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On May 3rd, a new exhibition opened at the Maxwell Anthropology Museum on the UNM campus. Under the title El Agua Es Vida, it takes the visitor on an historical ride through Nuevomexicano rural communities from the arrival of the Spanish to the current crises caused by the pull of outside wage labor, demands for their water rights, and climate change.
The focus of the exhibit is on the "acequia," the name for both the traditional irrigation system itself as well as the way of life that it represents. I imagine that most readers of The Mercury will recognize the word. I can also imagine that some will not know that the word comes from the Arabic "as-saquiya" because the Spanish learned the technique from North Africa and brought it with them to the New World. And others may not know that the acequia is a sensitive topic even today, depending on whether or not you believe that the Pueblos irrigated in a similar way before the arrival of the Spanish community-based ditches or not. I doubt that many know that there were already about 60 acequia-based communities in 1700, with about 100 more added in the next century, and another 300 or so during the 1800s. A visitor learns all that from the first few panels as they enter the exhibition.
Displays represent the acequia tradition with a selection of tools that illustrate its practice along with items to give the feeling of how people live then and now. A video shows snippets of acequia work in action today and gives a visitor the feel of why anthropologists like Sylvia Rodriguez, the chief curator for El Agua Es Vida, emphasize "participant observation" as a necessary means to the end of understanding a community. She is a colleague in New Mexican water anthropology, a small world, an emeritus professor at UNM, a native of Taos, and a "parciante" or participant herself in an acequia community in Northern New Mexico. She authored the 2007 book Acequia: Water Sharing, Sanctity and Place.
Some of the interpretive texts in the exhibit are white print on a light yellow background mounted on a yellow wall. At those points reading is difficult. It's important to do so, though, since the background story is as essential as the objects that represent it. The new water law in 1907 under the territorial government separated water rights from land rights and turned them into a commodity, an incoherent change from a perspective that celebrated "querencia," a sense of self-defined in terms of landscape. That same law defined the "prior appropriation" system, the one still in effect in many Western states, where in times of shortage those with earliest water rights get all of theirs before anyone else does. This made no sense, either, given the tradition of "repartimiento," the way of allocating, dividing and sharing water under the leadership of the elected water boss, or "majordomo," and his "commission," a three person oversight group also required by the Territorial government. Under the repartimiento, water shortage meant sharing based on equity and need, not first come, first served. The new law in the early 20th century set up conflicts that continue to this day.
The path through the exhibit ends with contemporary acequia politics and the rise of a grassroots movement formed by several acequia associations, under the banner of the New Mexico Acequia Association, a sponsor of the exhibit. There is talk of increasing crop diversity and sales to local farmer's markets. Some laws have changed in the acequia's favor, like the 2003 legislation that gives the community the right to review and approve or disapprove water right transfers to users outside of the community.
I wanted more detail about the current situation, for example whether there are enough young people taking over the acequias and whether they earn a living. This is probably an unreasonable request given the modest physical space allotted to several centuries of history.
The final displays point out that acequias are not the only kind of "autonomous irrigation system" on the planet. In fact, there are many types, scattered across the globe. Prof. Rodriguez was one of the organizers of a conference held at New Mexico State University in 2013 that brought together representatives of such systems from all over the world.
Another display at the exit lists the characteristics of such systems according to anthropologist Paul Trawick. I won't repeat them here, but many of the items bear an eerie resemblance to some of the key features of "Integrated Water Resource Management." Never heard of it? It's not a concept you hear much in the U.S., but it's a global movement with the goal of changing water management for the better. Among other things, it foregrounds local management, water sharing in times of shortage, and sustainable use of water in its ecological context, all features of an acequia system.
Prof. Rodriguez is currently at work on an elaborate study funded by the National Science Foundation, supported by their Coupled Human and Natural Systems initiative. In fact, a co-curator, Prof. José Rivera, author of Acequia Culture: Water, Land and Community in the Southwest, is one of the principal investigators on that project. They're looking at three acequia communities in Northern New Mexico, considering everything from hydrology to anthropology to computer models. The research itself is displayed in the exhibition, but results aren't presented and the big question in my mind isn't answered. Are acequias, in New Mexico, or in other forms called by other names in other parts of the world, in fact sane and sustainable methods that have evolved over time to run small farms in arid environments? I wanted more information about what the study has told/is telling them.
The exhibit is worth a visit and then some. I went in with a fair amount of book knowledge about New Mexico water and acequia communities. For me there was still much to learn from the exhibit, but the main feeling I had as I left was a sense of the profound historical depth and breadth of the New Mexican acequia story, centuries of development with a few critical tipping points, some of them going on right now. The exhibit gives an outsider a hint of what the emotional weight and personal importance of the tradition might feel like to an insider, and it shows the conflicts caused by its placement in today's global fragmented world. I left wondering what I'd think if I were a kid growing up in an acequia community today. I'll bet there are many variations on the theme. That, too, would be a fascinating story to tell.


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The plays run Wednesday, Jan. 22, Thursday, Jan. 23, and Friday, Jan. 24 at 19:30 pm in the Maxwell Cohen Moot Court. Doors open at 19:00.
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Father Nature Lives Here.
We've been driving through southern Colorado and New Mexico for the past week. The terrain out here is rugged. The weather extreme (80's in the day; 40's at night). Vast, wide open spaces. Huge rock formations. Uniformity in scenery and then, around the corner, an entirely new landscape.
Father Nature lives here: vast, rugged, sparse. His scale is nothing like I've experienced, being from and living on the East Coast. There is a sense of being very small—a right-sizing of human ego and concerns. Nature rules here. There is no way around it. Use the elements, live by their rhythm and their rules, or perish.
I am awed.
But I do not feel nurtured or nourished, like I do by the lush humidity of Mother Nature in the East. I feel exposed, ill-equipped for an extended stay, as if I lack the requisite rugged individualism the landscape demands.
Still, the landscape, the adventure is carving away at me: it has shifted my perspective two core experiences that have shaped me, opening up new insight into the nature of my Self, and Self and the human experience in general.
These are questions I did not consciously ask. Answers I did not consciously seek. I am tired. I am consumed by the logistics of travel and the phenomenon around me. I am not contemplative (at least not in a way I recognize). But there it is, Nature and Experience, sheering away at me, shifting things around.
