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Personal advice and tips from Farmer Chris
I have been planting, growing and nurturing Strawberries for over 30 years. Our Farm currently producers over 50 tonnes of fruit per season from 108,000 plants, half of which we replace every 16 months to ensure that we always deliver healthy, flavoursome berries to our customers across Staffordshire.
Strawberry plants are perennial and self-fertile, so will pollinate themselves. However to ensure an abundant crop, I do call upon the assistance of our bees every season who help to transfer the pollen from the stamens (the male parts of the flowers) to the stigma (the female part of the flower)! They do keep themselves to themselves however, so please don’t worry if you come across one whilst picking!
Ideally plant in spring or autumn.
Strawberries can be grown from seed but will take a year before they bear fruit. For ease I would recommend buying strawberry plants – they are the fastest fruit you can grow and can be eaten within weeks! To extend the summer picking season to its maximum, try to buy a selection of early, mid-season and late-cropping varieties.
Strawberries are very versatile, needing just need sun, shelter and fertile well-drained soil to thrive.
You can plant strawberries in the grown or in pots:
Ground grown plants: Plant strawberries 45cm (18″) apart and in rows spaced 75cm (30″) apart. Use a trowel to dig a hole big enough to accommodate the roots of the plant and if you are planting strawberry runners, spread the roots out in the hole and make sure the crown of the plant is resting at soil level. If possible, make sure you give them plenty of space for better cropping and easy access!
Pot-grown plants: Plant so the top of the compost is level with the soil surface of the pot. Firm the plants in well and water thoroughly.
NB. Planting too deeply can cause the strawberry plants to rot, whilst planting with the crown too high above the soil surface can cause the plants to dry out and die.
Water frequently while new plants are establishing, and always from the bottom as water from overhead can rot the crown and fruit. For really bumper crops of juicy strawberries, feed them weekly throughout the spring and summer.
It’s important to pick any fruit as soon as it’s ripe to prevent it rotting on the plant. Pick it gently to avoid bruising and make sure the green stalk (calyx) remains on the fruit. Ideally pick fruits during the warmest part of the day because this is when they are at their most tasty! I recommend that you eat them as soon as possible, but most can be frozen or made into delicious preserves to be enjoyed all year round.
After cropping has finished, remove the old leaves with secateurs. Expect strawberry plants to crop successfully for 3-4 years before replacing them. Crop rotation is recommended to minimise the risk of an attack by pests and diseases in the soil.
Always remove the runners! When you purchase your strawberry plant you have a central plant which as it grows produces runners which create baby strawberry plants. These baby plants suck the nutrients out of the central plant, so by removing them your plant will produce a lot more delicious strawberries!
Look after them throughout the winter! Strawberries thrive if they are well protected over the long winter months.

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This has been discussed quite a bit on other forums in Ohio and across the U.S. for that matter. Obviously, these dams are often located inside/next to a state park, national forest, etc. where carry is legal outside of buildings. You could attempt to look up actual boundary lines via the computer, but I for one have found little useful information, and at that it was somewhat conflicted depending on who printed the map. In other words, nobody has (best of my knowledge) ever figured out a solid answer.
But, it's not like there's such a thing as a CoE Police Department, mostly they depend on the FBI or U.S. Marshals for any enforcement duties. Can't remember ever seeing field offices for either of those groups out in the parks, by the lakes, you know?
My advice--worth at least what you paid for it--would be to stay off the dam structure while armed. Do have a current fishing license when fishing, make sure your state issued boat license is current, etc. LE of the state and county level are still encountered in the parks from time to time.
Congress has had bills to address this issue on the table for years now, but none ever seem to make it to a floor vote.
"I have decided not to vote, speak in public, assemble in groups or petition my government either directly or by writing to the newspapers.
Some ignorant person may become alarmed, and we can't have that.''


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Really Good Bread Machine Bread
- 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup dry potato flakes
- 1/4 cup dry milk powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
Whisk together the yeast, 1/4 cup warm water and sugar. Allow to sit for 15 minutes.
Add ingredients in the order suggested by your manufacturer, including the yeast mixture. Select the basic and light crust setting.

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Sena SMH10 conversation broken when I touch my Zumo 660
I have a Sena SMH10 which is paired with my buddy's similar unit.
It is also connected to my Zumo 660.
I believe that I understand the Bluetooth connection hierarchy - GPS, connection to buddy, music.
(I do not have a phone connection; I'm not sure where it would fit).
If my buddy and I are talking and the GPS needs to give me directions, it "breaks in" and my buddy and I cannot hear each other. I clearly understand that.
However, the same thing happens if I just touch my 660 (e.g. I want to zoom in/out on the map, or want to see if there is food or gas nearby). Our conversation connection goes dead.
So, is there anything that can be done about that? I'd like to be able to keep talking while I am looking at (making selections on) the GPS.
Or is that just the way it is? (and if so, could someone explain why and what is going on?)
My bike: Yellow '05 1200GS - on the Spotwalla ADV location page as CJ3.
My solo trips: 2014 Natl Park triangle, SF-Colorado-SF 2011 and 2013, SF-LA loop, Pinnacles and Carmel Valley loop
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New Morrisons store opens in North End
A new Morrisons convenience store opened in Croydon town centre this morning.
Morrisons M Local was officially opened in North End earlier today by Mayor of Croydon Councillor Yvette Hopley and The Quest Academy's junior football team.
The new store features a Food to Go section where customers can pick up fresh coffee, pastries and bacon sandwiches.
Store Manager Juma Ndhlovu said: "We’re delighted to be opening a Morrisons M local and bringing 20 new jobs to Croydon.
"We want the store to be part of the community as well as a great place for customers to pick up fresh food.
"We have a community notice board inside which we’d encourage people to use to help promote local events – we look forward to seeing them next week."
The store will open 6am to 11pm every day.
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As the first line of the chorus of His Eye Is on the Sparrow goes, "I sing because I am happy". We also sing when we are sad, when we are angry, or when we want to express great joy. There are few things more powerful in life than singing and few places in our society where we can gather regularly to sing together.
Ted Rood leads the music program at Community Church which includes an adult choir, bell choir and periodic performances by the youth. He welcomes vocalists of all levels to join the choir at Community Church of Chesterland. The choir practices on Sunday mornings before worship.
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- Environmental Protection in Sikhism
- In this article, Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal explains Sikhism's commitment to protecting humans and the environment, highlighting the organization "EcoSikh," a five-year plan created by the USA-based Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE). In this article, Grewal also translates portions of Japuji, the Sikh sacred verse written by Guru Nanak, which describes an integral relationship between nature and God. This article helps readers from any religious background gain a deeper understanding of Sikhism and its connection to the environment.
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THE numbers tell the tale. Steadily, the number of cases of COVID-19 have been rising.
Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar might be the one to say the words, but we can all echo his sentiments when he says: “We can’t afford for there to be a third wave; that will set us back dramatically.”
We cannot afford the financial cost a third wave would bring, but more than that we cannot afford the human cost.
On Saturday, there were 42 new cases. On Friday, 34. For a long time, we had slowed the progress of this virus. Have we become complacent? Have we taken our eye off the prize? Now that the vaccine is here, have we started to believe we no longer need to follow all the rules about social distancing and wearing masks even though not nearly enough of the vaccine is in people’s arms yet?
Word reaches The Tribune that a tightening of restrictions is being considered – do we really want to go back to earlier curfews and, worse, weekend lockdowns?
