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- n. A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
- n. A small amount; a bit, a jot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.
- n. A thing of small value.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete (Scotch) variant of dote.
- n. A small copper coin (the eighth part of a stiver) formerly current in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies, and worth about a farthing.
- n. Any trifling coin or sum of money.
- n. Hence A trifle: as, I care not a doit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. have sexual intercourse with
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A l'oral, le contexte de la phrase doit permettre de savoir de quel mot il s'agit.
Veuillez donc bien, Monsieur, vous prêter à cet arrangement, dont les personnes intéressées ne manqueront pas certainement de vous tenir compte, vos droits sur la fabrication n'étant, d'ailleurs, que retardés, puisque le coin doit être refait.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
Jack, to his own shame, follows Willie into the muck by digging up "doit" (as they call it in Louisiana) on his own loving mentor, Judge Irwin (Philip Davidson), for political gain.
} Then just call doit () somewhere in the script to run it.
A kangaroo civilian trial in NYC would be an ideal vehicle for them to be able to do so, while claiming that "due process" made them doit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing
Anonsters says: geokstr: A kangaroo civilian trial in NYC would be an ideal vehicle for them to be able to do so, while claiming that "due process" made them doit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing
If there has not been any sort of process to determine that someone is an enemy, then calling them the enemy will not make it so, no matter how many times you doit.
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However, there are strong reliance interests that counsel against immediate invalidation by courts, even if courts wanted to doit.
Steven Willis: I understand how a State might limit my claim to damages under State law; however, someone please explain how Congress can doit.
"Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must doit."
small coin:
"There ain't a thing left here," said Merry, still feeling round among the bones, "not a copper doit nor a baccy box."Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883), ch. 31
"an abbreviation of do it" (from Aspendale Primary School, Melbourne)
"'Oh, here.' He brought out a small plastic bag and carefully poured a handful of tiny copper coins into a pile alongside the other money.
'Doits,' he explained. 'The smallest denomination of Scottish coinage at the time.'"
—Diana Gabaldon, Voyager (NY: Dell, 1994), 290
"Friends now fast sworn,
Whose double bosoms seems to wear one heart,
Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise
Are still together, who twin, as 'twere, in love
Unseparable, shall within this hour,
On a dissension of a doit, break out
To bitterest enmity..."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
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CAS 2014_A_3751 X vs WADA
Athlete X appeals against the reversal of the Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee (TUEC) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from the decision of the TUEC of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The reversal reduced the allowed doses of the hydrocortisone (HC) and withdrew the permission to use Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
The athlete used medication because of suffering from Hypopituitarism and Adrenal Insufficiency, it improved her daily quality of life and she has had no androgenic side effects. However the WADA regarded the levels of medication as threat to her health and enhancing her sport performance.
- The appeal is dismissed.
- WADA's reversal of the DHEA TUE is upheld, except to the extent that the Appellant's current existing HC TUE is extended until the Appellant is granted a new TUE by the ITF TUEC, based on a proper medical diagnosis.
- The arbitration costs, to be determined by the CAS Court Office and notified by separate letter to the parties, shall be paid by the athlete.
- Each party shall bear her/its own legal and other costs incurred in relation with the present proceedings.
- All further prayers for relief are hereby dismissed.

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Here is a LO i made for using prompts from 3 challenges
1. prompt #1 : Sketch-N-Scrap : Challenge #82
2. prompt #2 : 1-2-3 Get Scrappy : Challenge #23
: used cork, washi tape, camera
3. prompt #3 : Scrapbook.com : Stars and Stripes
here is my LO
I really loved making this layout. FUN. I used the Patriots collection by Monte Paper Mill which i got as a free gift during a CKC convention. and the lovely gold strip paper is by Teresa Collins. love that gold. :)
And also used one of my new addictions - the Clear Stickers by Me & My BigIdeas.U get so many and they r really easy to use.
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One of the hardest things we must learn to face as human beings is dealing with our past by letting go of things we cannot change. All of us face things in our lives that we wish could have turned out differently, where we wish we'd done something else, said something else, anything to avoid having to face the fact that we are still greatly upset over something that may have happened a long time ago.
I have realized that my biggest character flaw is my inability to accept things in life that I cannot change and to relax. Relaxing means accepting things as they are around you, accepting that not everything needs your distinct control and input and that things can cope on their own without your influence. It means that you have to have faith in others and in your surroundings to do the right thing without you distinctly telling everyone exactly what to do and where and how to do it. I've found it almost impossible to accept anything at face value and simply believe in anything and trust that my belief is not going to be betrayed.
I've also realized that this character flaw is based on a desire to change both the past and the future. It's mainly based in a desire to change the future so that there's no chance that the future could ever feel as bad as what the past does. However, this is a self defeating strategy. If I go out of my way to try to change the future so it doesn't bring up old feelings about the past, all I am really doing is protecting the way that I am already feeling instead of facing it. It's an art of managing and compartmentalizing negative feelings rather than openly admitting them and coming to terms with them. Putting old feelings into a box so that you never have to face them means that you leave unhealed areas in your heart and soul that subconsciously drain your energy and leave you feeling fatigued.
What has helped me begin to change my thinking in this area is to think about Jesus and what He went through on the cross. He could easily have chosen to not face up to the fact that His own creation (the human race) had fallen and chosen to sit and wish that He could have somehow changed the past to stop it from happening. Instead, He chose to accept what had happened, as much as He didn't like it, and chose to love us enough anyway that His plan for the human race was to change overnight. The new plan for the human race involved His death on a cross and though it was the worst possible thing He could ever go through, He chose to change everything based on what we had done. God chose to respond to our actions rather than to just react to them, or refuse to even acknowledge them altogether.
There's a big difference here regarding things that happen which upset us - we can either react to them out of frustration that our own prideful desires to make things the way that we want them have failed, or we can respond to them in humility and realize that we are not God. We do not know the future, we don't control everything and we don't get to decide exactly how everything pans out. We don't know the beginning from the end. Only God knows that - even if He's not in control of people's actions directly, He still knows the beginning from the end and is able to work around it. To react is to show we are angry at life and ourselves because our own pride has not provided us the outcome we wanted. To respond is to show that we have a greater faith in a God who is in control of both the present and the future and that He loves us and has our best interests at heart. To respond to a person rather than react to what they've done is to show genuine love for them. If God had just chosen to react to the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, we'd all be dead. But He chose to respond and reach out to us anyway. Of course, there are times when reaching out to people is dangerous and there are times when ties with people need to be cut because of what's happened - but overall we should try to respond to people in love when possible rather than react in anger and frustration because our own bubble of illusion about our own self importance and ability to control things has been popped.
