diff --git a/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/ticketAdminRedirect.jsp b/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/ticketAdminRedirect.jsp
index 6142f85..d37f5f3 100644
--- a/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/ticketAdminRedirect.jsp
+++ b/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/ticketAdminRedirect.jsp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if(request.getParameter("approve") != null){
   boolean notificationPreferences = true; //TODO get real preference
   if(notificationPreferences){
     NotificationQueue q = new NotificationQueue(client,"ticketConfirmations");
-    q.run(); 
+    q.start(); 
   }
 }
 //reject form was submitted
diff --git a/src/database/TicketQueries.java b/src/database/TicketQueries.java
index 582742e..adaa0f8 100644
--- a/src/database/TicketQueries.java
+++ b/src/database/TicketQueries.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.Date;
 import entities.Ticket;
+import entities.User;
 
 public class TicketQueries {
 
@@ -78,11 +79,15 @@ public static void acceptTicket(int ticketid, int deviceid, int locationid, int
 			Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(database, user, password);
 			Statement stmt = connect.createStatement();
 			long milliseconds = new java.util.Date().getTime();
-			stmt.executeUpdate("UPDATE ticket, devices SET ticket.Status = \"Approved\", devices.Ticket_ID = " + ticketid + ", devices.Status = \"Shipped\", devices.Renter = " + sso + ", devices.Location = " + locationid + " WHERE ticket.Ticket_ID = " + ticketid + " AND devices.Device_ID = " + deviceid);
+			String query = "UPDATE ticket, devices SET ticket.Status = \"Approved\""
+							+", ticket.Status_Date_Fields = " + milliseconds
+							+", devices.Ticket_ID = " + ticketid
+							+", devices.Status = \"Shipped\", devices.Renter = " + sso
+							+", devices.Location = " + locationid 
+							+" WHERE ticket.Ticket_ID = " + ticketid + " AND devices.Device_ID = " + deviceid;
+			System.out.println("Executing query: "+query); 				
+			stmt.executeUpdate(query);
 
-			// We also need to update ticket's STD field (the one with the date of its last modification)
-+			String query = "UPDATE ticket SET Status_Date_Fields = "+milliseconds+" WHERE Ticket_ID = "+ticketid+";";
-+			stmt.executeQuery(query);
 			stmt.close();
 			connect.close();
 		}
@@ -97,13 +102,26 @@ public static void rejectTicket(int id) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundExcept
 			connect.close();
 		}
 
+		// Returns millisecond value of the most recently modified ticket assigned to 'employee' with status 'status'
+		public static long getLatestTicketActivity(User employee, String status) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException{
+			System.getenv("VCAP_SERVICES");
+			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+			Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(database, user, password);
+			Statement stmt = connect.createStatement();
+			String query = "SELECT MAX(Status_Date_Fields) FROM ticket WHERE Requestor = "+employee.getID()+" AND Status = '"+status+"';";
+			System.out.println("Executing query '"+query+"'");
+			ResultSet results = stmt.executeQuery(query);
+			results.next();
+			return results.getLong("MAX(Status_Date_Fields)");
+		}
 		// Returns all tickets approved since 'millieconds' and associated with 'employee' 
-		public static Ticket[] getApprovedTickets(int userID, long milliseconds) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
+		public static Ticket[] getRecentApprovedTickets(int userID, long milliseconds) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
 			System.getenv("VCAP_SERVICES");
 			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
 			Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(database, user, password);
 			Statement stmt = connect.createStatement();
-			String query= "SELECT ticket.*, employee.Name AS 'username', devices.Device_Name, location.Name AS 'locationname' FROM ticket INNER JOIN employee ON ticket.Requestor = employee.Employee_ID INNER JOIN devices ON ticket.Device_ID = devices.Device_ID INNER JOIN location ON ticket.Location = location.Location_ID WHERE ticket.Status = 'Approved' AND Requestor = " + userID + " AND Status_Date_Fields > " + milliseconds;
+			String query= "SELECT ticket.*, employee.Name AS 'username', devices.Device_Name, location.Name AS 'locationname' FROM ticket INNER JOIN employee ON ticket.Requestor = employee.Employee_ID INNER JOIN devices ON ticket.Device_ID = devices.Device_ID INNER JOIN location ON ticket.Location = location.Location_ID WHERE ticket.Status = 'Approved' AND Requestor = " + userID + " AND Status_Date_Fields >= " + milliseconds;
+			System.out.println("Executing query '"+query+"'");
 			ResultSet results = stmt.executeQuery(query);
 			results.last();
 			int rows = results.getRow();
diff --git a/src/utilities/Mail.java b/src/utilities/Mail.java
index 61cbc6e..8cb97ac 100644
--- a/src/utilities/Mail.java
+++ b/src/utilities/Mail.java
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication(){
 
     }
 
+    public void sendTicketApproval(int[] ticketIDs) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        
+    }
     private Properties setProp(String email, String targetEmail) {
         Properties props = null;
         try {
diff --git a/src/utilities/NotificationQueue.java b/src/utilities/NotificationQueue.java
index ea5c00a..8bd8744 100644
--- a/src/utilities/NotificationQueue.java
+++ b/src/utilities/NotificationQueue.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package utilities;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import database.TicketQueries;
+import entities.Ticket;
 import entities.User;
 
 
@@ -28,11 +31,15 @@ public void run(){
 			Set<Thread> threadSet = Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet();
 			Thread[] threadArray = threadSet.toArray(new Thread[threadSet.size()]);
 			boolean match = false;
+			System.out.println("NotificationQueue: Checking active threads for match with "+threadName+"...");
 			for (int i=0; i<threadArray.length; i++) {
-				if(threadArray[i].getName().equals(threadName)) match=true;
+				if(threadArray[i].getName().equals(threadName)) {
+					System.out.println("	Match!");
+					match=true;
+				}
 			}
 			if(match){
-				System.out.println("Redundant notification queue thread will terminat"e);
+				System.out.println("Redundant NotificationQueue thread will terminate");
 				return; //should kill thread
 			}
 			else{
@@ -44,7 +51,15 @@ public void run(){
 				// Finally do the thing we came for
 				switch(instructions){
 					case "ticketConfirmations":
-						startTicketConfirmQueue(employee);
+					try {
+						startTicketApproveQueue(employee);
+					} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+						// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+						e.printStackTrace();
+					} catch (SQLException e) {
+						// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+						e.printStackTrace();
+					}
 						break;
 					default:
 						System.out.println("NotificationQueue: Did not recognize instruction string");	
@@ -55,8 +70,13 @@ public void run(){
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
-	private void startTicketConfirmQueue(User employee) throws InterruptedException{
-		Thread.sleep(10000);
-		System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName()+" will send summary email now");
+	private void startTicketApproveQueue(User employee) throws InterruptedException, ClassNotFoundException, SQLException{
+		long milliseconds = TicketQueries.getLatestTicketActivity(employee,"Available");
+		Thread.sleep(30000);
+		System.out.println("NotificationQueue: sending summary email from thread "+Thread.currentThread().getName());
+		Ticket[] tickets = TicketQueries.getRecentApprovedTickets(employee.getID(),milliseconds);
+		for (Ticket t : tickets) {
+			System.out.println(t.getId());
+		}
 	}
 }