As a precaution, schools were said to have been evacuated in the immediate vicinity and were to be checked for any damage.
It was "a very fortunate coincidence that customs were within the vicinity and able to respond very quickly, " Christmas Island Administrator Jon Stanhope told Australian broadcaster ABC.
Vicinity is planning to use its database of more than 4m physical businesses, which already helps web surfers find the nearest Levi's store or FedEx drop-off point, to allow retailers to transmit discount coupons to the cellphone of a consumer who happens to walk by and lure her into the store.
In 2014 it intends to launch, at a cost of a few million dollars, a set of small space telescopes whose purpose will be to seek out asteroids which are easy to get to and whose orbits return them to the vicinity of Earth often enough for the accumulated spoils of a mining operation to be downloaded at frequent intervals.
Lilliputian's engineering miracle was in designing a tiny solid-oxide fuel cell that instead of melting everything in its vicinity is merely warm to the touch.
But astronomers have been unable to figure out how they get from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter to the vicinity of the Earth.
The contrarian walled deep inside newsletter land might want to sell people on the idea that oil prices, trading sideways all year, are heading to the vicinity of 50 bucks a barrel.
Most are transient visitors to the vicinity of earth their orbits are so long that many of those arriving now (such as Hale-Bopp) must have made any previous visit to the inner solar system before the beginning of recorded history.
Using your phone's location information, it can show train times when you get close to a station, concerts coming to a venue near you, photogenic landmarks in the vicinity, and suggest events in the area to check out.
Aside from a ridiculous, tear-jerking plot twist that I won't type for fear of debasing my fingertips, the other characters are just there to have their floundering spirits lifted by Patch, or to angrily stand in his way while he tries to soak the vicinity with his unbridled wonderfulness.
It shows that this piece of art means a lot to people in the vicinity of this work.
In Shanghai and vicinity, some restaurants have taken to remove poultry dishes from the menu altogether until the scare dies down.
Reports said the French rescue operation was not thought to be in the vicinity of the US fleet and the Maersk Alabama.
However, things are a little more complicated when it comes to coastlines in the vicinity of inlets, such as river mouths, lagoons and estuaries.
There is a lot to explore in the vicinity, and the jungle bursts with howler monkeys, orchids and other rich and exuberant flora and fauna typical of the area.
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The police set up vehicle check points, and detectives went door to door in the vicinity looking for witnesses but were baffled that no one had reported the apparent victims missing.
Unfortunately, BMW has not offered anything to drivers who might happen to be in the vicinity of one of these vehicles that might suddenly lose power between now and the time that all of them are fixed.
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But now there were no enthusiasts to be seen in his vicinity.
Plug in a set of headphones and hook up a guitar, and you can approximate the sound of a rock concert without disturbing everyone in your immediate vicinity (Slash says he uses it to practice in hotel rooms).
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Power was shut off to three buildings in the immediate vicinity of the blaze.
But Canada's seismic study last summer narrowed the likely source down to approximately 250 acres in the vicinity of Zug Island.
Right now, and sorry to anyone not local, Jeff delivers his mylk once a week to those in the Los Angeles vicinity.
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In the general vicinity of August a host of festivals come to town covering art, books, politics, music, theatre, dance, food, spirituality and multiculturalism and pretty much everything in between.
Mr Griffiths said damage is restricted to "items in the immediate vicinity of the incident and indications are that the damage is limited and that the majority of items affected can be recovered".
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In fact in 2010 and 2011, there is a good chance growth will get up to the 6% to7% vicinity, and I rather suspect all those emails about the R in BRIC will stop!
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According to Mr. Cassar, the local authorities have worked very hard on carrying out conservation activities on the monument and for finding solutions to control heavy traffic in the vicinity of the endangered minarets in the Musalla Complex.
In a sad irony, the new library may actually be built over its earliest forebear, which is known to have been located in the same vicinity.
With great effort, her patient finally managed to get the tooth brush somewhere in the vicinity of her mouth.
We have to make sure that everyone in the immediate vicinity is safe.
"We consider this closure to be temporary and we shall be discussing options with the local community and Postwatch to re-establish a branch in the vicinity, " it said.
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