In retail, returning is the process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn, receiving a cash refund, exchange for another item (identical or different), or a store credit. Many retailers will accept returns provided that the customer has a receipt as a proof of purchase, and that certain other conditions, which depend on the retailer's policies, are met. These may include the merchandise being in a certain condition (possibly being resellable), no more than a certain amount of time having passed since the purchase, or that identification be provided. In some cases, only exchanges or store credit are offered. Some retailers charge a Restocking fee for returned merchandise.
Returning is generally offered by retailers as a courtesy to the customer. Often it causes the retailer to suffer a loss, because the merchandise, not being in sellable condition, must be sold at a discount or not at all. While retailers are not usually required to accept returns, laws in many places require retailers to post their return policy in a place where it would be visible to the customer prior to purchase.
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career. In 2007, Plant released Raising Sand, an album produced by T-Bone Burnett with American bluegrass soprano Alison Krauss, which won the 2009 Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards.
With a career spanning more than 40 years, Plant is regarded as one of the most significant singers in the history of rock music, and has influenced contemporaries and later singers such as Freddie Mercury and Axl Rose. In 2006, heavy metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant the "Greatest Metal Vocalist of All-Time". In 2009, Plant was voted "the greatest voice in rock" in a poll conducted by Planet Rock. In 2011, a Rolling Stone readers' pick placed Plant in first place of the magazine's "Best Lead Singers of All Time".
Plant was born in the Black Country town of West Bromwich (then in Staffordshire now in West Midlands) to parents Robert C. who worked as a civil engineer and Annie C. (Cain) Plant, but grew up in Kidderminster, in Worcestershire. Plant gained an interest in singing and rock and roll music at an early age.
Stephen A. Smith (born October 14, 1967) is an American sports reporter for ESPN, columnist, radio host, and television personality. He currently hosts The Stephen A. Smith Show on ESPN Radio 710 Los Angeles and ESPN Radio New York 98.7FM and is a featured columnist for both ESPNLA.com and ESPNNY.com. Smith also is a regular on ESPN's First Take along with Skip Bayless.
Smith was raised in the Hollis neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. He lived with his parents and four older sisters.
He attended Winston-Salem State University, a historically black university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. While in college, he played some basketball under Hall of Fame coach Clarence Gaines. He later wrote an article for the university newspaper suggesting that Gaines retired due to health issues.
In 1993, Smith was a sportswriter for the Daily News in New York City.
Since 1994, Smith has had a position as a writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was initially a general sportswriter for the Inquirer before he gained positions as their reporter for the Philadelphia 76ers as their NBA columnist, and eventually, as a general sports columnist. On August 23, 2007, the Inquirer announced that Smith would no longer be writing columns and would instead be demoted back to the position of general assignment reporter. Prior to his job with the Inquirer, Smith has had positions with the Winston-Salem Journal, the Greensboro News and Record and the New York Daily News. In 2008, the Inquirer ended its relation with Smith, which coincided with Smith starting his own blog. In February 2010, Smith returned to the Philadelphia Inquirer after winning an arbitrator's ruling that he was to be reinstated, but having to agree to remove all of his political views from his website and from cable news shows.
LeBron Raymone James (/ləˈbrɒn/; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a sophomore at St. Vincent – St. Mary High School. He was selected with the number one pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Listed as a small forward, James has set numerous youngest player records since joining the league. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003–04, was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2009, 2010, and 2012 and has been both an All-NBA selection and an All-Star every season since 2005. In 2010, a much-publicized free agency process ended with James signing with the Miami Heat.
James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to consecutive playoff appearances from 2006 through 2010. In 2007, the Cavaliers advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the San Antonio Spurs. In 2011, James and the Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals but lost to the Dallas Mavericks. James has been a member of the USA national team, winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics and gold at the 2008 Olympics.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,OIH, (born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo became the most expensive footballer in history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth £80 million (€93.9 million/$131.6 million). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is paid €12 million per year, makes him one of the highest-paid footballers in the world, and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract.
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.24 million (€15 million) in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup. He also played at Euro 2004 with Portugal and scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He was featured in the UEFA Euro All-Star Team of this competition.
