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|18 Jul 1972
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|13 Jul 1970
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|22 Jul 1969
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|Koerner Gotz, Rossmy Gerd
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|Goldschmidt Ag Th
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3,677,962 PROCESS FOR BREAKING PETROLEUM EMULSIONS Gotz Koerner, Essen, and Gerd Rossmy, Essen-Werden, Germany, assignors to Th. Goldschmidt A.-G., Essen, Germany No Drawing. Filed July 13, 1970, Ser. No. 54,592 Claims priority, application Germany, July 22, 1969, P 19 37 130.3 Int. Cl. B01d 17/04 US. Cl. 252-345 20 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Process for breaking petroleum emulsions with polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane-mixed blockcopolymers. The polyoxylalkylene blocks of the polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane-mixed blockcopolymers have a mole weight of between 500 to 4000 and consist of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene units in a weight ratio of between about 40:60 to 100:0. The polysiloxane blocks contain 3 to 50 silicon atoms per block.
CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIOR ART DISCLOSURE This invention corresponds to Disclosure Document 000286 deposited in the Patent Oflice on July 30, 1969.
FIELD OF INVENTION The invention relates to a procedure for breaking petroleum emulsions.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PRIOR ART accomplished by settling, heat treatments, centrifuging,
by the application of electrical fields or by the addition of emulsion breaking agents.
From a practical point of view the addition of such emulsion breaking agents is of importance only. The crude oil emulsions emanating from the petroleum bearing formations are usually too stable so as to be broken by mere sedimentation, filtering, centrifuging or heating. By contrast, emulsion breaking agents exert a direct influence on the interfaces of the crude oil emulsions and cause a breaking or separation of the emulsion even if applied in relatively low concentrations.
A large number of such emulsion breaking agents have previously been proposed for this purpose. The large number which has been proposed is primarily due to the fact that petroleum has varying composition dependent on the location of drilling and emulsion breaking agents which may be suitable for elfectively breaking emulsions of petroleum emanating from one location may be substantially in elfective in respect to petroleum emulsions obtained from other locations. In other words, the prior art emulsion breaking agents are substantially petroleum specific. r
Alkylsulphates and alkylarylsulphonates as well as petroleum sulphonates in the form of amino salts have been proposed as emulsion breaking agents. Further, addition products of ethylene oxide to suitable compounds with active hydrogen atom as, for example, alkyl- 3,677,962 Patented July 18, 1972 phenols, castor oil, carboxylic acids, fatty alcohols, alkylphenol and aldehyde resins have found use as emulsion breaking agents. Attention is directed in this context to the book Oberflaechenaktive Anlagerungsprodukte des Aethylenoxyds by N. Schoenfeldt, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., Stuttgart, 1959, page 295.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is a primary object of the present invention to provide for a procedure for breaking petroleum emulsions which makes use of emulsion breaking agents which can be successfully used for the breaking of petroleum containing emulsions of which the petroleum may emanate from widely differing localities.
Generally it is an object of the invention to improve on the art of breaking petroleum containing emulsions as presently practiced.
Briefly and in accordance with this invention it has surprisingly been found that certain polyoxyalkylenepolysiloxane mixed blockcopolymers known per se exhibit superior emulsion breaking properties in respect to petroleum containing emulsions of the water-in-oil type. It has thus been ascertained that these polyoxyalkylenepolysiloxane mixed blockcopolymers may be successfully used for petroleum containing emulsions irrespectiveof the source of the petroleum and that the amount of mixed blockpolymers necessary for effectively breaking the emulsions is considerably less than that necessary for the prior art products.
The polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane mixed blockcopolymers used for the purposes of this invention contain polyoxyalkylene blocks of a molecular weight of between about 500 to 4000, perferably between 1000 to 3000 and consist essentially of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene blocks or units in a weight ratio of between about 40:60.to 100.0. The polysiloxane blocks of the mixed block-copolyme'rs should contain 3 to 50 silicon atoms per block.
If the polyoxyalkylene blocks consist of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units, then, it is preferred that the ethylene oxide units are present in separate blocks from the propylene oxide units. In such event it is also feasible and encompassed by the scope of this invention to provide polyoxyalkylene blocks wherein several ethylene oxide blocks and propylene oxide blocks are connected in series.
If addition products of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide and water are formed with the former being used in blockwise manner, polyoxyalkylenediols are formed. If a monovalent alcohol is used as starting alcohol, such as, for example, methanol or another lower aliphatic alcohol, polyoxyalkylenemonools are obtained. However, multivalent alcohols, such as, for example, glycerine or sorbite may also be used as starting alcohols and in that event polyoxyalkyleneglycols with 3 or 6 hydroxyl groups are formed.
The polysiloxane blocks which contain 3 to 50 silicon atoms per siloxane block should normally be linear or branched methylpolysiloxanes. However, polysiloxane blocks are also suitable in which the methyl groups are partially replaced by other lower alkyl groups or aryl groups.
The polyoxyalkylene blocks may be linked with the polysiloxane blocks either through SiOC-gro-ups or through SiC-groups. The preparation of such compounds with SiOC-groups is disclosed, for example in German Pat. 1,012,602. The compounds are prepared in a particularly simple manner if one proceeds according to the teaching of US. Pat. 3,115,512. Compounds with SiC- linking groups are obtained, for example, by forming addition products of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to starting alcohols which are olefinically unsaturated and by then reacting these compounds with polysiloxanes containing SiH-groups. Such processes are disclosed, for example, in German Auslegeschrift 1,220,615. Many other processes of this kind belong to the state of the art.
The blockcopolymers to be used in accordance with the invention are liquid to wax-like solids substances which are capable of forming dispersions in water or which dissolve in water. For this reason they can be added directly to the petroleum containing emulsion to be broken or they may be admixed with the emulsion in the form of concentrated solutions or dispersions. Excellent results are also obtained if the blockcopolymers are first dissolved in organic solvents, such as toluene or methanol and the solutions are then added to the emulsions.
Examples for mixed blockcopolymers to be used in accordance with the invention may be represented by the following scheme wherein A indicates a polyoxyalkylene block while B represents a polysiloxane block:
In this formula n may have a value of from 2.0 to 2.6. The value of m is determined by the requirement that the mole weight of the polyoxyalkylene block should have a value of from 500 to 4000, preferably 1000 to 3000. Z stands for alkyl or aryl of the starting alcohol with which the ethylene oxide and propylene oxide form the addition product. Z may also symbolize alkylene or arylene, provided r52. The index r corresponds to the functionality of the alcohol which serves as starting alcohol. For example, if glycerine is used as starting alcohol, then Z has the structure:
In this formula M stands for alkylene, while 0 has the value of 0 to l.
The indices a and b are variable. However, their magnitude is limited by the condition that each polysiloxane block must contain at least 3 but at the most 50 silicon atoms.
CH I [as] CH 31-13 5 21. A second example for the structure of the polysiloxane block B is indicated by the following formula:
The meaning of the substituent M and of the index c corresponds to the meaning given above. The indices d and e are variable, however, the sum of d and 2 must have a value of from 1 to 48. From this it follows that d or e may have a value of 0.
A still further example for the structure of the polysiloxane block B is represented by the following formula:
The meaning of the symbols in the formula corresponds to that of the preceding formula, however, d in this formula must at least have a value of l.
The linking of the blocks A and B may be accomplished through the SiO-group or a group SIYO--. Y is a divalent alkylene group or another divalent group, such as, for example,
Another group Y which may be used for the inventive purposes, is the group.
wherein R is a divalent hydrocarbon which may be substituted. For example, 2,4-toluylene is suitable for this purpose. The emulsion breaking effect of the mixed blockcopolymers is not substantially affected by the linking group linking the polysiloxane block with the polyoxyalkylene block.
The amount of emulsion breaking agent to be added to the emulsion depends on the circumstances. Generally, 5-150 parts per million (p.p.m.), preferably 10-l00 p.p.m., give excellent results.
The invention will now be described by the following example, it being understood that this example is being given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation and that many other mixed blockcopolymers may be used for the inventive purpose.
EXAMPLE As an emulsion breaking agent of the prior art polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene mixed blockcopolymers compounds A and B) as well as a non-ionogenic emulsion breaking agent on polyoxyethylene basis (compound C) were used.
