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Advocacy Groups as Agents for Change in Health and Risk Messaging
Jen Ptacek, Kirstin N. Dolick, and Marifran Mattson
Advocacy can be defined as the systematic process set in motion by an individual or group of individuals to encourage, support, and empower others surrounding a topic in need of change. Individuals may become an advocacy group in support of an issue, such as health care, civil rights, environment, or labor. Advocacy groups often serve as mediators between vulnerable/underprivileged populations and policymakers or decision-makers. The Health Communication Advocacy Model (HCAM) is a tested advocacy model comprising five phases including assembling the team, formative research, message development, message implementation, and evaluation. HCAM also includes a correction loop allowing for revisions of campaign messages. The HCAM is an adaptable model that offers a perspective in which advocacy groups may be considered a dynamic framework for building successful campaigns. Once the advocacy group is established, members can agree upon goals and responsibilities and craft a position statement. The group can then develop messages to reach the intended target audience(s). Target audiences may include legislators, the population affected by the issue, and media organizations. When crafting messages, care should be taken to ensure messages are stimulating, motivational, culturally consistent, resource contingent, and without barriers. Advocacy groups may use a number of channels to send messages through, such as social media, rallies, press releases, and other media outlets. Overall, advocacy groups must address a variety of needs to effectively reach the target audiences and impact change.
Ambiguity Intolerance Considerations when Designing Health and Risk Messages
Adrian Furnham
The concept of ambiguity tolerance (TA), variously called Uncertainty Avoidance, Ambiguity Avoidance, or Intolerance, can be traced back nearly 70 years. It has been investigated by many different types of researchers from clinical and differential, to neuro- and work psychologists. Each sub-discipline has tended to focus on how their variable relates to beliefs and behaviors in their area of expertise, from religious beliefs to reactions to novel products and situations.
The basic concept is that people may be understood on a dimension that refers to their discomfort with, and hence attempts to avoid, ambiguity or uncertainty in many aspects of their lives. There have been many attempts to devise robust and valid measures of this dimension, most of which are highly inter-correlated and require self-reporting. There remains a debate as to whether it is useful having just one or more dimensions/facets of the concept.
Using these tests, there have been many correlational studies that have sought to validate the measure by looking at how those high and low on this dimension react to different situations. There have also been some, but many fewer, experimental studies, which have tested very specific hypotheses about how TA is related to information processing and reactions to specific stimuli. There is now a welcomed interest by neuroscientists to explore the concept from their perspective and using their methodologies.
These studies have been piecemeal, though most have supported the tested hypotheses. There has been less theoretical development, however, of the concept attempting to explain how these beliefs arise, what sustains them, and how, why, and when they may change. However, the concept has continued to interest researchers from many backgrounds, which attests to its applicability, fecundity, and novelty.
Collective Protest, Rioting, and Aggression
Stephen Reicher
In understanding crowd psychology and its explanation of conflict and violence, there are different theoretical approaches that turn on different understandings of communication processes. There are three models of communication in the crowd worth reviewing: classic, normative, and dynamic. Classic models suggest that crowd members are influenced by an idea of emotion presented to them. Normative models suggest that influence is constrained by what is seen as consonant with group norms. And, finally, dynamic models examine how that which becomes normative in the group depends upon intergroup relations. The last of these approaches can explain the patterned, socially meaningful and yet changing nature of crowd action. Crowd action, itself, is a form of communication because it serves to shape the social understandings of participants as well as the social understandings of those beyond the crowd. It is argued that the nature and centrality of crowds contribute to the understanding and creating of social relations in society.
Lincoln Dahlberg
Cyberlibertarianism, broadly speaking, refers to a discourse that claims that the Internet and related digital media technology can and should constitute spaces of individual liberty. Liberty here is understood as non-interference such that individuals are able to act and express themselves as they choose, and thus are self-governed, where interference is understood as most readily emanating from governments but also at times from corporations, particularly crony-capitalist ones. Various strands of this discourse have developed over the last few decades. These strands differ in the weight that they place on technology, markets, policy, and law for securing cyberspace as a space of, and for, individual freedom.
Equity and Distributive Justice in Health and Risk Message Design and Processing
Dani Filc and Nadav Davidovitch
The medical encounter is one of the most important channels of communication between the patient and his or her caretaker. Apart from its therapeutic effect, the medical encounter serves to convey information about a symptom or disease; construct a diagnosis and give information about the expected course of a disease ("prognosis"); and discuss treatment plans, including risks and benefits. The centrality of the medical encounter makes ethical considerations fundamental, not only within the clinical context but also within the broader context of health promotion. Furthermore, since the medical encounter is characterized by asymmetry and dependence, it can create problems of abuse of power or subordination. The current dominant liberal bioethical approach tends not to take into account the power relations within the medical encounter, or the social context in which the medical encounter takes place. It is in this sense that a republican egalitarian approach to bioethics can be of use. Instead of traditional bioethics emphasis on the individual and on personal autonomy, a radical egalitarian health rights approach will stress the importance of social structures, and the need for a different institutional framework that works toward making a universal right to health possible. Such an approach also emphasizes the centrality of politics in building adequate institutions and in modifying those social structures that cause inequities in health. These considerations have important consequences on how the medical encounter should be constructed, such as in the case of conveying risk and disclosing medical errors.
European Union: Integration, National, and European Identities
Stephen M. Croucher
The European Union (EU) is an economic, political, and social conglomeration of 28 member nations. These member nations work together via a system of supranational institutional and intergovernmental-negotiated treaties and decisions by member states. While the EU has been able to continue its development in various stages since the 1950s respectively, a key issue continually facing the EU has always been integration at different levels. Integration of new member states, integration of individuals and cultures within member states, and most recently integration of immigrants (newcomers of different designations) into the EU.
While the EU has strict guidelines regarding the integration of new member states into the EU, no policies/procedures are in place regarding the integration of individuals into the EU. Issues of national sovereignty are critical to EU member states when discussing how to integrate newcomers. Most recently during the heightened wave of refugees entering the EU through its southern and eastern borders, the issue of how to integrate newcomers into the EU has come to the forefront of national and EU policymakers. Key questions facing the EU and its member states include: What are the national integration policies, and how do they differ? What is the future for the EU in response to increased legal, illegal, and irregular migration?
European Union Telecommunications Policy
Seamus Simpson
For most of the 20th century, telecommunications was a matter of national governance and thus of peripheral interest to the European Union. Then from the mid- to late-1980s, the EU began to develop an intensified policy package for the telecommunications sector. Telecommunications has now grown to become one of the most prominent and extensive policy areas addressed by the EU. But what accounts for such a remarkable Europeanization of telecommunications governance? In polar contrast to its origins, telecommunications has become a key focus in neoliberal economics and policy in effecting sectoral change. This development went hand in hand with arguments around propounding the benefits of economic globalization, which sustained a move to internationalize the organization of telecommunications to the European level along neoliberal lines. However, notwithstanding the remarkable growth of the EU governance framework for telecommunications, there are nuances in the analysis of the constant resistance to the wholesale Europeanization of telecommunications policy that provide evidence of a residual tension between national- and EU-level interests. This tension has been evident in policy proposals, decision-making, and implementation at key junctures for more since the late 1980s The policy has played key roles at different times, in particular, on the national level, involving governmental, regulatory, and commercial actors. Telecommunications thus provides a classic illustration of the balance that needs to be struck in the development of communications policies in the EU between supranational and intergovernmental interests. Now part of a converging electronic communications sector, this feature of telecommunications governance is as prominent today as it was in the very early days of EU telecommunications policy development in the mid- to late-1980s.
