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My Hero, Kartini

Kartini was born into an aristocratic Javanese family when  Java  was part of the  Dutch colony  of the  Dutch East Indies . Kartini's father, Sosroningrat, became  Regency  Chief of  Jepara . Kartini's father was originally the district chief of Mayong. Her mother, Ngasirah was the daughter of Madirono and a teacher of religion in Telukawur. She was his first wife but not the most important one. At this time,  polygamy  was a common practice among the nobility. She also wrote the  Letters of a Javanese Princess . Colonial regulations required a Regency Chief to marry a member of the nobility. Since Ngasirah was not of sufficiently high nobility, [3]  her father married a second time to Woerjan (Moerjam), a direct descendant of the  Raja  of  Madura . After this second marriage, Kartini's father was elevated to Regency Chief of Jepara, replacing his second wife's own father, Tjitrowikromo. Kartini was the fift...

The Blob Fish

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This animal is known as the ugliest fish in the world.  The  blobfish  ( Psychrolutes marcidus ) is a  deep sea fish  of the  family   Psychrolutidae . It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland  Australia  and  Tasmania , as well as the waters of  New Zealand . [1] Blobfish are typically shorter than 30 cm (12 in) and weighs for approximately 20 pounds. They live at depths between 600 and 1,200 m (2,000 and 3,900 ft) where the pressure is 60 to 120 times as great as at  sea level , which would likely make  gas bladders  inefficient for maintaining  buoyancy . [1]  That makes them not having bladders but soft bones. Instead, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a  density  slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. Its relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage a...