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News4u-News Desk-KOLKATA: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in India on Sunday with hopes of reinvigorating a relationship seen as losing steam despite efforts to bring the world's two largest democracies closer.
Clinton will be wading into a row over Iran, which is sending a trade delegation this week to New Delhi despite US threats to slap sanctions on countries that buy the Islamic republic's oil.
Clinton's final stop on a three-nation tour follows a tense visit to China defusing a crisis over a dissident and a stop in Bangladesh where she urged the country's polarised politicians to unite in the push for development.
The veteran politician arrived in Kolkata, where she will tour monuments and meet citizens in her latest bid to use her personal popularity as a diplomatic tool.
Clinton said that she saw ample progress in relations with India, pointing to rising trade and cooperation in areas from education to clean energy.
"I think it's like any relationship — there is progress in some areas that we are very heartened by, and there is more work to be done," Clinton told reporters before her arrival.
"But that's the commitment that we make when we say to another country, we want to be your partner," she said.
The United States and India, which had uneasy relations during the Cold War, started to reconcile in the late 1990s under former president Bill Clinton and reached a milestone when his successor George W. Bush championed a deal that ended India's decades of isolation over its nuclear programme.
But champions of the relationship have begun to voice disappointment, with US businesses upset that India's parliament has not passed legislation they seek to enter the nuclear and retail sectors.
India has bristled at a US law that would impose sanctions on banks from countries that buy oil from Iran due to concerns over Iran's contested nuclear programme.
Only EU nations and Japan have so far been given exemptions to the law which starts on June 28.
India has been reducing oil imports from Iran, but is highly dependent on foreign energy and has historically enjoyed friendly relations with Tehran.
TP Sreenivasan, a former Indian ambassador to the United Nations, said that expectations for the US-India relationship had not been met but that Clinton had the advantage of being considered a friend of New Delhi.
The visit "comes at a useful time as there is a certain amount of strain in relations that needs to be rectified," he said.
"The relationship has lost momentum partly because… both are preoccupied with their own internal problems," he said.
C. Raja Mohan, a fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, said that India and the United States had the same objectives in Iran and would likely want to "keep their differences to manageable limits."
"Contrary to what one might think, the relations are reasonably on track in terms of their engagement. The US is in election mode; India has its own problems," Mohan said.
Experts noted that the United States made little fuss last month when India tested its nuclear-capable Agni V missile, which can reach across China.
"Now the US views India as a strategic partner with growing economic and political clout that will contribute to promoting security and stability in Asia," said a paper by Lisa Curtis and Baker Spring, of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative US think tank.
India has recently worked to repair relations with historic enemy Pakistan, removing one potential headache for the United States whose own relations with Islamabad have been in crisis since last year's killing of Osama bin Laden. AFP


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Kenneth Branagh talks about both of Thor's superheroes, while The Hunger Games finds its Head Gamemaker. The Highlander reboot is still happening, and Matt Smith discusses the future (and past) of River Song on Doctor Who.
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from Thor.
X-Men: First Class
Bryan Singer says there's room for a Wolverine appearance in the sequel:
"I think there would definitely be room. I think it would be a very exciting thing. This universe has to establish itself first, but that would be a very interesting and fun thing."
Kenneth Branagh explains what the main role required and why Chris Hemsworth was right for the part:
By the time we were getting this screenplay really in order, we worked out that we needed a Thor who was going to change across the course of the picture. He would not be one-note, he would not be simply arrogant Thor, he would not be a Shakespeare-pronouncing Thor. He would be more direct, he would certainly be arrogant, but he would be cast down to Earth. He would have to butt up against comic scenes and provide a real comic skill. He would need eventually to have all of that knocked out of him. He would need to connect with Natalie Portman's character, to have romantic chemistry with her. He needed to be very agile for all the fighting stuff and also, to put it crudely, he needed to look absolutely fantastic when he took his shirt off. We have never needed to physically enhance anything of Chris Hemsworth's body. He met the physical challenge of being a magnificent god, but he was also courageous enough as an actor to go in all those various directions, risk losing the audiences' sympathy, play the passion at a great intensity.
He also discusses Jeremy Renner's cameo as Hawkeye:
Well, the idea that Hawkeye might be in the picture and might be seen was always laid there. We knew that in terms of the action sequence, we would like to have someone who had a bead on Thor. We could have done it without having Hawkeye, but we hoped that we might and obviously they were praying and hoping that they might get somebody of the quality of Jeremy. We allowed for the possibility that as and when it looked like he was on board and if he was available to be in this one, we would do it later in the day. We left that space for him and then we had the great opportunity to actually put him in a part of the movie and that was a very nice experience for me, I must say... I think we tried to as well, to really pique the audience's interest, but not take them out of the movie in the wrong way. I was delighted just on a personal level of having the chance to direct him just a tiny bit.
There's more at the link. [Superhero Hype]
The Hunger Games
Wes Bentley, who remains best known for waxing lyrical about a paper bag in American Beauty, has been cast as Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker for the 74th Hunger Games. Although it's a relatively minor character in the books, there's some thought the character will see some sizable expansion for the movie. [ComingSoon.net]
The Highlander Reboot
Fast Five director Justin Lin, who is seemingly attached to everything these days, says his plans for a Highlander remake are progressing well:
I've been working with ['Iron Man' writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway] on the script. That's one where Summit has been really good [about letting it develop], and for me, it's about making sure that we can take it to the place where I feel comfortable and great about making it. I feel like I have a very good studio and team and we're working on it."
He says he's not sure if he will actually end up directing the movie, but this project is one of the further along of the various things he's working on, which also includes Terminator 5. [MTV Movies Blog]
The Big Bang
Here's a synopsis and some clips for the low budget sci-fi thriller, which sees a limited release next week.
Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend-and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding. As Detective Cruz sets out to find her, the clues send him into the city's seediest corners, from a Hollywood action star with a dirty little secret (James Van Der Beek), to an enterprising porn producer who takes a personal interest in his own work (Snoop Dogg), and a kinky waitress with an unusual fetish for particle physics (Autumn Reeser). Lexie proves to be as elusive as she is beautiful and Cruz becomes obsessed with finding her. With time running out, Cruz discovers the trail leads to reclusive billionaire (Sam Elliott), and his physicist (Jimmi Simpson), intent on recreating The Big Bang underneath the New Mexico desert. Tailed by a trio of cops also looking to find the missing diamonds, and with the body count piling up, Cruz soon realizes that what appeared to be a standard missing person's case is anything but, and could quite possibly bring about the end of the world as we know it.
If nothing else, it has a pretty decent cast, which also includes Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner, Robert Maillet, and Delroy Lindo. Now for some clips - the last one is NSFW:
Doctor Who
Here's an introduction for "The Curse of the Black Spot" from Steven Moffat and guest star Hugh Bonneville.
Here's the description for the first episode of Matthew Graham's two-parter, "The Rebel Flesh":
A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on Earth, where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid, as the time-travelling adventures continue.
A second wave hits and the "Gangers" separate. They can remember every second of their "original's" life and feel every emotion they've ever experienced. But are these memories stolen or have they been bequeathed? Are the Gangers merely faulty machinery that must be shut down or are they living, breathing, sentient beings? Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these "almost people" and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes?
Here's a radio interview with Matt Smith, in which he discusses as much as he can about River Song. [Blogtor Who]
Here's one last promo for the season finale. [Fringe Television]
Executive producers Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner discuss the flash forward to 2026 in the finale, saying that the future is fluid and what we see can always be adjusted. Pinkner explains what this particular future represents:
As the Observers once told us, there are many futures happening simultaneously. Which one will come true is based on, as Joel just said, the choices that we all collectively make. The finale is the future in 2026 that our characters are on a path towards if nothing were to change. By the end of the episode, that change has occurred. So we may continue to tell storytelling that's both in the past, like we've done a couple of times to see Walter's story with Peter, and we may jump to the future again. But it won't be necessarily the same one that we're in in this episode.
Wyman also seems to promise some resolution to the fates of the two universes:
We love to answer questions. There's some great shows that love to ask them and maybe not answer them so quickly. We've always tried to sort of fill in the blanks and get the viewer to feel satisfied that they're watching a story for a reason. We both feel that you'll be satisfied, that you will understand what the future held for each universe and their collective and individual fates.
There's more at the link. [TV Guide]
John Noble says that he won't die in the finale, and in fact all of the principal cast members will be back next year - although some may be a bit different. More spoiler-y hints at the link. [Fringe Spoilers]
Here are five verbal teasers for the finale, courtesy of Ari Margolis, who makes the promos for the show.
