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Crammed with magnesium, vitamin E, waist-whittling fiber and monounsaturated fat, crunchy almonds have some serious nutrition firepower. More reason to grab a handful: A study published in this months Archives of Internal Medicine examined data from 25 different studies that looked at nut consumption of 583 people and its relationship to cholesterol levels. It found that eating an average of 2.4 ounces of nuts a day significantly improves cholesterol levels. This from the authors:
"Nuts are a matrix of healthy nutrients, and the most obvious reason for the cholesterol-lowering effect is their unsaturated fat content." "Nuts also contain fiber, vegetable protein, phytoesterols and other antioxidants."
Further, the skin of almonds may exert a prebiotic effect and enhance the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut, according to a recent study. Prebiotics act as a food source for good-for-you critters in your gut allowing their numbers to flourish which can improve digestion and immunity.
Although flourless cakes have a reputation for being a high-flying kitchen feat, they're really not. And, as this recipe demonstrates, you don't need a springform pan to pull it off. Gluten-free, packed with heart-healthy almonds and almost impossibly rich. What's not to love? If anyone out there has a suggestion for a yummy topping to accompany these, I'd love to hear about it.
Mini Flourless Chocolate Cakes
2 cups whole almonds (measure before grinding)
1 cup packed brown sugar or palm sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
½ cup canola or grapeseed oil
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cayenne or chili powder (optional, but highly recommended)
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease 12 medium sized muffin cups. Grind almonds in a food processor, spice grinder or high powered blender like the Vita-mix to a fine, mealy texture. (You could also use a spice grinder). Add the brown sugar, eggs, oil, cocoa, vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, chili or cayenne and process for about 1 minute. Scrape down the side of bowl halfway through if needed. Transfer the batter to the muffin cups and bake 20 minutes or until a tester inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool 15 minutes before unmolding.
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Moose Lake school chooses architect
The Moose Lake School Board unanimously chose Wold Architects and Engineers of St. Paul as the firm to design a new preK-12 school, at a special meeting of the board on Monday, March 4. Board member Peter Steen was absent from the meeting.
Three firms had brought five staff members each and made presentations to the board about the services that they offer at a meeting on Thursday, February 28. The three firms were ATS & R of Golden Valley, LHB Architects and Engineers of Duluth and Wold.
During the presentations, the staff laid out the various aspects of design, such as involving the staff and students in the development of the design process, using materials that require low maintenance and are energy efficient, interior design and adding elements of the old school, i.e. the Nemadji tile, to the new school. Site design, allowing for space for athletic fields and a possible arena, were addressed. Separating bus drop-off and pick-up areas from vehicle traffic was also mentioned, as were natural light and exposures to the light in all directions.
Board chair Kris Lyons said that she was impressed that the Wold staff said that the building would be designed with the people of the school and community in mind.
"It would be a custom design, they said," Lyons pointed out. "The school in Moose Lake would be one of a kind."
During the presentation, the Wold staff emphasized that they would listen to the staff, the students and the people in the community about what they wanted to see in a new building. The spaces in the building would be planned for students that will be going on to college, for those going on to a vocational school and for those who do not know what they will be doing in the future. Spaces would be designed for everyone, including the community. The quickly-changing world of technology needs would be addressed.
Board member Jamie Jungers said that he was listening to the presentations to hear how the firms would help pass the bond referendum and attend public meetings to give information to the voters before the referendum.
The Wold staff said that they have been successful in helping pass 40 referendums. And that they would stick with the school board and citizen committee if the referendum did not pass the first time to help get it passed at a later time.
Superintendent Robert Indihar said that he had talked to Gary Benson of ICS Consulting earlier that day, and Benson had said that ICS and the architectural firm would work hand in hand on the campaign before the referendum election.
Several board members said that they also liked ATS & R's presentation. The firm designs and develops schools in 98 percent of its projects.
The board did not favor the presentation by LHB. One point that was brought up was that the staff did not seem to know much about Moose Lake, even though LHB has been the city's engineering firm in the past.
After the special meeting was adjourned, the board met in a working meeting to discuss possible uses for the $100,000 in income from the sale of 24 acres of land to the developer.
Supt. Indihar said that the school district has not received the proceeds from the sale as of yet. The sale will be closed in mid-April and then the funds would be paid to the school district.
The funds would have to be used for capital expenditures.
Supt. Indihar listed three areas where the funds and funds from future land sales could be used: purchasing instead of leasing buses, technology, and textbooks and curriculum.
Supt. Indihar said that the bus leasing program is working well right now but the board may want to consider purchasing buses in the future if the leasing expenses rise too high.
Business Manager Linda Dahlman said that the school district is in the second year of a three-year contract for leasing the buses, and that the sale of the school's previously-owned buses is still keeping the cost of the bus leasing down. Those costs will increase in the next three-year contract, but $50,000 has been put aside to cover those costs.
Supt. Indihar said that all of the computers in the various labs in the school need to be replaced. They are seven years old. The school had just received 30 new computers for the teachers that day. The cost of replacing the computers for the students would equal approximately $100,000, he added.
Replacing textbooks and curriculum would be costly if the formats were changed, said Supt. Indihar. There would also be expenses for staff development.
Board member Julie Peterson said that she wanted to spend the funds on new technology but suggested that the computers not be replaced all at once, and recommended stretching out the purchases. She suggested that the proposal would have to be discussed by the Technology Committee.
Dahlman said that the projectors for the Smart Board and Star Boards are needing to be replaced now that they are a few years old.
No decision was made.


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Prison Plan: Steinberg Governor Jerry Brown and state legislators are pushing a plan to ease prison overcrowding by finding more room in out-of-state facilities rather than releasing inmates early. The federal government is forcing California's hand to reduce prison populations and they refuse to release any more prisoners. But Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg opposes the plan, saying the state needs to focus on a criminal-justice strategy to reduce the state's prison overcrowding. We talk with Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg about his opposition to the governor's plan, why the State Senate won't pass it and what he's suggesting instead.
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Prison Plan: Perez It may be expensive, but California is not releasing any more prisoners. That's the message Governor Jerry Brown and the state legislature are sending with a bill to ease prison overcrowding by finding more room in out-of-state facilities rather than releasing inmates early. Assembly Speaker John Perez joins us to discuss the push to pass the governor's plan in his house before the current special legislative session ends in September.
