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Inspirasion

2010-04-02T17:58:00.003+08:00

Aku selalu suka sama stylenya Mulan Jameela dan Mahadewi. Unique and so cool! Performence mereka nggak pernah ngebosenin, coz their music also great!
Siapa ya stylis atau designer baju-baju mereka?
By the way, gambar-gambar ini diambil dari Looklet-ku, yang terinspirasi dari mereka... check it!

2010-04-01T15:25:00.002+08:00

Sekarang lagi seneng dengerin lagu-lagunya Orianthi. I really like her music genre, aku juga suka stylenya, really rocks!
I can dance, jump, sing out loud when listen to her music, LOL!
Lagu favorite ku dari album Believe ini salah satunya, According To You.

More about this album? Read this...

Artist: Orianthi
Title Of Album: Believe

At 24 years old, Orianthi has already experienced what most aspiring musicians only dream of. She's opened for her hero (STEVE VAI), backed an Idol (CARRIE UNDERWOOD), traded solos with a legend (CARLOS SANTANA) and shared the stage with the King of Pop (MICHAEL JACKSON). What's left to conquer? The world stage, for one, and this guitar wunderkind has her sights clearly set on the road ahead.

After a performance with CARRIE UNDERWOOD on stage at the 2009 Grammy Awards the blogosphere was buzzing with news of this little-known guitar prodigy. It prompted MICHAEL JACKSON to call with an offer for her to be his guitarist for his dates at the O2 Arena in London. When offered the gig in MICHAEL JACKSON'S live band, Orianthi joined a prestigious line of guitar players including EDDIE VAN HALEN, SANTANA, SLASH, STEVE STEVANS, JENNIFER BATTEN and LARRY CARLTON. Sadly the tour was not to be and music lost an icon. "Working with Michael was a life-changing experience," Orianthi reflects, "One I will never forget."

Her story starts in Adelaide on the southern tip of Australia where, at the age of six, Orianthi began taking an interest in her dad's record collection. "Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Cream, Santana. he was into guitar players that are real songwriters," she boasts. Growing up in the 80s, a decade remembered for its many guitar greats, Orianthi also listened to a lot of Whitesnake, Van Halen and Def Leppard. Her father, who used to be a player in a Greek band, also kept plenty of instruments around the house, and it didn't take long before Orianthi strummed her first chord. Mastering the six-string came naturally.

"When I was 11, Carlos Santana came to play Adelaide and that show really affected me," she recounts. "I begged my dad to get me a second hand electric guitar so I could be like Carlos, and that was it, no more acoustic. After that, I would buy all of Carlos' videos - on VHS! - which I kept rewinding to try and learn his solos. I totally wore out the tapes."

Some seven years later when Carlos Santana passed through Adelaide again, Carlos' brother arranged a sound-check meeting between the guitar god and his young disciple after hearing some of her music. A sound check jam evolved into an invitation to join him on stage where Orianthi played for about 35 minutes and took a solo in front of a hometown crowd. Performances, tours and guest appearances with STEVE VAI, ZZ TOP and PRINCE have kept Orianthi busy up to this point.

But guitar is far from Orianthi's only means of expression. Before she received the call from the King of Pop, Orianthi had already been hard at work on her upcoming album, Believe, on which she sings, writes and leads her own band. Working with Geffen Records Chairman and A&R veteran Ron Fair and producer Howard Benson (All American Rejects, Daughtry, My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace) her fierceness of character has made its way to songs that will simply knock the socks off of any boy in the rock star schoolyard.

Orianthi packs modern girl-power punch into every turn of phrase, but it's the shredding that takes her brand of rock to an entirely new level. Songs like "Suffocated" and "Think Like A Man" are anthemic rock tracks recalling at time Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Paramore and even a less-music row more-sunset strip Taylor Swift. First single "According To You" is a catchy tale of an ungrateful boyfriend with a killer guitar solo. The result: a thunderous, hook and riff driven debut that sounds larger than life. If, for a moment, you've thought the music world could use another taste of The Runaways' Joan Jett, let us introduce you to Orianthi.

