the track design used for the Bobsleigh winter sport.
Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel, however the first bobsled coasters, known as Flying Turns were made of wood. As of 2007, there are no Flying Turns coasters in operation, however Knoebels in Pennsylvania is planning on opening the world's first modern flying turns coaster, Flying Turns. The ride was scheduled to open in 2007, but has been delayed due to dysfunctional wheels.
Both the Bobsled Coaster and the Flying Turns coaster are both buildable coasters in the Rollercoaster Tycoon and Thrillville series of Video Games.

Ashley Tisdale...

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (lahir di Monmouth County, New Jersey, Amerika Serikat, 2 Juli 1985; umur 25 tahun), adalah seorang pemeran, model dan penyanyi Amerika Serikat yang membintangi film High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Hellcats dan Aliens in the Attic. Ia mempunyai kakak yang juga seorang aktris bernama Jennifer Tisdale. Selama mengerjakan proyek-proyek film dan seri, ia terlibat dengan beberapa artis remaja, seperti: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Lucas Grabell, dan Brenda Song. Di High School Musical ia menyanyikan lagu-lagu, seperti:
  • Fabulous _ ft. Lucas
  • You are the music in me _ ft. Zac
  • Bop to the Top _ ft. Lucas
  • Humuhumunukuapua'a _ ft. Lucas, bonus track
  • All for One _ all cast
  • We're all in this together _ all cast
  • What time is it _ all cast
  • What I've Been Looking For_ft.Lucas
  • I Want it All_ft.Lucas
Selain itu, ia juga membuat albumnya sendiri, yaitu Headstrong, yang berisi lagu-lagu seperti We'll be Together, Be Good to Me, dan He Said She Said,Headstrong,dan Suddenly.
Albumnya yang terbaru adalah Guilty Pleasure, sedangkan album lainnya antara lain Ashley Tisdale Single.
Dalam album keduanya terdapat 15 lagu diantaranya, Guilty Pleasure, Switch, Crank It Up, dan It's Alright It's Ok.

Foods and Drinks : Coca Cola

Coca-Cola atau Coke adalah minuman bersoda kola yang dijual di berbagai restoran, toko, dan mesin pengecer di lebih dari 200 negara. Minuman ini diproduksi oleh The Coca-Cola Company. Coke adalah salah satu merek yang paling dikenal dan paling luas penjualannya. Saingan utamanya adalah Pepsi.
pengeluaran produk coco cola
Coca-Cola pertama kali diperkenalkan pada tanggal 8 Mei 1886 oleh John Styth Pemberton, seorang ahli farmasi dari Atlanta, Georgia, Amerika Serikat. Dialah yang pertama kali mencampur sirup karamel yang kemudian dikenal sebagai Coca-Cola. Frank M. Robinson, sahabat sekaligus akuntan John, menyarankan nama Coca-Cola karena berpendapat bahwa dua huruf C akan tampak menonjol untuk periklanan. Kemudian, ia menciptakan nama dengan huruf-huruf miring mengalir, Spencer, dan lahirlah logo paling terkenal di dunia.
Chandler piawai dalam menciptakan perhatian konsumen dengan cara membuat berbagai macam benda-benda cinderamata berlogo Coca-Cola. Benda-benda tersebut kemudian dibagi-bagi di lokasi-lokasi penjualan penting yang berkesinambungan. Gaya periklanan yang inovatif, seperti desain warna-warni untuk bus, lampu gantung hias dari kaca, serta serangkaian cinderamata seperti kipas, tanggalan dan jam dipakai untuk memasyarakatan nama Coca-Cola dan mendorong penjualan.
Upaya mengiklankan merek Coca-Cola ini pada mulanya tidak mendorong penggunaan kata Coke, bahkan konsumen dianjurkan untuk membeli Coca-Cola dengan kata-kata berikut: "Mintalah Coca-Cola sesuai namanya secara lengkap; nama sebutan hanya akan mendorong penggantian produk dengan kata lain". Tetapi konsumen tetap saja menghendaki Coke, dan akhirnya pada tahun 1941, perusahaan mengikuti selera popular pasar. Tahun itu juga, nama dagang Coke memperoleh pengakuan periklanan yang sama dengan Coca-Cola, dan pada tahun 1945, Coke resmi menjadi merek dagang terdaftar.

