1. Blenduk Church
The Immanuel Protestant Church of Western Indonesia (Gereja Protestan Indonesia Barat
Immanuel), better known as Blenduk Church (Gereja Blenduk) is a Protestant church in
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Built in 1753, it is the oldest church in the province.
Blenduk was established in 1753; the initial building had a joglo-style.[1] Although meant for
Protestants, Catholics also used it until the first Catholic church in the city, in Gedangan, was
built.[1]
The church was later rebuilt in 1787.[1] Another re-imagining, spearheaded by H.P.A. de
Wilde and W. Westmas, began work in 1894.[1] During this renovation, the dome and two
towers were added.[1][4] Another series of renovations began in the early 2000s.[1] As of 2004,
the church has 200 families in its congregation and holds regular Sunday services;[6] it is also
a tourist attraction.
Blenduk Church, at 32 Letjen Suprapto Street in the old town of Semarang, Central Java, is
located in a small courtyard between former office buildings.[1] The Jiwasraya building is
located to the south, across the street, while the Kerta Niaga offices are to its west.[2]
The octagonal church, built on a stone foundation and with single-layer brick walls, has its
ground floor at street level.[2] It is topped by a large, copper-skinned dome, from which it gets
its common name;[3][4] the Javanese word mblenduk means dome. The dome is supported by
32 steel beams, 8 large and 24 small.[5] Two towers, square at the base and slowly rounding
until topped with a small dome, are located on either side of the main entrance, while a
cornice consisting of horizontal lines runs around the building; Roman-style porticoes
covered in saddle-shaped roofs are located on its eastern, southern and western faces.[1]
Blenduk also features etched and stained glass windows, as well as wood-panel double doors
at the south-facing entrance.
The wooden pews inside Blenduk have rattan seats, while the pulpit is completely made of
wood and located on an octagonal platform made of teak.[1][5] A nonfunctional Baroque pipe
organ from the 1700s is also located inside.[1][4] The floor is covered in black, yellow, and
white tiles.[5] In the northern part of the interior is a spiral staircase, etched with name of its
manufacturer, Pletterij den haag (Rolling Mill, The Hague), which leads to the second floor.

2. DOG
The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a canid that is known as man's best friend. The
dog was the first domesticated animal[2][3] and has been widely kept as a working, hunting,
and pet companion. According to recent coarse estimates, there are currently between 700
million and one billion dogs, making them the most abundant member of order Carnivora in
the world.
The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both of the domesticated and feral varieties.
The English word dog comes from Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, a
"powerful dog breed".[6] The term may possibly derive from Proto-Germanic *dukkōn,
represented in Old English finger-docce ("finger-muscle").[7] The word also shows the
familiar petname diminutive -ga also seen in frogga "frog", picga "pig", stagga "stag", wicga
"beetle, worm", among others.[8] The term dog may ultimately derive from the earliest layer
of Proto-Indo-European vocabulary, reflecting the role of the dog as the earliest domesticated
animal.
For the origin, domestication, DNA evidence and archeological evidence for the dog, see
Origin of the domestic dog
The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris), based on genetic evidence as
of January 2014, began from a single domestication 11 to 16 thousand years ago that predates
the rise of agriculture and implies that the earliest dogs arose along with hunter-gatherers and
not agriculturists. [23] DNA evidence as of November 2013 indicates that all modern dogs are
most closely related to the extant and extinct canids of Europe[24][25] compared to earlier
writers who proposed the origins from Eurasia as well as Eastern Asia.