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Document Based Question (Suggested writing time: 40 minutes)
Directions: The following question is based on the documents included in this module. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that:
- Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents.
- Uses all or all but one of the documents.
- Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate ways as possible. Does not simply summarize the documents individually.
- Takes into account both the sources of the documents and the authors' points of view.
You may refer to relevant historical information not mentioned in the documents.
Question: Using your knowledge of social studies and the Age of Imperialism in Great Britain, answer the following question using the documents provided in the module: What role did women play in the creation and perpetuation of the British Empire?
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MARPA is the non-profit trade association that represents the Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) community. A PMA is an FAA design-and-production approval that verifies that the design of the aircraft part meets FAA safety regulations, and the fabrication inspection system meets FAA quality standards designed to assure that every part actually produced continues to meet the FAA-approved design.
MARPA's mission is to promote uniform, outstanding standards within the FAA PMA industry. MARPA speaks with a single, powerful voice to the entire worldwide aviation community to elevate awareness and acceptance.
MARPA works with government authorities throughout the world to seek a regulatory atmosphere that promotes high levels of safety without imposing needless resource burdens on the industry. This is just one of the many factors that allow PMA parts producers to produce parts that are significantly less expensive than their competitors.
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Tom Cruise, Tim Alpers and Talking Fish in June Lake, Mammoth
Tim Alpers has heard his share of fish stories, but there's nothing like a hit of reality to knock him sideways.
Rather than serving up fish to the anglers among us, the former owner of the Alpers Owens River Ranch this week is serving up fish to Tom Cruise, the high-profile actor who is filming a new sci-fi film, "Oblivion," in June Lake.
It's not what you think.
"The way I understand it," Alpers said on Tuesday, "The character Tom Cruise plays lives in a post-apocalyptic world, with no humans. The director is calling for Cruise to reach into a lake, pull up a fish and begin talking to it."
Alpers couldn't help but laugh about it, but at the same time, the directions were a bit of a challenge.
"We're going to have our (fish) crew at the pond at Double Eagle Lodge," he said, "and get them anestheized, somehow, so that Tom can reach in and grab a fish, hold it close to his mouth and talk to it."
Left unsaid—by Alpers and everybody else—was that how different the experience would be than to be lifting, say, Katie Holmes from the water, holding her face close to his lips and whispering sweet-nothings.
But that's a tale for TV news and the celebrity magazines, which have covered, in as much depth as possible, the "Divorce Heard 'Round the World."
As for Mammoth and June Lake, movie crews are out and working, the paparazzi was scrambling for anything at all about Cruise and his whereabouts in the Eastern Sierra and, of course, Alpers' Talking Fish.
"For the next 12- to-72 hours," Alpers said, "Mammoth Lakes and June Lake is it. We're at the center of television, big economics, show business, you name it. We are at the center of attention everywhere. (ABC Good Morning America's) Robin Roberts mentioned Mammoth Lakes on the news this morning; the L.A. Times is up to cover the Lemonade Stand proceeds at June Lake (see related story)."
He also mentioned the bankruptcy of Mammoth.
"It's unbelievable."
Cruise—shorter than you'd think—arrived at Mammoth-Yosemite Airport on Monday. He stopped off a private plane wearing a blue ball cap and an untucked white shirt. He zoomed away in a Black Cadillac Escalade.


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Full Article : http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...c_cmp/10300258As SCO Group cranks up the pressure on the Linux community for allegedly misappropriating some of its Unix code, Red Hat Inc. continues to stand by the position that it's done nothing wrong.
In a letter posted on SCO's site, Red Hat chairman and CEO Matthew Szulik indirectly addressed SCO Group's allegations. "Red Hat's software-development community takes valid intellectual property rights seriously," Szulik wrote on May 19. "We respect and take effort to maintain the legal and technical integrity of valid intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademark."
Other than that, according to a Red Hat spokeswoman, it's business as usual at Red Hat. "We still do not have a whole lot to say. All of SCO's allegations have been made indirectly," she says. "We feel satisfied that we're doing what we should be doing."
Part of the reason for Red Hat's reticence, she says, has been that SCO Group hasn't publicly released evidence of the intellectual property violations it asserts have taken place.


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E is an object-capability programming language and platform for writing distributed, secure, and robust software. This wiki is about E and the larger subject of capability-based security.
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Today's debate over legislative issues such as health care, education, and energy boil down to whether public interests or private interests will benefit. I am partial to public.The word public is an adjective pertaining to, or affecting the people of a community, state, or nation.
Many believe the Latin phrase res publica is the origin of the word republic, for example, Democratic Republic, under which the United States of America is governed. Historically, Roman authors used the word to describe the period of time (epoch) between the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Empire. Later, the Greeks translated the term into politeia - the organization process of a city-state.
Of course, the word public is found in the name of the political party known as Republican. In 1854, when the Republican Party was established, the legislative agenda was centered on the public good. For example, Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the presidency on, in part, an anti-slavery political platform. By 1960, following the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, the people and priorities of Republican Party moved to private interest.
Rather than comply with the law of the land to racially desegregate schools, many southerners established private educational academies in churches to maintain all-White classrooms. For example, the Commonwealth of Virginia closed entire school districts rather than have Black and White students learn together.
When President Richard Nixon was elected in 1968, he ushered in the concept of private health insurance through his relationship with Edward Kaiser who founded Kaiser Permanente. The idea was for private health insurance companies to profit by denying—not providing—health insurance to the public. Since then, privatized health insurance providers have earned bazillions of dollars on the broken backs of pubic. Recent research provided by Amy Goodman on the Pacifica Radio Network show "Democracy Now" reveals that California health insurance companies' denial rate for health insurance claims ranges between 25 percent and 39 percent. Each denial of the policyholders represents more profit for the private company.
Therefore, when President Obama stated his preference for the "public option" in health insurance the Republicans held public rallies to preserve private profits. Does such make any sense? Some argued that the president's plan was the beginning of socialized medicine in a capitalist economy.
Actually, my studies of capitalism bear out that two of the primary tenets of capitalism are choice and competition. Duh. If the public has the option to choose health providers which include a government-run health insurance, it seems to me to be consistent with free market capitalism. Like Michael Moore, I believe capitalism is inherently un-Godly and un-American. Greed should not trump need.
Predictably, I believe in public access, public broadcasting, public domain, public Internet, public safety, public education, public interest, and most of all, public good. Politics can be defined as who gets what, and how much. American policy should benefit the masses. Power to the people!
Gary L. Flowers is executive director and CEO of the Black Leadership Forum


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Karen Kavanaugh started working as Beloit's alumni recorder in 1968, when a color-coded card file was her main organizational tool and the college used an Addressograph machine to send mail to alumni, just as ZIP codes were catching on.
She eventually traded her typewriter and index cards for a computer, and wrapped up her Beloit tenure working with a sophisticated electronic alumni database. While her methods changed, her mission remained the same: For 45 years, she has diligently kept track of alumni, wherever they've roamed. She retired from Beloit on Sept. 1.
"Karen has adapted to more changes than most of us ever will in our careers," former Vice President of Development Bruce Wyatt said when Kavanaugh marked her 30-year anniversary at Beloit. "Throughout, she has been unflappable, determined, and exceptionally cheerful."
Her meticulous attention to recording alumni marriages, accomplishments, relationships, deaths, and the births of children, for example, have kept Beloiters connected to the college and to one another and contributed to the integrity of alumni information, much of it published in directories and in this magazine.
"Karen's dedication to her work, namely cataloging, organizing, and celebrating the achievements of alumni, always impressed me," says Lindsey Green'08, who worked with Kavanaugh for three years as a student and still keeps in touch. "She always had a lot of papers, cards, and photographs piled on her desk, but I got the sense that no person or story would be lost on her; she just cares that deeply about Beloit, its students, and alumni."
