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Jul 29, 2020
Extremely informative! The instructor was great! Don't miss this out if you're into intellectual property law, especially studying the intricacies of copyright.
Jun 13, 2019
An excellent course, to understand the ever increasing scope and ambit of intellectual property rights and its discourse in Society!
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This is a great course! It opened my mind and gave me clear understanding on the complexities of Copyright Law. Very informative, the lecturer gave his crisp discussions on the matter. it is easily understandable and simple. Thank you Sir!
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really well put together and a great refresher on US copyright law. It was a joy to follow the readings, the videos (very clear and succinct Professor) and the study helped occupy time during this pandemic period.
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The explanations of the themes in the course are easy to understand and the activities gave the opportunity to put on practices everything that we learn in the course.
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An excellent course, to understand the ever increasing scope and ambit of intellectual property rights and its discourse in Society!
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Great course, great examination of student's knowledge. Highly recommend to others seeking an introduction to copyright law!
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Really great! I learned a lot. Though the time to peer review remains an issue. It is a good course.
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Excellent material, well-explained, I highly recommend it
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Good comprehensive overview of US copyright laws. I think after completing this course, the project at the end made me think critically and select rights on a case-by-case nature. However, I felt like the course could use a better summary in terms of practical methods, it still felt ambiguous and open ended. (Copyright law is still quite flexible, but the instructor appears to be holding back with an air of complexity that isn't clearly demonstrated in the slides and doesn't assure the learner of next steps.)
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I found this course to be extremely well-structured and quite helpful in learning the basics of Copyright Law. Right in the beginning, I was informed that I cannot rely on this course as a substitute for what is taught as part of copyright as a subject in law school and think the course does exactly what it set out to do, which is basically to impart knowledge of the FUNDAMENTALS of the subject for laymen and legal professionals alike. Keeping that in mind, this course will clear up any misunderstandings you may have about the subject, regardless of whether you have a legal background or not.
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This is a really excellent course. A great overview of copyright law, with lots packed into the 4 lectures. Lots of good material including links to online articles and you can learn at your own pace. If you are looking for a good bird's eye view of US copyright law, just should definitely take this course.
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Shyam Balganesh is an excellent lecturer. This course, as well as the introductory course on IP law, are enlightening -- especially for those of us "old schoolers" who took a copyright class before the Internet existed.
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Extremely informative! The instructor was great! Don't miss this out if you're into intellectual property law, especially studying the intricacies of copyright.
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Canada: The Culture of Kindness
During a conversation with a yoga student who has temporarily relocated her family from France to Canada, she described her Canadian experience as living in a "culture of kindness." Merci Isabelle! Heartened to hear these words used to describe Canada, I encouraged students to cultivate an inner culture of kindness with mindful awareness of self-talk.
At the same time, I also paid tribute to the passing of Gord Downie, the Tragically Hip's lead man and Canadian music icon. As requested, you'll find the playlist posted below. The first 4 songs are all by Canadian artists (these pieces were played as students entered the space), yoga class commenced with a salutary flow to the Tragically Hip's song Wheat Kings, and our final stretches were set to Fidder's Green, Trick Rider and Downie's contribution to the aboriginal reconciliation movement "The Stranger".
Here is the TED Talk by self-compassion educator & researcher Dr. Kirsten Neff that inspired the classes this past week. Thank-you to Burnaby-based therapist Anna Cahill (M.S.W. and R.S.W.) for sending me this Ted Talk.
Here are a few self-compassion supporting quotes and mantras that were mindfully planted through-out the classes this week. Thank-you to yoga student Lesley Arnould for sharing the first mantra prayer.
"May I be grateful for what I have,
May I bravely acknowledge what I need,
May I wisely know that the path to enlightenment requires both" Canadian Living Magazine, Oct 2017
"My beloved child, break your heart no longer.
Each time you judge yourself, you break your own heart." - Swami Kripalu
While sitting in a meditative posture with hands resting upon the heart centre, repeat to self
"Be still beloved heart, and know that you are safely held" - Amy Weintraub
The Sky and the Clouds
You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes.
- Eckhart Tolle - Stillness Amidst The World
The Rose
"You can't force a rosebud to open by beating it with a hammer."
- Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (author of Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal")
" When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless". We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don't condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each stage, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is."
- W. Timothy Gallwey (author of The Inner Game book series)
The Guest House - by Rumi
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
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Mad Madge : Margaret Cavenish, Duchess Of Cavendish: Royalist, Writer, Romantic
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Mad Madge designed her own clothes and her coach was black with silver decoration. As John Evelyn wrote, gentlemen visitors were 'much pleased by the extraordinary fanciful habit, garb and discourse of the Duchess'. Born into an East Anglian royalist family in 1623, young Margaret Lucas went into Court service, accompanying the Queen, Henrietta Maria, to Oxford during the Civil War and sharing her hair-raising escape to France in 1644. In Paris, she met and married William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, a great horseman. They lived together in exile for 10 years, as part of the -migr- royalist circle that included aristocrats and the intellectual giants of the day, such as Descartes and Hobbes. Margaret had always loved poetry and philosophy - and now she became a writer. Plays, short fiction, fantasies, 'science fiction' and verse, orations, letters, essays, an autobiography and a biography, six philosophical treatises and one utopia - She made her mark as one of the most determined and prolific of female writers in an age when less than one per cent of published work was by women and society was shocked that she dared to publish under her own name.
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Chicago Photography Workshops
Chicago Photography Workshops – Walking Tour
Chicago Photography Workshops are private one on one classes for you. My clients will learn the newest techniques to get amazing pictures of Chicago. We will work with each customer one-on-one to teach you the steps needed. Yes, we will do this with your camera, so the pictures taken are all yours. Our professional photography instructor, Kevin OConnell, has been a photographer for over 40 years and versed in both film and digital cameras. These classes are designed to be fun and informative as well as educational. This class should push you months ahead of reading books with just the two hour class.
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Many of our clients are professionals that come to Chicago for a convention or vacation. They are very busy in life and looking for the most feasible way to fit a Photography Workshop in while here, not taking up a whole day or weekend. What they get with us, is a customized workshop that not only gets them the type of shots they like, but send them home with some new techniques that will help in the future. Many of our clients came with new cameras and newer to photography. These same clients left with smiles and great images of a wonderful city.
Creativity is my main focus with my photography workshops and very welcome. Once we work on some easy to learn technical aspects of your camera, we can try some fun and interesting perspectives, like these below.
Millennium Park – This is a wonderful place to shoot day or night, with some of the coolest attractions in the world. This is the number one sought after attraction in Chicago, with beautiful architecture, night lighting, and great skylines in the background. This is where you will find The Bean, Crown Fountain, and Pritzker Pavilion.