#01: "Bright orbs moving past... flaring... and as they come into focus, we realize we're in—"
#02: "Not only can I not tell you how the thing works, according to all the readings it shouldn't be working at all."
Here are some promo photos for the season finale, "
#03: "Our fate was sealed long ago."
#04: "We finally get to see one."
#05: "Peter Bishop, 47 years old, shrapnel wound in the abdomen."
He'll be posting one more later this morning. [@jonxproductions]
Here's an interview with the criminally underrated Kevin Corrigan, in which he discuss the possibility of Sam Weiss (or his ancestors) making a return appearance. [Fringe Television]
Game of Thrones
Here's a sneak peek for episode 4, "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things."
Emilia Clarke explains why she connected with her character , which includes some spoiler-y details about what lies ahead for her character. Warning — major spoilers for people who haven't read the book:
Well, I mean, it started off on a level that ... I felt for her. I felt for her situation as a woman. Being in such a male-dominated society, where she was being abused by the men around her — [it was] that sort of sympathy, I suppose it started off as that. But then as you track her story, the problems that she overcomes and the way that she deals with them with such grace and the way that she deals with them when she has no training.
The only thing that she [has is] herself and her iron will — that's just a fabulous, incredible side to her character, really. And the fact that you watch her fall in love. You know, she meets the man that she loves more than anything else. She... You know, she meets the man that she loves more than anything else. She has her child, she loses her child, she loses her husband, she loses her brother and still she is this strong independent woman. And I think that, as a female, is what I really connected with.
There's more at the link. [TV Squad]
The first casting call for season two is out:
MALES & FEMALES (all ages; any ethnicity) - ACTORS & EXTRAS. Males and females, any age, must have fair skin or Mediterranean look, men must be willing to grow a beard or stubble.
Experienced equestrians are also needed.
Here's a bunch of promo photos for the finale. [OSCK]
Additional reporting by Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders.

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I know it's a small issue but when will channel 39 be labeled "backspin" instead of pop2k? Anybody else run into this?
I know it's a small issue but when will channel 39 be labeled "backspin" instead of pop2k? Anybody else run into this?
I said this on DRC today but if Orbitcast and SIRIUSBuzz did a story on this issue, it would be fixed in a week.
Where is it labeled wrong? On the hardware tickers?
I don't know if it warrants a full blown story but, I will try and work in a jab in if the opportunity presents itself
BTW, you are giving us WAY too much credit. If they listen to us, they sure don't let us know it!
It is wrong on the hardware. the radio itself.
I would suggest simply sending the request along with this url to point out that it is a public issue. Granted, not a ton of people are complaining but, it seems to be a valid point. I get updates all the time on my head unit, you would think that this is a simple fix.
I e-mailed them about this a few months back. They told me it hadn't been done yet because it would cause 'signal interference' and they didn't have a timetable for when it was going to be fixed. I don't know why it would cause signal interference, but I guess their is a reason.
Signal interference? I wonder if that means they didn't want to force an update? Which is strange because I get hammered with those all the time! I swear I always see that damn channel updating right in the middle of a joke or a good song! I wish it would update when I am done or on startup like a computer would instead of randomly interrupting me!
Although, people say I see an inordinate number of updates because my hardware is old so, you guys probably dont get hit like I do.
yeah, customer service has not been too helpful. I was told that this issue would be taken care of "very soon" due to a channel lineup change. I asked the respresentative when that would happen...."I'm not at liberty to say". It was an odd conversation. I thought this would be an easy fix as well. somewhere there has to be a text box that has to be changed.....that should be it.
Yeah, signal interference. It makes me wonder why they wouldn't just do it around 4 or 5AM eastern time when not as many people are listening. When they brought back Backspin they also brought back another channel, a jazz channel or something, I cant remember exactly. The last time I checked it also hadn't been updated. I always thought it was bad business, because if someone new signs up for Sirius XM they could have a hard time finding the channel if they were just scrolling through they would see "Pop2K" not "Backspin"


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Marine Monitoring Overview
The Sentinel missions support marine monitoring by providing provide timely, continuous and independent data on the behaviour, use, and health of the oceans and the associated coastal zones.
The Sentinel missions will provide data support to federal, national and local studies and activities, and be pivotal in helping address a variety of policy areas.
Marine News
The Copernicus Marine Service has released a new ocean information product. The Ocean Monitoring Indicators (OMIs) are free downloadable datasets which cover the past 25 years of key variables used in monitoring oceanic trends in line with climate change, including ocean warming, sea level rise and melting of sea ice. This free and open ocean information allows users to track the vital health signs of the ocean over the past quarter of a century.
Specific Areas - Marine Monitoring
Marine Safety
Marine Safety is the well-being and quality of the ocean. Satellites can help to ensure this continued safety and examine threats to it by observing oil spills and other potential hazards.
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The marine environment is an abundant source of resources, and provides food, natural resources in the form of oil, gas and minerals, and the power of the ocean can be harnessed for generating energy. Satellites can help to locate and study these resources.
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Studying the ocean's environment and the state of the coasts provides greater understanding of how these can be affected by natural processes, changing climate and human intervention.
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Satellites are a vital tool for monitoring the climate and how it can affect weather seasons, leading to phenomena such as the "El Nino". This is useful for forecasting potential weather systems.
Sea Ice
Sea ice is formed from ocean water that freezes, whether along coasts or to the sea floor (fast ice) or floating on the surface (drift ice) or packed together (pack ice). The most important areas of pack ice are the polar ice packs. Because of vast amounts of water added to or removed from the oceans and atmosphere, the behavior of polar ice packs have a significant impact of the global changes in climate.


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"Indentured Servant" Dana Loesch Persona Non Grata at CNN?
Tommy Christopher points out that breitbart.com indentured servant Dana Loesch has become persona non grata (unofficially, of course) at CNN, after her comments applauding US soldiers who urinated on corpses, and her underhanded sabotage of other CNN contributors. (I have a feeling, knowing CNN, that the sabotage was more important than her disgusting comments about peeing on dead people.)
Loesch's ascendancy, aided by the rise of the Tea Party and the star power of Andrew Breitbart (as well as her own hard work and penchant for provocation), hit several other stumbling blocks this year. Following pressure from critics over her remarks about U.S. troops who were videotaped urinating on Taliban corpses, Loesch's appearances on CNN dried up, although the network insists there was no connection.
In August, at the height of Rep. Todd "Legitimate Rape"Akin's notoriety, Loesch tweeted Akin advising him not to appear on fellow CNNer Piers Morgan's program, then "reached out to the campaign to confirm" Akin had canceled his appearance, and would appear on her radio show instead. Former Mediaite Managing Editor Colby Hall called foul, and Morgan defended Loesch on Twitter, but Loesch hasn't been on CNN since then. Media Matters noted that, in an August CNN online article, Loesch is cited as a "conservative radio host," and not a CNN contributor.
The network confirmed, in November, that Dana Loesch is still a CNN contributor, and multiple sources at CNN say there is no organized blackball, that booking decisions are made by the executive producers of each show, but that poaching Akin might not have endeared her to those EPs.
The incident with Piers Morgan and Todd Akin isn't the only case in which Loesch or her husband have attacked and/or sabotaged other CNN personnel; in March, hubbie Chris called CNN host Soledad O'Brien an antisemite, and breitbart.com published dozens of articles viciously attacking her.


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Roosevelt Island Youth Program High School Basketball League About To Begin With Assistance From Coaches Across America Program - Applications Available This Week Until Friday, Team Evaluations and Selections Take Place On Monday November 7
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Received the following message from the Roosevelt Island Youth Program (RIYP):
The Roosevelt Island Youth Program is forming it's Annual High School Basketball League, anyone interested should contact Anthony Simmons or Hassan Wazani at 212-527-2505 for more information. Applications can be picked-up at the school between 3PM and 8PM, Monday-Friday this week, evaluation to select teams will take place on Monday, November 7th, 2011 at 6:30PM at the school. Coach Anthony and our new Coaches Across America Nike sponsored employee will be working to provide the quality in programming you have come to expect from the Roosevelt Island Youth Program inc.What is Coaches Across America? RIYP Executive Director Charlie DeFino explains:
RIYP has been chosen as a site by Coaches Across America (CAA), the flagship program of Up2Us and a proud member of AmeriCorps in the first nationwide effort to mobilize highly trained coaches as Sports-Based Youth Development experts. CAA hires and recruits young people with a passion for sports, and places them as AmeriCorps "coaches" in community-based sports programs. RIYP was one of only sixteen agencies excepted this year (over 100 applied) into this program which is sponsored by AmerCorps, Nike Sports and the Department of Youth and Community services.More info on Coaches Across America


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Not sure why this wasn't at least discussed publicy before being voted on US Men's Marathon Olympic Trials Tightened Dramatically To 2:19 Tightening the standards might make sense but the reasons they are providing for the change - to make it more manageable for event organizers- doesn't seem to make sense as most marathons are used to hosting 20,000+. What's the difference between 160 and 80 entrants? Discuss the Olympic marathon trials standards changes on our message board.