Fruits : Kiwi

Kiwi adalah sejenis buah beri dengan kelompok kultivar dari kayu pohon anggur Actinidia deliciosa dan hibrida antara ini dan spesies pada genus Actinidia. Actinidia asli berasal dari Shaanxi, Cina.
Buah kiwi yang normal berbentuk oval, kira-kira sebesar telur ayam (5–8 cm / 2–3 in dan diameter 4.5–5.5 cm / 1¾–2 ). Buah ini kaya serat, kulit berwarna hijau-kecokelatan dan daging buah berwarna hijau terang atau keemasan dengan biji kecil, hitam, dan bisa dimakan. Tekstur buah ini sangat halus dan rasanya yang unik, saat ini buah kiwi sudah ditanam di berbagai negara.
Buah ini awalnya bernama Gosberi Cina, buah ini dinamai kembali dengan alasan ekspor marketing di tahun 1950-an, menjadi melonette, kemudian kiwi. Nama buah ini berasal dari kiwi — burung yang tak bisa terbang dari Selandia Baru.

Rabu, 17 November 2010

Movies : Bolt

Seorang perempuan bernama Penny dan anjing peliharaannya, Bolt berperan dalam film "Bolt" di mana Bolt diceritakan dapat mengalahkan musuhnya, Dr. Calico. Karena Bolt hidup dalam dunia perfilman, ia percaya bahwa ia mempunyai kekuatan yang sangat hebat, dan dia tidak tahu bagaimana caranya untuk hidup seperti anjing normal. Setelah selesai memerankan salah satu episode, Bolt percaya bahwa Penny diculik, meninggalkan tempat tinggalnya di Hollywood. Namun, Bolt terpeleset dan masuk kedalam kotak berisi Styrofoam dan dibawa ke New York. Setibanya di New York, Bolt bertemu seekor kucing yang bernama Mittens. Bolt mengira Mittens adalah kaki-tangan Dr. Calico. Mereka pun memulai perjalanan mereka melintasi Amerika Serikat. Sedangkan di Hollywood, Penny sedih karena ditinggalkan oleh Bolt. Namun sutradara film itu mengganti Bolt dengan anjing yang mirip dengan Bolt.
Karena Bolt merasa lapar, maka Bolt mulai mencari makanan. Sesampainya mereka di sebuah perkemahan, mereka bertemu dengan Rhino (seekor hamster). Selanjutnya, ketiga ekor hewan itu meneruskan perjalanan mereka.
Mereka melanjutkan perjalanan menyusuri negara Amerika Serikat. Namun, Mittens ingin berhenti di Las Vegas, Nevada. Mittens memberitahu Bolt bahwa kehidupannya dan cintanya dengan Penny itu tidak benar, namun Bolt tetap ingin meneruskan perjalanannya. Mittens sedih, tapi Mittens masih mencari tempat berteduh untuk Bolt. Tapi, Bolt tidak mau dan melanjutkan perjalanannnya sendirian. Rhino membujuk Mittens untuk menyusul Bolt. Akhirnya, Bolt kembali ke studio di Hollywood. Namun, Bolt sedih karena anjing mirip Bolt ada didekat Penny. Namun, ketika berakting, anjing yang mirip Bolt takut menyebabkan kebakaran. Saat terjadi kebakaran, Bolt masuk ke dalam studio. Bolt bertemu kembali dengan Penny dan menyelamatkan Penny. Akhirnya, Penny tinggal bersama Bolt, Mittens dan Rhino.