Health and Risk Policymaking, the Precautionary Principle, and Policy Advocacy
Roxanne L. Parrott
Health and risk policymaking focuses on decisions made and actions undertaken to set standards and pass laws to promote healthcare and public health quality, while achieving global health security. Policymakers in governments and institutions deliberate for the purposes of achieving effective and efficient policies, revealing both acceptance and rejection of evidence from health and risk, prevention, and economic sciences, as well as gaps in these domains. Health and risk communicators function implicitly within the boundaries of these decisions and actions, while contributing to prevention science related to strategic messaging and information dissemination. Policymakers face barriers to their efforts residing in the sheer volume of health and risk sciences research; the lack of evidence demonstrating that policies lead to intended outcomes (often, because a policy has not been trialed/implemented); and the absence of economic analyses associated with costs of interventions proposed and undertaken. The precautionary principle (PP) based on adopting caution when evidence is absent, uncertain, or ambiguous regarding possible harm to humans or the environment may function as a guide in some situations. Advocates may draw attention to particular issues in other cases. Policies may be stalled owing to the policy context, including election cycles, legislative and institutional bureaucracies, competing agendas, and fragmented systems of healthcare. Health and risk communicators may collaborate with policymakers and work to translate evidence into useful formats to facilitate the application of evidence to policymaking decisions and actions.
Hope and Health and Risk Messaging
Amy E. Chadwick
Hope has been defined in primarily two ways, and both have implications for message design within health and risk communication. First, hope has been defined as a way of thinking, or disposition, that affects how people pursue goals. Dispositional hope manifests in beliefs about one's capacity to initiate and sustain action toward goals (agency) and one's ability to generate ways to reach those goals. Dispositional hope has been associated with positive physical and mental health outcomes. For example, high-hope women have greater intentions to engage in cancer prevention behaviors than do low-hope women. Numerous studies have associated higher hope with better pain management, and people who are higher in hope have a greater pain tolerance than people lower in hope. Hope is also related to better psychological adjustment.
Much of the research on dispositional hope focuses on correlating hope with a variety of positive health and non-health outcomes; however, psychotherapeutic interventions have also been designed to increase dispositional hope. These interventions have shown improvements in health-related outcomes. Although their potential is not yet realized, interventions for developing dispositional hope could improve compliance with medical recommendations, increase adoption of health behaviors, and decrease risk behaviors.
The second way that hope has been defined is as a discrete emotion. Discrete emotions are brief, intense, psychological, and evaluative reactions directed at external stimuli (e.g., people, events, or objects). In response to these external stimuli, emotions help individuals adapt to their environment by activating a unique pattern of thoughts (cognitions), physiological changes, subjective feelings, motor expressions, and action (or behavioral) tendencies.
Lazarus's cognitive-mediational theory has been one of the most influential theories of discrete emotions that includes a definition of hope. Lazarus identifies the core relational theme of hope as "fearing the worst but yearning for better." Lazarus deems hope to be a problematic emotion because he believes hope contains both positive and negative elements. Despite uncertainty about the exact nature of hope, Lazarus believes that hope is vital to coping with stress. Hope enables people to believe in the possibility of better circumstances and therefore is critical as a coping mechanism against despair. Lazarus does not provide guidance for what a message might need to include to evoke hope.
Drawing on Lazarus and appraisal theories in general, MacInnis and de Mello suggest tactics that consumer marketing advertisements could use to induce hope. Specifically, the authors focus on turning "impossibility into possibility" and enhancing "yearning." De Mello and MacInnis also theorize that hope can lead to motivated processing of information resulting in both positive (e.g., coping, well-being, and goal achievement) and negative (e.g., risky behavior, self-deception) outcomes. Unfortunately, the theorizing of de Mello and MacInnis was never empirically tested.
To further explore how feelings of hope are created, Prestin examined underdog narratives in entertainment media. Underdog narratives show characters who are attempting to meet a goal despite unfavorable circumstances and odds. These narratives evoke hope and make people more motivated to meet their own personal goals. Although their potential has not been fully explored, underdog narratives may assist individuals in overcoming challenging circumstances, such as battling addiction or developing new health habits. There are numerous mechanisms still to be examined that may explain the effects of underdog narratives beyond their ability to evoke hope.
Recently, Chadwick defined hope as a future-oriented, discrete emotion that focuses on an opportunity to achieve a desired future outcome. Her definition builds on the work of Lazarus and Roseman and has implications for the design of messages that evoke hope. According to Chadwick, hope is evoked by appraisals of a future outcome as (a) consistent with goals (goal congruence), (b) possible but not certain (possibility), (c) important (importance), and (d) leading to a better future (future expectation). All four of these appraisals combine to create a perception of opportunity and the discrete emotion hope. Hope motivates behavior by focusing one's thoughts on capitalizing on an opportunity. Chadwick states that hope also involves (a) an approach action tendency that motivates individuals to take, or continue, action to achieve the desired outcome, (b) increased heart rate and skin conductance, (c) an open facial expression, heightened focus, and alert body posture, and (d) a feeling of eager attention.
Chadwick's definition has clear implications for developing messages that evoke hope. Messages designed to create appraisals of the importance, goal congruence, positive future expectation, and possibility of a future event evoke hope and are called hope appeals. Like other theoretical explications of emotional appeals, a hope appeal has two components: (a) the inducement of hope through the presentation of an opportunity and (b) the presentation of recommended actions to achieve the desired outcome. The recommended actions component includes information designed to (a) increase the receiver's perception of his or her ability to perform the recommended action (i.e., self-efficacy) and (b) demonstrate the ability of the recommended actions to achieve the desired outcome (i.e., response efficacy).
Empirically, scholars have tested the effects of hope and messages that evoke hope. Hope appeals increase attention to messages about climate change and increase mitigation behavioral intention and mitigation behavior. In addition, feelings of hope increase interest in climate change protection and are positively correlated with pro-environmental behaviors and support for climate change policies. Feelings of hope significantly predict interest in climate protection, self-efficacy, interpersonal communication intention, information seeking intention, and behavioral intention. Hope and hopeful narratives have also been associated with greater perceived message effectiveness and more agreement with the message content. After a stressful experience that accelerates heart rate, evoking hope decelerates heart rate and decreases state anxiety. This research provides evidence that messages that evoke hope can counter the psychological and physiological effects of stressful events. In addition, researchers have examined the effects of hope on a variety of health, persuasion, political communication, and marketing outcomes. Preliminary evidence indicates that hope appeals are equally as or more effective than guilt and fear appeals at increasing interpersonal communication intention, self-efficacy, information seeking intention, and behavioral intention. In addition, hope appeals create less reactance (anger) than fear appeals. Together these results indicate that hope and hope appeals have substantial potential to influence health and risk behavior.
Intergroup Communication: The Baltic Countries
Martin Ehala
The focus of intergroup communication research in the Baltic countries is on interethnic relations. All three countries have Russian-speaking urban minorities whose process of integration with Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian majorities has been extensively studied. During the Soviet era when the Russian-speaking communities in the Baltic countries were formed, they enjoyed majority status and privileges. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a status reversal as Russian speakers become minorities in the newly emerged national states. The integration of once monolingual Russian-speaking communities has been the major social challenge for the Baltic states, particularly for Estonia and Latvia where they constitute about 30% of the population. Besides the Russian-speaking minorities, each of the Baltic countries has also one other significant minority. In Estonia it is Võro, a linguistically closely related group to Estonians; in Latvia it is Latgalians, closely related to Latvians; and in Lithuania, it is the Polish minority. Unlike the Russian-speaking urban minorities of fairly recent origin, the other minorities are largely rural and native in their territories.