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Art Hike Creativity comes to life next weekend in the breathtaking natural stage of the Sierra landscape during the Trails and Vistas Sierra Art Hikes. Founder Nancy Tieken Lopez, along with longtime supporters Deb Kelly and Christina Stoever Young are in the Insight studios today to talk about the weekend event which includes a slow-paced, moderate, two- to three-mike hike featuring 8 to 12 art or performance sites along a two to three mile trail.
The Trails and Vistas art hikes and World Concert are Sept. 7 and 8. For detailed ticket information, click here.
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Sound Advice: Classical For this week's Sound Advice, we turn to Classical music host Kent Teeters. He'll share selections featuring the cello, mandolin, voice and orchestra.
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Today's Sound Advice Songs
1. Haydn & Myslivecek: Cello Concertos
Wendy Warner, cello; Camerata Chicago, conductor Drostan Hall
Cedille Records (CD 90000 142)
2. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1
Chris Thile, mandolin
Nonesuch Records (CD 535360; also available on vinyl)
3. Ave Maria – Gregorian Chant
Seraphic Fire (choral ensemble)
Seraphic Fire Media (CD 12)
4. Georges Bizet: Symphony in C, Jeux d'Enfants
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The Double Agent is aimed at surfers with a wide range of abilities from low level intermediate to high level performer. The Double Agent combines low rocker with a thinned down tail whilst maintaining the volume under the chest to keep your wave count up. These features combined with a full length double barrell concave gives the board a very sensitive feel when surfing more on the front foot. You can really push the Double Agent from rail to rail because of the thinned down rails through the back half of the board and the spine the board has a s a result of the concaves. Dan Mann was looking to combine the speed and performance of the double barrell concave used through the tail of boards like the Sweet Potato and the great performance turns that skimboards pull off with really thin boards, the result is the Double Agent. This board fits in the Firewire range above the Potato range of boards and if you love those boards but want more performance and to be able to push your turns harder in knee to shoulder high surf then have a good look at the Double Agent. Its limited in bigger surf, through it's template shape but that knifey tail will certainly perform in smaller conditions. A performance groveller might be one way of looking at this board.
The tech of FST Firewires is based around the rapid response flex memory in the Future Shapes Technology which yields great speed through the turns whilst the parabolic rail configuration guarantees 100% return memory for years. Firewire surfboards feature some very distinct construction traits that set them aside form other boards currently available: 1) parabolic balsa rails 2) dual density EPS and advanced composite core The parabolic balsa rails flex at the start of a turn storing energy and rebound through the turn releasing built up energy in the form of speed. The spring back of the parabolic rails to the original rocker triggers rapid acceleration, like an arrow shot from a bow. The construction materials, a unique formulation of hi-tech epoxy resins and advanced composites mean that these boards maintain the lively feel you get with brand new polyurethane boards, but are up to 20% lighter and will last 5+ times longer. This manufacturing process has won environmental awards and has created a range of lightweight and durable custom boards that are quickly being recognised for their awesome performance. The nature of the core technology in these boards allows them to rebound in and out of turns with little loss of speed.
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MADRID (MarketWatch)—Gold futures rose slightly in European trading hours on Monday, moving off a multi-month low reached in the previous session.
Gold for delivery in April US:GCJ3 rose $2.10 to $1,611.60 an ounce in electronic trading, with some bounce in Asia as well. U.S. markets are closed Monday for the Presidents Day holiday.
On Friday, gold dropped $26, or 1.6%, to settle at $1,609.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the lowest settlement price for a most-active gold contract since Aug. 15.
As a perceived safe-haven asset, gold has been punished since the end of last year, partly on a more upbeat view of world growth, said commodity strategists at Deutsche Bank.
However, "we believe that there remains support [for gold] at $1,600 an ounce. Furthermore we believe that on [a] 12-month time frame," both gold and silver appear to offer "compelling value," the strategists said.
Still, other analysts said that the market needs to see some signs of physical demand from places like China—returning after a weeklong holiday—to break the losing streak.
"The break below $1,625 in gold wrong-footed us," analysts at Barclays wrote in a note to investors on Monday. "Below $1,584 would target $1,525 before we look for a base. Falling volumes with the move lower in gold warn of declining investor commitment."
And if physical demand doesn't start to respond to the recent pullback, "the floor for prices is set to become increasingly fragile," they warn.
March silver US:SIH3 edged up 7 cents to $29.92 an ounce in European trading on Monday.
March palladium US:PAH3 rose $6.10 to $759.25 an ounce while April platinum US:PLJ3 US:PLJ3 US:PLJ3 US:PLJ3 rose $17.50 to $1,695.20 an ounce.
Platinum-group metals remain supported by supply uncertainty, the Deutsche Bank strategists said.
"We prefer palladium given its superior long-term fundamentals," they added.
Copper for delivery in March HGH3, +0.00% declined 5 cents to $3.69 a pound.
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Comcast Argues TWC Merger Would Level Playing Field
Apr 9, 2014 3:54 PM PT
Comcast on Wednesday pulled out all the stops in a "public interest" statement on its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable, one day before it has to appear before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee for questioning about the deal.
Hot buttons such as Net neutrality, consumer choice, better and lower-cost services for business, and competition were touched on. Oh, and Comcast cast itself as the underdog against the competition.
The deal will extend network neutrality protection to millions more broadband customers through Comcast's commitment to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Rules, argued Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen.
"The government should take a good, hard look at this deal," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "At the end of the day, companies will look to maximize their profit, so you need to ask what kind of investment they plan to make and what they plan to charge consumers."
Comcast's Depiction of the Post-Merger Future
Comcast is predicting a brighter future, mainly for TWC customers.
They will get high-speed broadband services, a fully upgraded network offering highly reliable and secure service, and a nationally acclaimed and comprehensive low-income broadband adoption program.
Companies with offices in several states will be able to get seamless solutions from the post-merger conglomerate, while advertisers will be able to target larger audiences and extend their operations to video on demand and other cable and online programming.
As for competition, "Comcast and TWC do not compete against each other in any area, so there is no reduction in consumer choice in any market," Comcast's Cohen contended.
There was no mention of whether the new services would be economically priced, but Maribel Lopez, principal analyst at Lopez Research, expressed doubt.