The Beautiful Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift (lahir 13 Desember 1989; umur 20 tahun) adalah seorang penyanyi-penulis lagu bergenre musik Country dan aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Swift paling dikenal oleh media karena rambut curly emasnya dan mata kucingnya yang berwarna biru.
Dia merilis lagu pertamanya yang berjudul "Tim McGraw", dari album pertamanya yang juga berjudul Taylor Swift, yang telah menjadi multi-platinum dan disertifikasi 5x Platinum di US. Pada tanggal 11 November 2008, ia merilis album keduanya yang berjudul Fearless, yang penjualannya meroket, dan telah disertifikasi 7x Platinum dari RIAA. Fearless pun menduduki posisi pertama Billboard 200 untuk 11 minggu, adalah minggu terbanyak dibandingkan dengan album-album lainnya dekade ini. Fearless pun menjadi album dengan penjualan terbaik selama tahun 2009, dengan 3,2 juta kopi terjual pada tahun 2009. Album keduanya, Fearless, memenangkan penghargaan 2010 Grammy Awards untuk penghargaan tertingginya, Album of the Year. Swift menjadi pemenang Album of the Year dari Grammy Awards yang termuda, memenangkan penghargaan bergengsi tersebut pada umur 20 tahun, menggulingkan Alanis Morissette yang memenangkan Album of the Year untuk albumnya Jagged Little Pill pada umur 21 tahun.
Pada tahun 2008, kedua albumnya (Taylor Swift dan Fearless) telah terjual dengan kombinasi sebanyak lima juta kopi, dan merupakan tertinggi untuk seluruh artis pada tahun 2008 di US. Di Januari 2010, Nielsen Soundscan mengumumkan bahwa Swift adalah "Top-Selling Digital Music Artist in History" atau artis dengan penjualan musik digital terbesar, sebanyak 24,9 juta hanya dalam bentuk digital. . Sejauh ini, ia sudah menjual rekaman sebanyak 15 juta kopi diseluruh dunia. Ia telah membintangi sejumlah serial TV dan menjadi model beberapa video klip, serta menjadi cameo dibeberapa film. Ia memulai debut karier aktingnya difilm Valentine's Day dengan peran Felicia. Album ketiganya yang berjudul Speak Now, mendapatkan review yang sangat positif dari para kritikus dan terjual lebih dari satu juta kopi dalam minggu pertamanya, 1,047,000 kopi, menjadikan Speak Now album wanita dengan penjualan tertinggi sejak Britney Spears ditahun 2000 dengan album Oops!... I Did It Again dengan penjualan 1,320,000 kopi.

Technologies : SLR Camera

Kamera refleks lensa tunggal‎ adalah kamera yang menggunakan sistem jajaran lensa jalur tunggal untuk melewatkan berkas cahaya menuju ke dua tempat, yaitu Focal Plane dan Viewfinder, sehingga memungkinkan fotografer untuk dapat melihat objek melalui kamera yang sama persis seperti hasil fotonya. Hal ini berbeda dengan kamera non-SLR, dimana pandangan yang terlihat di viewfinder bisa jadi berbeda dengan apa yang ditangkap di film, karena kamera jenis ini menggunakan jajaran lensa ganda, 1 untuk melewatkan berkas cahaya ke Viewfinder, dan jajaran lensa yang lain untuk melewatkan berkas cahaya ke Focal Plane.
Kamera SLR menggunakan pentaprisma yang ditempatkan di atas jalur optikal melalui lensa ke lempengan film. Cahaya yang masuk kemudian dipantulkan ke atas oleh kaca cermin pantul dan mengenai pentaprisma. Pentaprisma kemudian memantulkan cahaya beberapa kali hingga mengenai jendela bidik. Saat tombol dilepaskan, kaca membuka jalan bagi cahaya sehingga cahaya dapat langsung mengenai film.

Lyrics : Somebody to Love (Justin Bieber)

Ohhhhh ohoooooo
For you i’d write a syphoney!
I’d tell the violin
It’s time to sink or swim
Watchn’ play for ya!

For you i’d be
Wohaaa
But in a thousand miles
just get you where you are
Step to the beat of my heart.
I don’t need a whole lot
But for you I need I
I’d rather give you the world
Or we can share mine!
I know that I won’t be the first one
given you all this attention
But Baby listen

I just need somebody to love
I-I
I don’t need too much
Just need Somebody to love.
(just need sombody to love)
I don’t need nothing else,
I promise girl I swear.
I just need somebody to love.

(I need somebody I-I need somebody
I need somebody I-I need somebody)

Everyday I bring the sun around,
I sleep away the clouds.
Smile for me (Smile for me)

I would take,
Every second,
Every single time
spend it like my last dime.
Step to the beat of my heart.

I don’t need a whole lot
But for you I need I
I’d rather give you the world
Or we can share mine!

I know I won’t be the first one,
Given you all this attention.
Baby listen!

I just need somebody to love
I-I
I don’t need too much
Just need Somebody to love.
(just need sombody to love)
I don’t need nothing else,
I promise girl I swear.
I just need somebody to love.

(Repeat 2)
I need somebody,
I-I need somebody,
I need somebody,
I-I need somebody.

(Somebody to loooove, somebody to looove.)

I just need somebody to love.

