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Somaye Ali
Somaye Ali is L.L.B in Judicial Law (2003) by Tehran University , Faculty of law, and L.L.M in Public Law (2006) by Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of law. She has work experience on Constitutional Courts (2002-03), Modification of Iran's Legislative System (2003-04), Sports law (2004-05), Independence of Judges (2005-06), Good Governance & Executive (2005-06) and Parliamentary Committees (2006-present).
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Mariangela Benedetti
Mariangela Benedetti has graduated from Economic and Law School in 2002. Since 2003 she carries out academic activity and researches within the subject of Administrative Law held by Professor Giulio Vesperini and Professor Stefano Battini – in the Political Science Faculty – University of Viterbo "La Tuscia". Since November 2004 she is a PhD student in Administrative Law at the Institute of public law – Law School University "La Sapienza" of Rome .
She studied in the USA at the Berkeley University of California. She gives lectures within the LLM course in " Administrative law and administrative sciences " coordinated by Prof. Luisa Torchia, at the University of Roma Tre .
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Elif Celik
Fulvio Cortese
Fulvio Cortese is Fellow Researcher in Administrative Law at the University of Trento, Department of Legal Sciences, Italy. He is also Senior Researcher at the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen – Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism. From 2005 he is Contract Professor of Public Procurement Law at the University of Trento, Faculty of Engineering. He is PhD in Fundamental Freedoms in Comparative and European Constitutional and Administrative Law (from 2005) His Research Fields are Comparative, European and Italian Constitutional and Administrative Law, Federalism, Regionalism, Regional Law, History of Public Law, Public Procurement Law, Environmental Law and Law and Education
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Divya Chaturvedi is an under graduate student of law in Pune University ( India ). Her area of interest is corporate law and she intends to specialise in mergers and acquisitions.
Benedetto Cimino
Benedetto Cimino has graduated from Law School in 2004. He won a national grant in Administrative Law to study the withdrawal from the International Organization. Since 2004 he carries out academic activity and researches within the subject of Administrative Law held by Professor Giulio Vesperini and Professor Stefano Battini – in the Political Science Faculty – University of Viterbo "La Tuscia". Since November 2005, he is a Ph.D. student in " Public procurement " at the Institute of Public Law – Economy Faculty, University of Viterbo "La Tuscia". He gives lectures within the LLM course in " Administrative law and administrative sciences " coordinated by Prof. Luisa Torchia, at the University of Roma Tre , and within the LLM course in Administrative Law, at the University of Naples " Suor Orsola Benincasa ", coordinated by Prof. Aldo Sandulli. He contibutes to Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico and the Giornale di diritto amministrativo . He contributes to the research Observatory on Government policies , coordinated by Prof. Giulio Napolitano.
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Turkan Ertuna
Turkan Ertuna graduated LL.M. study at the Erasmus University Rotterdam on Business and Trade Law with a Jean Monnet Scholarship. She became an attorney at law in 2002. Since September 2004, she works at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, preparing her PhD thesis on European and Turkish immigration policies.
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Raul Letelier Wartenberg is Master in Public Law and PhD student in Administrative Law at the University Carlos III of Madrid . He is professor of Administrative Law at the University of Magallanes , Chile , and Attorney of the Chilean State .He holds the Diploma of the Center of Political and Constitutional Studies in Madrid and the Diploma of the European Public Law Center in Greece. Letelier Wartenberg has conducted research in the fields of State Liability and General Theory of Administrative Law.
Laura Lofino
Laura Lofino graduated in "Scienze politiche e Istituzioni Europee" (International and European Studies) from the Political Science Faculty. She is actually carrying out academic activity.
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Raluca Mihalcioiu studied Law and business economics, the master in International Relations and now she is writing her Ph. D work in the field of Modernisation of the Public Administration – Evaluation of the public organisations. Since 2005 she works as a researcher at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration and since February 2007 she has the International Parliaments award, at the German Bundestag.
Mehdi Mokhtari
Mehdi Mokhtari is Public Law Ph.D. student in Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law. He has a Diploma of the Academy of European Public Law, EPLC and a LL.M. degree in Public Law by Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law, 1996-99. He is member and the responsible person for International Relations of Democracy Group of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy in Shahid Beheshti University. He is also Scientific Assistant and Local Secretary for the Regional Branch of EPLC in Tehran and Researcher and Consultant for the revision of several Iranian Election Acts and the Political Parties Act. He is author and translator of dozens of professional articles in several Iranian newspapers and professional periodicals.
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Julia Movchan is Bachelor of International Relations by National University , Institute of International Relations , Ukraine , and Master of International Law by the same University.
She is Post-graduate student in EU Environmental Law (Legislation Institute) and she works in the Legislation Institute of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine , Department of European Law and International Integration.
Mahmut Mustafa Özdil
Mahmut Özdill graduated from the Faculty of Law, Galatasaray University , Istanbul . He holds an LLM in Public Law from the Institute of Social Science, Galatasaray University, Istanbul. He is also PhD Candidate, in Public Law, for the same Institute.
Margherita Poto
Margherita Poto is Doctor in Public Law at University of Pavia. At the moment she is Research Grant Recipient at University of Turin. She is also Lecturer in Public Law and Administrative Law since 2003 at Economics Faculty- Università del Piemonte Orientale. She is also Lecturer in Agrarian Law (Food Safety Law: In Europe and in Italy) at Agrarian Faculty - University of Turin. In 2006 she was awarded a Post Doc Scholarship at Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law in Heidelberg.
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Bogdan Trandafirescu
Bogdan Cristian Trandafirescu is a professor assistant at the "Ovidius" University of Constanţa – Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences (since 2002). He teaches the following subjects (seminars): General Theory of Law; International Trade Law; International Private Law and Philosophy of Law. Since September 2006, he is a PhD Candidate in the field of International Trade Law. Since the same year, he has been a member of the research centre – "Human Rights and Discrimination" and a member of the redaction committee of the revue "Ars Aequi" published by the same research centre. He published 15 articles (at the national level and at international Conferences) and he is co-author in a Civil Law Course. ("Civil law: Property Rights and General Theory of obligations"). He is interested in International Trade Law, Electronic Trade and Contractual Law.
