The sand helps sea defences by reducing the impact of the waves on the promenade.
It seems though that the height of the waves became too much for the heavily laden craft.
He loves the idea of the waves but he hates falling over and he really hates getting salt water in his eyes.
The hydraulic compression of the waves compressed me over a period of three seconds until I heard three bones fracturing in my shoulders.
And then cognitive computers capable of learning and sorting information will make sense of the waves of data and give us knowledge and capabilities we never thought possible.
The wind rushes along the footpath before them, muting the gentle snapping sound of their sails and of the waves crashing against the cliff face 200 metres below.
Overlooking Valley of the Waves, and completing the fantastical view from the Monkey Spring Plaza, are the domed towers of the otherworldly Palace of the Lost City.
He was wrapped in the sensation of her absence, the gulls crying and circling, the crash and drag of the waves, a cold wind slicing underneath his clothes.
They would let the sun do its magic and the sound of the waves, the palm trees swishing away under the warm breeze would ease them into a stress-free vacation mode.
The force of the waves combined with the high tide ripped up part of the beach and lifted some of the boats onto the road, and the nearby boat museum was flooded.
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NOAA, and Costas Synolakis, at the University of Southern California, can predict the size and shape of the waves that will be generated by a particular tsunami, as well as the resulting coastal inundation.
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Another concern is that no two Elliott Wave analysts seem to be able to agree on a count of the waves, and they seem quite willing to change their counts as the market moves.
Sailing on San Francisco Bay rather than miles out on the ocean, Oracle envisioned the 72-foot cats wowing both spectators lining the shore and TV viewers alike by skimming across the top of the waves.
In the Madagascan data, for example, the choppiness of the waves in the open stretches of the Indian Ocean can be contrasted with the smooth reflection of the radar signal from the enclosed, calm waters of the Baie de Diego.
At Deal, a new 400m wall has been built either side of the pier designed to reduce the power of the waves, further north a rock barrier has been built and the beach has been strengthened with tonnes of shingle.
Many still ask whether Rio authorities, who have succeeded in cracking down on much of the city's drug violence, are up to the task of protecting the waves of tourists expected to flood the city during the upcoming double-header of mega-events.
Basically, it comes down to this: in addition to the usual frequency and wavelength details that distinguish different types of signals, there are other features that influence the shape or form of the waves best suited to certain types of transmissions.
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Once there, they use aerial photography and remote cameras in combination with depth-finding and global-positioning satellite technology (as well as some first-hand testing of the waves) to measure the waves and map the contours of the ocean floor under the breaks.
Once there, a seaside picnic costs no more than the price of a fresh crusty baguette and a hunk of gooey Camembert, but the sublime feeling of the sun on your face and the sound of the waves crashing nearby is what dreams are made of.
The evening ends with the liberating sensation of sleeping on the sands of the Wattamolla lagoon, with the sounds of a waterfall and the crashing waves of the sea nearby.
If we take a look at one of the first waves of consumerization, the corporate use of personal devices (meaning smart phones and of course the iPad and other tablets), we can see that the benefits also come with responsibilities, that, if ignored, leave both end users and the IT department quite unhappy.
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We need to create a whole-government, whole-society approach that learns from and taps into the new global geography of innovation, the waves of innovation coming from Indian designers focused on the rural poor, the talent factories of a resurgent China, the petro-dollar-fueled innovation hubs of the Middle East and the disaster-honed civil innovation capabilities of Chile, for instance.
In the case of lidar, the waves are in the form of an infra-red laser beam.
This is just one case study of the usefulness of Elliott Waves to the trader.
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First, engineers discovered that aerial surveillance radars left over from the Soviet era were better at detecting stealth bombers than they had expected, due to a peculiar match between the dimensions of the planes and the length of the radar waves.
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One of the largest waves of immigration in our history took place little more than a century ago.
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Each wind was given a name, which along with the colour of water or the height of waves was used to help forecast the weather.
This weekend, in addition to being the groundbreaking time when a national institution auctions off oversized goldfish, is also the time that we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Trieste descending to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth 7 miles beneath the shiny waves of the Pacific Ocean.
In addition, computers are faster and forecasters today have new tools in their arsenal, such as software that helps them predict the height of ocean waves and the interval between waves.
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