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<div dir="ltr"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">Whoa! <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">Please please can we try to curb all this negative communication. </div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">I sincerely believe that many of the fallouts of the past few weeks have come down to miscommunications. </div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">Please, can we (sorry to be cheesy) aim to be the change we want to see?</div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">I have been reflecting on what Occupy means to me recently. I want to be part of an active and dynamic move forwards (or to the side even!), to create an alternative to the messed up world we live in. </div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><div class="header" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; word-wrap: break-word; "><h2 class="me" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; display: inline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">oc·cu·pa·tion</h2><sup style="text-indent: 0px !important; height: 0px; line-height: 1; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: 1ex; font-size: 0.75em; "></sup> <span class="pronset" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="speaker" audio="http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/dictionary/audio/luna/O00/O0025600.mp3" default="http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/O00/O0025600" style="text-indent: 0px !important; background-image: url(http://sp.dictionary.com/en/i/dictionary/newserp/Sprite_Serp.png); background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 22px; width: 20px; height: 19px; cursor: pointer; background-position: -619px -478px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; "></span> <span class="show_spellpr" style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; "><span class="prondelim" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">[</span><span class="pron" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; display: inline; ">ok-y<span class="ital-inline" style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">uh</span>-<span class="boldface" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: 700; ">pey</span>-sh<span class="ital-inline" style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">uh</span><img class="luna-Img" border="0" src="http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" alt="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: text-top; background-image: url(http://sp.dictionary.com/en/i/dictionary/newserp/Sprite_Serp.png); background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: -491px -482px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; ">n</span><span class="prondelim" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">]</span> <a class="questionmark" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html" target="_blank" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; background-image: url(http://sp.dictionary.com/en/i/dictionary/newserp/Sprite_Serp.png); background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; height: 16px; width: 16px; position: relative; top: 2px; display: inline-block; 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font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; display: inline; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 3px; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">noun</span></span></span><div class="luna-Ent" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: block; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><span class="dnindex" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(123, 123, 123); display: block; float: left; width: 28px; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">1.</span></span></span><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">person's</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">usual</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">principal</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">work</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">business,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">especially</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">as</span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">means</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">earning</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">living;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">vocation:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline" style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">Her</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">occupation</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">was</span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">dentistry.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: block; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><span class="dnindex" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(123, 123, 123); display: block; float: left; width: 28px; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">2.</span></span></span><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">any</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">activity</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">in</span> </span><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/which" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">which</a><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">person</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">is</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">engaged.</span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: block; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><span class="dnindex" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(123, 123, 123); display: block; float: left; width: 28px; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">3.</span></span></span><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">possession,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">settlement,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; color: rgb(0, 85, 187); cursor: pointer; ">use</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">land</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">property.</span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: block; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><span class="dnindex" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(123, 123, 123); display: block; float: left; width: 28px; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">4.</span></span></span><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">act</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">of</span> </span><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occupy" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">occupying</a><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">.</span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: block; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><span class="dnindex" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(123, 123, 123); display: block; float: left; width: 28px; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">5.</span></span></span><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; "><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">state</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">being</span> </span><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occupy" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">occupied</a><span id="hotword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; position: static; ">.</span></span></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">How many people work alongside colleagues who you don't get along with for the sake of your occupation? How many decisions do you not agree with and have to find a way to get over? I work for a community organisation and often have to take a deep breath, to stop myself exploding at some of actions of others. But a good meeting process and mediation can get over this. I think, with the development of a process working group, and people coming together a bit more, that we can get over any personal/communication/people issues that we might have. </div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">I'm really rambling now, but please, let's all try to come together for the sake of the positives. </div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">Maybe a meeting focus could be 'why are we here? </div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">Maybe we could try to get back some of that amazing energy that there was so much of in the early (probably rose tinted) days. </div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><br></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">Sorry if any of this sounds patronising, I just don't want us to lose what we have spent so long working together for. </div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><br></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">Loads of good vibes</div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><br></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">Sarah </div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; "><br></div><div class="dndata" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 37px; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; ">(Bill and Ted): BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER! </div></div></div></div></span></div></div>
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