The intergroup communication between the majorities and Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic countries has often analyzed by a triadic nexus consisting of the minority, the nationalizing state, and the external homeland (Russia). In recent analyses, the European Union (through its institutions) has often been added as an additional player. The intergroup communication between the majorities and the Russian-speaking communities is strongly affected by conflicting collective memories over 20th-century history. While the titular nations see the Soviet time as occupation, the Russian speakers prefer to see the positive role of the Soviet Union in defeating Hitler and reconstructing the countries' economy. These differences have resulted in some symbolic violence such as relocation of the Bronze Soldier monument in Estonia and the riots that it provoked. Recent annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the role of the Ukrainian Russian speakers in the secessionist war in the Eastern Ukraine have raised fears that Russia is trying to use its influence over its compatriots in the Baltic countries for similar ends. At the same time, the native minorities of Võro and Latgalians are going through emancipation and have demanded more recognition. This movement is seen by some among the Estonian and Latvian majorities as attempts to weaken the national communities that are already in trouble with integrating the Russian speakers. In Lithuania, some historical disagreements exist also between the Lithuanians and Polish, since the area of their settlement around capital Vilnius used to be part of Poland before World War II. The Baltic setting is particularly interesting for intergroup communication purposes, since the three countries have several historical parallels: the Russian-speaking communities have fairly similar origin, but different size and prominence, as do the titular groups. These differences in the power balance between the majority and minority have been one of the major factors that have motivated different rhetoric by the nationalizing states, which has resulted in noticeably different outcomes in each setting.
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Modeling Compound Inequalities
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Objective: Students will be able model and solve compound inequalities.
Big Idea: Model and solve inequalities both algebraically and graphically as well as introduce interval notation.
Warm up and Homework Review
I include Warm ups with a Rubric as part of my daily routine. My goal is to allow students to work on Math Practice 3 each day. Grouping students into homogeneous pairs provides an opportunity for appropriately differentiated math conversations. The Video Narrative explains this lesson's Warm Up- Compound Inequalities which asks students to analyze the accuracy of a solved inequality.
I also use this time to correct and record the previous day's Homework.
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We are going to start today's lesson with a statement to model: I can work no more than 15 hours per week making cake pops. This problem seems simple at the onset but has a trick. My students work on this problem and then check with their partner. If this were just a regular inequality, its interval would extend to negative infinity but since we don't have negative hours, this is actually the conjunction [0, 15]. I don't warn them of this in advance If no one brings up the issue, I ask a question like " Do all the numbers from (-∞, 15] fit our statement?" (Math Practice 2) I then have them re-discuss this with their partner and modify their solution
We classify this and define the term conjunction and talk about all of its representation including three "sided" conjunctions like -7 < 4x + 5 < 3. I have included a quadratic inequality. Many will not remember how to solve these so we will solve this one graphically. I have them graph both sides and then do a think-pair-share on the interval solution. Here is a good place to teach CALC, intersect if using a TI-84 calculator as the intersections aren't at easy integers.
Finally they will solve a conjunction modeling problem.
My lesson PowerPoint includes detailed presentation notes.
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We begin disjunctions with a real life problem. Water is a liquid between 32of and 212of. Write an inequality that represents when water is NOT liquid. With a problem like this, I often let my students know that there is a sneaky part to this problem. Then I l go around checking on their solutions and calling out recognition (sometimes with names and sometime just generally) when students get the right solution which we then discuss as a class.
At this point, we define and look at the representations of disjunctions.
The remainder of the lesson involves some practice problems located in second section of the lesson PowerPoint- Compound Inequalities. This includes another modeling problem (Math Practice 4) and an ordinary two inequality disjunction to solve and graph. The final two problems are polynomial inequalities that need to be solved graphically.
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Exit Ticket
I use an exit ticket each day as a quick formative assessment to judge the success of the lesson.
This exit ticket asks students to solve the conjunction -4 < 3x – 2 < 10.
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This Homework provides a range of standard compound inequalities and modeling problems as well as a polynomial inequality to be solved graphically. Problem #9 is an extension problem that gives the students a three way conjunction that must be solved by splitting it into two separate inequalities or solved graphically (Math Practice 1).
One homework modeling problem was adapted from here.
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Newton-Conover continued its great play on the volleyball court Tuesday against Bunker Hill.
The Lady Red Devils (6-1, 3-0) won their third-straight conference match, knocking off the Lady Bears in three games at home, 25-15, 25-17, 25-20.
"They swung at us," said N-C coach Linda Richards. "Bunker Hill was aggressive and played hard."
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After N-C's Sarah Van Horn served two straight aces to open the first game of the match, Evans teamed with setter Mary Hinson for four early kills. Hinson had five assists in the first game.
"This is my first year setting.," Hinson said. "Corbin works with whatever I put up. She doesn't complain about anything. She just makes it work."
The quick start enabled to the Red Devils to pull away and stay ahead, winning the game.
Bunker Hill played much more aggressive in the second game. The two teams played extremely close on the scoreboard throughout the game.
Despite leading 19-10, the Lady Bears (2-8, 1-3) clawed back into the game, but lost some crucial late points, giving Newton-Conover a 2-0 lead in the match.
Many new faces saw playing time in the third game for Newton-Conover.
This new line-up produced some mistakes, enabling Bunker Hill to take an early 9-2 lead. Included in the run were three aces by Logan Drum.
"We just need to take care of the ball, no matter who is in the game," Richards said. "We tried some different things. Fundamentals are the key to the game. Every player has them. They just have to use them."
It took the new group a while to mesh, but before the game was over, Newton-Conover was back within contention.
Evans once again stepped up big for her team. With the Lady Red Devils trailing 20-17, Newton-Conover scored four straight, including three aces by Evans, to take a 21-20 lead.
"Everyone knows what they have to do fundamental-wise," Evans said. "Once we get the job that we need done, everybody works together and we can still win and pull it out."
The late surge propelled the Lady Red Devils to a 25-20 game win and three-game sweep.
Both teams are in action tomorrow. N-C travels to Draughn, while Bunker Hill travels to West Caldwell.


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The most popular tourist destination in Ireland? Nope, not the Book of Kells at Trinity College or the Blarney Castle. It's the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. Situated on St. James Street in an industrial complex overlooking the rest of the city, this is where Guinness has been brewed since the stout's inception in 1759.
But to clarify, the Guinness Storehouse that's open to visitors is not the physical brewery; it's a six-story (pint-shaped!) museum full of interactive exhibits explaining the Guinness brewing process and its Irish heritage. Oh, and of course there are plenty of opportunities to score the freshest pints on the planet, the best being the rooftop bar with its 360-degree views of Phoenix Park and the rest of Dublin.
Two things you shouldn't leave the Guinness Storehouse without doing: trying all of the Guinnessified foods at Gilroy's Restaurant (Guinness brown bread, Guinness-cured salmon, Guinness stew, Guinness brownies...) and of course learning how to pour a proper pint, which takes precisely 119.5 seconds. Learn how and see more snapshots in the slideshow!


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The Windows 8.1 Upgrade Experience
Against my better judgment, I decided to take the plunge yesterday and take advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade from Windows 8.0 to 8.1. I had been perfectly satisfied with Windows 8 on my system, but, keenly aware of Microsoft's intense desire to shove their most recent offering down your throat until you finally cave in, I opted to take my medicine now rather than later.
Upon clicking the icon in the Windows Store, however, the message told me that I had to be logged in as an administrator. I had instead expected to have a box pop up prompting me for an administrative password, just as I normally get when installing an application. This feature was one of the major benefits of post-XP Windows versions, where you did not have to physically log in as an administrator to perform administrative tasks.
Strike one.
After switching to an administrative account, I began the upgrade procedure. Once the download started, I got a cheerful message telling me that I could continue with other work, so I did. Unfortunately, a couple of hours later, as the upgrade process was "gathering info," the Windows Store app crashed.
Strike two.