My Teacher has always said, Use Everything. Use every experience of your life for your own transformation, your own freedom.
This I am experiencing as Everything Using Me, as laying myself wide open to its Wisdom and its Impact, as Nature and Experience transforming me without me setting any intention has to how or why. I am simply observing, and trying to get out of the way.


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Losing It by Cora Carmack
Series: Losing It #1
Publisher: William Morrow on December 5, 2012
Genre(s): Contemporary Romance (NA)
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Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible—a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half a brain would ever believe.
And as if that weren't embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theater professor.
She'd left him naked in her bed about eight hours earlier. . .
This book includes mature subject matter that may not be appropriate for readers under the age of 18.
Bliss never intended to be a virgin going into her last semester of college. She has friends, a social life, and has even been spotted on a rare date, but somehow her life never led her into bed with someone else. She's determined to change all that, though, and it seems that luck is on her side when she meets the perfect guy at a bar. But just before they're about to seal the deal, so to speak, she panics, wondering just what the hell she's doing in bed with a stranger, no matter how attractive that stranger may be. So with the lamest excuse in history, she bails out of her own apartment, leaving the poor guy in her bed, and she doesn't return until she's sure he's gone. But the crisis is only temporarily averted, she discovers, since that very attractive guy that she saw naked just last night just so happens to be in her very first class the next morning. And not as a student.
So there are tons and tons and tons of books out there that tackle the whole too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin thing, but this one just might take the cake.
Bliss is hilariously awkward in first her attempt to lose her virginity and then her attempts to explain away the very embarrassing circumstances, even going so far as to get a cat (that'll make perfect sense once you read it) to match her cover story. She was in many ways the typical college girl, hanging out with her friends, occasionally drinking too much, and having fun. And like so many her age, she was both confident and insecure, knowing exactly what she wanted and then losing the faith in herself to go after it. And that's where Garrick was just perfect.
He was witty and sweet, and that British accent was no disappointment. Didn't hurt that he rode a motorcycle, either. But as much as he tried to understand Bliss, he was rather perturbed by the way she'd left him moments before they were going to have sex, and her constant back and forth frustrated him to no end. Still, he was enamored enough and kind enough to play along and pretend in front of everyone else that he was nothing more than her teacher. And then she got sick…
That might have been one of the sweetest parts of the story, the way he came through when she really needed someone. Her delirium was hilarious, too, and it gave him an unguarded look into her sometimes warped mind. That she returned the favor when he caught it from her was just perfect, and it was exactly what they needed to realize they could make a real go of a relationship.
It's hard to explain just how funny this book is without simply quoting all the laugh-out-loud moments, and that would ruin the fun surprise for those of you who might decide to read it. All I can really say is that it had some of the best lines and most ridiculously awkward scenes I've read in some time, and I loved every second of it. I'm definitely grabbing the next book and continuing the series!


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The following article by Jonathan D. Salant of NJ.com was posted on the National Memo website February 24, 2017:
As lawmakers seek to force Donald Trump to release his income tax returns, a majority of Americans indicated they believed the president has done something illegal or unethical.
In a McClatchy-Marist survey asking about potential conflicts of interest between Trump's business holdings and his duties as president, just 41 percent said he had done nothing wrong, while 53 percent said Trump has done something illegal or unethical.
Trump broke with decades of precedent and refused to release his income tax returns while running for president. He has continued to say he will make them public once tax audits are done.
Trump's popularity 'sinking like a rock'
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-9th Dist.) has tried to get the House Ways and Means Committee to request the returns and then decide whether to release them publicly under a 1924 law enacted in response to the Teapot Dome scandal.
The returns would show whether Trump had any financial ties to Russia, which U.S. intelligence agencies said intervened in the presidential election to help him get elected.
The committee's Republican majority has rejected Pascrell's request. Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said he did not want Congress to "rummage around in the tax returns of the president."
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last month said 53 percent of U.S. voters wanted Trump to release his returns while 30 percent said he didn't have to.
Trump turned over control of his businesses to his sons though kept ownership of them. The head of the Office of Government Ethics, Walter M. Shaub Jr., said that the arrangement "does not comport with the tradition of our presidents over the past 40 years."
At Rep. Leonard Lance's combative town hall meeting in Branchburg on Wednesday, constituents pressed him on Trump's refusal to release his returns.
While Lance said Trump "should turn over his tax returns to the public," he said Pascrell's efforts went "too far."
"I don't like overreach from Congress," he said to resounding boos. "I don't think the Ways and Means Commitee should be investigating the returns of a private indvidual."
The questioner, Jim Girvan, a Branchburg retiree, shot back: "He's the president."
The survey of 1,073 adults was conducted Feb. 15-19 and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
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Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday filled with friends, family and good food! Despite the climate of division in this country and erosion of confidence in our abilities, I believe the United States is still the greatest beacon of hope in the world. And despite the ugliness of late, I have always been proud to call this country my home.
I found an amazing video of Ray Charles performing America the Beautiful at Game 2 of the 2001 World Series (Watched by more people than World Cup Soccer) and it brings me back to a time when Americans stood united as one nation. His performance at the game still brings goosebumps.
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Wake Up (Or Maybe Shut Up), America!
Here we go again – big "news" from the fledgeling New York Times! Not every employee at Amazon is shooting rainbows and unicorns out of their rear end. Shocker!
As Amazon sets new records in commerce and fulfillment every holiday, every "created" holiday (Black Friday) and every damn day, stop press! Not every employee likes being there – or maybe likes working hard.
Check out this recent Geekwire article which conducted some Amazon Employee interviewing of its own…
"I like that this company tries harder," the employee said. "I think people are just different. Some people don't belong here, maybe."
"Some people like to work, some don't."
If you're over, let's say 25, and have had a job or two, what company DOESN'T this describe? Let's interview 100 employees of the New York Times…
Memo to America: if Amazon is so evil, why the hell are they so wildly successful? That's easy – customers. Lots n' lots of satisfied customers gobbling up the luxuries of Amazon's close-to-immediate-gratification model. Point. Click. At your door. Don't like it? How's about a return policy this is close to risk free (hat tip, Zappos – another Amazon company).
