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New Program for Centers of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Launched at International Congress of the AAGL
The AAGL Global Society for Gynecologic Minimally Invasive Surgery Launches Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Program at Annual Meeting November 16-20, 2009 in Orlando, Florida —dedicated to establish and verify standards at surgical facilities and hospitals.
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The primary objective of the AAGL and its professional interest partner the Council of Gynecologic Endoscopy (CGE) is to promote the adoption of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery with its reduced morbidity, shorter post-operative recovery time, less invasiveness, and reduced costs.
Our Analysis of patient and provider needs worldwide showed that there are widely divergent qualities of practice and that patients and providers have difficulty in identifying excellence. There is a lack of national standards to improve outcomes. While payors seek to control costs/outcomes patients lack access to the educational resources to direct them to the appropriate center to meet their needs in many cases. As I stated in my address:
We recognize in the modern era of health care we have a unique opportunity as well as an obligation to use our educational resources and multidisciplinary expertise to help promote those systems and procedure which can improve patient outcomes in women's health while reducing costs to both patient, payor, and society as a whole.
The CGE has therefore launched two new programs to address these needs.
First is an individual registry of physicians based upon peer review of operative experience and complications. The CGE, founded in 1996 has over 1100 individual gyn surgeons who have meet its standards. The new program integrates an evaluation based on today's complexity of procedures in minimally invasive surgery. It is a tiered system with 3 levels of practice (based on procedure complexity) and 4 areas of proactive experience and specialization (General Gynecology Procedures, Fertility Enhancement Surgery Procedures, Repair of Pelvic Floor Defects & Urogynecology Procedures, Gynecologic Oncology Procedures)
Second is a Center of Excellence Program In Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery. This is in recognition of the modern notion that to achieve best-in classs surgical outcomes requires not only an expert surgeon, but an integrated multidisciplinary surgical facility with systems and procedures in place to maximize quality cost effective safe outcomes for patients.
9 Requirements: Areas of Review To Qualify as a COEMIG:
- Institutional Commitment to MIGS
- Director of Division
- Medical Staff Physician Qualifications
-Dedicated Educational Program
-Formalized Credentialing Guidelines & Systems to Introduce New Procedures
-Procedures for Minimizing Complications
- Sufficient Experience with Procedures
- A Full Complement of required Non-Surgeon Consultative Staff
- Ancillary Staff
-Dedicated Team-Based Concept
-Dedicated non-physician Educational Program
- Equipment Guidelines
-Availability & maintenance
- Treatment pathways
-Linked to Peer reviewed Practice Guidelines
- HIPAA Compliant prospective Outcomes Data Tracking
In my presentation launching this program at the AAGL annual meeting I shared
The AAGL is extremely excited and totally committed to the concept of Gynecologic Minimally Invasive Surgery Centers of Excellence. It represents a unified vision for women's health that integrates our entire educational mission and expertise over the past 38 years.
First Ever Global Opportunity for Standards of Excellence:I was equally excited to present the concept to the Affiliated Societies of the AAGL which is made of representatives of National Minimally Invasive Gyn Societies from around the World. Our dedication to this concept and recognition of its value was shared by representatives of Partner Societies from South America, Europe, and Asia. We agreed to work together collaboratively to establish a shared Global Standard and to establish a shared program to advance Women's health under the AAGL CGE COEMIGS program in cooperation with each Nation's Society.
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Gov. Chris Christie hasn't said what his next move will be in the failed New Jersey Supreme Court nomination of Phillip Kwon. A confirmation hearing for his second nominee, Bruce Harris, will be rescheduled.
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee spent all Thursday grilling Kwon, 44, and then voted 7-6 to quash his nomination.
Christie expressed anger over the vote, calling it political payback for his reform agenda.
During the hearing, Kwon was questioned about his family's liquor store business, which settled out of court with the IRS in a tax evasion case. Kwon's wife and mother made daily deposits that were allegedly just below the $10,000 trigger that requires the bank to report the income. Kwon and his wife live with his parents in Closter, N.J.
If he had been approved, Kwon would have been the first Asian-American on the New Jersey State Supreme Court. He is the second in command at the state Attorney General's Office.
The fight between Christie and the Senate is unusual in several ways; New Jersey governors have always maintained political balance on the court, and nominees are usually well-known. It rankled Democrats that Christie calls Kwon an independent. He registered to vote in New Jersey without affiliating with a party, yet he had been a registered Republican in New York, where he had lived, until last year.
Currently, the state Supreme Court is made up of one independent, two Democrats and two Republicans, with two vacancies Christie is trying to fill.
"It's important to remember that this was certainly an unwritten rule but it was quite often spoken about for the last 60 years it was honored and has been honored by all governors," said Robert Williams, a constitutional scholar at Rutgers Law School Camden.
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|Alfred B. Mullett
April 7, 1834
Taunton, England
|October 20, 1890
(aged 56)
Washington, D.C
|Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon
Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Old Custom House and Post Office, St. Louis, Missouri
San Francisco Mint
Custom House, Knoxville, Tennessee
Federal Building, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Alfred Bult Mullett (April 7, 1834 – October 20, 1890) was an American architect who served from 1866 to 1874 as Supervising Architect, head of the agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings. His work followed trends in Victorian style, evolving from the Greek Revival to Second Empire to Richardsonian Romanesque.
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Mullett was born at Taunton in Somerset, England. When he was eight years old, his family emigrated to Glendale, Ohio, where in 1843 his father bought an 80-acre (32 hectares) farm. He matriculated at Farmers' College in College Hill, Cincinnati, studied mathematics and mechanical drawing, but left as a sophomore in 1854. He trained in the Cincinnati office of architect Isaiah Rogers and became a partner, until he left on less than friendly terms in 1860, to establish his own practice. His first known individual design is the Church of the New Jerusalem, a board-and-batten Gothic Revival church built at Glendale in 1861.
After serving with the Union army, Mullett in 1863 relocated to Washington to again work under Rogers, since 1862 the de facto Supervising Architect at the Treasury Department. But he undermined his superior's position until an exasperated Rogers resigned in 1865, the year Mullet married Pacific Pearl Myrick. Although widely dismissed as "an obscure draftsman" from Cincinnati, he used political skill to get appointed Supervising Architect in 1866, and so designed fireproof federal buildings across the nation, particularly custom houses, post offices and courthouses. Responsible for contracting local architects and/or construction companies to deal with subcontractors, source materials and other matters, he gained a reputation as a micromanaging authoritarian with an explosive temper.
Influenced by the 1864–1868 remodeling of the Louvre's Pavillon de Flore by Hector Lefuel and Richard Morris Hunt, Mullett produced six massive fortress-like Second Empire federal buildings in St. Louis, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, New York and Washington D.C., where the State, War, and Navy Building rose near the White House. These stone and cast iron structures, with mansard roofs and multiple tiers of columns, were expensive. He was dogged by accusations of extravagance and subjected to five separate investigations into his ties to the corrupt "Granite Ring". Mullett reluctantly resigned in 1874 while under attack from reforming Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow and others.