Sarah Bettinger Kruse'84, Beloit's former alumni director, says Kavanaugh was always the friendly face at the Reunion registration table, often the first to welcome alumni back to campus. "Karen remembered many people year after year and made them feel they had come home," she says.
If she hadn't had a career in college records, Kavanaugh would have liked to work in a library. In retirement, she intends to travel more often and catch up on a few things at home, including working in her garden. She'll miss her officemates and wants alumni to know that Julie Metzger, her successor and former Alumni & Parent Relations secretary since 2004, has assumed responsibility for managing alumni records. "Julie will do a fantastic job," she says.
While she did not graduate from Beloit, Kavanaugh became a Beloiter in 1997, when the Alumni Association made her an honorary member after 30 years of dedicated service. Though notoriously humble and happy to work behind the scenes, she counts that honor as a high point of her career.
"I hope I left my mark by doing good work," she adds.
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When most people think of river cruising, they picture Europe. But the fact remains that river cruises are offered in some of the most diverse locations in the world, and California-based AmaWaterways (amawaterways.com) has long been a supporter of one of the most exotic ones: a voyage along the Mekong from Cambodia to Vietnam.
In September, I travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia to board the line's elegant, 2011-built AmaLotus, which sails the Mekong year-round on week-long itineraries from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This can be booked as a seven-day cruise-only journey, or as part of a more comprehensive cruise tour package beginning in Hanoi and lasting 16 days.
My first mistake was not taking the overland tour, because once I had arrived in Siem Reap and saw how beautiful it was (the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat are just minutes away), I knew a week would never be enough.
Despite being in a more remote part of the world, service and food aboard the AmaLotus were as good as anything I have experienced on AmaWaterways' European journeys - and that is to the company's credit, because it's not an easy thing to achieve in this part of the world.
The Cambodian and Vietnamese crew are exceedingly friendly, and eager to share their respective countries with you.
The quality of food on board is particularly good, offering a mix of North American and locally inspired cuisine. I have an allergy to nuts, which makes travelling throughout many parts of Asia a challenge. On board the AmaLotus, though, I never had to worry - dishes prepared with nuts or peanut products were identified to me so I could stay clear of them.
More impressive, I could enjoy most of the local cuisines offered at the "Action Station" located in the dining room, where the specialty on offer changed daily.
The shore excursions - all of which are included in your cruise fare - are designed as much to educate as to entertain. In just a single week, I was whisked through town on an ox cart, driven by rickshaw, blessed in a Buddhist monastery in Oudong and taken on numerous journeys to local markets, floating villages, and strolls through small towns like Kampong Tralach, where tourists seldom go.
In Phnom Penh, we witnessed first-hand the horrors of Pol Pot's murderous Khmer Rouge regime, visiting both the Killing Fields and the horrifying abandoned hulk of the Tuol Sleng S-21 Detention Center.
In the end, my week aboard the AmaLotus wasn't just a vacation - it was an education, one that has forever changed how I view the world. I can't recommend the river cruise highly enough.
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So remember how we had a custom vanity and storage cabinet made for our main bathroom? And remember how we were going to have furniture like feet? Well apparently the cabinet maker didn't. I had clearly explained it and drew up multiple drawings that were dimensioned out. Anal? Yes. Useful? I thought so but he only took the drawing of the front and not the side.
So when we finally got around to trying to install the cabinets and we realized the base was built with a standard toe kick that was recessed 4″ behind the face of the cabinet we were frustrated. You couldn't see the feet all all under the cabinets nor the actual toe kick behind it. We had to delay installing the vanity until the following weekend but unfortunately we weren't able to get what I originally wanted because the face of the cabinet was built to overhang the box like a standard cabinet. So the best compromise we could come up with is having the feet just behind the overhang of the face. Not exactly what I wanted but it did end up looking intentional and you can see the feet.
Installing a toe kick + furniture feet is an idea I came up with to help keep the area under the cabinets clean. I loved the look of furniture feet but I didn't want to have to do exploratory digging to get dust bunnies out from under the back. A full plate toe kick set 4″ behind the feet took care of the issue and was barely able to be seen in the farthest away point of the bathroom. But to make it even more invisible we painted it black to look more like a shadow.
Installed it doesn't look half bad. Glad that fix turned out so well!
We did have a slight issue with the side panel being too tight. I guess he didn't design the back of the cabinet to be attached exactly flush to the wall. Flannel Man later pried the panel back out and trimmed it down so it can expand and contract like it was meant to.
Flannel Man and Papa Flannel got a tight fit around the pipes in the base of the cabinet (which is another thing that is nicely hidden by the toe kick). They had to turn the water off and drain the lines so they could turn the handles to be in line with the pipes.
I knew the sconce would be close but it looks closer than I had planned. The pivot mirror I got pushed the sconces out farther than I would have liked. The cabinet fits so I guess that is all that matters.
The organized array of electrical boxes is starting to look good with the switch, timer, in-floor heat thermostat, and GFCI outlet installed.
We're a little worried about the gap the panel along the cabinet. Hopefully the granite will line up and cover that. These floating side panels ended up causing a lot of issues.
Overall we love the cabinets though! (Ignore the sawdust and tools or the fact that the doors and drawers are still downstairs I was too excited taking pictures.)
Look we have a vanity and a storage cabinet!


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Smarty Who? Reunions Are More Fun Than Horse Racing!by Jim Amidon • June 6, 2004 Share:
Skip Lindeman '64 brags that he did NOT pick Smarty Jones to win the Triple Crown!
More than 240 alumni and close to 400 people celebrated in high style at the first Big Bash Reunion Weekend. The classes of 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, and 1999 gathered on campus to get caught up, see the changes to campus, attend colloquium sessions, and participate in the first ever Alumni Chapel Sing.
The Class of 1954 won the award for highest percentage of the class returning to Big Bash, but the Class of 1969 had more actual attendees who signed the Alumni Register.
On Saturday evening, the classes gathered separately in nine different venues on the Wabash campus. Included were recent projects of the Campaign for Leadership, such as new fraternity houses, the Allen Center, the Malcolm X Institute, and Trippet Hall.
Alumni celebrated until well past midnight, yet some were still up early enough Sunday morning to attend one of two on-campus religious services prior to the closing Awards Brunch.
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- Running, Walking, Singing, and Memories: Saturday at Big Bash
- Big Bash Banquet a Big Hit!
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November 30, 2007
The slide show that took a former presidential candidate from a political has-been to an Academy Award, Nobel Peace Prize and international acclaim as the leader of the new environmental movement found its way to Wabash.
On Thursday night Pat Galyan '72 delivered Vice President Al Gore's award-winning and famous 'Inconvenient Truth' slideshow in Hays Hall room 106. Galyan traveled to Nashville, TN, and was one of 999 people certified to present the slideshow by Al Gore and his staff. Galyan, who works for The Conservation Fund LINK (http://www.conservationfund.org), also delivered a talk earlier that day on efforts to conserve 40 million acres of southwest Alaska from development. The events were sponsored by the Biology Department.
Galyan's presentation included not only the slide show of environmental evidence of global warming and its effects on the world but also some personal slides that gave the audience some ideas to combat the problem.
Vice President Gore's slideshow began while he was an undergraduate at Harvard University studying under Dr. Roger Revelle, a pioneer in the study of global warming. Throughout his political career and after the 2000 Presidential election, Gore spent time cultivating datasets, image evidence of global warming and pictorial explanations of the scientific theory. He also proposed government policies that could help curb the effects of global warming.
After he went through Gore's slideshow, Galyan went through some of his own slides which discussed microcosmic effect on environmental policy, specifically with personal energy use and conservation.
"If you think about your own behavior, Galyan said, "I will guarantee that at some point in your life you plugged your phone in and left it on all night. You left the bathroom light on so you wouldn't stub your little toe when you get up to go to the potty. This is stuff that we do."