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"Anything processed by memory is fiction."
March 31, 2014
July 27, 2013
Only Late July
He could feel it coming through the screen in the open window, a change in the air, a different smell, a movement in the trees that wasn't there before, a night no longer gentle, or cooling, just cold.
Then he remembered seeing a small dried up leaf fall to his feet as he rushed to work earlier that morning. Its death barely registered then, but once the sun had set, and he began to replay the day in the darkness outside, he realized that the slow march towards the fall had begun.

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With almost 300 students who came together in all facets of production to pull off performing Footloose at this week, director Anthony Pollera said the best part isn't the quality of the show itself.
Rather, it's the sense of community they foster along the way: kids from different walks of life, different grades, with different academic paths and interests working together for a common goal and developing friendships along the way.
"That's what's great about it," he said.
Footloose opened Tuesday and runs through Saturday night, although Friday and Saturday performances are sold out. The students have been working together since January, with two-hour rehearsals four days a week. Their excitement spilled over from rehearsals into their school days.
"They come into my room for lunch and they're dancing and singing the songs," Pollera said. "They eat it up."
He had to make a few script adjustments to make the show appropriate for a middle school audience, for instance changing one of the key sets to a barbeque joint instead of a bar. They added "Hoedown Throwdown" by Miley Cyrus as the big dance number at the end.
Last year's musical production was Disney's Cinderella, which was more elaborate in terms of costuming.
"It was magical and it was costume driven, but I wanted to have more kids involved," Pollera said. This year's production "is a beautiful vocal show with a lot of harmonies."
Among the twenty-something lead roles in the show, ninth graders Spencer Rosner and JuliaPaige Joseph star as Ren and Ariel. Rosner is a fixture in the local theater scene, having appeared in productions at Theater Three and played Prince Charming in Cinderella last year. Pollera described Joseph, who was a stepsister in Cinderella, as a likable presence on stage who can both sing and act extremely well.
He is in his ninth year as director of the program, which he calls the R.C. Murphy Musical Theater Company. Like the theater arts program at Gelinas, which last week produced , Murphy's program is in many ways self-sustaining, though it does receive a good amount of direct district support.
As the school board mulls myriad program cuts in light of a, reductions to theater arts may be in the future for Three Village. But for now, the focus is on the task at hand, and based on Tuesday's performance, Patch has been hearing rave reviews from those who have seen it.
"It should be fun," Pollera said. "There's plenty of time to be serious in their life. This should be enjoyable, they should get confidence out of this."


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March 6, 2014
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Student Advisory Council (ATSAC) Meeting (Elbert County Campus)
Event Date(s): 03/06/2014
Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: Room 135 in the Yeargin Academic Building
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Ever since George Bush started beating the war drum in Washington we've heard comparisons of him with Hitler. Between the PATRIOT Act, the fug of anxiety since Sept. 11, and the Napoleonic war we just decided to wage on Iraq, the usual suspects on the left have found it easy to link Bush with the Austrian embodiment of evil. One strong new example is a work by San Francisco playwright John O'Keefe, based on the lives of two actors in Nazi Germany. The story sticks faithfully to its Weimar setting, but includes a number of speeches written to resonate with Americans after 2001. It's called, not by accident, Times Like These.
Meta Wolf, in real life, was a Jewish actress in Berlin married to a more famous German actor named Joachim Gottschalk. When Gottschalk became a film star in the late '30s, the Nazis took notice of his marriage and tried to deport both Meta and the pair's son to the Jewish ghetto Theresienstadt. Before the goon squad arrived, Gottschalk committed suicide with his family in their Berlin apartment.
O'Keefe leaves the son out of this story. He replaces Gottschalk with a struggling Aryan-blond actor named Oscar Weiss, who begins to get plum roles at the Prussian State Theater as the Nazis rededicate art and culture to the glory of the German Volk. His wife, called Meta Wolf, is a famous screen star, admired even by Hermann Goering, but her Jewish blood becomes an obstacle. First she's hired by the theater to play Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, then she's demoted, then (for no reason) fired. In the meantime, her husband gets to play Petrucchio -- the role of his life.
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Oscar and Meta both understand and despise the Nazis. They stay in Berlin because of Oscar's career; they think it would be a laugh if Meta coached him to give stunning, sarcastic performances as Petrucchio (and, later, Hamlet) in Nazified productions of Shakespeare. Their idea is to show the Nazis what they are without giving them a reason to fire Oscar, the way Goya made subtle fun of the Spanish nobility by painting great portraits of them.
So Meta turns down a chance to escape Germany and teaches her second-rate husband to be an impressive actor. In the meantime Oscar grows close to Prussian State Theater director Gustav Gründgens (a real-life Nazi collaborator remembered for his snakelike Mephistopheles in a 1960 film of Faust), and even meets Goebbels and Goering. He believes his intimacy with power will protect his Jewish wife.
O'Keefe's plot is compelling, and he tries to be very specific about how totalitarianism creeps up on a society. To him the Reichstag fire of 1933 -- for which Hitler blamed the Communists and banned the party -- serves as a parallel between Hitlerism and the war on terror. Oscar and Meta watch the fire from their apartment window. At first Oscar can't believe the Nazis would "destroy their own parliament building" to discredit their enemies, but later he says, "First the election without the mandate, then the catastrophe. ... The objective is to create a state of continuous emergency."
Is that what's happening here in America in 2004? A lot of people find the argument worthwhile. Times Like These premiered in Los Angeles in late 2002 and ran for more than seven months, garnering awards and recognition from the L.A. Weekly, the L.A. Times, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. O'Keefe is a well-respected playwright who co-founded the now-defunct Blake Street Hawkeyes (of Berkeley) and worked with S.F.'s Magic Theatre in its fertile 1970s period. The play is well performed by Laurie O'Brien, as Meta, and Norbert Weisser, as Oscar, who grows frightening during his rehearsal speeches as a brown-shirted Petrucchio and Hamlet. Weisser has a sensual German voice that makes his megalomaniac scenes ambiguous and eerie; you're never sure whether Oscar likes being close to Gründgens and the other Nazis or not. O'Brien delivers a number of terrific speeches, but also forces a few scenes, like a fainting spell by Meta after the Reichstag fire.
