Jumat, 06 November 2009

The History Of Kraton Surakarta

In 1742, the court of the great Mataram Dynasty in Kartasura was invaded and ransacked by a rival rurel from the island kingdom of Madura. Three years later, the Mataram king, Pakubuwono II restored to his throne with dutch assistance, move his court to nearby Surakarta where he had built a new palace on the banks of Java longest rives, Bengawan Solo. According to legend, the site of the Kraton Surakarta was chosen by the queen of the south seas, Nyai Loro Kidul whose authority traditionally legitimizes the Javanese Kingship. Surrounding the main Pendopo in the central kraton court yard is a sea of black sand, indicating that the kraton falls withirg the environs od Loro Kiduls south sea territory.
On the top floor of a curious octagonal tower which stands to the left of the Mataram Kraton gate is a medifatdon room in which the Sunan, on the anniversary of his coronation communes with Loro Kidul and reaffirms the divine mandate for her kingship. The Kraton Surakarta was swept by five in 1985, tragically destroying almost 70 % of the building including the Pendopo and Royal apartments. The narrow always which for historical veasons of security provide the only access to the kraton was reduced to a smouldering heap of ash.
In keeping with the legend of its genesis, the ashes of the kraton were cast into the south sea and returned to Loro Kidul. Restoration of the kraton is being carried out according to the exact. Decification of the original buildings and using identical materials, the great sky blue Pendopo once again stands in its sea of sand surrounded by 72 sacred trees and shaded by cheerful green and white candy stripe royal apartments a new kase of life.
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ARBOTION : Legal or Illegal

There has been a great deal of discussion on the problem of abortion. The discussion : “ Is abortion legal or illegal?”

When a country faces the problem of overpopulation, the government applied some methods to solve it. One of them is the method of contraception. However, this method is not one hundred percent effective and successful. Consequently, some people argue that the abortion is the only effective way out.

Nevertheless, abortion may cause many negative effects for women’s health. Women risk their health and lives in bearing the weight of the operation and its consequences. The most common complications are inflammation, infertility, endometriosis and many other kinds of ovary illness.

So far, abortions have become a dilemma for countries with a large number of citizens.

Minggu, 01 November 2009

How does the water Cycle work?


The water cycle is also known as the hydrological cycle. There is the same amount of water on the Earth now as there was when the earth began. The water cycle is how the earth’s water recycles itself. The water cycle involves : evaporation, condensation, rain and precipitation process.

Fist of all, water molecules from lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs, and the sea get heated up by the sun and the turn into vapour that rises into the air. Next, these water molecules form into clouds; this is because a process called condensation occurs. When the air and the water cool, they form drops of water which then fall to the earth as rain. If they are frozen, they become snow or sleet.

Once the water reaches the ground, it can flow across the land until it reaches rivers, lakes, streams, or the sea. It can also sink into the ground and flow because of gravity through gaps in rock, gravel and sand. Because of this, it reaches these bodies of water too.

Now the cycle begins again, when water is evaporated once more