Buckingham Fountain – This Chicago attraction is in Grant Park of the South Loop. Its one of the largest fountains in the world with a style of geyser that shoots from the center 150 feet into the air. The whole structure is 280 feet in diameter with a 136 jets in all. Its a pleasure to shoot this attraction in the day or night. If you do shoot this at night, you will see all the beautiful colors that keep changing and reflecting from the water. A spectacular fountain, thats for sure.
Chicago River – The Chicago River goes right though the the north center of the city to Lake Michigan. On both sides of the river you will see famous and historic buildings like Trump Tower, Chicago Tribune, and Wrigley Building. This is the place to shoot at sunset during the blue hour with everything lit up. The historic bridges, bridge towers and architecture along the river makes for great photography shots.
General Logan Statue – This is located and 900 South Michigan Avenue. its a great place to meet and explore Grant Park, with walking trails that extend all over the park. This is best for daytime, and for walking . in this central location of the south loop, we can get pictures of the Chicago Skyline, walk to the lakeshore to get images of the lakefront and museums.
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OSLO--Norway's central bank is widely expected to keep rates on hold Thursday for the tenth rate meeting in a row, as slowing domestic growth and below-target inflation is countered by a growth pick-up abroad and a weaker-than-expected krone.
Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires said they expected the main rate to be left at 1.5%, where it has been since March 2012.
Inflation declined in September after a surprisingly high 2.5% reading in August, indicating that the surge was only temporary. Norges Bank had previously forecast inflation to remain below its 2.5% target for several years.
Norway's mainland gross domestic product, which excludes oil, gas and shipping activities, grew only 0.2% in the second quarter, well below the Norges Bank's forecast of 0.7%.
"While we still expect a hike next summer, we now see a move in September as most likely," financial group, SEB, said in a note, adding it had previously expected a hike in June next year.
SEB also forecast mainland GDP growth at 1.8% in 2013 and 2.4% in 2014. It said domestic consumption was weak, the housing sector had cooled and oil-sector investment growth was slowing, reducing the demand impulses to the economy.
Investment bank DNB Markets noted, however, that so far in the fourth quarter the krone has been 3.3% weaker than the central bank expected, as measured by the import-weighted krone rate, or I-44.
Norway's central bank surprised markets in June by indicating there was a 50% chance of a rate cut in September, leading to a weakening of the krone. Signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it could begin to reduce its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program also undermined the currency.
"We assess the risk of a change in the policy rate next week as very small," said Goldman Sachs in a note, adding it expected Norges Bank to hike in the second quarter next year, as growth was expected to improve on the back of a pick-up abroad and robust domestic demand.
"We expect the statement and the press conference to be relatively balanced, noting weak Norwegian growth data and falling inflation (from the recent spike), but improving euro area business surveys and a continued weaker-than-expected NOK," Goldman said.
Norges Bank has delayed its plan to raise rates several times. The bank had forecast a rise sometime in the middle of this year, but in March, delayed the hike until 2014.
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The Gundam Scientists were the five scientists responsible for the design and construction of the OZ-00MS Tallgeese mobile suit. Together, the scientists also drew up the schematics for a Gundam that was superior in every way to the other five Gundams and any other MS created. These designs would later be found by a distraught Quatre Raberba Winner, who would finish the construction of the mobile suit XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero. The scientists' Tallgeese suit was used by the United Earth Sphere Alliance as the basis for their OZ-06MS Leo type mass-produced suits. After the designs for Zero were finished, the scientists split up, each taking a copy of the plans. The scientists would use the plans to create a Gundam unique to themselves. These five Gundams, however, would not be as strong as the Zero and would not contain the hazardous Zero System. The scientists and their unique suits are listed below.
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Today, the Hamilton County Development Authority (HCDA) announced that Swift Straw of Atlanta, Georgia will open its first Florida location in Jasper. Swift Straw, an agriculture-based business, will occupy the former ESP window factory warehouse providing needed redevelopment to the location. The company, which was launched in 2011, has already hired nine full-time positions, nearly 15 positions in the process of being hired and more to come in the months ahead as production gets fully underway.
"Hamilton County is known for its agricultural heritage and Swift Straw is a welcome addition to our community," said Susan Ramsey, Executive Director of the HCDA. "We are excited that they are reimagining the window factory and are bringing needed targeted industry jobs to the area."
Through the company's capital investment in its new location, Swift Straw is further supporting the local economy by contracting with all Hamilton County companies and vendors for renovations and supplies. In addition, the community will see indirect economic benefit through truck traffic and local pine straw producers being utilized.
"As Swift Straw grows its operations and customer base throughout the Southeast, we are excited to open our newest location in Hamilton County," said Matt Lowe, CEO of Swift Straw. "Situated along two major interstates of I-75 and I-10, Hamilton County provides unmatched distribution and speed to market opportunities."
Swift Straw has developed a reputation as the "ground cover specialists" throughout the Southeast. The company focuses on pine straw and mulch, which are the largest beautification components for landscaping nationwide. The company features a broad geographic and diverse portfolio including landscapers, apartment complexes, commercial buildings, hotels, homeowner associations, schools, parks and private homeowners. Swift Straw's corporate strategy focuses on consistency in service and product, but is more importantly relationship driven.
Hamilton County Board County of Commissioners Chair, Randy Ogburn stated, "We are delighted to welcome Swift Straw to our home and we – as local government and a committed community – stand ready to help them succeed in their business endeavors."
Swift Straw's Jasper positions include warehouse positions, forklift and tractor driver, equipment/machines position and administrative assistant. A valid driver license is required and all applicants are required to pass a drug test. Applications can be picked up and accepted at the Hamilton County Development Authority, 1153 US Highway 41, NW, Suite 4, Jasper, Florida 32052.


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Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is generating too many negative reviews from the first wave of Google Glass adopters, and its best course of action may be to nix the search giant's first foray into wearable computing before it becomes a more expensive and embarrassing flop.
It's not this weekend's Saturday Night Live parody. The comedy show also poked fun at Yum! Brands putting out Doritos-dusted tacos last year, and that single introduction was credited with dramatically boosting sales at Taco Bell.
It's not that the initial wave of critics are questioning if we really need glasses with computing functionality. When Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) introduced the iPad three years ago, it was also originally panned by skeptics wondering if we really needed tablets.
Wearable computing is the real deal. It's coming. However, the early successes have been the Pebble smart watch and Nike's (NYSE:NKE) FuelBand fitness-tracking bracelet. These are devices that are conveniently worn around the wrist, and it's where wearable computing will win its first battle.
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Lloyd Barriger was a minister, but his god was money, said Lloyd Heller.
Lloyd Barriger was a minister, but his god was money, said Lloyd Heller.