He was investigated for negligence when three men were killed on May 1, 1877 by a floor failure at the City Hall Post Office, New York City. In 1882, he set up a practice in New York with Hugo Kafka and William G. Steinmetz, later establishing Alfred B. Mullett & Sons to practice with his two elder sons. But the government never paid him for major commissions, and he remained a popular political target. The New York Sun called him "the most arrogant, pretentious, and preposterous little humbug in the United States." In 1890, in financial trouble and ill health, Mullett killed himself in Washington. Over his career he produced some 40 government buildings, and two of the six huge Second Empire piles remain standing in St. Louis and Washington. During the Modernist period, critics accused him of using overblown ornament to hide weak form. The New York City Hall Post Office was dubbed "Mullett's monstrosity." Following another shift in popular taste, however, he is recognized for his contribution to monumental Victorian architecture.
- 1861 — Church of the New Jerusalem, Glendale, Ohio
- 1866-1870 — Carson City Mint, Carson City, Nevada
- 1867 — Courthouse and Post Office, Madison, Wisconsin
- 1867 — Post Office, Portland, Maine (demolished 1965)
- 1867-1870 — Custom House and Post Office, Ogdensburg, New York
- 1868-1871 — Office Building and U.S. Light-House Depot Complex, St. George, Staten Island, New York
- 1869-1870 - Old Custom House and Post Office Wiscasset, Maine
- 1869-1873 — Post Office and Sub-Treasury Building Boston, Massachusetts (demolished c. 1929)
- 1869-1874 — San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, California (NOT destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake, 1906)
- 1869-1880 — City Hall Post Office and Courthouse, New York City (demolished 1939)
- 1869-1875 — Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon
- 1870 — Courthouse and Post Office (now City Hall), Columbia, South Carolina
- 1871-1888 — State, War, and Navy Building aka Old Executive Office Building aka Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.
- 1871-1881 - U.S. Custom House (New Orleans), Louisiana
- 1871 — US Assay Office, Boise, Idaho
- 1872 — Custom House and Post Office, Cairo, Illinois
- 1872 — US Custom House, Portland, Maine
- 1873-1879 — Post Office and Customs House, Evansville, Indiana
- 1873-1884 — Old Post Office, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1874 — Customs House, Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1874-1885 — Courthouse and Post Office, Cincinnati, Ohio (demolished c. 1936)
- 1874-1884 — Courthouse and Post Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (demolished c. 1942)
- 1874-1878 — Federal Building, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1877 — Custom House and Post Office, Port Huron, Michigan
- 1873-1882 — Courthouse and Post Office, Hartford, Connecticut
- 1887 - Major General John A. Logan Mausoleum, U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- 1887 — Sun Building, Washington, D.C., for the publisher of the Baltimore Sun newspaper; it is one of the oldest multistory steel-frame buildings in Washington, D.C.
- 1889 — Mullett Rowhouses, Washington, D.C.
- 1890 — Camp House mansion, Knoxville, Tennessee
Gallery of designs[edit]
San Francisco Mint, 1874, San Francisco, California
Federal Building, 1874, Raleigh, North Carolina
Pioneer Courthouse, 1875, Portland, Oregon
Old Post Office, 1867, Portland, Maine, built of white Vermont marble
Old Executive Office Building, 1871, Washington, with 552 rooms on 2 miles (3.22 km) of corridors
Old Custom House and Post Office, 1873, St. Louis, Missouri
Camp House (Greystone), 1890, Knoxville, Tennessee
Further reading[edit]
- Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940 -- Alfred B. Mullett
- Craig, Lois A., and the staff of the Federal Architecture Project, The Federal Presence: Architecture, Politics and National Design, 1972
- Cecil D. Elliott, The American Architect from the Colonial Era to the Present, McFarland & Co., Jefferson, North Carolina 2003
- Lee, Antoinette J., The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office; Oxford University Press, New York, New York 2000
- Mullett, A. B., Diaries & C Annotated Documents, Research and Reminiscence Regarding a Federal Architect Engineer Architect (1834-1890), Mullett Smith Printers, 1985.
- Smith, D. Mullett. A. B. Mullett: His Relevance in American Architecture and Historic Preservation, Mullett Smith Printers, 1990.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alfred B. Mullett.
- Alfred B. Mullett—The Eisenhower Executive Office Building
- Custom House and Post Office, Cairo, Illinois
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Jostens has launched a new environmental sustainability website to serve as a resource for customers, Jostens representatives and employees. The new website is designed to provide facts and detailed, transparent information about Jostens environmental sustainability efforts. The site features Jostens environmental goals and ongoing progress in its manufacturing operations, product development, and employee engagement. To learn more, visit jostens.com/sustainability.
"Environmental sustainability is core to our vision, mission and values. It is the right thing to do and we can all make a difference. We appreciate the leadership and dedication of our employees and representatives as we integrate this commitment into our business," said Tim Larson, President and CEO, Jostens. "The new environmental Web site demonstrates our commitment to doing the right thing and is an important vehicle to share our sustainability efforts with key stakeholders."
The new environmental sustainability website is a part of Jostens environmental sustainability strategy led by the Green GRADS™(Guiding Responsible Actions to Drive Sustainability) environmental sustainability team. The team's charter is to create and guide strategies that focus on earth-friendly designs for products, support energy conserving facilities and to promote environmental sustainability as a part of Jostens culture.
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Pediatric Crohn's Disease is a life long disease , presenting early in life.As such , it is imperative to be able to evaluate the risk for more severe disease and poorer outcomes when making the decision which therapies to offer our patients. These decisions should be based according to longer-term disease outcomes, such as whether they prevent disease relapse or prolong remission [10-12]. However, for the most part, previous studies were not designed to yield predictive parameters that could allow a clinician to differentiate which patients are at a higher risk for relapse, or more likely to to have serious attacks or complications of the disease or therapy. The ability to predict these risks would impact dramatically the way CD patients are treated, allowing the clinician to tailor therapy, both type and intensity, to each patient's individual risk for relapse and outcomes.In the present first phase of the study , we will attempt to identify factors that predict relapse of the disease, focusing on the use of calprotectin at onset and after clinical remission, and on the use of anti-glycan antibodies, as well as disease severity, site and phenotype.
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Serum for antiglycan antibodies stool for calprotectin
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|October 2010
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New onset pediatric Crohn's disease until and including age 18
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 0-18
- New onset Crohn's disease
- Treatment naive
- Ileocolonoscopy +radiology
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior Treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00711945
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|Last Updated:
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Finland: Ethics Committee
Israel: Ethics Commission
Keywords provided by European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition:
Crohn's disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Crohn Disease
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
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2 Ronald Coase ("The Lighthouse in Economics") points out that the tax might be tied to use of a nearby port, and claims that would be a free-market solution. I doubt that any Republican would be fooled by that -- a tax is a tax is a tax, unless somebody else is paying it.
