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[Best Syndication News] Frontier Airlines announced their new additions of seven new flight destinations coming out of their Denver International Airport (DEN) hub. They will also be increasing their seasonal flights from Denver to Fort Myers to a year round schedule.
The new destinations are non-stop to Branson, Mo. (BKG); Grand Rapids, Mich. (GRR); Long Beach, Calif. (LGB); Madison, Wis. (MSN); Newport News-Williamsburg, Va. (PHF); Santa Barbara, Calif. (SBA); and seasonal nonstop service to Green Bay, Wis. (GRB).
“This is a very exciting day for Frontier Airlines as we continue to show our strong commitment to Denver,” said Daniel Shurz, Frontier’s vice president of planning and strategy. “With the delivery of three new Airbus A320s and additional E190s this spring we are able to expand our service to new and under-served markets out of Denver, as well as increase frequencies in several of our popular markets. Customers in our seven new markets can now look forward to Frontier’s excellent customer service and affordable fares as they travel to Denver and beyond.”
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[Best Syndication News] The Smithsonian's National Zoo sent the giant panda, Tai Shan off to China early this morning at 9:04 a.m. from the Dulles International Airport.
The giant panda Tai Shan was born on July 9th, 2005, and was named Tai Shan, which means “peaceful mountain,” The zoo had a panda webcam that people could watch the panda bear grow up as well as become a favorite for many visitors at the Washington National Zoo. The Zoo actually had received an extension of 2 ½ years beyond the original agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Assocation. Now Tai Shan will be used as part of the panda breeding program at the Wolong’s Bifengxia Panda Base in Ya’an, Sichuan, China.
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[Best Syndication News] An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude shook this Thursday offshore at the Northern California coast at 12:20 p.m. PT. The nearest cities to the epicenter of the earthquake are Petrolia, and Ferndale California which are 35 -36 miles from the quakes center. The next closest cities are Fortuna and Eureka which is 42 and 47 miles.
The shaking was felt by residents in this area according to initial reports received by the USGS. There was light to moderate with some damage reports coming in, but nothing major has been reported so far.
A tsunami is not expected WC/ATWC officials. They did warn however that locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides.
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[Best Syndication News] The giant squid have returned to the Southern California shores, with many of the squid being caught by fishermen weighing in at 20-30 pounds. The giant squid can reach up to 7feet long and weigh up to 100 pounds.
The giant squid species is called Humboldt, Jumbo Squid, Jumbo Flying Squid, or Diablo Rojo (which means Red Devil). They tend to live in warmer waters, however since El Niño weather patterns have come to be, there has been some migration patterns seen with this species. Typically they like to live in deep ocean water but they have been making their way inland more. Once in the Fall of 2004, there was between 1,000 to 1,500 squid washed up on the Long Beach Peninsula in southwest Washington. They have been seen as far as north as Alaska.
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[Best Syndication News] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a $4.03 Billion budget to President Obama which is a 23 percent increase over the $3.28 billion it currently is working with in order to improve the agency. The FDA is asking for $750 million more dollars than they did the previous budget.
The budget increase would help overhaul the agency so that it will be better able to protect our food supply, our medicines and to help fine tune their stop smoking cigarettes campaigns and education programs.
The largest lump sump increase would go toward improving food safety with an extra $318.3 million going into this to establish what they call a national food safety system that would provide better inspection and response from the agency.