Heller, 74, was in his office Tuesday at Ramsay's Funeral Home in Liberty, where he went back to work three years ago, after his $286,000 in retirement savings evaporated in the failed Gaffken & Barriger fund, managed by Barriger.
Heller said the Sullivan County investment fund manager — once one of his best friends — wanted to become a multimillionaire, to live in a mansion with a gate, cooks and maids.
Barriger, who pleaded guilty last week to defrauding investors in the nearly $50 million fund, disputed Heller's theory on his personal beliefs. People who make money their god are "sadly disappointed," he said.
He could have been speaking about his own life.
Barriger now lives in a barn on his elderly mother's property in Damascus, Pa., and does odd jobs. "I certainly didn't get rich," Barriger said. "I went in the opposite direction."
His personal situation suggests that the investors in the fund won't see much restitution. But the federal government still plans to go after Barriger for $12.6 million, the amount he raised from investors by lying about the fund's performance.
In addition to restitution, Barriger faces up to 65 years in prison when he is sentenced in November for securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Jail time is not enough to satisfy Gregg Semenetz, the former Town of Callicoon supervisor who said he invested more than $100,000 with Barriger, but wouldn't give an exact amount.
"I'd like to see him in a federal prison in Alaska with no heat for the next 40 years," Semenetz said.
Barriger's admission to lying to investors sent shock waves through Sullivan County. Investors in the fund know each other exceptionally well, even now, five years after it crumbled.
The county's tight-knit community helped the holdings of the Gaffken & Barriger fund grow to nearly $50 million in less than 10 years. Word spread quickly that the fund paid 8 percent annual dividends, and Barriger was well-known and liked in the community, Heller said.
"He had a way of inducing people to love him," Heller said.
The fund was launched at a bed and breakfast in Jeffersonville in the late 1990s, Heller said. Barriger invited 15 to 20 people — all of whom Heller knew — and pitched it to them, explaining it made real estate investments.
By then, Heller and Barriger were close friends. They met in the 1970s, when Heller owned funeral homes in Jeffersonville, Roscoe and Callicoon. He hired Barriger, then a bank teller, to conduct funeral services as a minister.
Heller didn't think twice about investing with Barriger, and was very happy with the fund for a couple of years. After he invested, he brought another one of his close friends, Maria Grimaldi, now 69, of Youngsville, on board. The 8 percent Barriger offered was better than her other investment — tax-free municipal bonds paying 4 to 5 percent, she said.
She invested about $38,000. She said Barriger told her the minimum investment was $75,000, but that he would "make a special exception" for her.
At the time, she didn't know he made "special exceptions" for many investors. She got to know Barriger, and enjoyed the luxury perks that came with being his friend.
Grimaldi, Heller and Barriger went out socially all the time, with Barriger footing the bill.
The fund manager became known for lavish annual dinners at Bernie's restaurant in Rock Hill. Investors imbibed at an open bar and feasted on steak and caviar.
Heller said Barriger encouraged investors to bring potential new investors to the parties.
He always had an air of "glowing optimism" at the events, and reported that the fund was growing, Grimaldi said.
As the real estate market slowed in the mid-2000s, developers fell behind repaying their loans to the fund. By 2005, the fund began to suffer, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. It lost $600,000 that year.
From 2006 until the fund collapsed in 2008, Barriger failed to mention to clients that the fund's investments weren't generating enough income to pay the promised 8 percent.
The fund became a Ponzi scheme when Barriger started using new investments to pay dividends to existing members.
Barriger declined to discuss specifics of his case.
"I had good intentions through all of this," he said in a phone interview Thursday.
In early 2008, just a few months before the fund was frozen, Heller took Barriger's word that the fund had been performing well and invested another $42,000. "It hurt more than anything when he lied to me about how great the fund was doing," Heller said.
Months later, his last words to Barriger were "batten down the hatches, you're going to be sued." He said Barriger's response was "Really?"
Extravagant parties are now a distant memory for Barriger. He leads a frugal life, like many of the investors who lost their life savings after trusting him. Barriger has no TV or Internet service and drives a 1999 Jeep.
"I'm not riding on a yacht," Barriger said. "I have no income or assets."
Frank Owens, one of the last investors Barriger fleeced, experienced a dramatic reversal of his own. Owens, now 64, was a New York City fashion photographer. He sold the Manhattan building that housed his studio in 2007 and then invested $2 million of the proceeds with Barriger.
Now, he's on public assistance.
He's also facing charges that he put false information on application forms for $8,900 in benefits he received. In July, he was charged with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree offering a false instrument, both felonies.
Owens is working on resolving the issue. He's also waiting for restitution that seems unlikely ever to come. Owens sued Barriger in 2008, and in early 2012 a jury ordered Barriger to pay him $1.56 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Heller has made slow progress moving on financially and emotionally. He still thinks of Barriger every day and plans to attend his former friend's sentencing.
Heller sold his Lake Placid, Fla., home a few years ago, and lives in an apartment in Kauneonga Lake, behind one of the Ramsay's Funeral Homes where he works.
Grimaldi has also returned to work. She and other investors hope Barriger or the fund may have some money to repay them, or that the government will go after people Barriger worked with and seek restitution from them. Andy McKean, the other principal of the Gaffken & Barriger fund, committed suicide in 2008.
"I don't know if the federal government can invest that kind of time," Grimaldi said. "Do I think they should? Yes."


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My love of paper crafting goes back to high school when I saw a scrapbook created by my best friend's mom. The idea of capturing memories and moments with matchbook covers, napkins and photos inspired me. Then I began finding paper and stickers to augment my designs. Today with the amazing tools available we can transform paper into works of art.
This month marks my first anniversary as a Stampin' Up demonstrator. I became a demonstrator to have early access to new product lines and of course get a discount for my paper crafting addiction. What I gained was a circle of inspiration from men and women who also enjoy creating beautiful cards, scrapbook pages, and gifts to give to others. This post is dedicated to them. Thank you PALS for your generous spirit of sharing your lives and creative gifts.
So today I launch my blog – Stampin' Mojo. Mojo is the name of my dog (yes he is the one pictured) and it describes the inspiration gained being a part of the Stampin' Up Community. I hope you will continue with me on my creative journey.
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Darling card. Love the colors.
Congrats on your SU anniversary! And also for taking a step into the blogosphere! Pretty card….and I love your sweet Mojo!
Great card and layout and welcome to blog world..We are in this together..can't believe i posted for a whole week already! Have fun with your new blog!
this is absolutely gorgeous and welcome to the blogging world, michelle!
Such a pretty card Michelle! And great blog! Love your little dog 🙂
Love your blog – the card is beautiful – and Mojo is adorable!
Congrats on getting your blog started–perfect way to celebrate your first SU anniversary! Your card is lovely…and Mojo is cute as can be!