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Author and speaker Liz Curtis Higgs takes a high-spirited walk through the biblical book of Ruth, bringing to life this beloved rags-to-redemption story for two dozen women in a cozy coffeehouse setting. Grab a seat and join the fun!
Verse by verse, Liz guides her audience through the twelve chapters of The Girls Still Got It, revealing Gods steadfast love and his trustworthy plan for our lives. Take a walk with Ruth and the God who rocked her world!
The Girls Still Got It DVD is designed with flexibility in mind. Use it for personal enjoyment or in a group setting with the book, whether your Bible study meets for three weeks, twelve weeks, or anything in between.
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"This is by far the most interesting, encouraging, and applicable book on Ruth Ive ever read. Liz is brilliantly profound as she makes the Bible come alive in a fresh, enlightening way. I kept finding myself saying, I didnt know that! Plus, Lizs trademark wit makes this book so much fun to read. I give this book my highest recommendation."
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"Liz is authentic, hilarious, and theologically substantive. Every time I have the privilege of hearing her teach or reading something shes written, I come away with a bigger, clearer picture of Jesus. Her new book about an Old Testament girl named Ruthwhich is ultimately about Gods redemptive affection for all of usis a must read!"
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"Lizs genius, sensitivity, and humor are reflected on every page. Ive taught the book of Ruth many times, but, oh, did Liz introduce me to insightful, ancient cues that deepened what I thought I knew. Youre going to fall in love with The Girls Still Got Itand with Liz!"
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"Liz Curtis Higgs has done it again! With her thorough research, spontaneous wit, and extraordinary attention to every detail of Ruths life, Liz will have you laughing and crying at the same time while being challenged with poignant choices that apply to your own life. This book sings of hope, redemption, and lasting joy. I highly recommend it for personal and small-group study."
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"I love Liz. I love Ruth. Put them under the same roof, and you have my full attention. Liz is the consummate storyteller, and Ruth is a woman with a story worth knowing. It worked for me. Big time!"
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"Liz has certainly still got it! Youll laugh, learn, and love Lizs contemporary parallels to Ruth and Naomi. She brings them alive, vividly helping us identify with their hopes and hurts. Like us, they faced enormous storms, but alsoand Liz makes this so clearthey learned to trust the Lord of the Storm. Lizs astounding research will teach you valuable historyyet all the while youll feel like you are curled up with a novel."
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"Liz Curtis Higgs has taken this remarkable story and made it come alive! With delightful humor and well-researched insight, Liz presents Ruths story as it truly isthe story of you and me. For we, too, have been chosen and deeply loved by a Kinsman-Redeemer who went to such extravagant lengths that he left heaven and interrupted eternity just to make us his own."
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May 2014+: Warnings by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (CF) - Bogus collectors are using the charity's old-style bags (coloured red, white and blue).
The charity says that none of these collections are genuine - they're all bogus.
If you receive one of these bags, please immediately contact the charity and the police and try to get the collection intercepted. If it's bogus, the clothes can be seized.
. . . and (if you have the time) please let us know about the collection. Contact us
All the genuine bags are a new, different design - coloured yellow .
( Precycle are no longer the collectors; collections are by East London Textiles (ELT) )
See: Warning over bogus recycling bags Old clothes give new hope
Recycled clothes scam [Berkshire] Fraud involving old collection bags
. . . You need to act quickly - see the hands-on guide below
Taking your unwanted clothes etc to a charity shop raises around 50 times more money for charity compared with giving your clothes to a typical
Do you want your item of clothing to raise only 5 pence for charity - or over £2.50 . . . ?
Worse still, around 50% of house-to-house collections are misleading/bogus/illegal.
... And fewer than 1 in 10,000 (=0.01%) illegal collections is prosecuted.
... And up to 10% of filled bags are stolen before the house-to-house collector arrives.
With CDs and DVDs, around 200 times more money is raised for charity by charity shops compared with typical house-to-house collections (10 cased CDs weigh 1 kilogram) :
A house-to-house collector gives only a half-penny (0.5p) per CD to the charity !
A charity shop makes almost £1 profit (=net proceeds) per donated CD or DVD
With jewellery, over 1,000 times more money (per item) is raised for charity by charity shops compared with typical (royalty-per-tonne) house-to-house collections.
There are over 9,000 charity shops in the UK - including :
If you can't take your donated goods to a charity shop, some shops are happy to collect them from your home - eg British Heart Foundation (BHF)
For more information on how charity shops raise around 50 times more than collections, see the following :
the Charity shops versus house-to-house collections page
the Statistics page
Credit: goodtoknow.media.ipcdigital.co.uk
Our thanks to: www.BHF.org.uk (charity)
21 Oct 2014: GT Recycling Ltd (clothing collector, Aylesbury, Bucks) - see the 'Companies House' website for the latest status of the company/ies
26 Aug 2014: Memel Ltd (clothing collector, RO: London) - Company dissolved
05 Aug 2014: Angel of Goodness Ltd (clothing collector, Birmingham) - Company dissolved
08 July 2014: Last Hope Ltd (clothing collector, Lincoln/London) - Company dissolved
08 July 2014: Europe Family Links (clothing collector, Wembley) - Company dissolved
July 2014: D & P Textile Company Ltd (clothing collector, Birmingham) - Company in liquidation
17 June 2014: Little Treasures Children's Trust (a controversial small charity in Essex) - Removed from the Register of charities - ceased to exist
10 June 2014: Hand of Help UK Ltd (clothing collector) - Compulsory liquidation of the company by the Official Receiver (OR). See the 'Collectors A-Z' page for details
June 2014: "Charitable" collections being carried out by 'RNHI' www.rnhi.co.uk Bags have an image of a helicopter (air ambulance?). Reports suggest it may be a scam. Let us know if you have any information on this.
See Nominet's WHOIS record re website (incorrect registrant type, out-of-date registrant's address - post is returned to sender).
Click here for a photo of donated "RNHI" collection bags
Spring 2014: Sanctuary (a new Welsh charity) began house-to-house collections
19 March 2014: Home Office (and HMRC) raid on the premises of Savanna Rags International Ltd in Forest Road, Mansfield (Notts). 30 illegal immigrants arrested
28 Jan 2014: Document (PDF) published by the Charity Commission (Investigations):
'Financial accountability issues - Accounts defaulting, self dealing, and fraud' 35 pages
14 Jan 2014: Alra Clothing Ltd (clothing collector, Manchester) - Company dissolved
31 Dec 2013: Sanctex Ltd (clothing collector):
Their contract with the Manacare Foundation (charity) was terminated WEF this date
10 Dec 2013: UK Clothes Ltd (formerly called D & V Clothes Collection Ltd) (clothing collector, Essex) - Company dissolved
Dec 2013: An investigation revealed details of a factory in China (in Shandong Province) that's producing fake (=counterfeit) charity bags for the UK market. The fakes included: Age Scotland, Age UK, BHF, Cancer Relief UK, PDSA, Scope, Sense
Nov 2013: A bogus collector called "Clothes and UK Charities" collecting in Surrey. Surrey Police investigated.
04 Oct 2013: Local Community Recycling Services Ltd (LCRS) of Walsall (West Midlands) - the company went into liquidation (wound up) - Company No. 06692067
Current/past directors: Mark Fitzgerald, David Fitzgerald, David Hide, Chris Pomelli, Angelo Pomelli
24 Sept 2013: PSS Support Ltd changed their name to "Clothes Relief Ltd"
Sept 2013: "Clothes for Charity" website launched. It's the trading name for a new commercial company called 'Rose Wild Ltd'. See our 'Collectors A-Z' page for details
12 July 2013: The fundraising site CharityGiving (=The Dove Trust, charity 287401) was suspended (shut down) by the Charity Commission - £250,000 goes missing
08 July 2013: Fake bags (Cancer Relief UK) on 'Fake Britain' BBC TV show (s4 ep5)
02 July 2013: "Turning brass to muck? A small scale exploration of charities' use of charity bags collections" Paper by Dr Clive Sealey (lecturer, University of Worcester)
An 18-page PDF document (with 10 references to www.CharityBags.org.uk)
01 July 2013: Charity fraudster jailed for 3¾ years - Harris Polak stole over £213,000
12 June 2013: Adjudication by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) - verdict:
charity bags from GT Recycling Initiatives Ltd (for "Kids 'n' Cancer UK") were misleading
06 June 2013: 'The role of the Charity Commission and "public benefit": Post-legislative scrutiny of the Charities Act 2006 234-page Report by the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PDF file) - sections on clothing collections (and NEOs)
04 June 2013: "Charity Commission may not be 'fit for purpose', MPs say" BBC News
June 2013: Torfaen Council (South Wales) revoked the house-to-house collection licence they'd previously granted to Audosta Ltd / 'Cancer Research and Genetics UK'
With one house-to-house collection, only £12.50 had been given to the charity.