"They'll keep spending money, and we'll keep paying more," Lopez told the E-Commerce Times.
Fending Off the Outsiders
Meanwhile, non-cable industry companies such as Apple, Google and Yahoo are "competing with each other and us in unprecedented ways" and many of them are "far larger than our combined company would be," Cohen said.
The cable industry is "a natural oligopoly. It's basically a battle of the giants; there are no underdogs in this space," Lopez pointed out.
"When a company like Comcast gets too big, it becomes difficult for emerging services like Amazon and Netflix to break through," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "On the other hand, if Comcast didn't merge with TWC, it might not survive."
Reactions to Comcast's Pitch
The American Cable Association and NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association have written the Judiciary Committee stating the proposed merger would harm consumers and competition.
Comcast claims it will serve less than 30 percent of the multichannel video market after the transaction closes and it divests about 3 million customers, but that is wrong, said Mark Cooper, research director at the Consumer Federation of America.
"That's the cable market," Cooper told the E-Commerce Times. "Comcast have 50 percent of the broadband market and that's what's at stake here, because that determines whether or not I can get true broadband."
Comcast did not respond to our request for further details.
On Net Neutrality
Comcast fought the FCC over Net neutrality, winning on a technicality earlier this year.
Comcast then squeezed money out of Netflix, supposedly to ensure the consumer experience. Netflix subsequently complained that the deal undermined Comcast's proclaimed adherence to Net neutrality.
"Comcast degraded Netflix's service and raised their costs," charged CFA's Cooper. "These are classic anticompetitive tactics."


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In with a new Sigma Hakuryu to battle JMax for supergun supremacy. Also hoping to tube swap WC's 4-slot prior to meetup for a more pleasant MVS experience.
Sony PVM Club, Blast City Club, Egret II Club, Neo Candy Club
WTB: Neo Geo MVS-U4 or MVS-U4/29
:/ Same wknd as Youmacon. You'all enjoy while I'll be in ED-209 jurisdiction.
Majors -=- Wedoca '18
The date works for me this year.
As long as grad school isn't kicking my ass around that time, there is a good chance I will make it.
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not enough fun to deal with two airports
i am sylvie i am up to no good
Wrong side of PA for me...Southwest...then we could talk. lol
I think I can actually make it this year! Any of the NoVa peeps who are going up willing to give me a ride so my wife can use our car? Gas money and trucker stop favors can be yours for a lift...
Subaru decided, as part of the 2018 refresh, to add 19 in. wheels and 245/35/R19 tires to the STi...which barely leaves any room if you want to go down in size because of the new larger brake calipers. Ride will be rough, for sure.
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Catherine C. "Chris" Beebe, 78, of Pontiac, died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.
Her funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pontiac, with Father David Sabel officiating.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Pontiac.
Friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday with the Rosary being recited at 2:30 p.m. at Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac.
Chris was born May 11, 1934, in Bloomington, the daughter of Harry J. and Mary Jane (Wall) Dennis. She married Dayton "Dick" Beebe June 22, 1963, in Bloomington at St. Mary's Church. He passed away Nov. 3, 1997.
She is survived by two sons, Dean (Barbara) Beebe, Milton, Wis. and Pete (Tina) Beebe, Pontiac; one daughter, Mary (Todd) Gould, Pontiac. Chris and her husband, Dick, raised three of their nieces and nephews as their own children after the loss of their parents, Tom and Kathy Dennis. They are Mary (Rick) Hoeniges, Bloomington, Mark Dennis, Sparta, Wis. and Tom Dennis, Peoria; four brothers, Jim Dennis, Taylorville, Bill Dennis, Wilmington, John Dennis, Danvers, and Tim (Susan) Dennis, Lake Forest; two sisters, Mary Helen Goetsch, Midland, Texas, and Paulita (Mark) Killian, Lexington; and nine grandchildren, Jacob Beebe, Joshua Beebe, Amanda Beebe, Peyton Beebe, Tyler Beebe, Garrett Gould, Colin Gould, Levi Hoeniges and Maury Hoeniges.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Tim Dennis.
Mrs. Beebe was educated in Trinity High School, Bloomington.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pontiac.
Chris was a homemaker and she worked as a medical transcriptionist in Chicago and at St. Joseph Hospital in Bloomington.
She was an avid fan of the Green Bay Packers — "GO PACK GO" — and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. She greatly enjoyed collecting and watching birds.
We will remember her for her Irish charm, generous and loving spirit, words of wisdom, silly sense of humor and pinch-hitting in our baseball games. Give Dad a hug and kiss for us. It's time to dance with him — "Somewhere my Love."
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Wounded Warrior Project and the American Diabetes Association.
Online condolences may be made to the family at duffyfuneralhome.com.
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Catherine C. "Chris" Beebe, 78, of Pontiac, died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.


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davidwillmott needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Wedding Magician David Willmott
I'm a professional magician based in the UK, not a childrens magician so no rabbits, top hats, clowns, spinning bow ties, wands or stars etc!
Couples who are attending a wedding fayre mostly young ladies in mid 20s
To create a stylish banner display for my stall at a wedding fayre to advertise my services as a wedding magician.
Clean Modern Design
Roller Banner Display Stand Approx 2000mm high x 800mm wide
Have attached logo which must show on banner also
Wedding Magician David Willmott
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Make your spectacular wedding day Memorable and successful.
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When you think of aircraft, you usually imagine passenger planes, private jets, or military aircraft. But what about planes that aren't designed just to carry passengers? Planes created for specific functions like saving lives, construction, espionage, as well as those that will transform the way we travel in the future.
We've put together a list of eight innovative aircraft — from old models to state-of-the-art. Each was specifically designed to perform a function or solve a problem, and each one required a completely new way of thinking about aircraft design and conventional aviation standards.
Click ahead to learn about some uncommon aircraft that serve important functions.
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Please update your bookmarks, RSS readers, or any other means that you might have used to read what is written here because The Mess That Greenspan Made has moved to:
It will look and feel pretty much the same, however, the URL is much shorter and it's a lot easier for me to tell people how to find it. The new RSS and Twitter feeds are as follows:
I have no intention of abandoning this blog as it contains five years worth of reference material that, hopefully, will persist for a very long time. Unless something goes haywire at the new blog (and, yes, there is reason for concern after this 2007 debacle), I won't be posting anything new here again, but it will likely generate new comments for years to come (as is the case for the Hummer post back in 2005).