Good luck as you move forward in the blogosphere–looking forward to seeing your creations all in one place!
Gorgeous card, Michelle! I enjoyed your write up, too. Congrats on one year and on the launch of your blog. You'll be great!
Congratulations, Michelle on your one year anniversary and new blog launch. Your card is beautiful and I wish you much success as you move forward in the blogging world. Enjoy!


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The latest automobiles on show at the 1926 Pairs Motor Show. France.
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Paris Motor Show - 1926. France.
Title (translation): After having admired the most recent models of the French auto builders; M.Gaston Doumergue climbs into his new 40CV Renault. Shot w/ car in FG w/ chauffeur waiting; President Doumergue & other VIPs emerge from building in BG; walk toward curb. Wider shot: crowd watches as car drives away; followed by almost identical vehicle. Another shot of the 2 cars driving in path cleared through crowd. Next; LS smaller automobile in street; man walks up to it and reaches in w/ his cane.
CU tip of cane pushes accelerator pedal on floor of car which starts to move away as cane is withdrawn. Back to LS car slowly rolls away; then stops. Man walks after it & repeats the process; making the car roll farther away; then stop again. (Throughout all this there is traffic whizzing by in the BG.) Next MLS car; man reaches in w/ cane again; but this time the car goes backwards. Exhibitions.
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Ariana Grande took to Twitter yesterday to express her gratitude for being nominated for three MTV VMA Awards. The "Problem" singer also expressed her desire to take home at least one of those golden astronauts this year:
3 @MTV VMA nominations!!! thank u so much! can't possibly express my gratitude to be nominated! really hope i can win my 1st this year!!! 👩💘— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 17, 2014
She followed her initial tweet with two more praising those who nominated her, expressing herself both verbally and visually:
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http://t.co/yaxMTanp30 http://t.co/JmegkcYVCz http://t.co/uYpHpB9dc2— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 17, 2014
thank you so much. this news made everybody so excited! love you "@MTV: @ArianaGrande Love you SO much + praying for you and your family <3"— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 17, 2014
Ariana Grande joins the likes of Beyoncé, Lorde, Katy Perry, and "Problem" collaborator Iggy Azalea in the Best Female Video category. Grande's "Problem" is also up for Best Pop Video and Best Collaboration with the aforementioned Iggy Azalea.
Despite these tidings of good news, not everything has gone Ariana's way lately. First, there were the inevitable comparisons to Miley Cyrus — a fellow child star turned pop princess — that annoyed Grande. Then most recently, as reported by Inquistr, her Nickelodeon show Sam & Cat was cancelled amid rumors of poor chemistry and internal strife amongst its star cast.
According to Deadline Hollywood, things got pretty intense between Ariana and co-star Jenny McCurdy with McCurdy voicing her beef with Grande to executives at Nickelodeon:
"McCurdy publicly accused Nickelodeon of unfair treatment. She also fueled speculation about a rift with her longtime best friend Grande by un-following Grande on social media and not joining her co-star at Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. A few days later, production on the series was shut down with four episodes from Season 1 left to shoot."
But all of that is in Ariana's past. In addition to her VMA nods, her debut single "Problem" is shattering digital and sales records according to Billboard magazine. "Grande's 'Problem' featuring Australian rapper Iggy Azalea achieved chart sales of 113,000 copies, comprising 106,000 sales and 712,000 streams," writes Billboard.
Her newest song, "Break Free" premiered on MTV's Total Request Live recently and is already building solid momentum on radio play lists across America. According to Headlineplanet.com "'Break Free' looks to be another runaway pop radio hit for Ariana Grande. It is already in the Top 25."
All-in-all, Ariana Grande is bursting with excitement and gratitude. Her Twitter emojis certainly reflect that.


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July 15, 2013Is your market a WUWM member? Can your market offer examples of logistical excellence? Why not enter your market in WUWM's 2013 Market Awards? It's easy to apply... see the brochure attached for entry details and contact the WUWM Secretariat if you need further information.The theme for this year's awards is: Logistical Excellence. The deadline for submissions is 6 September 2013. Your submission should be a (maximum) 2,500 word summary of why your market deserves a WUWM Award for logistical excellence. Any programme, project, activity or service referred to in the submission should be current on the market, and not older than 5 years.
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Marc Spielrein was formerly the Chairman and CEO of Rungis International Market in Paris, retiring after 16 years in this position in May 2012. He was WUWM Chairman from 2002-2004, being a member of the WUWM Board for several years prior to this appointment and remaining active in the WUWM Board thereafter. Mr Spielrein was instrumental in bringing about the establishment of WUWM as an autonomous non-profit entity; formerly operating from 1958-2003 as an associated body within the umbrella of the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA). Under his chairmanship WUWM established an independent financial basis, strengthened its membership, creating formal regional and technical working groups. He was also the WUWM European Regional Chairman from 2002-2012 and was awarded a WUWM Honorary Chairman membership in 2003. He continues to actively participate in WUWM.
Graham Wallace is formally the Managing Director of City Markets (Glasgow) LLP. He retired from that position in March 2012 and was subsequently awarded a WUWM Honorary Membership in May 2012. Mr Wallace was active in WUWM for 16 years, he was a Board member for over 9 years, also in the role of WUWM Chairman from 2008-2010, and vice Chairman from 2006-2008. During 2002-2009 he actively participated in the WUWM team which developed the WUWM Guide to Good Hygienic Practice for European Wholesale Market Authorities in the European Union (GPG) and he was also active in developing WUWM activities with its national market associations as well as a technical working group supporting marketing of the wholesale market. He continues to actively participate in WUWM events and activities where possible.
Andrew Shepherd is presently Senior Technical Advisor on Market-Led Development with CTA in the Netherlands. CTA, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, is an EU-funded organization helping develop agriculture in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Last November Mr Shepherd also organized a major international conference on agricultural value chains, held in Addis Ababa. Mr Shepherd joined CTA after retirement from FAO, where he worked as a marketing specialist for 25 years, ending up in charge of the Value Chains Group. During this time he commissioned and edited several publications on the planning, design and management of wholesale and retail markets and also became known as an author of publications on a wide range of topics including contract farming, market information and inventory credit. He has supervised FAO projects in over 50 countries, including many that developed wholesale, retail and rural markets.
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When the Queen "photobombed" Australian hockey star Jayde Taylor's selfie at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, people were shocked to see an openly chuckling monarch.
But it's not the first time she's shaken conventions for a laugh. Last year, seven-year-old Jessica Fitch broke protocol and asked Her Majesty to pose for a photo with her teddy bear. The Queen (88) happily obliged.
