Acute Lombalgies and Radiculalgies: 40 mg (2 Ampoules Ï 20 mg) per day in one injection for the first 2 days, and then eventually 1 Ampoule (20 mg) the next day.
The total daily dose of ROKAM should not exceed 40 mg per day. Duration of treatment: 2 to 3 days (the oral treatment could be followed if necessary).
Method of Administration: - Intramuscular Injection: The I.M injection should be deep and slow and it should be done on different side each time.
Not recommended in patients with advanced renal disease.
• Cardiovascular events: See "Concerns related to adverse effects" below.
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: See "Disease-related concerns" below.
• Gastrointestinal events: See "Concerns related to adverse effects" below.
• Anaphylactoid reactions: Even in patients without prior exposure anaphylactoid reactions may occur; patients with "aspirin triad" (bronchial asthma, aspirin intolerance, rhinitis) may be at increased risk. Do not use in patients who experience bronchospasm, asthma, rhinitis, or urticaria with NSAID or aspirin therapy.
• Cardiovascular events: [U.S. Boxed Warning]: NSAIDs are associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular thrombotic events, including MI and stroke. Risk may be increased with duration of use or pre-existing cardiovascular risk factors or disease. Carefully evaluate individual cardiovascular risk profiles prior to prescribing. Use caution with fluid retention. Avoid use in heart failure. Concurrent administration of ibuprofen, and potentially other nonselective NSAIDs, may interfere with aspirin's cardioprotective effect. Use the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration of time, consistent with individual patient goals, to reduce risk of cardiovascular events; alternate therapies should be considered for patients at high risk.
• CNS effects: May cause drowsiness, dizziness, blurred vision, and other neurologic effects which may impair physical or mental abilities; patients must be cautioned about performing tasks which require mental alertness (eg, operating machinery or driving). Discontinue use with blurred or diminished vision and perform ophthalmologic exam. Periodically evaluate vision in all patients receiving long term therapy.
• Gastrointestinal events: [U.S. Boxed Warning]: NSAIDs may increase risk of gastrointestinal irritation, inflammation, ulceration, bleeding, and perforation. These events may occur at any time during therapy and without warning. Use caution with a history of GI disease (bleeding or ulcers), concurrent therapy with aspirin, anticoagulants and/or corticosteroids, smoking, use of alcohol, the elderly or debilitated patients. Use the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration of time, consistent with individual patient goals, to reduce risk of GI adverse events; alternate therapies should be considered for patients at high risk. When used concomitantly with ≤325 mg of aspirin, a substantial increase in the risk of gastrointestinal complications (eg, ulcer) occurs; concomitant gastroprotective therapy (eg, proton pump inhibitors) is recommended (Bhatt, 2008).
• Serum sickness: A serum sickness-like reaction can rarely occur; watch for arthralgias, pruritus, fever, fatigue, and rash.
• Skin reactions: NSAIDs may cause serious skin adverse events including exfoliative dermatitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN); discontinue use at first sign of skin rash or hypersensitivity.
• Asthma: Do not administer to patients with aspirin-sensitive asthma; severe bronchospasm may occur. Use caution in patients with other forms of asthma.
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: [U.S. Boxed Warning]: Use is contraindicated for treatment of perioperative pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Risk of MI and stroke may be increased with use following CABG surgery.
• Hepatic impairment: Use with caution in patients with decreased hepatic function. Closely monitor patients with any abnormal LFT. Severe hepatic reactions (eg, fulminant hepatitis, liver failure) have occurred with NSAID use, rarely; discontinue if signs or symptoms of liver disease develop, or if systemic manifestations occur.
• Hypertension: Use with caution; may cause new-onset hypertension or worsening of existing hypertension.
• Renal impairment: NSAID use may compromise existing renal function; dose-dependent decreases in prostaglandin synthesis may result from NSAID use, reducing renal blood flow which may cause renal decompensation. Patients with impaired renal function, dehydration, heart failure, liver dysfunction, those taking diuretics, and ACE inhibitors, and the elderly are at greater risk of renal toxicity. Rehydrate patient before starting therapy; monitor renal function closely. Not recommended for use in patients with advanced renal disease. Long-term NSAID use may result in renal papillary necrosis.
• Elderly: May be inappropriate in this age group for long-term use due to potential for GI bleeding, hypertension, heart failure, and renal failure (Beers Criteria).
• Surgical/dental procedures: Withhold for at least 4-6 half-lives prior to surgical or dental procedures.
Substrate of CYP2C9 (minor); Inhibits CYP2C9 (strong).
Ethanol: Avoid ethanol (may enhance gastric mucosal irritation).
Food: Onset of effect may be delayed if piroxicam is taken with food.
Herb/Nutraceutical: Avoid alfalfa, anise, bilberry, bladderwrack, bromelain, cat's claw, celery, chamomile, coleus, cordyceps, dong quai, evening primrose, fenugreek, feverfew, garlic, ginger, ginkgo biloba, ginseng (American, Panax, Siberian), grapeseed, green tea, guggul, horse chestnut seed, horseradish, licorice, prickly ash, red clover, reishi, SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine), sweet clover, turmeric, white willow (all have additional antiplatelet activity).
Adverse events were not observed in the initial animal reproduction studies; therefore, the manufacturer classifies piroxicam as pregnancy category C. NSAID exposure during the first trimester is not strongly associated with congenital malformations; however, cardiovascular anomalies and cleft palate have been observed following NSAID exposure in some studies. The use of a NSAID close to conception may be associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. Nonteratogenic effects have been observed following NSAID administration during the third trimester including: Myocardial degenerative changes, prenatal constriction of the ductus arteriosus, fetal tricuspid regurgitation, failure of the ductus arteriosus to close postnatally; renal dysfunction or failure, oligohydramnios; gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis; intracranial bleeding (including intraventricular hemorrhage), platelet dysfunction with resultant bleeding; pulmonary hypertension. Because they may cause premature closure of the ductus arteriosus, use of NSAIDs late in pregnancy should be avoided (use after 31 or 32 weeks gestation is not recommended by some clinicians). The chronic use of NSAIDs in women of reproductive age may be associated with infertility that is reversible upon discontinuation of the medication.
Piroxicam is excreted into breast milk. Breast-feeding is not recommended by the manufacturer.


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Stöhr to Speak on LCLS at Stanford April 12 and 13
Workshop Highlights SLAC and Stanford Photon Science
The Wide Field Camera 3, installed onto the Hubble Space Telescope last May, will play an important role in the upcoming Cosmology Survey Multi-Cycle Treasury Program. (Photo courtesy of NASA/STScI.)
by Kelen Tuttle
A team of more than 100 investigators, including Risa Wechsler of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, have been awarded 902 orbits—or a total of about three and a half months—of observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope, the most time ever awarded to a single project.
With this observing time, which will begin later this year, astronomers on the Cosmology Survey Multi-Cycle Treasury Program will peer deep into the universe to document the early history of star formation and galaxy evolution. By imaging more than 250,000 distant galaxies, the project will provide the first comprehensive view of the structure and assembly of galaxies over the first third of cosmic time. It will also yield crucial data on the earliest stages in the formation of supermassive black holes and find distant supernovae important for understanding dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe.
"My main role on the team will be to provide theoretical context based on our understanding of the evolution of structure over this epoch of the Universe," Wechsler said. Currently our models for star formation in early galaxies are relatively unconstrained, and these data will be very important for informing our models. This is a new and exciting field that's been made possible by Hubble's new infrared camera, the Wide Field Camera 3. It's really amazing that we can see galaxies so far back in time!"
Stöhr to Speak on LCLS April 12 and 13 at Stanford
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Joachim Stöhr, director of the Linac Coherent Light Source, will deliver the Stanford Department of Physics' 2010 Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures on April 12 and 13, on campus. Both talks are free and open to the public.
