Or kids can be taken off parents' hands by capable babysitters, to frolic in the 15-meter pool or take part in nature walks, play board games or draw in a leather-bound blank book provided by the lodge, with complimentary crayons.

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ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Security has been tightened at the Athens Games after a man in a tutu jumped into the pool from the diving board during the men's synchronized three-meter springboard event.

CNN: Tutu diver splashes into spotlight

Udo Barckhausen, a geophysicist on board the Sonne, told CNN that the 7-meter (22-foot) buoys are programmed to detect changes in the seabed, and send alerts to the Indonesian mainland.

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