TRACKLIST
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1. According To You 3:20
2. Suffocated 3:03
3. Bad News 3:10
4. Believe 3:40
5. Feels Like Home 4:16
6. Think Like A Man 3:37
7. What's It Gonna Be 2:49
8. Untogether 3:53
9. Drive Away 4:17
10.Highly Strung 4:08
11.God Only Knows 3:55

Buat yang suka pop-rock, dengerin musiknya deh! And ENJOY! :)

Lina Söderström

2010-04-01T15:10:00.003+08:00

Lina Söderström, she's my favorite model. She's very sweet, she's my inspiration.

Check her fashion blog: http://linadimoda.freshnet.se/

Beautiful Cute Shoes & Bags

2010-03-31T15:36:00.004+08:00

I found this site. The bag and shoes was so cool! I love the one red heel..
Check it out: http://www.belmondo.de/

Internet Oh Internet

2010-03-24T10:38:00.006+08:00

Don't go on the Internet, It's dangerous, it's not fun, it wastes your life. And you should be outside playing sports or something. - by Miley Cyrus.

Memang dalam hati kecilku internet sudah banyak menyita waktu, waktu yang lebih baik dimanfaatkan untuk belajar or playing sport. Tapi, main internet also really fun! Kalau disuruh belajar atau main internet, tau sendirikan jawabannya.. LOL!:)

Itulah yang bikin aku bingung, selama ini Miley Cyrus is my role model.. "/ aku salin cara hidupnya, even not full, kita juga harus pintar2 memfilter mana yang baik dan yang buruk.. Menurut kalian, gimana advice-nya tersebut di atas? Mamaku sih, pasti setuju banget kalau aku "don't go on the Internet". Tapi, internet juga punya dampak positif dan negatifkan?

Dampak Positif:
1. Internet sebagai media komunikasi
2. Media pertukaran data
3. Media untuk mencari informasi atau data
4. Kemudahan memperoleh informasi yang ada di internet sehingga manusia tahu apa saja yang terjadi.
5. Bisa digunakan sebagai lahan informasi untuk bidang pendidikan, kebudayaan, dan lain-lain
6. Kemudahan bertransaksi dan berbisnis dalam bidang perdagangan sehingga tidak perlu pergi menuju ke tempat penawaran/penjualan.

Dampak Negatif
1. Pornografi
2. Penipuan
3. Carding
4. Bisa membuat seseorang kecanduan, terutama yang menyangkut pornografi dan dapat menghabiskan uang karena hanya untuk melayani kecanduan tersebut.

That just FYI! Oke lah kalau begitu, mungkin aku akan coba mengurangi jam main internetku, dan lebih disiplin terhadap aturan waktu yang aku buat.

Positive-minded people is a positive people. - by Paula Abdul
I Try!

Free Download 24/7

2009-07-28T02:00:00.009+08:00

Yiipee, seneeeeeng bgt akhirnya free download for 24/7 dateng juga... =) So, Danimal download & vote for our Ninja Pickle!

DOWNLOAD 24/7 FOR FREE RIGHT HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/?y... AND FOR THE CLEAN VERSION DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/?y...

KEEP VOTING FOR MILEY!

2009-07-07T05:36:00.004+08:00

Miley Cyrus is nominated for 10 Teen Choice Awards!
You can VOTE here:
http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/index.php

Vote Everyday! Kalau perlu setiap menitnya, he3!
Show that we are #1 Miley Cyrus Fan!

Congrats for SMPN 1 Bontang 2008/2009 Atas Kelulusan 100%

2009-06-26T15:53:00.005+08:00

Congrats for students SMPN 1 Bontang 2008/2009 yang telah lulus 100%.
WE FRIEND TO THE END!

Kelas IX A

Kelas IX B

Kelas IX C

Kelas IX D

Thank you Teachers!

NB: Untuk temen-temen yang punya foto anak-anak kelas IX E, send that to my email! ku tunggu ya! =)

latest day at school

2009-05-23T16:33:00.006+08:00

Here some photos about my latest day at school,
Buat my friends di sekolah, boleh di download!!