The good news is that the vaccine has added another weapon to our fight. In countries where it has rolled out already, there has been a significant drop in hospitalisations already. That makes sense – vulnerable parts of the population have been getting the vaccines first, so that reduces the risk of them ending up in hospital from catching the virus instead.
If you’re over 60, you can now make an appointment in The Bahamas to get the vaccine. Healthcare workers have been offered the vaccine too. Frontline officers in the police and the defence force have been getting jabs too. Despite saying he wouldn’t invite the media when he was taking his vaccine, Police Commissioner Paul Rolle got his jab in front of the cameras on Friday. Good for him. It’s good leadership to show the officers under his charge that he’s taking the jab.
We must keep using the weapons we’ve been using already, though. We must keep our distance. We must wear masks. We must keep washing hands. It’s been so very hard to deal with the isolation that has come with surviving this pandemic, but the vaccine means the end is in sight. Not as quickly as some might say, but coming.
We must hold the course. Don’t give this virus an inch.
The Christian Council has delivered its report on the vaccine – agreeing that the use of vaccines is warranted.
Better yet, they go further to point out that some of the concerns being floated by sceptics have no basis, and that those taking the vaccine should “not be deemed an accessory to abortion” because of the use of cloned cells from cells from the 1960s and 1970s.
“There is no basis that COVID-19 vaccines, and in particular, nucleic acid vaccines, alter or modify the human DNA,” the report adds, going on to dismiss wild suggestions that the vaccine is the “mark of the beast”.
There’s an old story about a man who hears a storm is coming on the weather forecast, but he ignores it. Later, neighbours knock on his door and say come with us to be safe, but he says no, he has faith that God will save him. As the storm hits and the water rises up his steps, a man in his boat comes by and says get in, but he says no, God will save him. The waters rise again and he climbs to his roof where a helicopter sees him and drops a ladder but he says no, he has faith. The storm takes him and in heaven he asks why God didn’t save him, and God says well, I sent you a warning, a car, a boat and a helicopter, what more did you want?
In the fight against the pandemic, we have been sent scientists to make the vaccine, experts to tell us how to limit the virus, political leaders to secure the supplies, the medical community to put the shots in our arms and, yes, now we have the Christian Council giving its reassurance too. For those who are still listening to scare stories on Facebook instead of the assembled expertise and knowledge that has brought the vaccine to our door, what more do you want?


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The physicians in Drexel University College of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology have special training, education, and interest in the care of adult patients with endocrine disorders, including diabetes, thyroid disease, calcium disorders, adrenal problems and pituitary disorders.
Our Diabetes Center incorporates a nurse-certified diabetes educator (CDE) and a registered dietitian and uses a team approach between educators, patients and physicians to achieve optimal results. We emphasize preventive medicine to minimize the risk of developing debilitating complications and to help our patients live long, healthy lives. We provide specialized care to patients with a broad spectrum of disease, from people with pre- or “borderline” diabetes to complex patients requiring intensive insulin therapy.
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Specializes in diabetes
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The Next Support Group in Gloucester
Is on Wednesday the 30th June 2010
At Quedgeley Community Centre
venue the Committee Room starts at 7.30 till 9pm
This support Group is for all people who have had or who are considering having bariatric surgery.
Band Aid has been started by two ladies named Janet and Nikki who at times have felt abandoned.
This is a group for people to meet friends, gain support and celebrate success.
We must stress that we do not give advice on the gastric band or any advice regarding other matters we are not trained in.
We are Solely a support group that share's with others our life Experiences with the band. to help others deal with issues they find hard to tell others. We feel that we know enough to share with others our experiences. and to support others in this way. We will add soon the agenda for this weeks meeting.
I will being some photos has promised so you can see what I looked like before my band.
If you wish to added to the group and share ideas you are welcome.
Janet and Nikki

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The opening was last scheduled for 2023.
Before Super Nintendo World launches at Universal Studios in Orlando, it will take longer than originally planned.
The decisive factor is the ongoing corona pandemic, as Universal’s parent company Comcast reports, which of course leads to a drop in sales.
The Super Nintendo World was to become part of the Epic Universe in Florida, the construction of which is now also suspended. It is currently not clear when it will continue.
Due to the pandemic, the opening of Super Nintendo World in Japan had been postponed, and a new video with aerial images was released in July.


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A cute and cozy cottage separate from the main house invites you to come and get away. The cottage and the main house are on 2 acres of well maintained land. We have over 60 fruit trees, chickens and a couple of old dogs. Fenced in property with a gate and gate code keeps the place nice and private. Lots of room for parking. The cottage is down a short path from the parking area. We are in a central location, close to shopping, wineries, Apple Hill, and Skiing. Lots of things to do in downtown Placerville, great places to eat and be entertained.
About Kelli Theuring
We love this property and love sharing it with others. Chuck is a heavy equipment operator and I am a medical assistant/receptionist at a local doctors office. We love our little town of Placerville and all the history it holds.
Kelli Theuring purchased this Cottage in 2015
Why Kelli Theuring chose Placerville
Come relax! This property is host to over 60 fruit trees. The main crop is Fuyu Persimmons, but also: Asian and Bartlett pears, apple, fig, peach,plum, pomegranate, grapes, walnut, apricot, and lime. We have a small garden in the summer time and in the winter, we take a break and let the ground rest!
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In-Situ Swelling-Gated Chemical Sensing Actuator
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Stimuli-responsive elastic organogels have a potential for functional sensors and actuators. However, it remains a challenge to prepare an organogel actuator that can be driven by in-situ swelling to generate controlled shape morphing and maintain its kinematic activities even having been saturated with organic solvents. We herein report a robust elastic organogel that is synthesized through ring-opening polymerization of a long chain epoxide monomer into a crosslinking fluoro-network (CFN). The structure results in the organogel being capable of absorbing polar organic solvents (maximum swellability: 178±10%) and generating indefatigable shape morphing, even in a solvent-saturated state. The CFN organogel is resistant to strong acid/alkali solutions (treating with 2M HCl and NaOH at 60 °C for 20 h), and high temperatures (heating at 250 °C for 5 min) without losing its responsiveness to organic solvents. It is also stretchable (strain, 130%), robust (stress, 7.0 MPa), and elastic, and can keep these properties after treatment in harsh conditions. Importantly, the CFN organogel is capable of in-situ swelling (no diffusion) by organic droplets to induce shape morphing in a controllable manner, which is devoid of the assistance of any structural designs such as surface patterning, bilayer structures and origamis. The single-layered CFN organogel deforms from two- to three-dimensional geometries only through the in-situ swelling of organic droplets at appropriate positions over the organogel surface. A series of kinematics tests demonstrate that the CFN organogel has a potential for chemical sensing devices.
Keywords: smart materials, in-situ swelling response, crosslinking reaction, elastic robust organogels, chemical sensing actuators
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The supermodel has sparked speculation she could reconcile with the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' actor, despite announcing they had split last month after three years of marriage.
The stunning brunette was hounded by paparazzi as she rocked up at LAX airport this weekend, and let slip she would always be a family with Orlando and their two-year-old son, Flynn.
Asked if there was any chance of a reconciliation by TMZ, Miranda replied, ''We love each other as family, forever.''
After further questioning her about the definitive nature of the split, the 30-year-old star quipped, ''I didn't say that... I said we would always be family. We love each other and support each other and we love our son.''
Since announcing their separation and Orlando setting up home alone in New York City, the former couple have been seen out and about on play dates with Flynn.