The show has only one major flaw -- short, stuttering scenes punctuated by long blackouts. On the night I saw it these blackouts were sluggish enough to ruin Act 1. Act 2 redeemed the play, but the blackouts still tended to sap whatever energy Weisser and O'Brien brought to each scene.
The more I think about the Hitler parallel, though, the less I buy it. Our president is a fool who doesn't even know how to lie, the PATRIOT Act is loathsome, and we bungled our way into Iraq. But Weimar Germany is the wrong model for what's happening to the United States -- not at all the right way to understand it. We're not a compact little country ruled by systematic racists and hypernationalists. (Iraq under Saddam answered that description.) The U.S. is a far-flung republic, like ancient Rome, turning by inevitable degrees into a corrupt empire. Times Like These works as a flashy warning that in the end doesn't map to our times very well. When America wakes up to find itself ruled by an absolutist, there will be no Kristallnacht, no Brownshirts, no piles of burning books. Instead there might be a president who's consolidated his position for what seemed like the best of reasons -- war, mounting national debt -- by encouraging a pliable Senate to grant him vast, undemocratic powers.
Not real flashy. But that's how Caesar did it, long before Hitler was born.


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On July 16, 2012, the City Council agreed to hold a Special Municipal Election in conjunction with the Statewide General Presidential Election on Nov. 6. The special election will include a ballot for Measure Y – a proposal to implement a one half-cent local transactions and use tax (commonly known as the Sales Tax).
According to the City, the adoption of an ordinance to place Measure Y on the ballot was done – in part – for the following reasons:
To enhance the City of Culver City's ability to offset state budget cuts and provide essential City services to the residents of Culver City...
Click on the PDF documents to the right of this article to read the full City proposal and adoption of the resolution.
City Attorney Carol Schwab also wrote an impartial analysis of Measure Y that stated in part:
If the measure is approved by the voters, soem of the services and programs that may receive funding include: police, fire, senior services, streets, parks, recreation and other general City services.
Click on the PDF document to the right of this article to read Attorney Schwab's statement in full.
For more information, including how to register to vote, click here to visit the City of Culver City's website.
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Round Numbers Down in Excel
Rounding numbers in Excel can be accomplished using a number of different functions depending on the results you want.
The ROUNDDOWN function can be used to reduce a value by a specific number of decimal places. As its name suggests, it will always round the last digit downward.
Unlike formatting options that allow you change the number of decimal places displayed, the ROUNDDOWN function actual alters the data in your worksheet.
Using this function can, therefore, affect the results of calculations.
The ROUNDDOWN Function's Syntax and Arguments
A function's syntax refers to the layout of the function and includes the function's name, brackets, and arguments.
The syntax for the ROUNDDOWN function is:
= ROUNDDOWN ( Number, Num_digits )
Number - the value to be rounded. This argument can contain the actual data for rounding or it can be a cell reference to the location of the data in the worksheet.
Num_digits - the number of decimal places to reduce the above number to.
Example: Round Numbers Down in Excel
For help with this example, see the image above.
In the rules for rounding numbers that Excel follows, normally the number to the right of the rounding digit determines whether the rounding digit will be rounded up or down:
- If the value of the number to the right of the rounding digit is less than five, the rounding digit is left unchanged
- If the value of the number to the right of the rounding digit is five or higher, the rounding digit is raised by one
The ROUNDDOWN function however, always leaves the rounding digit unchanged regardless of the value of the number to its right.
In this example we will use the ROUNDDOWN function to reduce the number of decimal places of a value from three to one.
To show the effect the ROUNDDOWN function can have on calculations, both the original number and the rounded one will be multiplied by 10 and the results compared.
Entering the DataEnter the following data into the designated cells.
Cell Data D1 - 27.397 E1 - 10
Entering the ROUNDDOWN Function
- Click on cell D2 to make it the active cell - this is where the results of the ROUNDDOWN function will be displayed.
- Click on the Formulas tab of the ribbon menu.
- Choose Math & Trig from the ribbon to open the function drop down list.
- Click on ROUNDDOWN in the list to bring up the function's dialog box.
- In the dialog box, click on the Number line.
- Click on cell D1 in the worksheet to enter that cell reference into the dialog box.
- Click on the Num_digits line.
- Type a one " 1 " to reduce the value in D1 to one decimal place.
- Click OK.
- The answer 27.3 should appear in cell D2.
- When you click on cell D2 the complete function = ROUNDDOWN ( D1 , 1 ) appears in the formula bar above the worksheet.
Using the Rounded Number in Calculations
- Click on cell F1 to make it the active cell - this is where the multiplication formula will be entered.
- Type an equal sign to begin the formula.
- Click on cell D1 to enter that cell reference into the formula.
- Type an asterisk ( * ) - the symbol for multiplication in Excel.
- Click on cell E1 to enter that cell reference into the formula.
- Press the Enter key on the keyboard to complete the formula.
- The answer 273.97 should appear in cell F1.
- Type the number 10 in cell E2.
- Click on cell F1 to make it the active cell.
- Copy the formula in F1 to cell F2 using the Fill Handle or Copy and Paste.
- The answer 273 should appear in cell F2.
The different formula results in cells F1 and F2 - 273.97 vs. 273 show the effect rounding numbers can have on calculations.


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Patty Ann Henderson vs. Robert Efton Henderson, incompatibility.
LeeAnn Faye Byrd vs. Wesley Lee Byrd, incompatibility.
Protective order
Mark Alan French vs. Jeremy Dennis Mustain, Feb. 8.
Civil suits
State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Larry D. Moore, District Attorney vs. $3,720 cash, notice of seizure and forfeiture.