With Mrs. Mastini (Taya Boga teacher) & Mrs. Nini (Economy teacher)

With Mrs. Halimah (Math teacher)

With Mr. Eko (TIK Teacher)

With Mrs. Nesty (Physics teacher)

With Friends!

Ini nih, waktu praktek Tata Boga & lunch together!

Danny Noriega Biography

2009-02-08T10:06:00.003+08:00

I’m really big fan of Danny Noriega. The funniest and most exciting person on American Idol. He has a different personality than some contestant. I also love (and miss) his show on stickam, very exciting. There is the biography about Danny Noriega.

Daniel Anthony "Danny" Noriega was born September 29, 1989 in Azusa, California, weighing 10 pounds and 22 ounces! Danny has a loving and supportive family. His mother is a beautiful, caring woman who loves her four children more than anything. Danny also has a great step-father, two brothers, and two sisters. Danny says he's got a lot of different cultures in him, including Mexican and German. When Danny was a freshman in high school, he and his friend were in a punk rock band. He says that it didn't really help prepare him for American Idol, but that he was just a kid having some fun. Danny began singing at the age of 1. He says his mom has a home-video of him singing with a mullet. He is very inspired by the American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino. He loves Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, M.I.A., and Chris Brown.

Danny auditioned for American Idol in Season 6, but was unfortunately eliminated on the first day of Hollywood week. He was very upset and said he never wanted to try out again... Some weeks later, he told his mom he wanted to try out next season. He, then, tried out for Season 7 of American idol and made it all the way to the Top 16. Danny became great friends with everyone there, stating that they were all one big family who got closer to each other every day! His best friend on the show is Ramiele Malubay.

After American Idol, Danny received an amazing job offer from Rosie O'Donnell when she posted a vlog asking Danny to perform on one of her family cruises and sing "Tainted Love". On March 12, 2008 Danny appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show, and he performed "Superstar". Danny has done various interviews lately including an appearance on TV Guide's "Idol Tonight" show.

We can all expect Danny to stay in the spotlight and keep his fans up-to-date with what's going on in his ever-exciting world! He wants to do something television-related, like a reality show. He also plans to have an album out in the future!

from: dannynoriegaonline.net

Latest Video from Miley & Mandy Show

2009-02-08T09:56:00.006+08:00

Latest Danny's Update

2009-02-08T09:53:00.003+08:00

Some of the things that Danny is doing this days: He had today a photoshoot and we are going to see the pictures. Tomorrow, unless it will be raining, he will continue the filming of his show(the Danny dish)- so he will be skating at hollywood blvd and interviewing people and probably other things. He is recording a few songs. He is starting to audition for movies. On Sunday he will be at the Ne-Yo's Post Grammy Party. So Danny is really busy this days :D

from: dannynoriegaonline.net

Jonas Brothers "Living the Dreams"

2009-02-08T09:36:00.005+08:00

Here some videos about Jonas Brothers "Living the Dreams" episode: 1-5. Hope you like it!

Hannah Montana

2009-01-25T11:37:00.004+08:00

Who love Hannah Montana? I love that show, I always watching it. Hannah Montana always entertaining me. I also like their music, especially “G.N.O. (Girls Night Out)” and “The Other Side of Me”.
Read on for interesting facts about our favourite tv show: "Hannah Montana"!