Wake up America!
- YOU created and are perpetuating Walmart! You know, that "other" evil company that has priced several beloved brands (bye, Rubbermaid!) out of business or out of the country.
- YOU are the activists blocking oil tankers…in plastic kayaks!
- YOU are enjoying extravagant (and not so extravagant) meals and lodging on the backs of workers whom rely on tips to subsidize their employers' low base wages to feed their own kids! They get a "raise" ($15 an hour!) and they no longer qualify for Medi-Cal (in my state) and are compelled to purchase Obamacare or else.
- YOU voted with your dollars to send taxis a message, but boy Uber can elicit such head-shaking once you climb out of the back seat of a clean, reliable vehicle. Oh, Tsk tsk.
Welcome to the new transparency of the internet and social media. Don't act like a fish who can't see the water.
Stop whining about how soccer balls are sewn together and look in the mirror. If it's not you (not likely), then it's millions of your friends and neighbors.
If you don't like it, don't play. Vote with you feet and your pocketbook. Better yet, build your own company. In the meantime, how about piping down?
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9/11: I Have Cat Remembers
On the T.V. screen, two black towers rising up between the broadcasters' heads against an impossibly hopeful bright blue sky. A gash in the side of one from which a torrent of black smoke gushed forth. I called my friend Steven … Continue reading
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9/11: The view from across the pond
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Et Tu?
It started over the Labor Day Weekend. Magazines hit the stands with commemorative anniversary editions. NY1 seems to running heart-wrenching stories on a 24/7 loop. Even while making a grocery run to get ingredients for vegan lasagna Tuesday evening I was … Continue reading
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Breeders' Cup: Sheikh Joaan seeks to conquer with Olympic Glory
At the beginning of August 2012 Sheikh Joaan al-Thani of Qatar had yet to see his silks carried to victory in a thoroughbred horse race. Fifteen months later maroon and grey are the colours of autumn and on Saturday in California the latest billionaire to catch the racing bug will stand on the verge of a remarkable treble.
Four weeks ago Sheikh Joaan took the coach ride to the centre of the track after Treve's victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Europe's grandest day at the races. Two weeks later he was at Ascot on Champions Day, when Olympic Glory won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Another fortnight later, on the west coast of the United States, the same horse will go to post as second-favourite for the Breeders' Cup Mile. Success would complete the journey from nursery school to graduation as one of the sport's serious international players in scarcely a year.
"I think he realises how lucky he's been," Richard Hannon Jr, who is overseeing Olympic Glory's preparation for the Mile, said here this week. But even so Sheikh Joaan is leaving as little as possible to chance. He paid a world record price for a yearling filly at Tattersalls last month, spending 5m guineas (£5.05m) on a full sister to the 2012 Oaks winner, Was. He has retained Frankie Dettori as his principal jockey and his string seems to expand by the week.
Young, enthusiastic and wealthy beyond imagination, Sheikh Joaan is just what Flat racing needs. For more than two centuries the sport has depended on a steady stream of the rich and powerful developing a passion for the turf and, following several other members of Qatar's ruling family, Sheikh Joaan is just the latest in the line. His success has been impressive and immediate but it could prove just a hint of what is to come.
Even Sheikh Mohammed, the most powerful owner racing has seen, did not hit the ground running quite like this. His first winner, a filly called Hatta, took a minor race at Brighton in 1977, then followed up in a Group Three at Glorious Goodwood the following month, but he did not have an English Classic winner until 1985 and waited until 1994 to see his colours carried to victory in the Arc.
"He [Sheikh Joaan] is an important man in racing nowadays," Hannon said. "He's buying a lot of nice horses and he's interested in the big stuff, in the big days. He wanted to get a good squad together to come here and it looks like he has got some really nice horses and some nice yearlings to look forward to next year. You're going to hear a lot more of him.
"He's young, energetic and enthusiastic and you can't ask for much more than that. Young guys like him coming into the sport are very, very important."
In addition to Olympic Glory, who will lead the European challenge against America's top turf horse, Wise Dan, in the Mile, Sheikh Joaan will also see his colours carried on the dirt in the Breeders' Cup Classic, the most valuable race of the American season and the highlight of the two-day meeting. Planteur, a much-travelled six-year-old now with the trainer Marco Botti, is a 25-1 chance for the Classic, but does have a previous win at Group One level to his name. A big run would be ideally timed as Botti tries to advertise his talents ahead of the allocation of the Sheikh's British yearlings to their new yards over the next few weeks.
The Hannon stable, where Richard Jr may shortly take over from his father, currently has the bulk of Sheikh Joaan's British string, including Toronado, the Sussex Stakes winner, who will be a leading contender for all the most important mile events next year.
Hannon was unsure how many of Sheikh Joaan's newly bought yearlings would be sent to his yard. "Hopefully after this weekend we might get the lot, you never know. I doubt it but he'll split them up between his various trainers and we'll get some of them, hopefully."
The Al-Thani family seem sure to be a force – perhaps soon the dominant force – in international Flat racing for decades to come and the trainers they employ can expect to dominate too. Hannon, Botti and other ambitious young trainers can sense a shift in the sport's balance of power and want to be in the right place when it moves. Sheikh Joaan, as Hannon says, is a man for the big occasion. A winner in maroon and grey on the Saturday card at Santa Anita could prove to be more significant than anyone can imagine.


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They say that a picture is worth a thousand words but this one from our zip lining adventure in Costa Rica could use a thousand more! Imagine the feeling of flying through the top of a rainforest- that's how incredible it felt.
I'm glad the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and the Camp Rock cast got to enjoy a day off from performing cause they've been putting a lot into these shows. Some of the band and the crew got to do it too which was especially cool cause they do just as much work but without all the fanfare. Such a cool day.
I'm going to post the video diary I made with Demi where we literally bring you along for the ride but in the meantime you can check out how everybody did zipping on today's Cambio Connect.
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Royal Doulton produced 4 series pertaining to Deer and all will eventually be found on this page. The series are Deer A, B, C & D. At this stage I only have examples of Deer C.
