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A Meeting in Damascus
About an hour after Barack Obama's excellent Cairo speech, I met with Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, at his office here to talk about the speech and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Sunday, June 7,2009 07:14
by Joe Klein Time-Blog.com
About an hour after Barack Obama"s excellent Cairo speech, I met with Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, at his office here to talk about the speech and the Israel-Palestine conflict. We spoke for several hours and I will have a fuller accounting of our conversation in my print column next week. Meshal speaks some English, but he feels more comfortable using an interpreter. He listened to my questions in English, asking occasionally for translation of a word or phrase, and gave his answers in Arabic. He never raised his voice or used militant language, but he never yielded on his basic position either.
"Undoubtedly Obama speaks a new language," he told me. "His speech was cleverly designed... The essence of the speech was to improve the U.S. image and to placate the Muslims. We don"t mind either objective, but we are looking for more than just mere words. If the United States wishes to open a new page, we definitely would welcome this. We are keen to contribute to this. But we [believe that can not happen] merely with words. It must be with deeds, by changing the policy on the ground."
Meshal went on: "A Palestinian listening to the speech would have a simple question: where are the true actual issues that touch our lives? A Palestinian listening didn"t hear anything about the Israeli war in Gaza or about Israel"s war crimes." He mentioned the alleged use of depleted uranium and white phosphorous. "A beautiful discourse lacks credibility if it doesn"t address Gaza."
Meshal refused to make concessions on any of the points Obama mentioned--renouncing the use of violence (although he did say that Hamas was willing to discuss a formal ceasefire), recognizing the state of Israel or the prior commitments made by the Palestinian Authority to a peace process. I asked him about this portion of the speech:
It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.
"Palestinian actions are reactions. What Palestinians do is to resist the occupation," he said. "It is self-defense. Why did the Americans support the Mujaheddin against the Soviets in Afghanistan? Why did the British support the French agains the Nazis? Why did you have a revolution against the British? Self-defense."
I made the obvious point about the difference between self-defense and targeting civilians. "But civilians die in wars," one of Meshal"s aides pitched in. "You call it collateral damage."
So no breakthrough. At least, not for the moment. But no doors closed, either--and the body language, at least toward one Jewish-American journalist, was peaceful and indicated an openness to serious negotiations. I"ll have much more to say about our conversation and the possible ways to deal with the reality of Hamas, which is not going away, in my next print column.
As for Obama"s speech, I thought it was long but extraordinary. There was something in it to displease each of the governments in the region. The Israelis will be displeased by the renewed call for an end to settlement expansion on the West Bank. The Iranians will be displeased by the emphasis placed on their nuclear program, rather than a call for broader discussions (although Iranians will be pleased by Obama"s acknowledgment of the U.S. role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government 50 years ago). The Egyptians won"t like the emphasis on democracy and the Saudis won"t like the advocacy of women"s rights.
But there was much to please the average people of the region--the respect the President showed Islamic culture, the quotations from the Quran, which received great rounds of applause from his Egyptian audience, the care with which Obama chose his words. And I would disagree with Khaled Meshal: the striking thing wasn"t the beauty of Obama"s language, but its candor. A simple statement about governments "that steal from the people" is not only unusual for an American President, but also a sign that this President understands the daily lives of people in some of the most corrupt, autocratic regimes on earth. His simple, direct and unflinching account of the Holocaust--in a region where Holocaust-denial has been a constant staple of the mass media--may have a subtle, long-term impact on attitudes and tolerance in the region. There were many such noble moments in the speech.
But what now? Khaled Meshal wants to know what sort of influence the U.S. will bring to bear against Israeli settlement-building. It"s a good question. There are many others. The stage has now been set for negotiations throughout the region. It is time for the real give-and-take to begin, for the real deals to be made...or not. This is the arena where Obama is least likely to succeed, but I have a sneaking suspicion that he will judge the success of his own presidency--and his legacy--on how well he does here.
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The Caffeinated, Protein-Rich Super Brownie
Redd offers 10 grams of protein, 23 multivitamins and 50mg of caffeine, all compressed into a small chocolatey bite.
By Matthew Ankeny
If your pantry looks like mine, the garlic, onions and bananas fight for space among the blocks, gels and bars. It's a stark contrast of produce and produced, the former with their natural irregularities of size and form, the latter boxed in brightly colored cardboard, rigid and uniform. Most all of the time, I prefer to eat natural, whole foods — calories that haven't mingled with additives and preservatives. And when I'm at home, I stick to that. But when I'm out training and in need of fuel for longer journeys, I begin to place higher value on portable food that offers higher-density calories, items I can carry easily and that will give me an energy boost when my calorie stores run low.