3 Three qualifications are necessary here that are digressive, and so belong in a footnote, but that are necessary to get the point quite right. First, some public goods are provided in expectation of profits. For example, entertainment broadcasts are public goods. But broadcast advertising is a private good, and broadcasters are able to bundle the public and private good together. This may not be efficient, beautiful or suitable for a family audience, but it does provide the public good. Second, many of the goods that are neglected probably would not exactly fulfill the conditions as the lighthouse does. Strictly speaking, they would not be public but quasipublic goods: goods whose costs structures are largely, but not 100%, overheads, and for which it is not impossible, but merely inconvenient, to make payment a condition of benefit. Finally, there may be other reasons beside quasipublic goods status that would make it economically efficient to supply goods outside the price system. But public goods are the best understood of these cases in modern economics.
4 In case it is not obvious, though I think it should be, that goes double for anarchist capitalism.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rapper and actor 50 Cent faces arraignment on charges that he attacked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her condo.
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If convicted, the "In Da Club" singer faces up to five years in jail and $46,000 in fines.
The woman told police that during a June 23 argument, Jackson began destroying property at her Toluca Lake condo before she locked herself in a bedroom. She says Jackson kicked open the bedroom door and kicked her, causing injury.
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Sometimes you have those days that your eyes need a little pick me. That's when I reach for Skin Food Facial Ice Vita Cooling Stick. Skin Food Facial Ice Vita Cooling Stick is a moisturizing, cooling, and very refreshing stick moisturizer that you can use in the AM, PM, or on the go to depuff eyes while giving them some much needed moisture quickly and easily.
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5/15/13 12:13 Cj:
Yep definitely gonna pick this up. Sounds like a great little pick me up in the morning 😀
Innisfree oil = amazing totes new favorite cleansing oil
Cleansing foam = go order it now its awesome 😀 so foamy and smells gorg.
Dior capture totale emulsion = amazing moisturizer just like the sunscreens we have, if you can get over the price tag it's great (I justified the price by it having 2.7oz instead of 1 like regular moisturizers)
5/15/13 14:33 Audrey:
I really like the idea of this, but wouldn't it mess up any foundation/concealer under your eyes? Thanks, Muse!
5/15/13 14:51 jody:
I think I remember that you've tried the Boscia cooling stick thingie dealie. Do you like this better? I love how this sounds. I have more bags under my eyes than a luggage store.
I haven't ordered from sasa.com, but may need to
5/15/13 14:59 Cj:
Unbelievably amazing! The cleansing foam smells just like it! Love them both
Sorry I'm not replying, for some reason my iphone/ipad won't let me post a comment as a reply :(!
5/15/13 16:11 Miss_Silk:
I hope the Skinfood store I go to carries this when I take another trip to San Francisco~!
I'm obsessed with the sent of ALL their products ^^
5/15/13 18:30 shyparrot:
I work at the SF store and yes, we have this product in stock
5/16/13 18:09 Kaja Elisabeth:
I've had this on my saved list on eBay for over a year now, and I just can't seem to justify the buy. It looks so cute and practical, but I never get puffy eyes. Shouldn't unpuffy eyes be a good thing? Haha
5/19/13 14:07 Kaja Elisabeth:
Boy do I regret that comment! My eyes get slightly puffy maybe once a year, but the next day I woke with little puffs! Maybe I'll get it anyway? Haha
8/9/14 6:00 E.Locke:
hi muse! I was wondering, have you tried Etude's mint eye cream? which one do you think is better, the SF's or Etude's? thankyouuu 😀


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The New Standards drafts submitted to the IETF are:
-- Transaction Fraud (Thraud) Reporting: A data-format and protocol for defining and exchanging Thraud report data. This draft extends the Incident Object Description and Exchange Format (ODEF) incident reporting format, with both in-bound and out-bound mechanisms presented. -- Provisioning Protocol: Specifying a protocol that supports the provisioning of symmetric keys, including One-Time Password (OTP) and symmetric cryptographic keys and associated attributes dynamically to previously issued forms of strong authentication devices.In addition, OATH submitted updates to two previously submitted drafts, the OATH Challenge-Response Algorithms (OCRA) and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC). OCRA, which is based on the Hashed One-Time password (HOTP), describes the OATH algorithm for challenge-response authentication and signatures. The PSKC document specifies a shared secret token format for transport and provisioning of shared secrets to different types of authentication devices, allowing enterprises to deploy best-of-breed authentication solutions from multiple vendors into the same infrastructure.
"The joint efforts by the members of OATH to specify a protocol that can be freely distributed to the technical community will foster the adoption of two-factor authentication on the Internet by enabling interoperability and ease-of-deployment across multiple networks," said Siddharth Bajaj, Joint Coordination Committee Chairman of OATH. "The submission of new standards drafts, as well as updates to two previous submissions, shows the commitment OATH's members have to providing the tools necessary to create advanced security tools that protect the end user."
Bajaj was elected as Chairman of the Joint Coordination Committee at the annual OATH organizational meeting held in San Diego. Currently, Bajaj serves as a principal in the Innovation Group of VeriSign. Bajaj has been involved with OATH since its inception, serving as Co-Chair of the organization's Technology Focus Group. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Replacing Bajaj as Co-Chair Technology Focus Group is David M'Raihi of VeriSign, joining Diversinet's Stu Vaeth, who returns for another term.
Don Malloy of InCard Technologies was named Marketing Chair of OATH. Malloy, who will direct all marketing, continuing education and new member activities, has more than 25 years of experience in the high-technology arena, with more than 10 years in the data security industry. He holds an undergraduate degree from Lowell Technological Institute, advanced degrees from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology.
"In February 2007, OATH will celebrate its third anniversary and in that time, the organization has nearly tripled in size while establishing a record of technical achievement. An open-standards approach to authentication has been endorsed by the industry, and OATH will continue to work to bring solutions for strong, universal authentication," said Malloy. "I appreciate this important opportunity to raise the awareness of OATH and our mission, and look forward to continuing our track record of success in the New Year and beyond."
About the Initiative for Open AuTHentication
The Initiative for Open AuTHentication (OATH) is the industry's leading collaboration of device, platform and application companies, and end user customers of authentication technologies. OATH participants hope to foster use of strong authentication across networks, devices and applications. OATH participants work collectively to facilitate standards and build reference architecture for open authentication while evangelizing the benefits of strong interoperable authentication in a networked world. As OATH grows, the organization is actively seeking feedback and technology contributions from end user participants who share a common vision for open authentication technology and the products that provide this important measure of security.
OATH is dedicated to helping customers reduce the cost and complexity of deploying strong authentication within enterprises, and across the Internet. Since its formation, OATH's membership includes security industry leaders from token manufacturers, platform vendors, smartcard providers, and security services companies. End user companies are joining OATH to add their voice and ideas towards the goal of open authentication.
To join OATH and to see a list of its current membership, go to: http://www.openauthentication.org/membership.asp.
Access the enrollment form by visiting: http://www.openauthentication.org/membership_form.asp.
To learn more about OATH, e-mail email@example.com or visit http://www.openauthentication.org.
All company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.