"She is definitely more relaxed," says former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond. "Camilla has been accepted and there are four generations of the monarchy alive at the same time. The Queen cares very deeply about the integrity of the monarchy and that must make her feel a bit safer.
"She has always had a good sense of humour. She is a great mimic. And if she's revealing a tiny bit more of her private self, it will be because she simply feels like it. It makes her happy."
Photographer David Bailey, whose wonderful portrait (taken for the government's great Britain campaign, pictured right) says, "I've always been a huge fan of the Queen. She has very kind eyes with a mischievous glint. I've always liked strong women and she is a very strong woman."
But her humour goes beyond mere mischievousness – she can be downright naughty. Sitting for the artist Lucian Freud, she told him about a commotion at a pheasant shoot. "I was picking up after the guns, as I always do, when a wounded cock pheasant scratched me and drew blood. The detective assumed I'd been shot, threw himself on top of me and began giving me mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. I consider we got to know each other rather well..."
The painter John Edwards tells of the time when his palette fell face down on the floor. The Queen didn't miss a beat. "It always falls butter side down, doesn't it?" she said.
But Annie Leibovitz perhaps didn't understand her sense of humour when the Queen refused to take off her headwear during a shoot in 2007. "I asked the Queen if she would remove the tiara, suggesting that a less dressy look might be better," Annie remembers. "And she said, 'Less dressy! What do you think this is?'"
The Queen is quite the photographer herself in her spare time. Another of her little-known talents is aircraft spotting – by ear. Guests at Windsor, which is on the Heathrow flight path, tell of her announcing "Boeing 747", "Airbus", "1-11" as aircraft drown out conversation. She's right every time.
Her other hobbies are all things equestrian, from the races to hacking out; walking the dogs (corgis at her palaces, Labradors in the country); hunting, shooting, and fishing; and gardening.
Royal writer Mary Killen says, "It is very obvious why the Queen is as happy as she can be on any given day. She takes exercise by walking the corgis for 90 minutes after lunch. She still rides about four times a week. At her age, if you don't use it, you lose it. She also has a healthy mind in her healthy body – and her religious faith sustains her in every circumstance."
There's more to it than that ... 1992 was the Queen's famous annus horribilis – Charles and Diana separated, Anne divorced, Fergie was in the news for all the wrong reasons and Windsor Castle went up in flames. The Queen determined things had to change, so the Way Ahead group of senior royals and advisers was set up.
Its decisions have led to monumental changes to the laws of succession, allowing first-born royal females to have precedence and monarchs to marry Roman Catholics (but not to be one). There have been practical changes too.
Royal observer Alice Thompson says, "The Queen has modernised; she cut her expenses in half; made her finances transparent... Increased the salaries at the bottom and slashed hers at the top."
The Queen no longer sees herself simply as head of state but as head of the nation. She didn't announce it, but she has created a new role for the monarch as the people's granny.She has also now begun to pass the baton, with Prince Charles attending the State Openings of Parliament and all eyes are on the Duke of Cambridge, a future king who calls people "mate" and is nicknamed "the Dude" by Prince Harry.
William is probably the Queen's greatest achievement, says royal author Robert Lacey. "Who would have thought in the annus horribilis that, 20 years later, you would see Prince William walking down the aisle, effectively being given away by Prince Charles and his stepmother, the former Camilla Parker Bowles? If you had predicted that, you would have been thought crazy."
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The other day I wrote:
Journal editing is a volunteer job, and people sign up for it because they want to publish exciting new work, or maybe because they enjoy the power trip, or maybe out of a sense of duty—but, in any case, they typically aren't in it for the controversy.
Jon Baron, editor of the journal Judgment and Decision Making, saw this and wrote:
In my case, the reasons are "all three"! But it isn't a matter of "exciting new work" so much as "solid work with warranted conclusions, even if boring". This is a very old-fashioned experimental psychologist's approach. Boring is good. And the "power" is not a trivial consideration; many things that academics do have the purpose of influencing their fields, and editing, for me, beats teaching, blogging, writing trade books, giving talks, or even . . . (although it does not beat writing a textbook).
I've been asked many times to edit journals but I've always said no because I've felt that, personally, I can make better contributions to the field as a loner. Editing a journal would require too much social skill for me. We each should contribute where we can.
Also recall this story:
I remember, close to 20 years ago, an economist friend of mine was despairing of the inefficiencies of the traditional system of review, and he decided to do something about it: He created his own system of journals. They were all online (a relatively new thing at the time), with an innovative transactional system of reviewing (as I recall, every time you submitted an article you were implicitly agreeing to review three articles by others) and a multi-tier acceptance system, so that very few papers got rejected; instead they were just binned into four quality levels. And all the papers were open-access or something like that.
The system was pretty cool, but for some reason it didn't catch on—I guess that, like many such systems, it relied a lot on continuing volunteer efforts of its founder, and perhaps he just got tired of running an online publishing empire, and the whole thing kinda fell apart. The journals lost all their innovative aspects and became just one more set of social science publishing outlets. My friend ended up selling his group of journals to a traditional for-profit company, they were no longer free, etc. It was like the whole thing never happened.
A noble experiment, but not self-sustaining. Which was too bad, given that he'd put so much effort into building a self-sustaining structure.
Perhaps one lesson from my friend's unfortunate experience is that it's not enough to build a structure; you also need to build a community.
Another lesson is that maybe it can help to lean on some existing institution. This guy built up his whole online publishing company from scratch, which was kinda cool, but then when he no longer felt like running it, it dissolved, and then he ended up with a pile of money, which he probably didn't need and he might never get around to spending, while losing the scientific influence, which is more interesting and important. Maybe it would've been better for him to have teamed up with an economics society, or with some university, governmental body, or public-interest organization.
Good intentions are not enough, and even good intentions + a lot of effort aren't enough. You have to work with existing institutions, or create your own. This blog works in part because it piggybacks off the existing institution of blogging. Nowadays there isn't much blogging anymore, but the circa 2005-era blogosphere was helpful in giving us a sense of how to set up our community. We built upon the strengths of the blogosphere and avoided some of the pitfalls.
Similarly this is the challenge of reforming scientific communication: to do something better while making use of existing institutions and channels whereby researchers donate their labor.


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'They should be ashamed of themselves,' area mayor says of industry
TEXAS CITY - From an out-of-towner's perspective, the petrochemical plants near this city's port are an incomprehensible jumble of pipes, tanks, fences and smokestacks. A mural depicting birds and dolphins provides a splash of color in a dull gray landscape.
Yet these plants -- the facilities themselves, the companies that own them and the families that have worked in them for generations -- are woven deeply into the fabric of the community.
"Texas City has a long, complicated history of being at both the mercy and benefit of its industrial base," said Bill Minutaglio, the author of "City on Fire," a book about the 1947 explosion at the Texas City port that's considered the worst industrial disaster in U.S. history.