The actor recently echoed the former Victoria's Secret Angel's sentiments, saying: ''We're a family. We're going to be in each other's lives for the rest of our lives. There's no question that, you know, for the sake of our son and everything else, we're going to support one another and love each other as parents to Flynn.''
Jack Antonoff hears a ''female voice'' in his head when he writes music.
The show will be seen by everybody at the same time.
The Scottish comedian has been speaking about gaining a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
With Will Smith and Martin Lawrence fronting the franchise, 'Bad Boys' was a huge success for Sony Pictures upon its initial release in 1995.
The creator will be able to give her input during season 2 production.

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Williamson County Master Gardener Class
This 14-week program is designed to train participants in all aspects of gardening and horticulture topics such as basic gardening, botany, fruit and vegetables, herbaceous and woody ornamentals, and turf grass management. Upon completion of the class, you will have the opportunity to join the Williamson County Master Gardener Association! The 2022 class schedule will be posted soon. Check out the 2021 schedule below to get an idea of classes offered!
Master Gardeners are University trained volunteers who have vast knowledge, experience, and resources in order to provide education and assist homeowners throughout the community. Visit the WCMGA website to learn more about our local Master Gardener association and all of their amazing projects across Williamson County!
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It might be a while before Sean Penn returns to Hollywood. The actor seems to have found his calling living and doing humanitarian work in Haiti.
"There's no end point," Penn tells The Hollywood Reporter about his work in the earthquake damaged country. "This is where I'll be when I'm not working, for the rest of my life."
The 50-year-old actor and his charity foundation, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, has been helping the relief effort in the country shortly after the Jan. 12, 2010 7.0 earthquake that killed thousands and left millions more homeless. In addition, an outbreak of Cholera began in October of 2010.
Penn airs out his gripes with organizations like The United Nations for their lack of aid to the economically devastated country. "The amount we're getting done, versus what they're doing -- which is nothing. Quite honestly, if you want something done, do it yourself," the actor says.
In October, Penn was honored with the Hollywood Humanitarian Award at the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony for his work in Haiti.
"I'm a person that feels pretty alienated from the rest of the world and never felt understood by anyone," the actor says before opening up about his recent divorce from ex-wife and actress Robin Wright after 14 years of marriage.
The two were officially divorced on July 22, 2010. It was the second marriage for Penn, 49, and Wright, 44. The couple has two children together, 19 year-old daughter Dylan, and 17 year-old son Hopper Jack. The divorce was finalized in Marin County, California.
"I got practical issues, like everyone else," Penn tells the industry paper. "I had just got taken for one half of everything I had in the divorce, so it's not like I don't have to work."
He admits, "A much more profound change in life for me personally was not being able to raise my son (Hopper Jack) in a whole family through high school."


Bump Switch Basics:
What is a Bump Switch?
Bump switches (sometimes called snap-action switches or limit switches) give Marty the sense of “touch”. Like all switches, they are devices used to make or break connections in an electric circuit.
In robotics, they can be placed on the outside of the robot allowing it to respond to the environment. When a bump switch is pressed, usually due to the robot coming into contact with (or “bumping” into) something, it completes an electric circuit and sends a signal to the control board.
What Can I Do With a Bump Switch?
They can be used for all sorts of things in robotics!
Some uses include:
+ Detecting when Marty walks into something (like a wall, or an object)
+ Detecting when Marty kicks a ball
+ Preventing Marty from walking off a table or other surface
+ Helping Marty to solve a maze
+ Helping Marty vacuum a room efficiently….
+ …anything else you can think of
When a bump switch is plugged into Marty’s control board you can detect whether it is being pressed or not using an Input Block in Scratch!
Connecting the Bump Switch to Marty
To connect a bump switch open up Marty’s head by loosening the two screws on either side of Marty’s face until you can open the face and access the electronics inside.
The switch has a black, red and white cable which can be twisted to make it neater before you connect it. It can be plugged into any of 8 “GPIO” ports on Marty’s control board. It is important that it is plugged in with the white cable at the top.
*Question: What is a GPIO port?
Answer: A GPIO port is a “General Purpose Input/Output” port. It is basically a pin (or port) on a circuit board that does not have a specific function assigned to it. This means it can be used to connect additional sensors or other components, like we are doing here.*
In the figure below, the bump switch is connected to Input 0, so will be readable in Scratch on input 0.
Connecting a switch to input 0
It is often easier to temporarily take off an arm to give more working room – these lift out quite easily.
The cable for the switch can be passed through any of the openings on the base of Marty’s head – for example one of the ones in the back as shown in the picture below.
Passing the bump switch wires out an opening on the base of Marty’s head
The switch itself can be attached to the foot in various places, using two small M2 nuts and bolts. In the pictures below it is shown connected to the front of Marty’s right foot.
The photos here show Marty with a switch connected. Cable ties can be used to keep the wire out of trouble – **but make sure to leave enough slack that Marty’s leg can still move properly through the full range of movement!**
Connecting the bump switch to Marty’s foot
Using the Bump Switch in Scratch
Towards the bottom of Marty’s scratch blocks, you’ll find a block that looks like this:
Double click the block to check the current state of the bump switch. A “1” means the bump switch is pressed, and a “0” means it is unpressed.
Waiting for a switch press
One of the simplest ways to use a bump switch in Scratch is to wait until it is pressed before performing an action. For example, the following block of code will wait until the bump switch is pressed before kicking the right leg. For example if you want Marty to play football, using a bump switch ensures he only kicks his leg when the ball is by his foot.
Reacting to an obstacle
**Marty has quite slidy feet, and on a slippery table he might slide backwards instead of activating the bump switch. This can usually be overcome by putting some sticky tape on the table to give a grippier surface. Make sure you use tape that won’t mark the table.**
You could use a simple loop to check if the bump switch is pressed at the end of each step, like this:
But that will only check if the switch is pressed at the end of the step, when it’s most likely it’ll be pressed halfway through.
To accommodate this we could write some code (block b) to keep track of the bump switch’s value in a variable (called “bumped” here). This code can be run at the same time as the code telling Marty what to do when the bump switch is pressed (block a). The concept of running two blocks of code at the same time is known as running “In parallel”.
This way, when Marty gets to the end of each step, we will know if the bump switch was pressed at any point during that step. That’s a much more reliable way to keep track of collisions.
Stop and …
It would be even smarter to be able to react the instant a collision happens and the bump switch is pressed, rather than waiting until the end of the step.
That’s also possible, and we can use the “Stop and …” block to interrupt the movements that are currently running on Marty.
There are a few options for the stop block. “Return to zero” will return Marty to the standing position as directly as possible. You could also finish the current movement, freeze, disable the motors, or pause the current movement (you can resume using the “enable motors” block).
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Over the coming weeks we will post some more articles giving instructions for how to use a bump switch to expand Marty’s abilities! Soon your Marty will be able to navigate mazes, stay safely on top of tables and potentially even hoover your room efficiently! In the meantime, check out our learning portal for more fun Marty activities!


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Bangladesh's banking sector risk has been assessed as 'moderate' by the international credit rating agency Moody's, which said it reflects sizeable contingent liability risks from state-owned banks.
Bad debt has been dogging the banking sector in Bangladesh with the total amount of capital deficit in state-owned banks of Sonali, Rupali, Janata and BASIC standing at more than Tk 76.26 billion, according to a bdnews24 report.
The government had injected Tk 102.72 billion into state banks as recapitalisation facility during the period from the fiscal year (FY) 2006 to FY 2017, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said in parliament last month.