Galyan provided an extensive list of personal conservation tactics from simply turning lights off to supporting policies like a special carbon tax or the concept that organizations and individuals should be financially responsible for pollution they create. He also recommended products and concepts like CFL and LED lights, hybrid vehicles and a paperless lifestyle, which includes reading virtual copies of newspapers, online billing and not using paper dining utensils.
Galyan drew some issue with Wabash's conservation policies. "I went through this (Hays) building today," he said, "and looked at all the lights on in rooms where no one is in the room. It's staggering. It's everywhere you go."
Galyan recommended the campus takes an energy audit, which surveys the amount of energy used by an organization.
Galyan noted his original interest in environmental policy coincided with his arrival at the college.
"When I was at Wabash," he added, "I started the first recycling program for the town of Crawfordsville. Also, as an independent study program I taught ecology in a high school in Indianapolis."
He also noted that his belief in environmental policy was, to a certain extent, a convention of the larger political movement of the time.
"I came to Wabash in 1968 and graduated in '72," Gaylan said, "and that was the height of the hippie movement in the United States of America. One thing I took away from that hippie movement was the modern environmental movement was started by hippies."
Those in attendance reacted positively to the information presented, but say Gaylan's presentation as one of advocacy rather than expert analysis.
"I feel like he is more of an advocate than an expert," Wes Harlan'11 said. "I think Wabash should consider some of his ideas, like for example bringing recycling bins on campus."
Galyan is also known for his family's large chain of sporting goods and outdoor wear. The company was recently sold to Dick's Sporting Goods.


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Hundreds of people in the Dales are having affairs – according to figures released by a dating website.
Illicit Encounters, a website set up for married people to have affairs, claims that 304 people in Matlock are cheating on their partners.
Likewise, the company claims 88 people in Bakewell are being unfaithful.
The website compiled the data from its membership figures for the area.
Men are charged £139.99 for membership of Illicit Encounters, whereas women can have a basic profile free–of–charge.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Christmas came early this year for the Gauchos as Clair Watkins was cleared by the NCAA to play for the team starting this Saturday, the team announced on Friday.
"I am excited to have Clair join our program," UCSB Head Coach Carlene Mitchell said. "Her size is an element we were missing and her versatility as a 6-4 forward will be an easy transition for our uptempo offensive style."
Watkins transferred from Vanderbilt after spending two seasons with the Commodores. She missed the final 15 games of the 2012-13 season after suffering a knee injury during practice in January.
Playing as a junior this season, Watkins was cleared to practice with the team at the beginning of this week. Saturday's game versus Nevada will be her first since January 13th when Vanderbilt hosted Arkansas.
"With her height, we feel her defensive presence and rebounding should impact the outcome of a lot of games," Mitchell said. "She is a veteran player that had played and competed at the highest levels and we look for those qualities to compliment what our three seniors have shown so far."
Watkins talents reach beyond the floor and into the classroom, as she was named to the 2011-12 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
The Charlotte, North Carolina native will be continuing her studies as a graduate student at UCSB's renowned Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. U.S. News & World Report ranked Gevirtz among the top 40 education schools in the country earlier this year.
"Our staff did an amazing job in being creative and getting her enrolled in extension classes," Mitchell said. "Sean Strauch, our compliance director, presented a great case to the NCAA."
Watkins will make her Gaucho debut against Nevada at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are still available in the Ticketing Office, on the phone at 805.893.UCSB (8272), or online here.


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|My ticket stub from Selland Arena, Fresno, CA January 15, 1978
However convenient and sensible this touring pattern was, the Dead did not fall into it lightly. At least once they tried a completely different approach to the winter. In January of 1978, instead of going on break, the Grateful Dead toured the West and upper Midwest. It made for a very different year, and they played some great music. Of course, all the evidence suggests that the little tour was not a financial success, so nothing like it was ever done again. This post will focus on perhaps the finest of those January '78 shows, and certainly the strangest Dead show I ever attended, the concert at Selland Arena in Fresno on Sunday, January 15, 1978. As an appendix, I will include a brief itinerary of the tour to put the show in context.
|The handbill from the Grateful Dead/Country Joe And The Fish concert at Selland Arena from February 17, 1968
California's San Joaquin Valley is one of the great agricultural centers of the world. Highway 99 runs up and down the center of the state, and it did so long before Interstate 5, and all the towns along 99 are important centers of agricultural commerce. Although Fresno was not always a particularly large town, it was always an important center for dairy and farm products. By virtue of being roughly between Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco, the city of Fresno became the biggest of the Valley cities. While its population was only 133, 929 in the 1960 census, by 1980 it had nearly doubled to 217, 129 (in 2010 it had doubled again, reaching 494, 665). By 1961, Fresno State College had joined the California State College system, and Fresno was starting to become a real city. Real cities, of course, build convention centers with an arena for sports, concerts and entertainment.
The Selland Arena, at 700 M Street in Fresno, was built in 1966, as part of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center. The arena had a capacity of about 6, 500, somewhat larger than Winterland, and quite large for the 1960s. Even though the city of Fresno was not large in the 60s and 70s, there were a lot of towns surrounding it, so there was a built-in audience for rock concerts. Also, touring rock bands discovered that they could play Fresno on an off-night between weekends in San Francisco and Los Angeles, so a lot of good bands played Fresno on school nights, particularly in the 1970s. In any case, once the Selland Arena was built, Fresno got its share of concerts.
The Grateful Dead played Selland Arena four times. The Dead had played the tiny Marigold Ballroom on May 12, 1967 (at 1833 E. Hedges, for you geocoders), but the first time the band played the Selland was February 17, 1968. They shared the bill with Country Joe and The Fish and a local band, Valley Fever. This was part of the tour that was mostly recorded for Anthem Of The Sun, but for whatever reasons, the Fresno event was not itself recorded. Back in 1968, the touring circuit wasn't fully built up yet, and San Francisco and Los Angeles bands would play shows in Fresno because it was an easy drive (for the roadies, anyway), and it filled up a night on the gig sheet. One of the many Valley teenagers who attended the show was Bob Weir's half-brother Jim Parber, then living in Merced, although neither Weir nor Parber knew of their relationship at the time.
The Grateful Dead came back on Friday, June 13, 1969. Deadlists shows the venue as "Fresno Convention Center," but its just another name for the Selland Arena. The Dead were supported by Aum and Sanpaku, both of whom were booked by the Millard Agency, as were the Dead. Members of both bands joined the group on stage at various times (Aum guitarist Wayne Ceballos and Sanpaku flautist Gary Larkey for certain), which suggests a rather loose evening.
The Grateful Dead returned again to the Selland Arena on Friday, July 19, 1974. The band was headlining at the enormous Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, July 21, so a Fresno booking made touring sense. A friend of mine went to the show and said that the event was relatively thinly attended, for a Dead show, and the band was spacey and the vibe was very weird. At one point, Phil Lesh even left the stage during "U.S. Blues." Because of the enormity of The Wall Of Sound, the Dead had to have two days between venues, so they could not have played anywhere between Fresno (Friday) and Hollywood Bowl (Sunday).
The California Tour, January 1978
In December, 1977, the Grateful Dead played the first of their extended New Year's runs. They headlined Winterland for three nights on December 29, 30 and 31, and when those shows sold out--it took a couple of days--they added an additional show on December 27. At the time, there was no particular precedent or expectation for this. It was the third time in the year that there had been a three night run in Winterland, but there was nothing special yet about the December run-up to New Year's.
Soon after the New Year's shows sold out, Bill Graham Presents announced a string of dates in California throughout January. The band avoided many major Southern California venues and played some more out of the way places. The Grateful Dead had been able to successfully play some out of the way places in New York, like Hamilton, Rochester and Binghamton and perhaps Graham felt that there was pent-up Grateful Dead interest in the California hinterlands. In any case, the Dead played San Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angleles, Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, Frenso, Sacramento and Stockton (see below for details).