A part of you is ending
A part of you holds on
What leaves your life suspended
Cradled by the sun
You found what's right before your eyes
Speaking like a fool
You hide yourself inside your words
Leaving someone else
But you must leave and not turn back
Knowing what you hold
How much time have we got left
It's killing us, but carries us on
Carries us all...
A part of you is able
A part of you is gone
With leads you from the table
Returning t the cold
You found yourself inside a tomb
Screaming to the sun
You feel your heart can only give
Pieces of a ghost
But you must leave and not turn back
Knowing what you hold
How much time have we got left
It's killing us, but carries us on
Carries us all...
I will follow you till we all return
Till we know our souls survived
I will follow you till we all return
Till we know our souls survived
I will follow you till we all return
Till we know our souls survived
I will follow you till we all return
Till we know you'll carry us on
Carry us on, carry us all
Carry us on, carry us all
Carry us on, carry us all
Could we all be dreaming
Of the suffering forming clouds on our feelings
Could the wars be in our heads
Could our children be safe in their beds
Oh, where will I be when I wake up?
Oh, will I be reurning home
Or to the questions burning a hole in my heart that is turning to stone
When I wake up
Where will I return?
Could this be our punishment?
The floods and fires, the bombs and liars
For our Mother's discontent
Could production be a slave?
To the devil on a full rampage
Oh where will I be when I wake up?
Oh, will I be reurning home
Or to the questions burning a hole in my heart that is turning to stone
When I wake up
Where will I return?
Where will I return?
Oh, will I be reurning home
Or to the questions burning a hole in my heart that is turning to stone
When I wake up
This traveling on the inside
Can be a harder journey
Escaping from the dark side
Unanswered questions burning
Some parts are hard to look at
From the other end of a telescope
Beyond where it's too sad
Past to where there is no hope
Returning to the living waters
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
Returning to the living waters
Just a few more miles or so
While we're talking soul to soul, now here we go
There's still some ground to cover
While rain washes spirits clean
Just starting to discover
What life is like getting free
Close to the oasis
Where manna from heaven falls
Passing sacred places
Before I could recall
Returning to the living waters
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
Returning to the living waters
Just a few more miles or so
While we're talking soul to soul, now here we go
Returning to the living waters
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
Returning to the living waters
Just a few more miles or so
Aging anger brings me to my knees. My heart still hurts and I need
forgiveness. And is this all your plan? Answer me. My heart still hurts.
And I give You control. And I give You control. Ouh...oh yeah...
Ahh...oh...Ahh... This sleeper has lost his way, and I know that Im wrong.
But Ill see this through, like the rain Ill fall... like the rain Ill...
like the rain Ill fall... As I look to the horizon with open arms, I can
hear Your words. Ill stay by Your side. Ill stay by Your side. Ill stay by
Your side. Answer me, break me down, bring me to my knees. And I want to be
nothing. Ill sing if You want me to sing, sing praises before You my King.
We sing glory... glory. Glory... glory... glory. Glory... Ill sing you a
song... Glory... and well walk together... Glory... ...hand in hand.
nothing is found here in this place
but the world is yet there for us
floating away in finite time and we can never get there
as we walk under the blazing sun we leave it behind on the way
i heard some desperate noise again it may have been the sound of earth's rotation
how long is it gonna take
i heard a faint voice
how long is it gonna take
the man was singing "the world will end"
but there's the promise with the sun
i have to accept everything
the steady promise with the sun
you have to accept everything
the vibe is surrounding us, the beautiful sound is all over us
and in the end, we will return again
nothing is found here in this place
but the world is yet there for us
and i will become the universe
shoot the vibe before i return
there is a song when i depart
there is a song when i arrive
now is the time for us to go
take in a deep breathe and realize
how long is it gonna take
i heard a faint voice
the man was singing "the world will end"
but there's the promise with the sun
i have to accept everything
the steady promise with the sun
you have to accept everything
the vibes we shoot are the notes from the earth going around number of time
and in the end, we will return again
but there's the promise with the sun
i accept everything
how long is it gonna take
i heard a faint voice
how long is it gonna take
the man was singing "the world will end"
but there's the promise with the sun
i have to accept everything
the steady promise with the sun
you have to accept everything
the vibe is surrounding us, the beautiful sound is all over us
and in the end, we will return again
if you return, you'll find the way