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SEATTLE , May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) today reported April and year-to-date operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and on a combined basis. Detailed information is provided below. ALASKA AIRLINES - MAINLINE Alaska reported a 9.2 percent increase in traffic on a 9.9 percent increase in capacity compared to April 2012. This resulted in a 0.6-point decrease in load factor to 86.8 percent. Alaska also reported 86.8...
CITGO Marketer Helps High School Students in Vermont and New Hampshire SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Local CITGO Marketer Champlain Oil Co. will soon launch its "Be A Star. Buy A Star." fundraiser to benefit the "Project Graduation" program at six local high schools. From May 1-31, seven of Champlain Oil's CITGO Jiffy Mart locations in New Hampshire and Vermont will sell paper stars for $1 or $5. One hundred percent of the profits will go to "Project Graduation,"...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The state with the most tobacco smokers in the US has also polled in as the state with the most people who are stressed out, according to Gallup. A new poll by Gallup found West Virginia ranked as the state that is most stressed out. The Mountain State is not only home to the highest percentage of adult smokers, 27 percent, but it is also a state where 47.1 percent of its population is stressed out. Next to West Virginia in the...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Burlington International Airport (BTV) has selected a joint venture led by premier travel retailer Hudson Group as the winner in its recent competitive bid process for the airport's retail concessions program. The Hudson team has been operating newsstands at the airport since 2004. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060705/NYW034LOGO) The new five-year contract includes three Hudson travel essentials stores (the latest...
Oil and Gas Boom Driving Population Growth in the Great Plains, Census Bureau Estimates Show WASHINGTON, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Numerous metropolitan statistical areas, micropolitan statistical areas and counties that were among the fastest-growing last year were located in, or at least near, the Great Plains and West Texas, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO)...
New $10-Million Technology Center to Open in Vermillion, S.D.; Scholarships and Career Track at University of South Dakota Will Train Workforce VERMILLION, S.D., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Creek Software Services, the leader in onshore information technology services, announced today a partnership with the state of South Dakota and city of Vermillion to bring 1,000 jobs to the state. The rural high-tech jobs will be phased in over the next 3-5 years. A new $10 million...
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Rare Earths, Inc., "UREE", (OTCBB: UREE), a rare earths exploration company with mining claims in Idaho, Montana, and Colorado, is pleased to announce it has received approval for its drill permit on its Sheep Creek property in Montana. "Sheep Creek gives us five permits across three states," said Kevin Cassidy, CEO and Director of U.S. Rare Earths. "We now have the opportunity to take a district approach on our Idaho and...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers have turned to the pioneer microblogging service Twitter to help them determine the happiest and saddest states in the US. Scientists at the University of Vermont studied 10 million tweets posted from 373 different sites across the country, ranking the saddest and happiest states based on the frequency of happy and sad words posted onto the microblogging site. Hawaii was found to be the happiest state during the study,...
HONOLULU, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To help grant the wishes of local children with life-threatening medical conditions, Alaska Airlines is donating 1 million miles to Make-A-Wish(®) Hawaii. The airline also asked the community to help raise 1 million more miles. As part of the new partnership with the nonprofit, the Seattle-based airline will also donate 100 miles to Make-A-Wish for every Hawaii resident who registers for a new Mileage Plan account during 2013, up to 1...
WAYZATA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. ("Dakota Plains" and "DAKP"), (OTC: DAKP) today announced that Craig M. McKenzie, a veteran of the oil and gas industry, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. McKenzie will also serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. McKenzie replaces Gabriel G. Claypool, who will continue as President and has been appointed by the Board to serve as Chief Operating Officer....
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If you live in or around Bismarck North Dakota the graph shows you what you can roughly expect when it comes to heating and cooling your house during the ENSO Phases. Bismarck North Dakota, with its northern latitude, does have an impact on what type of heating and cooling it sees. During an Normal Phase the HDD for the region hits about 1348 on average. When the region enters into an El-Nino they can expect the amount of HDD’s to decrease to around 970 which really helps cut down on the...