This has made me realize how important it is to learn that I myself cannot control the future and that there are things that are going to happen to me and things that I am going to do which are irreversible and will result in a changed life for me and others. It is important for me to begin to realize that my efforts to try and control the future so it will never end up feeling like the past are futile and are draining my energy. It is important for me to realize that a changed future from the path that I originally set out and planned for myself is not always a bad thing and that sometimes going in a new and unexpected direction can turn out to be the best possible thing for someone. Because of some of the spiritual baggage I have carried around with me over the years I have become deeply afraid that if I just sit back and let things happen and let someone else take control and relax and just let things be, that the outcome will be the most horrifying, soul destroying, irreversible thing imaginable and that I will somehow be to blame for not doing my best to prevent it and that I will live in regret for eternity because I didn't do something to prevent this awful thing.
The truth is - we cannot change the past. We can only change the way that we feel about the past. We can change our future - but we must be willing enough to realize that for all of our planning and control there are things that we cannot simply plan for and have to learn to trust God in. I've found it much easier to trust in myself and my own planning to protect myself from a future that may feel like my past. Because of some of the things that have happened to me over the past few years I have become very afraid of trusting God with my future as I half expect Him to bring something terrible into my life because it's something else that I need to go through in order to help me realize the parts of me that still need divine healing, but I have to remind myself that the time of suffering in my life is very nearly at an end.
I also have to realize that if I am ever going to heal completely from all that has happened over the years I will need to learn to accept the past in full and accept that these things have happened and cannot be changed. Thinking that I can somehow change the past to suit what I want or that I will somehow bring about a different outcome if I stew on it enough is wrong and negative thinking and is just leaving me going around in circles. It's hard to come to terms with this but it simply has to be done. I lost a relationship with a close friend recently who proved that they weren't interested in the spoken word of God even though they constantly went out of their way to say that God's truth was more important to them than anything. I felt betrayed, mocked and deeply let down. This blow was very hard to take as this was a friendship I thought I would have for the rest of my life yet I was left with no choice but to walk away from it. I have no choice but to come to terms with what has happened and realize that I cannot change it. I cannot hold on to the past - the friendship we had before - because it no longer exists. I cannot change things and I certainly cannot control that person's response. All I can do is respond to their actions even if it hurts me and change the course of the friendship as a result.
Planning is something I have found immense safety in over the years. I love to be able to plan for things and work out just how everything is going to go. I don't find that I cope particularly well when something happens that's completely unexpected and throws a spanner into the works. Instead of focusing on responding to the change, dealing with the spanner in the works and altering the course of my plans if I need to, my default reaction has been to fly off the handle at the change that has dared happen without my specific consent. I have realized that this method of operating is useless. Life does not take prisoners. There are things that happen that come completely out of the blue that cannot be changed and can alter the course of our life's path because God and the world are far bigger than we are and our own little boxed in plans for our lives. The sooner we come to terms with this and learn to relax in a world we know we cannot fully control, the sooner we will reach a greater place of peace and contentment as human beings.
So, if you're a planner like me, you may have identified with something in this blog. I hope that you take something from this and feel encouraged in some way. You're not alone in your journey.
Take care.


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(d) information that you provide for the purpose of subscribing to email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name and email address);
(e) information that you provide when using the services on the website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use;
(f) information relating to any purchases you make of goods and/or services or any other transactions that you enter into through our website (including your name, address, telephone number, email address and reason for purchase);
(g) information that you post to the website for publication on the internet (including your user name, your profile pictures and the content of your posts);
(h) information that you provide when using any of the goods or services available through the website (including but not limited to personal or business information, background/history, goals, habits, medical details, etc);
(i) information contained in or relating to any communications that you send to me or send through the website (including the communication content and meta data associated with the communication); and
(j) any other personal information that you choose to send to me.
3.2 Before you disclose to me the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.
4. Using your personal information
4.1 Personal information submitted to me through the website or via other means will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.
4.2 I may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website and business;
(b) personalise the website for you;
(c) enable your use of the services available on the website;
(d) send you goods purchased through the website;
(e) supply to you services purchased through the website;
(f) send statements, invoices and payment reminders to you, and collect payments from you;
(g) send you non-marketing commercial communications;
(h) send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
(i) send you my email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform me at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
(j) send you marketing communications relating to my business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which I think may be of interest to you, by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform me at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
(k) provide third parties with statistical information about my users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information);
(l) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;
(m) keep the website secure and prevent fraud; and
(n) verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website.
4.3 If you submit personal information for publication on the website, I will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to me.
4.4 Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on the website, and can be adjusted using privacy controls in your browser.
4.5 I will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party's direct marketing.
4.6 All the website financial transactions are handled through my payment services providers, Cart66 and Stripe. You can review their privacy policies at http://cart66.com/privacy-policy/ and https://stripe.com/gb/privacy. I will share information with my payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make via the website, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.
5. Disclosing personal information
5.1 I may disclose your personal information to any of my employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
5.2 I may disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent that I am required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend my legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that I am (or am contemplating) selling.
5.3 Except as provided in this policy, I will not provide your personal information to third parties.
6. International data transfers
6.1 Information that I collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which I operate in order to enable me to use the information in accordance with this policy.
6.2 Information that I collect may be transferred to the following countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area: the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China and India.
6.3 Personal information that you publish on the website or submit for publication on the website may be available, via the internet, around the world. I cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
6.4 You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this Section 6.
7. Retaining personal information
7.1 This Section 7 sets out my data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that I comply with my legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information.
7.2 Personal information that I process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
7.3 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, I will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:
(a) to the extent that I am required to do so by law;
(b) if I believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend my legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).
8. Security of your personal information
8.1 I will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
8.2 I will store all the personal information you provide on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
8.3 You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and I cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
8.4 You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing the website confidential; I will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to the website).
9. Amendments
9.1 I may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on the website.
9.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
9.3 I may notify you of changes to this policy by email (if I have your details).
10. Your rights
10.1 You may instruct me to provide you with any personal information I hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
(a) the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 15); and
(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, I will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
10.2 I may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
10.3 You may instruct me at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
10.4 In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to my use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or I will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes (there is always an unsubscribe link).