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State of Decay is the 2nd fastest selling XBLA ever
State of Decay, the first game by Undead Labs (founded by Jeff Strain, previously lead programmer of World of Warcraft and founder of Arena Net), just released on June 5 for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. The game has been received by generally favorable reviews so far, and today even better news arose, as the game is reportedly the second fastest selling XBLA game ever. The report came from the Twitter account of Arthur Gies, Polygon's Editor.
in other news: state of decay is apparently the second fastest selling game in XBLA history behind minecraft, which is awesome.
— Arthur Gies (@aegies) June 8, 2013
A rough estimate puts the actual number somewhere around 270,000, which multiplied for the game's price ( $20) translates in roughly $5,400,000 in revenue in 48 hours. Certainly not bad at all for an indie studio.
State of Decay will also be released for PC, although currently there is no release date. Also, it is supposed to be the foundation for a full fledged zombie MMO by Undead Labs.


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Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act
Section 301
Rulemaking procedure.
63G-3-301. Rulemaking procedure.
(1) An agency authorized to make rules is also authorized to amend or repeal those rules.
(2) Except as provided in Sections 63G-3-303 and 63G-3-304, when making, amending, or repealing a rule agencies shall comply with:
(a) the requirements of this section;
(b) consistent procedures required by other statutes;
(c) applicable federal mandates; and
(d) rules made by the division to implement this chapter.
(3) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, each agency shall develop and use flexible approaches in drafting rules that meet the needs of the agency and that involve persons affected by the agency's rules.
(4) (a) Each agency shall file its proposed rule and rule analysis with the division.
(b) Rule amendments shall be marked with new language underlined and deleted language struck out.
(c) (i) The division shall publish the information required under Subsection (8) on the rule analysis and the text of the proposed rule in the next issue of the bulletin.
(ii) For rule amendments, only the section or subsection of the rule being amended need be printed.
(iii) If the director determines that the rule is too long to publish, the director shall publish the rule analysis and shall publish the rule by reference to a copy on file with the division.
(5) Prior to filing a rule with the division, the department head shall consider and comment on the fiscal impact a rule may have on businesses.
(6) If the agency reasonably expects that a proposed rule will have a measurable negative fiscal impact on small businesses, the agency shall consider, as allowed by federal law, each of the following methods of reducing the impact of the rule on small businesses:
(a) establishing less stringent compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses;
(b) establishing less stringent schedules or deadlines for compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses;
(c) consolidating or simplifying compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses;
(d) establishing performance standards for small businesses to replace design or operational standards required in the proposed rule; and
(e) exempting small businesses from all or any part of the requirements contained in the proposed rule.
(7) If during the public comment period an agency receives comment that the proposed rule will cost small business more than one day's annual average gross receipts, and the agency had not previously performed the analysis in Subsection (6), the agency shall perform the analysis described in Subsection (6).
(8) The rule analysis shall contain:
(a) a summary of the rule or change;
(b) the purpose of the rule or reason for the change;
(c) the statutory authority or federal requirement for the rule;
(d) the anticipated cost or savings to:
(i) the state budget;
(ii) local governments;
(iii) small businesses; and
(iv) persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities;
(e) the compliance cost for affected persons;
(f) how interested persons may review the full text of the rule;
(g) how interested persons may present their views on the rule;
(h) the time and place of any scheduled public hearing;
(i) the name and telephone number of an agency employee who may be contacted about the rule;
(j) the name of the agency head or designee who authorized the rule;
(k) the date on which the rule may become effective following the public comment period; and
(l) comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses.
(9) (a) For a rule being repealed and reenacted, the rule analysis shall contain a summary that generally includes the following:
(i) a summary of substantive provisions in the repealed rule which are eliminated from the enacted rule; and
(ii) a summary of new substantive provisions appearing only in the enacted rule.
(b) The summary required under this Subsection (9) is to aid in review and may not be used to contest any rule on the ground of noncompliance with the procedural requirements of this chapter.
(10) A copy of the rule analysis shall be mailed to all persons who have made timely request of the agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings and to any other person who, by statutory or federal mandate or in the judgment of the agency, should also receive notice.
(11) (a) Following the publication date, the agency shall allow at least 30 days for public comment on the rule.
(b) The agency shall review and evaluate all public comments submitted in writing within the time period under Subsection (11)(a) or presented at public hearings conducted by the agency within the time period under Subsection (11)(a).
(12) (a) Except as provided in Sections 63G-3-303 and 63G-3-304, a proposed rule becomes effective on any date specified by the agency that is no fewer than seven calendar days after the close of the public comment period under Subsection (11), nor more than 120 days after the publication date.
(b) The agency shall provide notice of the rule's effective date to the division in the form required by the division.
(c) The notice of effective date may not provide for an effective date prior to the date it is received by the division.
(d) The division shall publish notice of the effective date of the rule in the next issue of the bulletin.
(e) A proposed rule lapses if a notice of effective date or a change to a proposed rule is not filed with the division within 120 days of publication.
(13) (a) As used in this Subsection (13), "initiate rulemaking proceedings" means the filing, for the purposes of publication in accordance with Subsection (4), of an agency's proposed rule that is required by state statute.
(b) A state agency shall initiate rulemaking proceedings no later than 180 days after the effective date of the statutory provision that specifically requires the rulemaking, except under Subsection (13)(c).
(c) When a statute is enacted that requires agency rulemaking and the affected agency already has rules in place that meet the statutory requirement, the agency shall submit the rules to the Administrative Rules Review Committee for review within 60 days after the statute requiring the rulemaking takes effect.
(d) If a state agency does not initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with the time requirements in Subsection (13)(b), the state agency shall appear before the legislative Administrative Rules Review Committee and provide the reasons for the delay.
Amended by Chapter 93, 2009 General Session
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(Read our Alex Trebek interview and check out our Flickr site for more images from the tour.)
Alex Trebek, host of TV game show "Jeopardy!," films shout-outs with a group of sailors stationed at U.S. Naval Support Activity in Naples, Italy as part of a two-country, week-long "Jeopardy!" USO tour on October 6. This is Trebek's 13th USO tour since 1987.
Trebek gives an impromptu pep talk to the girls' volleyball team at the high school on base at U.S. Naval Support Activity. Trebek is in the region to bring a touch of home to troops and military families, as well as search for potential candidates to appear in "Jeopardy's" upcoming "Salute to the Military" competition.
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Trebek talks with service members and their families who passed the "Jeopardy!" pre-test at U.S. Naval Support Activity in Naples.
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Lightning Bolt….or A Shower of Gold
Bay City vs. Saginaw
Walnut Grove #1, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI
World's Tournament Championship
August 10, 2014
Bay City 4, Saginaw 7
Having bested the Brooklyn Atlantics in their previous match, the Independents of Bay City now progressed to the Championship Match against a familiar opponent, the Old Golds of Saginaw. The Old Golds had progressed to this point by making their way through the Chadwick division allowing an average of only 2 1/2 runs a contest, which was only slightly more than the previous year when they permitted only 2 runs per match on their way to the title match, which they would win besting Bay City 23-8. Bay City was also playing fairly good defense on their side of the Championship bracket allowing only 6 runs per contest. Offensively, Saginaw had averaged almost 14 runs per match, while Bay City was tallying nearly 19 per game. It would appear that each club had an advantage over the other, either defensively or offensively. Thus, as it seemed, a good match might be made for the Championship on this day.