The Hofstadter lectures were established in memory of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Hofstadter, who served on the Stanford physics faculty from 1950 until his death in 1990.
Stöhr's first talk, "The Light Fantastic: Birth of the X-Ray Laser and a New Era of Science," is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday, April 12, in Room 105 of Building 320 at Stanford. His talk will trace the 20-year history of the creation of LCLS and describe how the facility is now being used by scientists worldwide. His second talk, "Birth of the X-Ray Laser: Movies of the Dynamic Worlds of Atoms and Electrons," will describe the evolution of modern X-ray sources, culminating in the creation of LCLS. It is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in the Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201.
Read more in the Stanford Report...
Some of the workshop attendees enjoy the sunshine outside the Stanford quad. (Photo by Julie Karceski.)
by Julie Karceski
Making a brief but enlightening stop on the way to this week's American Physical Society meeting in Portland, Oregon, a group of scientists from around the world came to the Stanford University last week for the Theoretical Institute of Photon Science Workshop. Hosted by Tom Devereaux from the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, a joint SLAC/Stanford institute, the workshop focused on light-source based materials science. The event ran from March 10 to 12 and featured talks on new materials with promising electrical and magnetic properties, including superconductors, colossal magnetoresistance materials, and topological insulators.
"This was a way to create a community, a network, for people interested in SIMES and SLAC," Devereaux said. "The idea was to bring minds together to discuss and explore the exciting new developments in instrumentation and materials science and to form collaborations."
To help fund the workshop, Devereaux used funding from Laboratory Directed Research and Development program, which designates money for innovative ideas and special projects outside established research programs. The workshop attendees and presenters were a combination of Devereaux's collaborators, former graduate students and post docs. About fifteen collaborators visited from outside institutions, and nearly fifty packed in for the first day of talks on topological insulators. Nobel Laureate Albert Fert from France was among the presenters.
Many of the talks focused on what can be learned about materials with tools like Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC.
"SSRL and LCLS can probe states of matter on extremely small length and time scales," Devereaux said. "SIMES works in connection with these facilities to explore what can be learned about the fundamental science of novel materials and new phases of matter."
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Despite the pause with the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD), it is still imperative accountants, small businesses and the self-employed move to digital tax sooner rather than later.
The new IRIS Making Tax Digital Hub features an updated design and a fresh array of content focused on HMRC's digital directive.
Devised to get you up to speed with MTD's implications, over the coming weeks and months, the Hub will continue to reveal the most effective ways of dealing with the changes ahead.
HMRC's long-awaited response to their Making Tax Digital consultation has finally been revealed.
With both positives and negatives to be taken away, we've summarised the key points in this blog.
A Parliamentary Treasury Committee has passed judgement on the present state of HMRC's Making Tax Digital reforms.
Read on to find out what they had to say and their recommendations for a successful transition.
Did you make it to one of our Making Tax Digital roadshows held throughout the UK last year?
If not, now's your chance to find out what you missed, download the full roadshow presentation and sign up for future events.
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Implementation of National Food Security Act delayed by 3 months
Implementation of National Food Security Act has been extended by three months in order to give all the states enough time establish the necessary infrastructure, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
The Act, which aims to provide highly-subsidised food grains to 800 million poor people in addition to continuation of the support price for the farmers, is expected to cost over Rs120,000 crore annually for the government.
At present, only 5 states have implemented the Food Security Act and 6 states have implemented the Act partially, Paswan said, adding the food distribution system of India needs more refinement.
Meanwhile, finance minister Arun Jaitley will meet state food ministers on 4 July with the food subsidy bill shooting up to Rs1,06,000 crore and an additional subsidy of Rs25,000 crore expected for implementation of the Food Security Act.
Paswan said the government has taken a serious note of recent increase in market prices of some of the food articles. It would take stern action, jointly with state governments, to check all such unreasonable hike as there is enough stocks of foodgrains and other essential commodities in the country.
Paswan said the 4 July meeting will discuss action plan for early implementation the Nation Food Security Act, which provides for distribution of highly subsidised foodgrains to the poor.
He said effective implementation of the Act would protect the poor from the increase in market prices of food articles, especially wheat and rice.


Forget Arshavin, Jack Wilshere is like a new signing! Plus, Eboue gets a new contract.
Animated GIF of Wilshere scoring a wonder goal.
Oh man, I had a good sleep in today: I hit the snooze button twice! So while I normally get up at 4:30, I got up at 5:30. I'm not complaining though, the reason I slept in was because I got up at 1:30 the day before to buy my match tickets for the Sunderland game. That's right, yours truly is heading to balmy London for vacation — I wonder if I should pack a Speedo?
Anyway, you're not here to hear about me in a Speedo (which is a magnificent sight) you're here to hear about the latest transfer news amiright? Right.
Let's see, Arshavin is praying to the God than isn't his omnipotent agent that a deal will go through that takes him out of Russia. What are the stages of grief anyway? Doesn't it go: bargaining, threatening, praying, and then acceptance? It better have acceptance in it somewhere because despite the one report that has Zenit going from the lead role in 300 to Monty Hall in saying "let's make a deal" Arsenal are steadfast in their valuation with Peter Hill-Wood publicly saying that they have reached the limit they are going to spend. I have to think that the Zenit position is just there to save face. They know Andrei can buy out his contract in November, and so he has them over a barrel a little bit but not as much as many will claim.
First, he can't go on strike. Well, he could, but if he did that then he might not qualify for a work permit in England (depending on national appearances). Second, he can buy out the remainder of his contract, but only in November and remember Zenit are a bunch of disgraceful human beings. I have no doubt that Zenit would keep Andrei in court for months while they haggle over his price. That's the threat Arsenal used on Hleb. Plus, there's still the summer transfer market to go through and I'm confident they could sell Arshavin in the summer for £10m. So they lose a few million, which brings me to my final point, so they lose a few million. HA! They don't care. They don't need the money. Make no mistake, this isn't like Valencia and David Villa, where the club is over-pricing their superstar because they need the money. Zenit is doing this because, well, because they are a bunch of whackos.
In his little statement Peter Hill-Wood sounded a lot like a jilted lover by saying that there were "other fish in the sea" but the truth is that there are other fish; Fabio Simplicio could be a set up man to challenge Diaby/Denilson and Stéphane Sessegnon could be a good wing player to challenge Theo (when he comes back). Now, as for a hard man, well, as Mae West said "a hard man is good to find." As soon as I find one I'll let you know.
While we're waiting for PHW to grab his fly rod and fish us a hard man (seriously, this is getting a little gay – ed.) we should celebrate "new signing" Eduardo and his first full 90 minutes of play. He still hasn't scored (he had a goal disallowed for offside yesterday) but getting out there and playing for 90 minutes and giving yourself chances to score are huge, considering the damage that Taylor inflicted on him. The player feels ready to go out and play first team football, but I'd like to see him get a goal in reserves first. Sorry, but I'd hate to see him rushed back and something horrible happen.
The player who does seem ready for some first team football is Wilshere. Well, some folks are tipping him and after watching his audacious outside of the boot left footer (obviously in the GIF above) I'd be tempted to agree with them, except I kind of think Vela is ready-er and more naturally a wing player. Irregardless, I think we'll see a bit of both players in the weeks to come, the squad is that thin.
By the way, I found that animated GIF over at Gunnerblog.
And finally, the most incredible story of the day award goes to… it'a a fight to the death! In the periwinkel blue corner, it turns out that City could have signed de Jong for £2.3m if they had just waited for his release clause to kick in this summer. Instead, they put up £19m to get him right now, incredible stuff. In the red corner, Arsenal turned down an offer from Athletico Madrid for Eboue and instead are racing to give him an improved contract. Let me put this as diplomatically as I can; Eboue has not done anything this season to warrant a pay raise. Not one thing. He's done his job, he's done what he's told to do, but I haven't seen anything from him that warrants an improved contract.