11. Third party websites
11.1 The website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
11.2 I have no control over, and am not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
12. Updating information
12.1 Please let me know if the personal information that I hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
13. Cookies
13.1 The website uses cookies.
13.2 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
13.3 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
13.4 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that I store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
13.5 I use both session and persistent cookies on the website.
13.6 The names of the cookies that I use on the website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:
(a) Category 1 cookies
- "PHPSESSID" identifies your unique session on the website. It lasts just for the session;
- "wp-settings-" is a Wordpress cookie used to customize your view of admin interface (if you're me), and possibly also the main site interface (which might therefore apply to you). It lasts for one year;
- "SESS" ensures you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered. It lasts just for the session.
(b) Category 2 cookies
- "wordpress_", "wordpress_logged_in_" and "wordpress_test_" are WordPress cookies for a logged in user. They lasts just for the session;
- "wordpress_test_cookie" is also a WordPress cookie. It also only lasts for the session;
- "wp-settings-time-" is a Wordpress cookie used to customize your view of admin interface (if you're me), and possibly also the main site interface (which might therefore apply to you). It lasts for one year;
- "__qca" may use your "computer's IP address, pixel code, referring HTTP location, current HTTP location, search string, time of the access, browser's time, any searches made on the applicable website, and other statistics" in order to "analyze Log Data from different websites and combine it with other non Personally Identifiable Information to produce the Reports that are made available on the Quantcast.com Site, to enable web publishers and advertisers to deliver audience segments that are appropriate for their products or services." It lasts for 5 years.
(c) Third party cookies
Video, social sharing, content embedding and other services on the website are operated by other companies. These companies may drop cookies on your computer when you use them on the website. I do not have access to these cookies. These services include
- the Facebook Like and Share buttons, and video player. Facebook's data usage policy.
- the Twitter Tweet button. Twitter's Privacy Policy.
- the LinkedIn Share button. LinkedIn's Privacy Policy.
- the YouTube video player. Google's Privacy Policy.
- the Vimeo video player. Vimeo's privacy policy.
- the TED video player. TED's privacy policy.
13.7 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
(a) in Internet Explorer (version 10) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy" and then "Advanced";
(b) in Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options", "Privacy", selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, and unticking "Accept cookies from sites"; and
(c) in Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and then selecting "Block sites from setting any data" under the "Cookies" heading.
13.8 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
13.9 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on this website.
13.10 You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
(a) in Internet Explorer (version 10), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835);
(b) in Firefox (version 24), you can delete cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options" and "Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history", clicking "Show Cookies", and then clicking "Remove All Cookies"; and
(c) in Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Clear browsing data", and then selecting "Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data" before clicking "Clear browsing data".
13.11 Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
14. Data protection registration
14.1 I am registered as a data controller with the UK Information Commissioner's Office.
14.2 My data protection registration number is A1060313.
15. My details
15.1 This website is owned and operated by Siân Harris, trading under Perfect Planners
15.2 My principal place of business is at 9 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5JU.
15.3 You can contact me by writing to the business address given above, by using the website contact form, by email to email@example.com or by telephone on +44 (0) 7725 697909.
Shop terms and conditions
1. Introduction
1.1 These terms and conditions shall govern all purchases of goods and/or services from the shop.
1.2 By making a purchase from the Perfect Planners online shop (referred to in these terms and conditions as "the shop"), you accept these terms and conditions in full; accordingly, if you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use the shop.
1.3 If you make any purchase from the shop, I will ask you to expressly agree to these terms and conditions.
1.4 You must be at least 18 years of age to use the shop; and by attempting to make a purchase from the shop or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you warrant and represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
1.5 The website uses cookies; by using the website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of the privacy and cookies policy.
2. Entire agreement
2.1 Subject to Section 15.1 in the General terms and conditions, these Shop term and conditions together with the Delivery & Returns terms and conditions, the Coaching terms and conditions, the Custom Design terms and conditions, the General terms and conditions and the Privacy and Cookies policy shall constitute the entire agreement between you and me in relation to your purchase of goods and/or services from the shop and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and me in relation to your purchase(s).
3. Products
3.1 All goods and services (collectively referred to here as "products") advertised in the shop are offered as an invitation to treat.
3.2 Products and prices may change or be withdrawn without notice.
4. No warranties
4.1 The information in the shop is provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied.
4.1 Without limiting the scope of Section 14.1 I do not warrant or represent:
(a) the completeness or accuracy of product descriptions;
(b) that prices will always be accurate; or
(c) that products will always be available.
4.2 I reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of the products (goods and services) available, and to withdraw them from sale, at any time in my sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in the terms and conditions, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of the same.
4.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 12.1, I exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, the shop and the use of the shop.
5. Testimonials and Reviews
5.1 All testimonials and product reviews are genuine comments from previous customers.
5.2 Any testimonials or product reviews you send to me will be treated as "content" under the general terms and conditions of the website.
6. Delivery
6.1 At the moment, I can only ship to UK addresses.
6.2 Deliveries are all sent via Royal Mail and dispatched within 7 days of receiving the order (unless I've told you otherwise on the product page or in a promotional email).
6.3 Shipping is calculated at checkout and must be paid for at the same time.
7. Returns, Refunds and Exchanges
7.1 Unless the product is personalised (see 7.7), you have 14 days from the date of delivery to decide you want to return the product for any reason.
7.2 If you want to return or exchange the product you must email email@example.com within 14 days of receipt of the product to let me know.
7.3 I'll then email you a label to print out and attach to the box to send it back to me. Please keep all the original packaging to enable you to return the item(s) safely and securely.
7.4 You will remain liable for the product until it is safely received by me. While I will provide postage to return it by the same method it was sent, you may, therefore, wish to pay the extra to have it insured/signed for/tracked.
7.5 If you have asked for an exchange, the alternate product will be posted to you once the first one has been returned to me. Any increase in product or postage costs must be paid before the alternate product is shipped. Any reduction in product or postage costs will be refunded at the time of shipping.
7.6 If you have asked for a refund, once the product is returned and has been checked by me, you will be refunded the full costs (product and postage). Where postage is split across multiple items, I will calculate the costs so that you pay for the item(s) you keep, minus the additional cost of the returned item.
7.7 Items that have been personalised will only be exchanged/refunded if they are faulty. Please include photos and a description of the fault in the initial email.
7.8 Any amounts refunded will be applied to the card you used to make the initial payment.
Terms and conditions coming soon.
1. Introduction
1.1 Commissioning any work (herein known as "the project") in writing (including email) will be taken to mean that you understand and agree to be bound by all the terms set out on the website.
