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EARTHQUAKE News, Jun 29, 2012

June US new-car sales seen highest in 5 years
Reuters
DETROIT (Reuters) - The deteriorating European markets have led auto industry executives to worry about possible contagion spreading across the Atlantic, but June new-car sales in the United States are. ... DETROIT | FriJun 29, 2012 1:17pm EDT ...
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Japan June manufacturing PMI contracts as rebuilding wanes
Reuters
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity shrank inJune for the first time in seven months, a survey showed on Friday, in a sign that a boost to the economy from rebuilding areas damaged by last year's earthquake and tsunami is ...
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* Consumer spending flat in May
Reuters
Consumer spending flat in May* Inflation measure posts first decline in a year* Consumer confidence drops to six-month low in June* Midwest factories expand in June, but orders easeBy Lucia Muti.
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Tokyo zoo hopes for pitter-patter of panda paws
Reuters
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - The female panda at Tokyo's UenoZoo may be pregnant, raising hopes that the pitter-patter oftiny panda paws will be heard there for the first time in morethan two decades.Two.
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Consumer spending stalls, morale at 6-month low
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer spending growth ground to a halt in May as auto purchases flagged, while confidence ebbed to a six-month low in June, the latest signs of trouble for the economy.Although. ...WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:08pm EDT ...
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Japan May output falls, firms see rebound
Reuters
"This is an adjustment in production, but it won't last long, as indicated by companies' forecasts for June and July." Japan's economy is expected to outperform most of its G7 peers this year with growth of around 2 percent, helped by earthquake ...
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Olympics-Japan rhythmic gymnasts put game face on
Reuters
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - Japan's rhythmic gymnastics teamhas been in intense training for the London Olympics, and nowthey are putting on their war paint to get psyched up to competeon the world's.
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Enjoy the long weekend, if only for second
Reuters
LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - The world is about to get awell-earned long weekend but don't make big plans because itwill only last an extra second.A so-called 'leap second' will be added to the world'satomic.
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Japanese protesters fill streets as nuclear re-start looms
Reuters
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - More than 15000 anti-nuclearprotesters blocked streets outside the Japanese prime minister'soffice on Friday, beating drums and chanting slogans against therestart of reactors. ...Oldest sound recording resurrected Thu, Jun ...
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Westinghouse Appoints Fecteau President and CEO of Westinghouse Electric ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PITTSBURGH, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that Mark Fecteau is the newly appointed president and chief executive officer of Westinghouse Electric Japan (WEJ), replacing Jack Allen, who will ...
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Japan rhythmic gymnasts put game face on
Reuters
... Call: Euro rises on EU rescue deal 7:51am EDT. Oldest sound recording resurrected Thu, Jun 28 2012. BlackBerry disconnect gets louder Thu, Jun 28 2012 ... TOKYO | Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:17pm EDT. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's rhythmic ... Japan also has ...
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Innovative Haitian Government Program Brings Lights to Towns and Villages
Sacramento Bee
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 29, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Solar streetlights are being installed throughout Haiti as part of an innovative program that aims to catalyze the decentralization of government services. The Minister of Interior and the ...
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Red Hat Honors Sean Millichamp as 2012 Worldwide Red Hat Certified ...
MarketWatch (press release)
RALEIGH, N.C. & BOSTON, Jun 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RED HAT SUMMIT AND JBOSS WORLD 2012-- Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT) , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Sean Millichamp, Senior Linux Architect at ... of more ...
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Dow and Aksa Announce Formation of Joint Venture for Carbon Fiber and...
MarketWatch (press release)
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jun 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Emphasis to be on integrated carbon fiber composite solutions for growing energy, transportation and infrastructure markets globally. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) , through its wholly-owned ...
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San Onofre's Demise Means Blackout For Weeks if 'Big-One' Quake Hits SoCal
LA Weekly (blog)
San Onofre's Demise Means Blackout For Weeks if 'Big-One' Quake Hits SoCal. By Dennis Romero Fri., Jun. 29 2012 at 8:01 AM. Categories:Earthquake · Pin It · earthquake crack road martin luff commercial ok.JPG. Martin Luff. If the Big One hits, we're f ...
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USC Shoah Foundation Institute Completes Preservation Of Holocaust ...
Sacramento Bee
LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has completed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project to digitally preserve the video interviews in its Visual History Archive. The archive contains testimony ...