"The Monarch of the Glen; Instinct with grace and beauty he stands on guard amidst the herd. A movement and they are gone leaving only the memory of the wonderful scenery of valley, moor and highland, with a glimpse of the quarry on the skyline."
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Direct Measurement of the Damping of Toroidicity-Induced Alfven Eigenmodes
This Letter presents the first direct experimental measurements of the damping of toroidicity-induced Alfven eigenmodes (TAE), carried out in the JET tokamak. These measurements were obtained during the first experiments to drive these modes with antennas external to a tokamak plasma. Different regimes corresponding to different dominant TAE absorption mechanisms with a wide range of damping rates, 10(-3) less than or equal to gamma/omega less than or equal to 10(-1), have been identified in Ohmically heated plasma discharges.
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Starting items
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Ability Sequence
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Skill Sequence
You need at first one point in power ball to travel faster , in lvl 2 you need it in puncturing taunt to get your ad carry get some hits on the enemy carry , on lvl 3 you need to put it in defensive ball curl , to help you stay alive longer , and as we always do in lvl 6 , 11 , 16 we put the ulti
The spells i always use are heal and exhaust , heal to keep you and your ad carry in the lane longer , and exhaust to help secure a kill , in being supportive tank don't use ignite because it will make you take the kill instead of the ad carry , and if you want to use flash instead of heal it is ok
Unique Skills
The unique thing about rammus skills are to make your enemy hurt themselves , defensive curl ball returns 55 + 10% of your armor to your enemy , and puncturing taunt makes them attack you for 3 seconds .. Thats long enough for your ad carry to get a kill , and it reduces his armor by 30 , his ulti is tremors , tremors does 195 damage per second to your enemies and structures (towers inhibitors , Nexus , etc. ) combine these skills with thornmail you will make them feel the pain from the mighty armordillo
Early game
In early game you should buy a cloth armor and 2 health potion , ( you should still have 105 gold in your pocket ) and your will be best at bot lane to help your ad carry get some kills , in lvl 3 you should be more of a threat , when you see the enemy carry being aggressive and trying to push the lane , ping your map so your ad carry can understand that you will go in and if you want to go in try to hit them with powerball (Q) , then use your puncturing taunt (E)and defensive ball curl(W) , and exhaust him so your ad carry can get a kill , when your in lvl 6 do the same and just add tremors , and if you want to initiate an enemy hide in a bush and use your powerball and wait for the powerball to load its power and then go in and ram the enemy and use puncturing taunt and defensive curl ball
Mid Game
In mid game you should have gotten the thornmail , thornmail is the awesome item combined with rammus , the best thing about rammus is that you make your enemy hurt themselves .. , the defensive ball curl returns almost 100 damage per hit , and tremors does 195 damage per second , and dont forget about thornmail it returns 30% of their damage to them ..
Late Game
Late Game , in late game you should have gotten all the items , and when you get all the items your almost cannot die .. Especially when you get the baron buff .. And in late game team fights try get in first as i told before so they focus you and not your teammates , and when in get in don't use your puncturing taunt or power ball , just use your defensive ball curl , you need to save your puncturing taunt to use it when one of your enemies trying to focus your teammates you can catch him with a puncturing taunt and also powerball have a small knock back to knock back an enemy when they're trying to focus your teammates , thats all the experience i have on rammus and if you have a suggestion feel free to comment about it :D , and send me some pictures of your wins with rammus :D , have fun and good luck :D


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Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness
If you're a big consumer of organic and non-GMO products, you probably know that Annie's, one of the most notorious organic food producers, was recently purchased by General Mills for a very large sum of money. This naturally disappointed and infuriated a lot of Annie's customers, because General Mills is well known for using GMOs and actually pushing against the fight to label them.
A lot of people who put their trust in Annie's are probably wondering why they'd do such a thing; why they'd intentionally sell out to a company like General Mills, which obviously doesn't have the people's best interest in mind.
Some people are probably wondering what fueled Annie's to do this, but before we jump on an anti-Annie's bandwagon, I think we should take a step back and look at the whole situation.
When I first heard about this, I followed the link I found about the subject and read a statement from Annie's, who, in an act of honesty, announced the buyout shortly after it happened. In their announcement, they stressed that the buyout was for the sole purpose of expanding their products, which have been organic and non-GMO since they started, and not simply to make money.
It's too early to determine if Annie's will stick to their promise to keep GMOs out of their food despite that General Mills will likely push for them to start using GMOs like the rest of the companies they own. We can only hope they intend to stay true to themselves and the reasons they started making organic food.
In a world where companies sell organic and non-GMO foods just to gain the good grace of customers while shamelessly putting GMOs in their other foods, it's very unfortunate to see that General Mills is trying to make themselves look better or more 'green' for the sole purpose of gaining customers. But it isn't surprising.
I'm sure the people at Annie's realize that General Mills doesn't have the best intentions in purchasing their company, and while I have no idea what it's like to run a company, the feeling I get is that Annie's should go very far out of their way to let their customers know that this change won't mean an end to their foods' wholesomeness.
Again, they've already released a statement letting us know this, but they'll still inevitably lose some business over this decision. They might also gain a lot of business, because General Mills will obviously be able to offer their products to a wider range of stores.
I think Annie's should put the Non-GMO project's official 'verified' seal on all of their products instead of just a few of them. If at all possible, I think they should also push for other companies that General Mills owns to do the same, displaying that they intend for the buyout to facilitate positive changes in the General Mills family.
General Mills has no interest in sourcing and uprooting all of the GMOs from their products, but Annie's can at least attempt to stay true to themselves and let their customers know that their organic products will remain organic and free of genetically modified ingredients.
As far as I understand, organic foods are automatically void of GMOs anyway, so it probably wouldn't take much for Annie's to get the 'Non-GMO verified' seal on the rest of their products. I can say that as devoted Annie's customers, my wife and I are both very disappointed at this decision and we can only hope for some kind of glimmering light at the end of the tunnel.
Honest, genuine corporations can't keep selling out to dishonest corporations that seek to fool and mislead the people, and I sincerely hope to see that Annie's goes uncorrupted as they deal with the corporate sludge General Mills is likely to throw their way.
