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...observatories around the world, detected last week's Java tsunami. But due to gaps in the way a tsunami alert is broadcast to the public, no warnings reached the people on the Javanese beaches?underscoring just how difficult it still is to protect the most vulnerable countries from killer tidal waves. "Let's not kid ourselves and think we solved the warning problem because we can detect a tsunami and say, 'It's coming,'" says Laura Kong, head of the International Tsunami Information Center in Honolulu. "We have to make sure that the information gets out to the last person...
...seaside destination for a week of gooey fun. Located 200 km (or about a two-hour bus ride) from Seoul, on the country's west coast, Boryeong is home to the soft and seemingly endless Daecheon Beach. From July 15-21, a section of this impressive, 13-km-long tidal flat will be the location of Mud Experience Land, the festival's heart?and despite all the talk of skin benefits, it's clear that most revelers are simply here to make a mess of themselves. There'll be wrestling, sliding, massages, and photo contests, all taking place...
...Located 200 km (or about a two-hour bus ride) from Seoul, on the[an error occurred while processing this directive] country's west coast, Boryeong is home to the soft and seemingly endless Daecheon Beach. From July 15-21, a section of this impressive, 13-km-long tidal flat will be the location of Mud Experience Land, the festival's heart - and despite all the talk of skin benefits, it's clear that most revelers are simply here to make a mess of themselves. There'll be wrestling, sliding, massages, and photo contests, all taking place...
...couldn’t sit and not smile if you heard Sue laughing in the building,” said Joseph J. McCarthy, the Kennedy School’s senior associate dean and director of degree programs. “It reminded me of a kind of tidal wave and it would lift all of our boats.” Her colleagues valued her presence, and the affection was mutual. “I would drop her off at work in the morning and of course on the outside you would see a woman towing her briefcase on wheels...
...Mary Corliss: In Babel, as with Amores Perros and 21 Grams, the theme is rooted in chaos theory. The idea is that a seemingly insignificant event anywhere in the world (the flapping of a butterfly's wings, in the famous example) can have cataclysmic consequences (a tidal wave or hurricane...