Perry Moore vs. Kenna Terrell, et al., petition for grandparents' visitation.
Fort Gibson State Bank vs. Chad Ellis, replevin.
Beneficial Oklahoma Inc. vs. Larry Stephens Jr., et al, foreclosure.
Citibank South Dakota vs. Carmen D. Hicks, petition for judgment, $5,325.12.
Creditors Recovery Corporation vs.:
• Judy Walker aka Judy Neet, petition for judgment, $496.22.
• Maxine McCormick, petition for judgment, $493.26.
• Rick Brunett, petition for judgment, $3,807.80.
Small claims
American Industrial Supply vs. Dan Lane dba Lane's Tractor Supply, $2,006.52, Feb. 16.
Initial appearances
GARCIA, Jose Luis Jr. Grand larceny. Sounding docket Feb. 9. Bond $10,000.
MORTON, Kenneth Jr. Escape from arrest or detention. Sounding docket Feb. 9. Held without bond.
PENN, Joshua D'Andre. Grand larceny. Preliminary hearing Feb. 4. Bond $10,000.
TAYLOR, Heather May. Uttering a forged instrument; knowingly concealing stolen property; larceny of gas, pump piracy. Sounding docket Feb. 9. Bond $10,000.
THOMAS, Megan Lynn. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; domestic assault and battery in the presence of a minor. Sounding docket Feb. 9. Bond same.
PENN, Joshua D'Andre. Grand larceny. Hearing Feb. 4. Bond $5,000.
NICHOLSON, Dwight Dustin. Possession of controlled drug with intent to distribute; possession of a firearm while committing a felony; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Hearing Feb. 7. Bond $5,000.
DAVIS, James C. III. Possession of controlled substance; driving under the influence of drugs. Sentenced Jan. 14. One 10-year and one one-year concurrent suspended sentences. Fined $1,500.
HARRIS, Joshua David. Second-degree rape; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Sentenced Dec. 16. Two concurrent 10-year suspended sentences. Fined $750.


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---- — When cold weather arrives, those who opt to help birds and other creatures should make sure seed and suet stations are filled regularly. Corn and nuts are good selections for ground-feeding wildlife.
Feeding wildlife supplements their diets at best, but makes for a better survival rate through freezing temperatures.
Nature provides winter food for wildlife in many ways, and one way is by producing seed-bearing plants and berries of all kinds.
Take for example all the ornamental trees and shrubs that produce an abundance of berries and fruits that cling well into our coldest months and are there for the picking by hungry birds. These trees not only provide necessary food for birds and earth-bound critters, but at the same time (and mainly why we plant them) provide us with colorful beauty throughout each of our seasons.
Spring brings the colorful blossoms, which are then pollinated and produce the thousands of tiny colorful fruits. So while we admire them for their beauty, the birds admire them for a food source and are attracted to them for this same colorful beauty.
Crabapples are the first that come to mind, but are certainly not the only berried trees and shrubs. On trees and shrubs there are many fruits because each berry produces seeds that eventually sustain the species by falling and sprouting to regenerate.
Some of the more prominent berried species that come to mind, and that we regularly see in landscapes, are the many varieties of dwarf crabapples, dwarf cherry, hawthorne with their bright red/purple fruit, mountain ash with their bright orange clusters at their appendages, holly trees with deep red berries, cotoneaster shrubs, European cranberry bushes and the list goes on and on.
The same goes with nut-bearing trees that have their "seeds" fall to the earth to root and sustain the species. The bulk of a seed tree's production is sought after by hungry critters which stash them for the frigid winter months, or in some cases bury them to retrieve when weather permits.
This ongoing cycle of production that includes beauty, fruit, seeds, food, and re-generation are all in God's plan of sustaining life on this great planet of ours.
Even worms, as much of a nuisance as they are when they infest our fruits and nuts, are merely trying to seek out a food source to sustain their species. It reminds me of that comical quote: "If Noah would have only squashed those two mosquitoes when entering the ark we wouldn't be bothered with them today."
Farmers and fruit growers spend thousands of dollars every year to control bug, worm and insect infestation, whether by natural control or chemical control. This effort is generally highly successful by producing prime examples of a more perfect product. On the other hand, it produces a more perfect and disease-resistant worm, insect or bug, and the cycle continues. After all, they are just seeking out a food source to survive.
Natural predators are the perfect solution in a lot of situations; however, in large-scale operations (which many farmers are involved in presently) it would be impractical to rely solely on this kind of remedy to have a prized high-production crop. When you're dealing with hundreds and in some cases thousands of acres of grain and/or fruit, and high and best yields are at the top of the list, then some form of chemical control is the norm.
If you like (and want) our wintering friends and critters, then give them a helping hand by providing a supplemental food source, especially if there aren't any "natural" supplies nearby.


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on a comment on What Does Hillary Want? over 6 years agoI don't think anyone was accepting a pep rally but I think most people were expecting a wee bit more graciousness and thoughtfulness scattered throughout that dreadful speech.
She has a responsibility to her followers to begin the healing process..and she squandered that opportunity.
So how exactly does she exit with dignity and class after her performance last night?
comment on a post Hillary Rosen: "I'm not a bargaining chip. I'm a Democrat." over 6 years ago
last night was an embarassment. Instead of placating and pacifying her followers, she should have been urging them to unify around Barack and help prepare them for what her goals might be. But no. All her speech did was make some of her supporters more loathesome of Obama and some Barack supporters seething with anger at the thought of her anywhere near the Oval office.
It speaks volumes about who she is as a person to deliberately undermine one of the most historic days in history...and alot about her loyalty to deliberately undermine the nominee and head of the party. And she wonders why her negatives are thru the roof.
on a comment on Jeffrey Toobin's "deranged narcissism.." comment? over 6 years ago
Jeffrey verbalized what many in the MSM didn't have gulliones to say.
Whenever you think she can't stoop any lower, she always finds a way to prove you wrong.