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Heart transplant: An end-stage treatment for heart conditions.
A heart transplant is an operation in which a failing, diseased heart is replaced with a healthier, donor heart. Heart transplant is a treatment that''s usually reserved for people who have tried medications or other surgeries, but their conditions haven''t improved sufficiently.
While a heart transplant is a major operation, your chance of survival is good, with appropriate follow-up care.
When faced with a decision about having a heart transplant, know what to expect of the heart transplant process, the surgery itself, potential risks and follow-up care.
Heart transplants are performed when other treatments for heart problems haven''t worked, leading to heart failure. In adults, heart failure can be caused by:
In children, heart failure is most often caused by either a congenital heart defect or a cardiomyopathy.
A heart transplant isn''t the right treatment for everyone, however. Certain factors may mean you''re not a good candidate for a heart transplant. While each case is considered individually by a transplant center, a heart transplant may not be appropriate if you:
For some people who can''t have a heart transplant, another option may be a ventricular assist device (VAD). A ventricular assist device is a miniature pump implanted in your chest that helps pump blood through your body. VADs are commonly used as a temporary treatment for people waiting for a heart transplant, but are increasingly being used as a permanent treatment for heart failure.
Although receiving a donor heart can save your life, having a heart transplant has many risks. The most significant risk is your body rejecting the donor heart.
Your immune system will see your donor heart as a foreign object that''s not supposed to be in your body. Your immune system will try to attack your donor heart. Although all people who receive a heart transplant receive immunosuppressants — medications that reduce the activity of the immune system — nearly 25 percent of heart transplant recipients still have some signs of rejection during the first year after transplantation.
Usually the rejection is without any symptoms and requires only an adjustment of medications. If you miss doses of medications, however, the rejection can be severe and very serious. It''s important that transplant recipients follow the instructions outlined by their doctors.
To determine whether your body is rejecting the new heart, you''ll have frequent biopsies of the new heart for several months after your transplant. During the biopsy, a tube is inserted into a vein in your neck or groin and directed to your heart. A biopsy device is run through the tube to extract a tiny sample of heart tissue, which is examined in a lab.
Because rejection is most likely to occur in the first few months after heart transplantation, the frequency of heart biopsies is greatest during this early period. It''s possible you''d have signs or symptoms that your body is rejecting your donor heart. These signs and symptoms could include:
Other risks after your heart transplant include:
Preparations for a heart transplant often begin long before the surgery to place a transplanted heart. You may begin preparing for a heart transplant weeks or months before you receive a donor heart.
If your doctor recommends that you consider a heart transplant, you will likely be referred to a heart transplant center for an evaluation. You''re also free to select a transplant center on your own. Check with your health insurance provider to see which transplant centers are covered under your insurance plan.
When evaluating a heart transplant center, consider the number of heart transplants a center performs each year and transplant recipient survival rates. You can compare transplant center statistics on the Web using a database maintained by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
Also consider additional services provided by a transplant center. Many centers coordinate support groups, assist with travel arrangements, help you find local housing for your recovery period or direct you to organizations that can help with these concerns.
Once you decide where you would like to have your heart transplant, you''ll need to have an evaluation to see if you''re eligible for a transplant. The evaluation will check to see if you:
If the transplant center medical team determines that you''re a good candidate for a heart transplant, the center will register you on a waiting list. At any given time, there are about 3,000 people in the U.S. waiting for heart transplants. Unfortunately, there aren''t enough hearts for every person in need, and some people die while waiting for a transplant.
While you''re on the waiting list, your medical team will monitor your heart and other organs and alter your treatment as necessary. Your transplant team may temporarily remove your name from the waiting list if you develop a significant medical condition, such as a severe infection or stroke, which makes you temporarily unable to have a transplant while you recover.
If medical therapy fails to support your vital organs as you wait for a donor heart, your doctors may recommend you have a device implanted to support your heart while you wait for a donor organ. These devices are known as ventricular assist devices (VADs). The devices are also referred to as a bridge to transplantation because they gain you some time until a donor heart is available.
When a donor heart becomes available, the donor-recipient matching system considers these factors to make a match:
A heart transplant usually needs to occur within four hours of organ removal for the donor organ to remain usable. As a result, hearts are offered first to a transplant center close by, then to centers within certain distances of the donor hospital. The transplant center will provide you with a pager or cellphone to notify you when a potential donor organ is available. You must keep your cellphone or pager charged and turned on at all times.
When you''re notified, you and your transplant team have a limited amount of time to consider whether to accept the donation, and you''ll be expected to travel to the transplant hospital immediately after being notified of the potential donation.
As much as possible, you should make travel plans ahead of time. Some heart transplant centers provide private air transportation or other travel arrangements. Have a suitcase packed with everything you''ll need for your hospital stay, as well as an extra 24-hour supply of your medications.
Heart transplant surgery usually takes about four hours — longer if you''ve had previous heart surgeries or if there are complications during the procedure. The surgeons will open your chest and connect you to a heart-lung machine to keep oxygen-rich blood flowing throughout your body.
The diseased heart is then removed, and the donor heart is sewn into place. The new heart often starts beating when blood flow is restored. Sometimes an electric shock is needed to make the donor heart beat properly.
You''ll be in pain after the surgery, which will be treated with medications. You''ll also have a ventilator to help you breathe and tubes in your chest to drain fluids from around your lungs and heart.
After you''ve had surgery to place your donor heart, you''ll likely remain in the hospital for a week or two, and then you''ll be closely monitored at your outpatient transplant center for about three months. While at the transplant center, you''ll have regular tests, including blood work, lung function tests, echocardiograms, electrocardiograms and heart biopsies.
There are also several long-term adjustments you''ll need to make after you''ve had your heart transplant. These include:
Taking immunosuppressants. These medications decrease the activity of your immune system to prevent it from attacking your donated heart. Because your immune system will most likely never completely accept the new organ, you''ll take some of these medications for the rest of your life.
These medications may cause noticeable side effects. With taking some post-transplant drugs, such as corticosteroids, your face may become round and full, and you may gain weight, develop acne or facial hair, or experience stomach problems. Some of the effects are more noticeable when you first start the drugs, but decrease in severity later on.