• Hannah Montana airs weekends at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
• Hannah Montana debuted on tv on March 24th 2006.
• Hannah Montana was first set to have 22 episodes in its first season.
• After a few episodes Disney had 4 more episodes added to the first season.
• Hannah Montana's first episode atracted 5.4 million viewers, the highest ratting for a Disney Channel premiere episode ever.
• In its regular time slot, the show has drawn an average of over 3.5 million viewers.
• Hannah Montana reachs over 164 million unique total viewers worldwide.
• Hannah Montana has ranked as the #1 series among kids 6-14 on U.S.cable TV for two consecutive years (in its 2 years running).
• The largest audiece for an episode of Hannah Montana was 7.38 million viewers, including 3.4 million in the 9 to 14 "tween" age group, for the second half of double-episode of "Achy Jakey Heart" on June 24th 2007 at 8:30.
• Hannah Montana is Disney Channel top rated tv show.
• Hannah Montana is aired on 27 Disney Channels and free-to-air broadcasters around the world.
• Hannah Montana streams in broadband video on DisneyChannel.com in six languages.
• Hannah Montana episodes are available on the iTunes Music Store.
• Hannah Montana's first taping was on December 16th 2005.
• The Hannah Montana tapes take place at 4 PM on Fridays in Hollywood.
• The Hannah Montana episodes aren't being aired in the order they were filmed.
• Hannah Montana's first season last taping was on July 14th 2006.
• The second season of Hannah Montana tapings started on Monday 4th December 2006.
• "Just Like You" and "The Other Side of Me" were originally tested for the opening theme song, before "Best of Both Worlds" was chosen.
• The Hannah Montana soudtrack was released on October 24th 2006, under the title of "Hannah Montana: Songs From and Inspired by the Hit TV Series".
• The Hannah Montana Soundtrack debuted at Number 1 in the US Charts, selling 281,000 copies on its first week.
• The Hannah Montana Soundtrack was the first ever TV soundtrack to debut at Number 1.
• The Hannah Montana Soundtrack outperformed the sales of My Chemical Romance and John Legend in their release week.
• Miley also scored a record-setting six debuts on the US singles chart, no other artist has ever achieved such a feat. The singles were "If We Were a Movie", "I Got Nerve", "Pumpin' Up The Party", "The Other Side Of Me", "This is the Life" and "You Said".
• "If We Were A Movie" was highest entry at the charts that same week, comming in at 47.
• "You Said" made a re-entry the week the soundtrack was released.
• The Hannah Montana Soundtrack has sold over 1.6 million copies in two months.
• Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus double album, released on June 28th 2007, debuted at #1 in the Billboard Charts with 326,000 copies sold.
• Together, the soundtracks have sold over 8 million copies worldwide.
• The concept of the show is based on a "That's So Raven" episode in which a TV child star decides to attend public school.
• The show was originally called "Alexis Texas".
• There were more than 1,000 aspirants for the role of Hannah.
• Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart character is a year older than actress Miley Cyrus.

Java Chip Frappuccino Recipe

2009-01-25T11:34:00.002+08:00

Ingredients

4 tablespoon chocolate syrup
4 tablespoon chocolate chips
4 cups double-strength freshly brewed dark roast coffee
Chopped or crushed ice
Whipped cream (optional)
Chocolate syrup (for drizzle, optional)

Instructions
Fill blender half full with chopped or crushed ice. Add all ingredients (except whipped cream) and blend until thick and still icy. Pour into 4 tall glasses, top with whipping cream and drizzle chocolate over the whipped cream.
Serves: 4

Mocha Frappuccino Recipe

2009-01-20T13:38:00.002+08:00

Ingredients
6 cups double-strength freshly brewed dark roast coffee
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus additional cocoa powder for garnish
2 cups nonfat milk

Instructions
Fill ice-cube trays with half of the brewed coffee and place in the freezer. In a bowl, combine the remaining brewed coffee, cocoa powder and milk and stir to dissolve the cocoa. Cover and chill.
When the ice cubes have frozen, transfer them to a kitchen towel and, using a hammer or mallet, crush the cubes. Fill 4 glasses with the crushed ice and divide the coffee-cocoa mixture evenly among them. Dust the top with cocoa powder and serve.
Serves 4.

Con’s and Pro’s about Coffee

2008-12-27T13:56:00.002+08:00

We've all heard coffee is "bad", so is it true? Too much of any good thing can be bad, when it comes to coffee here's why.

CON'S

A) Budget: it can get quite expensive. Solution: make them at home as much as you can, here are some recipes.

B) Too Much Sugar: The Frappes have a ton of sugar and that's calories, not to mention sugar rushes. According to Starbucks, one mocha frappuccino, made with low fat milk and with whipped cream on top contains 260 calories and 12 grams of fat. Solution: make sure frappes are a treat and not your daily diet. The better daily diet you have and the more active you are by exercising, the more treats you can give yourself. Keep it balanced!