Touring California in the winter made good business sense, because unlike other parts of the country, there wasn't a serious threat of snow, so audiences would be willing to drive longer distances. This was important in the valley, where there were a fair number of rock fans, but spread out over a wide area. Now, I believe that the San Diego, San Bernardino and Los Angeles shows were successful, and the Santa Barbara show was a benefit in a relatively small theater. However, the San Diego, Sacramento and Stockton shows, while sold out, were in relatively small 3000-capacity venues, much smaller than anywhere the Dead could play on the East Coast, and not necessarily worth their time. Finally, the Fresno and the Bakersfield show were financial debacles. The band never played either city again (if Bakersfield had decent attendance, the venue would still have fallen into the "tiny" category of Stockton or Sacramento). It's hard to say how much the financial bath the band took at the two valley shows discouraged Bill Graham or other promoters from booking another January California tour, compared to other perhaps more prosaic reasons for not touring, but the fact is there was never any touring between New Year's and February after 1978, except to make up for canceled dates.
I was fortunate enough to attend the Grateful Dead show at Selland Arena on Sunday, January 15, 1978. It was one of, if not the, strangest Dead show I ever attended, and if I was forced to pick a show that was 'my favorite Dead show,' I would go with that Selland Arena show.
|The back of my ticket stub from Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, January 15, 1978
The Grateful Dead were still a popular group in early 1978, but they seemed a little old hat. Winterland was a mid-sized hall, and they had shown they could sell out four nights, but the implication seemed to be that it was the same people coming over and over. The biggest acts, like Eric Clapton, played the Oakland Coliseum or the Cow Palace, and the Dead didn't seem to have that kind of heft. One dynamic that I was only dimly aware of at the time but am acutely aware of now was the willingness of East Coast Deadheads to get on the road to see the Dead. The Dead could draw in places like Binghamton or Hamilton because Eastern Deadheads were willing to get in the cars and go up and down I-90 and I-95 in order to see as many shows as possible.
Its my belief that Bill Graham promoted Grateful Dead shows in Bakersfield and Fresno because he thought that West Coast Deadheads would travel like East Coast ones, and that turned out not to be the case. Eastern Deadheads bought the traveling ethos into the Deadhead universe--Westerners didn't do it. In my case, although I was a poor college student at the time, the Grateful Dead had played ten shows at Winterland in 1977, and I had seen seven of them. What was the urgency to travel? I had gone to Santa Barbara to visit a friend and see the Dead (February 27, 1977), but it hadn't even occurred to me that I should go to the San Bernardino show the night before.
Starting about 1980, I met more and more people at Dead shows who had moved to San Francisco for better access to the Dead, and those were the people who thought nothing of driving to Los Angeles or Portland, or both, just to catch a show or two. That's what they had been doing in New Jersey or Chicago, so it was no change for them. Locals like me got sniffy about attending Dead shows outside my own county, but the Easterners made the Deadhead traveling circus a reality. Yet no one had figured that out at the time, and Bill Graham's promotion was a bit ahead of the curve.
The big rock event in San Francisco on that weekend was the Sex Pistols show at Winterland on Saturday, January 14. It turned out to be the last show of the Sid Vicious-era Pistols, and a legendary San Francisco rock moment. However, since I was going to see the Dead in Fresno on Sunday night, I had a paper to write, so I stayed home from the Sex Pistols even though my sister had an extra ticket, and thus missed one of the all-time rock events. Fortunately, my choice turned out to be worth it. However, my friend Jeff, who attended the Fresno show with us may have been the only person in history to have seen the Sex Pistols and the Grateful Dead on consecutive nights.
Fresno was about 3 hours from San Francisco, mostly on easy-to-drive Interstate 5. Even though we had all seen the Dead for three or four nights in December, it seemed exciting to actually adventure out into the valley to see the Dead. Of course, had we been Easterners, we would have gone to Santa Barbara (Friday Jan 13), Bakersfield (Saturday Jan 14) and then Fresno, but we didn't have that mindset yet. We also had tickets to the Wednesday night show in Stockton (Jan 18), about 90 minutes from Berkeley, but we were skipping the Sacramento show the night before (Tuesday Jan 17). Anyone from New Jersey or Boston or Utica would have thought we were nuts, but we were used to the Dead playing constantly, and missing a show didn't seem catastrophic.
One of the things that made the Fresno trip viable was my friend Jeff, whom I knew from the dorms. My other friends were from Los Angeles, and neither they nor I had ever set foot in Fresno. However, Jeff was from Fresno and had been to Selland Arena many times, so by bringing him with us we had a native guide. In the era before google maps and GPS, this was no small consideration. In any case, we grooved on down the road and made it to Fresno well before the start of the show, thanks to Jeff's expert directions. Although Jeff was from Fresno, he didn't express any pleasure at being back in his hometown, which he dismissed as hicksville.
When we got to the Selland Arena, we were in for a surprise. The place was your typical multi-purpose sports-enterntainment arena, used for basketball at Fresno State College and rock concerts for the city. Even if the Grateful Dead were only popular in an enclosed little universe, in San Francisco that universe was pretty intense. In 1977, Bill Graham Presents would open the doors at Winterland at 5:00pm because so many people were waiting in line, and there were volleyball games and movies to keep people entertained until the putative 7:00 pm start (which was often closer to 8:00). Thus it was a shock to get to Selland Arena a half-hour before show time and to find the arena largely deserted.
Now, if you've ever been in a large arena with a small crowd, it seems more barren than it really was. We were convinced that there were only a few hundred people there, but that is probably our minds exaggerating the emptiness. Still, even accounting for people who arrived late, people who were nestled in the dark seats far from the stage and people dancing around the lobby, there couldn't have been more than 2000 people there, tops. Most of the people didn't really seem like Deadheads, just people who lived in Fresno who liked rock music, and would go to see Johnny Winter or Kenny Loggins or whoever was playing (which my friend Jeff assured me was typical of Fresno at the time).
The Selland show was strange indeed: an arena the size of Oakland Auditorium, bigger than Winterland, with a very modest crowd that mostly sat bored in the seats, leaving the floor near the stage utterly deserted. You know those t-shirts that they used to sell at Dead shows that had a logo and words to the effect of "Grateful Dead 1966-1980: Sold Out!"? They didn't go to Fresno.
I have always been one who felt that the much-discussed symbiotic relationship between the Grateful Dead and their audience has received far too much attention, and that the Dead were more about music than their audiences self-declared insistence that there would be no Grateful Dead without their own presence. I still think that Deadheads overrate themselves, but the first set at Fresno gave me a major dose of what the Dead were like to an indifferent audience. They must have played a lot of gigs like Fresno in the 60s, out in the hinterlands. There were a few devoted Heads up front, and a bunch of bored locals, going "why are these guys so popular?"
Set One, Selland Arena, Fresno, CA January 15, 1978
|Good Lovin' ;
|Dire Wolf ;
|Mexicali Blues >
|Big River ;
|It Must Have Been The Roses ;
|Passenger ;
|Brown Eyed Women ;
|The Music Never Stopped ;
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The first set at Fresno was the most lifeless, boring Grateful Dead set I have ever seen. There were a few people dancing up front, but just as an experiment my friend Mike and I walked up and leaned on the front of the stage barrier without touching another human being. I'm glad we did it, because we never got to do it again. The lack of enthusiasm in the crowd was palpable, and I got a unique glimpse of how the strange clunky energy of the Dead's improvisational style depended on an attentive audience, as every note seemed wrong. The fact that Garcia's voice was still very weak from a lingering illness added to the lethargy and strain of the performance. I swear that Garcia's solo on "Mexicali Blues" was so lifeless that he dropped his hands for the last several bars, since it was such a failure. The band made a little effort for 'The Music Never Stopped," but we wondered why we had made the effort to drive three hours through the Valley just to hear the worst Dead set in our lives.