Because immunosuppressants make your body more vulnerable to infection, your doctor may also prescribe antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal medications. Some drugs could worsen — or raise your risk of developing — conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cancer or diabetes. Over time as the risk of rejection is reduced, the doses and number of anti-rejection drugs can be reduced, but you will need some immunosuppressant medications indefinitely.
Emotional support. Your new medical therapies and the stress of having a heart transplant may make you feel overwhelmed. Many people who have had a heart transplant feel this way.
Talk to your doctor if you''re feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Transplant centers often have support groups and other resources to help you manage your condition.
Most people who receive a heart transplant enjoy a high quality of life. They can return to work within three to six months of a heart transplant and have few activity restrictions.
Recipient survival rates vary based on a number of factors. For example, in the U.S. the overall survival rate is about 88 percent after one year and about 75 percent after five years.
Heart transplants aren''t successful for everyone. Your new heart may fail because of organ rejection or because of the development of valvular heart disease or coronary artery disease. Should this happen, your doctor may recommend adjusting your medications or in more extreme cases, another heart transplant.
In some cases, additional treatment options are limited and you may choose to stop treatment. Discussions with your heart transplant team, doctor and family should address your expectations and preferences for treatment, emergency care and end-of-life care.


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ST. PAUL, (AP) - A Minnesota Senate committee has approved preliminary plans for a new legislative office building despite attempts by Republicans to delay its construction.
The planned building for senators and staff next to the Capitol is projected to cost $63 million, plus $27 million for adjacent parking facilities. The Senate Rules Committee backed those plans Wednesday on a party-line vote, with majority Democrats in favor.
Lawmakers initially authorized its construction last spring. But Republicans now say Democrats did so without proper scrutiny, and say it should be delayed at least until a court hearing next week on a legal challenge.
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About 11% of women in the U.S. have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to full term in the 15-24 year age group.1 Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is commonly the cause.
PCOS is a hormonal condition in which women produce excessive amounts of androgens. The ovaries may grow cysts, which can lead to hormone imbalances and difficulties with ovulation.
Symptoms of PCOS may include menstrual irregularities, weight gain, male pattern baldness, and acne.
Recently, a study showed that cinnamon extracts improved fertility in women with PCOS.2 This is pretty exciting, considering that many women with this condition have undergone expensive and invasive fertility treatments to date.
Cinnamon Restores Menstrual Cycles
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center enrolled 45 women with PCOS for the study. They were randomly split into two groups, with one group receiving 1500 mg of cinnamon extract per day and the other a placebo treatment. Only 16 women completed the study.
After six months, there was a marked improvement in the cyclicity of menstrual cycles in the treatment group.2 They experienced nearly twice as many menstrual cycles (3.82 versus 2.2 in the control group) and after three months of treatment, two of the women in the treatment group became pregnant. Menstrual cyclicity remained unchanged in the control group.
The trial was small, but it definitely offers some hope. Of course, larger trials will be needed to confirm cinnamon's fertility benefits.
Cinnamon Restores Insulin Sensitivity
Now, it's not exactly clear why cinnamon helped restore fertility in the trial, but researchers think it may have to do with its ability to combat insulin resistance.
Women with PCOS are much more likely to have insulin resistance,3 a condition in which cells fail to respond to insulin. Insulin resistance is normally associated with diabetes and other metabolic disorders, but it can also cause hormone imbalances and contribute to infertility.
Cinnamon helps lower blood sugar levels.4 It's been shown to blunt insulin spikes5 and lower blood glucose levels. In one study, cinnamon lowered blood glucose levels of type 2 diabetics by up to a mean of 29%.6
The Bottom Line
Today, infertile women have many options, and the statistics are promising. Approximately 85–90% of cases are treatable with conventional therapies.7
Fortunately, the options continue to grow, and natural treatments are now giving women more comfortable and affordable possibilities to consider.
Do you or does someone you know have fertility issues? If so, which natural treatments helped (or didn't help)? Please share your experiences in the comments!
- Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/Reproductivehealth/Infertility/. Accessed October 31st, 2013.
- Available at: http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(13)01593-8/fulltext. Accessed October 23rd, 2013.
- Available at http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/21/4/154.full.pdf. Accessed October 23rd, 2013.
- Diabetologia. 2006 Oct;49(10):2437-48.
- Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Mar;89(3):815-21.
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When Joe Duran sold his investment management firm to General Electric's GE Financial for nine figures in 2001, he believed his big payday would signal an end to a perpetual fear of failure.
Instead, he says, "I was more petrified after putting all this money in the bank than before. It wasn't giving me the comfort or happiness I thought I'd find. I realized I was a slave to my fears. And I thought of the thousands of clients I'd had who, just like me, had sacrificed many aspects of their daily lives in a quest for something that would not give them a richer life. I felt I had to fix that."
Duran's solution? United Capital, a wealth consulting firm he founded just over seven years ago to help people live more fulfilling financial lives. With 41 offices and over $15 billion in assets under advisement, United Capital has built what Duran calls "a better mousetrap" with its "Honest Conversations" exercise that helps clients understand their money minds and why they make the decisions they do.
To raise the visibility of the firm and its take on smart financial decision-making, Duran, 45, wrote his third book, The Money Code, a parable that has been wildly popular with women bloggers. Earlier this year, it became almost instantly a New York Times bestseller and Duran—energetic and passionate—became a staple on TV talk shows.
"When you first meet him you think: How much of this is hype and how much of this is real? When I think about Joe there's one word that sticks out and that is authenticity. He really cares. He is committed to delivering a better quality advisory experience to the end investor," says Spenser Segal, who heads ActiFi, a strategic partner of United Capital. "He's one of the leaders in this industry who is really reshaping what that looks like. He's raising the bar quite vividly."
While United Capital's retail push with The Money Code made headlines in the consumer press, the Newport Beach, Calif.-based firm is shaking things up in the independent sector for an altogether different reason: an innovative business model that aims to do for advisory firms what Starbucks did for coffee.
"We have systematized the client experience by building really unique client experience tools. I compare it to a local coffee shop and a Starbucks. You can go to a local shop and get a good cup of coffee and if the owner is having a good hair day, you can have a great time," says Duran, who grew up in Zimbabwe. "With Starbucks, you can go anywhere in the world and you know what you are going to get—exactly."