In its just-released annual credit analysis titled 'Bangladesh-Ba3 Stable', Moody's said it expects economic growth to stay steady at 6.7 per cent in FY2018, maintaining the average in the last five years.
"Strong export growth will largely be offset by rising capital goods imports, leaving domestic demand-supported by higher remittances-as the main growth driver," Moody's said. Describing Bangladesh's growth trend as 'much stronger than similarly rated sovereigns', Moody's, however, said the precondition was that the upcoming elections later this year would not cause any major disruptions to the economy.
Bangladesh's credit profile is supported by strong growth, macroeconomic stability, modest government debt burden and access to concessional funding, according to the agency.
It, however, underscored credit challenges stemming from a narrow revenue base and "very low institutional capacity that constraints competitiveness".
Driven by the garment industry, Bangladesh will see a robust economic activity, according to Moody's, but it pointed out that it expects to widen the fiscal deficit in FY 2018. It projected the deficit to grow to 5.2 per cent of the GDP due to the government's increased infrastructure spending ahead of the national election.
The agency expects the revenue-to-GDP ratio to remain among the lowest in the world, which it attributed to the delay in implementation of the new VAT law.


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Urban Outfitters is planning to supersize its stores.
The company will open up to 50 Anthropolgie stores that are three times the size of its current stores, and also test the larger store size with its namesake and Free People brands, Bloomberg reports.
The larger stores are meant to serve as "lifestyle centers," offering a wider array of merchandise than traditional stores as well as cafes and bookstores where customers can hang out.
The company's research suggests that customers will spend an average two to three hours in the new store formats, as opposed to about one hour in the smaller stores, according to Bloomberg.
One of the company's first "lifestyle centers" was opened recently under its namesake brand in New York City's Herald Square.
The 57,000-square-foot store features a coffee shop, a hair salon, hundreds of vinyl records, and a Sephora-sized makeup shop, as well as fun gadgets like a "lensometer" that can scan a customer's glasses and read their prescription.
Check out the new location to get an idea of what the larger format stores will look like.

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- Deep Breath will be set in Victorian London, a favourite setting of Dr Who writers (think 2012 Christmas special The Snowmen).
- The newly-regenerated Doctor will reunite with companion Clara, although the trailer suggests their relationship may not run smoothly this series.
- Old favourites The Paternoster Gang will return in the episode.
- As well as appearances from Madame Vastra, Strax and Jenny Flint, it appears that fans will be treated to a dinosaur tearing through central London, an opportunity to don fancy dress for the show (dalek costumes at the ready), and a whole host of special effects.
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Environment experts have warned vulnerable children to stay away from the River Can in Chelmsford this evening because of the risks presented by water polluted by an ongoing woodchip pile fire in Mountnessing.
The blaze, which started in Thoby Lane on Monday (August 18) is expected to take several days to burn itself out. Six fire engines are currently stationed at the 5,000 tonne pile fire to ensure it doesn't spread too much further.
Nearby householders have already been warned to stay inside and Environment Agency manager Matt Butcher has tweeted advice this evening (August 21).
— Matt Butcher (@MattButcherEA) August 21, 2014
Fish in the Can and River Wid are also expected to be at risk.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Paul Hill said: "Initially the fire was deep within the pile of wood and now it has broken through and more of the pile is alight so there is a larger smoke plume.
"The smoke is not particularly toxic, but it is still best to avoid it and we are advising residents to keep doors and windows closed.
"The environmental impact of the fire is a key concern for us and we are working with the Environment Agency to ensure that the impact is kept to a minimum."
BORDER Force officers at Stansted Airport have seized £10,000 of counterfeit Disney Frozen-branded children's clothes and accessories.
Officers discovered 490 dresses and three bags carrying images of the popular Disney Frozen film, which were destined for the UK black market after arriving from China earlier this month.
An investigation was launched by Border Force's International Trade Team which specialises in recognising counterfeit products and works with the owners of big brands to establish whether or not goods are genuine.
Disney have confirmed that all of the goods are counterfeit and they will now be destroyed.
As the rights holders, Disney can now decide whether or not they wish to prosecute the importer privately.
James Morgan, Assistant Director in charge of Border Force at Stansted, said: "Everyone loves a bargain, but if the price appears too good to be true – either at a car boot sale, a market stall or online – it probably is.
"The international trade in counterfeit goods is linked to serious and organised crime and undercuts honest traders, damaging our economy.
"We are determined to crack down on this crime and we have officers working 24 hours a day at ports, airports and mail sorting centres identifying counterfeit goods before they reach the streets.
"Members of the public can also help to disrupt this trade by ensuring they only buy from genuine retailers."
Anyone who has been sold counterfeit goods or knows someone who is selling them should contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.
THE daughter of an Italian expatriate who accidentally set herself on fire while cooking pasta has paid tribute to her "loving" and selfless mother.
Grandmother Valeria Bohannan, 81, of Skerry Rise, Broomfield, died five days after running out of her home engulfed in flames.
A long-delayed inquest at Essex Coroner's Court in Chelmsford on Tuesday ruled the widow died as a result of an accident.
"She was a fantastic mum, just the best, she put her whole heart and soul into the family. We all miss her very deeply," said proud daughter Gabriella Bass of Wethersfield. "It was a horrible way to go."
Just one hour after Gabriella's son left Valeria following a visit on Saturday, May 25, last year, she started cooking.
The inquest heard, however, that she began to feel dizzy, collapsed on to the hob and immediately set her clothes alight. While she managed to rip away her fleece, she ran into the road in her nylon nightdress screaming for help.
The Chronicle reported last year how Julian Norrington and other neighbours heroically doused the flames with towels and water.
The flames had burnt her nightdress to ashes however, and while she was conscious enough to explain events to firefighters, she suffered 70 per cent burns.
"I got a call from a neighbour who said that there had been a fire," said Gabriella. "I just assumed that she had burnt herself a bit and she would be all right, but when we got there her skin looked like a blackened sausage on the barbecue."
She died in Broomfield Hospital's burns unit.
"My brother and I had started to get a little bit worried about her," said Gabriella, 57, from Wethersfield.
"She had just started to fray around the edges and she would get a little bit forgetful, but what happened was so uncharacteristic of my mum.
"She could still get about and cook for herself and do her washing. She didn't need care coming in. We just kept an eye on her."
Valeria moved from Friuli, in the north-east of Italy, to England as a teenager. She met her husband Terry when she was working as an auxiliary nurse in Chelmsford, he visited to mend the hospital's scales.
"They fell in love and they had a fantastic relationship, always dancing and joking," said Gabriella, who said the couple moved into Skerry Rise about 50 years ago.
The two both went on to work at English Electric and Valeria in ball bearings at the Hoffmann factory.
In the 1980s they started their own fish and chip firm, pitching a stall in Danbury and Ongar.
Keen golfer Terry, however, developed Alzheimer's disease and over the next four years up until his death Valeria nursed her husband tirelessly, just as she did for her eldest son John in Italy before his death about nine years ago.
Legally an inquest must be held within six months of a death, but the coroner's office said the hearing was late due to a delay in the fire service sending a report.
Assistant deputy coroner for Essex Eleanor McGann said on Tuesday: "What an incredibly tragic accident for quite an elderly lady who nevertheless was leading an independent life."
ESSEX will have revenge on their mind when they face Warwickshire in the quarter-finals of the Royal London One-Day Cup on Thursday next week.
The Bears knocked the Eagles out of the NatWest T20 Blast at the same stage earlier this month. Once again the teams will meet at the Essex Cricket Ground.