The mixed blockcopolymers used in accordance with the invention had the following average formulas:
I (O aH4)1.5( 2H4)o.r( aHo)w.a( zH4).1( :1'ft)1m l 3)2]15( 3H0)l,5( 2 )9.1( 3Hfl)10,3(O 2HDLF 5 H 4. The improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein H(OC3H6)I.5(O C2H4)9,1(0 CEHO)10,3(OC2H4)0.1(OC3H5)1,5] El i fi g ggg are g f the polysiloxane i OH OCH I 0O 0 oc s oug 1 -groups or 1 :groups. E I 92M 3 5. The improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein 2 4)9.l( 3 6)1,5"]l0 v said mixed blockcopolymers are added to the emulsion III in the form of a solution in an organic solvent. c4Hg(0C-iHi)2a,4(0C3Ha)1.2l 3)2]i,4- 6. The improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein L said hlockcopolymers are added to said emulsion in the form of a water dispersion or water solution.
1 10 7 The improvement as claimed in claim 1 wherein [OSi(CH3)z]o,4(0 CaHo)1,2(0 C2134) 28.40C4H9 2 said mixed blockcopolymers correspond to the formulae: -[OSKCHQ LLKO C3Hu)1,z(0 C2H4)2B,4O C4119 A 2% solution in a 1:1 mixture of toluene and methanol was prepared from each of the emulsion breaking agents. 0.5 ml. of this solution (=100 p.p.m.) were OIHABLVA added to 100 m1. of a petroleum emulsion of a temperature of 50 C. The emulsion with the breaking agent A added thereto was then shaken 200 times. The test samples were subsequently placed into a drying oven at a temperature of 50 C. The amount of settled water was measured after 1 hour and after 2% hours. The petroleum Whereln A stands for the P y y y block, B
emulsion which was subject to the test was of German Stands r the poly il xane block and n is a whole origin and of a nature extremely ditlicult to break. The number. petroleum had been allowed to stand for a long period 8. The improvement as claimed in claim 7, wherein of time in the open air which further contributed to the n"=3 to 50. stablllty 0f the emulsioll- 9. The improvement as claimed in claim 8, wherein The results are tabulated in the following table: A corresponds to the f l PRIOR ART EMULSION BREAKING AGENT 3o [0(0..Hz.. )...1. Water Water 3223f 2323; 35355;; wherein 11:20 to 2.6, m is a number determined by mm, 1111- the condition that the mole weight of A is between ProductA 100 0.25 4 500 to 4,000, r is a number corresponding to the func- 3 3 g;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; igg 3, 35 tionality of the alcohol or of water with which the alkylene oxide forms the above addition product, and Z is MIXED BLOCKCOPOLYMER ACCORDING TO THE aryl, alkyl, or H, or alkylene or arylene if r32, Z being INVENTION eliminated if A is not in terminal position and the Pmductl 100 17 37 ddition roduct is formed with water.
40 a P ig i i IiTIIIIII: i g 0. 2 34 10. The improvement as claimed in claim 8, wherein B Parts by weight per million parts by weight. corresponds to the formula:
CH3 CH3 $H3 (3H3 (EH3 -M.sii0-|:s i-0] Si-0 S|i0- Si-M (5H (31:13 a 1 111a H2 n Hz |:SiO- si-M.,-
Hs n Hs b The embodiments of the invention in which an exwherein M =al y C Q 0F 1 and I1 and b are variable clusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as but limited by the condition that the total number of follows: silicon atoms in B is between 3 and 50.
1. In a method of breaking a petroleum containing 11. The improvement as claimed in claim 8, wherein water-in-oil emulsion by the addition to the emulsion of B corresponds to an emulsion breaking agent, the improvement which com- CHa prises that the emulsion breaking agent is a polyoxy- M 1-0 S1O Sr-O- SrM alkylene-polysiloxane mixed blockcopolymer whose poly- (g oxyalkylene blocks have a molecular weight of between Ha H! e d a about 500 to 4000 and essentially consist of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene blocks in a weight ratio of 5 between 40:60 to 100:0 and whose polysiloxane blocks contain 3 to 50 silicon atoms per block.
2. The improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein wherein M is alkylene, c is 0 or 1 and d and e are variable, the sum of d and e being between 1 and 4 8.
12. The improvement as claimed in claim 8, wherein B corresponds to the mole weight of the polyoxyalkylene blocks is between (3H3 (3H3 about 1000 to 3000. (CH3) Si-0- Si-O Si-O -si oH.
3. The improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein H3 6 B14, d said polyoxyalkylene blocks are formed from ethylene oxide units and propylene oxide units, the blocks formed wherein M is alkylene, c is 0 or 1, d is variable, the sum from said ethylene oxide units being separate from the of d and e being between 1 and 48 and d must have the blocks formed from said propylene oxide units. value of at least 1.
13. The improvement as claimed in claim 8, wherein A and B are linked by the group-Si or a group SiYO wherein Y is a divalent alkylene,
wherein R is divalent hydrocarbon. 14. The improvement as claimed in claim 13, wherein R is 2,4-toluylene.
15. The improvement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mixed blockcopolymer has the formula:
16. The improvement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mixed blockcopolymer has the formula:
17. The improvement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mixed copolymer has the formula:
18. The improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein between about -150 p.p.m. of emulsion breaking agent are added to the emulsion.
19. The improvement as claimed in claim I, wherein said mixed blockcopolymer corresponds to the formula O JLCR wherein R is monovalent hydrocarbon.
20. The improvement as claimed in claim 19, wherein B amounts to -45 percent of the total.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,172,899 5/1965 Bailey 252-358 3,280,160 9/1966 Bailey 252-358 JOHN D. WELSH, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 252-331, 338
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Feb. 5, 2014
Source: American Feed Industry Assn news release
The American Feed Industry Association is pleased with the Senate's passage of the five-year 2014 Farm Bill Tuesday.
"After the lengthy wait, as it took nearly three years to enact, AFIA is satisfied that Congress included and preserved its priorities as part of the omnibus agriculture legislation," said AFIA President and CEO Joel G. Newman.
"While we wish the process of moving a Farm Bill from committee markup to presidential signature had been free of unrelated politicking, we nonetheless applaud the House and Senate agriculture committees--particularly the leadership of chairs Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)--for the innovation included in this bill and the leadership it took to get it enacted," said Newman.
"AFIA rests satisfied this Congress will dedicate more than $600 million in mandatory funding to vital basic and applied animal health and disease research, as well a crop protection, beginning farmer and various USDA research programs," commented Steve Kopperud, AFIA's government affairs consultant. "AFIA was also pleased to see the inclusion of the new public/private matching funds research initiative."
Permanent livestock disaster assistance is critical to animal agriculture and Congress is to be commended for ensuring the commercial feed industry is integral to delivery of emergency livestock assistance, and that the Department of Agriculture will no longer use feed assistance as a means to rid of surplus commodities.
The trade title of the 2014 omnibus farm legislation includes full authorization of annual funding at $200 million for the Market Access Program and $34.5 million for the Foreign Market Development program. MAP, a program administered by USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service forming partnerships between industry associations and businesses to divide costs of overseas marketing and promotional activities, has increased U.S. agricultural exports by more than 400 percent since the program's creation in 1985.
Critical to the evolution of alternative fuels in the U.S. is the development of non-food crop feed stocks for plant-based biomass fuels. The 2014 Farm Bill energy title not only increases this research initiative, it maintains vital USDA biofuels assistance programs built to move the U.S. biofuels industry away from feedstocks which compete with the feed and food industries.
The House and Senate agriculture committees are to be recognized for streamlining USDA's conservation programs. Early on in the development of this Farm Bill, both committees embraced elimination of redundant or out-of-date programs--reducing through repeal or combination 23 federal conservation programs into just 13--and reducing the Conservation Reserve Program acreage cap from 32 million acres to 23 million acres. The committees also more precisely defined environmentally sensitive land for enrollment in the CRP, an improvement a long time coming.
AFIA is gratified Congress again recognized restrictions sought by animal rights groups on U.S. animal agriculture's ability to remain competitive and maintain domestic and international sales while continually enhancing animal wellbeing have no place in this Farm Bill.
"As we look forward, AFIA urges the president to sign off on the 2014 Farm Bill. Timely enactment of the legislature will provide the feed industry, as well as agriculture across the board, with the safety net it has been lacking for far too long," said Newman.

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The Made in Italy Business Directory
There is a sense of tradition but also dedication to the export trade. It is not just the reputation of San Remo helping to the support the flower production sector, which continues to drive Italy's agriculture market as a whole. The heartland of flower-growing for export continues to be based in western Liguria, but is making its presence known across the world thanks to a highly efficient sales network. This is a sector with a great history, but its leadership over recent years has become increasingly associated with creating an impact abroad. In terms of production, Italy is now second only to Holland.