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Japan May factory output falls 3.1 pct, firms see rebound
Reuters
Output down 3.1 pct in May vs forecast -2.8 pct* Consumer inflation still far from BOJ's 1 pct goal* Companies expect output to bounce back in June-July* Fading stimulus effect weighs on recovery. ... TOKYO, June 29(Reuters) - Japanese factory output ...
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Red Hat Announces Dates for Red Hat Summit 2013
MarketWatch (press release)
RALEIGH, N.C. & BOSTON, Jun 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT) , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that its ninth annual Red Hat Summit will take place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston ...
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Entertainment calendar June 29, 2012
Fairfield Daily Republic
Entertainment calendar June 29, 2012 ... CK Gallery: “I Am America: Black Genealogy through the Eye of an Artist,” July 8-29, artist talks 6:30 p.m. July 14, July 21 and July 28; gallery hours 1 to 5 p.m. July 15, July 22 and July 29, 4125 Piedmont Ave ...
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Royal Society: fracking is safe, as along as it's regulated
Ars Technica
by Mark Brown, Wired UK - Jun 29, 2012 3:42 pm UTC. Energy ... "We found that the most common areas of concern, such as the causation ofearthquakes with any significant impact or fractures reaching and contaminating drinking water, were very low risk ...
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Japan May housing starts rise 9.3 pct yr/yr -govt
Reuters
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - Housing starts in Japan rose 9.3 percent in May from a yearearlier, up for the fourth straight month, data from the land ministry showed on Friday,supported by rebuilding efforts.
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Fracking threat to UK house prices?
Aol Money
Small earthquakes from fracking in the Blackpool area have already caused concern. However fracking is thought not to be capable of causing major structural damage to property, though minor damage is a worry, plus the threat of increased insurance ...
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Three Ways Robots Can Help Us Deal With Environmental Catastrophes
ThinkProgress
By Climate Guest Blogger on Jun 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm. by Max Frankel. In the last few years, we've ... Some of these bots vacuum up oil, some sort rubble and rescueearthquake survivors, and some help battle wildfires. Here's a look at three of the ...
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ThinkProgress
Olivia Wilde Partners With American Apparel for Haiti
Ecorazzi
Like Jared Leto, Wilde used to visit Haiti as a child with her parents, and her passion for it lead her to be one of the first celebrity volunteers to travel to the country after the earthquake in 2010. Since then, she has created a charity called ...
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Japan's May jobless rate improves to 4.4 percent
Boston.com
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's unemployment rate improved to 4.4 percent in May amid a gradual recovery from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters of a year ago.
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UK shale fracking not risking quakes, dirty water
Reuters UK
LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Fracturing shale rock formations to extract trapped gas, also known as shale gas fracking, is unlikely to cause bigearthquakes or contaminate drinking water in Britain, science and engineering bodies said in a report on Friday.
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Magnitude 5.2 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO - Earthquake ...
By U.S. Geological Survey
Friday, June 292012 at 13:00:26 UTC; Friday, June 292012 at 08:00:26 AM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 14.967°N, 93.051°W. Depth, 74.8 km (46.5 miles). Region, OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO ...
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Volcano activity of June 28, 2012 – Canary ... - Earthquake Report
By Richard Wilson and Armand Vervaeck
This (almost) daily post intends to follow up the activity changes of volcanoes all over the world. This post is written by geologist Richard Wilson who specializes in Volcano seismicity and Armand Vervaeck. Please feel free to tell us about new ...
Earthquake Report
Quake recordings turned into music - Stuff.co.nz
By Vicki Anderson
Another Earthquake tune written by Kiwi artist Tom Cosm after the September Earthquakehttp://soundcloud.com/tomcosm/tom-cosm-official-christchurch-2010-earthquake-tune. moo #9 03:49 pm Jun 29 2012. It's very Len Lye, anyone else ...
Stuff.co.nz - Entertainment
Full-on testing at full-scale earthquake testing facility (Made By ...
By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com
Apparently, the Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Centre was built following a magnitude-6.8 earthquake that devastated the city of Kobe. ...Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on June 292012 11:24 AM | Permalink| ...
Made By Monkeys
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: Post-earthquake Political Blues
By Robert Winter
Friday, June 292012 ..... Mining the Western Bay - On Monday June 25th I spoke at a Green public meeting which we organised to raise awareness with residents of Te Puke and Papamoa about the mining activiti... 1 day ago. Pundit ...