Essex won their final match of the group stages tonight as they beat Northamptonshire by four wickets at Wantage Road.
The Steelbacks were bowled out for 311 leaving Essex a challenging total. Richard Levy and Rob Keogh got the home side off to a good start as they reached 100 before the latter was out for 50.
Kyle Coetzer (0) and Adam Rossington fell cheaply before Levy (84) put on 114 runs with David Willey.
He reached his century before eventually falling for 113, with the score 298-6.
The next four wickets fell for 13 runs with Tom Westley taking three wickets in the final over.
Westley finished with 4-60 from his ten over with Reece Topley taking 2-52 from eight overs, David Masters finished with 2-54 also from eight.
In reply Essex also made a good start with Westley making 62 before falling with the score on 94.
Opening partner and captain for the night Mark Pettini then pushed the score on with Ravi Bopara as the pair put on 106 for the second wicket. Pettini out for 84.
Jaik Mickleburgh, recalled to the side, made seven, before Bopara and Kishen Velani made 50 for the fourth wicket, the latter out on 27.
Bopara followed six balls later having made 61 with the score on 270-5 with five overs remaining.
James Foster made a brisk 16 but it was Greg Smith (22no) and Tim Phillips (11no) who got Essex over the line, with Phillips scoring a four to win the game with three balls the spare.
Next Thursday's game starts at 2pm.
CHIPPING Hill School will double in size after Essex County Council approved plans to build a new school - just a few years after it opened.
The new school, in Owers Road, will be built on the current site and will include six classrooms, covered walkways, as well as an extension to the existing kitchen and school.
The school will double in capacity, going from its current 210 pupils to 420, to meet the demand for school places from the nearby Maltings Lane development.
The new building will have modern sloping roofs, aluminum window frames and timber clad external walls.
The scheme also includes plans for trees and shrubs to be planted in flower beds around the school and playing fields.
Parking arrangements will remain the same and cars will continue to use the west parking spaces.
Work will start in December and finish in the summer of 2015.
THE long-awaited arrival of Waitrose in Chelmsford is fast becoming a reality, after Royal Mail announced its imminent departure from the supermarket's future site in Victoria Road.
The Royal Mail delivery office is to move to Montrose Road, in Chelmsford, in the coming weeks, while construction of the supermarket is likely to begin in autumn.
"I knew the post office move was happening some time this month, and as the developer has been waiting almost 18 months for this, so I would think they will be on site almost immediately," said Cllr Neil Gulliver, the city council's cabinet member for planning and economic development.
"I think the build is expected to take about 15 months, and I'm just looking forward to there being a Waitrose here."
The proposed relocation of Chelmsford delivery office was first announced in February 2012, while the Waitrose development got planning permission in October, 2012.
The arrival of the upmarket food store has been eagerly awaited by residents, who voted overwhelmingly in favour of the plans during a consultation meeting attended by 450 people, with Waitrose bosses recording a 99 per cent vote of support in principle from 265 comment forms.
The new supermarket is expected to create about 180 jobs, and will donate a reported £12,000 per year to local charities and projects through its Community Matters scheme, which has already made £30,000 of contributions to 800 causes via its existing nine stores in Essex.
As well as the new supermarket, the site will also be home to an Islamic centre, four retail and business units and 37 residential properties, proposed to be mainly two-bedroom apartments, a third of them one-bed apartments.
Waitrose previously had a store in the Meadows shopping centre, which closed in 1998 after six years due to low customer numbers, but there is optimism for the opening of the new Victoria Road supermarket, which will include a 240-space ground floor car park and a travelator to get shoppers to the first floor store.
Royal Mail announced that it would be in its new premises from September 8, and the old site would shut on September 6, stating that it would write to customers in the area over the coming weeks to let them know about the closure of the Victoria Road site, where people go to collect undelivered packages.
Royal Mail's delivery director for Chelmsford, Michael Devanny, said: "We are delighted that we will soon be serving our customers in Chelmsford from a new location. This new office provides better facilities for our people who work there. It also offers an improved customer service point from which to serve our customers.
"There will be no impact on deliveries as a result of the move and we aim to continue to provide a consistent and high quality service to our customers in Chelmsford."
A burnt out HGV has caused delays for motorists using the anti-clockwise M25 in Essex this morning (August 22).
UPDATE: The road has now re-opened but long delays remain on the M25 and M11:
— Highways Agency (@HAtraffic_east) August 22, 2014
Repair work has been carried out after the incident, which took place between junction 27 for the M11 and junction 26 (at Waltham Abbey).
No-one was injured.
Police said the lorry was carrying waste including paint, tyres and paper, with firefighters called to put out the blaze and repair the damage to the road.
The remains of the vehicle were cut into sections and taken away. Repair work is now taking place on the carriageway.
A fully signed diversion route is in place, directing traffic between the two junctions via the M11, -A406 and the A10, re-joining the M25 at junction 25.
Delays are expected to be severe and drivers are strongly encouraged to avoid the area or postpone their journey if they can.
NEW Chelmsford City chairman Trevor Smith says the club has cleared last season's debt and is working on chipping away at what the company owes in a bid to attract new investment.
Smith admitted there were money problems towards the end of last season but an excellent summer has left the club in a much better position.
Asked if the club was in a better place financially now than at the end of the last campaign, Smith replied: "To be honest yes it is. We had a lot of bills that weren't paid towards the end of last season, the increase commerically over the summer has allowed us to clear all of that debt from last season," said Smith.
"What the big aim this season is working with the debt the company has absolved with move back to Melbourne in 2006. One of the sole objectives this year is reduce that deficit so we can attract investment and get people to come in and help us support the club on a financial side."
Smith also revealed that any prize money won in cup runs hadn't been budgeted for and that would be extra cash to spend on bringing the club closer to his ultimate goal.
"We don't budget for a run in the cup, so they're a bonus and we'll use that to develop the infrastructure, enhance the team and use that money to help the club," he said. "We're not just going to squander that money, we're going to make sure it goes to the sporting development and the health of the club and towards the ultimate goal of knocking on the league door."
HEYBRIDGE Swifts will have two new faces in their squad for Saturday's trip to Brightlingsea Regent.
Swifts are without a win in their first four games and sit second bottom of the Ryman League Division One North with just two points.
Manager Keith Wilson who took over at Scraley Road in the summer says his side is a work and progress and that all though he has a core to his squad he will continue to do some fine tuning.
"There will be two new faces for the weekend," he said. "One's a defender and one's a wide midfield player.
"We're still a work in progress, there are still tweaks the need to be made.
"We're not the finished article. We're got a core of a side and there will be some fine tuning."
Meanwhile, Wilson's assistant at former club Burnham Ramblers, Dave Patient, has finally made the switch to Scraley Road.
Wilson said after he got the Swifts job that he was hoping Patient would come with him, but he's had to bide his time.
"David had things to sort out at Burnham," said Wilson. "I think he regrets not coming at that time as we're still in the process of him getting to know everyone and them getting to know him.
"With him coming in as assistant and Ricky Clarke and Lee Boylan as coaches I think the backroom staff is in place.
"David will do a lot of stuff. He won't be on the training ground, he will do stuff behind the scenes and take the pressure off me. With the other jobs we had at Burnham, it means now that for the first time we can both concentrate on the football side of things.
"I'm glad he's on board and I'm sure the four of us as a team will get it right on and off the pitch."
MALDON & Tiptree manager Terry Spillane says he is hoping his team's will luck will change after seeing a few decisions go against them in their first four matches.