In a highly competitive market like that of flower cultivation, which has suffered the effects of a crisis threatening to undermine the very foundations of its business, the western Liguria district association has remained at the helm of a network of companies increasingly dedicated to export. Riccardo Giordano, President of the production district for the provinces of Imperia and Savona, explained the current situation: "Flower production now accounts for 80% of exports both within the San Remo district and in that of Albenga: areas which are becoming increasingly export-oriented".
Of the 20,000 businesses which operate in the sector throughout Italy, more than 5,000 belong to the western Liguria district association, producing a combined turnover of about 250 million Euros a year. In percentage terms, this amounts to a level of production equivalent to more than 10% of overall sales. Last year, the total value of sales for the whole sector throughout the country came to 3 billion Euros.
The creation of district associations, especially at international level, has allowed Italian participants to overcome pre-existing limitations of size and cost. However, the Ligurian producers have had no desire to lose their autonomy or sacrifice their specialist interests. In the western Ligurian basin, their expertise is associated with the cultivation of certain types of plant for the cut flower market, including blooms, green fronds and foliage. What might be regarded as the traditional area of production, and from the business angle the one most directed at the export market, has given way to flowering pot-plants, aromatic herbs, cacti and succulents. The capacity of these last types of plant to carve out a share of the international market can be largely attributed to their smaller size, which makes them very suitable for shipping overseas.
For many years now, Italian containers filled with plants and flowers have been arriving in the USA, Russia and Japan. Within Europe, the leaders in this market are Germany, Holland and Switzerland. A recent development has been some outsourcing initiatives that the district association has set up in south-east France, and on the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and Israel.
This dynamic situation has allowed the sector to achieve a nationwide increase in exports of 8.7%, accompanied by an increasing emphasis on a strategy of international growth. Giordano emphasized this point: "The district association's programme in coming years will focus on promoting the high quality of flower production in our western region. A first step was joining the Flormed project, which activated the now rapidly developing process of outsourcing". It is hard not to deduce from this that for producers in the Ligurian district association the loveliest flower of all is the blooming export market.


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UNDP and the UN System
UNDP in Nepal supports the peace-building process as well as the Government of Nepal in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It does so through a set of projected development results developed under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF 2013-2017) at the core of which is peace and development for an inclusive society.
UNDAF (2013-2017) and UNDP Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP)
UN agencies continued to provide support to the constitution drafting process to ensure that it is inclusive, representative and in line with fundamental rights enshrined in international treaties. Coordinated technical assistance and advocacy were provided in the areas of gender, social inclusion, human rights, youth, children and citizenship. The UNCT also advocated for women's active participation in the Constitutional Assembly (CA).
UNDP supports the UN system in building capacity towards the attainment of MDGs
UN's technical support in MDGs needs assessment exercise, preparation of the MDGs progress report 2010 and training to government officials on MDG consistent macro economic framework has contributed to integrate MDGs into the Government's Three-Year Plan 2010-2013.
UNDP and the other UN agencies in Nepal are actively supporting the Government in fulfilling its commitment to the MDGs. The Local Governance and Community Development Programme (LGCDP), a large-scale joint programme of UNDP, UNCDF, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV on effective service delivery at the local level has been in operation since 2009.
The UN agencies are also supporting the government in implementing various programmes on the ground in the area of poverty reduction and employment creation (goal 1), education (goal 2), health (goal 4 and 5), combating HIV/AIDS (goal 6), women empowerment (goal 3) and environment sustainability (goal 6) . In addition, the UN is supporting in developing the capacity of government in mainstreaming MDGs in its planning and monitoring since 2002 with the introduction of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Together with the Regional Offices of UNDP, UNICEF, and UNFPA, the agencies have helped to conduct training on MDGs needs assessment and costing to the relevant government staff who are involved in preparing Three Year Plan. To help government of Nepal to accelerate off track MDGs, UN is also supporting to roll out MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF) - in Nepal.
Upon the request of the government of Nepal, the UN country team helped prepare and finalize the Approach Paper of the Three year Plan (2010/2011-2012/2013). UNDP provided additional technical support in drafting and finalizing the full plan document. A number of initiatives were supported in a timely manner to make this plan MDGs based. While MDGs progress report provided a comprehensive picture towards achieving MDGs which severed as a baseline for this plan, MDG needs assessment exercise that took place under the leadership of the National Planning Commission and with the involvement of all development ministries helped to identify concrete strategies and resources needs to achieve MDGs by 2015. Policies and strategies suggested in the MDG needs assessment report are included in Three Year Plan.
In order to ensure that MDGs are also integrating in programming and budgeting mechanism, government of Nepal has included "the achievement of MDGs" as one of the project prioritization criteria in the budget preparation process.
United Nations Country Team (UNCT) coordination and progress toward UN Reform:
As part of harmonized business practices, UNDP, UNICEF and UNFPA continue to implement the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (http://un.org.np/coordinationmechanism/hact).
Support to Disaster Risk Reduction
The Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (http://www.un.org.np/nrrc) founded by UN agencies, UN/ISDR, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the IFRC in 2009 became operational in 2010 to build a more integrated response to Nepal's risk challenges. Collaboration around joint work plans in such areas as school retrofitting, community preparedness and emergency response support were developed and the Government has provided full engagement at the highest levels. The US Government and European Commission also joined in the Consortium in the final quarter of 2010 to increase in new resources for Nepal to address its risk agenda in 2011. Through the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme, UNDP is supporting the strengthening of the capacity of government ministries and local government bodies for disaster risk management.
Joint Programme
The UN Joint Programme - Local Governance and Community Development Programme (LGCDP) has brought together UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNV and UNCDF contributions to the new programme. These agencies will also continue to implement the Harmonised Approach for Cash Transfer.
The joint programme is an integral part of LGCDP being subject to the wider programme's management, work planning and implementation arrangements. Within the join programme, UNDP in association with the other UN agencies will provide technical and capacity building support in three important areas such as empowering communities and community organisations to participate in local governance, enabling local body capacity building and enabling central government and national NGOs to support local governments.
UNDP and UNCDF
Partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has helped UNDP to achieve results in promoting decentralization and good governance in Nepal. The UNCDF is playing a central role in developing the administration of performance-related grants for District Development Committees and extending this concept to the Village Development Committees. UNCDF and UNDP are working together in 75 districts. Progress on almost all the MDGs will benefit from local governments more effectively delivering education, health and other services. The decentralization of government is also a key factor for overcoming resentments that local needs are often ignored in plans and programmes made and implemented at central government level.
UNDP and UNV
The United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) programme has been providing operational and programmatic support to UN agencies in Nepal since 1974. In 2011 UNV continued to manage UN Volunteers for Nepal and to administer the sending of Nepali UN Volunteers abroad to serve in other countries. The UNV programme had 92 UN Volunteers working in Nepal in seven UN agencies (UNHCR, OHCHR, UNDP, UNRCPD, WFP, RC unit and UNICEF). In UNDP, UN Volunteers worked in peace-building, environment and HIV/AIDS prevention projects. Meanwhile, more than 100 Nepali nationals served as international UN Volunteers in various countries around the globe supporting peace and development.
In 2011 UNV continued working together with UNDP and five other UN agencies in the UN Joint Programme (LGCDP) to support the Government of Nepal for local governance and community development. One hundred national volunteers were placed in 48 District Development Committees (DDCs) and 52 municipalities through the government's National Development Volunteer Service (NDVS). These UNV funded NDVS volunteers supported local citizens, communities and marginalized groups to make local government bodies more accountable for providing quality services on time. In 2012 UNV will continue this programme in terms of supporting the capacity building and restructuring of NDVS.
UNV also deployed 25 Nepali female UN Volunteers to UNDP's Public Private Partnership Programme for Urban Environment project (PPPUE) in 2011, with funding from the Asian Development Bank and AusAID. These volunteers were trained and placed in DDCs and municipalities to enhance service delivery and small scale private sector participation in delivering services. Their contribution to the PPPUE scheme was very much appreciated at the community level.
Simplification and Harmonization
UNDP has played a crucial role in promoting simplification and harmonization through the provision of operational support and common services as well as operational practices and policies.