C) Its Addictive: and not in a good way! Coffee causes you Taquifilaxia. What most people love about coffee is that rush of energy it gives you. You have to watch out for that, not only because the rush fades quickly but because of the taquifilaxia effect. This quality of coffee makes you need more coffee every time to get the same rush you initially got. Plus it causes an abstinence effect that means if you're used to having coffee daily, you'll feel you need the coffee when you don't have it. Solution: Try caffeine-free coffee, or don't have it on a daily basis.

PRO'S

You prolly don't need any reason why to drink coffee, but here's a cool fact. Black coffee is an antioxidant, one of the same good qualities the praised green tea has. Antioxidant prevents the early ageing helping you to stay healthy. But even experts you support black coffee as an antioxidant recommend to keep the serves low. So there you go: enjoy your coffee!

Extra Tip: the more natural it is, aka the less processed and closer to the bean, the better.

Serious Drug Problems

2008-12-27T13:52:00.002+08:00

The sale and use of illegal drugs is an enormous problem in a lot of countries all over the world. The problem concerns both hard drugs and soft drugs. Hard drugs are powerful drugs that seriously damage people’s health, like heroin, crack and cocaine. Soft drugs or recreational drugs are so called because many young people take them for enjoyment and some people believe that they are not seriously harmful, while many more are convinced that all kinds of drugs are very dangerous. Cannabis and ecstasy are examples of soft drugs. Ecstasy, also called “E”, became very popular with young people in the 1990s because it gives people lots of energy to stay awake and dance all night. The truth is that all drugs can be very dangerous.
Drug abuse among young people is a very serious problem. The use of drugs not for medicinal purposes but for pleasure and enjoyment creates a lot of drugs addicts and even the death of numerous people, especially young people. So governments and private citizens would like to see the problem solved. However, drug traffickers and drug pushers make enormous amounts of money on the illegal sale of drugs, so it is extremely difficult to fight the problem and eradicate it. The problems regarding drugs are not being solved fast enough, and more and more young people become involved with drugs each year. Schools and community organizations are trying to help in many places, but a lot more needs to be done.
Fortunately, a lot of young drugs addicts finally realize the danger they are in and try to come out of it by going into communities that are dedicated to helping them stop taking drugs. The sad thing is, however, that a great number of druggies just cannot bring themselves to get help and kick the habit.

Healthy Habits and Felling Good

2008-12-27T13:49:00.004+08:00

We say that we are in good health when we feel well. Good health makes us feel good and helps us work and enjoy life. We do not fell well, we start to worry.
The conditions that most people live in today are better than they were in the past. We eat better food and take more exercise, so health standards are improving and we live longer. But there are other health problems. Some of the problems that can cause serious diseases are smoking, alcohol and drug abuse.
Recently, eating habits have change, but not all the changes have been for the better. For example, people now eat more frozen products, and young people are particularly fond of fast food like hamburgers, hot dogs and chips. However, these foods are not the best things to eat in order to keep our bodies healthy.
You must have a more balanced diet instead. That is, your body must have fresh fruit, vegetables and fibre, and less sugar and fat. You should try to avoid cakes, sweets and soft drinks. Do physical exercise regularly, and it would be better to do it outside in the fresh air. You can run, play tennis or do something else. You must also try to get enough sleep. If you don’t, you will feel tired and nervous.
Moreover, you should wear comfortable clothes and shoes so that you can move freely. Finally, it is very important to keep clean because a clean body can protect you from a lot of diseases.

Quiz: Are Your Habits Healthy?

2008-12-27T13:29:00.006+08:00

If your body is healthy it can generally protect itself against illnesses. However, to do this it must receive proper care. Answer the following questions.

1. When you come home after doing exercise for an hour in the gym, you are really tired and hungry. You see what there is to eat in the kitchen and decide to have…

a. Some crisps and a piece of chocolate.

b. An apple and some chocolate; something healthy and something that tastes good.

c. Nothing. You know that dinner will be in about an hour and decide to wait. It’s not so good to eat between meals.

2. It’s Wednesday night and you have school tomorrow. You have finished your homework and right now you’re just relaxing. But tomorrow morning you have to get up at 6 o’clock, so you go to bed at…

a. Ten o’clock. You should not get less than eight hours’ sleep.

b. Midnight. Six hours’ sleep is fine for you.

c. Two o’clock in the morning. You really hate going to bed and there’s a great film on TV!

