Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Similar phenomena

Over time, couples will be more similar to each other. Increasingly feel happy, then they more likely to have a physical resemblance. Thus the results of research conducted psychologist Robert Zajonc from the University of Michigan as reported by Livescience.com, recently.

Zajonc to experiment, to test the phenomenon of life that the longer couples face more and more similar to each other. He analyzes the photographs when the newly married couple and the pictures 25 years later. Zajonc estimate, an elderly couple seemed more like because people will imitate the expression on his friend's face.

"In other words, if your spouse has a good sense of humor and lots of laughs, then he will develop laugh lines around their mouths. So did his partner," says Zajonc. "Other evidence also showed that men and women the possibility of initially attracted to someone who has the same personality."

In 2006, in one study, scientists at the University of Liverpool asked for volunteers to look at portraits of men and women and assess the personalities of people in the photo. The participants did not know where the couple live figure in the photographs, but most couples who live together long considered to have the most similar personalities.

The researchers concluded, has the personality traits of interest may exist correlation to make the face look attractive. In a study of twins, scientists from the University of Western Ontario found that study participants tended to choose partners with similar genes; partner of each of identical twins have a higher similarity than pairs of non-identical twins.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The spirit of Majapahit


Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik, dispatch an expedition cruise ship "The Spirit of Majapahit" from the Batavia Marina, North Jakarta, Sunday (4 / 7). "Expedition cruise ship Spirit of Majapahit kebaharian reflects the spirit of the Indonesian nation that continues to surge. The spirit of this charming character of the Indonesian nation," said Jero Wacik Menbudpar.

Ship "Spirit of Majapahit" was the result of reconstruction (replica) Majapahit era merchant ships taken from the relief panels in Borobudur temple. The ship will then conduct an expedition to eight countries namely, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Reconstruction Ship "Spirit of Majapahit" 13th century AD was the result of recommendations from the seminar with the theme "Looking for Ship Shape Majapahit" held community Majapahit Japan Association (JPA), a group of Japanese businessmen who care about the history and culture of the Majapahit Kingdom, in Tokyo in March 2009 as well as workshops in Jakarta in June 2009.

Community JPA is a container for developing cooperation in the form of research and digging deeper longer history of Majapahit to admire the Indonesian nation and the international community.

Ship "Spirit of Majapahit" was made with 15 crafters Sapardi Slopeng Coast, Sub Dasuk, Madura's very typical for an oval shape with two ends melancip order to break the waves as high as five meters. As Indonesia's largest traditional boat with a length of 20 meters, 4.5 meters width, and height of two meters, the ship requires 28.63 cubic old teak wood and dry from Tuban and Apex and bamboo and wood petung pereng Sumenep area.

The ship has two wooden wheel in the stern and outrigger on both sides that serves as a counterweight. Screen attached to the poles to form an equilateral triangle and the stern or rear of the vessel is higher than the front porch. The ship is also equipped with modern navigation facilities, such as GPS, Nav-Tex, and the Marine Radar.

Ship "Spirit of Majapahit" dinakhodai two officers Major (Sea) Deni Eko Hartono and Risky Prayudi with a crew of three Japanese citizens including Yoshiyuki Yamamoto of the JPA as a leader of the expedition, Indonesian youth from various disciplines, as well as the crew of five Bajo in Sapeken, Sumenep. The plan upon his arrival back in Indonesia, the ship "Spirit of Majapahit" will be a collection of museums and attractions.

source:
http://gayahidup.liputan6.com/

Monday, July 5, 2010

Royal yacht

A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often manned by personnel from the navy and used by the monarch and his/her family on both private and official travels.
Depending on how the term is defined royal yachts date back to the days of antiquity with royal barges on the Nile in ancient Egypt.

Later the Vikings produced royal vessels. They followed the pattern of longships although highly decorated and fitted with purple sails (purple sails remained standard for royal vessels the next 400 years).[1]

In England, Henry V sold off the Royal Yachts to clear the Crown's debts. The next royal vessels in England were built in the Tudor period with Henry VIII using a vessel in 1520 that was depicted as having cloth of gold sails.[2] James I had the disdain a ship in miniature (she was later recorded as being able to carry about 30 tons) built for his son Prince Henry. The disdain was significant in that she allowed for pleasure cruising and as a result can be seen as an early move away from Royal ships as warships.

The first ships to unquestionably qualify as royal yachts were those owned by Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.[citation needed] The first was a gift from the Dutch but later yachts were commissioned and built in England. This established a tradition of royal yachts in Britain that was later copied by other royal families of Europe. Through the 19th century royal yachts got larger as they became a symbol of national wealth. World War I brought this trend to an end and the royal families that survived found it harder to justify the cost with the result that there are only two royal yachts left in use in Europe. For the most part royal yachts have been superseded by the use of warships in this role, as royal yachts are often seen as a hard-to-justify expenditure. In addition most monarchies with a railway system employ a special set of royal carriages. Most monarchies also employ aircraft as a luxurious (and much more speedy and timely) mode of transportation.