Notably, operational support is provided by the Inter-Agency Task Forces on human resources (HR), information technology (IT), procurement and finance to achieve common operational goals. For example, the HR Network has established a Consultants' Roster and the IT Task force negotiated a joint contract for EDP maintenance and repair for all the UN Agencies in Nepal. Operational support has been provided to the Resident Coordinator system by assisting newly arriving UN Agencies (OHCHR, OCHA, OPRSG, ODC and IOM) to set up offices. This includes both allotting space within the UN House as well as renting buildings outside. Most importantly, full fledged services are provided, ranging from technical backstopping to the actual procurement and set up of equipment necessary for fully functioning offices.
Common Services
Newly harmonized practices include the Internal Messenger Service used by all UN Agencies in the UN House to deliver internal documents from one Agency to another, resulting in economies of scale. Two more new common services established since 2006, i.e. a joint contract for international courier services for the entire UN System in Nepal, and joint training for electrical maintenance and repair, strengthen the image of one UN in Nepal. Efficiency in procurement has been increased through a Joint Vendor data-base established by the UN Agencies for the purchase of office items available locally.
UNDP has also facilitated the harmonization of operational policies and practices. For example, UN agencies have been paying uniform DSA Rates to Government Counterparts. All UN Agencies observe the same holidays. It has also been agreed that all agencies working at the field level should harmonize their office hours.
There is a trend of establishing a joint UN Committee to carry out the Inter-Agency Salary Survey for National staff. The UN DSA Survey for UN Staff is done jointly by all UN Agencies, collecting data from various parts of the country.
UN agencies in the country
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarian Support Unit (OCHA HSU)
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)
Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament (UNODA-RCPD)
United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)


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Earlier this week, the popular injury for preseason top-five first basemen Edwin Encarnacion and Joey Votto was the quad. On Thursday fantasy owners got a few more jolts of bad news with thumb ligament injuries to St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips. Neither was having a season commensurate with last year's production or this spring's average draft position, but still, they were worth owning, and it's not like there's much out there to replace them, even in the shallow leagues, at catcher or middle infield. Happy weekend! Please try to stay healthy, quads, thumbs and everything!
When it comes to catchers, here's my current top 10 for the rest of the season, and unfortunately for Molina owners, these guys are owned in all leagues, or darn close to it. In order, I'd go Jonathan Lucroy, Buster Posey, Salvador Perez, Carlos Santana (yes, still), Devin Mesoraco (yes, top five now, by default), Wilin Rosario, Yan Gomes, Evan Gattis (but be careful here), Miguel Montero and Brian McCann. Molina is surely off the list. Just drop him when you can. Joe Mauer is on the DL, with no timetable for return. Derek Norris is my No. 11 catcher, then Mauer, and available options I'd recommend include the platooning Norris, brittle Wilson Ramos, batting-average killer (with pop) Mike Zunino, intriguing yet brittle youngster Travis d'Arnaud and versatile Stephen Vogt. I'm sure Adam Wainwright will love throwing to A.J. Pierzynski. Perhaps John Buck instead.
With Phillips, who has hit seven home runs just like Molina, it's a similar situation. Move on. Phillips isn't expected to miss quite as much time, though, so it's understandable if you decide to wait, but make sure you're aware of his numbers. They're not special. Plus, neither Molina nor Phillips was hitting for much power prior and each has stolen only one base. At least Molina was among my top-five catchers still. Phillips has been out of my top-10 second basemen all year. The list, to be thorough, would be: Robinson Cano, Ian Kinsler, Anthony Rendon, Jose Altuve, Brian Dozier, Jason Kipnis, Dustin Pedroia, Dee Gordon, Daniel Murphy and Matt Carpenter. Phillips wasn't 11th, either. He had a long run of success but, the massive and misleading RBI total last year notwithstanding, regression hit him hard.
Face it, injuries are often the great equalizer in any fantasy sport. You're zooming along in first place, and then your ace (New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka), catcher (Molina, Mauer, Gattis, take your pick) and first baseman leave you. At least we can all count on Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez returning this weekend, right? Think positive!
NL report: More injuries! Reds right-hander Homer Bailey left his Thursday outing prematurely with patella tendon pain in his right knee, but with the All-Star break just about here, this shouldn't be a big deal. At least it's not an arm problem! Bailey, for all the whining about him, has been really good for the past month. … Chicago Cubs second base prospect Arismendy Alcantara lashed four hits and knocked in three runs in his second big league game Thursday, which is awesome except the team claims the non-hitting Darwin Barney remains the starter when he returns from paternity leave this weekend. Whatever. Don't buy it. Add Alcantara anyway in deep leagues in case it changes. … If you were waiting on Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Marco Estrada to turn his season around, or for him to break the record for home runs allowed, forget it. He's in the bullpen now, as strikeout prospect Jimmy Nelson will start Saturday. The way the St. Louis Cardinals haven't been hitting -- Edinson Volquez, of all people, tossed a complete game in their house Thursday! -- Nelson is an intriguing play. … Volquez cannot be ignored any longer, after permitting three runs over his past four outings, all wins. And the Pirates are looking like a team to believe in for the second half. He's allowed one home run over seven starts! … Honestly, I think I'd pay just about whatever the Clayton Kershaw owner desires at this point to acquire him. He's going to win the Player Rater.
AL report: The update on the Yankees' Tanaka isn't so positive, as his partial UCL tear will need at least six weeks to heal, and even then, Tommy John surgery remains an option. Is this why we can't have nice things? But you can't drop him, as this is somewhat positive news. … Hope you didn't add Texas Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis for the Thursday home matchup against the Los Angeles Angels. Lewis, who had permitted two runs in each of his previous two starts, was charged with a painful 13 runs (11 earned) in 2 1/3 innings. It should go without saying that he's not worth owning. … Myriad Angels enjoyed their evening at the ballpark, including outfielder Kole Calhoun, who had four hits and scored four times. Calhoun is one of the most-added players in ESPN leagues, and for good reason. It's legit, too. … Angels lefty C.J. Wilson was placed on the DL with a moderate ankle sprain, which had to be the cause for his awful performance of late, right? Wilson is usually reliable, but he's allowed six runs in three of his past four outings. Buy for August. … More love surely should be shown for Chicago White Sox lefty Jose Quintana. He allowed two hits and three runs over seven innings at Fenway Park Thursday, fanning seven. Quintana's been outstanding over the past month, but remains available in half of ESPN's leagues. … The relatively unknown Texas Rangers outfielder Jake Smolinski had three hits and three RBIs Thursday, but his minor league stats hardly impress. This is about opportunity, and if you invest, be prepared to move on soon. … Desperate for steals, I added Minnesota Twins outfielder Sam Fuld a few days ago, and it's gone very well. That could change when Danny Santana is healthy, but Fuld is such an interesting fellow -- and now contributing in fantasy -- this makes me smile.
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An elderly Burlingame man who went missing on Monday was found dead this afternoon in Hillsborough, police said.
Ivor Morris, 79, who lived in the 1600 block of Ralston Avenue and also went by the name "Scotty," went for a walk at about 9 a.m. Monday but never returned home, police said.
His wife reported him missing later that day, and told police he was likely on foot because he had left his car behind.
This afternoon, at about 1:10 p.m., a resident of Rowan Tree Lane in Hillsborough called police to report seeing a man down off of the roadway, Hillsborough police said.
Officers responded and found a man's body in thick vegetation, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and was later identified as Morris.
The San Mateo County coroner's office is investigating the death, but police said there were no signs of foul play.
The spot where Morris was found is in a hilly area adjacent to Interstate Highway 280, nearly 8 miles from his home. Hillsborough police Capt. Doug Davis said it is not clear how he got there, but that it appears he traveled on foot.
He said police have been told Morris was an avid walker.


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NC State kicked off its 2011 season against reigning Big South co-champions Liberty on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium and won 43-21. Although Liberty made it a competitive game in the first half, NC State started clicking in the second half and put the game away with several big plays from their defense and special teams.
"I think that we can play good defense, getting seven turnovers was more than we created all preseason in scrimmages, so it's a pretty good night on defense," head coach Tom O'Brien said. "The thing about special teams is that you have to outwork your opponent. When you get a second chance, you have yo figure out how to make it count."
The Mike Glennon era did not start off the way most fans were hoping for when the Pack went three-and-out on their first possession. The scoreless tie continued until late in the quarter when the Pack went on an 11-play, 64-yard drive that resulted in the first points of the season. True freshman kicker Niklas Sade converted on the inaugural try of his collegiate career, nailing a 33-yard field goal late with less than a minute left in the opening frame.
Liberty quarterback Mike Brown fumbled on the next possession for the Flames with new middle linebacker Audie Cole pouncing on the loose ball. On the next player, though, Liberty cornerback Walt Aikens blindsided Glennon, which forced a fumble that was returned 32 yards by defensive end Francis Bah for the touchdown.
