Tuesday, February 26, 2013

NASA infrared data shows Tropical Cyclone 18S still battling wind shear - Phys.Org

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NASA infrared data shows Tropical Cyclone 18S still battling wind shear

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An infrared look at Tropical Storm 18S by the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Feb. 26, revealed wind shear continues to take its toll on the storm and keeps pushing its strongest (purple) precipitation away from the center of the storm ...



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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Phoenix attorney Kaites, former Expos, Nationals president part of Reinsdorf bid for Coyotes - Denver Business Journal:

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Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicago Bulls andWhite Sox, is the lead name on the $148 millio offer for the team, whichn is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Canadianb billionaire Jim Balsillie earliefr madea $213 millionn offer to buy the hockey team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Friday alonvwith Kaites. Bankruptcy court filings say Tavares, CEO of New York-basefd Sports Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the effort. Kaited is an attorney with LLC in Phoenixx and a principal withthe Phoenix-baseed lobbying firm .
The firm counts Reinsdorf, the Gila River Indian Community, Magellan Health Servicess and the Professional Firefighters of Arizona union among its according to the Arizona Secretaryof State’s Kaites served as a prosecutor in Maricopa Count y Attorney’s office before unsuccessfullty running for state attorneuy general in 1998. He also servee in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermajnon KPNX-TV Channel 12. Kaites has been a politicalo allyof U.S. Sen. John McCain, serving on his 2008 Arizona presidential campaign leadership team in Tavares served as president of the Montreal Expos durinv the time when the baseball team relocated toWashingto D.C.
and became the Nationals.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royakl Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelit dinner for two atthe resort’x restaurant, T. Cook’s. In subsequent weeks, similar packages are expectedf to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carlton Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinentapl Montelucia Resort and Spa, Fairmont Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Westin Phoenician and Arizona Grand. The contest is part of a sociall media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoeniz CVB that also includes anew blog, Twitterr and Flickr accounts, and YouTube The blog, called the Hot Sheet, is a frequentlyy updated compendium of restaurants, shops and activities.
The video called “Phoenix Dream Days,” featuress Phoenicians of local and national renown offerin tours of their favoritelocal hangouts. The inaugural videk is hosted by celebrity chefMark Tarbell. Blog: Twitter: YouTube: Flickr:

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaiik from Japan. That’s a 32 percenty drop from the same period in about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanese visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directlyt attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenzs A. Even though Japan has as of Wednesday, 385 swine flu cases of its own, rankinb it among the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employees fromoverseas travel. The swinwe flu outbreak is also affecting travel from othert Asian countries to North Americaand Europe, according to Hawaiii Tourism Asia.
The South Korean travel industryreporta 15-30 percent cancellation ratez in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under 10 The Chinesetravel meantime, said cancellations in outbound travepl are increasing, with fewer new-bookec packages to the U.S.