5. Animal

Merak, Si Burung Cantik

(source: gadis)

Hewan yang memiliki sayap berwarna cerah ini, memang terkenal sebagai hewan yang cantik dan anggun. Makanya, banyak kepercayaan menganggap merak sebagai simbol kecantikan, kesetiaan, keabadian dan juga perdamaian. Tapi, ada beberapa hal yang nggak kalah istimewa dari burung nasional negara India ini. Seperti fakta-fakta berikut.

• Habitat burung merak ada di hutan dan hutan hujan yang banyak ditemukan di daerah India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Asia Tenggara dan Afrika Tengah. Merak suka sekali memakan biji-bijian, buah berry, daun, bagian bunga, serangga serta makhluk kecil.
• Burung merak hidup berkelompok dan membentuk keluarga. Mereka tinggal di atas pohon saat malam hari. Dan di siang hari, mereka lebih suka berjalan-jalan di tanah dan bertengger di atas dahan pohon yang gundul.
• Sayap yang indah pada merak ternyata hanya dimiliki oleh merak jantan, bukan betina. Pasalnya, sayap indah ini digunakan oleh merak jantan untuk menarik perhatian sang betina. Sementara itu, sang betina nggak punya bulu ekor yang panjang supaya bisa bersembunyi dan bertelur dengan aman di balik semak-semak.
• Karena kecantikannya, burung merak menjadi sasaran perburuan manusia. Akibatnya, populasinya terus menurun dan bila dibiarkan bisa mengakibatkan kepunahan. Selain untuk diambil bulunya, burung merak juga diburu untuk diambil dagingnya. Daging merak dipercaya sebagai obat yang bisa menyembuhkan radang sendi. Muthia – Foto: SIPA Press

4. History/Politics/Tragedy

John F. Kennedy assassinated

(source: history)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible.

First lady Jacqueline Kennedy rarely accompanied her husband on political outings, but she was beside him, along with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, for a 10-mile motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas on November 22. Sitting in a Lincoln convertible, the Kennedys and Connallys waved at the large and enthusiastic crowds gathered along the parade route. As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. He was 46.

Vice President Lyndon Johnson, who was three cars behind President Kennedy in the motorcade, was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States at 2:39 p.m. He took the presidential oath of office aboard Air Force One as it sat on the runway at Dallas Love Field airport. The swearing in was witnessed by some 30 people, including Jacqueline Kennedy, who was still wearing clothes stained with her husband’s blood. Seven minutes later, the presidential jet took off for Washington.

The next day, November 23, President Johnson issued his first proclamation, declaring November 25 to be a day of national mourning for the slain president. On that Monday, hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Washington to watch a horse-drawn caisson bear Kennedy’s body from the Capitol Rotunda to St. Matthew’s Catholic Cathedral for a requiem Mass. The solemn procession then continued on to Arlington National Cemetery, where leaders of 99 nations gathered for the state funeral. Kennedy was buried with full military honors on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal flame was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave. Lee Harvey Oswald, born in New Orleans in 1939, joined the U.S. Marines in 1956. He was discharged in 1959 and nine days later left for the Soviet Union, where he tried unsuccessfully to become a citizen. He worked in Minsk and married a Soviet woman and in 1962 was allowed to return to the United States with his wife and infant daughter. In early 1963, he bought a .38 revolver and rifle with a telescopic sight by mail order, and on April 10 in Dallas he allegedly shot at and missed former U.S. Army general Edwin Walker, a figure known for his extreme right-wing views. Later that month, Oswald went to New Orleans and founded a branch of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, a pro-Castro organization. In September 1963, he went to Mexico City, where investigators allege that he attempted to secure a visa to travel to Cuba or return to the USSR. In October, he returned to Dallas and took a job at the Texas School Book Depository Building.

Less than an hour after Kennedy was shot, Oswald killed a policeman who questioned him on the street near his rooming house in Dallas. Thirty minutes later, Oswald was arrested in a movie theater by police responding to reports of a suspect. He was formally arraigned on November 23 for the murders of President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit.

On November 24, Oswald was brought to the basement of the Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. A crowd of police and press with live television cameras rolling gathered to witness his departure. As Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby emerged from the crowd and fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed .38 revolver. Ruby, who was immediately detained, claimed that rage at Kennedy’s murder was the motive for his action. Some called him a hero, but he was nonetheless charged with first-degree murder.

Jack Ruby, originally known as Jacob Rubenstein, operated strip joints and dance halls in Dallas and had minor connections to organized crime. He features prominently in Kennedy-assassination theories, and many believe he killed Oswald to keep him from revealing a larger conspiracy. In his trial, Ruby denied the allegation and pleaded innocent on the grounds that his great grief over Kennedy’s murder had caused him to suffer “psychomotor epilepsy” and shoot Oswald unconsciously. The jury found Ruby guilty of “murder with malice” and sentenced him to die.