Set Two, Selland Arena, Fresno, CA January 15, 1978
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After "Terrapin," the Dead launched into "Playing In The Band," and when the singing ended, Jerry, Bob and Phil huddled in front of the drummers and played the jam for themselves. There was practically no crowd there, and the band was getting nothing from them, so they just played weird, spacey music for their own pleasure. The lengthy jam that followed was the wildest, weirdest, spaciest jam I have ever heard at a Dead concert, and I went to a few. The surviving audience tape, while enjoyable, cannot capture the intense, self-absorbed weirdness of that jam.
The net effect of going from "worst Dead set ever" to "most far out jam I have ever seen" had a dramatic effect. Physics tells us that dramatic acceleration leads to escape velocity, and we definitely burst through the ionosphere, swirling in orbit far above the earth. The lengthy "Playing" was followed by an intense "Wharf Rat." Garcia's nearly broken voice was used to great effect, and his emotional solo was the capstone to the intense "Playin" jam that had preceded it. When it ended, a relatively brief "Sugar Magnolia" ended the show, and the band left the stage. The crowd was too small to cheer for an encore, as many of the locals had left, but in any case those of us who had been listening were too stunned to care. This was a clutch performance by the Grateful Dead: a mostly-empty venue in the middle of nowhere, no excitement from the crowd, and still delivering a show for the ages.
It goes without saying that I never saw another Dead show like Fresno. For one thing, I occasionally went to a Dead show that wasn't sold out, but I never went to one again that was deserted. In subsequent years even casual audiences had heard about expected behavior at Dead concerts, but in 1978 Fresno the Grateful Dead were like Marshall Tucker or Wishbone Ash, just another Winterland headliner trying to win over fans outside of their regular market. They couldn't do it, either, so they just made music. Maybe it was more about the Grateful Dead than the Deadheads after all.
All my friends were exhausted, but I was elated. One of my friends had seen the Dead in Selland Arena in 1974, and he opined that perhaps it was the same that time, with a small crowd and weird self-absorbed music, but that he didn't understand it. He promptly fell asleep, as did everyone else but me, as I happily drove my friend's car back to Berkeley up Interstate 5, knowing that I had seen something that would not pass my way again.
Appendix: January 1978 Grateful Dead Tour Itinerary
January 6, 1978: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA Grateful Dead
The Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino was at the edge of greater Los Angeles, because it had been the terminus of the Pacific Electric Railway. The Swing had a capacity of 10,00, and was actually one of the biggest places that the Dead headlined in California. Garcia had a fever and laryngitis, and his voice gave out after the first set, leaving all the second set songs to Weir.
January 7-8, 1978: Golden Hall, Community Concourse, San Diego, CA Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead had played the Community Concourse at 202 C Street a number of times over the years, but the complex was part of a maze of buildings, and I do not believe they actually played the same rooms each time. Garcia's voice was shot for these shows, and Weir and Donna Godchaux handled all the vocals. I believe that Golden Hall was a Warfield-sized theater, with a capacity of 2500 or so.
January 10-11, 1978: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA Grateful Dead
There are actually two venues at the same address at the Shrine, the Shrine Auditorium and the Shrine Exposition Hall. I do not know which one the Dead actually played this time out. If it had seats, it was the Auditorium (where the Oscars are sometimes held) and if it didn't it was the Expo. Since the shows were on a Tuesday and a Wednesday, it seems more possible it was the actual Shrine Auditorium. The show opened with "Bertha," assuring the crowd that Jerry was back singing, even if his voice was shaky.
A number of commenters on the Archive describe shows similar to Fresno, with far out meltdown jams in the second set.
January 13, 1978: Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Grateful Dead
I believe the Arlington was a fairly small, Warfield-sized theater. This show was some sort of anti-nuclear benefit. The jamming in the second set is quite amazing; Fresno was no fluke.
January 14, 1978: Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield, CA Grateful Dead
By all accounts, Bakersfield was as weird as Fresno. We heard a rumor that Bakersfield was so empty, people were told that anyone with a Bakersfield stub could get into Fresno for free. I doubt that story was true, but I take the rumor as an indicator that it was not a typical Dead show. Bakersfield Civic had been used for many rock shows over the years, but I believe it was smaller than Selland Arena, so a modest crowd might not be so notable.
According to numerous commenters on the Archive, the Dead's soundman was arrested during the show by the Bakersfield police. The Dead apparently wrapped up the show quickly and declared their unhappiness with it from the stage.
January 15, 1978: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA Grateful Dead
January 17, 1978: Civic Auditorium, Sacramento, CA Grateful Dead
Even though this was a Tuesday night, Sacramento was only 90 minutes from the Bay Area and the Civic had a capacity of about 3,000, so it was like a regular show for the locals.
|My ticket stub from Stockton Civic Auditorium, January 18, 1978
My friends and I also attended the Wednesday evening Stockton show (well, except for the guy from Fresno). We had heard nothing about the other shows, of course, and were half-expecting a deserted auditorium and weird jamming, so we hauled ass to get there after class. We made the show minutes before it started, and naturally the place was packed to the rafters. Stockton, too, was just 90 minutes from the Bay Area, and while I'm sure there were many people from the local area it felt like a regular Winterland Dead crowd.
The Dead started out on a very high note with "Mississippi Half-Step," and despite Jerry's ragged voice, by the time he was taking us across the Rio Grande-io the place was going crazy. So much for a replay of Fresno. Still, it was a very lively show, even though Garcia's energy level gave out with his voice, as he was clearly not well. Garcia left the stage during "Playing In The Band," I believe for the drum solo, and when the band returned and started "Passenger," Garcia did not immediately come on stage. The band played the first verse without him, although he slowly made his way out there and managed to take his big solo, but it was plain that he was struggling.
January 22, 1978: McArthur Court, Eugene, OR Grateful Dead
Whatever weakness the Grateful Dead may have had drawing an audience in Central California in the Winter meant nothing in Oregon. On a population-to-attendance basis, the Dead's biggest market was Oregon. McArthur Court was the U. of O's basketball arena (where the Ducks would quack under pressure), and the Dead had been packing the joint for nearly a decade. As far as I know, the January '78 show was a huge financial success, too, and fans were rewarded with a great show that included the unique "Close Encounters" jam.
January 30-February 1, 1978: Uptown Theater, Chicago, IL Grateful Dead
Why would the Grateful Dead play Saturday night in Eugene, and then take an eight day break in order to play Monday-thru-Wednesday in a 4000+-capacity movie theater in Chicago in the depths of winter? If a band is going to play Chicago in the winter, why not play a bigger place on the weekend? This strange itinerary only makes sense if there was a canceled weekend show.
I have to think that the Grateful Dead were scheduled to play the weekend of January 28-29 in either Seattle or Vancouver or both, and the shows must have fallen through. There may have been mid-week shows planned in the Northwest as well. Three dates in Chicago on a weeknight, followed by three dates in the frozen north (Madison, Milwaukee and Cedar Falls, IA) only make sense as part of a continuous tour. I have no idea how or why other Northwest dates fell through, and it's even possible they were supposed to play Denver or Salt Lake or Omaha, not Seattle, but in any case it doesn't seem to have worked out. Combined with the debacles in Bakersfield and Fresno, the Grateful Dead did not try a winter West Coast tour again.


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Located in the Indian Ocean, the Republic of the Maldives is Asia's smallest island nation as well as being the world's lowest-lying, given its territories average just 1.5 metres above sea level. Its 1190 islands, of which 203 are inhabited, are grouped into a total of 26 atolls.
Around 110,000 people live in the capital Male, which represents a third of the total population. In historical terms, the nation's main economic activity used to be fishing, but tourism overtook this industry many years ago. And, in an area where idyllic scenery abounds, sport also has a part to play.
"Which is our most popular sport? Football of course! It's our No1 sport, without a doubt," said a smiling Ilham Ahmed, President of the Football Association of Maldives (FAM), when speaking to FIFA.com after a meeting with FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.
