Three days after a fire at an Aurora air-traffic center, flights in and out of the Chicago area are still limited, causing delays across the country. Bloomberg reported authorities are spreading responsibilities around the country in order to relieve pressure from the damaged facility in Aurora, but that it won’t be back up to speed until mid-October. In the meantime, airlines have a logistical puzzle to solve. One expert cited by Bloomberg explained that the long weekend of delays and cancellations…
Reported by bizjournals 7 hours ago.
Flight delays expected to continue after Friday's Chicago-area fire at air-traffic center
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FAA: 2 weeks to reopen Chicago-area control center
CHICAGO (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it will take about two weeks to fully reopen a Chicago-area control center where an act of sabotage brought the city's two international airports to a halt last week. Authorities say a contract employee started a fire Friday at regional control center in suburban Aurora and then attempted to commit suicide.
Reported by SeattlePI.com 6 hours ago.
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Cancellations continue at O'Hare after last week's fire
Cancellations continued at O'Hare International Airport this morning, four days after a fire at an Aurora radar facility wreaked havoc on the nation's air traffic system.
Reported by ChicagoTribune 5 hours ago.
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Aurora police investigating after RTD bus, SUV collide
Police in Aurora are investigating after an RTD bus collided with a vehicle Monday morning.
Reported by Denver Post 6 hours ago.
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Sen. Durbin to seek probe of air center sabotage
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday that he will seek an investigation into how a contract employee was able to sabotage a regional control center and bring Chicago's two international airports to a halt. The Illinois Democrat told The Associated Press that he will ask inspectors general at the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate whether there was a security breach when the employee entered the building early Friday with a suitcase without causing suspicion. The facility in Aurora, about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago, handles planes cruising at high altitudes through the air space as well as those just beginning to approach or completing a departure from airports in the Chicago area. Cory said the FAA has been able to increase air traffic and reduce delays by improving direct communication between the centers now handling Chicago's air traffic, and by developing new ways to automatically file and transfer airline flight plan information. Contract employees, like other staff at the Aurora facility, also must have their identification inspected by a perimeter guard and must swipe their cards to gain access to the building.
Reported by SeattlePI.com 5 hours ago.
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New FBI Report Casts Doubt on NRA's 'Good Guy Stops Bad Guy' Nonsense
After years of listening to Wayne LaPierre croon away about how "only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," we finally have some real data to test whether this rationale for arming civilians (and selling more guns) is really true. I'm referring to a report on active shooting incidents just released by the FBI which analyzed 160 "active shootings" resulting in injuries to 1,043 victims, including 486 deaths, between 2000 and 2013.Most of the media coverage of this report will no doubt focus on the FBI's claim that the number of incidents and victims totals of these shootings has of late been going up, with the annual number of incidents averaging 7.5 between 2000 and 2006, and jumping to an annual average of 16.3 between 2007 and 2013. The increase in casualties each year is even more dramatic, with the totals (not including the shooters) going from 247 between 2000 and 2006 up to just under 800 over the following seven years. It should be noted, incidentally, that the FBI defines an "active shooting" as an incident during which "both law enforcement personnel and citizens [my italics] have the potential to affect the outcome of the event based upon their responses." Which is exactly what Wayne-o claims his gun-toting compatriots are all about.Here's how these incidents ended. More than half (56 percent) were terminated by the shooter who either took his or her own life, simply stopped shooting or fled the scene. Another 26 percent ended in the traditional Hollywood-like fashion with the shooter and law enforcement personnel exchanging gunfire and in nearly all of those situations the shooter ended up either wounded or dead. In 13 percent of the shooting situations, the shooter was successfully disarmed and restrained by unarmed civilians, and in 3 percent of the incidents the shooter was confronted by armed civilians, of whom four were on-duty security guards and one person was just your average "good guy" who happened to be carrying a gun.The fact that 21 of these shooting situations