In his bid to build "the" dominant national wealth counseling firm, Duran has created a brand that even includes a United Capital look. Artwork, furniture, brochures—all offices no matter where they are located will have the same look and feel.
"They will look similar in the way a Four Seasons or Starbucks looks similar. You're going to see a lot of glass because we are about transparency. It's not the Chicago library look that most firms have," he adds. "Our job is to turn all of these independent shops into a Starbucks. Admittedly, we are not a good place for people who want to be in complete control of what they do."
To that end, much of an advisory firm's workload—data entry and relationship management, as examples—are outsourced to United Capital's operations center in Dallas so that advisors can focus on what they do best.
As Duran frames it, "We have a very simple belief that in this competitive environment you must do what you're really great at. Our advisors do what they are really great at."
The typical United Capital advisory firm generates between $1 million and $5 million in annual revenue with three to eight employees. Duran describes the average client as the millionaire next door with $1 million to $5 million in investable assets.
United Capital, says Duran, leads with a system rather than a product—and in a collaborative fashion helps clients make decisions that expand beyond investments alone.
"We believe the future of the industry is a firm that can help clients to feel good about money. It's something no one talks about," says Duran. "You have to have a firm think about people in their entirety rather than as walking wallets. In the future, advisors will be less in the business of telling and more in the business of guiding."
As he nurtures United Capital, Duran says he's working smarter than he did with his first start-up.
"It's important for me to stay in balance, make sure I work out every day, cook dinners for my daughters, speak with my wife every day, make time for my friends. The huge advantage is that I have done this once before," he says. "Last time, I could have taken a little bit longer and life would not have been noticeably worse in a financial sense but a lot better in a more entire sense. The allocation of my attention is different but all parts of my brain are focused and firing. It keeps the passion alive."


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Freeman's project resulted in a statewide initiative used to restructure school funding in Nevada! Freeman was recently selected by Governor Sandoval to serve as a member of the Nevada State Board of Education. SNC congratulates Freeman whose Active Learning Scholarship is making a difference in Nevada and beyond! Way to go, Freeman! Check out pictures of the event below.
Dr. Jeanne Klockow, Director of the M.Ed. degree program, traveled from our Las Vegas campus to share her expertise and love of active learning!
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Recently Cubesats have attracted a considerable amount of attention as a Spaceborne platformamong agencies interested in executing a short duration mission mission. The Cubesats are standardcomponents available off-the-shelf, and are relatively simple platform in the sense, that they offerless overall control over the device. Nonetheless, a number of scientific and engineering objectives have been achieved using Cubesats,e.g. Ionospheric ELF measurements, and Reaction Wheel tests. Cubesats are cubic platforms measuring 10cm x 10cm x 10cm, that is 1 liter. The maximum mass is1.33 kg, per unit. At the maximum 3 units can be used together. Standard power and communication kits come together with cubesats.
Mission Proposal: Aerosol Monitoring Aerosols are particulate matter in the atmosphere, which are known to be influential on climate. Aerosols are also to be monitored to observe the spread of natural calamities such as Nuclear Disasters and Volcanic Disasters. The Present A-train (the remote sensing satellite constellation that passes the equator at local timeafternoon, figure 1) monitors atmospheric aerosol using backscattered solar radiation, and spectrometric techniques. Nonetheless, the monitoring process is not exclusively dedicated to aerosols, even though aerosolsare an important player in the Earth System. In fact the first exclusive mission after aerosols was the GLORY mission from NASA, which did not quite succeed. There exists agencies, who are interested in aerosol information. Climate studies recently have inclined towards investigation of aerosol processes, for example, see [2], [3] and [5]. Disastermitigation agencies also are interested in aerosol data, for example see [4], [6]Mission Operation: Photographic systems - The proposed method for aerosol monitoring depends on photographic techniques. A syntheticaperture stereo camera will photograph the atmosphere using different (commercially available) bandpass filters. Another camera will be fitted with a spectrometer polarimeter assembly. Multiband monitoring of the following parameters will be of interest:
1. Spectral Pattern of the backscatter, analyzed in spectrometer assembly the includingpower at different wavelengths;
2. Atmospheric interference and backscatter patterns;
3. Polarization of backscatter;
4. Photometric descriptions of aerosol concentration patterns;
Mission Extension: Upper atmospheric Aerosol - The pilot mission is engaged in monitoring the lower atmospheric aerosols (up to tropopause. Should the Pilot mission is executed successfully, a possible extension may be achieved with new devices inserted in orbit to monitor upper atmospheric aerosols.
Further, a LIDAR based observation of aerosol dispersion may be realized.Mission Goals: Science Return - The mission should return the following science objectives successfully:
1. Identification of spectral signature of different aerosol species, at different altitudes,incidence angle, and environment (temperature etc);
2. Identification of patterns in the aerosol formations;
3. Identification of energy redistribution pattern at the presence of aerosols, anddifferentiations of patterns with respect to different aerosol species, and environmentalconditions;
Mission Goals: Technical Goals - The technical goals include improvisation of sampling and monitoring techniques. The ones that areof primary interest are:
1. Noise filtration of aerosol monitoring data;
2. Optimal sampling point identification;
Mission Goals: Engineering Goals
1. Calibration of instruments;
2. Identifying the orbital maneuvers before launch;
3. Identifying necessary subsystems;
4. Designing and constructing the mission Control;
5. Construction of a Cubesat by integrating all subsystems necessary;
6. Launch of the said Cubesat;
7. Confirmed Orbital Operation of the said Cubesat for at least 6 months;
Mission Goals: Commercial Goals
1. Generation of data utilizable in the context of use by third parties;
2. Filtering of the data to meet the industry standards;
3. Generation of secondary data, to meet the requirement of secondary third parties;
Conclusion - The pilot mission focuses on simplicity and feasibility of the mission, while making sure that somescientific data is returned – such that the mission is not just a demonstrator. Only one scientificpayload is planned.Given the pilot mission is successful, an extension is possible, using more satellites, and moresophisticated systems.Given the pilot mission is approved, and enough interest is generated, immediately shall a MissionConcept Review be released, wherein the science goals will be clearly defined. Immediately afterthe MCR will follow a System Requirement Review, wherein the mission requirements such as,data download rate, orbital height, etc will be unambiguously defined.