Ok, that's as diplomatic as I can be. In my heart I'm screaming "I don't care how little it was, TAKE THE OFFER" but you probably already knew that.
Ok, so that's it for today, we've got the Friday press conference ahead of Sunday's game tomorrow where I'm sure Arsene will be all "we've bid what we can afford" and " we live in the real world" and "this is a young team" and "Cardiff will be a tough match." If he says anything new, I'll be sure to report it.


We are going to make a slight detour towards Africa… Fear not: no unbearable lengthy bongo jams will be allowed. What you'll discover is some pretty crazy & interesting psych and funk. But first, I'll give you a refresher's course in Blackexploitation with a little contest (hey, Wettbewerb-time!) with a prize at hand.
This will be up in the next few days. Stay tuned!


Now that you have designed your tools and collected your data, it's time to analyze it. This section will explain how to deal with both quantitative (numbers, for example, counts, frequencies, or averages) and qualitative (words, such as responses to open-ended survey questions, interviews, and focus groups) data.
At this point, your evaluation plan has hopefully set you up so that you've only collected data that will be helpful in answering your evaluation question. If you do get lost in data, you can always use your evaluation question to as a guide, and ask if the ways you are analyzing or summarizing the data are getting you closer to answering the question.
Quantitative data analysis can be intimidating if you do not have training in research or statistics. Most evaluation data you will collect, however, can tell you a great deal just by looking at the frequency distributions of answers or the mean (average) score from a scale. You do not need statistical software to analyze quantitative data. Both Excel and the online survey service you use can do basic counts, percentages, and means, as well as generate graphics such as pie and bar charts.
Some of the questions you ask in a survey are likely to be yes/no, a scale of agree to disagree (or another type of scale), or a list of options. These types of questions can best be analyzed by counting up the number of respondents who answered each of the options and calculating percentages.. If you enter the survey questions into a spreadsheet, with one line per respondent and one column representing the answer to a question, it is easy to count up the responses.
If you decide to use graphs, charts or other visuals, be sure to keep them simple so readers can understand them without a lot of extra explanation.
Check out the Data Viz Checklist for a guide on how to keep your graphs clear and easy to understand.
The Evaluation Toolkit from the Pell Institute has a great step-by-step description of how to analyze quantitative data.
Online survey programs like SurveyMonkey or Google Forms are very useful, not only to collect data, but also to analyze it. Even if it makes more sense to collect data through paper surveys, you can enter the responses you receive into the online survey program and run a summary report.
This can take away the intimidation factor of analyzing quantitative data and give you more options for how to summarize and compare different questions than you might easily be able to do in Excel.
Qualitative data can be overwhelming because of the sheer volume that can be collected in each interview. It can also be challenging to figure out how to make sense of it. Too often, qualitative data is simply used to pepper a report with quotes to demonstrate a point the writer is trying to make. Not only does this underuse the effort your team and the participants put into the evaluation, it also underestimates what you could have learned by doing a more systematic review of the data.
To analyze text that you collect, whether through interviews, focus groups, or surveys, you should begin by reviewing your notes or the answers to a survey. Your objective is to identify key themes. If you have gathered a lot of qualitative data, you will want to use tools that will help you sort through it.
The first step in qualitative analysis is to reduce the total amount of data to something easier to use! This step is called "coding" because you assign short phrases (codes) to longer chunks of data that highlight the key point being made. For example, if an interviewee commented, "Medicaid expansion is important, but it's not realistic in this political environment. Honestly, I don't think it ever will be, which isn't really a statement about whether it matters, just whether we should spend any energy focused on it" you may want to assign the code, "Medicaid expansion important, but politically unrealistic." And just like that, you go from 46 words to six.
You can also reuse codes – applying the same short phrase to different interviewees'' statements or different statements within an interview to help you see where commonalities can be found.
To do the coding, you can highlight passages and use comments in the margins for the code label/theme if your notes or transcript are in a word processing file. If you have organized information in Excel or other spreadsheet programs, you can create the codes in the spreadsheet in a second column next to each interview.
Once you have your data coded, you have multiple options to find patterns and unexpected outcomes.
You can sort and reassemble your data by the codes, thereby discovering if there are certain perspectives more likely to be articulated by one type of stakeholder rather than another (e.g. policymakers rather than grassroots advocates).
You can reassemble the data sorting the spreadsheet by categories, which are a set of codes/themes that have been grouped together, for example grouping all the codes that relate to opportunities for policy successes.
You can show relationships among categories or themes.
You can look at the relative weight given to certain types of themes (shown in percentages of comments that were coded with that theme) overall or by subgroups, which may show, for example, that certain groups talk frequently about one issue while others rarely mentioned it.
There are some low-cost online programs that make analyzing qualitative data easier, once you learn the program!
Dedoose is an affordable, easy-to-use online platform for coding qualitative data. The codes can be exported to Excel, and you can easily share coding projects among several people for collaborative coding.
QDA Miner Lite is a free qualitative analysis application (there is also a paid version with more features) that allows you to code not only text data, but also visual information such as drawing, photographs, and paintings.
Weft QDA is a free, open-source software application for smaller qualitative coding projects.
The Evaluation Toolkit from the Pell Institute has a great step-by-step description of how to analyze qualitative data.


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LocationThis hotel is located northwest of the Berlin city centre, close to the underground train network (3 minutes' walk) and the motorway (2-4 km). The quiet location near a large park, Jungfernheide, allows guests to relax and enjoy the natural surroundings. Good connections to the centre allow visitors quick, easy access to Berlin's attractions (20 minutes). Guests will find restaurants, shops, the Kurfürstendamm shopping strip, Spandau Old Town, Schloss Charlottenburg and the Brandenburg Gate all within a 20-minute ride on public transport. Tegel airport is approximately 3 km away.FacilitiesGuests have a choice of 336 rooms, including 14 suites, 7 apartments and 313 double rooms, located in two 4-storey buildings with lifts. Check-in and check-out are possible at any time at the 24-hour reception desk. Services such as a safe and a currency exchange service ensure a comfortable stay. Wireless internet access is provided in public areas. The hotel has wheelchair-accessible facilities. Guests arriving by car can park their vehicles in the garage (for a fee) or in the car park (for a fee). Other services include a babysitting service on request, translation services, room service (for a fee), a laundry service, a coin-operated laundry and a hotel shuttle bus. Cyclists can make use of the bicycle storage area and hire service (for a fee).RoomsRooms are equipped with air conditioning and individually adjustable heating. All rooms are carpeted and include a double bed or a king-size bed. Children's beds can be requested for younger guests. A safe, a minibar and a desk are also available. A mini fridge and a tea/coffee station are standard features. An ironing set is provided for guests' convenience. A direct dial telephone, a television with satellite/cable channels, a radio and WiFi are provided as well. A hairdryer and bathrobes are available in the bathrooms, which are equipped with a shower and a bathtub. The hotel has 299 non-smoking rooms and 1 smoking room.Sports/EntertainmentThere are indoor and outdoor pools and a children's swimming area. A sun terrace is a great place to while away the hours. Leisure activities and facilities at the hotel include a gym, a spa, a sauna and a steam bath or, for a fee, massage treatments. Parents can unwind while the kids can participate in an entertainment programme full of fun activities. Copyright GIATA 2004 - 2021. Multilingual, powered by www.giata.com for client no. 124971MealsThe dining area includes a restaurant with air conditioning and a bar. The hotel offers a wide range of catering options. Bed and breakfast, half board and full board can be booked. A continental breakfast buffet guarantees a great start to the day. At lunch and dinner, guests can choose between a buffet, à la carte and a set menu. Special meals, including diet meals, are also available. The hotel also offers special catering options.PaymentThe following credit cards are accepted: American Express, VISA, Diners Club and MasterCard.