were terminated by unarmed civilians as opposed to a single incident that ended because a good guy had a gun might come as a big surprise to the NRA, but for those of us who try to engage in the gun debate by issuing statements based on facts, this finding is consistent with other evidence that the pro-gun community chooses to ignore. For example, in 2005 Gary Kleck published a study funded by the Department of Justice which showed that persons who resisted assaults by running away or calling the police had a better chance of escaping injury than if they resisted the assault with a gun. This is the same Gary Kleck whose 1994 paper claiming that millions of Americans thwart crimes each year with guns is still cited by the NRA as its gospel for justifying civilian armed defense.The FBI report not only debunks the "good guy stops the bad guy" nonsense, but also gives us some important data to judge the validity of another NRA mantra, namely, whether "bad guys" are drawn to commit shootings in gun-free zones. This bromide was all over the media after the Aurora theater shooting when it was pointed out by John Lott that the Cinemark was chosen by James Homes because it was the only theater showing the movie Batman that had a policy against allowing patrons to carry guns.According to the FBI, of the 160 active shootings, 39 or roughly 25 percent took place in educational facilities and the shooters were overwhelmingly students who either attended or had attended the particular school. In most of these cases the connection of the shooter to the school was the motivating issue, not the fact that the schools were gun-free zones. More than two-thirds of all the active shooting incidents between 2000 and 2013 took place in locations which were not readily understood to be gun-free zones. But why let facts stand in the way of an opinion or, better yet, a good marketing scheme?
Reported by Huffington Post 3 hours ago.
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Aurora Sports Park gets 4 synthetic fields, $11 million expansion
AURORA — The Aurora Sports Park will soon be able to handle a larger volume of games and tournaments for longer seasons with four new, multi-purpose fields made with synthetic grass.
Reported by Denver Post 2 hours ago.
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O'Hare Airport chaos didn't stop this show from going on
In the best of showbiz traditions, the show did go on Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, even as one of the world's busiest airfields was still reeling from the grounding of thousands of flights on both Friday and Saturday. The massive (and still ongoing) air travel disruption was caused by a fire Friday morning at a key regional air traffic control center in Aurora, IL. But all the chaos didn't stop the Chicago Department of Aviation from pulling off its planned sixth annual Plane…
Reported by bizjournals 23 hours ago.
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FAA To Review Protocol As Air Traffic Problems Continue Days After Chicago Area Fire
Air travel through Chicago and around the country was still impacted Monday, three days after the suicide attempt that sparked a fire at a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control center in the western Chicago suburb of Aurora.
Reported by CBS 2 22 hours ago.
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Answers about lingering delays at Chicago airports
NEW YORK (AP) — Traffic at Chicago's two busiest airports was slowly returning to more normal levels Monday, three days after a fire at a regional air traffic control center disrupted much of the nation's air-travel system. The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily assigned other controllers to oversee the airspace normally covered by the crippled suburban facility, but full service may not be restored for two weeks. A: Since Friday morning, more than 3,700 flights have been canceled at O'Hare Airport, the nation's second-largest airport by passengers, and Midway Airport, the nation's 21st largest. United Airlines and its regional partners canceled 1,579 flights, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.com. A contractor at the FAA's center in the Chicago suburb of Aurora allegedly set a fire Friday in the basement telecommunications room and then attempted to commit suicide by slashing his throat. Traffic below 18,000 feet is being handled by 19 regional facilities, which hand off approaching flights to the individual airport control towers for clearance to land. [...] it took some time to get the plan in place. Next, there was a problem sharing data between the various control centers. Since the fire took out telecommunications, there was no easy way to exchange flight data between Chicago and the four neighboring centers. [...] crews are cleaning the area damaged by the fire, making sure the building is safe. The work involves replacing 20 of 29 racks of fiber-optic cables and other telecommunications equipment and re-establishing more than 600 circuits, "so it's a very, very large job," FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta said.
Reported by SeattlePI.com 21 hours ago.