Today the Valero Energy Corp. refinery stands on the site where Texas City's first petrochemical plant opened in 1908. And Valero, according to Mayor Matt Doyle, is betraying the city and its schools, breaking an unwritten agreement that has enabled the community and its industries to coexist for more than a century.
"What they've done to the children of Texas City is horrible, and they should be ashamed of themselves," Doyle told the Galveston County Daily News. "They're taking close to $9 million from the students of Texas City and La Marque. They're robbing $9 million from their education."
The mayor was referring to the latest development in a yearslong dispute over the property tax appraisals of the industrial plants. Doyle, along with city and school district officials in other affected communities, says the companies are exploiting a provision in state tax law that was intended to protect homeowners from unfair appraisals.
Because of the companies' success in reducing the appraised value of their plants, Doyle told the newspaper, the city's tax roll decreased from $4.9 billion in 2016 to $4.3 billion in 2017. He said city leaders would have to raise taxes to avoid laying off police officers or other employees.
Tests relationship
Doyle, a lifelong Texas City resident and its mayor for 14 years, explained the relationship to me in a phone conversation this week: The city benefits from good-paying jobs supplied by the plants. In return, local government provides a business-friendly environment, and citizens put up with the consequences of living next to facilities that process volatile chemicals and spew nasty stuff into the air.
Students in Texas City schools regularly participate in shelter-in-place drills to prepare for a possible disaster. Their parents and grandparents remember deadly explosions in 2005 and 1978; the 1947 event is memorialized in exhibits at the Texas City Museum.
In addition, emissions from the plants increase residents' risks of asthma, cancer and premature death, says consumer advocate Adrian Shelley, who organized environmental campaigns in industry-heavy towns as the former head of Air Alliance Houston.
The sense of a partnership has persisted in spite of these issues. But the appraisal dispute, which began almost a decade ago, represents a different kind of test of the relationship.
While other companies have successfully challenged their appraisals, Doyle said, Valero has been the most aggressive by far. The company "disputes every property ever year, as a business practice," he said.
Valero did not reply to my calls seeking comment. In the past, Valero has said it simply seeks to pay only as much tax as the law requires.
Valero and other industries have challenged appraisals based on what Doyle called "an obscure tax law" that provides for using values of similar properties rather than fair market value. The strategy has worked: Juries have compelled the city, Texas City ISD and a community college to repay millions of dollars in tax revenues.
No remedy ahead
An effort to change the relevant law failed in the 2015 state legislative session. Doyle said he does not expect a legislative remedy.
"There's no way Texas City can fight Valero and its lobbyists," Doyle said. "Really, what we've got to do is ask everybody to be good neighbors."
Minutaglio, the author, said he found Doyle's comments "really startling." Historically, he said, Texas City's leaders have pushed back against criticism of industry.
"He's making a bit of history by raking the companies across the coals," Minutaglio said.
For now, Doyle is struggling to balance his city's budget and maintain services. He worries about the long-term effects of the lost revenue.
"We'll have a great industrial base," he says, "with a dilapidated city around it."


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Warren Buffett Saturday launched a strong defense of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and the investment bank's embattled chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein.
Speaking at Berkshire's annual meeting before an estimated 40,000 shareholders, Buffett's forceful defense makes him perhaps Goldman's most powerful defender in the wake of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud lawsuit on April 16 against the company.
Buffett also said Berkshire swung to a $3.63 billion first-quarter profit from a year-earlier $1.53 billion loss, helped by an improving economy and gains from investments and derivatives. Operating earnings rose 30 percent to $2.22 billion from $1.71 billion, reflecting "a pretty good uptick" in business activity, he said.
The SEC lawsuit alleged that Goldman hid from investors the fact that securities underlying a risky debt transaction were chosen by Paulson & Co., a hedge fund firm that was betting they would lose value. Goldman has called the charges unfounded, and Paulson was not charged.
Berkshire's investment in Goldman preferred shares in September 2008 has become controversial for Buffett, given his long-standing emphasis on good corporate ethics and criticism of Wall Street excess.
News that investigators have opened a criminal probe into Goldman has led to increased speculation about Blankfein's job security but Buffett expressed strong support.
Asked who should run Goldman if Blankfein were replaced, Buffett said: "If Lloyd had a twin brother, I would vote for him. I have never given that a thought."
Charlie Munger, who is Berkshire's vice chairman and sat beside Buffett, said "there are plenty of CEOs I'd like to see gone," but that Blankfein is not one of them."
The $5 billion investment consists of preferred shares that throw off $500 million in annual dividends, plus warrants to buy an equal amount of common stock. Goldman can buy back, or "call," the preferreds at a premium.
"We love the investment," Buffett said. "Our preferreds are paying $15 a second, so as we sit here, 'Tick, tick, tick, tick,' that's $15 every second," he said.
Buffett added that the SEC lawsuit was not a serious enough event to raise reputational issues that would call into question the Berkshire investment.
Asked whether Goldman should have disclosed it had received a "Wells notice" from the SEC indicating possible civil charges, Buffett said such notices are not necessarily material to larger companies such that disclosure is needed.
"If it leads to something more serious, then we will look at the situation at that time," he said.
Buffett and Munger also discussed the potential overhaul of financial regulation now being weighed in Congress. Munger argued the system should become "less permissive" for banks.
"What we need is a new version of Glass-Steagall," Munger said, referring to a Depression-era law that kept commercial and investment banks separate. It was repealed in 1999.
Berkshire has opposed a provision in proposed legislation that could force it to post more collateral on its roughly 250 derivatives contracts, mainly tied to longer-term performance of stock price indexes.
But Buffett said Berkshire would likely "not have to put up a dime" because the company is unlikely to be regarded as so "dangerous to the system" as to require such collateral.
Investments and derivatives generated $1.41 billion of Berkshire's preliminary first-quarter profit, compared with a year-earlier $3.24 billion loss.
Insurance profit fell just 3 percent, while profit in regulated businesses such as utilities and newly acquired Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., as well as manufacturing, service & retailing businesses, roughly doubled.
Final results are expected May 7.
Buffett said he still wants to make large acquisitions, even after spending $26.5 billion in February to buy the railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
"We're as interested as ever," he said. "If I get a call for a $10 billion deal on Monday, and I like it, I will say yes."
Buffett, 79, offered no new clues as to who might succeed him as chief executive officer and chief investment officer at Berkshire. He repeated that Berkshire would install a new CEO within 24 hours of his departure, and but take more time to install one or more chief investment officers.
Only about half the attendees at Saturday's meeting were able to fit in the main arena at Qwest Center Omaha. Hundreds lined up to enter hours before its 7 a.m. opening.