*Development is pivotal *During his conversation with Blatter, Ahmed highlighted an area that has been central to FAM's efforts since he stepped into his current role in January. "Development, of course," he said. "With the future in mind, we think that grassroots football and talent scouting are key, because that's the only way we can boost our national sides and help the game grow. However, in a country's that's as geographically spread-out as ours, there are a host of obstacles.
"This [geographical] spread is a real challenge, not just due to the distances that need to be covered, but also due to infrastructural issues," continued Ahmed in more detail. "For example, there's no comparison between the transport and communications networks on the atolls with the ones in the capital – which is where our Centre of Excellence is. That's where the idea of developing centres in each region came from. That way we can pick up talented players [in their local areas], prepare them and then, yes, bring them to Male."
There are currently three projects funded by the FIFA *Goal *Programme in the Maldives. These are: a renovated artificial playing surface on the island of Addu; a new artificial pitch in Male and four futsal courts on the islands of Eydafushi, Thodhoo, Thinadhoo and Fuahmulah.
"Everything that we've put in place or are going to put in place is in line with FIFA and the AFC, since without their help it would be very difficult to bring any idea to fruition," said Ahmed. It is also worth clarifying that part of the money the Maldives received to invest in the game came from the FIFA/AFC Tsunami Solidarity Fund, due to the 2004 natural disaster that left virtually the entire nation under water.
*Significant signs *Only through competition can a nation really assess the standard of its play, and it is for this very reason that, according to Ahmed, FAM intend to organise a variety of youth tournaments – including events at Under-9, U-11, U-13, U-16, U-19 and U-21 level. "What's more, we've got everything ready to restart the Atolls League at the end of May, which has been at a standstill for the past two years," added a clearly pleased Ahmed.
The FAM head man was also optimistic thanks to the support his organisation has received from Mohammed Waheed Hassan, President of the Republic of the Maldives since 2012. "He'd barely taken up his post when he got in touch with us and said we could count on his support, as he wanted to see Maldives crowned regional champions once more," said Ahmed, referring to the South Asian Football Federation Championship (SAFF).
Maldives have won the competition only once to date, in 2008, but were finalists in 2009 and semi-finalists in 2011. This year's edition will take place in September in Nepal.
Meanwhile, Ahmed believes encouragement can be drawn from some of the other recent results achieved on the Maldives football scene, such as the U-21s winning an international tournament in Sri Lanka and the displays of club side New Radiant. The latter are performing admirably in the AFC Cup, having just qualified from the group phase for the first time since reaching the last four in 2005.
"There's no doubt these are achievements that deserve special mention. It's results like these that encourage us to keep working hard," said Ahmed, who signed off with a message of thanks to the governing body of world football. "Blatter promised us that both he and FIFA will be at our side, helping us to develop football in the Maldives, and for countries like ours that support is vital. For that, we give him our thanks and promise to play our part too."


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Expanding the Reach and Impact of
|Table of Contents
|Executive Summary (Stand-Alone)
|Preface: A Vision of e-Health Benefits for All
|Executive Summary
|Chapter 1. Introduction
|Chapter 2. Mapping Diversity to Understand Users' Requirements for e-Health Tools
|Chapter 3. Assessing the Evidence Base for e-Health Tools for Diverse Users
|Chapter 4. Strategic Factors in Realizing the Potential of e-Health
|Chapter 5. Partnerships for Meaningful Access
|Appendix 1. Environmental Scan of 40 e-HealthTools
|Appendix 2. Project Interviewees, Experts Consulted, and Reviewers
|Appendix 3. Chapter 3 Literature Review Summary
|Appendix 4. A Comparison of Internet Use and Health Status of Populations That Experience Health Disparities
Chapter 4. Strategic Factors in Realizing the Potential of e-Health (Part 2)
Challenges for Public-Private Partners
This report stresses that e-health tools have the potential to be part of the solution to health disparities and other policy challenges if appropriate e-health resources become available and useful to a larger proportion of the U.S. population than is now the case. Even though "technological innovation is a major driver of the global economy, quality of life, and [individual] health improvement," market forces so far have failed to harness these resources to improve population health (Eng, 2004).
Some observers caution that health disparities could worsen as a result of the uneven distribution of e-health tools or consumers' varying ability to use these resources. Unequal distribution and use of e-health tools could enable some Americans to improve their health and health care while others are left behind (IOM, 2002). Many e-health experts expect that health plans and providers will be the most influential drivers of the adoption of e-health technologies (eHealth Institute, 2005); if so, the large segment of the population without insurance or with no regular source of care will be further excluded from the modern healthcare system.
Public policy and market practices could undermine the benefits for population health in a number of ways. In the private sector, unconstrained commercial uses of health information technology, and in particular unauthorized commercial uses of personal health information, could engender mistrust among healthcare providers and patients. In addition, consumers' use of tools without an evidence base at best could be ineffective and at worst could waste scarce resources or cause harm. As for public policy implications, the severe economic pressures on policymakers discussed in Chapter 1 could generate aggressive, cost-driven policies that force consumers into technology uses and unsupported health decisions that are beyond their current capacities. For all the dynamism in the e-health marketplace and the congruity of public and private interests, it will take a commitment to the vision of this report and new levels of strategic partnership and leadership to produce population-wide health benefits from today's promising conditions. Some specific areas in which strategic efforts are needed are outlined in the following sections.
Even when partnerships offer the opportunity to fulfill value propositions for every participant, they are not likely to occur without leadership. This is especially the case when the ultimate value being sought is the public interest; in that case, the leadership almost certainly must come from the Government (Lansky, Kanaan, and Lemieux, 2005). The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with other HHS agencies and departments in the Federal Government, is tasked with providing leadership in health information technology. Consumer empowerment is already part of the health information technology agenda and could accommodate the vision outlined in this report. Leadership can take many forms, including supporting research and demonstrations, convening stakeholders, participating in coalitions convened by others, setting examples through its own activities, and facilitating strategy development. Public policy should focus on developing and implementing strategies to reach those constituencies already on the margins of the digital mainstream, such as persons who are uninsured, have low income, or have disabilities, as well as on identifying incentives in publicly funded programs.
Exercising leadership in this way would augment and be synergistic with several leading Government programs. For example, in addition to the VA's new e-health tool, My HealtheVet, the U.S. Department of Defense has an electronic personal health management system for its constituents, Tri-Care Online. Several HHS agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, host multitopic, broad-based, consumer-oriented Web sites and provide digital informational materials for the public. The National Cancer Institute has a number of consumer-oriented e-health programs, some described in Chapter 5. Finally, as discussed above, CMS is beginning to offer digital technologies to help Medicare beneficiaries manage their benefits and self-care.
These activities are a good start, but most of these programs target specific constituencies (e.g., Medicare beneficiaries), functions (e.g., health information), or diseases (e.g., cancer). Given the value propositions outlined earlier, there are sound reasons to support connecting diverse governmental activities as part of a comprehensive, coordinated strategy akin to the current electronic health record initiative.
The current work on personal health records (PHRs) by industry and Government, separately and jointly, is likely to have an important impact on the future of consumer-oriented e-health. In addition, this activity provides a model for what can happen through targeted joint efforts. Connecting for Health, a collaborative of more than 100 public and private stakeholders from Government, the information technology industry, and health care, is working to "bring health care into the information age" through technologies such as electronic health records and PHRs (Connecting for Health, 2004).
PHRs are an emerging technology to enable people to manage their health information and healthcare transactions electronically. Although significant challenges need to be resolved with PHRs, some observers envision them as the gateway and possible platform for all consumers' personal health management activities (NCVHS, 2005a).
As noted above, the President increased the visibility and momentum for electronic health records when he set a national goal that most Americans should have electronic health records by 2014. The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (HIT) bears major responsibility for advancing the President's goal, and PHRs are one of the goals in the Strategic HIT Framework promulgated in 2004. Former National Coordinator Dr. David Brailer describes the purpose of the office as helping to create the conditions in which the market can deliver health solutions to the nation (Lansky et al., 2005). These activities model the kind of strategic partnerships that will likely be necessary to address the challenges outlined below.
