Nat'l Hurricane Center gets new director
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A veteran National Weather Service forecaster was named head of the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday, one of meteorology's most highly visible posts.
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A leading biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been named to the first endowed chair in marine sciences at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday it did not expect tropical cyclone formation over the next 48 hours.
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Science & environment: Profile: From Antarctica to south Kensington - the Science Museum's new director.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Feb. 17--The Walton County Tourist Development Council announced the resignation Wednesday of Brad Pickel, the director of beach management. Pickel, who held the position for nearly seven years, will leave March 31.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has picked its first non-European executive director, naming Japan's Nobuo Tanaka to succeed outgoing Frenchman Claude Mandil from next September.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center on   Wednesday placed a hurricane watch on North Carolina and   reduced the alert for the Georgia coast to a tropical storm   warning, as Tropical Storm Ernesto swept up the Atlantic Coast.
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Bill Proenza was on the job as director of the National Hurricane Center for less than a week when he delivered his first warning about the looming loss of a crucial forecasting tool: a rare satellite that measures winds during storms.
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By Rosemary Winters, The Salt Lake Tribune  Jan. 31--James Sorensen has been tapped as Sandy's planning director.  Sorensen replaces George Shaw, who left the department earlier this month to  oversee planning for Salt Lake City.
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EMPLOYERS organisation the Confederation of British Industry has appointed a new chairman for its North West division.
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A management warning has just been posted for the National Hurricane Center in Miami, often regarded as one of the government's most prestigious agencies.
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A noted hurricane forecaster on Tuesday predicted the Atlantic hurricane season will see just two more tropical storms and no more "major" hurricanes.
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By Judy Fahys, The Salt Lake Tribune  Jun. 7--Cheryl Heying will be Utah's new director of air quality.    Rick Sprott, who is awaiting confirmation by the state Senate this month  to the post of director of the Department of Environmental Quality, made the  announcement Wednesday.
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The Treasury Department appointed a new director Tuesday for its agency that targets terrorist financiers and enforces economic embargoes against Cuba and other countries.
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Three major hurricanes in just over a month have strained the resources and staffing at the government's disaster relief agency, the director of preparedness said Wednesday.
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A Peruvian-born, award-winning physicist was named the new director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and he takes the helm at a critical time in energy research.
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On Tuesday, the new director of the Yucca Mountain Project told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that he's in charge of a troubled operation.