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3 Historical Cases of Tsunami Caused by Rockslide, Pyro Clouds

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Jakarta - Many people were bewildered by the origins of the recent Sunda Strait tsunami that hit Carita Beach in Banten, West Java and Lampung, as the area’s early warning systems installed specifically to alarm people of an impending tsunami were not triggered. After the tsunami took place on Saturday night, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) initially issued a public announcement through its Twitter account @infoBMKG stating there its early data suggest there were no seismic activities recorded in the region. The agency later corrected their statement in the following tweet on December 23 at 02:55 AM stating that the tsunami is believed to be caused by activities from the nearby Mount Anak Krakatau (child of Krakatoa), though further analysis will need to be conducted. As people await for BMKG’s official investigation report upon the cause of the Sunda Strait tsunami, distant and recent history have shown that a tsunami, which is generally ...
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No tsunami detection system on Sunda Strait has been in place since 2012: official

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There was no warning prior to the deadly volcano-triggered tsunami on the Sunda Strait on Saturday evening due to an absence of a tsunami warning system in the area — and across Indonesia — Indonesia Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho revealed this morning. In a series of tweets, Sutopo wrote that Indonesia hasn’t had a functional tsunami detection buoy system, also known as deep-ocean assessment and reporting of tsunamis (DART), since 2012. 5) Tidak ada peringatan dini tsunami di Selat Sunda pada 22/12/2018 malam. Tidak adanya peralatan sistem peringatan dini menyebabkan potensi tsunami tidak terdeteksi sebelumnya. Tidak terpantau tanda-tanda akan datangnya tsunami sehingga masyarakat tidak memiliki waktu evakuasi. — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) 24 December 2018 “There was no early warning for the tsunami on the Sunda Strait on the evening of December 22, 2018… The fact that the signs weren’t detected means residents [of...
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'Whale' meets 'whale' in Vatican

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Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has tweeted a photo of herself meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican on Thursday. She wrote that during her official state visit to Europe, meeting the pope had been on her agenda and she wanted to thank him personally for the Vatican’s support of the recent Our Ocean conference, which took place in Bali in October. Salah satu agenda kunjungan kerja saya di Eropa adalah bertemu dengan Paus Fransiskus untuk memenuhi undangan beliau. Saya mengucapkan terima kasih secara langsung atas dukungan dan komitmen Vatikan yang disampaikan oleh H.E Archbishop Piero Pioppo di @OurOcean2018 Oktober lalu. pic.twitter.com/Cs4ubwOCG1 — Susi Pudjiastuti (@susipudjiastuti) 13 December 2018 Susi also wrote that the message was delivered by Archbishop Piero Pioppo, the Vatican’s ambassador to Indonesia, during the conference. She also attended the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) general meeting in Monaco, where...
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Miss USA apologizes for mocking non-English speaking Miss Universe contestants

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Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers, has come under fire just days before taking the stage in the ongoing Miss Universe contest for mocking fellow contestants Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia for their poor English language skills. Summers, 24, has since apologized for what social media users called racism and bullying, saying that she "would never intend to hurt another". She made the comments alongside Miss Colombia Valeria Morales and Miss Australia Francesca Hung in an Instagram Live video on Morales' account on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The clip begins with Summers asking Morales and Hung: "What do you think about Miss Vietnam?" She then goes on to say of her Vietnam counterpart H'Hen Nie: "She's so cute and she pretends to know so much English, and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she goes (nods and smiles)." Summers then laughs and calls Nie "adorable". And when promp...
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NASA responds to Avengers fans' requests to save Tony Stark

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Marvel Studios released an official trailer for Avengers: Endgame on Dec. 7. The trailer sees Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) drifting in space on a spaceship with little oxygen reserve left. The situation is a follow-up to the ending of last year’s Avengers: Infinity War, which saw Stark as Iron Man losing a space battle to the villain, Thanos. Following the release, Avengers fans have been jokingly pleading with NASA to save Tony Stark from outer space. As reported by BBC, some could be found voicing their concern for Stark’s wellbeing to NASA on Twitter. Hello Mr @NASA can you please rescue Tony Stark he's stuck somewhere in outer space and his food and water supply ran out four days ago his oxygen levels are depleting WE DONT KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS BEFORE HE DRIFTS OFF PLEASE pic.twitter.com/nlsISwYAVK — 🍑 adie (@yeheypizza) 9 December 2018 Me, knocking on NASA’s front door and asking if I could borrow a ship to go save Tony Stark pic.twitter.com/T...
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4 Brilliant Ways to Reuse Used Coffee Grounds

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Did you know that coffee grounds, used or fresh ones, could be used for things other than making the beverage helping you wake up in the morning? Here are 4 beneficial uses of used coffee grounds: 1. Face Scrub A coffee scrub might be the alternative to make use of your used coffee grounds that help exfoliate dead skin cell on your face. This coffee scrub works with your body to produce new skin cells. Stylecaster suggests mixing 3 tablespoon coffee grounds, 1 tablespoon of natural oil, and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.  2. Air Freshener Remember the old coffee grounds you bought last month but did not have the time to drink it? You can use it as air fresheners since it could still emit unique coffee scents and absorb unpleasant smells. Simply fill a clean old sock with the coffee grounds, tie it, and hang it on a corner of a room.  3. Mosquito Repellent Burning your dry coffee grounds can help repel mosquitos away since most bugs have...
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Crazy Rich Asians underwhelms at Chinese box office

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Crazy Rich Asians might have been a big hit at western box offices this year - but Chinese audiences clearly don't feel the same way about the film. The Hollywood blockbuster featuring an all-Asian cast failed to ignite the Chinese box office, limping in at number eight on its debut. It was released four months after its US release, taking just $1.1 million (£857,000) in its first three days. The film has so far made around $238 million (£185.8 million) worldwide. Eyebrows may be raised at the fact Crazy Rich Asians has flopped in the world's largest Asian nation. But it's probably not that much of a surprise. Being released so long after the film came out in other big territories meant the hype and publicity had all but died down. The delayed release isn't particularly unusual for the Chinese market - films have to go through a censorship process and there is a quota for foreign films, with a limit of 34 movie imports a year. But an...
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