On Tuesday night the Jammers were pegged back a minute after going ahead against Ware, when the visitors scored a goal Spillane says was offside. Maldon drew that match 2-2.
That came 72 hours after the Jammers picked up their first win of the campaign at newly promoted Great Wakering Rovers, where Spillane says two goals were questionably chalked off, which would have made the 2-1 scoreline a little more emphatic.
It means the Jammers have five points on the board, but Spillane feels that total should be greater.
"I think we should have another four points but we just don't seem to have that little bit of luck that you need," said Spillane. "It's not been a terrible start, we've played quite well but we haven't had the rub of the green.
"There's been a few times where we've been a little unfortunate with the officials' decisions. Ware's first goal looked well offside and, coming so soon after we'd scored, it knocked us back a bit.
"We had a couple of goals ruled out on Saturday that were questionable decisions but it'll even itself out."
Maldon are still waiting for their first home win of the season. On Saturday they welcome Romford, who ended the club's 18-month unbeaten home run last season, a result that knocked the Jammers off their promotion-pushing course.
"We'll be looking to set that right," revealed Spillane. "It'll be mentioned to the players before the game. The result at our place last season put us on a bit of bad run and we missed out on the play-offs.
"Romford are always a difficult side to play against. They seem to raise their game against the so-called bigger teams.
"We've then got Burnham Ramblers on Monday and I don't know what to expect from them. They've had a lot of players come in and out and got a new manager, but it's a derby game so we know it'll be tough."
Spillane should have a new signing in place for the two games, with Chelmsford City Academy product Sam Gregory set to join on loan. The 18-year-old is highly rated at Melbourne Park and the Maldon boss wants to add to his attacking options.
"I've spoken to Mark [Hawkes, City manager] and he feels he's got what it takes and wants him to get some games," said Spillane.
A company chief executive from Chelmsford has become one of the latest brave souls to attempt the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Ben Austin, of New Street-based Absolute Digital Media, reeled in shock as his colleagues poured water over him in The Wheatsheaf pub garden.
Familiar faces, including David Beckham, José Mourinho, George Bush and Simon Cowell, have tried the challenge and posted their efforts on social media online, after which they are seen nominating a friend to do the same.
Ben, 33, said the water was absolutely freezing.
"Naturally my employees were more than happy to throw buckets of ice and water over me but it's for a good cause and it's great to see that this campaign is raising awareness," said Ben, who can be seen in the video withstanding bucket upon bucket of water.
Like others before him, Ben has completed the challenge to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as motor neurone disease.
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Police in Chelmsford have released CCTV footage of a man they are looking for in connection to a burglary at a hairdresser.
Mimosa Salon, on Broomfield Road, was broken into Sunday (August 3) at around 12.30pm, although nothing was stolen.
The bottom panel of the door was smashed and it is believed someone entered the premises.
Anyone who recognises the man (pictured) should contact Pc Rob Bentley at Chelmsford Neighbourhood Crime Team on Essex Police 101, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
A man has been remanded in custody after allegedly staring at a woman for a total of seven hours.
Cumani Turhan, 35, of Linnet Drive, Tile Kiln, is charged with breaking a non-molestation order by staring at Hazel Wood for three hours on Thursday, July 31, and for four hours on Friday, August 8.
At Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday (August 18) he was told to reappear on Monday, September 15.
People in Essex have now jumped on the bandwagon by braving the Ice Bucket Challenge, but some more familiar faces tried it first.
Here we take a look at 10 big names who have taken the plunge to raise awareness for motor neurone disease.
1. David Beckham
2. George Bush
3. Charlie Sheen
4. Bill Gates
5. José Mourinho
6. Robert Pattinson
7. Jamie Oliver
8. Shakira and Pique
9. Novak Djokovic
10. Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
PLUME and Ormiston Rivers school pupils were celebrating after yesterday's GCSE results were released.
Almost every student at the Plume school, 97%, gained at least one GCSE with A* to G grades with 51% of students gaining five A* to C's including English and maths.
David Stephenson, headteacher, at the school, based in Fambridge Road, said: "I am particularly pleased with the top grade GCSE results this year that equaled last year's record.
"Many students have achieved better than would have been expected and have met or exceeded their target grades based on national expectations.
"The results reflect the huge amount of work by our students and mean the great majority can progress to further study at our very successful Plume Sixth Form College."
Plume's BTEC courses achieved impressive results, with health and social care, art and design both achieving 100% passes.
The school also achieved excellent top grade exam results, equaling last year's record, with 20% of all results A* or A grades.
Ten plume students achieved 10 A*s or As or better with 70% of all grades awarded were A*-C.
Ellise Howlett, 16, from Maldon, was awarded nine A*s, two As and a B grade, she said: "I was very happy, I wasn't expecting to do quite as well as that – it was a nice surprise."
And Ellise, who works part-time at the Subway take out in the High Street, wants to stay on at the Plume to study biology, chemistry, history and maths.
She added: "I worked very hard and stayed up late a lot of nights revising. I would like to study a science at university – possibly biology or maybe medicine."
Ormiston Rivers academy achieved their best ever GCSE results this year with 73% of their pupils achieving five A*-C's.
Including English and maths, 54% of Ormiston pupils achieved five A*-Cs and the academy, based in Southminster Road, saw a significant number of students achieving the highest grades with almost 20% of students achieving at least three A*or A grades.
Georgia Burch, 16, from St Lawrence bay, achieved 11 GCSE's including seven A*s or As, three Bs and one C grade plus a Distinction in BTEC health and social Care.
She told the Chronicle: "I was quite shocked because I know I had worked really hard for my exams, but at the same time was also quite nervous to see whether it paid off.
"The results mean a lot to me, not only for the qualifications side to it, but also on a personal level because I do always strive for success, and hate not to be the best.
Georgia will go on to study English, psychology, law and philosophy and ethics, and plans to go onto university to study a degree in law, politics and international relations.
She added: "My family were obviously pleased with the results, and are very proud of me for achieving it. I think they were relieved that I finally had them, mainly because of how stressed I have been for the past six weeks."
Individual subjects – significant improvements at A*-C in English, Geography, History, Modern Foreign Languages, ICT.
Ormiston Academies Trust has congratulated the Academy on its best ever results and has stated that they are delighted with the progress which continues to be made.
A lorry has overturned on the A12 in Margaretting south of Chelmsford.
At about 2.45pm a lorry was reported to have flipped over on the southbound carriageway near junction 14 of the road, also just south of Hylands Park.
Queues are stretching back to junction 16 on the Baddow bypass to Galleywood.
Two lanes of the three lanes are currently closed as of 5.30pm.
A police spokesman said the Highways Agency were leading a clean-up operation after the lorry spilled construction material over the carriageway.
Essex Police were called to assist however at 2.50pm.
He said: "A lorry carrying a load of scaffolding poles and planks has rolled on to its side.
"Two lanes of the three lanes have been closed."
The highly-anticipated eighth series of Doctor Who starts on Saturday, cinemas around Essex – including Chelmsford – will screen the feature length premiere episode, Deep Breath.
Tickets were released for the event on August 1, and lucky Whovians will aim to get there at 7.35pm for the doors to be opened 10 minutes later. The screening will take place at 7.50pm, before a behind-the-scenes footage video.
Also exclusive to the cinema is a live-streamed question and answer session with the new doctor, Peter Capaldi, his companion, played by Jenna Coleman, and the show's executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat, hosted by presenter Zoe Ball.