I'm sure they recognize the risks involved with selling out to this company, and I hope they've prepared themselves to reinforce their organic and non-GMO stance in the face of attempts to corrupt them.
Most people assume Annie's was corrupted from the moment they made the choice to sell out, but despite my own disappointment, I'm willing to open up to the idea that something positive could come from this otherwise unfortunate decision.
I hope to see that Annie's products are soon sold everywhere thanks to General Mills' wide reach, and I especially hope to see that they remain organic and void of genetically modified ingredients. I can say for sure that the first time I see an Annie's product that isn't organic, my faith in this otherwise trustable company will wane significantly.
I don't think we should outright refuse Annie's because of their decision, however, and instead, I think we should stay open to the idea that this buyout might not be all bad. I might be one of few people who still decides to support Annie's despite this decision, and maybe it's because I'm too 'soft' on GMOs (believe me – I don't intend to be).
Maybe it's because I recognize that the potential exists for this purchase not to corrupt Annie's (call me naïve), or maybe it's because I don't yet want to stop consuming my favorite Annie's products or supporting a company I once assumed I could always trust.
I'm confident that there's still some good left in Annie's, and like many others, I hope to see that my faith in them isn't betrayed. General Mills will eventually and inevitably jump on the non-GMO bandwagon, because GMOs are becoming an increasing stigma in western society as more people learn about their massively destructive health effects.
When General Mills finally makes the changeover, we can't forget that they were one of the companies who fought GMO labeling in the past (they're fighting it now as I write this).
I honestly don't think we should support General Mills or any other company who deceives organic and non-GMO consumers, but unfortunately, we'll support them every time we purchase an Annie's product from here on out.
And that's what hurts the most – the fact that we'll support one of the top GMO companies whenever we purchase something that's against GMOs and unhealthy, chemical-ridden food in general. I'm sure Annie's knows the downside of their decision, and I sincerely hope they didn't make it just because of the money involved.
I hope to see that they genuinely want to expand their products and get non-GMO foods out to a wider range of stores as they claimed in their statement, and the best way for them to prove this is to strengthen their fight against GMOs.
They might be seen as hypocrites for selling out to General Mills before vowing to fight GMOs harder, but from my perspective (and the perspective of plenty of others, I'm sure), it's the best way they can prove to their customers that they're legitimate.
It's the best way they can show us that they aren't just in it for the money like so many other companies, and until they do something to display this, a lot of people will more than likely stop purchasing their products because we don't want to support General Mills or any company pushing unlabeled GMOs.
We're ready to support food companies who genuinely want to feed and nurture people – not companies who want to produce as much cheap food as they can, with as many nasty chemicals as they can fit into them, and make billions at the expense of consumers.
We're ready for a new way of life, and various companies are fortunately emerging that genuinely seek to offer this new way. I used to faithfully assume Annie's was one of them, but until they make it very clear that this decision won't compromise their integrity, I'll have to be slightly on the fence.
We need to be strong and vigilant in this time of corporate greed and deceit, and if we're lucky enough, Annie's will positively influence General Mills and everyone will win.
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To catch you up, Kayle Cruz (Josie Loren) is national champ, Emily (Chelsea Hobbs) is dating a new musician guy, Lauren (Cassie Scerbo) is still kind of a back-stabber and Payson...well, Payson is kind of injured. Like, really, really injured.
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If life puts Vipassana in your way and you are considering to take the course, then it is best to read a little about the technique, and how to be prepared mentally and physically so that you can complete the 10-days course.
The purpose of this article is to tell you, from my own experience, what should be known before hand, what mental attitude to adopt, and any other aspects that can help you. It is a bit of a long read, but I think it is worth it especially that you are considering to take this life changing meditation course.
The advises below do not follow any specific order, but all of them are essential points I discovered when I took the course.
Physical and mental preparation
Waking up at 4am
First things first, let's get this most daunting aspect of the course out of the way. Honestly, it is not a big deal:
It is discouraging just to think that you are going to wake up at 4 AM daily for 10 days.
The first two days you may feel terrible, but that's okay because after the second day you will start to get used to it.
Anyway, what I did is sleep during breaks. Even an hour or half an hour nap helps me stay awake during meditations.
If you feel tired because of waking up early, then sleep during breaks but not during the time you should be meditating on your in your own room.
Physical preparation
I knew that we are to sit and meditate at least eight hours a day, and naturally physical preparation is needed. But due to my lazy mind, I could not set time to prepare myself before joining the course.
Guess what?
It turned that being unprepared physically is as good as being prepared, because the key is not physical comfort-ability. The key is being aware, whether you are physically comfortable or uneasy, it does not matter.
So do not stress yourself about your physical agility, just join the course and experience it moment by moment.
Counting days
After the 3rd day, I stared to feel bad and wanting to quit. Actually I kept on saying: "Oh, I still have 7 days" or "Oh, I still have 5 days", etc, etc…
Remember you did not come here because someone forced you.
You did not come here just like that: You had to take a break from work or perhaps from studies, even from your duties as a householder. So you always remember that every minute you are spending during the program should be justified by your hard work and efforts, otherwise you are wasting 10 days of your life.
Remember why you joined the course and that you are here to learn and to change or learn something about yourself.
Whenever you find yourself counting days and not being in the moment stop yourself and remind yourself of why you joined the course.
Be responsible for every minute because the time you are spending during the course is a special time.
Feeling sleepy
Although I already spoken about waking at 4 AM and feeling sleepy, there is still one important thing to notice: You may feel terribly sleepy during the meditations, even if you slept uninterrupted 8 hours and you took an hour or half hour naps during the day. The reason for this, is because your mind wants to escape the meditation, it does not like that.
Be aware that this obstacle is just temporary. Do not get discouraged, just be patient and fight this sleepiness. Anyway, in one of the nightly discourses, S.N Goenka will talk about this topic.
Don't be hard on yourself
Since the first day, you will be given instructions on how to do the Anapana meditation. Do not be hard on yourself if you cannot follow the instructions to the letter initially, or if your body and mind are not helping you.
That means, if you are trying to be perfect in your practice, then you will feel frustration if you did not meet your expectation.