To my relief, after restarting the upgrade, it resumed where it left off and continued to "gather info" for another couple of hours. So much for this "minor" upgrade. It took much less time to upgrade from Windows 7 to 8 on this same system.
Following a handful of reboots, the upgrade eventually finished. Then the real adventure began.
Microsoft now wants you to link your local account with a Microsoft account, ie. Hotmail, Outlook. I kept saying no, but the nag screens kept popping up each time I opened an app. Only after clicking the "Sign in to each app individually" link in small print at the bottom of the screen was I finally rid of this nuisance.
Invariably, there's always a handful of updates after a major release, so I bit the bullet and ran Windows Update. Surprisingly, there were only five, but the second of the two, a Visual Studio update, hung. I eventually stopped the installation, but even after trying to reboot, it kept trying to install the update. I finally had to power off to stop it.
Upon restarting my system, I checked to make sure my USB devices worked, and they did, including my HP scanner. Unfortunately, each time I plugged in a device, there was the annoying wait while the system was "installing files." I had already used these devices under Windows 8 and given that this was an upgrade, I thought that this was unnecessary. When using the scanner, the "installing files" box actually hung and I had to close it, but the scanner still worked. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that it still does.
Interestingly, despite all the warning messages in Windows 8 that Office 2003 is not supported and won't work, it continued to work flawlessly in Windows 8.1.
There are some new apps available for Windows 8.1 users in the Windows Store, including one package curiously called "Essential Apps." Among the apps was CBC News.
I have never felt that left-wing propaganda was "essential." Judging from the results of the last federal election, most Canadians feel the same way, in spite of the CBC's attempts to brainwash Canadian voters.
Perhaps, in future, Microsoft could consider something more politically neutral, such as Al-Jazeera or the North Korean news agency.
Thus far, I haven't seen much of a benefit from Windows 8.1. I hope that there's some increased stability and security that will make the "upgrade" worthwhile.


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My bf strives to make me climax because he usually cant accomplish this. But one day he decided to stop being selfish and fulfill his higher purpose to make me orgasm and he did :)
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I thought I could outrace the sun. I knew it was impossible, that I was always going to lose, but still I thought that somehow this time I would actually make it — that I'd reach some kind of singularity where I'd somehow be past the sun, or that I'd find a way to keep it indefinitely up in the sky above me.
There's no "winning" in Race The Sun, a game about endlessly speeding toward the horizon in pursuit of nothing in particular, but you'll often be lured into the preposterous notion that your run will end in something other than a crash or the disappearance of your almighty glowing foe. This is its great strength — that you'll want to keep battling the impossible — but ultimately also its weakness, as you become conditioned to crashing and losing all the time.


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Palringo has been a popular Instant Messaging client for S60 for years and is also available for Windows Mobile and iPhone. As of this week Palringo is available for Android. Palringo is more than the average run of the mill IM application. In addition to support for the typical IM services (AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, Jabber and Windows Live), Palringo also supports Apple's iChat and Facebook chat. With support for so many instant messaging services Palringo is one of the most versatile IM clients available–rivaling many desktop clients.
If Palringo can work out the bugs in this first Android release, it will be an obvious and popular choice among Android users looking for a superior IM application.
With the addition of advanced features, such a picture sharing and Push-to-Talk (PTT), Palringo is a force to be reckoned with. Picture sharing has long been a missing feature among mobile instant messaging client. To accomplish picture sharing Palringo uploads selected images to their server and delivers the image if they also using Palringo. Non-Palringo users will instead receive a link to Palringo's web site where the image is stored. Unfortunately, non-Palringo users are not presently able to send images back. If non-Palringo users send Palringo users a picture, the image transfer fails. I have seen the service work, quite well in fact, but when I tested it this time around from the G1 to a non-Palringo user, the link sent came back as invalid.
Another of Palringo's features some may find interesting, or at the very least quite unique, is Push-to-Talk. PTT has been a popular feature among Nextel users for years, so much so other carriers have introduced their own PTT services. I've used this service on S60 and it's easy to use. The sender selects a contact and selects the chat bubble icon. When activated the application prompts the user to record a voice message which is then sent as a message to fellow Palringo users. Non-Palringo users will receive a link to hear the audio message in the same way they were linked to the shared image. The audio service isn't exactly what I would call PTT as we have come to know it today, nevertheless it can be a fun feature to have.
I can without a doubt recommend Palringo for any S60 user. But without the advanced options, Palringo is almost lost among the other IM applications. For that reason I say download and install Palringo if the advance features don't appeal to you. Palringo does offer IM for a wide selection of IM platforms, including Facebook(something few PC or mobile applications offer). According to my source at Palringo, they are having some issues with audio on Android and anticipate PTT to be available in June. If PTT and image sharing can be perfected as they are on S60, Palringo will be an excellent addition to my handset.
Below is a short demonstration from Palringo demonstrating several of the different features.
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After passing on opportunities to declare for the NFL draft, running backs Ameer Abdullah of Nebraska and Melvin Gordon of Wisconsin are the country's top two returning rushers.
Both are using this spring as a start for polishing their games and enhancing their draft stocks for 2015.
Nebraska and Wisconsin, which will compete in the Big Ten's new West Division, are mighty happy to have their stars back.
Abdullah went over 1,000 yards for the second straight year, and his 1,690 yards was the fourth-best total in program history.
He said his priorities are to hang onto the ball better and improve in pass protection. He said defensive end Randy Gregory and linebacker Zaire Anderson have made him better in that area this spring.
"I ask them to give me their worst every day — don't hold back, don't 'brother-in-law' me, don't treat me good just because I'm on your team," Abdullah said. "If I can block those guys, I plan to be pretty good in the season."
Asked how important Gordon's presence will be this fall, Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen said, "Huge is probably not a big enough word."
Gordon averaged 123.8 yards and scored 12 touchdowns last season. He said he felt in his heart that staying at Wisconsin another year would be best for him.
"I want to be a complete back, and I feel there are some things I still needed to work on," he said.
A look around the Big Ten West:
ILLINOIS: Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit said he's in no rush to decide on a quarterback to replace four-year starter Nathan Scheelhaase. The candidates are Oklahoma State transfer Wes Lunt, Aaron Bailey and Reilly O'Toole. Cubit said there's separation in the competition, but he wouldn't say who is ahead. "You see it, but it's not that big a deal right now because you've got to be fair," he said.
IOWA: The Hawkeyes have to replace three linebackers who combined to start 104 games and make 985 tackles. The front-runners are Travis Perry, Quinton Alston and Reggie Spearman, all of whom saw action in every game last year. QB Jake Ruddock is "perfectly healthy" after having knee problems and being generally banged up at the end of last season, coach Kirk Ferentz said.
MINNESOTA: Philip Nelson's decision to transfer to Rutgers has made Mitch Leidner the undisputed starting QB, and coach Jerry Kill said the sophomore has taken to the job. Leidner ran for 407 yards and seven touchdowns and completed 55 percent of his passes for 619 yards and three TDs. Only one starter on the offensive line is gone, and RB David Cobb is back after becoming the first Gophers back to rush for 1,000 yards since 2006. Defense must replace start lineman Ra'Shede Johnson.
NEBRASKA: Cornerback Josh Mitchell is on the verge of a breakout season. He started six games last season and broke up six passes. He had the best game of his career in the Gator Bowl, with an interception, fumble recovery and pass break-up. "He's very instinctive and plays the ball very well," coach Bo Pelini said. "He's a guy I think will have a big senior year for us. I love the way he competes, and he brings great enthusiasm to the field."
NORTHWESTERN: The Wildcats have 11 players sitting out for health reasons, including running backs Venric Mark and Stephen Buckley. WR Miles Shuler has shown up well, and coach Pat Fitzgerald said he expects the Rutgers transfer to be an "impact player." Trevor Siemian, who struggled with a bruised heel that hurt his passing, has the QB's job all to himself with the departure of Kain Colter.