Her speech was a disgrace.
on a comment on The Michelle Obama bombshell over 6 years ago
yeah and next there will be a phantom tape that supposedly proves that she is a hardcore member of the new black panthers and she's ranting that all the white people are the devil...get a goddamn life...
comment on a post Jeffrey Toobin's "deranged narcissism.." comment? over 6 years ago
can't be quite sure but narcissistic...hell yeah.
comment on a post [Poll] John refuses VP; Elizabeth supports Hillary for VP nod. over 6 years ago
I'm smiling but...i don't get it...
comment on a post The Michelle Obama bombshell over 6 years ago
have you forgotten that Michelle's husband is half white??? I'm not an expert on these things but I don't think that racists are cool with marrying and procreating with those that they hate.
gosh...who needs the GOP hit squad when you have dems doing the work for them.
comment on a post And Still She Shines - Just Like Polished Gold over 6 years ago
I was thinking more along the lines of tarnished gold plated metal after her tactless and classless announcement yesterday on such a historical day...
comment on a post Reality: he needs her more than she needs him. over 6 years ago
Sorry to add discord to this conversation but the problem with Hillary is that she is a selfish narcissist who continues to show a lack of savoir faire when it comes to our new presumptive nominee.
What was the point of revealing that she would be open to being the veep yesterday when everyone was quite aware that Barack was to clinch the nomination? At least have the class to concede first.
As if she was even asked in the first place, which she wasn't. And hopefully he will not explore that option. She never fails to ignore the high road.
on a comment on [BREAKING!!!] - AP: HRC open to VP slot. over 6 years ago
I absolutely agree with you.
Along with Barack's slogan of "Yes We Can"... there should be a caveat..."No We Won't" ..be blackmailed.
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This party doesn't need a historical "threesome" ticket, that being Obama and both Clintons. That type of unity will come at a cost.. assuredly.
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Most definitely. Besides the potential GOP and Independents corssovers who loathe Hillary and her husband, how does she espouse the politics of change and progression in Washington? How?
And you know what..I believed her when she not-so-transparently conveyed that she did not consider him a patriot, and her malevolent attacks against him will be a factor in his White House.
This would be a ticket of discord and mistrust because i have no doubt she would deliberately try to undermine him every step of the way.
Obama/Edwards? Now that is a beautiful ticket ...in more ways than one.
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At my salon in south Florida, a shipment of funky-styled Barack tee's arrived late last week, just in time. I am giving them to the customers, at no charge and many of them (who are wearing them proudly) were Clinton supporters.
It seems that many in the real world, with the exception of the diehards, are beginning to coalesce around the democratic nominee.
Will place another order tonight...onward to Washington.
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The only memo about to be released regarding Mrs. Obama is the acknowledgment that she will in fact be the next First Lady of the US of A.
Listening to right wing talking points could be clouding your judgment. That or the extra saliva gathering at the corners of your mouth...
comment on a post Leaked memo: McCain is playing you, Clinton supporters over 6 years agoAnd yes McCain is relying on the fierce, raw emotion of hrc followers to jump ship and vote for him rather than opt for rational thought. Many of them have truly allowed themselves to be convinced by media sources that Obama is a sexist, participated in race-baiting, stole the nomination..and other vile acts that are completely absurd.
Maybe this diary will help them see that McCain is relying on their being gullible and irrational.
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Skaters can start in junior comps, and senior B's, and 4CC and Euros to get exposure. Then if they have the money, the support, the drive and the talent they'll make it to senior worlds. Like Yuna. They don't need to start out at senior worlds. There's lots of other places to get competition experience. If they're not good enough, or are but don't have the means, or whatever, to get to be good enough to compete at senior worlds so be it. Many a skater has fallen along the wayside due to lack of talent or lack of funding or lack of the right kind of personality but they shouldn't be competing at the highest level and most important competition of the season just because. They should be good enough skaters to deserve to be there.
I like the idea of proof of being able to meet SP tech criteria minimum standard - 2 triples and 2A.
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"Every few years short-sellers have their day in the sun," said Brad Alford, founder of Alpha Capital Management, an advisory firm that invests in hedge funds. "Then things revert to normal where the markets rise and life becomes so difficult for them that many just go out of business," he added.
Short-sellers began having a bad year as soon as the stock market began to turn around when fears about the global downturn eased. In the first six months of 2009 they lost 9.38 percent, compared with the 9.55 percent that other hedge funds gained.
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Something I've never really been good about is showing weakness. My perfectionistic obsessiveness always brought me to a place of pushing to be perfect when I really just needed to relax…
Sometimes in life we need to take it easy. Anything we push in life surely will go away in one way or another. In my case, its battling this tendonitis. It started a year ago in my left wrist. I was jumping into handstands, crow, anything upside down. I still do these things but at that point in my life I was aggressively pushing the pain out of my mind and thinking it would go away in time. I am 27 years old and to this day (knock on wood) I've never broken a bone, I've never sprained anything and really never been hurt. Anything I have ever done has served me well and anything that hurts always went away. Time sure has changed, because I'm starting to really feel pain if I work too hard in one form of exercise…I wake up in back/shoulder pain once and awhile and realize I am no longer invincible like my ego thought I was.
My tendonitis got worse….I went to teacher training and spent the whole training working against myself with this wrist problem. When I got home from training, it got so bad that I finally went to a hand therapist. I didn't feel things were really helping since It was just in a brace for months so I took up acupuncture. I also felt that that only helped lesson the pain for a short while. Keep in mind through all this I was still getting upside down on my mat and not modifying for shit.
Finally we tried natural injections and within a month, everything was gone. Woohooooo. It's been about 4 or 5 months now with a good wrist.
Now my tendonitis is back and it's in my shoulder, around my rotator cuff and down my upper arm. I couldn't sleep for days and it felt like constant aching. I went to my chiropractor and acupuncture doc again and we are working through this.