June '13: 'Charity watchdog's 'astounding' failure to detect tax avoidance condemned'
- just £55,000 of the Cup Trust's £176 million income went to charitable causes
07 May 2013: VeritasCare Ltd (clothing collector, London SW4 6DA) - company dissolved
03 April 2013: Adjudication by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Not upheld
Clothing bags from 'Clothing Collection Team Ltd' (a Scottish co) - a controversial verdict.
(In England & Wales, we feel they may have needed a H2H charitable collection licence.)
27 March 2013: Sparco Ltd / Darius Kaminskas - clothing collector (Bristol) - jailed
26 Feb 2013: Julytex Ltd (collection company, Wolverhampton) - Company dissolved
29 Jan 2013: SOS Support Ltd (collection co, Newport, S Wales) - Company dissolved
16 Jan 2013: 'The Drops of Help Ltd' (TDOH):
A clothing collection company run by a Lithuanian couple in Beckton, East London.
1. Compulsory liquidation of the company - by 'Company Investigations' (IS / BIS).
"... a fake 'charity' that conned Kent residents, has been forced to close down"
2. Both people were prosecuted by Kent County Council Trading Standards.
Salford City Council (Licensing Dept) uses 1,084 words (verbatim) from CharityBags website in their Report [for Councillors] on House-to-House collections Word .docx file
Darlington Council (Licensing Dept) adds our CharityBags' How-to-tell-if-it's-genuine' Charity Checklist to their website (as a 4-page PDF file)
17 Oct 2012: Order to wind up Rogaile Ltd (compulsory liquidation of the company)
17 Oct 2012: The government's Directgov and Business Link portal websites were abolished. They were replaced by GOV.UK www.gov.uk
Oct 2012: Bogus Troop Aid collection bags are being distributed (including fakes) See: West Mercia Police Troop Aid charity
18 Sept 2012: ABC Vara Ltd (a collection company in Leicestershire) was dissolved.
No accounts filed
June 2012: Liquidation of D & P Textile Company Ltd (a clothing collector in Birmingham).
Final meeting of members (under the Insolvency Act 1986) to be held on 26 Aug 2014`
01 April 2012: Consumer Direct was abolished (website and telephone helpline).
It was replaced by 'Citizens Advice consumer service' www.adviceguide.org.uk
March 2012+: Beware - New collection scam (Worcestershire/Glos area) :
See new page: 'Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Air Ambulance' scam
- there's no charity with this name - the collections are fraudulent
20 Feb 2012: 'Children's Aid Foundation' (of Teesside) - this controversial charity was removed from the register of the Charity Commission
30 Jan 2012: 'Clothing donation bins spark turf war in Ontario [Canada]'
'Much of the money does not go to charity' - good article on CBC News Canada website
26 Sept 2011: 'Charity sounds alarm over 'scam' drop-off boxes'
Article on CBC News Canada website - on clothing banks disguised as 'charitable'
Expanded/updated page: List of prosecutions of collectors - including Caerphilly, East Northants, Kirklees, Bristol, Kent TSD
Article: Fake collection leaflets, bags and impersonation
Updated page Misuse of ".org.uk" web addresses (domain names)
New article: Company information
List of organisations and resources (can be sorted)
- 365+ annotated entries - including websites, statistics, laws, articles, reports, key facts.
- new sections on Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
- the list (a table) can be sorted A-Z - or by subject (classified), and can be filtered.
Updated page: Councils' online diaries of collection licences - eg Bassetlaw Council, Bedford, Blackpool, Brentwood, Broadland, Corby, Daventry, Doncaster, East Northants, Elmbridge, Erewash, Forest of Dean, Guildford, Harrogate, Kettering, Mid Devon, New Forest, Runnymede, Selby, South Derbyshire, Southampton, Tandridge (Surrey), Three Rivers (Herts), Vale of Glamorgan, Warwick, Wellingborough, West Lancs, Wigan Councils; Metropolitan Police (London)
Expanded the A-Z List of clothing collectors page (now 280 entries) :
- Added new collectors - eg JT Textiles Ltd, Sunrise Dreams Ltd, Nooria Mission, Last Hope Ltd, DR Bags Company, RNHI, Sanctuary (charity), Savanna Rags Int'l Ltd, 'Clothes for Charity' (=Rose Wild Ltd), Fox Recycling Ltd
- Updated existing entries:
Dissolved companies - eg liquidation of Rogaile Ltd, Julytex Ltd dissolved, ABC Vara Ltd dissolved, SOS Support Ltd dissloved, liquidation of LCRS Ltd, liquidation of 'Hand of Help UK Ltd', Alra Clothing Ltd dissolved, 'D & P Textile Company Ltd' in liquidation, 'Europe Family Links' dissolved, 'Last Hope Ltd' dissolved
Prosecutions of house-to-house collectors page:
Added more prosecutions done by NW Leics Council and Caerphilly Council (S Wales)
Added an 'at-a-glance' summary list of prosecutions (a 6-column table)
Added a new section: "Other interceptions of collectors" (eg Worcester, Tandridge)
Added a new section on scam collection companies which have been closed down
Councils' registers of licences page: Revised and expanded the page;
- added the registers of Ashford, Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks councils
Page: Statistics - a handy table of over 250 facts and figures on collections
New page on Clothing banks
. . . See the WHAT'S NEW page for details
"Putting their diaries of collection licences on their websites is the single, most effective thing that councils can do to reduce the problem of misleading/bogus collections - so that genuine charities raise more money. It's extremely cost-effective."
19 Oct 2011: ASA upheld a complaint about a leaflet from E&N Textiles Ltd (AAS)
2 Nov 2011: High Court hearing (London) to wind up :
* Air Ambulance Support Community Interest Company (CIC) =AASCIC
* St Anthony Repatriation Ltd (formerly "Air Ambulance Service" =AAS )
* St Anthony (Trading Co) Ltd (formerly Air Ambulance Service (Trading Co) Ltd)
All three companies were wound up (=closed down).
See Government press release (by 'Company Investigations' of the Insolvency Service)
So ANY collections purporting to be by these companies are now ILLEGAL.
2 Nov 2011: Magistrates Court hearing: Kirklees Council's prosecution of unlicensed charitable collectors (Air Ambulance Support CIC =AASCIC) using the 1939 Act.
Adjourned until 30 Dec 2011, then to 2012
2 March 2012: Convicted (in their absence) - fined £1,000 with £300 costs
8Nov11: Walton Air Ambulance Support "charity" shop (Essex) - fraud trial postponed
14 Nov 2012: 'Walton-on-the-Naze [Essex]: Man is jailed over charity shop fraud'
2 Dec 2011: Bracknell Magistrates Court (Berks) The owner of "Air Ambulance Service", pleaded guilty to 9 offences (Consumer Protection Regulations 2008 =the CPRs)
20 Feb 2012: Illegal collection in Rotherham (Yorkshire) by 'Air Ambulance Service'/E&N
March 2012+: "Gloucestershire & Worcestershire Air Ambulance" scam - and see above
22 May 2012: Air Ambulance Recycling Ltd and E&N Textiles Ltd were wound up (=closed down) by the government in the High Court, London
June 2014: Evaldas Guoga successfully prosecuted in Norwich Magistrates Court`. Successful prosecution by Norfolk Trading Standards (in conjunction with Notts and Warwickshire TSDs) using the Consumer Protection Regulations (=CPRs) 2008
* see page on "Air Ambulance Service", AAS (Trading Co) Ltd and E&N Textiles Ltd
* see page on "Air Ambulance Support CIC" and Air Ambulance Recycling Ltd
* see Keith Kondakor's entries on Facebook YouTube
See also these websites :
When you receive a suspicious "charity" clothing collection leaflet or bag, look at it carefully and refer to :
A-Z list of collectors A-Z selection of collectors Law on collections
How to tell: is the leaflet 'genuine'? Fake collection leaflets
If you think it's bogus and/or unlicensed, immediately telephone (or visit) the "authorities" (the regulators) :
Cover of 1939 Act
hover to ENLARGE
If it's bogus, try to persuade these authorities (especially council licensing) to use their powers to intercept the bag collectors (with police help) in your area on the collection day (usually a couple of days later) :
Above: Bogus leaflet
Some councils (eg NW Leicestershire Council) have successfully prosecuted unlicensed collectors just for delivering the leaflets or bags (='promoting' a collection) - using the 1939 Act.