PURDUE: RB Raheem Mostert, who had just 11 carries as a junior last season, is one of the surprises of the spring. He ran nine times for 137 yards in a scrimmage last Saturday, and coach Darrell Hazell called him a "dynamic weapon" who has game-breaking speed. Austin Appleby, the No. 3 QB last season, is pushing incumbent Danny Etling.
WISCONSIN: Incumbent starting QB Joel Stave has been shut down for the last three spring practices to allow his right (throwing) shoulder to recover from a nagging bowl injury. "It's a concern, and the minimum would be that it's a moderate concern to me," Andersen said. "He's a tough young man. We've seen him play a lot of games. He's a tough-minded kids. We need to get him as close to 100 percent" before the opener against LSU.


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No More Free Lunch:Understanding the New Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Marketing Law and Regulations
By Colin J. Zick 1 , Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." -Albert Einstein
In 2008, the Massachusetts Legislature passed an omnibus bill designed to reduce health care costs and increase health care quality in the Commonwealth. 2 One key element of this legislation sought to address the utilization of prescription drugs and medical devices by regulating industry-physician interactions. 3 In so doing, Massachusetts joined the District of Columbia and at least six other states 4 in regulating the relationships between the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and physicians.
Regulatory Overview
The Massachusetts regulatory scheme enacted two key requirements: 1) industry adoption and adherence to a Massachusetts-specific code of conduct; and 2) public disclosure of payments from industry to physicians. The regulations expressly aim to eliminate financial conflicts of interest that may inappropriately influence prescribing decisions. As such, they prohibit most gifts from drug and device company sales representatives to most types of Massachusetts health care providers. 5
On July 1, 2009, the new code of conduct and the disclosure tracking provisions went into effect, and required covered drug and device companies to file a compliance certification 6 and submit a filing fee of $2,000. 7 The first disclosure reports to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ("DPH") are due July 1, 2010 (covering the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010). It is anticipated that these reports will be made public by DPH shortly after they are filed. By July 1, 2010, drug and device companies also must begin annual certifications to DPH that they have conducted an annual internal audit of compliance with their code of conduct.
The penalties for non-compliance are significant. There is a $5,000 fine for each knowing and willful violation of the regulations. 8 Because each reportable payment that is not reported in a timely manner could result in a $5,000 fine, the cost of non-compliance with the regulations could be very high.
Because of their breadth and reach, understanding these regulations is of import to anyone involved in the biotechnology, health care, drug or device sectors who does business in Massachusetts or with Massachusetts providers, and not just if their company is based in Massachusetts.
What are the Covered Companies?The regulatory definition of what is a covered "pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing companies" ("PMDMCs") includes companies that are "directly" engaged in the packaging, repackaging, labeling, relabeling or distribution of prescription drugs, biologics or medical devices. The definition of PMDMCs has been interpreted to mean companies with actual products for sale. The types of activities covered under the regulations include "sales and marketing," which are defined so broadly that they cover virtually any interactions between industry and individual providers.
Who are the Covered Providers?The regulations apply to licensed health care providers ("HCP") in Massachusetts who are authorized to write prescriptions, which includes physicians, dentists and nurse practitioners. The definition of HCPs also includes partnerships or corporation comprised of such HCPs or their agents, so as to include receptionists and administrative staff in medical practices.
Specific Compliance Obligations and Practical Implications
By July 1, 2009, each PMDMC that "employs or contracts with a pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer agent" was required to: (a) adopt a code of conduct consistent with the regulations; (b) adopt a description of a training program for the code of conduct; (c) certify compliance with the code of conduct "to the best of the company's knowledge"; (d) adopt a program for addressing non-compliance with the code of conduct; and (e) identify a compliance officer responsible for adherence to the code of conduct.
The single most common question that is asked about these regulations is, "Can I still take Dr. Smith to dinner?" The answer to that question is that it depends on the context. For many Massachusetts doctors, however, the days of free lobster dinners or free box seats at Red Sox games may be over. In particular, under these new regulations, Massachusetts now prohibits meals that are:
With regard to gifts, Massachusetts now prohibits:
The restrictions on support of continuing education are not quite as onerous as are the rules about meals and gifts. Under the Massachusetts regulations, PMDMCs may provide:
Amid all these restrictions, there are still several forms of industry-provider interactions that are allowed by these new regulations. These include:
Massachusetts Disclosure Requirements
PMDMCs that "employ or contract with" marketing agents must make an annual disclosure to DPH regarding the following interactions with Massachusetts "covered recipients":
The regulatory definition of "covered recipient" is broader than HCP and includes persons authorized to prescribe, dispense or purchase prescription drugs or medical devices in the Commonwealth, including hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacists, health benefit plan administrators, or HCPs. However, there is one significant exception to the reporting requirement: reporting is not required for clinical trials and genuine research, "particularly where the primary purpose is to generate data in support of an application filed with the FDA seeking approval for a new drug, biologic or medical device or 'new use' or similar marketing or labeling claim requiring FDA approval . . . ." 14
Protection of Prescriber Data
Finally, perhaps the least-noticed element of the new Massachusetts requirements obligates pharmaceutical manufacturers using non-patient identified prescriber data to: (a) maintain confidentiality; (b) develop policies regarding use of the data and educate employees about such policies; (c) designate an internal contact person for data inquiries; (d) establish appropriate disciplinary actions for data misuse; (e) withhold the data from sales representatives at the request of HCPs, and (f) give HCPs the opportunity to request that their prescriber data be withheld from company representatives and not be used for marketing purposes. 15
Are These New Rules Here To Stay?
The new Massachusetts statute and regulations were adopted in the face of significant opposition from the pharmaceutical and medical device industry and some physicians. Opposition to them continues even now, as evidenced by the formation and an initial July 2009 meeting of a group that seeks to roll back these regulations—the Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators. 16 Its stated mission is to "emphasize[s] the value of [industry] collaboration" with health care providers and it seeks to roll back the Massachusetts regulations and others like them. Legislation also is being considered to close what are perceived as loopholes in the current regulatory scheme. For the time being, however, these regulations are in effect and they must be complied with.
The certification is that:
Our company has a marketing code of conduct in compliance with 105 C.M.R. 970.000;Our company has adopted a program to routinely train appropriate employees, including, without limitation, all sales and marketing staff regarding the marketing code of conduct, as described in 105 C.M.R. 970.000. A copy of the training program is available to the Department of Public Health on request;Our company has policies and procedures in place for conducting investigations into any and all non-compliance with 105 C.M.R. 970.000, taking corrective actions in response to all non-compliance, and reporting instances of non-compliance to the appropriate state authority. A copy of these policies and procedures is available to the Department of Public Health on request.
Our company has a marketing code of conduct in compliance with 105 C.M.R. 970.000;
Our company has adopted a program to routinely train appropriate employees, including, without limitation, all sales and marketing staff regarding the marketing code of conduct, as described in 105 C.M.R. 970.000. A copy of the training program is available to the Department of Public Health on request;
Our company has policies and procedures in place for conducting investigations into any and all non-compliance with 105 C.M.R. 970.000, taking corrective actions in response to all non-compliance, and reporting instances of non-compliance to the appropriate state authority. A copy of these policies and procedures is available to the Department of Public Health on request.
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Good evening dear friends! Hope you are doing fine!
I am so late with all the card for challenges, but I decided to post them anyway. These past few months were full of surprises and time consuming things, but hopefully I will be back on truck with all the projects I have.
So today i want to share with you my card for our month challenge at 613 Avenue Create. This time we have an optional twist - no digital images.