3. You have two important tests at school today. You must get good marks. The best breakfast for you is…

a. A bowl of cereal with milk, some toast and jam, and a glass of orange juice.

b. A quick cup of espresso coffee so that you can revise what you have studied for few more minutes.

c. A can of coke or a nice cup of tea. You must have a lot of caffeine to keep you awake for the test!

4. You exercise regularly by…

a. Walking to the living room to the fridge in the kitchen during the advertisement in the television programmes that you watch.

b. Lots of energy-consuming activities and at least one hour of jogging, cycling or swimming every day.

c. Walking to school one or two days a week and playing a game of football or volleyball one a week.

What your score?

To find out about how healthy your habits are, give yourself two points for every correct, that is healthy, answer you chose for the quiz above.

QUESTION 1: B is the healthiest choice. Your body should have some energy during the day. If you get too hungry, you could eat too much at meals.

QUESTION 2: A is the healthiest choice. Teenagers must have a lot of sleep, more that adults because they are growing.

QUESTION 3: A is the healthiest choice. Your body must have breakfast to work well during the day. In fact, the word “breakfast” means “breaking the fast”; remember that you haven’t eaten for more than ten hours! Plus, research has shown that teenagers who don’t eat a good breakfast get lower marks at school.

QUESTION 4: C is the healthiest choice. You should have a good sensible plan for exercising. You should exercise for about 20 minutes five times a week. Do not exercise too hard because this will only make you tired very fast!

Add up your score.

If it is 8, then you are happily healthy.

If you got 4 or 6, then you have a good idea of what being healthy is, but you could do more to achieve it!

Finally, if you got 0 or 2 points, then you must learn a lot about how to be healthy! Get moving before it’s too late!

(Adapted from: “Team”, Nov. /Dec. 2002, Mary Glasgow Magazines, London)

2008-11-18T08:06:00.002+08:00

Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say

A rare fossilized dinosaur nest helps answer the conundrum of which came first, the chicken or the egg, two paleontologists say.

The small carnivorous dinosaur sat over her nest of eggs some 77 million years ago, along a sandy river beach. When water levels rose, Mom seems to have fled, leaving the unhatched offspring.

Researchers have now studied the fossil nest and at least five partial eggs. The nest is a mound of sand that extends about 1.6 feet (half a meter) across and weighs as much as a small person, or about 110 pounds (50 kg).

"Some characteristics of the nest are shared with birds, and our analysis can tell us how far back in time these features, such as brooding, nest building, and eggs with a pointed end, evolved - partial answers to the old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg," said researcher Francois Therrien, curator of dinosaur paleoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, Canada.

The answer?

Well, it's still unclear whether chicken eggs or chickens came first (the intended question in the original riddle), said Darla Zelenitsky, a paleontologist of the University of Calgary in Alberta who was the first scientist to closely analyze the dinosaur nest.

But interpreted literally, the answer to the riddle is clear. Dinosaurs were forming bird-like nests and laying bird-like eggs long before birds (including chickens) evolved from dinosaurs.

"The egg came before the chicken," Zelenitsky said. "Chickens evolved well after the meat-eating dinosaurs that laid these eggs."

So the original riddle might now be rephrased: Which came first, the dinosaur or the egg? Meanwhile, the new nest provides some of the strongest evidence in North America in favor of the bird-like egg over the chicken.

Rare dino nests

The fossil nest was collected in the 1990s and kept at Canada Fossils Limited in Calgary, Alberta. That's where Zelenitsky first spotted the remains, which were labeled at first as belonging to a duck-billed dinosaur, an herbivore. (In 2007, the fossil was acquired by the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta.)

Zelenitsky realized that the nest and eggs actually belonged to a small theropod, a meat-eating dinosaur. In particular, the egg-layer was likely a maniraptoran, the group of theropods that paleontologists think birds derived from some 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period.