The Pack offense could not respond, but the defense held strong to force another punt. After another three-and-out for NC State, things were looking bleak until the defense forced a Liberty punt that T.J. Graham returned 82 yards for a touchdown. Although Sade's point-after was no good, the Pack took a 9-7 lead and would never trail again.
On the ensuing Liberty possession, Brown was intercepted on second-and-eight by safety-turned-linebacker D.J. Green, a sophomore who made the first start of his career on Saturday night.
That could have been the spark that the NC State offense needed because they marched down the field on an efficient 10-play, 57-yard drive that was capped by a James Washington plunge into the end zone from one yard out with 32 seconds left in the half.
The squads traded punts to open the second half before Liberty started driving down the field. After gaining 31 yards on just four plays, Brown took off and tried to get some extra yardage but was hit by safety Earl Wolff, which caused a fumble that was picked up and returned 52 yards for a touchdown by defensive tackle Brian Slay.
Liberty wasted no time to answer the score and needed just two plays and an NC State personal foul penalty to march 64 yards down the field and close the gap to 23-15. Brown found star receiver Chris Summers in the end zone from 27 yards out, but Summers was penalized for excessive celebration, which primed NC State for another big play from its special teams.
Graham logged a 44-yard kickoff return to the 33-yard line and, two plays later, Curtis Underwood took a handoff from Glennon and raced 33 yards to find pay dirt. Another successful point-after from Sade stretched the lead back to 30-15.
Liberty answered with a field goal from Matt Bevins, who converted from 50 yards away then forced another NC State punt. Bevins was called on again and connected on a 38-yarder with 14:21 left in the game, which brought the Flames within nine, 30-21, early in the fourth quarter.
NC State was not able to tally any points on their following possession, but an eight-play drive ate over four minutes off the clock, their longest drive of the game. The Pack defense held strong and forced another Liberty punt. On the second play of the drive, Underwood broke another big run and rumbled 35 yards into Liberty territory before he fumbled the ball.
Liberty took over and had the momentum on their side after two unanswered scores, but Brown was on the move again on first down and senior defensive end Jeff Rieskamp jarred the ball loose. Slay made his second fumble recovery of the game with under eight minutes left.
A 15-yard run by James Washington and a 13-yard completion to Steven Howard set up a three-yard touchdown strike from Glennon to tight end Mario Carter. Sade's point-after was blocked, but the Pack lead was stretched to 36-21.
After a five-yard rush from Brown, sophomore cornerback David Amerson stepped in front of a pass from the quarterback and returned the interception 47 yards to the Liberty 19. Washington broke away on first down for a touchdown that made it 43-21 in favor of the home team.
Amerson stepped in front of another Brown pass on the next drive, which effectively ended the game. Redshirt freshman Tony Creecy ended the game with a seven-yard rush on first down as the clock ran out.
Underwood finished the game with 114 yards on the ground and a score despite rushing just 14 times while Washington ran 14 times for 67 yards and two scores. Glennon, in the first start of his career, finished 18-of-31 for 156 yards and a score.
On the other side of the ball, Wolff led the defense with 10 tackles, in addition to a forced fumble and an interception. Amerson finished with eight tackles, two picks and three pass breakups while Slay tallied five tackles, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.


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MLB '10: The Show Review (PSP)
MLB '10 The Show on the PSP is a continuation of a tradition. Like previous editions of the games on the portable device, lil' brother is contiuing right where big brother left off. Everything that you love from The Show franchise from Sony Corporation Entertainment America (SCEA) you will find in your hands for your PSP.
In this game, the crack of the bat sounds crisp and authentic as it reverberates through the tiny PSP speakers.
The commentary from Matt Vasgersian, Dave Campbell and Rex Hudler is progressive and insightful. Vasgersian brings a broadcast feel to the game by covering a lot of ground during pregame introductions and also within in-game action.
Campbell's commentary is delivered on cue, and he takes notice of very specific details happening on the diamond. One example of this detail-oriented focus came across during a Rays versus Diamondbacks game. Campbell commented on the Upton brothers and how Justin Upton was looking to make some plays in a game against his brother.
Beyond the commentary, the rest of the audio is also solid. Some cool features in this title are the customized batter introductions, walk-up music, and home runs that can be set in the "Sounds of The Show" menu.
The game allows you to input custom playlists that are saved on your memory stick, and it even adds the ability to chop them up into small clips for in-game action.
The stadiums in the game have a considerable amount of detail. Shadows look great in the stadiums, the big screens are functional and advertisements are properly placed.
Player models look a bit small, but the attention to detail is still there. Players like Alex Rodriguez will wear their high socks, and some of the best players even have pretty lifelike faces. Batting stances and pitching motions for the stars and prominent players are present as well. Bottom line, the game is deep in this respect.
Game Modes
The main modes of play in this game are Exhibition, Manager Mode, Road to The Show, Season and Home Run Derby.
Manager mode provides players with a micro-managing interface where you can adjust your player's strategy at the plate or on the mound. I do not see this mode taking off since a great deal of the time is spent clicking through the interface to make your guy make his next pitch and tell him where to locate it -- why not just play the actual game at that point?
Home Run Derby feels smooth and natural, and up to 10 players can play against each other. The small details like the pitcher's protective net should give you a nice added visual as well.
In Road to the Show (RttS), you can create a player from scratch and enter him into the MLB Draft to begin a career. You are also given the choice to choose your team. Similar to the Playstation 3 version, during gameplay you are positioned in a third-person view of your character and must execute plays to gain reward points. These points can be put towards training to improve your player.
Season mode provides you with the basic season mode options and structure -- no long-term dynasties here. Roster management, schedules and goals can be found in your season home page.
This game of baseball is as pure as it gets on the PSP. The pitcher-hitter interface is the same as it has been for years, and the simple approach translates well to a handheld experience. Users pitch with the face buttons and the pitching meter, which is all timing based.
The check swing here is highly effective -– with a slight tap of the "X" button you can still hold up on pitches out of the zone. Simply put, working the count is very rewarding in this game.
Fight off some nasty pitches with some foul balls and check swings to work the count and jump on the pitch that you like. Timing is the key to hitting the ball to all fields. The later you swing, the better chance you have to knock it to the opposite field.
Also present in the game is the Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) and Plate Coverage Indicator. API displays the pitch suggestions from the catcher by taking into account dynamic situational factors. The Plate Coverage Indicator displays your batter's ability to cover the plate while hitting.
The gameplay has been tightened up a bit in the field. Baseballs hit the grass and dirt with more variety, which includes high choppers and line drives that roll for days in the outfield. You can turn double plays, hit cutoff men and change your fielder's throw power depending on the length the face button is held.
Final Thoughts
MLB 10: The Show's pitcher and batter interface has some quality depth. The baseball physics operate nicely within the timing-based hitting mechanic, and the ball responds quite naturally to the bat.
There are plenty of options and game modes here, including a solid career mode that will keep you playing to upgrade your created player. Combine the great gameplay with world-class presentation and immersive sounds, and you have a title that lives up to its award-winning baseball reputation.
On the Diamond: From the hitting and pitching interface to the fielding and baseball physics, fundamental baseball abounds in this title.
Graphics: The graphics are relatively basic and player models do not have the greatest amount of detail in terms of height and weight, but the signature style for the star players is there.
Sound Design: There is solid commentary and high quality sound effects.
Entertainment Value: This is one of the most polished sports titles on the PSP. I would like to have seen a deeper season mode, but nonetheless, this game still plays well between the foul lines.
Learning Curve: The pitching meter is tough in the beginning due to the size of the PSP. Once you pick it up, the game is money.
Online: Online play was removed this year.
Score: 9.0 (Exceptional)


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Two Nazi-like swastikas are seen on the chest of the Japanese robot "Robotwaru" in this photo taken Wednesday. A figurine of the "Robocon" character was part of a Coca-Cola promotion in Hong Kong.
A rabbi from a Hong Kong synagogue criticized the toy and said it was unacceptable. Yakkov Kermaier of Ohel Leah Synagogue said the image probably stemmed from an honest mistake since the Nazi symbol can easily be confused with Buddhist swastikas that are common in Asia, but still called for the product to be taken off the market.
Coca-Cola agreed Wednesday afternoon to pull the figurine from the market due to the criticism and a spokesman said the company regretted the misunderstanding. He added the figurine was an exact replica of characters featured on the television series.
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PEOPLE living in Abingdon will soon have a good reason to say 'thanks a million' to Alastair Fear.