Challenge 1: Linking Development, Evaluation, and Dissemination1
The preceding chapters discuss this study's findings about the significant gaps in e-health tool development, evaluation, and dissemination. Chapter 2 outlines the challenges in developing tools for diverse populations. Chapter 3 describes the emerging evidence of the benefits of e-health tools and the fact that the research does not translate into broad use of evidence-based tools outside the laboratory. As Chapter 1 discusses, this study found that the tools in widest use have not been evaluated by unaffiliated third parties, while those that have been the subject of rigorous research often are not widely available. In other words, alignment is lacking between the e-health tools with the best evidence and the ones that most consumers encounter. For example, although the popularity of commercial dieting Web sites may be a sign of the dynamism of the e-health market, questions remain about the scientific basis of the content as well as the short- and long-term behavioral and health effects of the tools.
Researchers and funders report that it is difficult to get evidence-based e-health tools into broad and sustained public use. A major reason for this problem, according to study informants, is the lack of coordinated and balanced funding for development, evaluation, and dissemination, with the bulk of funding supporting only the first two steps. Tools that are developed with Federal and foundation support are generally tested with small, targeted populations.
Funding is not available for sustained dissemination, much less for reaching a significant proportion of the population or for long-term evaluation. Connie Dresser, who coordinates the National Cancer Institute's Small Business Innovation Research program (described in Chapter 5), points out that this leaves unanswered the question of "real-world" effectiveness (C. Dresser, personal communication, September 10, 2003). In addition, an opportunity is missed to obtain empirical information on the factors that support or undermine sustained consumer use. The failure to get tools into circulation particularly affects population groups with the most to gain from a greater investment in dissemination, which is an important policy consideration given that many of the tools designed for underserved communities are created with foundation or governmental support.
Developers and researchers are a good source of ideas about possible solutions. Study informants point to the need for restructured funding and broader notions of research "success"—in both instances, to include dissemination. They note that as noncommercial developers, most researchers lack the capital and skills to get their tools out to the public. Their isolation from the world of implementers is a major barrier to more effective dissemination of evidence-based tools. Creating a collaboration between these groups, informants say, would require cultural and structural changes within the research field, such as translating technical and scientific jargon into marketing language and reframing rewards so that all stakeholders get a return on their investment.
In addition, developers express interest in learning from the successes of commercial products and applying that learning to getting beneficial tools into broader use. Some cite the pharmaceutical industry, with its sophisticated mechanisms for moving products from inception to market, as a model for a similar "chute" for communication and e-health tools. Fundamentally, the researchers consulted for this project assert that Government and foundation funders should accept more responsibility for the diffusion of products that are developed with their support, provided they are shown to be efficacious. This way, high-quality tools might actually reach the users for whom they were designed.
Challenge 2: Building Economic Viability and Sustainability
Better links among tool development, evaluation, and dissemination could help balance the related goals of expanding markets and raising the standards for e-health tools. This linkage could go a long way toward addressing the sustainability issues that are a common concern of many e-health developers. Sustainable business models are an essential building block in the broad vision for consumer e-health. Government may have to spearhead strategies to reach underserved populations that could benefit from e-health tools but may not initially or ever be able to pay for them. Nevertheless, Government alone cannot underwrite tool development and dissemination on a large scale, so there can be no widespread dissemination and adoption of evidence-based tools without successful commercialization. This was a recurrent theme in conversations during this study, as it is among developers themselves.
e-Health developers are based in public health and public interest organizations, health care, academia, and business as well as in the communication arms of several Government agencies. Their funding sources include grants, investments, and large organizational budgets. As noted, Government and foundation research grants are a major source of financing for tool development and evaluation. After the research and development stage, private-sector developers need realistic business plans to continue production, upgrading, and dissemination. The business models for consumer e-health tools include advertising, sponsorship, licensing, fee-for-service, subscription, and the services of "bricks and mortar" healthcare delivery systems (Eng, 2001, pp. 34-37).
A cross-section of e-health leaders from public health, computer science and technology, health care, academia, and business has been addressing common interests and concerns in eHealth Developers' Summits since 1999 (eHealth Institute, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). The summaries of these meetings provide a window on developers' perspectives; issues they, their business partners, and their clients face; and other themes in the e-health environment. In general, a growth in optimism about the viability of e-health can be traced from the time of the 2000 dot-com crash through the ensuing Summit summaries. Nevertheless, the search for sustainability business plans for e-health developers stands out as a persistent concern. As the summary of the 2001 meeting stated, "Strong proof of ROI [return on investment] remains elusive for most eHealth solutions, and realizing tangible financial benefits from eHealth is probably a long-term process" (eHealth Institute, 2002, Executive Summary; see also eHealth Institute, 2005, pp. 30-36).
A fundamental part of the problem is that although consumers are the intended end users of these products, few are in a position to pay for them for a wide variety of reasons. For both large and small developers, there is thus a mismatch between users and purchasers. Even consumers who recognize the health benefits of e-health tools and want to use them generally expect another entity to pay for them (Connecting for Health, 2004). Simply put, the market has not yet identified a uniformly successful price or sales model for consumer information Web sites and other e-health tools.
The information derived from interviews for this study on 40 e-health tools, although not necessarily representative, illustrates the sometimes roundabout route to consumers and the disconnect between payers and end users (see Appendix 1). The interviewees report that consumers—who are by definition the end users of all the e-health tools—pay to use only 9 of the 40, and only 3 tools are exclusively distributed directly to consumers. In some cases, developers produce commercial direct-to-consumer versions as well as others that are made available through business partners. Tools in the latter group usually have more functions, customized to the business partner's specifications. Partners in the categories listed in Table 4 disseminate 37 of the 40 tools in this group. Thus, consumers gain access to them in their capacity as employees, health plan members, national health organization constituents, and so on. Relatively few developers have the funding to conduct rigorous scientific evaluation of their tools; most conduct cost-benefit studies comparing health service utilization, absenteeism, or other variables related to the cost of distributing the tool, to demonstrate their products' ROI for purchasers.
On the subject of the research-dissemination disconnect, eHealth Summit discussions identify integrating research findings into viable real-world products as a particular challenge for developers. The 2004 Summit group voted "lack of expertise to translate research findings into practical product modifications" as the chief reason why there is not more e-health research. This followed the 2003 meeting's call for alliances and partnerships between academic researchers and commercial companies with common target audiences, to speed dissemination and diffusion of findings into marketable products.
A public interest perspective requires that profitability be combined with quality, utility, privacy, continuity, and other values for consumers. Finding commercial models that allow developers and suppliers to satisfy business requirements while also serving the public interest is an important challenge facing policymakers and others who hope to stabilize the market and expand the public benefits of e-health tools. Arguably, the dual goals of market stability and wider reach for e-health tools are synergistic. Opening new markets could increase the financial viability of e-health developers. Seventy percent of the 2003 eHealth Summit participants favored this idea, indicating in a survey that they saw market potential in underserved communities (eHealth Institute, 2004).
Healthcare reimbursement and payment policy is another important part of the solution. The former National HIT Coordinator Dr. David Brailer captured a key attribute of e-health: "Today's reimbursement policies are based on the premise that legitimate care is only done in proximity to a doctor, and that needs to change. Care does not have to be the same place and time as the doctor; it includes daily monitoring, e-mail, and more. Modern policies need to incorporate the consumer in self-management" (cited in Lansky et al., 2005).
Challenge 3: Protecting Privacy and Nurturing Public Trust
Protecting the privacy of personal health information in e-health tools is another "public good" requiring attention from policymakers and private-sector partners. This issue is highlighted here for two reasons: first, the well-documented privacy concerns of consumers, healthcare providers, and others could impede the adoption and use of e-health tools and limit their benefits (California HealthCare Foundation, 2005); and second, the well-being of users is at risk if privacy protections are inadequate.