You may need to give the authorities a copy of the leaflet or bag - you can send them images of it using (a) a computer scanner and email, or
(b) a camera on a mobile phone or tablet.
If you have the time, get your friends and neighbours involved, and contact your local councillors and Neighbourhood Watch. Also you can assist the authorities on the day of the collection (so long as you act responsibly and cautiously).
Spread the word via social media - Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, forums, blogs and the like.
Bogus collectors rely on ignorance, apathy, delay and lack of action. Usually they collect the filled bags only two or three days after delivering their leaflets or bags. The collectors expect people to take a while to contact the regulators (the council, police etc) - and they assume the regulators will be slow to react. Prove them wrong.
A word of caution - leaflets which appear to be bogus may be genuine after all - and vice-versa (eg fakes). Also, if you do want the collectors caught, you don't want to alert them to the possibility they'll be stopped.
If the collector is a dissolved company, this is an additional offence
- see the A-Z list of collectors page - eg RA & B Services Ltd, Rutex Ltd, W & W Help Ltd.
After the collection day, you can complain to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) if you think the leaflet or bag was misleading. See the A-Z list of collectors for over 30 examples of successful complaints.
Use the Bogus collections reporting tool on the Charity Retail Association's website.
Write to your MP. Contact newspapers. Contact 'Company Investigations' (BIS)
Theft of bags: If you see anyone taking filled bags before the official collector arrives, note details (eg vehicle registration number and description) and ring the police immediately. Guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) states that it's theft.
See also:
|Each year in the UK, between £15 and 50 million income is lost by
genuine charities because of
CharityBags campaigns to reduce this problem . . .
|Raise 10 pence or £3?
Two charity clothing collections - one raised £3 a bag for charity ... the other donated only 10 pence to charity for the SAME bag of clothes
|If you receive a door-to-door clothing collection leaflet - who should you contact to check it out? - your local council licensing dept? trading standards? police? Charity Commission? ASA? - See the Regulators page
M&S coats now only £7 ... Latest novels 85% off ... CDs and DVDs only £1.99
- Pick up a bargain in a charity shop - and help raise money for good causes. There are now over 9,000 charity shops in the UK
|All change! - 2006 saw the start of major changes in charity law ... including the rules for licensing of charity collections (which date back to 1916 and 1939)
|Law - All charitable clothing collections need a licence from the local council (or approval from the Cabinet Office) - check out the rules in the House to House Collections Act 1939
|Choices - "I've got some unwanted clothes etc - Should I give them to house-to-house clothing collections or take them to a recycling centre or take them to a charity shop?"
|The Charity Commission's report on door-to-door clothing collections reveals a disturbing picture of many commercial clothing collectors misleading the public
is worthwhile, but donating your unwanted goods to a charity shop for
|Bogus charity collectors fined - an unlicensed house-to-house clothing collection in Northamptonshire led to a prosecution by the district council licensing department
rules for
|Bogus charity clothing collections by 'Gotham' were featured on BBC1 TV's Watchdog programme - the leaflets alleged the goods went to charity shops in Lithuania
|The Charity Commission's Register lists 180,000 charities in England and Wales - such as Oxfam, RSPCA, Age UK, Salvation Army, NSPCC, Scope, The Children's Society, Cancer Research, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, BHF
|A-ZThe A-Z list of clothing collectors includes 30 which have been the subject of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) - misleading leaflets and bags
|See the DROP-DOWN MENUS (top of most pages) for a full list of the pages on our website
|We welcome your comments - see contact us
|See List of organisations and resources - with abbreviations, links and useful printed reference sources. You can sort it
|Below: misleading clothing collection leaflet (Rutex Ltd)
|The Scams and cons page - offers advice on how to avoid being ripped off - including links to Consumer Direct's "Watch out!" scams guide and SafeFromScams.co.uk
|Textile recycling is a sizeable industry in the UK. The value of second-hand clothes has risen dramatically - to over £1,000 per tonne. Most are exported (especially to Eastern Europe and Africa). But far more money would be raised for charities if the clothes went to charity shops . . .
|Around 500 UK charity shops accept mains-powered electrical goods, testing them before sale - such as computers, TVs, hifi, radios and gadgets. Some even take fridges & cookers . . .
|'A selection of collectors A-Z' :
. . . This page has over 60 images of collection leaflets and bags - plus comments
Please send us more scanned copies of leaflets and bags ...
|?HOW TO TELL - is a clothing collection leaflet or bag genuine? - a checklist
|Cardiff Council prosecuted E&C Export Ltd for carrying out a charitable clothes collection without a licence, using the 'House to House Collections Act 1939'
Parliament and politicians :
At last, MPs are talking tough about bogus 'charitable' clothing collections
|Licensing of collections under the 1939 Act :
Monitoring and enforcement are crucial. But fewer than 1 in 10,000 (!) illegal clothing collections is prosecuted . . .
|A brief history of clothing collections - a timeline : This page gives key events and dates - eg new laws, TV and radio programmes
|Clothing collections really are a matter of "life and death" - it's now thought that people may have died unnecessarily or sustained avoidable permanent injuries - because of the nationwide Air Ambulance scams in 2010 & 2011 - they stole £250,000++ from hard-pressed genuine charities such as Midlands Air Ambulance . . .
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|In memory of V who died of cancer in 2011
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Government (central and local) - a brief guide - Parliament, Whitehall, local councils . . .
Freedom of information (FoI) and open government (and data protection)
Campaigns and campaigning by charities / not-for-profits - changing attitudes/behaviour
Charities and honesty - eg efficiency, ethics, integrity
Use (and misuse) of ".org.uk" web addresses - eg by commercial clothing collectors
Companies and company information - how to research clothing collection companies . . .
Scams, cons etc - and how to avoid them - trading standards, 'Action Fraud' . . .
Statistics - a handy table of over 250 facts and figures on collections and related matters
Introduction to statistics - sources, accuracy, presentation . . .
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My friend once lost control of his friend's car and skidded off the road. He was driving in the desert though, and the car smoothly plowed into a soft bank of sand. Basically, the car was fine. Few drivers are so lucky.
Take a look at Jeremy Foley spearing off the road at the Pikes Peak hillclimb last year. It's what it looks like to drive off of a cliff. Foley and his crew built a roll cage strong enough for the impact, but man does that not look fun.
What do you think would be the scariest place to have a car crash?
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Video: How McDonald's Canada Makes French Fries
In McDonald's Canada's latest "behind the scenes" video answering customers' questions, they show you how their fries are made, from growing the potatoes to salting the fries in the kitchen. They start at one of the farms that supplies their potatoes, then head to the McCain processing plant that turns the potatoes into fries, and end at a McDonald's kitchen to show how much salt each basket of fries is seasoned with (noting that customers can request fries without salt).
A quick rundown of the fry-making process: After the potatoes are washed, peeled, and cut, they're blanched, coated in a dextrose solution, coated in something that prevents discoloration, dried, fried for 45 to 60 seconds, then frozen and packaged.
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Streak dashed, but Blue Jays' ride has just begun
With 11 straight wins, Toronto put sputtering start to season in rearview mirror
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- From the depths of despair the Blue Jays' great expectations have become reality.
Their celebrated 11-game winning streak came to a screeching halt Monday night, but this team has proven in the last two weeks it has the confidence and ability to put its dreadful start far behind.
The Rays, powered by three consecutive homers in the second inning, took care of the streak with a 4-1 victory at Tropicana Field that wasn't nearly as close as the final score.
Jeremy Hellickson, who blanked Toronto on just one second-inning single through seven scoreless innings, shut down an offense that had outscored the opposition 102-53 since June 2.
So the winning streak, which began on June 11 in Chicago, ended quietly at 9:47 p.m. ET as thunderstorms and tornado warnings swirled outside The Trop.
An 11-game winning streak in the rugged American League East, where all five teams have winning records, can do wonders when disappointment and frustration had washed away preseason optimism.
"We had a good run, game over," said catcher J. P. Arencibia. "To go on that streak, we had to believe we were able to do that stuff. To do something like that in baseball, you have to believe. If you're not believing and passive, it doesn't happen."