1.2 Subject to Section 15.1 in the General terms and conditions, these Custom Design terms and conditions together with the General terms and conditions and the Privacy and Cookies policy, the Shop terms and conditions, the Delivery & Returns terms and conditions, and the Coaching terms and conditions shall constitute the entire agreement between you and me in relation to your custom design and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and me in relation to your purchase(s).
1.3 You confirm that you have the authority to enter into this agreement on behalf of yourself, your company or your organisation.
1.4 I confirm that I have the experience and ability to do everything we agreed and will do it all in a professional and timely manner. I will endeavour to meet every deadline set and will of course maintain the confidentiality of everything you give me.
2. How we'll work together
2.1 At the start of the project you will get:
- A break down of what is and is not included in the price
- A schedule of deadlines, as we've agreed them
- A schedule of dates and amounts for when payments will be due.
2.2 You'll give me everything I need to complete the project as and when and in the format I need it. You'll review my work, provide feedback and approval in a timely manner too. Deadlines work two ways, so we'll both be bound by dates we set together. You also agree to stick to the payment schedule set out in this document.
2.3 To make it easy to see where we're at, the project will develop in stages, with staged payments payable at the start of each phase.
- Stage One: You'll give me a full design brief then I'll give you some options to pick from.
- Stage Two: Once you've chosen your preferred design route, I'll continue to work the project to bring it to a level of finish we've agreed for you to review.
- Stage Three: I'll make any amends you require, within the parameters of the original brief. Once you're 100% happy I'll hand it over to you.
2.4 If, at any stage, you're not happy with the direction the work is taking, you'll pay in full for everything I've produced until that point and cancel this contract.
2.5 With design work and complex projects, fixed-price contracts are rarely beneficial to you, as they often limit you to your earliest ideas. I don't want to limit your ability to change your mind, but I do want to help you stay focused and help you keep your options to a manageable size. The price at the beginning of the agreement is based on the length of time I estimate we'll need to accomplish everything you've told me you want to achieve, but I'm happy to be flexible. If you want to change your mind or add anything new, that won't be a problem as I'll provide a separate estimate for that.
3. Copyrights
3.1 Unless otherwise indicated, I will be the sole and original author of all design and copy, which will be free of plagiarism.
3.2 I will take reasonable care to ensure that all facts and statements are true and that the work does not infringe upon any copyright, right of privacy, proprietary right, right of publicity or any other right of a third party.
3.3 That said, I'm not a lawyer or the Encyclopedia Britannica and I can't guarantee that my work will be 100% error-free, so I can't be liable to you or any third-party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages, even if you have advised me of them.
4. Payment and Collection
4.1 Since production will be staged, so will the payments. Each stage will be billed in advance and must be paid to book the time and enable work to start. The breakdown of the payments are as follows:
- Stage One: 50%
- Stage Two: 25%
- Stage Three: 25%
4.2 This final Stage Three payment will signify transfer of ownership of all transferable assets (obviously I can't transfer rights I don't own). The work will belong to you. If the project was digital, you will receive copies of all the files within 14 days of payment being made (unless we agree something else). If the project was physical, you will receive the finished piece(s).
4.3 If the parameters of the project change, or costs (expenses) or time will be greater than originally estimated, I will inform you and we can renegotiate.
4.4 Final invoices not paid within 30 days of the invoice date will accrue interest at 1.5% per month. You agree to pay for each check returned for insufficient funds or any other reason £25 per occurrence or 5% of the value of each returned item, whichever is greater. You agree to pay all reasonable fees (at least 15% of all amounts due, including interest) if any account is placed with a collection agency.
5. Expenses
5.1 I may be required to incur additional expenses to meet the needs of your project (eg, stock imagery, premium plugins, etc).
Where this happens, I will inform you of the nature and cost of these expenses in writing and will seek approval before incurring them.
5.2 Once you have approved the expenses in writing, you will remain obligated to pay them. If approval in writing is not forthcoming, the additional expense will not be met by me, instead the goods/service to which it pertains will not be purchased.
5.3 Where a lack of approval renders it impossible for me to complete the project I will bring this to your attention in writing. If you still do not approve expenses, I will cancel this Agreement and you will remain obligated to pay any and all outstanding amounts as stipulated in Section 7 (Cancellation Policy).
6. Term of the contract
6.1 This Agreement will run until one of the following happens:
- Both parties agree the project is complete and no work is needed.
- Either you or I cancel the Agreement, in line with the procedure set out in Section 7 (Cancellation Policy).
6.2 Failure by me to exercise any right(s) given in these terms and contitions does not invalidate any part of the agreement, nor does it prevent me exercising those rights in the future.
6.3 If for some reason one part of these terms and conditions is unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, it will not affect the rest of it, which will remain valid and enforceable.
7. Cancellation policy
7.1 You may cancel the agreement for any reason by providing a minimum of 14 days written notice to me.
7.2 Cancellation of the agreement by you will not extinguish your obligation to pay outstanding fees, as set out in Section 4 (Payment and collection) through the last day of performance or the 14th day after notice is provided, whichever comes later.
7.3 In the event you cancel the agreement, you will also remain obligated to pay all pre-approved expenses incurred by me on your behalf through the last day of performance or the 14th day after notice is provided, whichever comes later.
7.4 I may cancel the agreement at any time for any reason by providing written notice to you. In the event that I cancel the agreement, I will provide a prorated refund of any overages of monthly/project fees paid minus any approved, unpaid expenses incurred on your behalf.


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IT WAS A momentous occasion for Chinese football. Lóngzhī Duì had finally produced a player capable of joining one of the world's leading teams. What's more, he was only 18. His career was only beginning.
In 2004 the English footballing community first encountered Dong Fangzhuo, a pacey striker plying his trade with Dalian Shide, thanks to Manchester United. In the early weeks of January, the Red Devils agreed a £500,000 transfer for Dong, which could rise to £3.5 million based on appearances. Although a relatively small sum, even at that time, eyebrows were nevertheless raised. Was this a cynical marketing ploy by United to tap into the Chinese market? Or had United seen something special in him? The answer, over a decade later, appears to be both.
On the marketing side, Dong's transfer to the Red Devils immediately piqued the interest of numerous Chinese fans, many of whom had yet to see him play. Given United's reputation for cultivating young players at that time, there was every possibility that once given the opportunity, Dong could be with the club for years. This potentially meant years of jersey sales, mugs, pencil cases etched with his face. After all, although hugely successful on the pitch, Park Ji-Sung was equally important for bringing thousands of South Korean fans to Manchester United.