The former town councillor's online blog of news and snippets about the town is about to reach the milestone of getting one million visits. And Mr Fear, who was a onetime deputy mayor, has no intention of stopping once he reaches the milestone, as he gets new material every day when out walking his 12-year-old Border Terrier Harry.
Mr Fear's blog, launched in 2006, gets about 1,000 visits a day from people who want to see his light-hearted updates on the changing face of the town, last year renamed Abingdon-on-Thames.
By last night, the blog featuring words and pictures had received 953,574 hits.
Father-of-two Mr Fear, 55, said: "When the blog started it got about 15,000 visits in the first year.
"It didn't really take off until the 2007 floods hit Abingdon and that's the year I put my official counter on.
"The blog should get its one- millionth visitor in the next two or three months and I never expected it to get such a following.
"I thought I would do it for a year and that would be that, but it has been popular so I've kept it going."
Mr Fear lives with wife Judith in Abingdon town centre and works for a software developer in Bracknell, Berkshire.
He said: "I try to document the everyday life of the town and its traditions. I walk Harry every day and try to update the blog on a daily basis – I only missed one day last month. "People stop me in the street and say 'keep up the good work'.
"Social networking sites like Twitter have taken over a bit from blogging, but I like the blogging format because it gives you a chance to focus in depth on a particular subject."
Mr Fear was a town councillor for Caldecott for eight years until he lost his seat two years ago and has not ruled out a return to local politics.
He is also chairman of Abingdon Town Amateur Boxing Club, a governor of Thameside Primary School, and is on the committee that runs Preston Road Community Centre.
He has lived in Abingdon for 26 years, and says the town centre was "thriving more" when he arrived, but added: "We don't have a cinema yet but it's a great place for community organisations.
"It's very diverse with lots of sports groups, Morris men and great pubs – it's a great place to be."
Last year, the then Abingdon mayor Mike Badcock handed Mr Fear a mayor's award for his devotion to blogging.
Abingdon town clerk Nigel Warner said: "People can visit Alastair's blog from anywhere in the world and it's regularly updated.
"We find it to be a very good resource for the town and it is appreciated by everyone on the town council."
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High-ranking official calls for "free" elections
Ayatollah Rafsanjani, the head of Iran's Expediency Council, hsd called on the Islamic Republic establishment to "hold competitive, free elections that follow the letter of the law" and he recommended the exploitation of "skilled, effective and compassionate Revolutionary forces of all tastes" to find a way out of national difficulties. » read more
Senior political figure defends opposition leaders, cleric
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The family of Mehdi Hashemi, the jailed son of senior cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, have spoken out against the way their son was transferred to jail from hospital. » read more
Rafsanjani says Iranian government must allow criticism
The head of Iran's Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, says people must be allowed to make constructive criticism of the government. » read more
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The head of Iran's Expediency Council has criticized Western countries for putting the sale of "vital" medical drugs to Iran under sanctions. » read more
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been reappointed as the head of Iran's Expediency Council by the order of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. » read more
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Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran's Expediency Council, has slammed the Ahmadinejad administration for failing to reinvest the money it saved by restructuring government subsidies. » read more
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Iranian MP Ali Motahari says: "It is every citizen's right to put questions to the leader in person or through a letter." » read more
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Interview with Dave Wakeling of the English Beat
During their recent tour, I sat down to chat with Dave Wakeling, one of the founders of the British Ska band The English Beat. We sat down in the back of his tour bus, outside of The National. This is our unedited conversation.


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Life savings pay for drug NHS wouldn't fund
Mr and Mrs Dobson paid the price of living in a health authority that doesn't fund drugs for Alzheimer's disease with their life savings.
When, in her 70s, Mrs Dobson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her husband ended up selling his car and his PEP in order to pay for the drugs she needed to improve her symptoms.
The family GP told the couple that he was unable to prescribe one of the cholinesterase inhibitors, such as Aricept, in an attempt to check the decline in Mrs Dobson's health.
But they were keen to give her the chance of having treatment that could improve her memory and reduce her anxiety so they decided to pay to see a psychiatrist privately.
That meant travelling from their home in Portsmouth to a private hospital in Southampton.
When the cost of the consultations and the private prescriptions mounted and the car was gone, Mr Dobson hired a car for the journey between home and hospital.
The PEP was cashed in too for, as a retired manual worker, Mr Dobson wasn't particularly well off.
Quality of life
But it was worth it because the Aricept they paid for made such a difference to Mrs Dobson's quality of life.
Even the GP agreed - but he still wouldn't prescribe it.
The situation the Dobsons found them in is far from unusual - the majority of the 45 health authorities in the UK that do fund Alzheimer's drugs restrict their use to specialists only.
The drugs cost Ł100 a month and restricting them to small numbers of patients is also common.
In fact Portsmouth does now pay for a small number of patients to receive Aricept or similar treatments.
But Dr David Wilkinson, consultant in old age psychiatry at Moorgreen Hospital in Southampton is furious at what he sees as "rationing by age".
"I just don't understand why we all roll over - no-one's going to chop a doctor's hand off if he writes a prescription for something his patient needs."
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Tentative contract
• Deputies get payout worth 2 percent of their salaries in July and a 1 percent raise in 2013. They'll also receive an extra $275 to pay for uniforms, equipment and supplies.
• Deputies pay between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent more of their salary into retirement over the first two years of the three-year contract. In year three, employees receive a 3 percent offset for their first five years on the job. For others, the county contribution ranges from 6 percent to 7 percent — down from 9.5 percent in 2011.
Deputy sheriffs would receive a 1 percent raise and one-time payment of 2 percent of their salaries, but they would pay a larger share of their retirement under tentative agreements going before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
The proposed three-year contract extension with the Deputy Sheriffs' Association of San Diego County, which represents 2,200 deputies, also calls for increases to health benefits and the uniform allowance. On Monday, the organization said its two bargaining units ratified the agreements with the county.
Hank Turner, president of the deputy sheriffs' union, said while deputies have paid into the county retirement system over the last decade, they will pay even more under the ratified proposal. Deputies would contribute about $43 million into their retirement over the next 10 years, Turner said.
He viewed the salary component as subpar when compared with some other law-enforcement agencies in the region. "And while it doesn't address that issue, we feel that this contract will help get the county and the taxpayers through the next three years as we go though these tough financial times," he said.
Supervisor Bill Horn, the board chairman, praised Chief Administrative Officer Walt Ekard and the Deputy Sheriffs' Association for reaching the agreement, adding that law enforcement has long been a top priority of the board.
"Our continuing goal is to ensure that we can recruit and retain high-quality law-enforcement personnel," Horn said. "Requiring the employees to pay more of their own retirement is a key strategy that this board has been pursuing to protect the long-term health of the pension fund."
Sheriff's association officials had declined an initial county offer that similarly would have given deputies the one-time payment of 2 percent of their salaries and require them to contribute more toward retirement benefits.
While it also would have boosted health coverage, union officials contended that with roughly 420 members eligible to retire, the 2 percent payment would have spurred an exodus of experienced deputies at an estimated cost of $200,000 per replacement.
Thousands of employees in other unions accepted agreements that would save the county millions of dollars, according to Supervisor Dianne Jacob. Last week, the Board of Supervisors approved two-year contract extensions that cover about 4,370 workers from the Service Employees International Union Local 221. Also included are about 1,820 nonunion employees, including top-level managers.
Deputy district attorneys, public defenders, probation officers and others accepted similar offers. Six remaining bargaining units from SEIU rejected offers and are scheduled to begin negotiations next week.
While the agreement ratified by deputies includes a 1 percent raise in 2013, Turner said the increase would keep compensation at 2006 levels when adjusted for inflation.
The 2 percent payouts and increased health care during the financial year beginning July 1 will cost the county about $5.3 million, though it expects to save $1.7 million though employee-paid retirement offsets. The next year shows added expenses of $1.2 million and savings of $2.5 million.
The 2013-14 year pencils out to $2.7 million in added wages, $1.7 for health care and $600,000 for uniform allowances. The county says it could not calculate the savings because the contribution formula changes in that final year.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Book Buzz Blog
Meet Rose Campbell, a pretty, thirteen-year-old girl living in 19th-century Boston. Just orphaned, Rose is taken to live with relatives—rich and kind but fussy aunts who feel very, very sorry for her. They treat her as if she is direly ill and have her half-convinced of it herself. Rose really is drenched in self-pity until she gets a visit from her Uncle Alec.