Ibis Berlin Spandau
Outside Centre/spandau vezi hotelul pe harta
497 recenzii Tripadvisor Scor: 4
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Looking for a place to spend a night after a long walk around the city? Hotel «ibis Berlin Spandau» is located in Berlin. This hotel is located in 13 km from the city center. You can take a walk and explore the neighbourhood area of the hotel — Spandau, Spandau Citadel and Berlin Zoological Garden.
Am Borsigturm
LocationThis hotel is located in Berlin. The nearest airport is Berlin - Tegel (TXL).FacilitiesGuests have a choice of 105 rooms. The hotel provides room service and a conference room. The hotel has wheelchair-accessible facilities. Parking spaces are available to guests travelling by car.RoomsFeatures include a mini fridge, a tea/coffee station and a safe. The hotel has non-smoking rooms.Sports/EntertainmentAt the hotel, guests can exercise and enjoy activities or just unwind. There are many ways to relax or stay active at the hotel, including tennis and a gym. Copyright GIATA 2004 - 2021. Multilingual, powered by www.giata.com for client no. 124971MealsThere is a dining room on the premises.
Pension Hubertus
LocationWith a stay at Pension Hubertus in Berlin (Reinickendorf), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Berlin Wall Memorial and Schloss Charlottenburg. This pension is 7.2 mi (11.5 km) from Friedrichstrasse and 7.3 mi (11.7 km) from Friedrichstadt-Palast.RoomsStay in one of 7 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided weekly.AmenitiesTake advantage of recreation opportunities such as bicycles to rent or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional features at this pension include a picnic area and barbecue grills.DiningLocal cuisine breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.Business, Other AmenitiesFeatured amenities include microwave in a common area and refrigerator in a common area. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Know Before You GoCheck In: 2:00 PM - 10:00 PMCheck Out: 10:00 AMExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy. Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges. Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed. Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and onsite parking. Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed. Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit. There is no front desk at this property. If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 PM please contact the property at least 24 hours in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email with special check-in instructions and an access code. There is no staff on site; guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance.
Havel Lodge
Central-hotel Tegel
72 recenzii Tripadvisor Scor: 3
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You'll be sleeping tight! Hotel «Central-Hotel Tegel» is located in Berlin. This hotel is located in 9 km from the city center. You can take a walk and explore the neighbourhood area of the hotel. Places nearby: Holzhauser Strasse, Tiergarten and Berlin Zoological Garden.
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Bnb Potsdamer Platz - Rooms & Apartments
BNB Potsdamer Platz - Rooms & Apartments offers rooms and apartments in Kreuzberg, 1.8 km from Potsdamer Platz. Free WiFi is available.Bed linen and towels are provided in all rooms and apartments.Guests are welcome to prepare meals and light snacks in the open-plan kitchen. Cafés and restaurants serving traditional German meals and international cuisine are less than a 5-minute walk away.BNB Potsdamer Platz - Rooms & Apartments is 1.8 km from Checkpoint Charlie, 2.7 km from the Reichstag building and 3.6 km from Museum Island. Bike hire is offered onsite for a daily surcharge.Please inform BNB Potsdamer Platz - Rooms & Apartments in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. In response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), additional safety and sanitation measures are in effect at this property. A damage deposit of EUR 50 is required on arrival. This will be collected as a cash payment. You should be reimbursed within 7 days of check-out. A surcharge of EUR 15 applies for arrivals after check-in hours after 6pm. All requests for late arrival are subject to confirmation by the property.Check-in 14:00 - 00:00Check-out 07:00 - 11:00Key collection at the property.
Hotel Havel Lodge
Offering free WiFi, this hotel is situated in Berlin's residential district of Tegelort. It enjoys a peaceful location on the banks of the Havel River.All rooms at Hotel Havel Lodge Berlin feature a TV and a desk. Each also includes a private bathroom with a hairdryer.Lake Tegel and the Tegel Forest are both 600 metres from the property, while the Berlin Messe Trade Fair (ICC) is 18 km away.Tegelort Bus Stop is 500 metres from Hotel Havel Lodge Berlin, and provides direct connections to the city centre. Berlin Tegel Airport is 13 km away and free parking is available on site.Please inform Hotel Havel Lodge Berlin in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.Check-in 14:00 - 18:00Check-out 07:00 - 11:00Key collection at the property.
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UMass Dartmouth men's Lacrosse faces three consecutive challenging road games.
Head coach Ryan Murphy and the UMass Dartmouth men's lacrosse team faced three road games this past week. The schedule would prove to be a great test for the group as they looked to weather the storms of both the Keene State Owls and the Coast Guard Bears, both of which have seen plenty of success so far this season.
Keene State currently resides on top of the Little East standings while the Corsairs' 4-5 overall record places them in fourth. Keene State also finished first in the Little East conference last year, holding a record of 7-0 in interconference games.
As for the Coast Guard, they had strung together a five game win streak prior to hosting UMass Dartmouth. Those five games also helped to boost them to an overall 7-2 record.
Mike Rizzo's hat-trick performance and the collective efforts of the team earned them a win over Emerson College to kick off the three road games. Emerson briefly tied the game during the second quarter but other than that, Dartmouth controlled the scoreboard.
Tim Jordan found the back of the net first and would then be backed up by Kevin Swenson shortly after. The two goal lead then gained contributions from Donovan Prozinski, Zak Wirsen and Rizzo. Their tallies would bring them to a 10-6 victory.
However, the team was not able to repeat the same successes against the likes of Keene State or the Coast Guard. The Corsairs would fall to the Owls by a score of 19-10 and were bested by the Bears with a final score of 17-5.
During the Keene State tilt, the Corsairs dug a hole for themselves early on when they trailed the Owls 11-3 at the half. Goaltender, Ted McCaffrey, did his best to give his group a fighting chance, saving 16 out of 35 shots faced and allowing a foundation for Dartmouth's 2nd half surge.
Unfortunately, they were unable to right the wrongs of their first half and wouldn't be able to pull off the comeback.
Dartmouth would then face their out-of-conference opponent, the Coast Guard Bears.
Although the Corsairs briefly held a 2-1 lead during the first, the Bears would take full ownership of scoring with 13 unanswered goals. Not to mention, they also dominated the shots on goal category, having out shot the Corsairs 43-24.
Rizzo would notch a pair of goals in the first and then later on be backed up by teammates Prozinski, Swenson and Josh Souza.
Dartmouth would fall to the Bears as well, losing by a score of 17-5.
The Corsairs look to get back on track as they host the Umass Boston Beacons at Cressy Field.


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The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation of Kenya is developing a pilot Performance-Based Financing (PBF) project in Samburu Central district. Bruno Meessen met Dr. Rael Mutai, the lead person for the project, at a workshop organized by the World Bank in Livingstone, Zambia (May 29-June 1).
BM: In this workshop you presented the Kenyan PBF pilot project. You mentioned a so-called Health Sector Services Fund. Can you tell us a bit more about this fund?
RM: Sometime in 2003, the Ministry of Health did a study to see what proportion of public funds allocated to primary level facilities actually made it to the facilities. It was found that hardly 30% of the funds that left the central government ever reached the small facilities. So the government came up with the idea to do a pilot of a direct funding of these facilities. The pilot was commissioned in the Coastal Province of Kenya. Over a period of 3-4 years, they were able to see these funds that had been channeled directly to facility account were having an impact. Based on that study, the government came together and decided to form the Health Sector Services Fund (HSSF). The HSSF is supposed to be rolled out to the rest of the country.
The strategy states that primary health facilities have to an open bank account and for the governance of the funding, to set up a health facility management committee. The head of the facility is the secretary of this committee; normally a person from the community acts as the chairman. Once that this is established, the whole facility committee is gazetted, so it is a legal entity. Then they are able to decide on their fund.
Are all health facilities eligible for the fund? Do all the health centers get the same amount or is it a formula taking into account, for instance, the population in the catchment area? Practically, how does it go?
