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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Earthquakes, Science and Technology, Japan, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Accent: Shaking Things Up: Lunch with the Arts showcases unique Indonesian musical instrument
mariel@communityartscenter.netVisitors to the Community Arts Center can take a trip to Indonesia and Asia without ever leaving their seats, thanks to Kuo-Huang Han, a recently-retired professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Kentucky. Indonesian music and culture has held a...Tags: Music, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Arts, Entertainment
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Indonesia's Paluweh volcano from space: Green blob, plumes of ash
What does a volcano look like from 438 miles above the Earth's surface? Thanks to NASA and its new Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite (LDCM), you can see for yourself. On April 29, the satellite captured two images of the Paluweh volcano...
Tags: NASA, Volcanoes, Satellite Technology, Landforms, U.S. Geological Survey
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Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
In Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. But sharia means different...
Tags: Laws, Science and Technology, Punishment, Africa, Belief and Faith
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Inquiry finds Indonesia military unit was behind prison killings
Eleven members of an elite Indonesian military unit were behind the slayings of four detainees at the Cebongan prison last month, military investigators told reporters this week. Brig. Gen. Unggul K. Yudhoyono said the prison killings were a revenge...
Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Fidel Castro, Armed Forces, Politics
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Indonesia: Maluku Islands offer an underwater wonderland
MALUKU ISLANDS, Indonesia — Perched on the edge of a skiff, I felt a trickle of sweat inch down my cheek. A heavy scuba tank pulled at my back as I adjusted my mask, feeling claustrophobic in all this gear and anxious about making this dive. How...
Tags: Nutmeg, Joseph Conrad, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Planning your trip to the Maluku Islands, Indonesia
THE BEST WAY TO THE MALUKU ISLANDS, INDONESIA From LAX, Cathay Pacific, Singapore, Virgin AustraIia, Malaysia Airlines, China Airlines and EVA offer connecting service (change of planes) to Denpasar International Airport on Bali. Restricted round-trip...Tags: Malaysia, Los Angeles International Airport, Bali (Indonesia), Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Pictures in the News | January 23, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News starts out in a winter wonderland, where visitors walk through the snowy landscape at Grosser Feldberg in Germany. Cold weather was on the menu across the Atlantic, where commuters bundled up against the cold on New York's... -
British woman faces death for drug smuggling in Indonesia
A British woman who tried to smuggle several pounds of cocaine into Bali was sentenced Tuesday to death, a far more severe punishment than the 15 years behind bars sought by Indonesian prosecutors. The court found there were "no mitigating...
Tags: Justice System, Organized Crime, Punishment, Human Rights, Lawyers
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Ronny Dean Newman
Obituary Ronny Dean Newman began life in Lake City, Iowa on December 4, 1938. He enjoyed humorously noting that there was actually NO lake, and NO city. His parents, Harold and Verva Astleford Newman continued on to have 10 more children. Life for the...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, U.S. Army, University of California, Irvine
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Rape victims 'enjoy it,' Indonesia Supreme Court hopeful suggests
An Indonesian Supreme Court hopeful may have torpedoed his chances at the job after suggesting that women might enjoy being raped, infuriating a wide array of critics. Daming Sanusi made the inflammatory remarks Monday while being interviewed by a...Tags: Justice System, Sex Crimes, Rape, Yemen, Richard Mourdock
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Leon P. Younker, 63
Leon Paige Younker, 63, of Hagerstown, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born Nov. 22, 1949, at home in Millstone, Md., he was the son of the late Leo Isaac and Pearl Virginia...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), American Cancer Society, U.S. Army
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