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Mayor Wesely said the city has been working with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Railroad Transportation Safety District (RTSD) for some time to build an overpass at the site of Raymond's accident. Federal and state government officials are now reviewing the Environmental Project Report for the overpass, which would span "A" Street from about First to Fifth streets. If agreements are reached, the two-year project could begin in 2002. The project is estimated to cost about $10 million, which would come from the RTSD, the railroads and federal funds.
In the meantime, Wesely encouraged the students to be very careful around train tracks and to use the underpass built by the city and the RTSD several years ago at 3rd and "F" streets whenever possible. He also commended the school for conducting railroad safety classes. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad and the Lancaster County Sheriff's Department were at the school today presenting "Operation Lifesaver" classes for the students.
To reward Higgins for her efforts, the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad will present her with a check. Higgins plans to donate the money to Park Middle School and the People's City Mission.
Park Principal Tim Carroll also presented Higgins with a plaque on behalf of the school for her efforts to save Raymond and for the donation.
Others attending the assembly today included Higgins' father; her supervisors at Libra Safety Products; Raymond, his parents and brother; Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner; and a representative of the railroad.


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Another Tall Corn Image c. 1920
A homesteading book lists eight different types of corn that have been developed over the years. How many can you name before you read them? I certainly couldn't have named them all!
The 8 basic corns, in roughly chronological order of development are Indian (hominy and flour) corn, popcorn, pod corn, flint corn, dent corn, sweet (and supersweet) corn, high-lysine corn, and waxy maize. Some of these corns, including Indian corn, popcorn, flint, and dent, are sometimes referred to as "field corn" because they are left in the field to dry on the cob and are stored on the cob. Sweet corn, on the other hand, is picked fresh from the stalk and hurried to the house to be frozen, canned, or dried.
Quoted from The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book by Carla Emery (p.160). Published in 2003 by Sasquatch Books, Seattle.
I think the corn in the picture at right (scanned from my 1920 geography book) would fall somewhere before sweet corn in Carla Emery's list. The little boy appears to be holding some ears of dark-colored corn, and the man is holding some lighter-colored ears. It's very likely that the farmer wasn't even planting a named variety of corn. He probably just saved some seed from his best corn each year.
The Dallas County (TX) Archives on Rootsweb contain an interesting story of tall corn in 1895.
When the TIMES HERALD of Friday reached Mr. Jeff Hill, of Egypt, on White Rock creek, he read about County Commissioner Smith bringing to town, a stalk of corn sixteen feet high, and to himself said: "Pshaw! I can beat that, myself," and so saying, he went to his field and took the first stalk he came to, which measured twenty-one and one-half feet in length...
This morning, Mr. Hill called the attention of his neighbor, Mr. P. A. Howell, to the stalk, and Mr. Howell brought it to town, and it may be seen at the court house.
Mr. Howell states that this corn is of the "Mexican June" variety. It averages two ears to the stalk, and the ears run from eight to eleven inches in length. The ears are large in diameter and have plump, full grains...
Source: Dallas County Archives, Miscellaneous Articles Part 4 (Scroll down to 1895.)
I was surprised to learn that "Mexican June" corn seed is still around. One vendor, Gourmet Seed International, gives the following description of the variety:
(80 to 95 days) Mexican June is a very old and formerly widely used white field corn by settlers in the old west as well as the U.S Calvery [sic] and Mormons. Edible in the very early stages as a fine sweet corn, but not extremely sweet. In the dent stage it is an excellent variety for grinding, feed or masa for green corn tamales. Does quite well in moderately cold climates. In spite of continued demand for this heirloom, it is in danger of disappearing from the US market.
Source: Gourmet Seed International's Corn and Popcorn
The various heirloom seed companies describe many varieties of old time corn, such as "Bloody Butcher," "Country Gentleman," and "Peruvian Purple." I've included a few links below that you'll enjoy if you're interested in this sort of thing. A Mother Earth News article about "Uncommon Corn" suggests ordering heirloom seeds from a company in your region, so the plants will be better adapted to your climate.
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New year's eve day 2011 is when we last talked about it. Dusting the shelves, rearranging the furniture and bringing in a few fresh flowers. I sneaked into the abode when she went to bed earlier, to see how it looked like, how it felt. And I gotta say maybe… maybe I can picture myself hanging around this spot again… time will tell.
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The Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball team traditionally has started the season with a series of tournaments, but for 2010 there are a couple of twists.
The Lady Bisons will host their first ever tournament at Draper Diamond March 5-7 with Murray State, Eastern Kentucky and Evansville participating.
"Murray State is a brand new program," said Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman. "We will play them twice. We will also play Eastern Kentucky and Evansville."
The Lady Bisons will be in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 17-20 for the Hawaii Spring Fling. They will play host Hawaii, California-Berkley and Tokyo Women's College. It will mark the first time the team has played in Hawaii.
"It won't be tough being out there, but our games are going to be a big challenge playing Hawaii twice and California twice," said Ryman. "We have never played an international team so it will be fun to play the team from Tokyo."
The Lady Bisons will open the season Feb. 12-14 at the Mardi Gras Classic in Mobile, Ala. The field includes Central Arkansas, Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois Edwardsville and host South Alabama.
"SIEU is making the transition to Division I and is doing very well," said Ryman. "South Alabama is always tough. Western Kentucky always hits well. Central Arkansas is a team on the climb. They have recruited very well. They have also recently made the transition to Division I.
"We will be tested right off the bat which is great. That's exactly what we want."
The next tournament on the schedule is the Georgia Southern Eagle Classic in Statesboro, Ga., Feb. 19-21. The field includes Oakland, Binghamton and host Georgia Southern.
"Georgia Southern will quite possibly be our toughest opponent," said Ryman. "We don't know much about Oakland and Binghamton.
"We will play five games there. We will be able to mix and match our lineups and give some people who are really pushing hard for a starting role to battle it out early on. We can play to our strengths a little bit and give all our pitchers a chance to throw, either in relief or as a starter."
The Frost Classic is Feb. 26-28 with Oakland, Austin Peay, Kentucky, Kansas and Georgetown all scheduled to face the Lady Bisons. The tournament is sponsored by Tennessee-Chattanooga.