Here is my card:
I used beautiful stamp from Magnolia called Moulin Rouge Tilda from Once Upon A Time. Here is a close-up of the image:
As always I used my Promarkers and Copics for coloring.
I also added some pearls, a ribbon, the lace border made with my dies. Here is another view:
So this is it. Hope you like this project.
You still have time to participate the challenge, so come by and play with us!
Thank you for visiting.
All the comments are welcome.
Have nice evening!
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Gregory Franklin, California's assistant secretary of health information technology, will retire from state service in September. Jessica Mulholland
Gregory Franklin, the assistant secretary of health information technology in the California Technology Agency, will be retiring from state service in September.
Franklin has served in the California Technology Agency since June 2011, providing oversight in California's health IT infrastructure.
Prior to the CTA, Franklin worked as the deputy director of health care operations for the California Department of Health Care Services from October 2009 to June 2011, in which he directed Medi-Cal program administration. He also worked as assistant executive officer in CalPERS from February 2007 to October 2009 as the executive of health care services purchases.
His first high-profile state government position was as the deputy director of health information and strategic planning in the California Department of Public Health from June 2002 to February 2007.
Franklin has long served as the senior health administrator for the United States Air Force Reserves, from January 1996 to the present day, where he ensures medical services for 3000 military personnel.
In 2012, Franklin told Government Technology that when California entered discussions on health-care reform in 2007, an electronic health records system also was being developed in the military, giving him valuable experience — even if the approach is different because of the setting.
"From purchasing health care to IT to project management, all of the political and administrative pieces are pretty much the same in the reserves, but [they're] at a Department of Defense and federal level," Franklin said. "A lot of the training and necessary skill sets that you need to be successful in both environments are the same."
The majority of this story was originally published by Techwire.net. Photo of Gregory Franklin by Jessica Mulholland.


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BATON ROUGE — If the local Court of Appeal race had an official Renaissance man who is a contender with several layers of experience, Mitch Theriot of Raceland believes he could stake claim to the title.
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BATON ROUGE — If the local Court of Appeal race had an official Renaissance man who is a contender with several layers of experience, Mitch Theriot of Raceland believes he could stake claim to the title.
Theriot is a Republican who previously served in the Legislature as a Democrat. He also said he balances his private caseload with teaching law at Nicholls State University and serving as a municipal judge in Golden Meadow and Lockport.
"I'm the only candidate to practice, teach, make and interpret the law," said Theriot, 49.
As a member of the state Board of Tax Appeal, he added he has been able to expand his knowledge of business law as well, which is covered in his course at the university in Thibodaux. Gov. Bobby Jindal appointed Theriot to the appeal board.
Like three other candidates, Theriot wants to be the man who replaces Judge Jimmy Gaidry of Bourg, who isn't eligible for another term because of an age restriction. Gaidry celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this year, which is a legal stopping point for judges in Louisiana.
The Nov. 6 primary election for the 1st District, Division B seat is arguably the most hotly contested Court of Appeal race in the state. A runoff is slated for Dec. 8, and it may be needed to select a winner if a single candidate is unable to secure half of the votes cast in the primary, plus one additional.
Also running are District Judge William DuPont, a Democrat from Plaquemine; Terrebonne Parish prosecutor Chris Erny, a Houma Republican; and Republican Mark Plaisance, a resident of Thibodaux who served as city judge for Baker for six years.
The local district in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal includes Terrebonne, St. Mary, Lafourche, Assumption, Ascension, Iberville, West Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee parishes. The court examines decisions from lower courts and its proceedings typically involve civil, criminal and family matters.
According to Theriot's latest fundraising report filed with the state Ethics Administration this week, his campaign has more than $65,000 in the bank and raised nearly $24,000 from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30. That includes $1,000 from the Louisiana Hospital Association, which was the only donation from a political action committee to a candidate in the local district this reporting period.
Theriot made a personal loan of $30,000 to his campaign earlier this year, but a recent endorsement from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is expected to help his fundraising. The Republican Parish Executive Committee of Terrebonne is backing him, too, based on his "experience and understanding of the judicial system."
Theriot said he makes the same basic pitch to all of the groups he seeks support from.
"This race is about experience," he said. "You want someone with a practical background and you want to look at their civic involvement. Life experiences, education and interpretation are all very important."
Born to a father in the marine business and a stay-at-home mother, Theriot said he was the first from his family to obtain a college degree. While public service and government weren't major themes in his upbringing, he said he was always drawn to the law.
"I was intrigued by the law and still am. What I like about it is it's ever-changing," he said. "It's not repetitious or mundane. It always offers something new. And I like to help people. Most people seek out lawyers because they have a problem."
Theriot said his private practice is a "country practice," adding he will "handle whatever comes through the door, from A to Z." He has successfully defended felony criminal cases before juries, taken on all shades of business litigation, he said, and recently gave oral arguments in a succession case before the Court of Appeal.
Theriot has run for office on occasion since leaving the Legislature in 2000 after two terms, mostly for his old House seat, and he said he continues to seek elected office because "I like representing people." But he said a judgeship is a completely different undertaking.
"I don't think people fully appreciate the importance of the appellate court and the Supreme Court. Decisions made by these courts have great ramifications," he said. "I like the research involved, and it requires a complete knowledge of the law. I'm really glad to see so many civic organizations getting involved and paying attention to these races."
If elected, Theriot said he would apply the written law to the facts of each case in a fair and impartial manner. He said he would rely on older cases for guidance.
"I view myself as a legal realist. They believe and understand that the facts of a case are very important," he added. "You can't change the facts."
While DuPont is the only elected judge in the race, Theriot noted he has served on the bench for the Lockport City Court for the past 10 years and the Golden Meadow City Court for the past four. He said he has heard cases on everything from simple drug possession to traffic violations and has sentenced people to a year in jail and issued fines up to $500.
Additionally, through his position with the Board of Tax Appeal, Theriot said he has rendered about 200 judgments regarding individual income, sales, corporate income and franchise taxes.
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By Laura Zuckerman
(Reuters) - Massive clouds of smoke spewed from U.S. wildfires raging ever more intensely in recent summers send soot, carbon monoxide and other toxins far and wide, posing health hazards for distant communities, scientists warned in a study on Thursday.
The Natural Resources Defense Council report was based on government satellite images of smoke plumes from 2011, the latest such data available, providing a national snapshot of wildfire-related air pollution that year.
Wildfires burning through drought-parched forests and grasslands in 2011, mainly in the western half of the country, belched smoke into 32 states, diminishing air quality for nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population, the report found.
Eight of those states, including Illinois and Ohio, experienced smoky air measured at "medium- to high-density" levels for at least a week despite an absence of any wildfires within their borders, the study said.
A number of Midwestern states endured 12 days or more of smoky air deemed to be in the unhealthy range that year, the report said.
"Even if you don't live near wildfires, your health may be threatened by smoke," Kim Knowlton, NRDC scientist and assistant professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, said during a telephone press conference Thursday.
The 2011 wildfire season was particularly destructive, with more than 74,000 blazes collectively charring nearly 9 million acres nationwide, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
Wildfire smoke contains hundreds of toxins as well as tiny particles that can lodge deep in the lungs and cause damage, said Patrick Kinney, professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
Numerous scientific studies show exposure to heavy smoke levels can worsen respiratory conditions such as asthma and increase the rate of premature death due to heart and lung problems, he said.
The study did not seek to quantify how many people may have suffered health problems from hazardous air quality linked to wildfires in 2011.
With prolonged drought and rising temperatures tied to climate change predicted to intensify wildfires in the coming years, particularly in the western United States, government health officials are scrambling to address the spread of smoky air as an issue of growing concern, Kinney said.