They will tell you for example to focus on the breath all the time. Later your mind will start wandering; this is natural. Do not be sad because of that, do not be hard on yourself and start generating negativity (or aversion in Vipassana terms). Instead, gently bring your attention back, continue your meditation and be happy about it. This cycle of wandering then refocusing is natural in the beginning. There is a big difference between being hard on oneself and being responsible.
Please mind that when I say: "don't be hard on yourself", I am not asking you to be careless.
Be playful
It is important to adopt a playful attitude when practicing. Do not be solid and rigid. Respect your mind's and body's limitations. Go easy and little by little you will reach.
I remember that on the 4th day, we were taught the Vipassana meditation technique. We were asked to sit for an hour without changing the posture.
Of course this could cause lots of physical and mental uneasiness, but if you are playful, you can allow yourself to change the posture once or twice, but you do that only to help yourself focus and stop generating negativity during the one hour sitting. Bottom line: be easy, playful and responsible. The second time try to limit the times when you allow yourself to move or change your posture.
I am certain that you will remember my words:
Little by little, you will just sit and won't even feel bothered at all.
Be responsible
I've been talking about being playful and not being so hard on yourself. These two aspects are important only if you are responsible.
By responsible means that you know your own best interests. You know that no matter what, you will do all you can to get the best benefits of this program without being too hard to the point of generating lots of negativity (or aversion).
Do not be careless, skip meditations or just sit physically in meditation but mentally somewhere else. Being responsible during the 10-days is of utmost importance.
The course is structured in such a way that you get to meditate three times in the hall and the rest of the time you can meditate in your own room.
You can easily be tempted to sleep or waste the time each time you go to your room, or perhaps not sleep but just lay there in the room and not meditate.
No one is going to police you in the in the room and tell you to meditate or to practice. You are your own police, and that, my friend, is being responsible. You have to tell yourself that no matter what, I respect this private time I am given and I want to meditate.
This realization did not come easily to me. I was still suffering from feeling sleepy all the time, and around the 3rd and 4th day I was still allowing myself to skip some meditations and sleep instead. Only after the 5th day that a sense of inner knowledge and inspiration about being responsible came to my understanding.
As you will learn in the course that:
No truth is a truth, unless you experience or realize it yourself
After that realization, I did not say to myself: "No more skipping meditations, no more counting days, no more negativity"
No! It became clear (a truth for me) that it is important to be aware of what is happening in the mind. If my mind is so sleepy for example, I respect that sign. I go wash my face, go for a walk, and perhaps sleep a little (though the need for sleep will not be a problem after the 5th day). That does not mean that if you feel sleepy go to sleep, but know that whenever you get a chance to sleep more, sleep more, perhaps eat less so you are more energetic.
Be smart and know how to have your mind and body work best for you. Actually, when you act responsibly and respect yourself and your being, then your mind and body will start working for you. Remember, even if the mind is like a monkey, jumping from a thought to another, it still is NOT an enemy. The mind is not something to hate even if it appears to be uncontrollable. Just be patient.
Remember, you are the only person that made your mind like a monkey and no one else. If you could make it turn into a monkey, you can turn it back into a sharp and useful tool.
The nightly discourses
Each night I was eagerly waiting for the discourses. They explain the technique, they answer your questions and most of all, they encourage you to continue and stay until the end of the course.
Mr. S.N. Goenka will be talking about Dhamma, the technique and other things.
You may disagree on many points and start a debate in your mind, or perhaps you may start to say:
"Oh Goenka thinks he knows everything", or "Goenka is wrong in that or that aspect", etc, etc…
Do not start a mental debate because of the things you heard that contradict your believes: it does not matter right now.
What matters is to always remain aware of what is happening within yourself.
In the discourse, take what you like and throw what you don't like. But do not judge the teaching, it is not the time.
Anyway, the very essence of this course is to have you experience truth and not have you intellectualize about it. So whether you agree with what you hear or not, it does not matter, just take what you like and do your best to experience the truth for yourself.
Check out: The Ten Paramis
Eating during the course
You will be served breakfast, lunch, and a small snack (not a dinner).
It may seem not enough if you are used to eating 3 or more times a day.
Remember that, essentially, you are not doing any rigorous physical activity so you do not need to eat that much.
Also remember that any overeating will do you disservice. Why? Because overeating will make you feel tired rather than energized. So again, be wise and responsible.
Internal fights
You will have a lot of internal fights. Some thoughts will push you to run away, other thoughts will push you to be negative.
Other thoughts (even more dangerous) will disguise themselves as positive thoughts but yet again their sole purpose is to take you from the moment, the present, or the actual reality.
Do not be fooled to think that thinking negative is bad and thinking positive is good. Remember, if it is not the time to think and imagine, then don't.
You are asked to focus on your breath (for instance) or on the bodily sensations, then any thought (negative or positive) is not doing you any service. If you want to think positive thoughts, imagine things or find solutions to problem that's fine, but only do that when it is time to do that and not during your meditation.
Do not be surprised if you suddenly feel you are the most creative person and you have an urge to write. This is another trick of your mind to snatch you from the present moment and your meditation. Treat those "creative thoughts" with no more reverence than how you treat the thought of being present and meditating.
Secret of success
As you will later learn, the secret of success is the continuity of practice, or said differently:
Continuity of awareness
To reiterate the latter in plain English
The secret of success is the realization that you have to seek the truth moment by moment and be aware.
Do not drift into imagination, identification, negativity, etc.
Even when you are walking, be aware you are walking.
When you are eating, be with the eating. Do not chew your thoughts and ideas, instead chew and feel the taste of food in your mouth.
With experience you will learn that there is no such thing as time for meditation and time for daily activity. You will learn to do all your daily activities meditatively, consciously and fully aware.
In conclusion
- Be wise: don't be hard on yourself, don't be careless, be playfully responsible.
- Respect the time: every minute counts. You are not here to count the days as to when the program is over. This is not a prison, but a chance for you to grow. Remember to make use of each minute.
- Be aware: being aware is something that you are learning during the program, but it is also important to be one step ahead. That means be aware of what is happening inside your mind and body without being reactive. Just be aware, observe.
That is all I can think of, and hopefully these are the most important points that can help you make best use of this 10-days Vipassana course.