The government has determined what to give on a quarterly basis per level of services - dispensaries (serving population of up to 10,000) and health centers (serving population of up to 30,000) only. In this phase one of the project, the fund works with government facilities only. But in one year or two, once accountability rules are clarified, money will be given even to the faith-based facilities. Yes, there is a criterion that we used to determine which different sections of the country receive different amount. But there is more or less a baseline for a basic amount that all health centers (Ksh. 112,500 per quarter) must receive, there is a basic amount for the dispensaries (Ksh.27,500 per quarter) (1); It is only now that we are factoring in other equity parameters such as the accessibility or the poverty index.
The transfer to the health facility is organized in three components. The 1st component, which is the bulk of the transfer, is for operations and maintenance at the facility level; it covers basic recurrent costs including payment of casual laborers. The 2nd component is for the health facility to implement its Annual Operations Plan, which is broken into quarterly implementation plans listing activities the health facility will do (outreaches, a specific service in the area of maternal and child health, voluntary male circumcision…); health facilities define themselves what to do. The 3rd component is an incentive component, the PBF related part.
Can you indeed explain the link between the HSSF and PBF?
During the design of HSSF, it was envisaged that a proportion of funds would specifically be paid to incentivize the health facility. These incentives are to be given to the facility, but 40% is for investment and 60% is for the staff. This is just a general guideline, there is autonomy: the health facilities can decide that they even invest all so that they can attract more clients. But as it is in the pilot stage, we said 60% is for the staff, 40% is to be reinvested in the facility.
The way we decided our PBF, it is basically operationalizing the 3rd component of the HSSF. So we designed in such a way that the Health Sector Service Fund Secretariat remains the fund holder. They are the people who have been channeling the funds directly to the health facilities; in this new arrangement they will continue: they will be disbursing the performance incentives to the facilities, through their account. We do not even need to start saying which account is where: the Secretariat has the details, there is a master facility list; we will be able to able to track everything. For accessing the HSS fund, the facilities have already to submit a quarterly implementation plan. In PBF, we tell them it must be a business plan. So, what we do is just to modify the existing system. Under the routine government system, certain things could not be entered in. For instance, if they are going to incentivize a traditional birth-attendant for them to bring a mother to the facility, in the business plan they can write it comfortably and there is no problem and the money will just be disbursed.
This system looks quite interesting. What is the benefit of bringing PBF to the HSSF?
The general feeling of the country was that we have invested so much money into the health sector in terms of personnel, in terms of infrastructure, but we are not still meeting our target. It is in the process of trying to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, the 4 and 5 specifically. The key asset of PBF is the human resource component. You can post a staff member in a remote area, within no time he has left the place (very high turnover). We hope that by incentivizing them they might find some motivation to continue giving the services and to improve the quality.
(1) 1 Kenyan shilling = 0.0119 US dollars. This means that a dispensary gets around USD 0.13 per year per inhabitant.
- How to marry this autonomy with MDG 4 & 5 focus of the government? Does this mean that the health centers still operate within some kind of an indicator framework? Do indicators have to be approved by someone before being accepted?
- It looks like there is no formal results verification process in place. Is that right? Do you count on the committee chairman to represent the community as a verification component?
Thanks for the feedback, actually the indicators for PBF were selected by the TWG on PBF at the Ministry of health with the participation of the DHMT in the pilot site. Primary level facilities provide a comprehensive package of services and report routinely through the DHIS. There is a clearly defined process of data validation inbuilt into the project and its done quarterly. For community verification, the community based organizations and the Community health workers participate.
Health centres and dispensaries continue to play a major role in delivery of comprehensive primary health services and the health sector in Kenya is thinking in the direction of having comprehensive primary health centres at the community level.Through new health bill and policy there are intentions to merger or upgrade dispensaries into health centres to serve this purpose. MDG 4 and 5 shall receive boost from this line of action which is already underway by construction of 201 model health centres in every constituency in the country.This project is becoming popular by the day in that it had full commmunity participation in selecting the right site and in the management of the project. The project prioritized maternal and child health services with the construction of a modern maternity child clinics and admission rooms. A baseline study on maternal and child health indicators has been established for these health in order to inform the future expansion of model health centres establishments. Most forms of financing of services would service the model health easily.
Nice, such an incremental design. I believe in Zimbabwe there is a similar process in the making, of transforming a pre-existing Health Services Fund (HSF). However in Zimbabwe the idea is to build in the best practices & lessons of the World Bank funded RBF (PBF) which is being implemented in 18 of the country's 62 districts.
I wonder, as more and more countries adopt PBF, if it would be useful for overall M&E to select a limited number of routinely measured "sentinel indicators". Like in an interrupted time series (ITS) design. But intentionally for a limited number of key indicators, across multiple countries. The design should honour the fact that PBF may be embedded in other pre-existing interventions - such as HSF.
Besides what Dr Mutai and Dr Kibias has put out above, there is significant attention to the sites with the model health facilities which includes improved staffing- employment of 35 Nurses , 5 Public health officers to step up the access to skilled providers of the very important Maternal and child health services in the constituencies.
Equipment have also been provided in the mentioned model facilities all over the country.We hope we are on track for the quality health services for all Kenyan as is in our new constitution.
Mais, je suis resté sur ma faim concernant l'atteinte des OMD 5 et 6, car ces deux objectifs ne dépendent pas uniquement des établissements de soins primaires, les hôpitaux sont une étape incontournable pour la prise en charge des complications. De ce fait, qu'elle est la part des hôpitaux dans cette équation, et comment on procède pour les cas à référer, (transport, frais d'hospitalisation, médicament...), il y a aussi le problème de la pathologie lourde et maladie chronique...etc.
HSSF is a great idea. What needs to be done is to also sensitize the community on the availability of these funds so that they can demand for accountability from those managing the funds. Our experience is that awareness levels on the availability of this fund is very low, and NGOs are still called upon to facilitate government operations even where this fund is available.
Thanks for the feedback. Currently we are working on a Social accountability framework that will enhance accountability and transparency in the utilization of the HSSF funds. But again, the amounts are still very small and facilities/DHMTs will still require additional funds to carry out some of the activities in the workplans.
By the way: great title this - "Bringing cash to the frontline". More catching and true to the spirit than PBF/RBF? PBF/RBF as a means to bring cash to the frontline, or even move the frontline, in ways that can be accounted for. But not a purpose in itself.
HSSF has positive effect. Unfortunately, the HFMC being in charge of this fund need to be empowered with financial mangement and accountability.
This fund is for the health facility and not the HFMC. This fund needs to be made clear. The community under each health facility needs to be aware what is available, the gaps and what needs to be spent and how much.
I also do agree that on the ground, what is expected to be achieved by each DHMT for the entire district is just too big that the few resources available can not even meet a quarter of many targets set. It is the gaps filled through support from NGOS that they are able to meet what is being seen as met.
Despite being suported by NGOs on the ground, many challenges on gaps still remain. It makes me wonder "what about those areas without NGOs Support?". If NGOS were not on the group, what would have been the targets/achievement.
1. together with the Community, identify gaps and priority list for attention at the health facility and community level.
2. Use the HSSF fund to fill the gaps identified like- MNCH-maternity unit, equipment, etc.
3. When everything is in the best standard, equip the health facilities with staff and assess and equip them with knowledge and the staffs skills to be handle the activities/procedures gradually through on job training and/ or workshops.
4. Then let the frontline health workers starting from coommunity level upward get rewarded through Performance based health financing.
1. How do we expect a staff to conduct outreach services when he/she was only provided with a mortobike without fuel and maintenance costs which has been the case? When it breaks down, it is useless. When there is no fuel, it stays unsed.
2. We do not expect much from the health facility staff on the maternal site especially health facility deliveries when the staff has no maternity unit with drainage system and some no delivery coach separate from the examination coach.