Heightened worries about pollution from wildfires come at the end of a 2013 wildfire season during which the Rim Fire in and around Yosemite National Park - one of the biggest California blazes on record - sent dense smoke south to the San Joaquin Valley and east to Nevada, triggering unhealthy air alerts in those areas.
(Reporting by Laura Zuckerman; Editing by Steve Gorman and Ken Wills)


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The Massachusetts Port Authority's fire chief, Bob Donahue, said the fire began in an auxiliary battery pack that supplies the plane with power when the engines are shut down. Fire crews using infrared equipment found flames in a small compartment in the plane's belly and quickly brought the fire under control, he said.
"Something caused this battery pack to overheat, ignite," Donahue said, adding it's too soon to know the cause.
The flight landed normally at about 10:15 a.m. Its 173 passengers and 11 crew members had already gotten off the jet when a mechanic spotted light smoke about 15 minutes later and notified Massport.
"When we arrived, it was a heavy smoke, and that was in three minutes, so this was advancing," Donahue said.
The mechanic was the only person in the cabin when the fire broke out. One firefighter had skin irritation after contact with the chemical used to douse the fire, Donahue said.
The 787 is Boeing's newest plane, and the first one was delivered in late 2011. In November 2010, a test flight had to make an emergency landing after an in-flight electrical fire. The fire delayed flight tests for several weeks while Boeing investigated.
Last month, a United Airlines 787 flying from Houston to Newark, N.J., diverted to New Orleans because of a mechanical issue. No one was injured.
Ed Freni, Massport's aviation director, said JAL officials reported that the plane that caught fire was delivered to the airline in late December.
Eric Weiss, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the agency is sending several investigators to Boston on Monday to look at the airplane. The Federal Aviation Administration also said it was investigating.
Boeing Co. spokeswoman Lori Gunter said the company was aware of the fire and was working with JAL. She said she couldn't immediately answer other questions because Boeing's technical team was focused on the investigation.
JAL began nonstop service between Boston and Tokyo's Narita Airport using the new Boeing 787 in April. A return flight to Tokyo was cancelled Monday and JAL is working to reschedule passengers, a JAL spokeswoman said.
Associated Press writers Joshua Freed and Denise Lavoie contributed to this report.


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Area residents flocked to Cowans Gap State Park and other area lakes over the Fourth of July weekend to try to deal with soaring heat and humidity here. The area has been beset by temperatures in the 90s for several days and the heat index, which also takes into account the humidity, has been tickling the 100-degree mark .
A big crowd attended the McConnellsburg firemen's July 4 celebration bingo on Monday night with regular games paying $70 and big payouts for special games.
The Fulton County Commissioners discussed the proposal to build a McDonald's restaurant in McConnellsburg during their regular weekly meeting held Tuesday. Tentative plans are to construct a McDonald's along Lincoln Way East near Crystal Drive.
Three local boys narrowly escaped snakebite last Tuesday while riding their bikes along the pipeline on Meadow Grounds mountain. Gary Bowman Jr. was struck at by a four-foot rattlesnake just as he was being warned by his companions, Bill Carter and Buddy Swope, that a snake was by the side of the road. The snake missed the young man's leg and went into the rear spokes of his bicycle. The spokes almost severed the snake's head which the boys then completed with a piece of slate.
Tony Foreman of Chambersburg won the 1993 Riggs Memorial Open Tournament on Sunday at Great Cove Golf Club on the first hole of sudden death playoff against Mike Banzhoff. Mike's father, Emmert Banzhoff, placed second on a match of cards with three other participants while Mike won the award for low gross score.
Timothy and Debora McGarvey of McConnellsburg, announce the birth of a daughter, Gabrielle Elizabeth, June 14, at Chambersburg Hospital.
Joseph Hawbaker Jr., Big Cove Tannery, and Holly Souders, Big Cove Tannery, applied for a marriage license at the local courthouse during the past week.
Deaths: Richard Souders, McConnellsburg; Mary Golden, Hancock; M. Rebecca Heeter, Elizabethtown; Charles Stahle, Williamsport; Vernon Vores, Waynesboro; Melvin Cuchall, McConnellsburg; Ruth Funk, Hancock; Mark Fost, Hancock; Clyde Stotler Sr., Hancock.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Peterson of Rockwood announces the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Peterson, to Dean Milligan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Milligan of Aliquippa, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mellott of Warfordsburg announce the engagement of Bonnie Jo to Mike Capaciione, son of Vito and Monica Capaccione of Needmore.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of July 21, 1983
Keeping cool was the order of the day the past week with temperatures soaring into the high 90s.
There was "a nice air going," as they say, which made the heat more bearable, but rain is needed to break the heat wave.
The local Sears catalogue store, owed by Carl Mellott, will be moving from the Robert Snyder building on Lincoln Way East to Penn's Village Shopping Center sometime in October. The business will occupy the long-vacant store originally rented by the A&P and later by other supermarket type businesses and will provide more space for showroom displays.
The leaves curling on a corn plant is a common picture in Fulton County this week as an extended hot, dry spell is taking its toll on the county's agriculture livelihood. Furthermore, the situation has to change soon, county extension agent Don Fowler said, or the county faces a bleak summer. Fowler said nothing has grown in the county in the past week. He said with the hot, dry weather teaming up with often brisk winds, "the corn crop has really been suffering."
Specials at Ott Brothers this week: all televisions on sale, only $299 for 17-inch diagonal; Hotpoint stove, now only $349; Hotpoint microwave, $319.
Specials at the IGA: Hawaiian Punch, 69 cents; top round London broil, $2.49/lb.; Raisin Bran cereal, $1.59; Log Cabin syrup, 99 cents.
Tom Peck of McConnellsburg has had a great racing season so far. He has raced at many area race tracks, including Hagerstown, Bedford, Jennerstown, Port Royal, Selinsgrove, Motordome and Williams Grove speedways. He has raced to 11 feature wins this year and has usually finished in the top five when he has not won.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Covert of Three Springs on July 10; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller, Mercersburg, on July 10; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schetrompf of Warfordsburg on July 10.
Deaths: Russell D. Gordon Jr., McConnellsburg; Dottie M. Schooley, McConnellsburg; Grant W. Diehl, Warfordsburg; Blair A. Gregory, Baltimore.
Sandra Dawn Smith and Robert Wayne Kylor Jr. were united in marriage at Antioch Christian Church, Big Cove Tannery, on June 17. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Waid Smith Jr., Warfordsburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kylor Sr., McConnellsburg.
Marriage vows were exchanged by Lynn Geyer and Duane Waite during a double-ring afternoon service recently at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of July 19, 1973
Lynn Stahle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stahle of
Warfordsburg, was numbered among a group of students who left Dulles International Airport on July 5 to participate in a European study of comparative cultures.
Japanese beetles have arrived in Fulton County on schedule.
The annual carnival of Hustontown Area Fire Co. will begin on Monday and will be highlighted by a parade on Thursday night, as well as a full week of entertainment for all in the form of games, music, rides, fireworks, dancing and good eats every night.
Leroy Ray, son of Mrs. Hazel Ray of Warfordsburg, has been promoted to master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.
Ten-year-old Michelle A. Guyer of Inglewood, Colo, was injured and taken to the Medical Center on Friday when she ran from the side of the road where she was playing into the side of a car. The accident happened three-tenths of a mile south of Route 655 and Township Road 420 in the Davis Lane race track area.
Marriage license: Richard Swope and Betty Brumbaugh, both of McConnellsburg; Steven Robinson and Gloria Mellott, both of McConnellsburg; Gregory Gracey of Waterfall and Joyce Markle of Breezewood; Alvin Swope and Betty Lynch, both of Harrisonville.
Local track star Bobbie Snyder received a letter last week from Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic star, congratulating him on his track record for 1973.