By winning 11 consecutive games and tying the franchise record, the Blue Jays have proven 2013's outlook was more than press clippings from glossy magazines.
"Losses are never easy, but we've been on a nice little roll. We knew it [losing] was going to happen sooner or later," said Blue Jays skipper John Gibbons. "We'll start another one tomorrow."
Gibbons said he told his players, "Great job -- playing really good baseball, that's what they've been doing. Some nights you run into really good pitching. The Rays are really tough down here. Hellickson has a dynamite changeup, and he was on tonight."
Regardless, call it validation, a form of documentation that the Blue Jays deserve equal billing with the Red Sox, Orioles, Yankees and Rays -- or at least belong in their company.
This is exactly what general manager Alex Anthopoulos and club president Paul Beeston envisioned when they stunned the baseball world with their flurry of offseason moves.
It has been eons since Joe Carter blasted that home run off the Phillies' Mitch Williams to win the 1993 World Series.
Or at least it seems like eons ago, because that's the last time Toronto played postseason baseball. Don't blame their fans if they still cherish faded photos of Carter's celebration, because it was the last time they had much to cheer about.
"We're playing much better, but we couldn't have played much worse," said Anthopoulos. "We're still a million miles from the other teams in our division. We're trying to stay on an even keel; there's so much more work to do."
It was architect Anthopoulos who excited the Toronto faithful when he added R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson to the rotation, and shortstop Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera during his busy winter.
The Blue Jays, of course, got off to a dreadful start, and after two months seemed buried in their division. Reyes, former National League batting champion with the Mets, went down in early April with a severely sprained left ankle, and there were myriad other injuries. Reyes is expected to return Wednesday.
The Blue Jays were 10-21 on June 10, nine games below .500 and 12 games out of first place.
"We always figured it was just a matter of time before we started playing better, but it lasted longer than we expected," said Gibbons. "That's all behind us now, and we're rolling along."
The streak began on the night of June 11 at Chicago's Comerica Park.
Trailing, 5-4, and down to their last strike, the Blue Jays rode Jose Bautisa's ninth-inning homer off closer Addison Reed to tie the game at 5. In the 10th, they scored twice and held on for a stirring 7-5 victory.
"That was a big homer," Gibbons said before Monday's game. "We just took off after that and haven't lost since. I have to believe that was it.
"We're playing real good right now. That's the way this game goes. All the other teams in the division are going to hit good winning streaks just like we did. You never know how long it's going to last."
By losing Monday night, the Blue Jays fell back into last place in the AL East behind Tampa Bay, but with their 38-37 record, they're just 5 1/2 games behind first-place Boston. Their four-game series at Fenway Park beginning Thursday night will give them a huge opportunity.
Seldom has there been a division with five teams so closely bunched, all with winning records. With MLB's unbalanced schedule, the teams essentially are beating up on each other.
That's a key reason why the Blue Jays, with their winning streak, have a new lease on life.
Joe Maddon, once a coach for the Angels, pointed out, "Oakland, Seattle, the Angels -- it was pretty good for a while for all three of those teams, but one team was always out of it. This is five now in this division, and it's different. I anticipate it's going to stay this way for the rest of the year.
"The Blue Jays are going to get even stronger when Reyes comes back. That's what they anticipated or envisioned early in the beginning of the year, and it's starting to come to fruition. It makes the division even more difficult to win. It's fun and interesting."
It will be interesting to see how well the Blue Jays recover from the abrupt end to their streak.
"We put it behind us, learn from it, and tomorrow we come ready for another game," said Arencibia.
He didn't say it, but should have added, "With renewed confidence."


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The Quilts 1700-1945 exhibit at QAG is so amazing. There is no photography allowed in the show, but there is a great book with pictures of all the quilts, plus lots of extra information.
This is my favourite – the George III coverlet. The piecing in the circles is so intricate, and the applique panels are also amazing. It's going on my to do list.
I also did a toy drop while we were at the gallery. In keeping with the quilt theme for the day, I made a little quilt to go with this dolly. Nothing fancy, just a fat quarter that I had on hand and quilted with loopies. This was left in the sculpture courtyard before things were very busy, and I was lucky enough to see that it was collected by two little girls with their grandmother.
Love Entwined progress:
I have redone the centre compass, because some of the points weren't pointy enough and I wanted to adjust the colours slightly. It meant I also had to redo the 32 surrounding dots but I am much happier with this version. I've started preparing the next stage – many tiny diamonds to be appliqued next


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Blown violet elongated vase. A Murano glass vase that completes any home space decoration of your home. Imagine it in your favorite room!
This Modern Murano purple glass vase with a rounded, curvy shape of Brina recalls a drop of water and is also available in different colors.
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For the first time, I embarked on a multi-country journey across Europe in a short two-week period, experiencing various cultures, people, landmarks, and of course, food. Most of the time, travelling within the various cities in Europe was on foot and occasionally via the underground Metro system. Getting around the cities wasn't difficult as Europe has one of the best public transportation system.
Here are some of the random pictures that I took in the City of London, a metropolis filled with fascinating sites and vibrant cultures.
1. Originally designed as a temporary structure, the London Eye is now a permanent icon in the city. Towering at 135m tall, the Ferris wheel is London's most distinctive landmarks. Here is a shot of the London Eye taken from the Westminster Bridge.
2. The cheapest way to get around London is via the underground tube. It starts from 5:30 a.m. to roughly 12:30 a.m. and convenient to use. While it can be rather congested during peak hours, most stations are relatively empty after 10:00 a.m. Here is a picture of the Bayswater station.
3. Covent Garden is one of London's must-go place for shoppers. With tonnes of restaurants, souvenir shops, bars, street performers, and bazaar like market in the morning, the place is bustling with activities all day long. Key chains spelling out the city name come in all shapes and sizes are sold there.
4. The heart of the Covent Garden is the 'Piazza', which houses a large market with side bars, cafes and shop. Here is a typical scene of the place during morning.
5. Universally known as the 'tube', London underground transportation system is well connected with 14 different intersecting routes.
6. London underground stations are relatively cleaner and well maintained as compared to those in other Europe countries. Each station is brightly lit with ample directional signage to help tourists to get around places. The tube is the second largest Metro line in the world and reputedly the third busiest Metro system in the entire Europe.
7. Barclays' bicycle for hire scheme is another popular mode of transportation in London. Simply pick any bicycle from the allocated docking station, ride it anywhere and park it for the next person to use. It is the one of the most convenient method for travelling around the city.
8. The Victoria memorial erected in front of the entrance of Buckingham Palace.
9. A street magician performing the classic Houdini trick at Covent Garden.
10. The interior view of Covent Garden with casual stalls selling jeweleries, gifts, antiques and other stuff.
11. Walking along the street in London is a sight to marvel with interesting mixture of small shops to huge ultra-modern shopping district and classical architectural buildings.
12. A candid shot of a man inside the tube.
13. The Admiralty Arch which links Trafalgar Square to the Buckingham Palace is another famous landmark in London.
14. One of the top attraction in London is the changing of the guard which takes place at Buckingham Palace, the official residence of Her Majesty. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. daily (from May to July) and on alternate days for the rest of the year. Here is a shot of a Grenadier Guard patrolling the grounds of Buckingham Palace before changing took place.
15. A Grenadier Guard standing at the entrance of palace providing sentry duty during the day.
16. A policeman keeping an eye of the crowd during the changing of the guard. We were told to keep a close eye at our bag and wallet as pickpockets are a common occurrence in crowded places.
17. Another policeman on horse was keeping a close watch at the crowd to ensure that everyone is standing within the boundaries when the foot soldiers were about to march in.
18. Foot soldiers marching in to the front gate at the beginning of the ceremony.
19. As the changing of the guard is one of the highlight when visiting London, throngs of tourists are seen outside the palace to witness the event.
20. Soldiers from the Line Infantry standing in line during the ceremony.
21. A tourist was seen reaching her hands out into the iron grills of the palace gates taking pictures of the ceremony.
22. Some additional shots of the changing of guard. While the event lasted only about 30 minutes, the entire ceremony was very elaborate.
23. Dining out in London is certainly not a problem with an abundant range of restaurants around. Prima Sapori D' Italia located near to Covent Garden provides a decent range of italian dishes such as pasta and spaghetti.
24. This shot was taken at nearly 40,000 feet above sea level inside the Qatar Airways airplane during the flight from Doha to London.
