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14/02/2017 Gerard Stevenson

An embarrassing moment with Dragon

On December 5th I published a post called “What Is Job Access”. In that post I described how I received

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03/02/2017 Gerard Stevenson

I couldn’t believe her impertinence!

It was late on a Friday afternoon when she called by to see me. I don’t remember what department in

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04/01/2017 Gerard Stevenson

Show some courage and step up!

In baseball, nothing happens until the batter steps up to the plate. There’s no fun, no action, no drama until

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26/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

Going around in circles

Sometimes we can’t seem to get ahead. We just seem to be going around in circles. Ferdinand Magellan was a

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24/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

A truly amazing Christmas day during World War I

It occurred on the front line between the British and German troops on Christmas day during the First World War.

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18/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

An astonishing 72 hours at TOM conference (video)

My previous post was about the TOM conference at Swinburne University. That post was a written description of the conference

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08/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

An amazing 72 hours

TOM is not a person but a movement. And it is enormously powerful. Sue and I went along, as observers,

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06/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

The White Box on the Porch

I’d only been in ICU a week or two when a white box appeared on the porch of our family

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05/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

What is JobAccess?

JobAccess helps people with disability or employers, service providers and the community to access information about services, financial assistance and

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01/12/2016 Gerard Stevenson

Latest spinal research from Griffith University

Griffith University researchers are using marbles to enhance spinal cord repair. Of course, they are not glass marbles as we

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