And if you can't wait for tomorrow's show, and don't have a tardis to send you forward in time, here are a few snippets ahead of the episode. Sonic screwdrivers at the ready…
Doctor Who is back on BBC One at 7.50pm on Saturday August 23
TWO friends will walk 48 miles three-legged from Trafalgar Square to Chelmsford High Street tomorrow (Saturday, August 23).
Andy Poole and Christian Kay, both from Broomfield, will start hopping out of London at 8am.
Armed with cameras to document their ordeal, they aim to struggle to the foot of the city centre sign by 9pm – and all for the sake of charity.
"I'm slightly nervous but it will be fine," said 34-year-old Andy, a part-time comedian.
"It's beginning to sound like my catch phrase – that it'll be fine."
The pair originally planned to tackle the challenge over two days, camping, and still tied to one another, somewhere between Romford and Shenfield.
"We realised we could do it in one day and power through rather than boring people for two days," he said.
Andy and 27-year-old Christian have already raised about £2,000 for The J's Hospice.
To donate visit: www.just giving.com/paniconthreelegs.
Keep an eye on the Chronicle website to see how they faired.
A CAREER burglar who targeted 58 homes in the Braintree area to fund a £200-a-day drug habit and nearly ran over a police officer while trying to escape has been jailed for more than six years.
Whilst free on licence from a four-year prison stretch, David Howard, 48, who has 130 previous convictions, quit his probation halfway house in Brighton for Braintree in December last year, launching a one-man crimewave of break-ins over a two-month period.
On March 10 a police constable saw Howard and a man he was staying with in Braintree smoking drugs in a car parked in Godlings Way, where they were waiting after buying heroin and crack.
But when the officer tapped on the window, Howard sped away in reverse, almost running over the PC who had to jump out of the way.
The car was then driven backwards down Godlings Way to London Road, where Howard sped off the wrong way round a roundabout and collided with another car, damaging the rear wheel, in Queenborough Lane.
Both men fled the vehicle. Police said Howard injured his hand in the crash and tried to conceal it with a football he found on the ground.
When officers searched the car they discovered a treasure trove of stolen items from recent burglaries, which linked Howard to unsolved investigations.
Howard was apprehended at the scene of a burglary four days later in Kenworthy Road, after a police helicopter searched the area following reports of suspicious activity.
The goods stolen had an estimated value of £70,000 and included cash, jewellery, watches, XBox games and naval medals, and Howard had caused £16,000 of damage to property during the raids too.
He admitted five counts of burglary, one count of attempted burglary and charges of dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance.
"All these burglaries were conducted with messy searches of the houses, breaking or climbing through windows, one victim has said she no longer feels she can leave her home unattended after what happened," said Margia Mustafa, prosecuting.
"He wanted to get away from police and didn't want to be arrested. The defendant needed to fund his £200-a-day drug habit and that is why he committed these offences."
Howard asked for a further 53 offences to be taken into consideration by Judge Anthony Goldstaub, including 40 dwelling burglaries, 12 attempted burglaries and one criminal damage.
"It's a sad picture, but when detained he immediately told officers he wanted to be rid of this terrible habit, clear up his past and start a new life and assisted police with outstanding crimes," said Frank O'Toole, mitigating.
"If he hadn't voluntarily helped police victims would never have recovered their stolen items."
Chelmsford Crown Court heard on Friday that Howard had 130 previous convictions dating back to 1980 for burglary, theft, criminal damage and grievous bodily harm, plus 80 motoring offences.
Sentencing him Judge Goldstaub said: "You have the record of a career burglar stretching back many years and you committed them as the result of some addictions.
"Remorseful persons such as yourself whilst in prison should avail yourself of the facilities to assist drug addicts, and when released you will make use of the treatment facilities available."
Howard was sentenced to 76 months in prison for the burglaries and two months consecutively for the driving offences, plus he was ordered to pay a £120 victim surcharge.
FOUR school friends walked 27 miles and climbed 9,800ft up Britain's three tallest mountains in memory of their close friend and brother who died aged 23.
Carlton Brailey, Nikki Earl, Lisa Williamson and Peter Whyton, all aged 41, scaled the tallest mountain in England, Scotland and Wales in just 27 hours to raise £8,650 for The J's Hospice, as well as £3,500 for cancer charity Clic Sargent.
They flew to Glasgow on August 15, then headed to Fort William to stay overnight in a hostel, before travelling to Ben Nevis at 4am and then going on to Scafell Pike in Cumbria, and Snowdon in North Wales.
"It was so much harder than we expected it to be, the weather was extreme, the physical side of it was massive," said Mr Brailey, an IT consultant from Chelmsford, who climbed in memory of his brother Chris, who died suddenly in 1999.
"I wore a heart monitor and burned 11,564 calories in 27 hours, which shows how physically draining it was."
All four went to John Bramston School, in Witham, now New Rickstones Academy.
But in 1989, when they were 17, Carlton's older brother, Chris, who was born with cystic fibrosis, died suddenly at the age of 23.
"We all looked up to my brother Chris, we were all affected by his death," said Carlton, who now lives in Springfield.
"He'd just had a heart and lung transplant and had gone from being in a wheelchair to being able to go jogging with me two-and-a-half weeks later, so it was devastating for my family when he died.
"His death had such a big impact on my life, so I felt I had to do something."
Carlton became involved with The J's Hospice in 2009 when he discovered it cares for young adults, an age bracket that was not catered for at the time of his brother's illness.
"Chris was too old to be on a children's hospice, but was too young to go into a traditional adult's hospice, so my family had to do everything for him," he added.
"Now there's so much more support than we got and as The J's Hospice look after people with cystic fibrosis I wanted to help out.
"I sponsor some of the J's events, including their Christmas ball, and at the last one the four of us got together and decided to do something challenging to raise money."


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Nandgaon: The land of Baba Nand!
Nandgaon or Nandgram situated stop Nandeshwar Hill approximately 51 North-East of Mathura is believed to be the village established by Nand Baba. It is about 48 km from Vrindavan, the place where Krishnaji used to go to play with his cow herder friends and 20 km from Barsana, the home town of Radharani and about 65 km away from Gokul, their original village.
It happened that at the instigation of the maternal uncle of Shri Krishna, Kansa, the evil activities of the Rakshas had increased in Gokul. This prompted Nand Baba to think about shifting to another place to save his son little Kanhaiyya and his people. The whole Gokul village then shifted atop the Nandishwar Hill and named their village as Nandgaon.It is a beautiful place with lots of green trees and greenery around, chirping of birds combined with the chirping of gopis here and there and a cool breeze blowing in which one could hear the melodious music of the flute. Dotted with Sarovar (ponds) surrounded by Kadamba trees, it is an amazing sight to see!
The Nandishwar Hill
Nandishwar means the ‘Lord of Nandi’. It is another name for Lord Shiva. The story goes that the childhood and youth pastimes of Shri Krishna along with his friends, gopis and Radhaji had become quite famous in the 3 worlds. Everyone was amazed when Kanha, the incarnate of Lord Vishnu stole butter and curd, teased the gopis and danced with Radhaji. This also attracted Lord Shiva who wanted to witness it personally and for this he performed severe austerities to please Shri Krishna. Please by his prayers Lord Shri Krishna allowed him to take the form of a hill and stay there. So Lord Shiva resided there in the form of Nandishwar hill and enjoyed the youth pastimes of Shri Krishna. It lays in one of the sub forests of Vrindavan.