What should you bring with you to the retreat
I have had so many questions about what should one bring with to the retreat. Here are some guidelines below. Please note that you don't have to bring all of those items if any, I list them just to give you some ideas:
- Bring comfy clothing: Bring comfortable clothing. For example the long loose fitting yoga pants are good. Or just long sports pants but not the tight ones.
- Bring covers: you may feel cold while meditating, bring a small cover that you can lay around your body while sitting and meditating
- Bring meditation cushions: these cushions can help you sit better for longer period of time
- Male or female alike please bring modest clothing: this helps lessen physical distraction
- Bring ear plugs: if it so happens that you are sharing a room with someone who snores, speaks at night then do not let this ruin your experience and make you angry
- Bring sleeping eye mask: If you are sharing a room with someone, remember that he/she may wake up earlier or come to bed later and then turn on the lights and so on. If you are a light sleeper, then a mask may help you sleep a bit more
- Bring laxative/diarrhea pills: due to dietary change, you may experience an upset digestive system. I experienced constipation for a while and wished I had the laxative tea bags that could help me get the relief I want. Others experienced diarrhea. For those moments, it is best to help yourself out. Please note that the meditation center may or may not have those items for you.
I would be happy to hear your experience, have a discussion or answer questions.
Good luck to you,
Other applied presences and self-awareness articles you might like:
- The Joy of Modesty
- Metta Prayer and other quotes of wisdom – In the memory of Mr. S.N. Goenka
- This too shall pass
- Introduction to Fasting
- About "taking what's not yours" and the five senses
- My Religion
- Peace


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[EDITOR'S NOTE: Please welcome Darrell Gunter to Shore's virtual team of industry analysts and enjoy his commentary below on the recent Gulf SLA conference]
This past week I had the opportunity to attend the 17th annual conference for the Gulf SLA. As my family and friends learned of my pending travels to Muscat, Oman they expressed their great concern for my safety and sanity. I reflected on my reasoning for attending this meeting and I actually started to question why was I about to travel 7,000 miles over a 24 hour period with two connecting flights to a region of the world that was experiencing significant unrest. This unrest is due to people who want their freedom, who want an education, who want an opportunity to provide a better life for themselves and their families. As AIP (American Institute of Physics) is an important publisher of Physics literature, I felt a sincere obligation to attend the meeting and I am glad that I did.
The meeting was held at the opulent Palace Hotel that is fit for a king. Actually it was built for a king but the sultan decided not move in and it was sold to hotelier. The conference attendees were from all over the Middle East. There were about 40 vendors ranging from publishers, aggregators, and book scanners to a vendor selling a $10,000 personal listening chair!
The conference opened on Tuesday and closed on Thursday. I had the opportunity of attending the conference on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the Middle East AIP engages the sales agent Integrated Information Network, led by Dr. Mehrdad Fahimi and his key lieutenant Kamron Robert Karden who is supported by Faryar Fatemi (Sales & Marketing Manager). My Middle East Colleagues arranged a series of meetings over the two days for all of the publishers they represent.
As a first time visitor to this region, I was impressed with every library director and administrator that I met, as they were very clear about their goals and objectives, their challenges and opportu nities. Over the course of the two days I was able to actively participate in 7 substantial meetings! With all that is going on in the Middle Eas,t you would think that maybe attendance would be down or that the attendees' conversation would be on the uprising activities in several of their neighboring states. No, they were focused on how they were going to build their respective collections and improve the education of their people and improving their universities research profile and rankings.
The conference featured two fantastic speakers from the US. Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive was the opening keynote speaker. Brewster in his most enlightening way provided the audience with all of the exciting developments at the Internet Archive. Steve Abrams, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Markets for Gale Cengage Learrning was the Thursday keynote speaker. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend his session as I departed late Wednesday night. However I did speak with Steve on Wednesday and I asked him what his topic was going to be and he replied that he was going to share with them the recent developments in the STM industry. Knowing Steve, his presentation should have wowed them as well.
The conference was organized by Mohamed Ghali Rashid who is a board member of Arabian Gulf Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. By my guess, the conference attendance was around 1,000 people!
In every meeting each librarian/ adminstrator stressed that their objective was to build their collections. Based on these conversations, I would put the Middle East Universities in one of three categories. 1.) Early Adopter – the United Arab Emirates University has built up a great collection and they are looking to round out their collection. 2.) Mid streamer – This university has a good basic collection but not as complete as the "Early Adopter". 3.) Best intentions – These university librarians have several challenges, Funding, war, administrators who do not understand the value of electronic journals and books. I found each of the people representing these institutions to be very engaging and committed to their user community.
The highlight of me attending the meeting was to meet Dr. Faiza A. Al-Bayati, the Library and Information Science Specialist for the country of Iraq. She was invited to attend the meeting on behalf of Dr. Fahimi. As we gathered before the opening prayer for the conference, Dr. Al-Bayati shared with me her challenge and opportunity of rebuilding not only their collection but also their infrastructure and personal. As she explained in great detail her vision and plan for rebuilding the library system she had a big smile and her demeanor was full of courage and compassion. As our US librarians are concerned with mere budget cuts, she is dealing with a very complex issue on many different levels. Her determination and tenacity is a true testament of being one of today's true heroes.
Our next meeting was with Mr. Ibrahim Al-Mahdi, the Director of Information Systems Services for the Yemen Center for Information Technology in Higher Education. His vision is simply to build a quality collection. He appealed to the publishers to provide them with quality trials so that the faculty and administration can evaluate the quality of the research materials and related databases.
We then had the pleasure of meeting with Mr. Rashed Abdulrahman Ali, the Collection Development Director for the United Arab Emirates University. Mr. Rashed Abdulrahman Ali was most gracious and open about their plans for the enhancement of their collection. He and his other colleagues, made a point to visit with each publisher's stand in the exhibit hall.
Last but not least is the Qatar Foundation, that is building a library to serve the public, the universities, research and other government corporate entities. This foundation founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, as a vehicle to convert the country's current, but temporary, mineral wealth into durable human capital. The representatives from the foundation advised the publishers to be patient as they build their collection.