On a cold, March day in 1806, Abbie and Seth lost their beloved mother to the smallpox epidemic that was ripping through the town of Wiscasset, Maine. Without food or wood for the fire, the children were in terrible trouble. They could hear the bell tolling for the dead—so many times for a man, so many for a woman, so many for a child. But how many for a missing father? In Lea Wait's Stopping to Home, the only hope the brother and sister have to survive is that someone in that stricken town will take them in, if only for a little while.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin, is a gentle, wondrous Chinese fantasy book for children. Set in a long-ago times, it follows a brave and bright girl named Minli who lives with her parents in a poor farming village. There is barely enough rice to keep them fed and certainly not any for luxuries. Most all the people are downtrodden and worried about their daily lives, but not Minli. She does not like the hard work in the sticky, muddy rice fields, but every evening she can look forward to stories told by her beloved father.
These tales fill her heart and her mind in such a way that she becomes the most radiant and hopeful young girl living near Fruitless Mountain. Indeed, she is so hopeful that when a peddler comes to their village with bowls of lucky goldfish, she takes her small savings to buy one, with high expectations. But when no luck seems to come and her father starts sharing his small supper with the hungry fish, Minli knows she must let it go. Releasing it into the Jade River, a river created according to legend from the body of a grieving dragon, she is surprised when a sweet, high-pitched voice—the goldfish!—offers to help her find her fortune by telling her the way to Never-Ending-Mountain where lives the Old Man of the Moon. The Old Man knows all things, including how her family's fortune might be changed.
One of my daughters enjoys math, science, and thinking about seemingly abstract concepts in practical terms. I brought home the picture book Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford, thinking it would be particularly suited to capture her interest. In it, a young girl named Uma stares at the night sky dotted with stars and asks how many there are. Maybe as many as infinity? And then she begins to wonder how other people imagine infinity.
She performs her own research, asking her friends, Grandma, school staff, and ponders their unique responses. Her friend Sam introduces her to the infinity symbol and Grandma explains how infinity reminds her of their family tree. Other ideas about infinity make her head hurt, like her music teacher's idea of infinity as music that goes in a circle and never ends.
The Ojibwa trappers had come to trade with the villagers on Spirit Island, but what they saw caused them to turn their boats around and head for home as quickly as they could. The entire island seemed empty of life. Smallpox, the terrible illness for which the Native Americans had little immunity, had wiped out everyone. Well, almost everyone. Still alive and crawling through the ruins was a baby girl, all alone.
Omakayas, or Little Frog, was soon adopted into another Ojibwa family on Lake Superior's Madeline Island. Her life is as rich and full as that of another beloved book character, Laura Ingalls, and there are many similarities between the stories, including the children's delight in nature and wild creatures.. Omakayas' family's everyday activities and celebrations and tragedies are carefully set down, from season to season. The Birchbark House is foremost a very well-written story with believable, lovable and intriguing characters, including Omakayas' annoyingly greedy little brother and beautiful but sometimes cold-hearted big sister. Older generations are also well-represented. The grandmother, a gifted healer, shares stories of long-ago, and her dreams are filled with omens of things to come and solutions to real-life problems given by the spirit world.
In Andrew Peters' Salt Is Sweeter than Gold, an old king has three daughters, but only one will inherit his kingdom. Who should it be? When it's time to decide, the king holds a grand ceremony and asks in front of huge crowd a simple question: how much do you love me? The first answer pleases him very much: "I love you more than all the jewels that encrust your fingers and all the gold that lies hidden in the vaults of this castle!" The second daughter also gives a charming answer: "I love you more than all the land that spreads like an ocean beyond this castle!" But when the youngest, who did truly love him, says simply, "Father, I love you more than salt," the king is so insulted he banishes her immediately and tells her she is no longer his…. until the day that salt becomes more precious than gold.
Everybody knows that rabbits love carrots. Jasper Rabbit, in Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, is no exception. Jasper especially loves the carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field. The problem is that Jasper can't get enough carrots, yanking and ripping them from the ground every chance he gets. That is, he did until the carrots started following him. Jasper is convinced that the carrots are creeping up on him.
On a Southern farm during the Civil War, a young girl finds a runaway slave hiding in the family's barn. She is frightened but must make a difficult decision. What does she owe to the runaway with frightened eyes? Unspoken, by Henry Cole, is the story of a choice she makes and the bond that forms between the two of them.
Throughout the book, the reader never sees the runaway slave's face, just an eye peering fearfully from among the stored corn stalks. The girl and the slave never speak. In fact, there are no words in the book. But though all communication is unspoken, the message remains powerful. Detailed graphite drawings convey the tension and emotions, as well as the strong connection that grows between the girl and the runaway.
Chu's Day, the new picture book by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Adam Rex, must have found some of its inspiration from the YouTube video in which a baby panda sneezes so explosively that its poor mother is absolutely shocked.
Chu is a young panda who has bad things happen when he sneezes. With this fact begins the suspenseful build towards the big event. Just how destructively massive will Chu's sneeze be? We go to a library with dusty books. Chu is able to restrain himself. We go to a diner with pepper in the air. Chu manages to hold back, but trouble begins to brew at the circus.
In Oh, No! the animals of the jungle are having a bad day. Tiger is on the prowl, and frog has fallen into a deep, deep hole. "Oh, no!" Mouse tries to help, only to fall in herself. One by one, more animals fall in, joining the group trapped in the hole. "Oh, no!" Finally tiger slinks over, licking his teeth and smiling as he offers to help the other animals out. "Oh, no!"
"Mouse came along, but what could she do?
Pippa-eeek! Pippa-eeek!
Mouse came to help, but what could she do?
Mouse was so small, what could she do?"


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From: Ellen Hollow <>
Subject: My Missing Irish Ancestors.
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 11:47:43 +1100
I have a few dead ends and I am hoping some one can help me find these
people please, or even better... a lost living relative. I have
Australian details and following generations.
BRUGGY: Lot lived Ennis Co Clare born about 1800 married Mary Ann Steel
about 1825 in Clare Children John Dennis, Mary Ann, Thomas, James, Lot,
Ann & Eliza.b. Quin Clooney & Newmarket on Fergus. Mary Ann m Henry
Sherman Bayfield Balllarat Victoria Australia. John Dennis married
Bedelia /Bridget OCONNOR about 1857 children John born Quin Clooney Co
Clare others b Bendigo Victoria Australia, Bedelia, Mary Anne,
Margaretina, Lot, Patrick, Eliza, Ellen. John migrated 1858 wife Bridget
/ Bedelia O'CONNOR and first child followed 1860 on ship Lady
O'Loughlin.Death registration of Bridget/ Bedelia Parents Unknown.(R.C)
BUTLER John & Margaret as per As per ship Dutchess Of Northumberland
1840 daughter Ann b about 1825 married Michael Lynch 1841 Melbourne
Victoria Australia Death gives Mallow Cork as birth place. (Catholic)
CAVANAGH KAVANAGH KAVENOGH KAVENAGH Patrick.Parents Unknown. Sailed
from Liverpool 18 Aug 1841 on the "Wallace" arriving Melbourne 26 Nov
1841 Listed as (25) Labourer, and Mary (21) nee Moran from Galway,
Children born Victoria Australia Patrick, John, Mary Ann, Mary, Honoria
(Ann),Michael,Martin (Catholic)
CODY Mary b about 1800 Moyglass Tipperary Ireland (R.C.)married Thomas
Kelly 1 Jan 1819 Moyglass Tipperary
CONNOLLY Catherine b Roscommon transported as per ship Diamond Sailed
from Co. Cork Ireland arrived Sydney 29 March 1837 married James
Whiteside 1844 at Bathurst N.S.W.Surviving Children James, Joseph,
Annie, Elizabeth.Her Irish heritage Unknown (R.C.)
CURRY Mary born about 1780 m William May in Co Meath about 1810 (R.C.)
FRENCHAM John born about 1873 Co Wexford m Elizabeth Watchorn about
1815.Children Henry, Edward, Frances,Elizabeth, William ,Thomas, Josiah,
b. Wexford.(Protestant)
KELLY Thomas Killenaule Clonbrogen Co. Tipperary born about 1800 m
Mary Cody Children all born Killenaule Clonbrogen Tipperary.Thomas,
remained in Ireland. Edward, Mary, Ann, James, Daniel, as per ship
Maldon arrived Melbourne 1857 and John tried Cashel 1840 theft two
pigs,transported as per Prince Regent arrived 2 Jan 1841. M Ellen Quinn
Melbourne 1852.Ann m James Ryan 1757 Victoria.(R.C.)