25. A candid shot of a man walking along the street in London.
26. A group of tourists posing with a street performer, impersonating as the Queen.
27. A Chinese lady was seen preparing some dough in her shop at Chinatown.
28. Apart from the impressive architecture along the streets, the signages are equally appealing. Far from being an eyesore, these signages contribute to the aesthetic appearance of the city.
29. A guard mounted on the horse in front of the Household Cavalry Museum at Whitehall.
30. Another calvary guard standing by the entrance of the Museum.
31. A picture of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council building.
32. An imposing monument standing in front of the Buckingham Palace with the Victoria memorial in the background.
33. A monument of King George IV at the Trafalgar Square.
34. A policeman stationed in front of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister.
35. A pair of sunglasses resting on top of some reading materials at the Literature Museum.
36. An interior view of the buildings next to the River Thames.
37. An intricate design of lions and horses at the main gate of Buckingham Palace.
38. The Westminster Abbey standing at 225 feet tall boasting an impressive English Gothic design. This is also the famous church where Prince William and Kate Middleton were pronounced husband and wife. In fact, every monarch has been crowned in the Westminster Abbey.
39. A closer look at the intricate design at the entrance of the church.
40. A couple walking along the street leading down to the Buckingham Palace.
41. The Marble Arch which was originally built as a gateway to the Buckingham Palace was moved over to junction of Oxford Street and Edgware Road.
43. A candid shot of a woman walking past a Marks and Spencer outlet.
44. A walk along the Tower Bridge which leads over the Thames to East London. Many consider it to be the world's most beautiful bridges.
45. A landscape shot of the Thames River with the shadow of the bridge resting on the murky water.
46. Another view of the Tower Bridge from afar.
47. The clock tower Big Ben which is located near to the Houses of Parliament as seen from the Westminster Station.
48. Incidentally, Big Ben actually refers to the 13-ton bell inside the tower which was named after Benjamin Hall and not the clock tower itself. In movies, 'Big Ben' has come to be a symbol of London as the famous icon has been featured over and over again in numerous movies.
49. A street performer impersonating Charlie Chaplin was seen along the street opposite of the clock tower.
50. A close view of Palace of Westminster, a royal residence for ceremonial purposes which is located next to the clock tower.


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ELC plays tough vs. Spirit Lake
In spite of a couple early miscues, Estherville Lincoln Central gave the Midget fans plenty to cheer about in a scoring against Spirit Lake on Friday.
But when the dust had settled, the defending state champion Indians had 47-26 victory.
ELC quarterback Justin Heinrichs put on a good offensive display, running the ball 32 times for 223 yards and completing 16-of-27 passes for 140 yards, unofficially.
But even without starting quarterback Alec Henrickson, the Indians were too much. Spirit Lake didn't have any passing yards, but finished with 467 yards on the ground on 45 carries.
ELC got off to a rough start.
After the Indians pinned ELC at the 2-yard line with the opening kickoff, the Midgets had 9-yard run, but a fumble came at the end of it.
Two plays later, quarterback Billy Brown ran the ball in from 6-yards out.
ELC's next drive went well behind the running of Heinrichs, but after getting first and goal at the 5-yard line, the Spirit Lake defense held and pushed Heinrichs out of bounds on fourth and 5.
The Indians took over at their 17 and on the first play from scrimmage, Caleb Jennings scampered around the left end and down the sideline 83 yards for a 6-0 lead.
The two teams traded a couple possessions, but the Indians put together another drive with Logan Backhaus scoring from 4-yards out with 7:17 left in the first half.
ELC started at midfield on the ensuing drive, helped by a facemask penalty on the kickoff.
Justin Heinrichs busted free for a 30-yard run. Two plays later, receiver Joe Heinrichs was tripped in the endzone and the Midgets moved up 10 yards on the pass interference call. After a 1-yard loss, Justin Heinrichs again found some room to run and scored from 11 yards out to put ELC on the board. The two-point conversion failed as ELC trailed 19-6.
Joe Heinrichs then intercepted a Spirit Lake pass at the Indians 34-yard line. ELC was unable to take advantage as Justin Heinrichs was intercepted by Justin Jones three plays later.
Spirit Lake again put a quick drive together as Jennings had a big run into ELC territory and the Brown scored on a 24-yard run with 3:22 left in the first half.
Trailing 26-6, ELC wasn't done in the first.
ELC put together a eight-play drive that included a pass to Joe Heinrichs and a screen pass to Billy Snyder. The drive was completed with a 19-yard pas to Rodrick Fuller with 1:14 on the clock. Justin Heinrichs connected with Joe Heinrichs on the two-point conversion as ELC trailed 26-14 at the break.
Both teams scored relatively quickly to start the second half. Spirit Lake got an 85-yard kickoff return from Austin Folsom.
On the ensuing drive, ELC again did a good job of moving the ball with Heinrichs scoring on a nifty 28-yard run, keeping the game within two scores, 33-20.
On the Indians next drive, Josh Hofstra lost the ball at the Midget 1-yard line trying to stretch for the touchdown with ELC recovering the fumble. ELC got some breathing room, but for the second time on the night, Spirit Lake scored on the first play of the drive. This time Trevor Jensen romped 57 yards as the third quarter came to a close. The PAT gave the visitors a 40-20 lead.
ELC came up with one more scoring drive that included a pass interference call against Spirit Lake and a 12-yard pass from Heinrichs to Avery Hansen. The drive concluded with a 2-yard run by Carsten Bosch that made it 40-26 with 8:09 left in the game.
On the Indians next drive, a 65-yard touchdown run by Kenten Murray was called back on a holding penalty. But Spirit Lake still completed the drive on a 2-yard quarterback keeper by Backhaus.
Doing most of the damage for Spirit lake was Jennings, who had 121 yards on three carries. Hofstra had 80 yards on 12 carries and Murray and 86 yards on 10 carries.
Spirit Lake (8-1 overall, 6-0 in district play) continues its season with a first-round playoff game at home against MOC-Floyd Valley on Wednesday.
ELC finishes its first season at 2-7 overall and 1-5 in district play under first-year coach Andy Umthun.
Nine seniors played in their final game-Joseph Heinrichs, Billy Snyder, Noah Helmers, Alec Wycoff, Anthony Segura, Levi Jensen, Chase Erickson, Maysen Lupkes and Corey Reeves.
"Those nine seniors gave me a great year, but I was hoping to do more for them," said Umthun.
With a number of key juniors returning next year, Umthun looks to the future.
"We have a nice core group of juniors to build on what we did this year," he said.


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A committed but controversial figure who has looked at this for years is Martin Wolff. You can find his ideas at China Holistic English
English Teacher
Hi there,
I have recently qualified as an English teacher and have also recently moved to Hong Kong to start teaching. The agent I work for has offered me the opportunity to give some 'lectures' on teaching English to delegations of Chinese English teachers. Having only recently moved to this part of the world, I have not experienced Chinese English teaching and have very little knowledge of what the standard of these teachers will be.
If you have experience teaching English in China, at any level, I'd really appreciate your thoughts on what these teachers will find interesting and useful from a lecture.
In my research so far, I have read that Chinese students often complain that, while they have a good knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary, they have very little confidence/skill in using this knowledge to communicate effectively. With this in mind I had thought about covering teaching both speaking and listening, including different methods/ideas for doing this more communicatively and examples of activities to help build confidence and 'freer' speech.
If you have any ideas on any other possible topics I could cover, I'd be very grateful indeed.
Thanks in advance,
A committed but controversial figure who has looked at this for years is Martin Wolff. You can find his ideas at China Holistic English
Let me just say that I never taught in China. However, I taught English to Chinese students while I was living in New Zealand.
To me it sounds like you have a good plan. True, Chinese students are taught primarily grammar, whereas they have major difficulties with speaking and listening as well. I would cover reading too as you might get them to focus on sentence structures and also on developing skimming and scanning reading techniques. It would be great if you could make these activities fun for both the teachers and, as a result of your efforts with them, for their students too, though.
One tip. See if you can get a look at the classes these teaches teach before you start giving them advice on how to teach. If they are teaching 60 or more pupils at a time, sall eated in tiered rows, many of the ideas that you might come up with will be impossible for the Chinese teachers.
Thanks very much for all this sound advice. I really appreciate you all taking the time to respond to my plea. Tdol, the Holistic English site makes for very interesting reading and I'm sure I wouldn't have found it on my own. Thanks a lot.
Shannico, I will have a think about including reading skills too and endeavour to make anything I cover as fun and enjoyable as I can :)
5jj, I don't think I'm going to have a chance to see where these teachers teach due to time constraints. I do accept your idea about the appropriacy of what I teach them, though, and I'm going to 'assume' that most of their classrooms are packed full and laid out in tight rows. I will try and make sure that the majority of the activities I share will work in this environment.