Bay City would win the coin toss, and elected to take the field. This allowed Saginaw to strike whilst the sphere was hardest, and strike they did. The lead batter, Whiskers Endert, would lose his hand on a daisy cutter to short stop to kill the Golds first hand. The real fun began then, as Jason "Tree Trunk" Leckrone then drove a howitzer into the garden in center field that put him safely at third. The next striker, John "Lumberjack" Piersall, then went against his natural grain, and placed the ball neatly in his pull field of left. Piersall would make his first, and bring home Leckrone with the first run. The Lumberjack would then lose his hand when Bolt Funcheon pulled a daisy cutter to the short stop, Tanner LeRoux, who then flipped to second to force the second hand. An attempt was made at a twin-killing, but Bolt was too fast for the relay and made his first. This brought Dennis "The Vanilla Gorilla" Konuszewski to the plate, and The Gorilla was out to prove that a two year absence hadn't hurt his game, and by that we mean his powerful striking. Well, strike he did depositing a howitzer into the left center garden that drove home Bolt, and put him at third with two hands dead. The rally would end there as the next striker's hand would be dead thanks to a sky ball bottled in left by Jeremy Schoolboy Stedry.
The Bay Citys were now down in the contest by two runs, but looked to try and match if not surpass, the Saginaws efforts. Tanner LeRoux would take his first, and then move on to second thanks to back to back muckle shots from both he and Kid Garcia. Then Jeff "Silverback" Rahl would drive a howitzer deep into the left center garden that put him squarely at first, and drove both LeRoux and Garcia home to tie the contest. That brought Logger Leppek to the plate for the Independents, and Leppek looked to help Bay City take the lead in the contest by driving the onion deep into the trees into right center field. Rahl, sensing the trajectory of the ball and it's almost certain exit of the field of play, turned and began to leg his way home. Unfortunately for the Bay Citys the ball struck high upon the tree and then shot back into the field of play very near to where the right fielder was standing. This allowed the Saginaw gent to fire the ball toward home where it was intercepted by the pitcher, and then relayed to the Golds catcher, Adam "Squints" McCauly where he was able to put the tag on the hustling Rahl. Logger would most adeptly make his second on the throw. The next hand would be lost to a sky ball handled by John Smith in left field, and then Leppek would progress to third on a safety lined into the long field by Butterfly Becerril. Becerril then stole his second, but both he and Leppek would be stranded when Buttons McInerney's sky ball was bottled by the Saginaw right fielder. The Saginaws would escape the innings with Bay City leaving runners at second and third, and the match tied.
The next four innings would be filled with whitewash on both sides, but the striking was far from lacking, rather it was the fielding that was phenomenal. A fine case in point happened in the Saginaws third innings when their lead striker Copper would make his first on a safety into the garden. He then progressed to second on an infield daisy cutter by Jon "Boozehound" Smith. The next striker, Chuck "Ducky" Mahan hit a sky ball that was bottled on the run by Sean "Tanner" LeRoux, and the runners at first and second were forced to hold their positions. That brought Toby "Scoops" Larkin to the plate for the first time in the match, and true to his form Larkin lashed a liner into the long field that nearly lacerated the larynx of the left fielder, Jeremy "Schoolboy" Stedry. Stedry, showing the sand that he has played with all season, took the ball off his throat, bobbled it momentarily and then bottled it on the run killing Larkin's hand. Thinking quickly Stedry then launched the ball to the Bay City second sacker, and killed the Copper's hand, as he had strayed too far from his base of origin.
In the fifth innings the Independents would turn away another threat thanks to more fine plays by the long fielders. The innings would begin with Bull Diag losing his hand to a sky ball gathered by Jason McInerney in short center field. Then Whiskers Endert would make his fist on a garden grabber, and then took his second on a muff. That brought Tree Trunk Leckrone to the plate for the second time in the contest. In his previous effort he was able to make his third on a howitzer to center, and he hoped to torch Buttons McInerney again, but the stout Bay City fielder was more than up to the task this time. Leckrone lashed the onion into the garden, but not as deep as previously, and so McInerney came charging in and made a one handed grab to kill the striker, and send Endert back to second. Now with two hands lost John "Lumberjack" Piersall would attempt to drive home Endert with one of his patented, opposite field strikes, but Alan "Kid" Garcia, who was manning the hill in right field, would have none of it. Garcia charged down the hill, and made a sliding, one handed grab of his own to swallow the pill for the final out of the innings, and thus ended the next Saginaw threat.
Bay City wouldn't be without their chances in the contest either. In the fifth innings, Butterfly Becerril, the Independents pitcher on this day, made his first on a fine drive into left field, but he would proceed no further as Bryce "Bolt" Funcheon, the Saginaws center fielder, would make three acrobatic catches in a row of howitzers from the bats of the Bay Citys that most certainly would have made extra bases, and would have created quite a frenzy on the pillows for the Independents.
Following his fifth innings defensive display Bolt Funcheon would lead off the Golds innings with a deep drive into the garden that allowed him to make his third. He was then driven home by Konuszweski , who also made his first. The next striker, Adam "Squints" McCauly would then hit daisy cutter that dribbled down the line, and was scooped up by the pitcher, Becerril, who then flipped to first to record the first hand lost. The Gorilla was able to make his second, due to the slow rolling ball, and would then tally when Copper, the Golds third base tender, punished the pill and then made his third himself. Jon Smith would drive home Copper with a sky ball placed into the left field that was captured by Schoolboy Stedry to record his hand as well. Ducky Mahan would then end the innings with a ground ball handled by LeRoux who then threw to Leppek to shoot the duck. Saginaw now held a three run lead.
Bay City would get back one of those runs in their sixth, when Jimmy Arnold, would scramble home after a series of safeties, and ground ball outs. Saginaw would then add another run in their seventh, and one more in their eighth to take a 7-3 lead. Bay City would then mount their greatest threat since their first innings, when their first four strikers in the innings, Logger Leppek, Cat LeRoux, Butterfly Becerril, and Buttons McInerney, would all make base safely. However, only Leppek would tally, as the next three strikers all lost their hands to sky balls bottled by either the short stop, or the second base man for Saginaw.