3. we do not expect much from the health facility when the staff maning the health facility and always around is a community helath worker not skilled.
4. We do not expect to get much when we are unable to make the lives of the staff who has committed himself or herself to work in that remote area under difficult conditions. the staff feelsmore motivated first by having all necessary basic resources to facilitate provision of service. Then the reward system according to performance sets in automatically.
5. We do not expect to get mothers being attended to during deliveries especiaily at facility level when those who have been performing the activity have been left out. I AM happy that the issue of TBAS is being addressed on change of roles and motivation on reward system. we also do not expect the reward to continue forever as where will the resources continue to come from? As we target the TBAS in change of roles, we must continue direct targeting of women, men, adolescents and youths -every one at the community level through community helath workers to know their right to better services. in doing so, when the funds will not be available, they would have gotten used to the better services and will obviously continue through their continued responsivenes through self demand and utilization.
6. The TBAS need to be assited to start IGAs as a phasing out strategy from direct funding from the reward system. In doing so, they will be committed in their generating their own earning for their living and would not even wish to stay at the perieum of a woman in labour for more hours to days just to get a small token. They will always prefer to tell women in labour to seek health facility services.
If the health facility is well equiped;equipment, supplies and skilled staffing then the reward system can start and be handed over to the individual cadres/ helth facility and communities.
I hope this my contribution will be part of the strategy as am one of those in an organization working in partnership with the GOK/MOH and other national NGOs addresing the same MDGs in one of the remote poor and more so "marginallized communities' in kenya. where evryone is fighting and commitment to meeting the AOP despite ups and downs.
I know your question was directed to Rael, but it doesnt harm getting a reply from anyone else.
As it is currently, HSSF is purely a government initiative, of course with support from other development actors like the World Bank. So NGOs currenlty do not contibute directly to the fund.
That said, at the district level, there is the Annual Operational Planning (AOP) process where all actors within the district are brought together and a consolidated district health plan is developed. So the NGOs come in to support part of the plan ,given that the government funding is limited.
The HSSF is pool money contributed by WB and Danida. NGOs do not directly contribute to the fund but work with DHMTs and health facilities to address the funding gaps in implementation of annual work plans.
I wish to further comment on the issue of accountability for the HSSF by the recipients (dispensaries and health facilities): this is a critical area that demands attention, for example, when 'my facility' receives these funds and I don't declare it to partners working on the ground and the beneficiary community, then definitely it raises suspicion. However small the HSSF amount is, I recommend that it should be declared to partners. Partners will then have a more realistic picture of what gaps exist. As it is now, generally, requests for support do go to partners with non-disclosure of any available funds.
I have seen some TV adverts on the HSSF, I guess meant to sensitize Kenyans on the existence of the HSSF fund. But how many Kenyans have access to TV? How many Kenyans understand the language of the advertisement (English)? Of course this does not discredit the TV advert, but it should be supplemented by face-to-face awareness creation in the community.
Having a chairman of the facility management committee coming from the local community does not automatically imply that the beneficiary community is aware, since oftentimes they sit in these committees as individuals and never provide feedback to the general population. I recommend that it would not cost much for the health facility in-charge (plus the whole committee) and even the DHMT to use the community strategy platform to sensitize the beneficiary/catchment community about the existence and utilization of the HSSF in the facility. Communities will then be able to evaluate whether the quality and quantity of services are improving or not as a result of the fund, query variations and receive feedback. In an era in which accountability is not only seen as a good practice but also demanded, this recommendation will provide a good forum for beneficiary accountability, complaints handling and response mechanism.
Indeed HSSF is a novel idea. It was anticipated that the direct facility funding would increase the incomes of health facilities and increase their adherence to the 10/20 policy (where dispensaries and health centers charge patients 10 or 20 Kenya shillings respectively for all services) and hence reducing out of pocket payments. However an evaluation of the HSSF pilot in Coast province by the Wellcome Trust showed that facilities were not complying with the 10/20 policy. In order to pass on the benefits of HSSF to the end users, (the patients) I suggest that continued funding to the health facilities should be contingent on them adhering to the 10/20 policy, and indeed to other minimum standards of care. In future, the HSSF can become a full PBF scheme, where facilities are funded based on their output.
Thanks all for your views.
Let us be transparent on this. Especially those affected need to air out their feelings.
Some of the HFMC when approached by some of the DHMTs and raise concerns on spending, some have been resistant. I remember one time a DHMT bitterly lamenting from the way one of the HFMC member responded to a query. The HFMC member said: You are complaining about our financial management just because you were snatched the responsibility and we manage ourselves. You have no access to it as before.
I just wonder how a member can do this and can not be changed. After all the DHMTs are the ones making sure that the activities are ongoing. The HFMC is completely unable even to manage their own staff. You will find a skilled staff not always available and leaving the CHW to provide the services. The HFMC do not matter in this case whether the quality of care if up to-date, but so long as the clients/patients receive the care.
You will find that instead of the HFMC demanding for services for the community as their voice, they a silent. You will find the community members voicing for themselves. You will also find that marginalization just as it is at any level, it might be existing at certain communities and the HFMC can not handle but encourage it. services.
can the HFMC also be able to manage the staff well and even motivate them from the funds to better score more on Performance reward?
This could not have come at a better time for Kenya. Big Q, are there any monitoring and evaluation preliminary findings that have been done yet to see if the poor are still incurring OOP expenditures?
Sammy Karanja / District Public Health Officer Bungoma West.


My parents receive their local newspaper. Every week or so they get a free insert tucked in the center fold of the newspaper. I have forgotten the name, but it has articles and recipes. My mother clipped this recipe out of the insert.
I tried the recipe out when I was home. I didn't make the recipe as directed. It calls for whole wheat flour. My parents have a bucket of wheat and a wheat grinder. My father has taken on the responsibility of official wheat grinder.
I made this bread while he was at work. I found the bucket of wheat without any problem, but I couldn't find the grinder though I searched wide and low.
My mother had made the recipe before with wheat and said the texture was different between the two attempts. My loaf was denser and less hearty. The flavor was bright and delicious regardless of the dense texture.
The ingredients are 2 eggs, 1 cup packed brown sugar, 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 medium orange, 3/4 cup orange juice, 1 cup quick-cooking oats, 2 cups all purpose flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 cups sweetened cranberries, and 2 cups hot water. The original recipe called for one cup of all purpose flour and one cup of whole wheat flour.
I added the brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, and orange into a strong food processor. I added the entire orange, including the rind. I blended these ingredients completely.
I slowly added the orange juice as the blender worked its magic.
In a bowl, I added the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. I stirred these ingredients together.
I poured the liquid mixture into the flour. I also added the dried cranberries. The dried cranberries had been soaking in hot water for several minutes. I poured this into a greased nine by five inch pan. The recipe said to let the batter sit for 15 minutes. I'm pretty sure I didn't do that.
I baked the bread for 50 to 55 minutes at 350 degrees. I let it cool a ten minutes or so in the pan before removing the bread and letting it cool on a rack.
We sliced the bread and ate it without any other adornment. It was scrumptious. It has a bright and pronounced orange flavor.
It didn't taste pithy or bitter from the rind in the least. The cranberries were tart, sweet, and chewy.
Cranberries and orange are a wonderful combination, and this bread wasn't the exception. The flavor was spot on.
The texture was a little funky. It was dense. I may have been because I baked this in high altitude or because I didn't use whole wheat flour. Regardless of the texture, the it was delicious.


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I am very excited to attend the Brain Expo next week and complete the final requirements for certification under Eric Jensen.
If there is enough interest, I would love to schedule a Saturday Professional Development in early March. In the past, these have been well-attended with anywhere from 50-100 Nixa teachers in attendance. Information presented will be from the 2009 Brain Expo.


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More Americans than ever are turning to spiritual, meditative and religious retreats as a way to reset their daily life and enhance wellbeing. Now researchers at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University have shown there are changes in the dopamine and serotonin systems in the brains of retreat participants.