And you can have it all,
Anything you want.
I can bring you, give you,
The finer things yeah!

But what I really want,
I can’t find ’cause,
Money can’t find me
Somebody to love.

Ohhhhh Whoaaaa
Find me somebody to love oohhh.

I need somebody to love,
I-I don’t need too much
Just somebody to love.
Somebody to love.
I don’t need nothing else,
I promise girl I swear,
I just need somebody to love.

I need somebody,
I-I need somebody,
I need somebody,
I-I need somebody.
somebody to love
I need somebody,
I-I need somebody,
I need somebody,
(I swear I just need somebody to love)
I-I need somebody.

Oh Oh.

I just need somebody to love.

Lyrics : Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

I want your ugly
I want your disease
I want your everything
As long as it’s free
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)

I want your drama
The touch of your hand
I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)

You know that I want you
And you know that I need you
I want it bad, your bad romance

I want your love and
I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
(Oh-oh-oh--oh-oh!)
I want your love and
All your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

I want your horror
I want your design
‘Cause you’re a criminal
As long as your mine
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love-uuhh)

I want your psycho
Your vertigo stick
Want you in my rear window
Baby you're sick
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)

You know that I want you
('Cause I'm a free bitch baby!)
And you know that I need you
I want it bad, bad romance

I want your love and
I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!)
I want your love and
All your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
I'm a freak bitch, baby

I want your love and
I want your revenge
I want your love
I don’t wanna be friends

Je veux ton amour
Et je veux ta revanche
J'veux ton amour
I don’t wanna be friends
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
I don’t wanna be friends
(Caught in a bad romance)
I don’t wanna be friends
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Want your bad romance
(Caught in a bad romance)
Want your bad romance!

I want your love and
I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
I want your love and
All your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Want your bad romance
(Caught in a bad romance)
Want your bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Want your bad romance
(Caught in a bad romance)

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Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Movies : High School Musical

High School Musical adalah sebuah film drama musikal, yang sangat melejit di Amerika, Produksi DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) 20 Januari 2006. High School Musical juga dibintangi oleh bintang-bintang remaja amerika, diantaranya Vanessa Anne Hudgens,Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman, dan Corbin Bleu.
Berawal dari adanya seorang murid pindahan bernama Gabriella Montez, terjadilah berbagai suka dan duka yang muncul di sekolahnya, Gabriella adalah seorang siswa teladan yang suka bernyanyi. Dimulai dengan adanya "New Year Eve", Gabriella mulai menemukan cintanya, Troy Bolton, menyukai Gabriella, karena pada saat itu secara tidak sengaja mereka terpilih menjadi pasangan untuk bernyanyi di pesta itu.
Tidak lama kemudian, mereka sudah mulai menjalin hubungan "spesial", namun selalu saja ada penghalangnya, karena seorang wanita yang dianggap cerewet, dan menyebalkan di sekolah mengganggu hubungan mereka. Sharpay Evans sangat membenci Gabriella, oleh karena itu Sharpday dengan segala cara menggagalkan hubungan mereka berdua. Selain itu, Sharpay juga memiliki adik yang bernama Ryan Evans.

Foods and Drinks : Sushi

Sushi is a Japanese dish consisting of cooked vinegared rice which is commonly topped with other ingredients, such as fish or other seafood, or put into rolls. Sliced raw fish by itself is called sashimi, as distinct from sushi. Sushi that is served rolled inside or around dried and pressed sheets of seaweed (or nori) is makizushi . Toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu is inarizushi. A bowl of sushi rice with toppings scattered over it is called chirashi-zushi