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
News Round-Up: June 29, 2012 | Stuart H. Smith
By admin
News Round-Up: June 292012 ... In a country as small, crowded andearthquake-prone as Japan, vetting nuclear reactors for safety is key — as the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi showed. Japan is the only economy, besides ...
Stuart H. Smith
While thousands protest the restarting of any nuclear power plants in ...
By Robert Zimmerman
June 292012 at 9:35 AM. While thousands protest the restarting of any nuclear power plants in Japan following last year's earthquake, some scientists have questions about one particular plant. The article's headline falsely suggests that the ...
Behind The Black
We Need A Nickname For Jamaal Charles And Peyton Hillis ...
By Joel Thorman
Can't count past 5. I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days. I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more). by MNchiefsfan on Jun 292012 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions ...
Arrowhead Pride
June 29 Photo Brief: Japanese transvestite, monsoon frog marriage ...
By Nick Tann
This photo taken on June 28, 2012, shows Yuzo Shiozawa applying makeup after dressing himself into his alter-ego, 1970′s Japanese cartoon character Candice “Candy” White Ardlay at his home in Tokyo. Shiozawa, known as Candy H. Milky in the transvestite world, has three sons from ...Students wear protective head gear made from door rugs during anearthquake drill at the Pasig Central Elementary School in Manila. The drill was done simultaneously nationwide as part of the ...
The Darkroom: Exploring visual...
H5N1: Last-ditch effort to block restart of nuclear reactors in Japan
By Crof
June 292012 ... But warnings from scientists about the potential forearthquakes in the region could pose one last hurdle. All 50 of Japan's ...They estimated 760 gal, a measure of ground acceleration from anearthquake. Ishibashi questions ...
H5N1
(Major) Earthquakes list June 29, 2012
REAL TIME EARTHQUAKE LIST S – WORLD – REGIONS – COUNTRIES – STATES Felt an earthquake ? Click on I FELT IT below or use the form at the bottom.
earthquake-report.com/.../major-earthquakes-list-june-29-201...
Magnitude 5.2 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO - Earthquake ...
Magnitude, 5.2. Date-Time. Friday, June 29, 2012 at 13:00:26 UTC; Friday,June 29, 2012 at 08:00:26 AM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones ...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/.../usb000att9.p...
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - 29th June ...
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck the SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:31:45 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 ...
thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/.../60-magnitude-earthquake-so...
Earthquake prediction - To hit within 36 hours of June 29
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov] The next similar NEO is 2012 MY2. It makes a close approach today June 29th at .0034 AU / 1.5 LD [link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov] ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1911832/pg1
Biggest quake in a century rocks Victoria
Jun 29, 2012. It was the biggest earthquake to hit Victoria in more than a century and millions felt it when it struck just before 9pm (AEST) for about 30 to 40 ...
news.ninemsn.com.au/world/.../melbourne-hit-by-earthquake
Natural Disasters List June 29, 2012 ~ Recent Natural Disasters
M 4.7 moderate shallow earthquake in Tajikistan (@ 16 km depth) with epicenter ... 02:06 UTC (local time Friday, June 29, 2012 at 07:06 AM @ epicenter) ...
disaster-report.blogspot.com/.../natural-disasters-list-june-29-2...
4.0 quake rattles residents | Stuff.co.nz
A magnitude-4.0 earthquake has rattled Christchurch. ... Next Christchurch Earthquake 2011 story: ... Oldest First. Elizabeth Eason #10 06:31 pm Jun 29 2012 ...
www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/.../4-0-quake-rattles-residents
5.2 Acapetagua, Mexico-Mapastepec EARTHQUAKE, June 29 ...
Get all the details, imagery and feedback regarding the magnitude 5.2 Acapetagua, Mexico-Mapastepec EARTHQUAKE, June 29, 2012 at 08:00:26 AM .
www.friendlyforecast.com/.../5-2-acapetagua-mexico-mapaste...
Earthquake - Magnitude 2.3 - NORTHERN ITALY - 2012 June 29, 05 ...
Earthquake - Magnitude 2.3 - NORTHERN ITALY - 2012 June 29, 05:00 UTC earthquakes today - recent and latest earthquakes, earthquakemap and ...
www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=275849
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