Deaths: Robert Bergstresser Sr., Port Royal; Bernard Zukus, Bedford; Andrew McLucas, Burnham, Pa.; Mrs. Iva Mellott, Hustontown; Minnie R. Shives, Hancock.
Specials at the IGA: Tablerite margarine 19 cents lb.; Borden's ice cream, 69 cents gallon; personal-size Ivory, 99 cents, 12 pack.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of July 25, 1963
Pine Tree Farm No. 1, Harrisonville, owned by
Miss Blanche Swope, was damaged by fire in excess of $75,000 on Saturday, in what fire chief Max Stenger said was the most disastrous fire the fire company has recorded, as far as financial loss is concerned. Lightning hitting the barn and igniting the hay stored there was cited as the cause of the fire.
A sizable crowd is expected to gather at the courthouse on Saturday night at 9:15 pm.. for the McConnellsburg 100 Silver Dollar Jackpot.
The September draft call for Pennsylvania has been set at 840. Gen. Henry M. Gross, state selective service director, said last Thursday.
The Labor Department has reported that factory workers' weekly pay averaged slightly more than $100 in June for the first time in U.S. economic history.
Bond sales in Fulton County during the month of June totalled $5,206, bringing the total for the first six months of the year to $91,360, according to Walter R. Sloan, county chairman.
F. Gene Headley was awarded his master's degree in public health by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health at the June commencement exercises.
A marriage license was issued to William Clayton Gohn, McConnellsburg, and Julia Mae Black, Waterfall.
Eugene Swope, Darl Hixon and Jerry McKee, representing the Warfordsburg FFA, and Boyd Clevenger and Kenneth Hixon, representing the Southern Fulton Young and Adult Farmers Association, attended the Bedford, Blair, Fulton Market Hog Show and Sale held at Martinsburg on July 15.
Raymond R. Mellott Jr., Needmore, who was recently promoted to Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician, Third Class, is home from North Island, San Diego, Calif., on a 30-day leave.
Army Spec. Five Eugene A. Keebaugh, Harrisonville, completed a five-week demolition and mine warfare course at U.S. Army School, Europe, in Germany early in July.
Airman First Class James C. Akers of Crystal Spring has arrved at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida for assignment with a Strategic Air Command unit following a tour of duty in England.
The local IGA offers margarine, 6 lbs., for 95 cents and white bread pound loaves 6 for $1.
Miss Redith Fix and Ronald Snoberger were wed June 22, 1963.
Venessa Karen Mellott and Joe Leroy Allen were married recently.
The local A&P Food Store offers Bartlett pears, 4 cans for 79 cents; 3 cans of Hi-C juice drink for 89 cents and fresh turkeys for 39 cents lb.
Deaths: Mrs. Lloyd C. Kerlin of Burnt Cabins; Chalmer V. Keebaugh of McConnellsburg; Mrs. Lawrence Hay of New Kensington, formerly of Needmore, and Jay William Piper, Shade Gap.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of July 23, 1953
Allen Shearer and his orchestra will play for dancing at the local American Legion home on Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs, C.B. Chubb and sons Don, Larry and Ted attended the third reunion of the class of 1928 of the Halifax High School on Sunday at Halifax, Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Gobin is spending two weeks with her son, Fred, who is stationed with the armed forces in Minnesota.
F. Morse Sloan of Murrysville is a patient in West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh as a result of cutting the calf of his leg while mowing grass at his gas pumping station near his home.
Karl Faharinger, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Faharinger, is returning home Sunday after spending seven weeks in Miami, Fla.
The Fulton Valley Boys will entertain at the Ambrose Game Farm on Sunday.
Ronald Cisney left on Saturday for Newton Hamilton where he is serving as a camp counselor this week.
Betty and Marjorie Grissinger visited last week in Spencer, Iowa, with Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Clark. Although the ladies had never met, Marjorie and Mrs. Clark have been pen pals for 15 years.
Miss Ruth Woodal left Monday for a vacation in Denver.
During the past week, R.H. Mock of Burnt Cabins started construction of a farm pond, using the equipment of K.G. Richards of McConnellsburg.
On July 8, the school boards of Bethel, Brush Creek, Union and Thompson townships executed a joint agreement of the operation for their schools, grades 1-12. Mutural agreement was also expressed to move foward as rapidly as possible with an addition to the present Warfordsburg building to relieve the extremely crowded conditions that now exist there. Each of the members of the board named two of their representatives to a joint committee to organize the jointure.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Brady Souders of Knobsville on July 15; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ray of McConnellsburg on July 16; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Blair Daniels of Needmore on July 16; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Eisaman of Hustontown on July 17.
Chalmer V. Keebaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer S. Keebaugh of Hustontown, has been assigned to the Air Force Mission in Bogota, Columbia, South America.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Johnson of Wells Tannery were married on Friday evening.
Calvin Souders and Ruby Rhodes were married on July 15, 1953.
Death: George Calvin Downs of Warfordsburg.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of July 22, 1943
These eight men will enter the Army at New
Cumberland on August 3: Harold Jack Miller, Varian M. Hoover, Rudolph L. Snyder, Donald W. Miller, Arlie E. Strait, Frederick J. Morton, Henry W. Deshong and Robert L. Swope.
Deaths: Frank B. Spade of North Rose, N.Y.; Albert Helsel of McConnellsburg.
Two county men are patients in Huntingdon Hospital, recovering from injuries received in an automobile accident on Friday night. They are Boyd Hawkins of Knobsville and Lewis Williams of Hustontown. No details concerning the accident could be learned.
Henry "Budd" Byers celebrated his 16th birthday Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester G. Coons of Burnt Cabins announce the birth of a son on Saturday at Chambersburg Maternity Home.
Eighty-one growers of peas for the vinery at Hustontown harvested a crop that made a total of 84,000 cans. The crop was worth about $13,000.
Due to the war conditions, Fulton County Fair has been cancelled this year, the first time in 22 years.
Melvin Leroy Hendershot, 13, of Buck Valley, drowned Saturday evening in the Potomac River near Hancock.
Arthur L. Strait and Elsie Hill were married July 1.
Michael Laidig of town celebrated his 91st birthday last Friday.
Esther and Cleo Houck became the brides of Charles and Clarence Atchley on June 27.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of July 20, 1933
Deaths: Mrs. Bessie B. Garland of Whips Cove; Andrew W. McNeal of Altoona; Benjamin H. McLucas of McConnellsburg; Mrs. William Black of Broad Top City.
Dr. C.C. Ellis, president of Juniata College, will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting here next week in the interest of the "dry cause.'
Horseshoe pitching seemed to be the main interest of the day at Fulton County Ministerium meeting at Needmore on Monday. Rev. A.A. Price of McConnellsburg proved to be the champion.
Thirty young girls met on the lawn at the H. Scott Alexander home last Thursday to celebrate the birthday of their daughter, Frances.
J.H. Lee of Buck Valley was killed instantly on Sunday evening when he went to investigate the story of a man, armed and lying in a field. As he approached the spot, blasts from a shotgun rang out, the discharge striking Lee between the waist and the head and killing him instantly. An intensive manhunt was launched at once, and a suspect was captured in West Virginia on Tuesday. The man is yet unidentified but extradition papers are already in force, and the suspect is expected to be returned to Fulton County.
Wheat reached its highest price here since 1930 when $1 a bushel was offered this week. The lowest price since 1930 was 40 cents a bushel, which was offered in June of last year.
Mrs. Thomas Walker and Miss Emma L. Sloan moved on Monday from Chambersburg back to their home town of McConnellsburg, where they will make their home.
Word was received here on Monday that Mrs. Clyde Plummer of Youngstown, Ohio, had suffered a stroke. She was Luella Barnett before marriage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Barnett.
Thomas Grove of Pittsburgh is spending some time with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Grove of Clear Ridge.