Jumat, 12 November 2010

Roller Coasters : Stand up Coaster

The first stand-up roller coasters in the world were actually built as standard roller coasters. Japanese manufacturer TOGO built Momonga Standing & Loop Coaster in 1979 for Yomiuri Land in Tokyo, Japan. Three years later, TOGO built Dangai at the former Thrill Valley amusement park in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan. Both rides added stand-up trains in 1982, with Dangai opening one day before Momonga Standing & Loop Coaster.
The first stand-up roller coaster in the United States was, like the Japanese roller coasters before it, a modified attraction. Arrow Dynamics built one of its signature corkscrew roller coasters, named Screamroller, at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri in 1976. In 1983, Arrow designed a stand-up train for the attraction, which was subsequently renamed Extremeroller (also known as EXT). However, the track and structure were never designed for stand-up trains, and the original sit-down trains were reinstalled in 1984, remaining in place until the attraction was removed in 1988.
The 1984 season saw two stand-up roller coasters open in the United States. One was, like Extremeroller, yet another retrofit. The River King Mine Train was an Arrow-built roller coaster that opened with its park, Six Flags St. Louis, in 1971. Stand-up trains were added for 1984, and the attraction's name was changed to Rail Blazer. However, like Extremeroller the season before, the track wasn't intended to use stand-up trains and, prior to the start of the 1985 season, the original trains and name were restored. Also in 1984, 350 miles east of Six Flags St. Louis, Kings Island at Mason, Ohio opened the TOGO-designed King Cobra as the world's first purpose-built stand-up roller coaster. The attraction operated from 1984 to 2001.
The last new stand-up roller coaster to be constructed was Georgia Scorcher at Six Flags Over Georgia in 1999. In 2005, Batman: The Escape at the now-defunct Six Flags Astroworld was disassembled and placed in storage at Darien Lake.

Roller Coasters : Wooden Coaster

A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design. Due to the limits of wood, wooden roller coasters in general do not have inversions (when the coaster goes upside down), steep drops, or extremely banked turns (overbanked turns). However, there are exceptions; Son of Beast at Kings Island has a 214-foot-high (65 m) drop and originally had a 90-foot-tall (27 m) loop until the end of the 2006 season, although the loop had metal supports. Other special cases are Hades at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, featuring a double-track tunnel and a 90-degree banked turn, The Voyage at Holiday World (an example of a wooden roller coaster with a steel structure for supports) featuring three separate 90-degree banked turns, Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer Park which has a 90-degree banked turn, and T Express at Everland in South Korea with a 77-degree drop.

Fruits : Blueberry

Blueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium (a genus which also includes cranberries and bilberries) with dark-purple berries and is a perennial. Species in the section Cyanococcus are the most common fruits sold as "blueberries" and are mainly native to North America.[1] They are usually erect but sometimes prostrate shrubs varying in size from 10 centimetres (3.9 in) to 4 metres (160 in) tall. In commercial blueberry production, smaller species are known as "lowbush blueberries" (synonymous with "wild") and the larger species, are known as "highbush blueberries". The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen, ovate to lanceolate, and 1–8 centimetres (0.39–3.1 in) long and 0.5–3.5 centimetres (0.20–1.4 in) broad. The flowers are bell-shaped, white, pale pink or red, sometimes tinged greenish.
The fruit is a berry 5–16 millimetres (0.20–0.63 in) diameter with a flared crown at the end; they are pale greenish at first, then reddish-purple, and finally indigo when ripe. They have a sweet taste when mature, with variable acidity. Blueberry bushes typically bear fruit in the middle of the growing season: fruiting times are affected by local conditions such as altitude and latitude, so the height of the crop can vary from May to August depending upon these conditions.

The Queen of Pop

Madonna Louise Ciccone (lahir di Bay City, Michigan, Amerika Serikat, 16 Agustus 1958; umur 52 tahun) adalah seorang penyanyi, penulis lagu, penari, produser, aktris, penulis buku dan pengusaha berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Ia merupakan salah satu ikon terbesar dalam sejarah musik populer dunia dan dijuluki sebagai “Ratu Pop”. Menurut Guinness World Records, ia merupakan artis rekaman wanita tersukses sepanjang masa. Sejak memulai debutnya di industri musik tahun 1982, Madonna telah meraih kesuksesan besar di seluruh dunia dan terus eksis hingga beberapa generasi. Musik dan penampilan Madonna bahkan telah mempengaruhi banyak penyanyi di seluruh dunia.
Madonna dibesarkan di Rochester Hills, sebelum akhirnya pindah ke Kota New York pada tahun 1977 untuk mengejar kariernya. Hingga saat ini, Madonna telah berhasil menjual lebih dari 300 juta album dan singel di seluruh dunia. Ia dinobatkan oleh Recording Industry Association of America sebagai artis rock wanita terlaris di abad 20 dan artis wanita terlaris kedua di Amerika Serikat.Menurut daftar "The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists", Madonna merupakan artis solo tersukses di tangga lagu Amerika Serikat dengan 12 singel nomor-satu dan singel top 10 terbanyak dari artis manapun.
Madonna juga dikenal sangat kontroversial karena mencampurkan tema seksual, agama dan politik ke dalam karya-karyanya. Selain bernyanyi, Madonna kemudian juga terjun ke dunia akting. Sayangnya, karier akting Madonna tidak segemilang kariernya di dunia musik. Filmnya yang paling sukses adalah Evita di tahun 1996, yang menghantarkannya meraih penghargaan Golden Globe Awards sebagai Aktris Terbaik. Selain itu, Madonna juga dikenal sebagai penulis yang telah melahirkan banyak buku.
Madonna merupakan penyanyi berpenghasilan tertinggi di seluruh dunia.Setiap tur konser yang digelarnya nyaris selalu sukses dan sold-out, bahkan turnya di tahun 2008, "Sticky & Sweet Tour", merupakan tur artis solo terlaris sepanjang sejarah.Sepanjang perjalanan kariernya, Madonna telah memenangkan banyak penghargaan, termasuk 9 penghargaan Grammy. Nama Madonna juga telah diabadikan di Rock and Roll Hall of Fame atas kontribusinya pada dunia musik.