Nandgaon is the same place where father of Nandji resided along with his family before going to Gokul due to the terror caused by the Keshi Rakshas. Once again when the Rakshas became active at Gokul at the instigation of Kansa, Maharaj Nand decided to go back to the same place to protect his son Shri Krishna.
Tourist Attractions and Holy Places to Visit in Nandgaon
The home of Nand Maharaj is memorialized by a big temple which is constructed atop the Nandishwar Hill. The temple was built in the 19th Century by Raja Rupa Singh. In the beautiful temple amidst the Kadamba trees, sarovar and greenery all around, there are two deities of Shri Krishna and Balram. They have Mother Yashosa and Nand Baba at their left and right. The deity of Mother Yashoda has the deity of Radhaji next to her along with Rohini (Balram’s mother) and Revati (Balram’s wife). Next to Nana Baba, stand two of Shri Krishna’s friends Sudama and Madhumangala.
Temple is constructed adjacent to the Nand Bhawan on the Nandishwar Hill. Nandish as we know is another name for Lord Shiva. Since Nandishwara Hill is believed to be a form of Shiva, Nandisvara temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Pavana sarovar is a lake at the bottom of the Nandisvara Hill. It is supposed to be the favorite lake of Shri Krishna. When Krishna and Gwals ( Friends) would return from cow grazing, they would bring the cows here to drink.
Charan pahari is located at the south west of Nandgram ( Mathura, UP ). It is said to have the impression of the feet of Shri Krishna / Kanha. Charan Pahari temple is a famous temple and located at hill in Nandgaon.
Travel to Gokul
Nandgaon is located 51 km North-East of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh District. It was established by Nand Maharaj, father of Shri Krishna. Nandgaon can be reached from all the holy places in Mathura like Vrindavan, Barsana and Gokul etc. You can either catch a train from your town to Mathura or a plane to Agra or New Delhi and from there you can take a bus or a cab to reach Nandgaon ( Mathura).


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.........I like Starbucks
Yes I know, Starbucks is the McDonalds of coffee shops, the tyrant of the kingdom of cafes, the demise of all things pure, honest, and desirable about coffee, yadayada... However, while in no way am I opposed to everyone having their own opinions, and yes, I do agree Starbucks has taken over the land-of-beans (coffee that is), I continue to, and will continue to, support this business because well, it's convenient and honestly, I don't think it tastes all that bad either.
I will admit to frequent visits to the coffee giant in between classes, when, on those days I'm on campus for nearly 12 hours straight, I need a mid-day/early evening pick me up. It just so happens that Starbucks is a block away from my classes, so why not take advantage? I will also confess that at times, along with my coffee concoction or cup of tea, I can't resist a taste of something sweet from their bakery case. My go-to pick for those days I just can't pass a treat up? Reduced-Fat Very Berry Coffee Cake. Partly because it makes me feel less guilty, partly because I like berries and coffee cake, and partly because I'm a person of routine and am too scared to try something new. I doubt it is freshly made, or from scratch, and they probably mass produce their baked treats and defrost them to sell, but what I don't know can't hurt me/tarnish my image as "true" baker and baked good eater (whatever that means), right?
To make things even worse for those of you already questioning my qualifications as a reliable source of baking/cooking/eating adventures, this Starbucks coffee cake is where I got the inspiration for my latest coffee shop baking experiment-Berry Burst Muffins. I will, however note that I have no idea what the recipe for Starbucks' coffee cake is, so in no way did I recreate their dessert, it just gave me the idea.
I adapted a recipe I've used in the past for blueberry streusel muffins, adding in blackberries and lemon zest for an extra pop of flavor. They came out moist, sweet, tangy, and perfectly crunchy on top. Thank you Starbucks.
Ignore the, yet again, subpar pictures. I forgot to bring my camera to work so had to use my horrible quality cellphone camera.
Berry Burst Muffins
makes 14 good-sized muffins
3 c all purpose flour
1 1/2 c granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp+ 1 tsp baking powder
2/3 c vegetable oil
2/3 c milk
2 c mixed berries (blueberry, blackberry, raspberry...)
zest of 1 lemon
1/4 c granulated sugar
1/6 c all purpose flour
1/8 c unsalted butter, cubed
Preheat oven 400 deg F. Grease/line 14 standard sized muffin cups. These muffins spill over the edge slightly, especially with the streusel topping, so I advise greasing around the muffins cups along with lining/greasing inside muffin cups.
Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and lemon zest in large bowl. Place vegetable oil in a measuring cup, add eggs and enough milk to fill to the 2 cup mark. Mix into flour mixture. Fold in berries. Fill muffin cups to the top.
For streusel topping- mix sugar, flour and butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over muffins before baking.
Bake 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
Yummy muffins make chemistry more enjoyable


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Dr. William Hoyt GHC Regional Consultant July Not long ago a successful businessman and new, first time church board chair asked me what I thought were the five most important books for him to read on leadership. The context of the discussion clearly indicated he meant books by secular authors. Over the years, I have met a few church leaders who believe . Talking to God is a good thing, and we all need to do more of it, but we’d do well to remember that, as Jesus said: “your Father knows what you need before you ask Him” (Matthew ). Perhaps the better way in our worship services is for the pastor to pray briefly and earnestly, and then allow the rest of us to pray or meditate in.
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Po’ Boy blues
James Mercer Langston Hughes, an American poet, was born on February 1, 1902 in Missouri. He was a social activist, poet, playwright and a columnist. He started writing quite early in life. He was a drop out from the Columbia University but by then he caught the attention of The Crisis Magazine and a publishing house. He later completed his graduation from the Lincoln University. As a young man he moved to New York and became one of the pioneers of Jazz poetry. Hughes was well known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance which was a movement which stood for the Afro-Americans. It was a period when ‘the negro was in vogue’ and later it was known as ‘when Harlem was in vogue’. His death was on May 22nd 1967 from prostate cancer.
‘Po’ Boy Blues’ was a poem written around 1926-1927 and it is a blue poem which formed the base of Jazz poetry. In this poem he remembers the time when he was back home. Back home there was so much of sunshine which was like gold. Then he had to move north, all the sunshine was lost and it was too cold for him. In the second stanza he recalls that he was a good boy who had done nothing wrong but his life had been weary, hard and long. When nothing works for a person who is good, it is natural that he feels that life is giving a tough time. To add woes to his misery he fell in love with a girl who he thought was a kind girl. But his experience was bad. He lost his money on her and he also lost his mind on her. With nothing to celebrate in life he feels weary very early in the morning. Man gets refreshed after a night’s sleep. But here he was tired even after a night’s sleep. There is no purpose to live so he wonders why he was born at all.
‘Po’ Boy Blues’ has four stanzas with six lines in each stanza. In the first and last stanza the rhyme scheme is ABABAB. In the second and the third stanza the rhyme can be said to be a little different. ABABCB. The word ending in the third line has the same letter but the sound is different so we can say that it is ABABCB. The first two lines are repeated in all the stanzas; ready to be tuned. Sunshine is compared to gold and the comparison is a simile. Metaphor of road is used to state that life is hard and keeps on going. The alliteration used, gives the poem its lyrical form, ‘world is weary’, ‘ma money’, ‘ma mind’. Enjambment is seen in the first stanza; the idea ends in the second line. It was believed that Hughes was a gay and the rejection would have compounded his woes. In the head notes of The Norton Anthology it is written that he was confused and worried about what he was. He could not change his inclinations and he was suffering from the tug inside and he wished that he were not born at all. Like most of Hughes poems, this one is simple and straightforward, conveying the heaviness of his heart.