"I was first in line at this door at 2:58 a.m.," said Bill Guenther, 57, a forester from Newfane, Vermont, who said he owns 50 Berkshire Class B shares and was at his first meeting.
"I've always been a fan of Warren Buffett," he said. "I'm an old-school sort, I'm not a dot-commer, I'm not a techie, I don't even have a TV at home. But I've always admired Warren. He was called a dinosaur during the big dot-com bust, and when all that collapsed, we saw he was doing it the right way."
Before the meeting, Buffett ambled around a nearby exhibit hall featuring Berkshire companies, spending 10 minutes marveling at a model railroad at the Burlington Northern exhibit, and strumming a ukulele as he belted out "I've Been Working On The Railroad" with The Quebe Sisters Band.
He later picked up his usual vanilla and orange bar at a Dairy Queen stand, but did not pay the $1 he usually does.
"We got his donation earlier," the vendor said.
Buffett is worth $47 billion, Forbes magazine said in March.
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Oh it looks like it is getting worse! We started our journey today.
And that's good! But there is "BUT". Janis is getting ill. He is having angina and he looks tired. Can't swallow, can't speak… His body temperature is getting higher and higher.
And… he is the only driver! We are in Lithuania and hope to continue our journey! But if you ask me – I don't think it would be easy!!
We crossed Lithuania and Poland is next. Distance is two times longer and drivers are crazy! And they usually don't speak any other language than Polish.
I hope we will make it. But for now – good night!
P.S. At least we have nice view in our free parking spot 🙂


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By Primo P. Agatep
MANILA, Aug. 19 (PNA)– A Php3- to Php6-billion "Philippine Sports City" will rise in a 50-hectare lot inside the proposed "Green City" in Clark, Pampanga in preparation for the country's hosting of the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in 2019.
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chair William I. Ramirez said this during Friday's press conference where he also announced his newly appointed commissioners in the government sports body.
The four Commissioners are Charles Raymond Maxey, Ramon "El Presidente" Fernandez, Arnold Agustin and Celia Kiram.
Ramirez said the "Olympic City" will include an Athletes Village, National Sports Training Center- complete with an ultra-modern track and field oval and the Sports Institute also equipped with modern facilities for the scientific sports training and development of Filipino athletes.
The modernized sports plan covers a wide array of programs like sports medicine-nutrition-sports psychology and conditioning; nutrition; and athletes and coaches career and advancement.
Ramirez said that "this is not a lip service" stressing the commitment of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to strengthen Philippine sports and lift Filipino athletes to new heights which form part of the plan to revive the Philippine Sports Institute through an Executive Order to be signed by President Duterte.
Ramirez, also the head of PSC when the country bagged the overall championship in the 2005 Manila SEAG, said the construction of the Olympic City is a government-to-government "usufruct" undertaking together with the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).
Ramirez emphasized that government has to take the lead in unifying and improving Philippine sports, lamenting that "we are dreaming for an Olympic gold but we cannot even provide a decent dormitory to our athletes."
The PSC buckled down to work for their first official board meeting after the almost one hour press conference.
Ramirez said topping their agenda include the setting up of more clear policies on sports program, athletes welfare, and its relations with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the 52 National Sports Associations (NSAs) which are regular voting members of POC.
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Weakest students online college classes
Weakest students more likely to take online college classes but do worse in them
Survey of rigorous academic research on online education finds lower grades and higher drop out rates Column by JILL BARSHAY February 4, 2019
According to the most recent federal statistics from 2016, roughly one out of every three or 6.3 million college students learned online. That number is growing even as fewer people are going to college.
The paper, "Does Online Education Live Up to Its Promise? A Look at the Evidence and Implications for Federal Policy," was also written by Sandy Baum, an economist at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization.
Online degrees are also concentrated among a handful of nonprofit universities. Just three — Western Governors University, Liberty University and Southern New Hampshire University — enroll about a third of all online students at private, nonprofit institutions.
overwhelming research evidence that community college students aren't faring well in online classes
Another 2017 study of students at a for-profit university which offers both in-person and online classes found that students who took an online class not only got lower grades in that class but also in future classes. Online students were more likely to drop out of college altogether than similar students who attended in-person classes.
There are much stronger results for courses that combine supplemental materials online with traditional, face-to-face instruction. But the authors do not consider this hybrid instruction to be "online" learning.


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FAQs or Frequently Asked Questions
What is self storage?
Self-storage is becoming increasingly popular in the UK and is quite simply, do-it-yourself storage. We supply a clean, dry secure unit in the size you need. You have your own unique lock and key to your unit and unlimited free access during our long opening times.
With self storage, you bring your goods along and pack them, in your secure storage unit, how you wish. Because of this, you ideally want somewhere local. We specialise in storage for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
How much does it cost to store my things with you?
The cost of a storage room depends upon the size required. Our staff are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable and will be delighted to help you decide the optimum room for your needs. Have a look at our size guide but remember it is only a guideline. We have rooms ranging from a 10 sq. ft. space to 200 sq. ft. or more and prices start from as little as £5 per week. Remember the price you are quoted by our staff includes your storage charge, rates, service charges, utility bills and maintenance costs. As they say in Warner Brothers cartoons, "That's all folks".
Some of our competitors state they will price match, or deduct a further discount. As one customer put it, "What this really means is that if you don't shop around they will rip you off and anyway, they make it back up on obscene insurance charges."
The main reason we cannot publish prices is because there are so many variations. There are lots of different discounts and also extra discounts if you pre pay in advance. For that reason, there are so many variations but it really depends on you.
Do you offer any discounts?
For more detail go to our Special Offers page
However for a quick answer; Yes we offer discounts for stays over 3 months and pre-payment discounts; for stays longer than three months, six months and a year. We also offer a 5% discount to students upon production of a valid Student Union Card and a similar discount to members of the Military on production of a valid Military ID. We may also occasionally offer seasonal discounts so please ask. Remember we also do discounts on packaging supplies. For more detail – see our discounts page.
How do I pay for my storage?
We invoice customers on a four weekly basis payable in advance.
Please note, we only ask for seven days notice when you vacate your room and unlike renting a flat or house, we refund to you any unused storage charge (but not insurance). For example, you pay for 28 days and give notice and leave after 20 days, you would receive a refund back for the 8 unused days.
We offer a number of payment options but we prefer credit card/switch or debit card although we will also accept cheques, BACS and direct debits. We do not keep cash on the premises and do not accept cash.
We require a refundable security deposit equal to four weeks rent which is fully refundable when you leave.
Do I need to book?
Do I need to book? It is not always necessary, but it is advisable. People are moving in and out all the time. Even if a unit of the size you want isn't immediately available you usually will not have long to wait.