"Since serotonin and dopamine are part of the reward and emotional systems of the brain, it helps us understand why these practices result in powerful, positive emotional experiences," said Dr Andrew Newberg, director of research in the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health.
"Our study showed significant changes in dopamine and serotonin transporters after the seven-day retreat, which could help prime participants for the spiritual experiences that they reported."
The post-retreat scans revealed decreases in dopamine transporter (5%-8%) and serotonin transporter (6.5%) binding, which could make more of the neurotransmitters available to the brain.
This is associated with positive emotions and spiritual feelings. In particular, dopamine is responsible for mediating cognition, emotion and movement, while serotonin is involved in emotional regulation and mood.
The study, funded by the Fetzer Institute, included 14 Christian participants ranging in age from 24 to 76. They attended an Ignatian retreat based on the spiritual exercises developed by St Ignatius Loyola who founded the Jesuits.
Following a morning mass, participants spent most of the day in silent contemplation, prayer and reflection and attended a daily meeting with a spiritual director for guidance and insights. After returning, study subjects also completed a number of surveys which showed marked improvements in their perceived physical health, tension and fatigue. They also reported increased feelings of self-transcendence which correlated to the change in dopamine binding.
"In some ways, our study raises more questions than it answers," said Newberg. "Our team is curious about which aspects of the retreat caused the changes in the neurotransmitter systems and if different retreats would produce different results. Hopefully, future studies can answer these questions."
Spiritual retreats are a commonly used intensive program of meditation and prayer, along with other elements, designed to provide participants with opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth. While individual elements of such retreats have been studied, there have been no reports in the literature regarding the neurophysiological effects of these retreats. This preliminary study presents the first data we are aware of on the neurophysiological effects, particularly those related to dopamine and serotonin, in a group of participants undergoing an intensive seven-day spiritual retreat. We used DaTscan single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in 14 individuals before and closely following participation in a seven-day spiritual retreat. We observed significant decreases in dopamine transporter binding in the basal ganglia and significant decreases in serotonin transporter binding in the midbrain after the retreat program. Participating in the retreat also resulted in significant changes in a variety of psychological and spiritual measures. We also report the relationship between neurophysiological and subjective measures along with a discussion of potential methodological challenges for future studies.
Andrew B Newberg, Nancy Wintering, David B Yaden, Li Zhong, Brendan Bowen, Noah Averick, Daniel A Monti
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Interestingly, over 100 years of olive oil production in Oroville, California, where Lodestar is located carries on the tradition of farming a quality extra virgin olive oil. Oroville, California, the birthplace of commercial California olive production, is the only region in California that can claim a distinct flavor and style.
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So, knowing his direct contact with customers, one might not think Johansson is an advocate for GMOs. But he's been in the fight for more than 10 years. A 2004 quote in Western Farm Press regarding the county battle with GMO activists trying to ban the farming of biotech crops gives us a clue. "This whole thing is very serious. It is a political power play by someone who wants to control America's food supply like a third-world dictator." He spearheaded the effort to defeat the anti-GMO initiative in Butte County in California.
Arizona Agriculture had a recent conversation with him on this topic. Arizona Farm Bureau's agriculture members will get to read his entire conversation in the April 2014 issue of Arizona Agriculture. In the meantime, we give you a taste of the interview below with one main question.
Arizona Agriculture: What do you predict will happen with these "Right to Know" efforts? You might be familiar with the official launch of the Coalition for Safe, Affordable Food. The Coalition is dedicated to providing policy makers, media, consumers and all stakeholders with the facts about ingredients grown through GM technology. The immediate goal of the new coalition is to advocate for a federal solution that would establish standards for the safety and labeling of food and beverage products made with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). Do you think they're approaching this correctly?
Johansson: Certainly there needs to be a national discussion on this topic and I would look forward to that discussion. Having the right discussion would serve to help justify what we're doing on the farm, to make our environment better and to make our community better. When we begin the discussion on the use of GMOs and the safety of the technology it will strengthen the argument that there really isn't a need for labeling but that we could have a repository full of information for the consumer to go to and understand why that technology is used.
My real hope is that the discussion is focused around the two groups that have been separated for so long: the farmers and consumers. What happens with biotechnology serves two groups more effectively than anyone else, the farmer and the consumer. Those are the two groups that really have to have a strong presence at the table whatever the national discussion is. I hope they are the two loudest voices there. What exactly do you want to know as a consumer and what is the best way for me as a farmer to get the consumer that information. When those two groups are satisfied everyone in the middle will be satisfied.
Editor's Note: For our Arizona Farm Bureau agriculture members, watch for the remaining conversation with Jamie Johansson in the April 2014 issue of Arizona Agriculture.


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Translators have created their own individual communities on Facebook in order to share tips and tricks with fellow translators.
The official OTP Facebook group for translators can be found here: '''[https://www.facebook.com/groups/43410681471/ I translate TED talks]'''. You can also join the official Facebook group for OTP transcribers: '''[https://www.facebook.com/groups/ITranscribeTEDxtalks/ I transcribe TEDx talks]'''.
==Arabic==
=Arabic=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TED4Arab/
==Algerian Arabic==
=Algerian Arabic=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/395433603860387/
==Armenian==
=Armenian=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/armtedtranslators/
==Belarusian==
=Belarusian=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/TED4Belarus/
==Bengali==
=Bengali=
==Bulgarian==
=Bulgarian=
==Burmese (Myanmar)==
=Burmese (Myanmar)=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TED4Burmese/
==Catalan==
=Catalan=
==Chinese (Simplified)==
=Chinese (Cantonese)=
=Chinese (Simplified)=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/333845638959/
==Chinese (Traditional)==
=Chinese (Traditional)=
==Croatian==
=Croatian=
==Czech==
=Czech=
==Dutch==
=Danish=
=Dutch=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPNederlands/
==Estonian==
=Estonian=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/1581915285395891/
==French==
=French=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/133396046793497/
==Finnish==
=Finnish=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDSuomi/
==German==
=German=
==Greek==
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TED-auf-Deutsch-743261749108531/
=Greek=
==Hindi==
::https://www.facebook.com/TEDinGreek
=Hindi=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/tedhindi/
==Hungarian==
=Hungarian=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/MagyarTed/
==Indian Translators==
=Indian Translators=
==Italian==
=Italian=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/249824031993/
==Japanese==
=Japanese=
==Khmer==
=Kazakh=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPKazakh/
=Khmer=
==Korean==
=Korean=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/tedkr/
==Latvian==
=Kurdish=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDOTPKRD/
=Latvian=
==Lithuanian==
=Lithuanian=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPLietuva/
==Marathi==
=Marathi=
==Mongolian==
=Mongolian=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDxMongoliaTranslators/ (Facebook group)
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDxMongoliaTranslators/
::https://www.facebook.com/OTPMongolia (Facebook page)
::Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OTPMongolia
==Montenegrin==
=Montenegrin=
*https://www.facebook.com/groups/449769471784567/
==Persian (Farsi)==
=Persian (Farsi)=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/persianted/
==Polish==
=Polish=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPPolska
==Portuguese (Brazil)==
=Portuguese (Brazil)=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/300962333295857/ (inactive)
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==Portuguese (Portugal)==
=Portuguese (Portugal)=
==Romanian==
=Romanian=
==Russian==
=Russian=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/russiantedtranslators
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/850434205040668
==Serbian==
=Serbian=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDOTPSrb/
==Slovak==
=Slovak=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/slovakTEDtranslators
==Slovenian==
=Slovenian=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/SloTED/
==Somali==
=Somali=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDso/
==Spanish==
=Spanish=
==Swedish==
=Swedish=
==Tamil==
=Tamil=
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/tedtamiltranslators/
==Thai==
=Thai=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/thaitedtranslators/
* http://www.facebook.com/TED.Thai
* Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TED.Thai
==Turkish==
=Turkish=
* http://www.facebook.com/groups/tedturkcetercume/
==Vietnamese==
(Secret group. Ask a [http://translations.ted.org/wiki/Category:Language_Coordinators#Turkish Turkish Language Coordinator] to add you)
::Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TEDTurkceOTP/timeline
=Ukrainian=
=Vietnamese=
OTP on Social Media
Translators have created their own individual communities on Facebook in order to share tips and tricks with fellow translators. The official OTP Facebook group for translators can be found here: I translate TED talks. You can also join the official Facebook group for OTP transcribers: I transcribe TEDx talks.