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Man accused of burning airport’s control room held without bond
FAA contract employee Brian Howard, 36, appeared in court Monday with a bandage on his neck after allegedly setting fire to an FAA radar facility in Aurora on Friday.
Reported by NY Daily News 19 hours ago.
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Denver, Aurora police seek suspect in RTD firework detonation
Aurora and Denver police were searching for someone who detonated a homemade fireworks device at the Dayton light rail station.
Reported by Denver Post 16 hours ago.
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Air traffic meltdown puts FAA vulnerability in spotlight
Demands for answers and promises of technology breakthroughs bounced across Washington on Monday as the nation's air traffic control system continued its gradual recovery from the fire at an Aurora radar facility that has grounded thousands of flights since Friday.
Reported by ChicagoTribune 9 hours ago.
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Furniture Medic in Carol Stream Launches New Custom Website
Furniture Medic in Carol Stream, an independent franchise and leading provider of furniture repair and restoration services to the western Chicago suburbs, has recently launched a new custom website complete with information about each of their furniture restoration services.
Carol Stream, IL (PRWEB) September 30, 2014
The Furniture Medic franchise in Carol Stream, IL provides a range of residential, commercial, and disaster furniture restoration and repair services to the western Chicago suburbs and they have recently launched a new custom website. This new website contains in depth information about each of their furniture refinishing and repair services and it also features a responsive design which makes it display and navigate properly on mobile devices such as phones and tablets. The navigation of the new website was designed to be user friendly so that customers can easily find important information regarding their specific services and there is also a Gallery that shows examples of their previous work. This website was built as part of their internet marketing plan with Proceed Innovative to make information about their services more readily available to people in need of furniture repair or restoration in the Carol Stream area.
The new website for Furniture Medic in Carol Stream was built and launched to provide a hub of information regarding their services and show examples of their previous work for customers to view. This website has very convenient navigation that separates their services into residential, commercial, and disaster restoration with their residential services further divided into wood furniture refinishing, kitchen cabinet refinishing, and antique furniture restoration services. The About section of the website contains a before and after furniture restoration gallery of some of their projects so customers can get an idea of their quality of work as well as testimonials from customers of previous jobs. The website also contains a blog for important information and tips regarding furniture repair and refinishing.
Another important feature of Furniture Medic’s new website is its responsive design which allows it to display and navigate properly on any device including computers, tablets, and phones. The mobile version of the website has convenient navigation that allows users to easily find the service pages they need and access the blog or gallery. The responsive design allows their website to reach more potential customers across a range of devices so that more people can find them on the internet to access information about their services.
About Furniture Medic
Furniture Medic is the largest and most respected furniture repair and restoration company in the world and Furniture Medic in Carol Stream provides furniture repair and refinishing services for Carol Stream, Naperville, Aurora, Wheaton, West Chicago and the western Chicago suburbs. Their technicians are highly skilled craftsmen that specialize in wood furniture restoration, wood furniture repair, antique furniture repair, millwork, furniture refinishing, and color matching and they are dedicated to restoring the natural beauty of your furniture to save the cost and trouble of replacing the furniture. Furniture Medic can also restore furniture damaged by fire and water using the latest methods and technology. Visit them on their new website and also check out their micro-site on RestorationMasterFinder.com to learn more about furniture repair and other furniture restoration services. Reported by PRWeb 9 hours ago.
Carol Stream, IL (PRWEB) September 30, 2014
The Furniture Medic franchise in Carol Stream, IL provides a range of residential, commercial, and disaster furniture restoration and repair services to the western Chicago suburbs and they have recently launched a new custom website. This new website contains in depth information about each of their furniture refinishing and repair services and it also features a responsive design which makes it display and navigate properly on mobile devices such as phones and tablets. The navigation of the new website was designed to be user friendly so that customers can easily find important information regarding their specific services and there is also a Gallery that shows examples of their previous work. This website was built as part of their internet marketing plan with Proceed Innovative to make information about their services more readily available to people in need of furniture repair or restoration in the Carol Stream area.