I am also doing a 30 day yoga challenge this month.
ohhhhh the power of an addictive crazy person. Things are different now though…I have been to 6 classes in the last 5 days and have mixed in Bikram, Yin and in my normal power classes, I'm dropping my knees in chatarunga and not getting upside down. As much as I have mini panic attacks when I'm holding a chair pose prayer twist and the teacher says we can jump into side-crow if that's in our practice, I stay still…I know now that my ego has brought me injury, and my ego will continue to try to give me injury but only if i let it.
So I learn to let go…
Quiet the ego down that tells me I will not be a good teacher if I cant do EVERYTHING.
It's so important to be aware of how we treat our bodies and we have to mentally check in with our intentions. In my case, I had the intention of looking good. I came to my mat to prove to everyone in the room that I could follow all the teachers orders in grace. But that's pure bullshit now isn't it? No one gives a flying care what you do on your mat. They also don't care what you do in your life. Everything is all up in our heads to try and wear this special mask when we are all not that special.
When we injure ourselves and continue to ignore what our bodies are trying to tell us, which is to relax and lay off a little, we cause further pain.
We need to use yoga to free our ego. Become whole. Become quiet. We come together to share the energy of breathing and moving and living…but coming to yoga to show off your damn gymnastics skills, especially on injury will only burn you out. This month I'm learning to be gentle with my body and mind….because I want this mind and body to last longer than my shitty ego sometimes:)
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When Kyle Kent arrived in Oak Hill in 2012, he was a young, first-year soccer coach. And if you ask him, it showed.
"I think one of the things that was tough for me was calling out individual players who were making mistakes," Kent said. "I was a little too worried about pleasing everyone."
The Red Devils started the season struggling, going 1-6 early in their campaign. But then something clicked.
"About halfway through the season, I decided I was going to let them know — and let the whole world know — if they did something wrong," Kent added.
The rest was history.
"When we played Huntington St. Joe, we started to click," he said. "That was where they started to click and score more goals."
Oak Hill defeated St. Joe 3-1. It would start a winning streak that would see the Red Devils win seven of their next eight games.
It's that same success Kent hopes to build on during the 2013 season.
"I've got eight returning seniors this year that all deserve mention," Kent said. "We certainly like to play a possession style game and frustrate the opponent."
Helping the Red Devils this year will be all-state central midfielder Jacob Kemlock and returning goalkeeper Brett Garris.
"Jacob is a four year varsity player and he's going to be a big player for us this season," Kent said. "And Brett is a wonderful goalkeeper. Both players are going to be very strong for us."
Kent also singled out senior defenders Cameron Heath and Grant Whitmore.
"They're solid defenders," Kent said. "Them and my entire defensive backline. I'm hoping for a lot from those guys."
Kent is also hoping for a lot from himself.
The 27-year-old coach has an extensive soccer background and experience he's hoping to use to motivate his squad.
"I grew up playing travel league football out of Syracuse (New York) and at the age of 9 I was flying to Michigan and Kansas City for indoor nationals," Kent said.
It was with the famed travel squad, Syracuse Blitz that his coaching ways began to form, especially from Brazilian Bob Escobar, who trained Kent from the age of 9.
"I saved a lot of those philosophies," Kent said.
Now Kent is taking those philosophies and meshing them with some new ones to become his own man.
"That was something I took away from it," Kent said. "I'm a younger coach, and a lot of players will come up to me with ideas. I just have to remind them that 'you play, I coach' and be a little bit more firm with them."
He's really looking forward to key matches with area foes Princeton and Woodrow Wilson this season. All battles last year between Oak Hill and the Tigers and Flying Eagles were decided by a single goal.
"Those two teams are well coached," he said. "Princeton is a very respectful team. I look forward to playing a team with good sportsmanship."
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Can you actually feel stronger by changing your body language? I'm not talking about physical strength, but about emotional and mental strength. Research is indicating that holding a power pose for 2 minutes can actually change the levels of hormones in your body and make you feel stronger.
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I found this video fascinating. We've all heard about the "fake it til you make it" philosophy but I certainly would have thought about using it to feel stronger. Holding your body in a certain way actually changes your physiology and change the way you are perceived by others.
What are the power poses?
- Stand straight and raise your arms and hands into the air in a "V" like you are exultant.
- Stand straight and place your hands on your hips like Wonder Woman.
- When sitting in a chair put your feet up on the desk, lean back and thread your fingers together and place them behind your head.
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A local charity is working to restore its tax-exempt status and licensing following the resignation of its executive director.
The public learned recently that the United Way of the Virginias had lost its tax- exempt status and state licensing, two requirements that are necessary if an organization wants to solicit and accept charitable contributions. The United Way is now working with the Secretary of State's Office to regain its status. The organization's executive director, Michelle Carter, submitted her resignation.
"The statement we are making is the United Way of the Virginias is working diligently on our tax-exempt status and state licensing. Michelle Carter has resigned and we are in a holding mode until our tax exempt status and state licensing is reinstated," Gary Denardo, the organization's president, said Monday.
Carter declined to comment Monday.
In December 2008, the United Way of the Virginias lost both its tax-exempt status and its charity registration. These losses occurred because the organization had not filed the necessary reports, said Jake Glance, a spokesperson with the Secretary of State's Office.
The United Way must also register annually as a charity with the Internal Revenue Service by submitting a 990 form. This form is attached to the documentation sent to the Secretary of State's Office; however, the IRS had not received this form since 2008.
Charities must file with the state if they receive $25,000 or more a year in contributions. The United Way met this requirement every year since 2008, Glance said.
After computing late filing fees and registration fees for each year, the Secretary of State's Office ruled the United Way owed $1,525. Denardo said the United Way has now provided the secretary of state with the necessary documents and fees.
"Actually, that has been submitted and the check has been submitted, " Denardo said. "That was one day last week. I do know as soon as we found out and it was brought to the attention of the board, the check was submitted and all the paperwork. We're waiting to hear back from them. We were told once that was done, we would be reinstated."
The United Way is not accepting donations until its charitable status is restored. An ongoing fund campaign has been suspended.
"No, we are in a holding mode," Denardo said. "As long as we don't have a 501C3 status, we can't accept donations."