While Dong Fangzhuo did not possess immediate star power, there were indications that the club sought to profit from his nationality almost immediately. In their 2005 summer tour of Asia, United fielded Dong in three of their games, despite the fact he would be ineligible for the upcoming Premier League season, something the English media were quick to remark upon. Marketing aside, the Chinese forward impressed on the tour, even notching a goal against Hong Kong in the tour's opening game.
Although it's undeniable that Dong offered United a new marketing base, he did come with bags of potential. The same year United signed Dong, he proved to the world he was more than a name. Playing for China in the 2004 AFC Youth Championship, he emerged as one of the most promising young players of the tournament, commanding the Chinese frontline and helping the side reach the final of the tournament.
That year he was shortlisted for the FIFPro Young Player of the Year Award. The calibre of his fellow nominees – Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger – reveals the high esteem in which Dong was held.
Although he was ineligible to play for United owing to work permit issues, he was doing enough internationally to entice United fans. Indeed, its funny now to read forums from 2004, which are salivating about a future line up of Rooney, Rossi and Dong.
Royal Antwerp fans proved equally enthusiastic. As United's feeder club in Belgium, Antwerp fans saw Dong loaned to the side immediately following his United transfer. In his first half season in the Belgian second division, he netted one goal in nine appearances, which was a respective figure given that he didn't speak the language, often came off the bench, and was playing at a much higher level than before. The following season, Dong found himself once more in Belgium, but by now he had settled into his surroundings. Eighteen goals in 29 league appearances was testament to that.
The next season, 2006-07, would see Dong called up for the Chinese national team. First called up for friendly matches, he did enough to earn a place at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, an achievement that would have far-reaching consequences for Dong's club career. His international caps were enough proof for the English footballing authorities that he was worthy of a work permit and, in January 2007, the striker was recalled from Antwerp and given a much-coveted United squad number. After three years of hard graft in Belgium, Dong's United career finally seemed to be taking off. Thirty-four goals in 67 appearances for Antwerp suggested a bright future.
Unfortunately things never really took off in England. Almost immediately Dong was put in United's reserve squad to become accustomed to the English game. Although invaluable experience was gained in the reserves, he struggled to break through to the first team. While he lined-up for United in a charity match in March 2007, it wasn't until May that he made his official debut when he partnered United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjær against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. United had already wrapped up that season's Premier League title, which perhaps explains Dong's involvement.
The 2007-08 season would see Dong play just twice for the United first team, a 2–0 defeat to Coventry City in the League Cup and a Champions League group stage match against Roma. An injury in the latter half of the season would curb his chances of another go. His United career was faltering and would soon be cut short. Following his omission from the 2008-09 squad, Dong and Manchester United mutually terminated his contract to allow the striker gain first team football elsewhere.
China's once-great prospect returned to his homeland to revive his career. Returning to Dalian Shide, the side with whom it all began, Dong failed to live up to his now enlarged reputation. No goals in 26 appearances offered little encouragement. Remarkably, in 2009 Dong returned to Europe following a successful trial with Polish club Legia Warsaw.
After a string of impressive pre-season performances, Dong was signed an 18-month deal with an option for two more years. Unfortunately he proved sub-par for the Polish league, managing just two league performances before being released from his contract. The following seasons would see Dong ply his trade in both Portugal and Armenia before returning once more to China.
From 2012, Dong would spend three years in China's second flight seeking to revive his footballing career. Seven goals in 25 appearances in his debut season with Hunan Billows proved promising but, once more, his form dropped. He played the 2014-15 season for Hebei Zhongji, where he scored two in seven before being released from his contract. At the time of writing, Dong is currently without a club.
So what happened to China's great prospect? Is it unfair to label him as a cynical marketing ploy as many have done, or was his simply one of Sir Alex Ferguson's famed poor transfers? The answer is probably both.
There's no doubt that Dong's attractiveness to United was heightened by his appeal to Chinese football fans, but it must be remembered that in 2004 he appeared to be a genuine prospect. His brief time in Belgium demonstrated as much.
Dong moved countries and continents to pursue his dream with one of football's largest clubs. His story is one of thousands of footballers who, despite an early promise, slipped through the cracks. Rather than a point of comedy, Dong's story is an unfortunate reminder of the fickleness of football.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015
I always think it would be so fun to be the art director for a teen film. When we decorated our new place I wanted our bedroom to feel like it could be the set from one of my favourite movies. A Kat Stratford haven, or somewhere Corey Mason would have called home. So this Tumblr by Luke Goodsell is a vital resource. Teen bedrooms will always be extrodinary as their decoration is often the first time that individual is able to express their...individuality. They're nearly always cluttered with knick knacks and strange objects that hold immense significance to the owner. And a fair share of dirty plates. My bedroom as a teenager had floral wallpaper which I knew my mum wanted to get rid of at some point. So I encouraged my friends to write and draw all over it. It looked really weird and messy, and there were a lot of illustrations of willies. Of course. But I loved it. I don't think any real life teenager could have a bedroom as cool as the teen bedrooms from these films - ironically it takes a certain amount of distance and adulthood in order to create a teen bedroom that's this perfect.
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Modifying instructional activities to promote desirable behavior: A conceptual and practical framework
Summarizes a framework for conceptualizing and implementing a model to improve student behavior through individualized, assessment-based modifications of curricular activities. Includes a summary of research documenting the influence of curricular variables and presents a practical model of functional assessment and curricular revision. Concludes with a discussion of practical issues and limitations.
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My favourite Australian expression is, "Have a go," and through my four years with the ACIAR regional office in Africa, I have used this motto to do what I have to, to support our activities in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA).
|Liz (right) with farmers and their sweetpotato harvest (in the bag) in Zimbabwe. Photo: Liz Ogutu.
After much negotiation and consultation, a regional office was set up in Nairobi under Australia's High Commission and soon included the mandate to manage all of ACIAR's projects in the region.
I was ACIAR's first employee in Africa and through research program managers and senior management guidance and support, our office has grown in relationships and partnerships from four active projects in ESA in 2011 to seventeen projects in 2016. This is a massive show of support to African development and I will forever be grateful to have been part of this growth.
As an agricultural warrior, I look fondly on the great experiences I have had with ACIAR in Australia, in South East Asia and in Africa. I could not have asked for a better group of colleagues to help me in my career. Therefore, last week we hosted most of our project coordinators from 12 countries in Nairobi and we had a great time sharing experiences including the successes and challenges we face in implementing research projects. I can confidently say that these projects are innovative and I see huge impact in the lives of other agricultural warriors and the farmers of Africa.
|ACIAR Partners Forun, September 2016. Photo: Liz Ogutu.
