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As seen in this article Body Scanners at more U.S. Aiports.  Despite concerns of privacy, as seen from examples which can shown the outline of a person's body, the priority for security has increased.

Health concerns travelers as well, but the some health professionals report the use of the scanner to have low radiation exposure.  Long-term effects as well as multiple exposures for frequent flyers may be studied in the future and give better data to the health effects off the scanners.    

New Opera 10.5 web browser released and can be downloaded from Opera.com  The 10.5 continues to offer good rendering of html pages as well as speed increases that make the web broswer market highly competitive.  No matter what web browser is used it's reccomended to keep updadate to the latest version of the browser. 

Pacific and Pacific Islands are under tsunami watch and warning following a 8.8 earthquake in Chile.

This includes:

CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA /
COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR /
GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI /
KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA /
SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI /
AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU /
HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. /
NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /
POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA /
N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES /
CHINESE TAIPEI

NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Hawai'i civil defense reporting the first waves to hit Hawai'i at 11:04AM HST Hawaii Standard Time

Oahu Evacuation maps (also in local phone books) from Pacific Disaster Center

Baltimore Sun Pacific Rim tsunami alert and evacuation article

Reuters Hawai'i tsunami alert and evacuation article

The Commercial Appeal Samoa tsunami alert and evacuation article

Feb 27 2010 Live web cam of Waikiki Beach

Hawaii news Now Live Covereage Feb 27 2010

KHON Hawaii news Live Covereage Feb 27 2010

This article from wired examines how historically, a few websites on the internet had been known for allowing users to create false indentities but in present time Facebook and other social networking websites are a more accurate reflection of their users.

Heavy Rain is a PS3 (Sony Playstation 3) game developed by Quantic Dream.  Heavy Rain pushes the boundaries of what defines a game for as an interactive story/movie. Heavy Rain is like old books having choices which required you to read different pages based on your choice to continue toward the end.

It is definately more a story than a game for adults it's a psychological story, rated mature as opposed to an all ages game like Little Big Planet which also broke ground for gaming on the PS3.

Many gamers might be turned off by it's slow pace and little actual game play but it's worth trying and could be applied to interactive learning and storytelling on the internet.  

Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain could also by the first of many games based on movies or television series.  Lost which is a popular ABC television series filmed in Hawaai'i based in the "South Pacific" would be a perfect example for this genere of game. The current game lisenced by the TV series, Lost: Via Domus was develped developed by Ubisoft and has mixed reviews like this one from IGN.  If the game was more like Heavy Rain it may keep much of the same audience captivated with what if scenerios and interactive dramatic storytelling.  The Lost TV series includes a huge cast of characters, deep plot and a devoted fan base it would be easy to image the series story full of "what if" translated into a video game like Heavy Rain.

Heavy Rain Website