He added the United Way has contacted the IRS, which had been closed during the recent federal shutdown, and resubmitted the necessary 990 forms.
The United Way, which now works with 23 agencies, is not seeking a new executive director at this time.
"We are basically trying to get this all straightened out before we move forward," Denardo said. "The United Way does such a great job for the local people. There are so many people in need and we help so many people and agencies, and we fund so many of the agencies. They do so much in the area. It's a shame this has come up and basically stopped us as far as moving on with our funding and all of our help. There are so many people in need and their needs don't stop. It's hard to have your hands tied when people are begging you for heat and food."


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More than three dozen Patriot Guard Riders stood quietly across from the First United Methodist Church, holding American flags while the private memorial got under way Monday.
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Stone took his 6-year-old son, Cooper, to a Rangers game in Arlington on Thursday night. They stopped to buy the boy a glove, and sat in left field. Cooper's favorite player, Josh Hamilton, tossed a foul ball into the stands but Stone fell about 20 feet onto concrete as he caught the ball. He died a short time later.
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Description★★★ Cameras Deutschland is free application that allow you to watch cameras (live images) from Deutschland / Germany (webcams webcam cctv ...). ★★★
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Sony relying on developer feedback to help design the NGP
The boss of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida has been explaining their new approach for developing the NGP hardware.
Yoshida said that Sony were going back to the approach that helped them make the PSOne such a success in the mid-to-late nineties by taking on board as much developer feedback as possible.
He explained: "The NGP development team visited many developers and publishers globally with an early prototype of the hardware to get direct feedback. I also personally joined some of the meetings to discuss various aspects of NGP and the options we were looking at. The input of other developers outside of Worldwide Studios has been essential for us to make final decisions on NGP."
Yoshida continued: "As a result of this, we went through many iterations of NGP. It reminded me of the early days of the original PlayStation, when we visited many developers and publishers to get feedback during the development of that product. It's almost as if SCE has gone back to basics, which should be a good thing,"
Sony is planning to have the NGP out worldwide by the end of the year by which time it will have a real name. We'll hit you with more information as soon as we have it.
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I'd say BJ if he has his right mindset....I voted Brown because I hate BJ.
This BJ/Florian fight will tell everything....Not just if BJ wins or losses but it's the way he wins or losses that will tell all.
Man, its really hard to not like Brown nowadays. I think cutting down to 150 might play a little bit into BJ, but overall I think the size of BJ would be too much for Brown to handle. BJ would have a height and reach advantage, not to mention his skillset is very impressive. Browns an absolute beast, but I think BJ might be a little bit too much for him.
Excellent! Well, can Penn make 150? Honestly, it's 5lbs and he's been up to 200+ before.
It may not seem like much but I think it could affect him. Penn by decision in a 3 round fight.
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Ordinarily the Washington Capitals sending a journeyman goaltender back to the minor leagues is not a major news item. But Dany Sabourin's assignment to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League could be a nice sign for the Caps.
While It means Michal Neuvirth is ready for backup goalie duty for Saturday's Game 5 against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. Hershey's playoff series starts Friday, too.
"Obviously it's good to be back," Neuvirth said. "Obviously Sabby got to play down there, and that's why I'll be the backup."
With Braden Holtby becoming one of the NHL's stars of the playoffs with a 1.60 goals-against average and .953 save percentage, as Dale Hunter said earlier in the week, "Holtsy's our goalie." But it would be nice insurance to have in case Holtby gets hurt.
Neuvirth suffered what the team is calling a lower-body injury April 5 at the Florida Panthers, when ex-teammate Marco Sturm fell on him.
Neuvirth was on the ice for Friday's practice and appeared to be moving OK. But he's not pain-free.
"You need a lot of painkillers and try to get through the pain. That's what I'm trying to do," the 24-year-old goaltender said. "Obviously it's not going to be 100 percent. This thing's got to heal up over the summer, and it is what it is."


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---- — HAVERHILL — Deplorable. Disgraceful. Embarrassing. A neglected mess.
Those were of some of the words used by neighbors and city councilors last night to describe the appearance and condition of Hilldale Cemetery — a historical burial ground where dozens if not hundreds of military veterans are buried.
City Council took up the condition of the privately-owned cemetery at the request of resident Marguerite Carifio, who lives on nearby Jeffrey Lane.
"They were doing a very good job for the first few years and I applauded them," she said of the Hilldale Cemetery trustees, who took over the site in 2009. "But then all of a sudden it came to a halt. I understand they don't have much money, but if they opted to take it over, they need to keep it mowed and cleaned."
City Councilor Michael Hart said he visited the cemetery recently to judge its condition for himself.
"I could not believe the deplorable condition it was in," Hart said. "There is overgrown brush and shrubs covering every grave. It's a completely neglected mess and it's such a shame."
Carifio also told councilors the gated entrance is kept locked at all times, keeping vehicles from getting inside.
"I've seen people park out on the street and have to walk in to see their relatives," she said. "I recently saw some people who walked in and couldn't even find their relative's grave due to the mess."
The cemetery has suffered from not only poor upkeep, but also vandalism and illegal dumping in recent years.
The council agree to invite Thomas Spitalere, chairman of the cemetery trustees, to an upcoming meeting to discuss the board's plan for maintaining the property. Hart said he would also send a letter to City Solicitor William Cox to see if the there are any laws the city can use to force the trustees to do better.
"I was appalled by what I saw and I want to hear from the cemetery board," said Councilor Thomas Sullivan, who also toured the property recently. "The board's job is to keep the cemetery looking good and I want something done."
Spitalere was unable to attend last night's meeting. But in a phone interview after the meeting, he said volunteers recently mowed half the front of the cemetery, and that they hope to finish cutting the rest of the grass in the front section within the next few days.
"My volunteers are 60 and 70 years old," Spitalere said. "So how fast we can get it done depends on the weather."
Spitalere said his board is developing an area on the property to sell new burial plots. That would give the trustees money to take better care of the grounds, he said, adding he expects the new section to be ready by late fall.