I am now at a stage where I need to explore and browse. In spite of the few challenges I have faced, my time with ACIAR has been one of the best I've had in my career. I'm glad I rolled up my sleeves four years ago and to the new regional manger in Africa....
"Have a go!" – it's the best decision you'll ever make.
By Liz Ogutu, Regional Manager Eastern and Southern Africa, ACIAR


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Now that Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is officially shooting, the news surrounding the highly-anticipated sequel is coming at us almost every day. And the latest piece of information comes from director Robert Rodriguez himself, who told MTV that Bruce Willis will be reprising his role as Det. John Hartigan in the movie. He revealed this while talking about filming the movie with some brand-new additions to the cast. Check out the full quote below:
[Juno Temple] just shot, she was fantastic. Her and Ray Liotta played together, they were amazing. Jeremy Piven shot just last night… we were shooting last night, all night. There are some characters from the book. It might surprise people who they play and the turns that they do… Bruce [Willis] is back, so you'll be seeing him…
This quote backs up our report from last week that stated that Juno Temple, Ray Liotta, and Jeremy Piven would all appear in the movie as well. During the interview, Rodriguez also confirmed that he is shooting the movie in 3D. While we normally view that as nothing more than a gimmick to milk our wallets dry, seeing Frank Miller's stylized, hooker-filled world in the third dimension might just blow our minds.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For will be in theaters on October 4, 2013.
RELATED: The 50 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2013


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SYRACUSE — The crew at the syndicated "Bob and Tom" morning show, heard locally on Cumulus Media's 105.9 The Rebel (WXTL), has produced a song to cheer on the Syracuse Orange as they continue to advance through the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
The song is called "Cutting Down the Nets" and runs just a little under two minutes long. Program Director and afternoon host Dave Frisina posted the song on Soundcloud, and we've embedded it into this article for your listening pleasure:
If you have problems listening (or if the player might be blocked where you're reading), the song makes references to head coach Jim Boeheim, along with players Rakeem Christmas and Michael Carter-Williams.
The Orange's 66-60 victory over California last night — which some argue was closer than it should have been — brings them into the Sweet 16. The 4-seeded Orange will play again on Thursday, against the winner of this afternoon's game between 1-Indiana and 9-Temple.
"The Bob and Tom Show" is also heard in the Utica-Rome market on Arjuna Broadcasting's 92.7 The Drive (WXUR).


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Keeping it in the family, to Paco that means just that. His son drives a 1989 5.0, his daughter drives a 1994 5.0 and Paco, well he's had his Mach 1 since 1976, if it'd good enough for dad, it's good enough for you!!!! I'm so glad we finally got to shoot Paco's Mach 1, not only is it a cool car but Paco was a lot of fun! And what Paco doesn't know is that I went a different way after the shoot to where I saw him getting on the 134 Fwy and it looked like he was having fun also!!That's what these cars are made for!! Thanks a lot Paco for taking a chance from a wacko with a business card!! Enjoy!
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On May 1, while much of the city's publishing elite was hobnobbing at the Time Warner Center for the National Magazine Awards, across the street in Central Park, Tom Florio, publishing director of Condé Nast's Vogue Group, was attempting to pilot a gondola. Florio, the younger brother of the late Condé Nast CEO Steve Florio, figured this was more important, since none of his titles were up for prizes anyway. On May 11, he'll be the only American on a team of Italian power players entered into the Vogalonga, a 1,500-boat, 30-kilometer gondola regatta in Venice that should take five hours to complete.
Florio first heard of the contest during a trip to Rome last year, and signed up. But how to train for a gondola race in New York City? His trainer at Equinox had him swinging kettle balls and moving weights on a pole around the floor while standing. Three months and five pounds of arm-muscle gain later, I'm thinking I've got this down, Florio says. Then he got a call from his teammate, former Valentino chairman Matteo Marzotto: He says, I have to warn you: I tried this and it's nothing like you think. My back's killing me, my hands are bleeding, my butt is sore. It has nothing to do with strength.'
Florio signed up for $75-an-hour lessons with Andres the gondola guy, at the Central Park Boat House. For the first lesson, Florio spent the entire day going around in circles, he says. The second lesson, during Passover, I'm trying to maneuver a gondola through a lake filled with Hasids in rowboats, he says. But he's getting better. So why is he doing this? Even he's not quite sure. I think I already went through my midlife crisis.


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Holmes Report 18 Aug 2011 // 11:00PM GMT
Healthcare company Abbott worked with Weber Shandwick and The Work Foundation to achieve a real first for the pharmaceutical industry: groundbreaking research to show that early intervention can enable people with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as rheumatoid arthritis to remain in work, making them more productive. The resulting multi-stakeholder campaign, Fit for Work Europe, lobbies politicians, doctors and policymakers on the value of supporting people with MSDs to stay at work. Patients across Europe are now benefiting from policy and healthcare changes.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect more than 2m workers in the UK and 40m across Europe and are the greatest cause of work absenteeism after mental health issues. Some of the most severe, such as rheumatoid arthritis, can lead to disability: approximately 40% of people with rheumatoid arthritis stop working within five years of diagnosis.
Early intervention can enable people to remain in work, making them more productive, mobile and independent. But musculoskeletal disorders do not command the attention or resources of cancer or heart disease despite accounting for 9.4m lost working days a year, equivalent to £833m in lost production in the UK and €252bn across Europe.
There have been significant advances in the therapies available to help people with MSDs, but lack of understanding of the clinical, societal and economic benefits of early, preventative treatment meant uptake was low.
Healthcare company Abbott worked with Weber Shandwick to develop a pan-European campaign to:
• Raise public and political awareness of the impact of MSDs on people's ability to work, the importance of early diagnosis and intervention to allow patients to remain in work, and the socio-economic benefits
• Persuade rheumatologists, policy-makers and health technology assessment bodies of the importance of considering work as a clinical and health economic target
• Change European policy so people with MSDs receive better prevention and care and are able to carry on working
Abbott and Weber Shandwick partnered with think tank The Work Foundation to carry out groundbreaking research in 26 countries that for the first time would demonstrate the benefits of early intervention to patients, doctors, and politicians. The aim was to provide compelling evidence for the value of early intervention in managing musculoskeletal disorders, engaging stakeholders at the highest clinical, social and political levels to raise awareness and understanding, and to drive policy change at national and EU level and beyond.
Collaboration with organisations such as the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) and European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), as well as leading politicians and healthcare professionals was key, as was ensuring recommendations from the research were grounded in the public interest and aligned with UK and EU policy.
