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Local Women’s Shelters Wouldn’t Respond, So These Two Friends Decided to Build Their Own

Success

She built a career in the legal profession, first as a stenographer and then as a paralegal. In addition to raising money via traditional methods, they’ve also opened a for-profit boutique called Janice Vaincre Boutique to raise money via the sale of clothes and other items. She moved in with him, only to experience domestic violence.

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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

Success

My suitcase was packed, my traveling clothes all laid out. By the time I started needing deodorant, I could legally drive.) My mom tried to help by encouraging me to like stuff that other girls my age liked: clothes, boy bands, teen magazines. Despite the chill, I was out of bed in seconds, excited about the day ahead.

Learning 279
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How to Write Without Colour

Men With Pens

How do you create words that move people when you don’t see the world the same way they do? How do you network and expand your business when you can’t make eye contact? I’m Steff, a legally blind writer and blogger. But I’ve never seen blue or green or red, so I don’t miss them.

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Logo Lift – 5 Signs Your Logo Needs a Facelift

Small Business CEO

In October 2010, facing a slide in their share price, the clothing retailer ditched their elegant white-lettered, blue square logo in favor of a new model that switched the ‘a’ and ‘p’ to lower case and shrunk the blue box to barely overlap the ‘p.’ Just ask Gap. Where did Gap go wrong? The timing is right.

2002 40
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Monty Python Officeland

Laughing all the Way to Work

The funniest was the gym clothes. I hope you don't mind, but I added a link to your blog on my page. Humour is a powerful stress reliever if done in good taste, but timing is everything. I think because I am over 50 I am not afraid what people think as much as I did when I was younger. Did I not bring them home? Where were they?

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It's all in how you feel

Laughing all the Way to Work

I recall the first day of school feeling so smart in my new clothes as I proudly walked to meet my friends. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? School will be back in full swing soon. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

You see, celebrity-stardom aside, Kevin Parent is just a guy who lived through many of the same struggles you’ve had (or are having), from pursuing a creative career to building an audience to despairing you won’t make it to rejoicing you will to contemplating giving it all up. You can’t live on thin air. Wait, what?!

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