Blake Miller, on board to celebrate his partner’s 50th birthday, said Costa representatives rebuffed his efforts to get some reimbursement so he could buy a change of clothing. Only passengers who had paid for special insurance to cover lost belongings would receive compensation to buy replacements, he said they were told.

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Its very interesting article that tells you how long they have been doing the light show, its longer than you would think, and also when they first started adding color to the falls. Something colorful and interesting for you all to read on this dreary Monday.

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DALLAS (AP) – Major U.S. airlines are again trying to raise prices on many domestic flights.

Delta Air Lines Inc. confirmed Friday that it had raised fares to Florida, Phoenix and Las Vegas by up to $10 per round trip.

JetBlue Airways Corp. said that it raised fares on many U.S. routes by $6 per round trip, and US Airways Group Inc. said it matched JetBlue.

The fare hikes indicated that airlines are still seeing strong demand for travel despite the weak economy.

J.P. Morgan analyst Jamie Baker, who tracks airline prices closely, said a successful fare increase would help airline stocks, which have risen since American Airlines parent AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. Investors are betting that American will reduce flying, adding to revenue and profit at other airlines.

Airlines have imposed about 10 broad fare increases this year, but an equal number have failed because some carriers declined to go along with higher prices.

Ticket prices vary by route, time of day, and whether they’re for nonstop flights. And airlines often raise some fares while cutting others. This week, American, Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue ran broad-based fare sales.

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There’s  that word again –mangrove– Ive seen it before, but i realized i had never tried to find out what exactly a mangrove is or why it was given that name. I looked to find the definition to solve my first question.

Mangrove: any tropical evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, having stiltlike intertwining aerial roots and growing below the highest tide levels in estuaries and along coasts, forming dense thickets: family Rhizophoraceae

I kind of figured it would have something to do with a plant or tree since the word grove is in its name. Grove: a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth: a grove of pines. Though, judging by the name alone, i thought it meant mango grove or something. Good thing i googled it.

Then to solve my next question i turn to Wikipedia to figure out why they are called mangroves.

Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S.

The word is used in at least three senses: (1) most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal,^[1] for which the terms mangrove forest biome, mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, (2) to refer to all trees and large shrubs in the mangrove swamp, and (3) narrowly to refer to the mangrove family of plants, the Rhizophoraceae, or even more specifically just to mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora.

These plants are very useful in keeping shore lines from eroding into the ocean, but they are also threatened world wide.

I thought i would share this with you guys in case, like me, you were really curious about what they were and why they had that name or you encountered something like it and didn’t know what it was. Hopefully you found this bit of information enlightening and if you have personal pictures i would love to see them.  I hope you learned something today, i know i did.

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By Richie Motz