Of the publishers in the exhibit hall I was quite impressed with the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. They have launched their multi-discipline open access platform QScience . Arend Kuster, the Managing Director stated that they just launched within the last twelve months. With all of the traditional publishers beginning to launch their open access initiatives it is very exciting to see a new entrant in the market place.
With all of the turmoil that is occurring in the Middle East and the citizens of several countries protesting to fight for the freedom, there is another protest that is occurring and it is the protest for education and research. It is this protest that will be a part of the changing sands in the Middle East. Educating their people will ensure that their future economy will be based on knowledge workers and as they say the "all ships no what their size will rise with the tide!" It is this type of vision, leadership and compassion that will certainly change the sands in the Middle East for the betterment of their citizens, institutions, their countries, the Middle East and the world.
For those vendors that did not attend, I would suggest that you do attend the 18th annual Gulf SLA meeting next year so that you can be a positive part of the changing sands of the Middle East. Oh, I forgot to mention that the food and hospitality was awesome!
Mr. Steve Abram and his Gale Cengage colleagues
Brewster Kahle and Darrell W. Gunter
Mohamed Ghali Rashid, board member of Arabian Gulf Chapter of the Special Libraries Association
Dr. Faiza A. Al-Bayati, the Library and Information Science Specialist for the country of Iraq


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codyallen25 4 years ago#1
Perk 1:
Ghost- TDM or KC
Flak Jacket all else
Perk 2: Toughness- Pretty much any game mode, less flinch is better than any other perk affect in this catagory.
Perk 3:Tactical Mask: Maybe Dex, but I found this the most overall useful
Thoughts? Never really played Multiplayer in BO2 as much as previous CoD's but so far I'm finding Ghost/Toughness/Tactical Mask for TDM/KC (What I always play) hard to beat.
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soothsayer77 4 years ago#2
codyallen25 posted...
What do you find is the best?
It's useless in Hardcore. Other than that yeh it's great.
chessmyantidrug 4 years ago#3
I prefer Engineer over Dexterity. I rush, but I'm very deliberate about my rushing routes and techniques. Seeing enemy equipment before I even approach a building gives me a tactical advantage.
Wookie_Is_Back 4 years ago#4
soothsayer77 posted...
codyallen25 posted...What do you find is the best?
It's not useless LOL
I find lightweight/flak jacket and toughness/hardwired with extreme conditioning(dexterity if I don't have attachments I like unlocked or going for camos)get closer to enemy faster, don't gotta worry about Bettie's or if an enemy shoots you first you still have a good chance if killing them and if your enemy spams EMPs you aren't affected.
Perfect for HQ when there's Bettie's everywhere left behind from previous HQs or near a new one and when capping or guarding the enemy thinks you are EMPd and think you will be an easy kill. You can also get to new HQs fast and run out after capping and run back in, enemies thought Bettie's would protect them, and kill them all for 125 points each.
MrArmageddon8 4 years ago#6
Flak Jacket (hardline if you suck at Score streaks)
Engineer or Tac Mask
There you go.
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devilschain30 4 years ago#8
Lol ghost in TDM? It takes 5 kills to get a UAV. I'd rather run hardline with a launcher or flak jacket in TDM.
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InvalidMod 4 years ago#9
Flak Jacket is situational
Ghost is rather bad unless your sprinting 24/7
Hardline doesnt do enough to be worth it
Blind eye is damn good. No more freaking out over hunter killers
Toughness doesnt reduce flinching enough
Fast hands is ok
Hard Wired is nice and help EMP spam
Scav situational
Cold blooded is best on larger maps
Dexterity is ok for rushing
ExCon is also ok for rushing
Engineer is the best
Tac mask depends on if they spam tacs or not. Would be better without icon on hit
lolcharizard 4 years ago#10
InvalidMod posted...
Flak Jacket is situational
No. Just no.
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The first chapter details the feelings of the Jewish community in Sighet. It appears that they fill themselves in false optimism, choosing to ignore the very real threat that faces them as a community. Even when Hungary is invaded, and they receive news of how the Jews in Budapest were being mistreated, they choose to ignore the very real danger quickly:
The news spread through Sighet like wildfire. Soon that was all people talked about. But not for long. Optimism soon revived: The Germans will not come this far. They will stay in Budapest. For strategic reasons, for political reasons ...
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The city of Poughkeepsie, New York was considering an ordinance that would require all gun-owning residents to keep their firearms locked up at all times. As you would expect, the pro-gun community showed up in full force, much to the dismay of one Democrat councilman Joe Rich, from the 2nd Ward.
He accused these people of not wanting this local law to work. He told them that they were just afraid that it would work, and that other cities, even the state itself, may follow suit once everyone sees how much of a success it is. He also claimed that these gun supporters weren't even residents of Poughkeepsie.
The Poughkeepsie Journal reported:
Councilman Joe Rich, D-2nd Ward, said he felt attacked at the City of Poughkeepsie Common Council meeting on June 15 by members from the Dutchess County chapter of the Shooter Committee On Political Education and supporters of the National Rifle Association, after SCOPE gave a presentation against the council's proposed ordinance for mandatory storage of firearms. The proposal would require gun owners to lock up firearms in the City of Poughkeepsie.
"I didn't mean to lose my temper, but felt it was abusive for them to come there in large numbers, wearing their shirts," Rich said. "They were accusing us of taking their second amendment rights. I got upset, so I stood up — I don't have to be intimidated by outside organizations like that."
Dutchess County SCOPE First Chair Jacqueline Emslie and Chapter President Christopher Zaleski gave a presentation during the meeting. Emslie, who is a gun owner and resident of the City of Poughkeepsie, said other SCOPE members from the City of Poughkeepsie were in attendance.
"We came to give information and present to the council, so they can make an informed decision if it does come up for a vote," she said. "My whole goal was to give the council a resident gun owners' perspective. This will have a negative effect on gun owners."
So, it's not like the NRA had bussed in hundreds of people from around the country to protest the ordinance. These people were Dutchess County residents (where Poughkeepsie resides), and many of them were city residents. I wonder how he'd feel if non-Poughkeepsie residents from Everytown for Gun Safety came in "wearing their shirts." Would he have been equally irate that they were "outsiders" who were only trying to push their agenda?


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