The new website for Furniture Medic in Carol Stream was built and launched to provide a hub of information regarding their services and show examples of their previous work for customers to view. This website has very convenient navigation that separates their services into residential, commercial, and disaster restoration with their residential services further divided into wood furniture refinishing, kitchen cabinet refinishing, and antique furniture restoration services. The About section of the website contains a before and after furniture restoration gallery of some of their projects so customers can get an idea of their quality of work as well as testimonials from customers of previous jobs. The website also contains a blog for important information and tips regarding furniture repair and refinishing.
Another important feature of Furniture Medic’s new website is its responsive design which allows it to display and navigate properly on any device including computers, tablets, and phones. The mobile version of the website has convenient navigation that allows users to easily find the service pages they need and access the blog or gallery. The responsive design allows their website to reach more potential customers across a range of devices so that more people can find them on the internet to access information about their services.
About Furniture Medic
Furniture Medic is the largest and most respected furniture repair and restoration company in the world and Furniture Medic in Carol Stream provides furniture repair and refinishing services for Carol Stream, Naperville, Aurora, Wheaton, West Chicago and the western Chicago suburbs. Their technicians are highly skilled craftsmen that specialize in wood furniture restoration, wood furniture repair, antique furniture repair, millwork, furniture refinishing, and color matching and they are dedicated to restoring the natural beauty of your furniture to save the cost and trouble of replacing the furniture. Furniture Medic can also restore furniture damaged by fire and water using the latest methods and technology. Visit them on their new website and also check out their micro-site on RestorationMasterFinder.com to learn more about furniture repair and other furniture restoration services. Reported by PRWeb 9 hours ago.
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10th case of mysterious child-paralysis symptoms reported
A 10th case of symptoms resembling paralysis has been reported in Colorado, and health authorities think the outbreak among children could be tied to a virus. The Denver Post reports that all the cases were diagnosed at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora. The affected children range from 1 to 18 and average 8 years old, authorities say. They say it's too early to tell whether the paralysis will be permanent.
Reported by bizjournals 5 hours ago.
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Westell Technologies Unveils an Intelligent Power Distribution Panel at OSP EXPO
AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), a leading provider of in-building wireless, intelligent site management, cell site optimization, and outside plant solutions, announced today that it will unveil an Intelligent Power Distribution (IPD) Panel at the OSP EXPO 2014. The OSP EXPO will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland from September 30 to October 2, 2014. Real time control of geographically dispersed network assets is critical for today’s
Reported by Business Wire 6 hours ago.
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Lawyer for suspect in FAA fire asks for 'compassion and forgiveness'
A former federal prosecutor representing the man accused of setting a fire at the Aurora radar center, crippling the nation's air traffic system, is appealing to the public for "compassion and forgiveness."
Reported by ChicagoTribune 4 hours ago.
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ProHealth Care joins statewide network that includes Aurora Health Care
ProHealth Care of Waukesha, which until now was the only major southeast Wisconsin health care system not participating in a Wisconsin accountable-care network, has joined a statewide network that includes archival Aurora Health Care. Also in the network, which was announced Aug. 6, are Aspirus of Wausau, Bellin Health Services in Green Bay, Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, ThedaCare Inc. in Appleton, and Madison’s UW Health. The network, which so far does not have a name brand, says its…
Reported by bizjournals 3 hours ago.
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York Varsity Girls' Tennis Wins First Place at West Aurora Quad
Patch Elmhurst, IL -- York improved its record to 14 wins and 8 losses on the season.
Reported by Patch 2 hours ago.
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Award-winning British athlete may never run again after breaking his neck as he dived into reservoir
Acclaimed British middle distance runner paralysed in swimming accidentDrew Graham broke his neck when he dived into a creek in Aurora, ColoradoIt's not yet known
Reported by CapitalBay 2 hours ago.
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