The Movie : The Incredible Hulk

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The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk, which was released on June 13, 2008. It is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner / the Hulk, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, William Hurt as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross and Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky. The film follows Banner as he flees the pursuit of General Ross while attempting to find a cure to rid himself of the Hulk. When Blonsky personally volunteers to be injected with Banner's gamma formula to aid Ross in his capture, he becomes an even greater monster, and Banner must accept his inner beast to defeat Blonsky.

After the 2003 film Hulk, Marvel Studios reacquired the rights to the character, and writer Zak Penn began work on a loose sequel that would be much closer to the comics and the television series. Norton rewrote the script after he signed on to star, severing all ties to its predecessor by retelling the origin story in flashbacks and revelations, thereby establishing the film as a reboot. Leterrier's direction aimed to make the monsters look more realistic and frightening. He redesigned Blonsky's monstrous gamma-irradiated form — called the Abomination in the comics — from a reptilian humanoid into a mutated man with bony protrusions. Filming mostly took place in Toronto, Canada in 2007, where the production attempted to be environmentally friendly.

Bamboo (Bambu)

[English]
Why I talking about bamboo which is just a plant without flowers and fruits? In the ‘bamboo’ we’ll found a good attitude where we can follows. Yes… bamboo growth in a group, high, without flowers and fruits. But Bamboo has calm attitude and ‘heavy’ also growth straight and not unstraight.

Bamboo are calm, not swing of branches except by wind, but noisy only and then calm again. Bamboo always self confident, no need aplausing or praising or reproach where can make bamboo nervous, panic or going anywhere.. Bamboo still calm cause its root is strenght. This is important, because its root is strength. Bamboo also still growth straight and not unstraight. Try to unstraight bamboo ? never. Bamboo didn’t influence by everyone if everyone will change it.

Are we could be bamboo’s attitude which is no need to apalusing or praising and if we get reproaching we still calm and have self confident because the root is strength. And still growth high straight and not unstraight cause influence from outside. Hope…

[Bahasa]
Mengapa saya menceritakan bambu yang notabene merupakan tanaman yang tak berbunga dan tak berbuah ? di dalam tanaman bambu terdapat nilai – nilai moral yang dapat kita jadikan teladan. Ya….bambu tumbuh secara berkelompok, menjulang tinggi, tanpa bunga dan buah. Tapi bambu mempunyai sifat yang tenang dan berbobot serta tumbuhnya lurus, tidak ada yang bengkok.

Bambu cenderung tenang, tidak bergoyang kesana- sini, kecuali kalo ada angin, itupun hanya berbisik-bisik sesama bambu saja kemudian tenang kembali. Bambu selalu percaya diri. Bambu tidak butuh pujian-pujian atau celaan-celaan yang akan membuat bambu kurang percaya diri, panik atau kesana kemari. Bambu tetap tenang karena akarnya kuat. Ini yang terpenting, akarnya kuat. Bambu juga tetap tumbuh lurus tidak bengkok. Coba bengkokkan bambu ? tidak akan bisa. Bambu tidak terpengaruh oleh siapapun jika ada yang akan mempengaruhi dari luar.

Apakah kita bisa seperti sifat bambu yang tidak butuh pujian dan jika dicela kita tetap tenang dan percaya diri karena akar atau dasar kita kuat. Dan tetap tumbuh lurus menjulang tinggi dan tidak ada yang bengkok akibat pengaruh dari luar……
Semoga......

Water Power

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Energy in water (in the form of motive energy or temperature differences) can be harnessed and used. Since water is about a thousand times denser than air, even a slow flowing stream of water, or moderate sea swell, can yield considerable amounts of energy.

The reservoir created for hydroelectric dams may initially produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane from rotting vegetation. Once this vegetation is gone, no additional greenhouse gases are produced. In some cases they may produce more of these greenhouse gases than power plants running on fossil fuels. They also affect water quality, creating large amounts of stagnant water without oxygen in the reservoir, and excessive air bubbles in the water downstream from the dam, both of which impact aquatic life. Failures of large dams, while rare, are potentially. Though the dams can be built stronger, at greater cost, they are still prone to sabotage and terrorism. Smaller dams and micro hydro facilities are less vulnerable to these threats. Wave and tidal stream power demonstration projects exist, but large scale development requires additional capital.

Wayang Kulit : A highlight of Javanese culture

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Wayang is a Javanese word meaning "shadow" or "ghost", kulit means "leather", and added together "shadow from leather". The wayang kulit is the flat one and it is made with buffalo leather. They are maipulated behind a white screen with a back light, so the attendance can see them as shadow puppets. Wayang Kulit in Central Java is probably one of the oldest continuous traditions of storytelling in the world, and certainly among the most highly developed. Wayang is well integrated in Javanese society, and it is considered to be a highlight of Javanese culture. Wayang Kulit was already established in the East Javanese kingdoms one thousand years ago.

In 2003 the UNESCO proclaimed the Wayang puppets Theater of Indonesia as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". The related action plan recommends that specialized schools play a greater role in the transmission of traditional skills linked to wayang and that support be provided to enable puppeteers to earn a living as professional performers. The plan also calls for the creation of inventories, publications, audio-visual recordings and seminars designed to encourage research.

Penguin

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Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.

The number of penguin species has been and still is a matter of debate. Depending on which authority is followed, biodiversity varies between 17 and 20 living species, all in the subfamily Spheniscinae. Some sources consider the White-flippered Penguin a separate Eudyptula species, while others treat it as a subspecies of the Little Penguin, the actual situation seems to be more complicated. Similarly, it is still unclear whether the Royal Penguin is merely a color morph of the Macaroni penguin. Also possibly eligible to be treated as a separate species is the Northern population of Rockhopper penguins. Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. At least ten species live in the temperate zone; one lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands (the Galápagos Penguin).