LYNCH Michael b. 1818 Mallow Co Cork arrived Victoria Australia 1839
aged 22 on the ship "Ferguson" son of Michael & Deborah Sullivan
siblings unknown.Married Ann Butler 1841 Melbourne Children Margaret,
Edward , Michael, Timothy, John, Deborah, Ann, Mary, Kate, Bridget,
Michael/Lot. Ellen (R.C)
MAY John b 1812 Ballabay Co. Moynaham m Frances Frencham Melbourne 1845
children William, Martha, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Mary, James,Frances
Ann, Albert,
& Samuel born 1818 Co Meath m Margaret Halpin 1841 Meath children
William, John, Samuel Catherine, Joseph, Eliza, Maria, Margaret,
Letitia, Benjamin, Lucy.
Both brothers arrived as per ship Diamond arrived Melbourne 1841
MORAN Michael born about 1790 possibly Galway Spouse unknown daughter
Mary born aout 1815 Sailed from Liverpool 18 Aug 1841 on the "Wallace"
arriving Melbourne 26 Nov 1841, ) from Galway, Ireland daughter of
Matthew married in Ireland Patrick Cavanagh.(R.C)
MC EWAN / MC KOEWN Margaret born about 1845 Derry or Belfast Co
Armagh married George Morgan at 1852 Willinga S.A.settled Bendigo Vic.
Aus. (Protestant)
MC CLUSKEY Patrick m Mary Ellen MC KINLEY poss b Scotland, Chn Ellen
Mary,James, Patrick, William,others? lived Ballymena Antrim migrated
Victoria Australia.
QUINN James born 1803 Ballymeana Antrim Ireland son of Patrick & Mary
McGreer siblings?.James married in Antrim Ellen Mary McCluskey migrated
Victoria Australia 1841 on ship England chn. Helen, John,Mary Ann,
Ellen,Catherine,Jane,James,William,Margaret& Grace.(R.C.)
STEEL Mary Ann Co Clare Abt. 1800 Parents Unknown m Lot Bruggy abt 1825
pos. Ennis Clare
SULLIVAN Deborah about 1780 m Michael Lynch Mallow Cork.Parents Unknown
WATCHORN Elizabeth about 1815 Probably Wexford.(P)
WHITESIDE Joseph Born about 1770. mentioned in Trial transcript of son
WHITESIDE. James Transported as per ship Mellish 1828 N.S.W. Tried 1827
Glasgow Scotland. Son of Joseph. born Tyrone 1809 married Kate Connolly
1844 at Bathurst N.S.W. aged 34. children Joseph 30, Elizabeth 26,
James 24, Anne 22, Kate dead, Kate dead. Marriage 2. Adelaide S.A.
aged 42. Ellen Graham Issue Thomas 17. Edward 16. Robert 13. Charles 9.
John dead.Peter 5. Mary dead.
WHITESIDE Joseph Brother of James Transported as per ship Susan 1834
ships indent born Belfast.
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|My Missing Irish Ancestors. by Ellen Hollow <>


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Season One Episode Twenty-One: Let's get married!
Season One Episode Twenty-Two: Maybe that's not such a good idea.
Season Two Episode One: Let's just say we're married!
Seriously? Sure they can make funny moments out of it, but it's just so pointless and idiotic! Also, this show needs better acting! This show MUST GET BETTER.


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It's All Personal
The only unequivocal aspect of the Shalit story is the grotesque manner in which responsibility for failing to gain his release has been passed on to the family.
"We are all guilty," president Ephraim Katzir decreed after the Yom Kippur War debacle. Thirty-five years later, this collective guilt has been replaced by a string of wholesale and personal accusations against civilians, as politicians lay the blame for the state's failures at their feet.
Both schools of thought share one common denominator: They both seek to absolve politicians from their responsibilities, passing the buck on to somebody else. Be it the collective, or an individual, or a group of reservists returning from a failed war or the family of a soldier still in captivity, everything goes. It?s all personal.
Most recently this accusation was hurled at visitors to the Shalit family's protest tent across from the Prime Minister's Residence in Jersualem, and even at the abducted soldier's parents. The media cite "senior officials" whose anonymous voices slip through the cabinet meetings, blaming the demonstrators and the parents for subverting the prisoner swap deal for Shalit's return. Because of them, Hamas dug in its heels, because of them the price for the deal went up. In other words, Gilad's parents are personally responsible for the fact that their son is still rotting in captivity.
The debate over obtaining Shalit's release "at any price" is a legitimate argument that has no single, unequivocal solution. The only unequivocal aspect of this story is the grotesque manner in which responsibility for the crisis and for failing to gain his release has been passed on to the family. Not only is this tantamount to emotional abuse, it is a blatant abdication of responsibility - not responsibility for the failure to return Shalit, but the responsibility demanded from a leader to make courageous decisions and stand behind them.
The "senior officials" who say responsibility lies with the parents feel, justifiably, that the public campaign to free Shalit was aimed at them personally and that its widespread support is the interest they are paying from the public's feelings of abandonment dating back to the Second Lebanon War. Shalit is the embodiment of all those who were left to their own devices as the missiles rained down - those whose needs were not met through the use of force. The betrayed leadership is now returning fire.
Such casting of blame is nothing new for the Olmert government. During the height of the reservists' protests after the war, they awoke one morning to a newspaper headline that blared: "If the company commanders had fought the war with the determination with which they are fighting Olmert, the outcome of the war would have been different." The quotes were attributed to "associates" of the prime minister. The officers, who endured firsthand the failures of the war later spelled out in the Winograd Report, were in shock.
It was legitimate, if not always correct, to accuse the protesters of politicizing their message. It was not legitimate to translate the prime minister's personal sense of indignation into a public humiliation of soldiers he sent to the battlefield. Just as it is illegitimate to blame Aviva and Noam Shalit for sabotaging the return of their son in order to cover for the inability to establish public norms, be they what they may.
The transition from "we are all guilty" to attaching a name and serial number to every guilty party is an expression of the privatization of Israeli society. The passage from a collective society to a collection of individuals came together with the change to the direct election of the prime minister. Although this was abolished, it left behind a culture and reality of individual choice. Even when the parties collapsed and the ideologies were muddled, the political and public domain has remained as personal as ever. There is no longer a buffer zone between voters and elected officials. When not only the election, but also the failure to be re-elected becomes personal, the voters become legitimate targets for personal assault by the elected officials.
This is not equal opportunity but rather a distortion of the concept of leadership, one which began before Ehud Olmert but which he brought to new heights. The only difference is that to us it is permitted. Not them.
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The Red Devils are in fifth place in the Premier League table and six points behind Manchester City, who occupy the final Champions League qualification spot.
I can't see Manchester United getting into the top four
Michael Owen
Louis van Gaal led the Red Devils back into Europe's premier club competition in his first season in charge at Old Trafford after the Dutchman replaced David Moyes in 2014.
However, former Liverpool and United striker Owen believes Arsenal, City, Leicester and Tottenham will finish in the top four ahead of the 20-time English champions.
"I think the top four is what it's going to be at the end of the season," Owen told BT Sport.
"I can't see Manchester United getting into the top four. It has to be seen as a bad season and a failure for all of the top clubs.
"Taking Leicester out of it, the rest of the teams are way down on their points from last year."
United make the trip to Sunderland in the Premier League in Saturday's early kick-off at the Stadium of Light.
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Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown prevailed in a straw poll for governor Saturday among Democratic activists in Western Maryland, among the more conservative regions of the state.
Brown received 76 votes from those casting ballots at the annual Western Maryland Democrat Summit, held this year in Hagerstown. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler finished second with 64 votes, followed by Del. Heather R. Mizeur (Montgomery) with 50 votes.
All three Democratic hopefuls addressed the gathering before the balloting. Brown, Gansler and Mizeur face off for real June 24 when voters statewide will pick a Democratic nominee.
Brown was the top vote getter last year as well at the Western Maryland Democratic Summit. Mizeur finished second, creating buzz about her yet-announced candidacy.


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This educational center provides education to people with a visual and hearing handicap. The center offers pre-primary and primary education in classrooms until 6th grade. There is also a special education classroom. The center accommodates a total of 140 children.
Volunteers needed at a Special needs children's care center located in a suburb of Kathmandu. This center is caring for physically challenged children by providing them with the accommodation, daily care, health care, medication in the form of corrective surgery and education. Most of these children come from poor families who cannot care for them at home. Currently there are more than 40 children being cared for, most of them between 10-12 years old.


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