The board keeps the gate locked to keep out vandals, Spitalere said.
"Every time we open it, gravestones get knocked over," he said. "But if someone wants to get in, all they have to do is call me and someone will let them right in."
Councilor John Michitson said improving the cemetery is going to take a community effort.
"People in the community are going to have to step up if we are going to fix this," Michitson said. "My first thought when I saw it was that I'm glad my father or mother isn't buried there."
Councilor William Ryan called on Mayor James Fiorentini to take a leadership role in finding a solution.
"The mayor needs to lead this," Ryan said. "There are personalities and politics behind this, but this is sacred ground. I can't believe the mayor won't call the trustees and work with them to help raise some money to take better care of the place. The mayor has the power to it. We can fix this overnight if the mayor puts his mind to it."
Carifio and another person at the meeting said they went to see Fiorentini to ask his help, but that he would not speak to them about it.
"As soon as I said Hilldale Cemetery, the mayor closed the door in my face," Carifio said.
Fiorentini and Spitalere have had several political spats over the years, going back to when Spitalere was chairman of the city's Conservation Commission, until he was replaced by the mayor.
Since taking charge of the cemetery in 2009, Spitalere said he and other volunteers have spent countless hours mowing the grass, picking up trash, removing brush and downed tree limbs, and working to clear the central lawn area as a future burial site.
He said they have also had to combat vandalism, including several fires that were intentionally set and damaged gravestones, fence posts that were spray-painted, toppled headstones, and trespassing by riders of dirt bikes and other recreational vehicles which tear up grassy areas.


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AUBURN, Ala. - This was supposed to be the another huge step for Cam Newton in what had been a remarkably smooth season on the field, a chance for this wondrous quarterback to lead Auburn into the Southeastern Conference championship game and keep the Tigers on course for a shot at the national title.
AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn players described their final two games with phrases like "make or break" and "all or nothing."
ATHENS, Ga. - Aaron Murray had time to recover from a slow start against overmatched Idaho State.
ATHENS - Aaron Murray couldn't pull himself away from the worst start of his career.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Chas Henry, a punter thrust into kicking duties, drilled a 37-yard field goal in overtime to lift Florida to a 34-31 victory over rival Georgia on Saturday.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Georgia's slide happened in September. Florida's plunge came in October.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida's Chris Rainey and Georgia's Caleb King made headlines for all the wrong reasons earlier this season.
ATHENS - When Georgia's players are chillin' back at the dorm, they can't help but check out all the possible scenarios.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Washaun Ealey set a school record with five rushing touchdowns as surging Georgia pounded Kentucky 44-31 on Saturday.
ATHENS - Washaun Ealey and the Georgia Bulldogs are winning the turnover battle and hiding their razors.
ATHENS, - Carlton Thomas ran for the first two touchdowns of his career, Aaron Murray passed for two touchdowns and Georgia welcomed new mascot Uga VIII by beating Vanderbilt 43-0 on Saturday.
ATHENS - Cheer up, Georgia fans. There's a new pup in town.
ATHENS - Aaron Murray was supposed to be the big unknown for Georgia.
ATHENS, Ga. - The arrests keep on coming for the Georgia Bulldogs.
ATHENS - Georgia took out four weeks worth of frustration on Vince Dooley's boy and bumbling Tennessee.
CORDELE - Former University of Georgia 400-meter standout Torrin Lawrence died Monday morning in a car accident as he made his way home to Jacksonville, Florida. He was 25.
HOOVER, Ala. - Todd Gurley downplays talk of being a potential Heisman Trophy candidate, but the Georgia running back can't contain a smile at the mention of one milestone that's probably unrealistic.
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Values exist in every workplace. Your organization's culture is partially the outward demonstration of the values currently existing in your workplace. The question you need to ask is whether these existing values are creating the workplace you desire.
Do these values promote a culture of extraordinary customer care by happy, motivated, productive people? If not, you will want to:
- identify the values that currently exist in your workplace;
- determine if these are the right values for your workplace; and
- change the actions and behaviors by which the values are demonstrated, if necessary.
To really make a difference in your organization, you need to do all three. A reader in the read-only About Human Resources Forum supports this view.
"Within the organizations I have had the opportunity to serve, the core values were communicated by actions mostly - in the ways in which business is conducted on a day-to-day basis, and not so much in words directly spoken or written.
"I am a strong advocate of demonstrated values more than written or spoken - actions speak louder, but also believe that written values that reinforce and support specific actions, and specific actions that reinforce and support written values, make a powerful combination that far exceeds one or the other by itself. If it is written down and demonstrated in action, we can really hold our feet to the fire when we need to."
In a prior article, I discussed what values are, why you want to identify values, and where values fit within your workplaces. This article moves the process of identifying workplace values to the next step.
Values Development Process
My focus, in this article, is on how to develop and articulate shared workplace values. While the focus is on values identification and alignment, you can use this process to develop any product or course of action that needs widespread support, enrollment in, and ownership from your staff.
I have used it successfully to help organizations develop mission statements, visions for their future, relationship guidelines and norms, prioritized action plans, and departmental goals.
Steps in a Values Identification ProcessTo identify organization values, bring together your executive group to:
- learn about and discuss the power of shared values;
- obtain consensus that these leaders are committed to creating a value-based workplace;
- define the role of the executives in leading this process; and
- provide written material the executives can share with their reporting staff.
In one of my client organizations, that recently completed this process, the Team Culture and Training Team, a cross-functional group of employees from every level of the organization, asked the executive group to initiate and lead this process.
Where possible, acting on a desire for change that is percolating from all corners of an organization, is a powerful assurance of success.
Design and schedule a series of values alignment sessions in which all members of the organization will participate. Schedule each member of the organization to attend a three-four hour session. (If your group is small, it is most effective for all members to meet in one session together.)
These sessions are most effective when led by a trained facilitator. This allows each member of your organization to fully participate in the process. Alternatively, train internal facilitators who lead one session, and participate in another.
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