2 Algerian Arabic
3 Armenian
4 Belarusian
5 Bengali
6 Bulgarian
7 Burmese (Myanmar)
9 Chinese (Cantonese)
10 Chinese (Simplified)
11 Chinese (Traditional)
12 Croatian
13 Czech
16 Estonian
18 Finnish
21 Hindi
22 Hungarian
23 Indian Translators
26 Kazakh
27 Khmer
29 Kurdish
31 Lithuanian
32 Marathi
33 Mongolian
34 Montenegrin
35 Persian (Farsi)
36 Polish
37 Portuguese (Brazil)
38 Portuguese (Portugal)
41 Serbian
43 Slovenian
44 Somali
47 Tamil
48 Thai
50 Ukrainian
51 Vietnamese
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TED4Arab/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/armtedtranslators/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/TED4Belarus/
Burmese (Myanmar)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TED4Burmese/
Chinese (Cantonese)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/333845638959/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPNederlands/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/133396046793497/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDSuomi/
https://www.facebook.com/TEDinGreek
http://www.facebook.com/groups/tedhindi/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/MagyarTed/
Indian Translators
http://www.facebook.com/groups/249824031993/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPKazakh/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/tedkr/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDOTPKRD/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPLietuva/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDxMongoliaTranslators/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OTPMongolia
https://www.facebook.com/groups/persianted/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/OTPPolska
http://www.facebook.com/groups/300962333295857/ (inactive)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDOTPSrb/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/slovakTEDtranslators
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SloTED/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEDso/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/tedtamiltranslators/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/thaitedtranslators/
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TED.Thai
http://www.facebook.com/groups/tedturkcetercume/
(Secret group. Ask a Turkish Language Coordinator to add you)
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TEDTurkceOTP/timeline
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"Come with your own mind. Imagine what you could try and do and then go and do it." Peter Moores
CHINA GO TO ANDHRA
The Chinese Women's team are heading to Andhra Pradesh in south-east India for a three-week tour in order to prepare for the Asian Games later this year. They will take part in a T20 Triangular against the state women's team and an Invitational XI. "It's a great chance for the players to get used to playing tough cricket on turf," says ACC Development Officer for China Aminul Islam.
The Chinese will be captained by all-rounder Wang Meng and coached by former Indian captain Mamatha Maben of Karnataka and Level II coach Ge Tao of Liaoning. The team will be staying in housing at the new stadium built specially for women's cricket by the Andhra Cricket Association in Guntur under the presidency of Gokaraju Ganga Raju.
The Andhra Women's Cricket Academy is the first of its kind in India exclusively for women. It has two turf pitches, with a further two turf and one Astro practice wickets and was completed in June 2009 at a cost of US$200,000. 50 local cricketers are already enrolled there for cricket and academic tuition.
Mamatha Maben with Mei Chun Hua and Yu Miao
China's latest tour of India came about through the offices of another former Indian captain Poornima Rao of the ACA, who felt that China has good potential and did well on their tour of India last year. "We are confident that this tour will help our cricketers to prepare for the tough matches of the Asian Games in November," says Ge Tao from the team's training base in Shenyang, "and we are grateful to Andhra Pradesh for hosting us."
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China: Advancing in Cricket (video)
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Dr. Pascal Bertrand Receives Getty Rothschild Fellowship
Alexandria Sivak
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Fellowship provides support for one distinguished scholar each year
Dr. Pascal Bertrand
LOS ANGELES – The Getty and the Rothschild Foundation today announced Dr. Pascal Bertrand will be the fourth recipient of the Getty Rothschild Fellowship. The fellowship supports innovative scholarship in the history of art, collecting and conservation, using the collection and resources of both institutions. It offers the selected art historian, museum professional or conservator the opportunity to research and study at both the Getty in Los Angeles and Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England.
Bertrand is currently Professor of Art History at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne in Pessac, France. His primary areas of research include the history of European tapestries (14th to 21st centuries), as well as the history of furniture and the decorative arts in general. Bertrand served as scientific and executive manager of ARACHNE, a research project funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) in France that contextualized the study of tapestries within the larger history of artistic creation. The project brought together dozens of international researchers and resulted in the development of a database that aggregates important information about the makers, families, and professional networks that played a role in the production of tapestries.
During his fellowship, Bertrand will work with Getty Museum curator Charissa Bremer-David on a digital humanities project related to the 18th-century pay registers of the Beauvais tapestry manufactory, one of France's most important tapestry workshops. The registers cover the production of over 2,320 tapestries, which have already been digitized and will become part of an open content resource that makes the materials freely available online. The project intersects with the Beauvais tapestry holdings at both Waddesdon Manor, which owns 37 pieces, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, which owns 16. Bertrand also expects to utilize the dealer archives and photo study collection of the Getty Research Institute and draw on the Getty Vocabularies for the project's data formatting. The completed resource should significantly advance many fields of research, from art history and provenance studies to social history and pre-industrial economics.
Bertrand says that his selection for the fellowship is "an outstanding opportunity to explore a unique archival source and rethink the history of 18th century French tapestry production."
The selection process for the Getty Rothschild fellowship considers a number of criteria, including whether the applicant's work would benefit from proximity to the collections and resources of the Getty and the Rothschild Foundation. Fellowships are for up to eight months, with the time split equally between the Getty and Waddesdon Manor. Fellows also receive a stipend during their time at both locations. The fellowship is administered by the Getty Foundation.
Past recipients of the fellowship include Dr. David Saunders, Dr. Thomas P. Campbell, and Dr. Tessa Murdoch.
In 2014, Lord Jacob Rothschild received the Getty Medal for his contributions to the practice, understanding, and support of the arts.
The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the greater understanding and preservation of the visual arts in Los Angeles and throughout the world. Through strategic grant initiatives, the Foundation strengthens art history as a global discipline, promotes the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders in the visual arts. It carries out its work in collaboration with the other Getty Programs to ensure that they individually and collectively achieve maximum effect. Additional information is available at www.getty.edu/foundation.
Rothschild Foundation
The Rothschild Foundation continues the philanthropic tradition of the Rothschild family and their longstanding support of arts and heritage. In addition to its ongoing commitment to Waddesdon Manor, one of the last remaining 19th century Rothschild houses, the Foundation supports charitable initiatives in the fields of arts and heritage, education, the environment and social welfare; fostering discussion and debate alongside major initiatives within our policy areas.The Rothschild Foundation is a UK charity chaired by Lord Rothschild.
Additional information is available at www.rothschildfoundation.org.uk.
Waddesdon Manor was built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild from 1874 to display his outstanding collection of arts and to entertain the fashionable world. It combines the highest quality 18th-century French decorative arts, magnificent English portraits and Dutch Old Master paintings with one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain, famous for its parterre and ornate working Aviary. Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1957, Waddesdon is managed by the Rothschild Foundation on behalf of the National Trust.
Additional information is available at www.waddesdon.org.uk.


Angelica Zambrano, is a young Ecuadorian lady, who has received revelations of heaven and hell, after periods of prayer and fasting. To date, Zambrano has had three experiences of seeing heaven and hell, and she shares her third experience in the video below. In the video, Zambrano warns that 80% of Christians will be left behind during the rapture.


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