Surveys show that consumers rate personal health information as one of the two most sensitive types of consumer personal information (along with financial information), and they are concerned about the electronic collection and use of their medical records. Individuals with serious and/or genetically based health conditions express the greatest concern (NCVHS, 2005b). Many consumers fear identity theft as well as discrimination against them in employment, insurance, or other areas based on their health status. Some people fear that their privacy is at risk when they are surfing the Web, and many who use health information Web sites do not share their personal data (Westin, 2005).
People's fears about abuses, especially related to electronic medical records, are not unfounded, as confirmed in the daily newspaper. Policymakers, healthcare organizations, developers, and public-private collaborations take these issues seriously and are working on laws, regulations, and security mechanisms to prevent or at least minimize privacy abuses. Consumers' attitudes toward privacy and electronic personal health information vary widely. Although some people express fear about any electronic processing of health records, others celebrate the benefits of this technology and freely share private information in public online communities. The developer interviews for this project provide anecdotal information about some consumers' practices in this area as well as developers' approaches to protecting privacy. Information from the interviews together with observation of Web sites reinforce the point that consumers exhibit widely ranging attitudes toward health privacy (see Appendix 1).
This area warrants further research into consumer attitudes and practices as work continues to improve laws, regulations, and security mechanisms. The heart of the question before policymakers is how to nurture an atmosphere of justified public trust. Doing so requires establishing adequate security mechanisms and respecting consumers' choices about sharing information in different circumstances. It also involves cultivating in consumers an appreciation for the potential benefits of health information technology—for themselves and their families. As awareness grows about the seriousness of these issues, a number of public and private groups are working on health information privacy and security. They include the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, which advises HHS, the HHS Privacy Advocate, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (which enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]), and several university-affiliated institutes.
Challenge 4. Assuring Quality
The quality of information and tools available on the Internet is an ongoing and unresolved issue in the e-health field. Apart from privacy and confidentiality issues, public trust can be undermined by doubts about the reliability of the information and claims from either commercial or governmental sources. Although health Web sites can be reviewed and accredited by established organizations, such as URAC (American Accreditation HealthCare Commission, Inc.), accreditation remains an underused practice in this sector. The cost of accreditation and an apparent lack of consumer demand for it have resulted in a limited number of sites seeking accreditation (see the list of accredited Web sites at www.urac.org).
The research review in Chapter 3 as well as the interview reports in Appendix 1 indicate that researchers are trying to determine consumer behavior toward quality assessment and identify mechanisms to enhance and signal quality to consumers. Quality assessments of e-health tools, however, are an elusive target and depend in large part on editorial processes, judgments about what constitutes reliable and credible sources of information, and an ever-changing body of scientific knowledge about health conditions and their causes, effects, and treatments. Beyond the Healthy People 2010 objective on the proportion of health Web sites that disclose information to assess the quality of the site and past interest from the Federal Trade Commission in fraudulent health claims and privacy policies, there has been little public policy attention to matters of information quality on the Internet.
If e-health tools evolve primarily as a part of health plan and provider operations, then quality assurance of the tools may become a routine part of business. Consumer behavior suggests, however, that finding and comparing Internet health resources is a popular activity and one unlikely to be eliminated by the greater availability of provider portals. Consumers may not be clamoring for public action on quality assurance, but quality may nevertheless become a public policy matter if consumers end up choosing questionable tools that result in higher costs and worse health outcomes.
This chapter portrays a dynamic e-health arena and identifies the gaps that must be filled to transform it into one from which more Americans can benefit. The goal, as outlined in Chapter 1, is to get appropriate evidence-based tools into wide and sustained use to improve population health. The steps that must be taken to achieve this goal, as outlined in this chapter, include linking e-health tool development, evaluation, and dissemination; building viability and sustainability; protecting privacy; and assuring quality.
This chapter profiles the many interests at play in this environment. The stakeholders who share an interest in consumer e-health include consumers themselves, developers, and researchers as well as healthcare organizations, purchasers, employers, public health programs, and governmental institutions. All are potential participants, in various combinations, in efforts to create the conditions in which many more Americans can enjoy the benefits of appropriate e-health tools. Moving beyond the status quo requires collaboration among stakeholders who see and take action beyond their customary boundaries. This chapter mentions several such collaborations, and Chapter 5 profiles others. A large gap that remains to be filled is leadership and coordination within and between the public and private sectors.
1This section is based on discussions with developers, researchers, and public health professionals in interviews, a special conference call on dissemination issues, and a November 2004 review meeting. See Appendix 2 for a list of participants.
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Starting Monday I'm joining mKhoj, an Indian startup in the "Mobile Advertising marketplace" here at Bangalore. Looks like exciting times ahead.
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I started seeing infra-red saunas being advertised in various locations such as spas and tanning salons but didn't truly understand how wonderful they are until I, by chance, used one. At the time I was working at a spa that had one and I was recovering from a cold. It came to me that maybe by going for a good sweat in the sauna I could shorten the life of my cold. I used it twice in one week and was completely amazed when I noticed that all the pain in my joints, which I had been living with for over a year, had magically disappeared or dialed down to a very manageable level.
From then on , I tried to use the sauna whenever I could. I had been suffering with a tremendous amount of inflammation in all my joints but esp in my feet, hips and low back. It was so bad that I could hardly stand up after sitting for more than a few minutes. I would gingerly get upright feeling like I had broken glass in all my joints and stagger a few steps until things eased up and I could walk a bit easier. Too much exercise had the same effect as too little. I despaired over what would become of me as I got older if I already felt this bad at 52 but using the sauna a few times a week dramatically eased the pain I was in.
The best part about it was, I usually shunned saunas in general as I have asthma and found the extreme dry heat really bothered my lungs and I couldn't stay in them long enough to work up a sweat. Infra-red works in a completely different way than a traditional sauna. Regular saunas use a heater to warm the air which you then sit in to absorb the heat. Infra-red actually penetrates into your tissues and makes them vibrate at a molecular level thus increasing your internal temperature without over- heating the surrounding air. I was able to stay in the sauna for up to 40 minutes with little discomfort and I was able to sweat buckets.
I was only doing a locum at the spa and when it was over I ended up back in pain once I didn't have access to the sauna anymore. A few weeks of that and I went looking for a sauna of my own to buy. They come in many different shapes and styles and cost can fluctuate from $225 to over $3000. I totally lucked out and got a portable one on Craigslist for $225.
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"Another reason is that Far Infrared Radiant Heat has the ability to remove toxins in the body, which are often at the core of many health problems. The build up of toxins in a healthy body could block the normal blood circulation and impair the cellular energy. When Aesta Far Infrared Radiant Heat waves are applied, the water molecules that encapsulate the toxins get heat up, and start to vibrate. This vibration reduces the ion bonds of the atoms that are holding together the molecules of water. As the breakdown of the water molecules occurs, encapsulated gases and other toxic materials are released and the body gets rejuvenated."
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The experience of a far infrared sauna is similar to sunbathing, which gives you the radiant heat without the damaging ultra violet rays. The far infrared heat penetrates your skin, giving you that wonderful natural warmth. Unlike sunbathing, Infrared heat therapy is completely healthy and safe. You can relax in a far infrared sauna and it will never cause your skin to burn. Far infrared heat is completely healthy and safe for all living things. In fact, far infrared heat is so safe it is used in hospitals to warm newborn infants.
If you haven't had a chance to try an Infra-red sauna yet, I would encourage you to do so. The health benefits are many and no side effects. If you use them and find they are helpful to you, then I would recommend buying one of your own. They are cheap to run, a benefit for the whole family, and cheaper to own than the cost of using one somewhere else.( prices tend to run about $20 for 30 minutes at most locations).
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