Frustrated as they were at their failures to cut deeper into the Saginaws lead, the Bay Citys took to the field undaunted, and dispatched Tree Trunk Leckrone on a sky ball to second base, Lumberjack Piersall on a sky ball handled by Garcia in right, and finally a line drive grab by Tanner LeRoux at short stop killed Bolt's hand for the first time in the contest. Recording three quick outs, the Bay Citys now came to bat in their ninth with the bottom of their order. The first hand was recorded by Ryan Dost, the Saginaws first sacker as he bottled a sky ball, and the next was lost when the Golds captain, Adam McCauly captured a slow roller behind the plate and threw out Constable Gerken at first. Matt "Barrel Roller" Barnard now strode to the stripe with a great determination not to be the final out, and his striking as well as his concentration was not faulty as he placed the ball beyond the grasp of the Copper at third, and made his first. This brought the final striker in the lengthy Bay City order to the plate, and Adam "Ca-Ca-Nuts" Johnson would come through with a liner over Larkin at short stop that put Barnard at second, and Johnson at first. The excitement, and anticipation on the benches, in the field, and in the crowd was now quite palpable, for the top of the Bay City order would now get their chance for glory yet again. For those unaware, or those who may have forgotten, Bay City found themselves in just such a situation some eleven months previous in the State Championship match held in Bay City. The Independents entered the ninth innings that day down to these same Old Golds by the same margin, only the tally that day was 5-2. The Independents were able to rally, and win the day with 4 runs in their ninth. The same hopes seem to be lining up today, as Sean "Tanner" LeRoux made his way to the stripe as the nerves on either side grew even more frayed. LeRoux waited out his at bat through several pitches, whilst the shadows of Kid Garcia, Silverback Rahl, and Logger Leppek loomed, waiting in the wings for their turn at whipping the willow. Pitch after pitch went by, until LeRoux saw one of his liking, and he drove it in through the center of the field, but the orb caught too much grass and therefore slowed enough to be snagged by the second sacker for Saginaw who then flipped to short stop to kill Johnson for the final out of the thrilling contest.
It was a remarkable match, truly befitting of the moniker of Championship, and the Golds, having dodged another bullet, had fairly won the day and showed that they had earned their title of Champion. So would end another tournament run for Bay City, the accolades would not end there for them, as one of their own, Branden "The Rope" Revette would be honored by those in attendance as the finest catcher of the weekend. It was an honor well won, and one long past due.


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Portland International Airport (IATA: PDX, ICAO: KPDX, FAA LID: PDX) is a joint civil-military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90 percent of passenger travel and more than 95 percent of air cargo of the state.[2] It is located within Portland's city limits just south of the Columbia River in Multnomah County, 6 miles (10 kilometers) by air and 12 mi (19 km) by highway northeast of downtown Portland. Portland International Airport is often referred to by its IATA airport code, PDX.
Portland International Airport has direct connections to major airport hubs throughout the United States, and non-stop international flights to Canada, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Mexico and The Netherlands. The airport is a major hub for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. The airport also serves as a maintenance facility for Horizon Air. Small regional carrier SeaPort Airlines is headquartered and operates its Pacific Northwest hub at PDX. General aviation services are provided at PDX by Atlantic Aviation.[3] The Oregon Air National Guard has a base located on the southwest portion of the grounds, the host unit of which is the 142d Fighter Wing (142 FW) flying the F-15 Eagle. Local transportation includes light rail on the MAX Red Line and Interstate 205.
- 1 Statistics and ratings
- 2 Terminal building
- 3 Airlines and destinations
- 4 Statistics
- 5 History
- 6 Expansion and improvement
- 7 Incidents and accidents
- 8 Gallery
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Statistics and ratings[edit]
In 2014, PDX handled 15,916,512 passengers and had non-stop commercial air service to 16 of the 18 most populated US Metropolitan Statistical Areas.[4]
In 2013, a Travel+Leisure magazine readers' poll named PDX as the best US airport, based on its on-time record, dining, shopping, and mass transportation into the city.[5] In 2015, Travel+Leisure also named PDX as the best US airport. Along with its continued on-time record, shopping, transportation options, and the growth of international service, 10 new restaurants were opened at PDX, making it a "foodie haven" according to travelers. PDX also got significant recognition for its unique carpet pattern, which is to be replaced throughout the entire airport with newer carpet that contains a similar design. This project is to be finished by 2017.[6][7][8] In 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010, PDX was identified as the top airport for business travelers in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler magazine.[9][10] The Condé Nast ranking was based upon criteria including location and access, ease of connections, food, shops, amenities, comfort and design, and perceived safety and security; PDX received the top overall score, and the magazine noted the airport's environmentally friendly initiatives, including the airport's use of solar panels for power, its connection to the MAX Light Rail, and the recycling of its restaurants' used oil and grease.
In 2008, a J.D. Power study contradicted the magazine's assessment, ranking the airport 19th in overall airport satisfaction out of 21 U.S. airports with from 10 to 30 million passengers per year. It scored Portland International Airport as "average" in the categories of check-in/baggage check, security check, and baggage claims. It also scored at the bottom of several categories, including overall airport satisfaction, airport accessibility, terminal facilities and food and retail services.[11]
Terminal building[edit]
The main terminal consists of one building roughly "H"-shaped and is divided into five concourses. Concourses A, B and C are on the south side of the terminal and concourses D and E are on the north; the two sides are connected beyond security checkpoints by a walkway opened in August 2005.[12] PDX offers services including free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access, a children's play area, and postal services.
PDX has a shopping mall behind its ticketing counters, with all shops and restaurants open every day. Because the state is one of the few in the nation with no sales tax, all stores offer tax-free shopping. The Port of Portland also requires all airport shops and restaurants to practice fair retail pricing—businesses are not allowed to charge more than at off-airport locations.[13] Stores include national stores and Oregon-based ones such as Made in Oregon, Nike, Columbia Sportswear, Powell's Books, Oregon Pendleton Shop, and The Real Mother Goose among others.[13] Food services also are a mix of national chains and local options.[13]
Several local food carts are located in the pre-security concourse.[14]
Concourses and terminals[edit]
The passenger terminal at Portland International Airport has five concourses (A, B, C, D, E) as well as a business aviation terminal. In addition, Portland International Airport handles many operations from many different cargo transportation airlines.
The international section of Concourse D was renamed the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh International Concourse to honor former Oregon Governor Victor G. Atiyeh, who was also known as "Trader Vic" for launching international tourism and trade initiatives during his term as Oregon Governor.
Concourses A and B are solely operated by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, which are currently the airport's largest passenger carriers.
Concourse E expansion[edit]
Starting in 2017, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air will move all operations from concourses A, B and C to concourse E, while PenAir, SeaPort Airlines, United Airlines, and United Express will move all operations from concourse E to concourse C. Air Canada Express will move all operations from concourse E to concourse D. After the airline operation moves are made, concourses A and B will become a part of concourse C. As a part of this plan, Concourse E will be extended by 210 feet (64 m).[15] The $98 million project is expected to be complete by late 2017.[16][16] As a whole, this plan is designed to balance the number of passengers throughout the south concourses (A, B and C) and the north concourses (D and E).
Airport lounges[edit]
Airport lounges are available from Alaska Airlines (located in concourse C, across from Gate C5), Delta Air Lines (located in concourse D, across from Gate D6), and United Airlines (located in concourse E, across from Gate E1).
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Note: All international arrivals (except flights from cities with customs preclearance) are handled at the far end of Concourse D, regardless of their departure concourse.
Scheduled passenger[edit]
^1 All US Airways flights will be rebranded as American Airlines effective October 17, 2015.