"Nests of small theropods are rare in North America and only those of the dinosaur Troodon have been identified previously," said Zelenitsky. "Based on characteristics of the eggs and nest, we know that the nest belonged to either a caenagnathid [a family of maniraptorans] or a small raptor, both small meat-eating dinosaurs closely related to birds."

She added, "Either way, it is the first nest known for these small dinosaurs."

The only other egg clutch identified to date from a maniraptoran in North America belonged to Troodon formosus.

Egg-laying behaviors

The analysis of the nest, detailed in the latest issue of the journal Palaeontology, provides paleontologists with information about egg-laying in this particular dinosaur and others, along with the evolution of various egg-laying behaviors, Therrien said.

"Our research tells us a lot about the dinosaur that laid the eggs and how it built its nest," he said.

For instance, the position and spacing of the eggs suggest the original clutch contained at least 12 eggs arranged in a ring around the mound's flat top, where the theropod would have sat and brooded its clutch. The eggs were about 5 inches (12 cm) long and, like bird eggs, they were pointed at one end.

The analysis also suggests the dinosaur laid its eggs two at a time on the sloping sides of the mound. That's unlike, say, crocodiles, which lay all their eggs at once, and more like birds, which lay one egg at a time. (The ancestors of crocodiles gave rise to dinosaurs and later on, birds.)

As if figuring out the chicken-egg puzzle weren't enough, the researchers also have another objective: "To find the same kind of nest with babies inside," Zelenitsky told LiveScience. "There are dinosaur eggs from North America with baby bones preserved inside of them. It's entirely possible, but again these types of nests (from small meat-eating dinosaurs) are fairly rare."

The research was funded by Richard and Donna Strong, the Alberta Ingenuity Fellowship Fund and the Killam Fellowship Fund.

Astronauts hitch giant crate to space station

2008-11-18T07:52:00.003+08:00

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronauts hitched a giant shipping crate full of home improvement "goodies" to the international space station on Monday, a critical step for boosting the population in orbit.

It was the first major job for the crews of the linked space station and space shuttle Endeavour, and highlighted their first full day together.

"We're here to work," the space station's skipper, Mike Fincke, called down. "This is the can-do crew."

More than 14,000 pounds of gear was stuffed into the 21-foot container that flew up on Endeavour and was hoisted onto the space station. It held an extra toilet, refrigerator and kitchenette, exercise machine and sleeping compartments, and a new recycling system for converting urine into drinking water.

Fincke called it "the goodies ... things needed for an extreme home makeover."

NASA cannot double the number of space station residents from three to six next year until all the equipment — most notably the water recycling system — has been installed and tested. Additional equipment will be launched in February.

Until now, the space station has been a one-kitchen, one-bath, three-bedroom house. That third bedroom is actually a makeshift nook in the U.S. lab. The orbiting outpost is on the verge of becoming a two-kitchen, two-bath, five-bedroom home and will have six full bedrooms in a few more months.

Astronaut Sandra Magnus — the newest space station resident — spent Monday getting used to her new home. She flew up on Endeavour and promptly traded places with Gregory Chamitoff, who's headed home after a six-month mission. Magnus will spend 3 1/2 months on board.

Besides being moving day for the 10 space travelers, Monday involved gearing up for the first of four planned spacewalks.

On Tuesday, two of the shuttle crew will venture outside and begin the most complicated cleaning and lube job ever attempted in orbit. One of two massive joints that turn the space station's solar wings toward the sun has been jammed for more than a year; it's clogged with metal grit from grinding parts. They'll also squirt some grease onto the joint that's working fine, to prevent any future hang-ups. The work will fill up all four spacewalks.

"We have a little cleaning and greasing to do," said astronaut Stephen Bowen, who will step out Tuesday. The objective is to make the joint "come back to life," he said.

On Monday evening, the chairman of the mission management team, LeRoy Cain, reported that Endeavour's thermal shielding looked solid and that only a bit more analysis remained before being able to clear the shuttle for the ride home. Engineers have been poring over photos from Friday night's launch and Sunday's rendezvous with the space station, and data collected from the wing and nose cap inspections to ensure the shuttle sustained no serious damage.

Endeavour and its crew of seven will remain at the space station until at least Thanksgiving.