In October 1966, the Texas Court of Appeals reversed the decision on the grounds of improper admission of testimony and the fact that Ruby could not have received a fair trial in Dallas at the time. In January 1967, while awaiting a new trial, to be held in Wichita Falls, Ruby died of lung cancer in a Dallas hospital.

The official Warren Commission report of 1964 concluded that neither Oswald nor Ruby were part of a larger conspiracy, either domestic or international, to assassinate President Kennedy. Despite its seemingly firm conclusions, the report failed to silence conspiracy theories surrounding the event, and in 1978 the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in a preliminary report that Kennedy was “probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy” that may have involved multiple shooters and organized crime. The committee’s findings, as with those of the Warren Commission, continue to be widely disputed.

3: Music & Celebrity

That Time George Harrison and Eric Clapton Had a Guitar Duel

(source: tvovermind)

Of all the crazy stories that exist in any industry this one about George Harrison and Eric Clapton engaging in a guitar duel over George Harrison’s wife is something for the history books. Harrison and Boyd were married when Clapton fell in love with Boyd. He’d made a few passes at her before but he’d always been rebuffed for some reason. However, one night, after Harrison and Boyd had already been married for a bit, Boyd with with Clapton to listen to his music and was smitten by his lyrics. Layla was written by Clapton thanks to her inspiration it’s said and she was absolutely starstruck. After finding them hanging out together Harrison was floored when Clapton admitted that he was in love with Boyd. After asking her just who she was going to go with, Boyd finally went home with Harrison.

At some point Clapton showed up to Harrison’s apartment drunk and ready to throw down, but not in the way that you might imagine. He’d brought a guitar and an amp and challenged Harrison to a guitar duel, something that might seem a bit silly to some but to musicians is far better than a fist fight could ever be. The chance to upstage a friend and possible rival is something that a lot of musicians don’t take lightly. When music is your life the best thing you can do is use it when you really need it for something.

For 2 hours Clapton and Harrison dueled, but in the end Clapton’s music was just more on point than Harrison’s could ever be and it was determined that he won the battle. Even drunk it seems that Clapton was still able to perform on a level that few if any guitarists have ever managed to achieve. Harrison didn’t lose his wife that night but he did lose the duel. Clapton still held the love for Boyd that he’d professed but wouldn’t get the chance to express it until later. It was after a three-year drug addiction that he had his chance. When he was cleaning up Harrison and Boyd were splitting up, and Harrison gave Clapton his blessing to marry his ex-wife. Obviously the two remained friends for a while no matter the tension.This is the only story I’ve ever heard having to do with this kind of thing in music. I don’t doubt that it’s not the only time such a thing has happened, but every guitar duel I’ve heard about and seen in the last two decades, and there have been some impressive ones, has been about the music and nothing else. This could have been the same but for the fact that Clapton was in love with Boyd, admittedly so. It takes a strong friendship to not just break apart immediately over something like this. Personally I’m not too sure how I would react if my friend ever told me he was in love with my wife. It might not be the best of reactions since marriage for a lot of people is sacrosanct and saying things like usually doesn’t get taken very well.

2 : Music

Elvis Presley Never Wrote a Single Song

(source: playback.fm)

     Elvis recorded more than 600 songs in his music career but did not write a single song (impossible to confirm, but he was given co-writing credit on many songs because his label demanded songwriters give up 50% of the credit before Presley would record it). None of his feature films or music documentaries were ever nominated for an Oscar in any category. He made 31 movies and two music documentaries. In fact, Elvis won three Grammy awards and they were for his gospel recordings. There was a time when Elvis auditioned for an amateur gospel quartet called the Songfellows and he was turned down. Regardless, Elvis Presley made an influential change to the way we see rock-and-roll, claimed the title as The King of Rock and continues to inspire young rock artists today.

1 : Celebrity

Mantan Finalis 'American Idol' Katharine McPhee Menikah dengan David Foster

(source: VOA)

Satu tahun setelah bertunangan di Anacapri, Italia, Juli 2018 lalu, dua musisi terkenal Katharine McPhee yang berusia 35 tahun dan David Foster yang berusia 69 tahun menikah.

Pesta sangat pribadi yang dihadiri oleh sekitar 150 orang, termasuk seluruh anak Foster dari pernikahan sebelumnya, berlangsung di Gereja St. Yegiche Armenian Apostolic di Kensington, London, Inggris, Sabtu (28/6).

Bagi McPhee, salah seorang finalis American Idol kelima tahun 2006 lalu, pernikahan ini merupakan yang kedua, setelah pernikahan pertamanya dengan Nick Cokas kandas. Sementara bagi pianis legendaris David Foster, ini merupakan pernikahan kelimanya. Pernikahan terakhir Foster adalah dengan bintang “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Yolanda Hadid. Sebelumnya ia menikah dengan BJ Cook, Rebecca Dyer dan Linda Thompson.

Lewat Instagram Katharine McPee menggambarkan kebahagiannya dengan mengatakan “tepat 13 tahun lalu, single pertama saya “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” dirilis tepat setelah Idol. Kini, saya menikahi laki-laki yang memproduksi single itu. Hidup memang penuh dengan kebetulan yang indah. Terima kasih sudah mengajak saya mengarungi pelangi David.”