The team ran a comprehensive healthcare professional and policymaker engagement programme in the UK and with Brussels policy influencers. Key messages were aligned with national and EU policy initiatives around reducing incapacity at work and maintaining the working population.
During 2009-2010 the public affairs campaign coupled advocacy at national and EU level with multi-stakeholder engagement:
• Meetings with hundreds of politicians at EU level and national level across Europe
• Fit for Work report launches in Brussels and national capitals from September 2009
• Fit For Work reports published in Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and Canada
• Fit for Work roundtables in the UK parliament, Italian Senate, French Assembly, among others
• Patients and doctors in Europe collaborating on Work Charters so employers and employees have approaches for keeping people with MSDs in work
No other health company or agency had commissioned research on how long-term chronic conditions affect patients' ability to work. Fit for Work broke the mould of pharmaceutical company initiatives by partnering with a think tank to undertake research to inform policy and practice development based on an integrated approach to health and work.
Fit for Work has changed policy and health service delivery in the UK and Europe, and is having a significant effect on the lives of people with MSDs:
• In the UK, the NHS Operating Framework for the first time has classified work as an outcome. Wider societal costs will be considered as part of drug assessments, and higher thresholds for medicines will be allowed for medicines that can demonstrate wider societal benefits within the new value based pricing mechanism. Finally, patients are now given 'Fit Notes' rather than 'sick notes', so they have a definition of what they can do at work rather than what they can't.
• In France, the health chair of the influential university Sciences Po ran a national seminar devoted to chronic diseases and work, and included recommendations from Fit For Work France.
• In Greece, the research inspired public-private collaboration to develop a national Guide for Citizens with Rheumatic Diseases.
• In Spain, the government announced a national strategy for MSDs and regional action plans were developed, with Catalunya's presented in Brussels as Best Practice.
• In Italy, the Senate Health Commission unanimously approved a national inquiry into MSDs/chronic degenerative disease.
• In Denmark, additional funding has been earmarked for improving MSDs/chronic diseases, and Fit for Work objectives will become election themes in 2011.
• In Austria, a think tank was formed to discuss MSD policy targets, and agreed the need for an Austrian Fit Note. Fit for Work became the main subject of talks during European Forum Alpbach.
• In Belgium, questions were put to ministers in parliament, and the Royal Society of Rheumatologists agreed to discuss work productivity as a clinical outcome.
• In Croatia, the Fit for Work report was supported by parliament and the National Insurance Institute allocated a special fund for biologic therapy in rheumatic diseases.
• In Finland, the Government backs more support for people with MSDs, and the leading opposition party said chronically ill patients willing to stay in work was an election theme for 2011.
• In Germany, the Commissioner for the disabled in Rhineland Palatinate agreed to develop a national plan for improving working conditions for disabled people.
• In Ireland, a National Clinical Lead for Rheumatology was appointed, and has agreed funding for 24 physiotherapists to lead MSD early intervention clinics.
• The Israeli government agreed specific improvements to manage MSDs, and established work productivity as a health technology evaluation measure.
• In Canada, the launch of Fit For Work was a catalyst for the development of a National Arthritis Framework.
At EU level, Fit for Work influenced the EU Health Work Programme to highlight MSDs, secured 'early intervention' as a key component in the EU's consultation on Chronic Diseases, and the outcomes from the Fit For Work Europe launch conference fed into the Belgian Presidency health priorities for 2010. The international multi-stakeholder Fit for Work Europe Coalition was officially launched on 30 September 2010 to bring its policy and practice recommendations to national health systems, where change will be the most lasting.
The Work Foundation's MD Steve Bevan said: 'Abbott and Weber Shandwick broke the mould of pharmaceutical company initiatives by partnering with us to undertake some serious policy development and independent research that reached beyond the health arena and tackled a huge societal issue: how do we - and should we - support people with chronic illnesses in the workplace? They have shown great thought leadership and we are honoured that the Fit for Work partnership has begun to effect real change in policy and health service delivery in the UK and in Europe.'


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My latest novel, A GENTLE SLAUGHTER OF THE PERFECT KIND, was just released from Club Lighthouse Publishing in digital and paperback.
From the back cover:
A mysterious hospital is erected in Split, Croatia that claims to cure all types of paralysis in a matter of hours with no surgery. The global scientific community is baffled.
Despite the U.S. and a handful of other countries warning its citizens to avoid the treatment, people from all over the world descent on the city and are cured. But when these patients return home and resume their lives, they suddenly begin committing random violent acts of terror.
FBI agent Paul Sample was paralyzed on the job 25 years ago. As the string of terror continues, the FBI see Paul as the perfect investigative element, one of their own who can undergo the treatment first hand.
Paul begins to dig deep into the secretive world of the hospital and its operations. He teams with another disabled agent, an ambitious investigative reporter and a stealth FBI team on the ground in Split to start unraveling the secrets of the hospital as it becomes clear that those in charge are being influenced by a supernatural being, intent on slowly wiping out the planet.
Purchase the book from Club Lighthouse Publishing.


text: New song "Killing Me Softly" piano cover posted! This is one of my favorite songs that I decided to arrange for piano and a few accompanying instruments about six years ago now. Sheesh. I hope you enjoy. Please subscribe to my youtube channel and leave a comment if you like it! :-)


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Hello World,
What a beautiful act of kindness I got to witness today…. 😍😘😍😘😍😘😍😘😍
As I was checking out of my least favorite store ever (the one that begins with WAL lol lol) There were 2 people in front of me and the one checking out was I would say in her late 70's to mid 80's…
Now I've read about these things happening yet never saw until the other day and I LOST IT…. She had the basic staples like bread, milk, eggs etc and when she saw the total she was over by about $15 and as she was trying to decide what to put back I stepped up and asked how much she needed and before the cashier could answer the woman in front of me said… How much is her total amount.. the cashier told her and not only did the lady pay for it.. she immediately bought her a $100 Walmart gift card and gave that to her too….
Yep she lost it, I lost it, the cashier lost it and all the nice lady said was "kindness isn't something we should TRY to do its something we should all do every single day…" She said "it's not about money, it's not about things, it's just about caring for others and that's what makes us human beings…."
I told her I was going to use that in my post and I would have taken a picture yet the elderly lady said she didn't want one taken cause she wasn't up to par… We all laughed, smiled and hugged and that was then end of that.🤗😀
Moral of this story… "It's not about money, it's not about things… Being kind to everyone is about being a "real" human being!!!"