How often can I have access to my goods and how much does it cost me?
Unlike some facilities access to Secure-store is FREE and unlimited during our long opening hours, just key in your security code. We have ample car parking and large loading/unloading areas. Alternatively, we can recommend local van hire/removal companies to help with your transportation.
What are your opening hours?
Monday – Friday: 8am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-4pm
Sunday: 10am-2pm
At the Leighton Buzzard Storage warehouse, access can sometimes be made available outside these hours by prior notice. Please also note we may not be staffed during certain public holidays, like Christmas Day but you may still be able to gain access. We reserve the right to change these opening hours at any time, particularly due to staff illness.
Please also remember that we can accept deliveries for you during opening hours if you are not available.
Do I have to sign a lease?
No, you sign a straightforward storage licence agreement prior to moving into your unit. The agreement is a simple "no fuss" contract and takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.
What is the minimum time I can store with you?
There is no long term commitment. Your stay can be as long or as short as you need. The minimum period being 1 week and day to day thereafter. So you can take your belongings out when you need them and you will be refunded by the day for any unused storage time. You do not need to tell us how long you are going to need storage for, but you may be entitled to a pre-payment discount for a long term stay, or it may help us to give you a more suitable unit if we know approximately how long you will be staying.
What happens if the unit is too big or too small?
No problem, just let us know. You can change your unit / space at short notice, even that day as long as we have the size you want. There is no charge for changing units.
Can I move in today?
Yes, a member of our staff will fill in our storage agreement with you, (this takes approximately 10 minutes) and then you can move your goods in straight away.
Do I need insurance?
Insurance is a condition of self storage in the UK – to see our insurance terms and conditions (please click the link)
Your goods must be insured while in storage. If you choose to take up the 'free period' discount, you are required to take a minimum £2,000 cover.
If not and you wish to obtain your own insurance cover you may, but please note, you must provide a printed copy proof of such a policy and sign a statement confirming that you will maintain your own cover and that the maximum payable by The Secure-store, in the event of a claim, is the standard goods and carriage value of £50 in total.
Our insurance is not expensive and written through a top quality insurer. We can arrange to add you onto our tailor-made insurance policy at very competitive rates, from £1.35 per week, per £1,000 cover.
What do I need to bring to start storing?
On the first occasion you sign up and place your goods in store, you will be required to bring the following:
- Either your passport or drivers licence with photo ID
- A utility bill (not credit card) dated within the last 3 months
- Your home contact details and e-mail if available
- An alternative contact name, address and phone numbers, in case we cannot reach you in an emergency
- You will need to know the value of your goods – see below.
- Your credit or debit card. We can also take cheques, BACS or set up direct debits. We do not accept cash as we do not keep cash on the premises
- Bring a padlock. Unlike some of our competitors, we do not force you to buy an over-priced padlock (yes folks, read their smallprint) but you can buy one from our range of quality padlocks at the store
What can I store?
What can I store? For the most part you can store most things although there are some things that cannot be stored because they are illegal, highly flammable, perishable or dangerous – please see prohibited items.
What sort of security do you have?
The Secure-Store incorporates extensive state-of-the-art features including: 24 hour Digital CCTV surveillance located both inside and outside the main building monitoring all entrances and exits and all recordings are kept for a period on a hard drive; Our Storage rooms are built with galvanised steel and you lock the rooms with your own padlock and keep the key – so even our staff cannot enter; Each individual unit is also alarmed and is monitored from reception plus you keep the only key to your lock; smoke detectors and fire alarms; a sophisticated intruder alarms system, Coded electronic gate access to the building accessible only with your own personal security swipe card or PIN Number, floodlights for the evening and Controlled access. Strangers cannot just wander about. All these measures and more are put in place so that whatever you store remains safe and sound. For more detail, see the secure storage page.
Do you sell boxes and packing materials?
Yes, serving Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Bedfordshire cardboard boxes and a range of packing materials are from boxes to bubble wrap at very competitive prices. Packing materials can be purchased in person from our stores or you can call and we can have them delivered free to your door if you spend £25 plus and you live somewhere reasonably accessible within 5 miles of either facilities. For details on discounts, see the Discounts page.
Will you accept deliveries?
Yes, by pre-arrangement we can take delivery of good for you. We sign for the amount of packages received but not for the contents as this would necessitate us opening your packages. We also hire mailboxes from £5 per month, if you wish to keep your private address, private.
About us
The Secure Store (registered in England and Wales at Companies House, ref 05682050) is the trading name of Leighton Buzzard Self Storage Ltd (registered in England and Wales at Companies House, ref 05407893) which was incorporated in March 2005 and Letchworth Self Storage Ltd (registered in England and Wales at Companies House, ref 06320605). Registered office: The Secure-store, Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 4SQ. Any media or student enquiries should be directed, in the first instance, to email@example.com.
Do you have trolleys available?
There are a number of different size trolleys, sack barrows and pallet trucks available free of charge for customer use at the facility.
My question is not here?
If your question isn't covered here send us an email to email@example.com leave your number and we will call you back at our expense. Alternatively, you are welcome to visit our store and see how we can help you solve your storage problem. Please also see our free storing tips page
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Character that Changes things…
Jesus calls us to live the impossible. The true Christian life cannot be lived outside of relationship with Jesus Christ. It is one lived in obedience to the word of God by the power of the Holy Spirit. The outcome in living this way is a life of peace, love, and joy. It is a life that revolves around loving God and loving people. It is a life that is lived in contrast to the values of the world.
Big Picture: Live your life in such a way that it affects the world around you.
As a Christian:
- Embrace your uniqueness!
- Reflect the light and love of the Savior!
It's easy to live life in the shadows, but that is not where Christ calls us to live.
1 Peter 2:9–10 (ESV)
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Look at these verses and think about it: a chosen race, royal priesthood, holy nation, a people for His own possession… What do those images speak to you? Here is the awesome thing about God… He takes a people who are marred and stained by sin and through faith in Jesus Christ, He redeems, restores and sets them apart. His grace, mercy and love extends to us. His righteousness, holiness and love are planted in our hearts. He even gives the Holy Spirit as a promise and commitment to that change. We are talking about an internal change that brings about outward change. This is really about becoming who God intended us to be in order to bring about the change that He desires in the world. It's something I referred to a couple weeks ago: the plan of God's redemption for the world. It's the plan to change and affect the world from the inside through His people on the ground.
Many times today Christians are either failing to embrace totally who God desires them to be and/or are concerned with standing in the middle of the river that is our culture today. My hope and desire for us as a church is that we would fully embrace our uniqueness as believers and reflect the light and love of our Savior Jesus Christ to our community and world.
Scripture for the week – Matthew 5:13–16 (ESV)
13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
We are in this together!
Pastor Mike