Movies : Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. The film centers on the fictional Isla Nublar (Incorrect spanish meant for "Cloudy Island", it would be "Isla Nublada" properly), in Costa Rica, where billionaire philanthropist John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and a team of genetic scientists from his company have created an amusement park of cloned dinosaurs.
Before Crichton's book was even published studios such as Warner Bros., Columbia TriStar, 20th Century Fox, and Universal had already began bidding to acquire the picture rights. Spielberg, with the backing of Universal Studios, acquired the rights to the novel before its publication in 1990, and Crichton himself was hired by Universal Studios for an additional $500,000 to adapt the novel into a proper screenplay.David Koepp wrote the final draft, which left out much of the novel's exposition and violence, and made numerous changes to the characters.
Jurassic Park is regarded as a landmark in the use of computer-generated imagery, and received positive reviews from critics, who praised the effects, though reactions to other elements of the picture, such as character development, were mixed. During its release, the film grossed more than $914 million worldwide, becoming the most successful film released up to that time (surpassing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and surpassed 4 years later by Titanic), and it is currently the 15th highest grossing feature film (taking inflation into account, it is the 18th-highest-grossing film in North America). It is the most financially successful film for NBC Universal and Steven Spielberg.

Animals : Anaconda

Anacondas are large, nonvenomous boas of the genus Eunectes. They are found in tropical South America.
The most familiar species is the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, notable for being one of the world's largest snakes. Green anacondas can grow to more than 5.21 m (17 ft) in length and weighing 97.5 kg (215 lb). They are found east of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and on the island of Trinidad.
Other anacondas are the yellow anaconda, Eunectes notaeus, a smaller species found in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, the dark-spotted anaconda, Eunectes deschauenseei, a rare species found in northeastern Brazil, coastal French Guiana and Guyana; and the Bolivian anaconda, Eunectes beniensis, discovered in 2002 in the flood plains of Bolivia's Pando province. It was the first new anaconda species identified since 1936, and became only the fourth known type of that reptile, according to the WWF.
All four species are aquatic snakes that prey on other aquatic animals, including fish, river fowl, caiman, and capybaras. Some accounts exist of anacondas preying on domestic animals such as goats and ponies that venture too close to the water.
While encounters between people and anacondas may be dangerous, they do not regularly hunt humans. Nevertheless, threat from anacondas is a familiar trope in comics, movies and adventure stories set in the Amazon jungle. Anacondas have also figured prominently in South American folklore, where they are sometimes depicted as shapeshifting mythical creatures called encantados. Local communities and some European explorers have given accounts of giant anacondas, legendary snakes of much greater proportion than any confirmed specimen.
Applied loosely, the term "anaconda" may also refer to any large snake that "crushes" its prey by constricting.

Technologies : Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. ( previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools and its iOS Mobile Operating System. As of August 2010, the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries, and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.
Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc., for its first 30 years, but removed the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007, to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. As of September 25, 2010, Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees worldwide and had worldwide annual sales of $42.91 billion in its fiscal year ending September 26, 2009.
For reasons as various as its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design to its distinctive advertising campaigns, Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. This includes a customer base that is devoted to the company and its brand, particularly in the United States. Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008, and in the world in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The company has also received widespread criticism for its contractors' labor, environmental, and business practices.