Top international destinations[edit]
|Vancouver, Canada
|Air Canada, Alaska Airlines
|Amsterdam, Netherlands
|Delta Air Lines
|Tokyo (Narita), Japan
|Delta Air Lines
|Calgary, Canada
|Air Canada
|Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
|Alaska Airlines
|Guadalajara, Mexico
|San José del Cabo, Mexico
|Alaska Airlines
Top domestic destinations[edit]
|Top carriers
|Seattle/Tacoma, WA
|Alaska, Delta
|San Francisco, CA
|Alaska, United, Virgin America
|Denver, CO
|Frontier, Southwest, United
|Phoenix, AZ
|Alaska, American, Southwest
|Los Angeles, CA
|Alaska, Delta, Southwest
|Las Vegas, NV
|Alaska, Southwest, Spirit
|Chicago (O'Hare), IL
|Alaska, American, Spirit, United
|Salt Lake City, UT
|Alaska, Delta
|San Jose, CA
|Alaska, Southwest
|Oakland, CA
|Alaska, Southwest
Annual traffic[edit]
Portland's first airport was on Swan Island,[26] northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River. The Port of Portland purchased 256 acres (104 ha) and construction began in 1926. Charles Lindbergh flew in and dedicated the new airfield in 1927.
By 1935 it was becoming apparent to the Port of Portland that the airport was becoming obsolete.[26] The small airfield couldn't easily be expanded, nor could it accommodate the larger aircraft and passenger loads expected to become common to Portland. Plans immediately were conceived to relocate the outdated airfield to a larger site. The Swan Island Municipal Airport is now used by the Port of Portland for industrial parks,[27]
Construction and early operations[edit]
The present PDX site was purchased by the Portland City Council in 1936. It was 700 acres (280 ha) bordered by the Columbia River in the north and the Columbia Slough in the south. The city council issued US$300,000 and asked the Port of Portland to sponsor a US$1.3 million Works Progress Administration (WPA) grant to develop the site into a "super airport". The project provided badly needed Great Depression-era jobs and was completed in 1940.[28] The airport was designated Portland-Columbia Airport to distinguish it from then-operating Swan Island Airport. During World War II, the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
The "super airport" had a terminal on the north side, off Marine Drive, and five runways (NE-SW, NW-SE, and an E-W runway forming an asterisk). This configuration was adequate until a new terminal and a longer, 8,800-foot (2,700 m) east-west runway were constructed in 1952. View airport diagrams: 1955 and 1965
In 1948 the entire airport grounds were flooded during the Vanport Flood, forcing scheduled airline services to reroute to nearby Troutdale Airport. The grounds were under water for several months.
New terminal[edit]
A new terminal opened in 1959, which for the most part serves as the present facility.[29] The new terminal is located to the east of the original runways, and north of the then-new 8,800 ft (2,700 m) runway. Construction of a second east-west runway to the north made this a midfield terminal. At this point, all but the NE-SW (3/21) runway in the original "X" were abandoned and turned into taxiways. 3/21 was extended for use as a cross-wind runway. "International" was added to the airport's official designation after the 1950s-era improvements.
Plans made in 1968 to add a third runway by means of filling in parts of the Columbia River were met with vocal public opposition and scrapped. The airport switched from screening passengers at individual gates to screening all visitors at concourse entrances in 1973 as new FAA regulations went into effect.[30] In 1974 the south runway was extended to 11,000 feet (3,400 m) to service the newest jumbo jets. The terminal building was renovated and expanded in 1977.[29]
By the 1980s, the terminal building began an extensive renovation in order to update PDX to meet future needs. The ticketing and baggage claim areas were renovated and expanded, and a new Concourse D for Alaska Airlines was added in 1986.[31] Concourse E was first to be reconstructed in 1992, and featured PDX's first moving sidewalks.[29] The Oregon Marketplace, a small shopping mall, was added in the former waiting areas behind the ticket counters.
The early 1990s saw a food court and extension added to Concourse C, and the opening of the new Concourse D in 1994.[29] This marked the first concessions inside secured areas, allowing passengers to purchase items without having to be re-screened.
An expanded parking garage, new control tower, and canopy over the curbside were finished in the late 1990s. Although hailed by architectural critics, the canopy blocked views of Mount Hood from the curbside. On July 31, 1997, during construction, the garage addition collapsed due to inadequate bolts holding girders together and inadequate securing of structural members, killing three steelworkers.[32]
The present H-shape of the PDX terminal, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership,[33] was completed on September 10, 2001 when the new A, B and C concourses, as well as the light rail line, were finished. Probably the most stunning portion of PDX's interior, the new concourses reflect a Northwest theme, focusing heavily on the nearby Columbia River. A huge celebration was to be held the following weekend, but the events of September 11, 2001 interceded. The new concourses, designed to be public spaces, were closed to non-passengers.
In August 2005, the concourse connector was opened.[34] This is a long hallway on the secure side of the airport that connects the A, B and C concourses to the D and E concourses on the other side of the airport. If there is a long line at the checkpoint at one end of the airport, passengers may use the other checkpoint and walk through the connector to their desired concourse.[35]
Domestic service[edit]
The April 1957 OAG shows 38 United departures a day, 10 West Coast, 8 Northwest and 6 Western. Alaska had four a week and Pacific Northern had three; Pan Am and Northwest both flew SEA-PDX-HNL and back, Pan Am with 5 DC-7C round trips a week and Northwest with four DC-6Bs. Portland's first jets were Pan Am 707-321s about October 1959.
In 1966 PDX had nonstop flights to SLC, DEN, ORD and no other cities farther east than Boise; in 1977 nonstops reached LAS-PHX-DEN-DFW-ORD and no others east of Boise. In 1967 United started PDX's first transcon nonstop, to JFK; it ended in 1973.
By 1974, the airport was served by Braniff, Cascade, Continental, Eastern, Hughes Airwest, Northwest Orient, Pan Am, United and Western, and the Seattle route was served by seven airlines with aircraft as large as Boeing 747s.[36]
Air Oregon started short-haul service from Portland following deregulation in 1978, and by 1979 had routes to seven other cities in Oregon.[37]
In the 1980s Air California had nonstop flights to Seattle, Reno and the Bay Area; PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) had nonstops to San Francisco and one or two to Reno and Sacramento. In 2010 Northwest's former Honolulu service was eliminated by Delta altogether.