Have a beautiful day world 🌻🤗🌻
Ricci 💕
There are a few items I still need to get so I can complete the bus and make it livable.. If anyone knows where I can get a 2000 watt or higher inverter, a 200 watt solar panel kit, an electric cooler or mini fridge to help me complete the bus, It will be greatly appreciated. 🙏
My gofundme link is still active for anyone that would like to help… Or if anyone has one of those items they would be willing to donate please email me, send me a direct message or comment below. The active link is below. Please click "Read More" below the picture of me and my son to read the fully story… Please help if you are able or share the link so WE can continue converting the bus and move forward with my journey to heal and honor my son.. much love my friends🙏❤🙏


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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Ryan slams Iran nuclear deal in AIPAC speech
House Speaker Paul Ryan slammed the Iran nuclear deal and pledged he will never allow legislation that divides the U.S. and Israel to reach the chamber floor.
"Like my House colleagues, I understand that America is not safer when we back away from Israel. America is safer when we stand with Israel," Ryan told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee late yesterday afternoon.
Ryan also told the group, which lobbies for pro-Israel policies, his first overseas trip as House speaker will be a return to Israel.
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Sunday, August 15, 2004
Hurricane Charley - We Dodged The Bullet This Time
The eye of Hurricane Charley passed by 35 miles away on Friday. Initially the eye of the hurricane was going to pass over my neighborhood but the steering currents diverted Charley further east and we were spared. Praise God!
Unfortunately for some of my colleagues living in the Orlando area they were hit directly with 100 mph winds and gusts even higher. Areas of Orlando are still without power, traffic lights are out at major intersections, some phones are out, a lot of trees were blown over and debris are scattered everywhere. Roof damage and structural damage was common for a lot of homes and businesses. The office building I work at is intact but every tree is either lying down or leaning over.
Monday morning commute is going to be dangerous because some people don't know that a traffic light that is out should be treated as a 4 way stop. Already there has been a lot of close calls with people blowing through intersections at full speed.
This is the first major hurricane to hit Orlando directly in 40 years. I hope that's it for this season - looks like 15 billion dollars of damage state wide and the hurricane season just really started. It could be a rough one.


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Michael Johnson has called on British Athletics to maintain a dedicated stadium to the sport in the hope of keeping the London Olympic legacy alive and pushing participation in the sport to an all-time high.
The Olympics represented a big change in Britain\'s attitude to sport and exercise, and since the flame moved on from London David Cameron has maintained that the United Kingdom will work to keep the legacy going and encourage everyone to participate more in local, national and international sports.
While the Olympic Stadium formed the heart of the 2012 London Olympics, it will become a football stadium for West Ham in 2016, and Sheffield\'s Don Valley stadium will close in September, making for not-so positive headlines for the future of UK athletics.
But Johnson believes that the time to push youngsters, and adults, into athletics is now, and having a dedicated stadium to assist that can only be a good thing for the future of the country\'s participation in the sport.
\"It\'s very important for the spot of athletics. It\'s extremely important for the legacy of the London Games. Athletics has always been important to this country,\" he told Sky Sports News.
\"The Games were great from a stand point of inspiring young people like this to get involved in sport and stay in sport. I think it\'s far too early to really to give an accurate accounting of what that legacy will be.
\"It\'s extremely important that you have a stadium that\'s dedicated to that to bring international championships to the UK which is an extremely important market for athletics.
\"All these types of facilities, this is a wonderful facility out here in St George\'s Park. These athletes here need access to these types of facilities that inspire them, but also to develop them.\"
The Four-time Olympic champion has begun running new performance training classes at St George\'s Park in Burton, with the star hoping to inspire others to take part in athletics and keep Britain\'s Olympic success going.


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Ohhhh.. I have lost the LVM metadata information on all my discs ... I lost all VG information .... vgscan , vgdisplay, pvscan, pvs, doesn't show any VG information! All disks are aviable on server and I can see It with multipath, but when I run pvscan/pvs, there's no LVM information on It.
May still have a hope of retrieving information from the PV / VG.
Run the procedure under their responsibility, the procedure described below could remove the entire contents of your VG.
Go to /etc/lvm/archiver/
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Arrogant Geniuses
What has arrogance to do with genius? Nothing really. At least not in real life. But somehow onscreen they seem to be inseparable.
Arrogance we are taught is a bad thing. Good people are humble. So obviously we get attracted to arrogance like smoking of that first joint or getting wasted in defiance of our preachy family and friends. When Mark ridicules a girl in the 'The Social Network' because he can think faster than her (and perhaps speak faster than he can think), we love it as an audience. When Steve abuses a programmer for not thinking as big as he does in 'Jobs' we join in in the abuse and marvel at the grand ideas that the hero is capable of. When Alan in 'The Imitation Game' fires a few guys unceremoniously, guys who have toiled at the problem as much as he has, the whole theater erupts in laughter. I wonder what I will feel if my boss fires me for having a low IQ and the whole office laughs their heart out pointing at me.
Obviously we are not putting ourselves in the shoes of the people getting put down. We think of ourselves as the conquering hero. We get to be a brilliant scientist revolutionizing science itself. Or a passionate entrepreneur who changes the way people go about their very lives. When the canvas is so large a little fun at the expense of a dumb-witted guy is OK. Is needed in fact. To prove the authenticity of the intellect in question.
I'm a woman in a man's job. I don't have the luxury of being an ass - Joan Clarke in 'The Imitation Game'
Is it indeed a luxury? Would a genius look less of a genius if she is always pleasant and nice to people? If he is not socially awkward? I wonder how a Albert Einstein or a Swami Vivekananda will be portrayed on screen? They were undoubtedly few of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. But it is hard to imagine them as arrogant. Of course I am not saying that Alan Turing, Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg were or are asses. They might be sugar for all I know. But Directors choosing to show them as crazed go-getters and we loving them for it, tells us something about ourselves.
Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow. - Alan Turing in 'The Imitation Game'
I have had opportunity of really hurting people with words. And I have let my tongue loose on many a occasion. I have been on the wrong side of the deal often times too. That crushing feeling when you are smaller than the smallest object in sight. And I have realized that truly smart, really wise people don't do that. They just can't. In fact, it is so true that it can be a test to understand someone with. I think we have mistaken style for wisdom. And bling for style.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand. - Albert Einstein
If I become a genius I would like to be shown like Phalke in 'Harishchandrachi Factory'. A brilliant inventor and artist who is many times funny and always likable. Even in the worst of times he is never crass.
And yes, I believe genius is a matter of becoming. Not being.
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