"We are going to face off against some good teams," said Ryman. "We an interesting mix in that tournament. The Kentucky and Kansas games will definitely give us an idea of where we are with our program. If we can compete with those teams it will say a lot about how far we have come."
The Lady Bisons will play a rare game in February at home when Alabama-Birmingham visits on the 16th for a doubleheader.
"UAB is typically a very athletic team," said Ryman. "They are typically strong all around. This is a little unique to host a team early on like this. It will be nice to play at home early."
The Lady Bisons have been to the Atlantic Sun Tournament four times. They open Atlantic Sun play at home with doubleheaders with ETSU and USC-Upstate March 26 and 27.
Rounding out the home conference doubleheaders will be Stetson (April 16) and Florida Gulf Coast (April 17).
The Lady Bisons will play Jacksonville (April 2), North Florida (April 3), Mercer (April 9), Kennesaw State (April 10), Campbell (April 24) and Belmont (April 27).
The Lady Bisons visit Cookeville March 9 to face Tennessee Tech from the Ohio Valley Conference on the road. Evansville will make a return visit to Draper Diamond March 11 for a doubleheader.
The Lady Bisons will play Tennessee State from the Ohio Valley Conference at Draper Diamond April 7 and close out the regular season May 6 with a visit from Middle Tennessee State from the Sun Belt Conference.
After the tournaments, the only non-conference road game for the Lady Bisons will be a visit to Bowling Green to face Western Kentucky March 30.
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WASHINGTON – The nation's largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 79.6 percent in April, up from both the 77.3 percent on-time rate posted in April 2013 and the 77.6 percent on-time rate posted in March 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report released today.
In addition, the reporting carriers canceled 1.1 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in April, down from both the 1.8 percent cancellation rate posted in April 2013 and the 1.9 percent rate posted in March 2014.
The consumer report also includes data on tarmac delays, chronically delayed flights, and the causes of flight delays filed with the Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the reporting carriers. In addition, the consumer report contains information on mishandled baggage reports filed by consumers with the carriers and airline service complaints received by the Department's Aviation Consumer Protection Division. The consumer report also includes reports of incidents involving the loss, death, or injury of pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.
Tarmac Delays
In April, airlines reported no tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and one tarmac delay of more than four hours on an international flight.
Chronically Delayed Flights
At the end of April, there was one flight that was chronically delayed – more than 30 minutes late more than 50 percent of the time – for two consecutive months. There were no chronically delayed flights for three consecutive months or more. A list of flights that were chronically delayed for a single month is available from BTS.
Causes of Flight Delays
In April, the carriers filing on-time performance data reported that 5.75 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 5.70 in March; 7.47 percent by late-arriving aircraft, compared to 8.09 percent in March; 5.34 percent by factors within the airline's control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 6.11 percent in March; 0.40 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.39 percent in March; and 0.02 percent for security reasons, equal to 0.02 percent in March.
Weather is a factor in both the extreme-weather category and the aviation-system category. This includes delays due to the re-routing of flights by DOT's Federal Aviation Administration in consultation with the carriers involved. Weather is also a factor in delays attributed to late-arriving aircraft, although airlines do not report specific causes in that category.
Data collected by BTS also shows the percentage of late flights delayed by weather, including those reported in either the category of extreme weather or included in National Aviation System delays. In April, 26.45 percent of late flights were delayed by weather, up from 24.72 percent in March and down from 34.34 percent in April 2013.
Detailed information on flight delays and their causes is available on the BTS website at http://www.bts.gov.
Mishandled Baggage
The U.S. carriers reporting flight delays and mishandled baggage data posted a mishandled baggage rate of 2.92 reports per 1,000 passengers in April, down from both the April 2013 rate of 3.07 and the March 2014 rate of 3.68.
Incidents Involving Pets
In April, carriers reported one incident involving the loss, death, or injury of a pet while traveling by air, down from the four reports filed in both April 2013 and in March 2014. April's incident involved one injured pet.
Complaints About Airline Service
In April, the Department received 1,259 complaints about airline service from consumers, up 16.0 percent from the 1,085 complaints filed in April 2013, and up 12.5 percent from the 1,119 received in March 2014.
Complaints About Treatment of Disabled Passengers
The report also contains a tabulation of complaints filed with DOT in April against airlines regarding the treatment of passengers with disabilities. The Department received a total of 68 disability-related complaints in April, up from both the total of 61 complaints filed in April 2013 and the 65 complaints received in March 2014.
Complaints About Discrimination
In April, the Department received six complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability – such as race, religion, national origin, or sex – equal to the total of six recorded in April 2013, but up from the four recorded in March 2014.
Consumers may file their complaints in writing with the Aviation Consumer Protection Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, C-75, W96-432, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590; by voice mail at (202) 366-2220 or by TTY at (202) 366-0511; or on the web at www.dot.gov/airconsumer.
Consumers who want on-time performance data for specific flights should call their airline's reservation number or their travel agent. This information is available on the computerized reservation systems used by these agents. The information is also available on the appropriate carrier's website.
The Air Travel Consumer Report is available in PDF format.
June 2014
Based on Data Filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the 14 Reporting Carriers and Tarmac Data Filed by All Carriers
79.6 percent on-time arrivals
Highest On-Time Arrival Rates
- Hawaiian Airlines – 94.0 percent
- Alaska Airlines – 90.3 percent
- Virgin America – 86.5 percent
Lowest On-Time Arrival Rates
- ExpressJet Airlines – 74.2 percent
- Southwest Airlines – 74.2 percent
- Envoy Air – 75.2 percent
Domestic Flights with Longest Tarmac Delays Exceeding Three Hours
*There were no domestic flights in April with tarmac delays exceeding three hours.
International Flights with Longest Tarmac Delays Exceeding Four Hours
- Virgin Atlantic flight 15 from London Gatwick to Orlando, 4/30/14 – delayed on tarmac 267 minutes
Highest Rates of Canceled Flights
- ExpressJet Airlines – 3.4 percent
- Envoy Air – 3.2 percent
- SkyWest Airlines – 1.8 percent
Lowest Rates of Canceled Flights
- Delta Air Lines – 0.1 percent
- Frontier Airlines – 0.1 percent
- Virgin America – 0.1 percent


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