United was the dominant carrier at PDX during the regulated era and through the 1980s.[38]
International service[edit]
The first international nonstop was Western's 720B to Vancouver in 1967.[citation needed]
United Airlines, then the dominant carrier at PDX, used Portland as a once-weekly stop for its Chicago-Tokyo service from 1983 to 1987. The flight stopped in Seattle six days a week and in Portland once a week. After United acquired Pan American World Airways' Asian routes in 1986, they were able to use Pan Am's Boeing 747SP aircraft to eliminate the West Coast stop.[38]
As United made plans to end Tokyo service from Portland, Delta Air Lines applied to begin Atlanta-Tokyo service via Portland using Lockheed L-1011 aircraft. Like United, Delta lacked aircraft that could fly to Japan nonstop from the eastern United States; Delta also lacked a West Coast hub at the time, and saw Portland as favorable to Seattle, which was dominated by Northwest Airlines. After beginning Tokyo service in 1986, Delta added a flight to Seoul in 1988, coinciding with the 1988 Summer Olympics; the Seoul flight was later extended to Taipei and Bangkok. By 1994, Delta had introduced McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft, and added another transpacific flight to Nagoya and domestic flights to New York, Anchorage and other destinations. The hub peaked in 1998 with additional service to Osaka and Fukuoka.[38]
The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis hurt Delta's operation, and international travel decreased even further due to complaints about treatment at the immigration facility in Portland, leading it to be nicknamed "DePortland".[39][40] The combination of these factors caused Delta to discontinue what was then the last direct flight from Portland to Tokyo and from Portland to Nagoya in March 2001.[41] This change brought local media scrutiny. This then combined with the resulting congressional pressure, caused the officials in charge of the immigration facility to address the problems.
Meanwhile, local travel businesses had begun recruiting other carriers. Lufthansa started direct flights to Frankfurt, Germany in 2003,[42] but suspended the route in 2009 citing lack of profitability.[43] Northwest introduced non-stop flights to Tokyo (Narita Airport) on June 10, 2004, reviving a route terminated by Delta.[44] Mexicana Airlines also introduced service to Guadalajara and Mexico City; after 5 years of service, Mexicana withdrew in 2008 due to high fuel prices and change in demand. Alaska Airlines continued to serve Mexico until withdrawing service in 2010 due to a lack of passengers.[45]
Northwest Airlines added A330 nonstop service to Amsterdam in 2008, which was at one time planned to continue to Mumbai. The service was reduced that year to a Northwest-operated Delta-flown 767-300, and occasionally a Northwest-operated Delta-flown 767-400.[46][47] The service has since been fluctuating between 767-300s, 767-400s, A330-200s and A330-300s depending on the season. Air Canada operated daily nonstop service to Toronto from 2010 to 2012.[48] Since 2014, three more foreign carriers have begun service at PDX: Volaris with service to Guadalajara, Condor with seasonal service to Frankfurt, and Icelandair with seasonal service to Reykjavik-Keflavik.
Following its acquisition of Northwest, Delta has maintained Northwest's nonstop flights to Amsterdam and Tokyo. The latter required a direct transfer of $3.5 million to Delta by the Port of Portland to subsidize the route.[49]
Expansion and improvement[edit]
Although plans have been studied to replace or relieve PDX traffic, planners prefer expansion. Salem, Oregon's McNary Field (SLE) and the Port of Portland's Hillsboro Airport (HIO) in Washington County have been suggested as future relievers. Between 1993 and 2007, Salem's airport had no scheduled airline flights. With resumption of commercial flights on June 7, 2007, the airport has planned terminal improvements using a preconstructed modular building.[50] However, these flights have since been canceled.[51]
Portland International Airport's south runway reopened in October 2011 after being rebuilt over the 2011 summer. The South Runway Reconstruction Project was the final phase of a three-year tarmac improvement program. The first two years focused on the north runway, with a rehabilitation of the surface and an extension to each end so it could replace the south runway during rebuilding.
The project was completed on time and under budget. As the Portland airport's longest, the south runway had seen routine maintenance and rehabilitation over the years, and the wear and tear of aircraft landings had deteriorated the pavement joints and subsurface base. The project team chose to rebuild it; pavement materials were evaluated and an all-concrete surface was chosen. With a pavement design life of 40 years, construction-related aircraft noise impacts on neighborhoods will be lessened in the future.
The new concrete is 19 inches (480 mm) thick and used an estimated 180,000 square yards (150,000 m2) of materials—enough to pave a two-lane road for about 26 miles (42 km). The old asphalt runway, which was excavated in spring 2011, was completely recycled.[52]
The airport's carpet, installed in 1987, was designed to stylize the criss-crossing north and south runways. Beginning in 2014, a new design replaced the original pattern. In response, many residents created products to celebrate the carpet as a local icon.[53][54]
Along with the carpet replacement, the Port of Portland plans to renovate the security checkpoints and immigration facilities as part of its PDXNext project. These changes are budgeted at $57 million and $940,000, respectively, and are expected to be complete by August 2016.[16]
Incidents and accidents[edit]
- Pan Am Flight 845/26 departed Portland on March 26, 1955, en route to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii. Approximately 35 miles (56 km) off the Oregon Coast, the No. 3 engine and propeller tore loose from the wing, resulting in a loss of control. The aircraft was ditched and soon sank. Approximately two hours after the aircraft ditched, the United States Navy attack transport USS Bayfield (APA-33) arrived on the scene and rescued the 19 survivors. Four people died.
- On October 1, 1966, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed in an unpopulated section of the Mount Hood National Forest during descent into Portland International Airport. Of the 18 passengers and crew, there were no survivors. The probable cause of the accident was "the descent of the aircraft below its clearance limit and below that of surrounding obstructing terrain, but the Board was unable to determine the cause of such descent." The accident was the first loss of a Douglas DC-9.
- On November 24, 1971, a still unidentified man commonly known as D. B. Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 flying from Portland International Airport to Seattle International Airport. Claiming he had a bomb, he demanded $200,000, four parachutes, and refueling once the aircraft arrived in Seattle. Law enforcement rushed to meet his demands, and the plane took off again, this time with only members of the crew on board, headed toward Reno, Nevada. About forty minutes into the flight, Cooper jumped from the aft stair, parachuting to an unknown fate. An extensive search—arguably the most intensive in U.S. history—uncovered no significant material evidence related to the hijacking. Despite an ongoing FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or positively identified. The case remains the only unsolved air piracy in American aviation history.
- On December 28, 1978, United Airlines Flight 173 was en route to Portland International Airport from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado. On approach to Portland, two landing gear indicator lights failed to light. The plane circled Portland while the crew investigated the problem. After about an hour, the plane exhausted its fuel supply and crashed into a suburban neighborhood. Of the 189 passengers and crew on board, ten died and twenty four more were injured. An investigation revealed that the crash was caused by "the failure of the captain to properly monitor the aircraft's fuel slate".
C-5 Galaxy from the 105th Airlift Wing, taxiing for takeoff
See also[edit]
- Tourism in Portland, Oregon
- Portland-Mulino Airport
- Pearson Field
- Oregon World War II Army Airfields
- Western Air Defense Force (Air Defense Command)
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Portland International Airport was chosen the best domestic airport by business travelers
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Portland's main airport on Swan Island was only open a few years before it became obvious that the site offered little expansion room. The year after this 1935 photo, land was purchased along the Columbia River for a new airport.
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External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portland International Airport.
- Official Website.
- Airport Wayfinder: Interactive video guide and detailed information about Portland International Airport.
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective September 17, 2015
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PDX, effective September 17, 2015
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KPDX
- ASN accident history for PDX
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KPDX
- FAA current PDX delay information