Keduanya memang bertemu dalam American Idol kelima tahun 2006 di mana McPhee menyanyikan lagu “I Have Nothing” yang dipopulerkan Whitney Houston. Lagu itu merupakan karya David Foster. Ketika itu Foster dan Andrea Bocelli menjadi bintang tamu yang membantu McPhee berlatih menyanyikan lagu itu menjelang babak penyisihan American Idol.

Sementara David Foster menjadi tamu khusus dalam pernikahan pertama McPhee dengan Nick Cokas pada Februari 2008. Ketika itu McPhee menyanyikan lagu Natalie Cole “Unforgettable” dan Foster memainkan piano untuknya.

Siapa sangka jika ternyata hari Sabtu (28/6) ini keduanya justru bersanding mengikat janji? Hidup memang penuh dengan kebetulan indah, persis seperti kata Katharine McPhee. (em)

Penerjemahan Indonesia - Inggris sebuah Artikel tentang Musik

TRANSLATION INDONESIAN INTO ENGLISH THEMED “MUSIC”



I. ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Tampil di Prambanan Jazz, Ardhito Pramono: Akhirnya Mimpi Jadi Kenyataan!

Suara.com - Buat kamu anak muda milenial? Pasti tahu dong Ardhito Pramono. Ya, ia diketahui penyanyi pendatang baru tanah air yang masih sangat belia yakni 24 tahun.

Nama Ardhito Pramono mulai melejit dari video-video menyanyi di chanel YouTube pribadinya.
Bahkan, baru-baru ini penampilannya di Prambanan Jazz 2019 sukses mencuri perhatian. Ditemui MataMata.com setelah konser, Ardhito juga mengaku senang gaya bermusiknya dapat diterima anak muda masa kini.

"Kesannya seru banget. Sampai mimpi-mimpi sih di Prambanan Jazz. Akhirnya, mimpinya jadi kenyataan dengan dilihat orang-orang di Prambanan Jazz 2019," ungkap Ardhito.

Ardhito Pramono sendiri diketahui membawakan sepuluh lagu saat manggung di Prambanan Jazz 2019. Bahkan, Ardhito Pramono juga ada persiapan khusus sebelum konser.
"Olahraga dan mulai untuk latihan vokal lagi. Gue sebelum tidur biasanya push up sih," jelas Ardhito.

Sebagai penyanyi muda representative milenial, Ardhito Pramono juga mengaku senang melihat perilaku anak-anak muda zaman sekarang.
"Apresiatif banget sih sama culture yang udah dibangun lama," pungkas Ardhito Pramono.


II. TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE

Appearing at Prambanan Jazz, Ardhito Pramono: Finally Dreaming of Being Reality!

For you millennial youth?  Ardhito Pramono must know.  Yes, he is known to be a very young young singer, 24 years old.

The name Ardhito Pramono began to skyrocket from singing videos on his personal YouTube channel.
In fact, recently his appearance at Prambanan Jazz 2019 has successfully caught the eye.  Met by MataMata.com after the concert, Ardhito also said he was happy that his musical style could be accepted by today's young people.

"The impression was really exciting. Until the dreams at Prambanan Jazz. Finally, his dream came true by being seen by people at Prambanan Jazz 2019," said Ardhito.

 Ardhito Pramono himself was known to bring ten songs during a gig at Prambanan Jazz 2019. In fact, Ardhito Pramono also had special preparations before the concert.
"Sports and starting for vocal training again. I usually push up before going to bed," explained Ardhito.

 As a young singer of millennial representatives, Ardhito Pramono also claimed to be happy to see the behavior of young people today.
"I really appreciate the same culture that has been built for a long time," concluded Ardhito Pramono.


III. TRANSLATED BY DANIELLA

Performing at Prambanan Jazz, Ardhito Pramono: Finally My Dream Came True!

For you, millennial youth? You guys must've known about Ardhito Pramono. Yes, he is known as a newcomer singer in our homeland who is still very young, 24 years old.

The name Ardhito Pramono began to skyrocket from singing on his personal YouTube channel.
In fact, recently his appearance at Prambanan Jazz 2019 has successfully caught the eye. When he was met by MataMata.com after the concert, Ardhito also said he was happy that his musical style could be accepted by millennials.

 "The impression was really exciting. I dreamed of singing at Prambanan Jazz. Finally, my dream came true by being seen by people at Prambanan Jazz 2019," said Ardhito.

 Ardhito Pramono himself was known to bring ten songs during a gig at Prambanan Jazz 2019. In fact, Ardhito Pramono also had special preparations before the concert.
"I had an exercise and I started to do a vocal training again. I usually push up before going to bed," explained Ardhito.

As a young singer of millennial representatives, Ardhito Pramono also claimed to be happy to see the behavior of young people nowadays.
"I really appreciate the culture that has been built for a long time," concluded Ardhito Pramono.