Thanks once again guys and all the very best,
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Forgot to wish you best of luck with this new adventure!
Perhaps you could offer them some ideas and tools for teaching pronunciation. This lecture by Adrian Underhill is a bit of a masterclass, for example.
I don't have any personal experience of Chinese teachers (I assume you're talking about teachers from the mainland), but I think it would be fairly safe to assume that, in most cases, their grammatical knowledge will be significantly better than their spoken ability. As such, it wouldn't be a massive surprise to see that they created students with a similar imbalance. Not that you can do much about that, of course. But the lecture above, for example, would assume that the teacher has good enough pronunciation to be able to produce an accurate model at least most of the time.
On a simpler note, remember you're dealing with the Confucian education philosophy, magister dixit, where one of the main problems is attempting rote learning, while excessively focussing on written English.


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Whereas before it was all but certain, now it is absolutely for certain — the LX-platformed shortened-to-two-doors Dodge Challenger will be built in DaimlerChrysler's Brampton plant, west of Toronto. Production of the sports coupe is set to begin in the spring of 2008 as the Challenger is added to the plant's existing production of it's stable mates, the Dodge Charger sedan, Dodge Magnum station wagon and their cross-platformed cousin, the Chrysler 300. No word yet on whether this North 'merican muscle car will come standard with one of those silly mountie tooks. Oh, come on, you know what we're talking about — right, eh? [Hat tip to Pete!]
Chrysler muscle car to be built in Brampton [Toronto Star]
Ask Dr Z About The Fine Print: Sweepstakes Rules Leak Dodge Challenger R/T Approximate Retail Value Of $30,000 [internal]


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talk typing... the best of DiS' inbox this week...
LCD Soundsystem
We've seen this documentary fill with live footage from LCD's last ever gig (gigumentrary?), and it's truly exceptional! If you missed it, read Krystina's fantastic review of Shut Up and Play the Hits, here and watch the new trailer, and then, like, go here http://www.shutupandplaythehits.com/ to find a screening near you when it hits cinemas on September 4th.
New Look
After making one of the albums of 2011, DiS invited ice-cool husband-wife duo New Look to come play the DiS stage at Great Escape earlier this year. BeatCast were on hand to shoot the show (full thing coming soon) and to film a chat with them, and this is what they captured...
Speaking of Beatcast... In last week's column we ran our interview with Halls, which was filmed before he played a DiS show a few months back, and now, here is Sanctuary and Swan from the show, to watch at your leisure...
Cat Power
Chan Marshall's HELLO-I'M-BACK-REMEMBER-ME?-YES-I-AM-AWESOME campaign continued this week, with the appearance of album opener 'Cherokee' as a free download. With its talk of being buried upside down turning the nursery rhyme lullaby into bittersweet bliss. And then she goes and gets Nicolas Jaar - who's pretty much the uncrowned king of music in my household right now - to do a remix that'll send a shiver up your spine... oh and you lucky buggers in the US of A, Cat Power announced some tour dates, fire up www.catpowermusic.com for details.
Tom Waits
Teaser campaign turns into the old boy who cried...
"As most of you guessed, it's a tour…a tour de force!
"Matt Mahurin has created an apocalyptic war dream to accompany the song 'HELL BROKE LUCE.' Kathleen and I envisioned it as an enlightened drill sergeant yelling the hard truths of war to a brand new batch of recruits. The video grew from the gnawing image of a soldier pulling his home, through a battlefield, at the end of a rope.
"I think you will agree, it's uplifting and fun."
'Hell Broke Luce' is fairly badass, and ass the press release points out, this track features Marc Ribot and Keith Richards on guitar, with Flea on bass and Casey Waits on drums, and is from Waits' most recent release, BAD AS ME... He rhymes Jeff with meth, what more do you need to know?
The folks from Vice's Noisey channel took a camera to Bonnaroo and wandered from the woods to the stage and made a video for a tune by some band...
No news of a new album just yet, but the Canadian heart-beaters did let slip a new song on a radio studio this week...
Sweet dreams are made of Japanese dream-pop. Dom Gourlay was turned on to Cuushe when he ventured to Japan to see Taffy and the PR just pinged this new track over, which features the following line in its press release which I'm sure will excite a few of you:
The EP's a collection of three new songs packaged with additional remixes by Teen Daze, Julia Holter and more. It's limited to three 3inch CDs or download and the artwork comes courtesy of Rachel Evans of Motion Sickness of Time Travel (Spectrum Spools).
DiS' Armchair Dancefloor column-ist Si Truss sent me this Bandcamp link with a note which simply read: "Been enjoying this a fair bit this week. Free download album. Synth-y, slo-mo r&b jamz and other such adjectives that hipsters like us use:"
Seams remixed by NZCA/Lines
ISM: Intelligent Sega Music...?
Bloc Party
Bloc Party are back! Here's what happened when they played a new tune at a low-key comeback show in nYc this week...
Matthew Dear
Mister Dear is back! Since he's been gone, it sounds like he's been racing cars in arcades and listening to Tortoise...
The Darkness cover Radiohead
And finally.... This has existed for quite some time (maybe a decade). Now it's really real:
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The New Flavor of Math Instruction
In a presentation filmed at a locally organized TEDx conference in Costa Mesa, Calif., last month, former Los Angeles teacher Nigel Nisbet explains how he turned chocolate bars into geometry problems to get kids hooked on math.
Nisbet says he spent his first few years as a teacher struggling to engage students who "had switched off to math." While standing in a supermarket checkout line, it hit him that he might be able to capture students' interest by creating problems based on more relatable (and even universally loved) topicssuch as chocolate. He then picked up several chocolate bars in the Toblerone-style packaging and devised a lesson around a single question: "Why make a chocolate bar in the shape of a triangular prism?"
Forced to think critically, the kids eventually joined forces to investigate the shape, and discovered that manufacturers used it to get a package that looked large but contained little chocolate. "The kids realized they were paying more but getting lessand that got their attention. I hadn't told them how to find the answer," Nisbet says.
As Nisbet tells it, he then threw out his textbooks and designed all his lessons around hands-on, real-world problems. Kids began to understand the "language" of math and consequently, their test scores shot up. Eighty-five percent of students passed classes they'd previously failed.
Nisbet's tale sounds intriguingly similar to the one math teacher Dan Meyer told in his own TEDx talk, and in the profile we featured of him last year (see "Life Equations"). Both speakers implore math educators to teach through self-discovery rather than hand-holding, stop relying on textbooks, and to make math more real.
Interestingly, Meyer and Nisbet also both eventually left the classroomMeyer for a Ph.D. program at Stanford to study curriculum design, Nisbet for a stint in professional development and then to design interactive, visual math games for a neuroscience and education nonprofit called MIND Research Institute.
In his talk, Nisbet says his new position has the advantage of enabling him, through games he has designed, to reach millions of students, including many in low-income schools.


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Did anyone other than Mark see "The Collector"? Follow up question, did anyone see it and like it? Didn't think so. Well news today that there's going to be a "Collector 3D" and it's going to be in.. well, 3D. You probably guessed that from the title though.
"She Wolf Rising" is not going to be a good movie but here's some pictures of Tiffany Shepis who stars in it rolling around. There's really not much news here but I think you'll appreciate it nonetheless. So uh, how's your week going? Some weather we're having huh?
So that whole unrated thing kind of backfired didn't it? Not to be outdone by Canada, "Hatchet II" has now been pulled from US theaters. But man those 2 days that it was showing sure were special weren't they? Did anyone get to see it? Tell me what it's like to love.
Take a look at this new picture from "Scream 4" and try to tell me you don't feel a little bad for Ghostface. It's him and a bunch of his other Ghostface friends riding a bus to school. But look, they're all sitting alone, none of them are friends. My heart is breaking.


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Two men have been charged with intercepting mobile phone voicemail messages following an investigation into allegations that the phone calls of staff working for Prince Charles were illegally accessed.
News of the World Royal editor Clive Goodman, aged 48, from Putney, and Glenn Mulcaire, aged 35, of Sutton, south London, have been charged with illegal interception of communications and conspiracy offences.
Both were released on police bail pending a scheduled appearance at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court, London, on 16 August.
The two were among three men arrested by police on Tuesday following complaints from workers at the prince's official residence, Clarence House. The third man was released without charge.
Goodman and Mulcaire are jointly charged with eight counts of unlawfully intercepting voicemail messages between 3 January and 30 May 2006, contrary to Section One of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. Both also face a separate conspiracy to intercept communications charge.
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