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The bar woes of the past are all but forgotten, as bars have continually improved through better ingredients and the demands of an increasingly discerning and healthful consumer.
If you remember the time when Tiger Milk was your best energy/nutrition/protein bar option, you appreciate the variety we now enjoy. Clif and the spinoffs they've spawned have done wonders in providing more thoughtfully produced options for athletes and adventurers. (My father, who worked for Mars Inc., once brought home a box of VO2 Max bars, which tasted like bricks of soggy chalk, and tried to force feed them to the family.) Today, the bar woes of the past are all but forgotten, as bars have continually improved through better ingredients and the demands of an increasingly discerning and healthful consumer.
And so, we now live in a time where the shelves are stocked with good options, and the bar people have turned to innovative ways to distinguish themselves from the rest of their do-gooder competition. Some differentiation comes from ingredients (Chapul, insects; Epic, bison), or flaunting comprehensive organic and non-GMO ingredients (like ProBar). Redd ($30, box of 14), a new bar to hit the market, offers 10 grams of protein, 23 multivitamins and 50 milligrams of caffeine, all compressed into a small brownie bite.
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Redd is gluten-free, non-GMO, dairy-free, soy-free, nut-free and kosher, and it uses Fair Trade chocolate and 70 percent organic ingredients. It claims: 10 grams of protein (from pea protein, chia, oats), 50 mg of natural caffeine (from yerba maté, chocolate, maca), 11 superfoods (including pomegranate, flax, goji berries), and 23 vitamins and minerals (including jabuticaba, maqui, açai).
The caffeine, in particular, piqued my interest. The perk-up of a good shot of caffeine is one element of my "runner's/cyclist's high", and the thought that solid food, rather than gels, can offer that increase in energy gave Redd a sporting chance at making it into my jersey pocket come Sunday ride. Or, since it's mid-winter in New York, my gym bag.
So for the past few weeks, I made Redd a part of my pre-workout routine. I consumed a bar 10 to 15 minutes before starting my workout, then rode out the high of the caffeine and enjoyed the stomach-settling of the bar's protein bulk (the effects of this in an hour-long workout, I'll concede, are almost entirely mental, but there's still something that strikes me as more filling when eating a bar rather than a gel).
The formula of a bar followed by a workout worked wonders, and in a quick, high-intensity workout (I'd volley between treadmill sprints and quick spins on the stationary bike), Redd gave me plenty of energy that burned clean. I didn't feel weighed down, but I had enough fuel for 45 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes of stretching. Ideally, testing would have included an extended endurance event, but in 45 minutes of exercise I covered two miles running and nine miles on the bike — something of a mini-duathlon. I also went into each workout on a near-empty stomach, at the end of the work day and five hours after my last meal.
Redd gave me plenty of energy that burned clean. I wasn't weighed down, but I had enough fuel for 45 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes of stretching.
The Redd consumption progression is a quick spike in energy that slowly tapers off, alongside a sustained stability in the stomach. Post workout, I was ready for more substantial whole foods, but I didn't feel any lingering effects of eating the bar.
As for the flavor and consistency, chocolate brownie (the only flavor at time of writing) had the density of a compact brownie, unsurprisingly. The outside of the bar is wrapped in small quinoa crisps that give a nice alternative texture, and the flavor is more than palatable. I usually ate the bar on the way to the gym, pre-workout and with lots of water. But, when I consumed a Redd bar during my workout, the bar become a touch gamey, taking on the more characteristic nutritional bar texture (not that, mid-workout, I was worried too much about it — and a small swig of water washed down any problems).
In comparison to the better bars on the market (Clif, ProBar, LÄRABAR) that offer reliable energy, Redd fits in well, setting itself apart with the bonus boost of the half-shot of caffeine. If I'm home and heading to a workout, I still prefer an espresso shot and whole wheat toast with almond butter, banana, and raw honey. But the pantry will now share space with some new portable nutrition, and I've cleared space for a box of bars that's gray, white and Redd all over.
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Post #97, May 18, 2020: The AS GOOD AS DEAD (Deluxe) Post
I did a review on this album when it had released and I ended up rating it an 8-8.5/10. After giving it more time to sit with me and visiting it more and more I can easily say that this is a 10/10 album for me because it encapsulates everything i enjoy about music. It's quick and to the point, high in energy, loud, and different. This is one of my favorite releases from last year and I continue to listen to it almost daily. We're here with a deluxe version to the album which I am super excited to get into, it's only 3 new tracks but that's also 3 new tracks for me to enjoy so let's get into what I think about these tracks.
AS GOOD AS DEAD (Deluxe) by City Morgue
First thing I want to talk about before I get into the actual review is the original album. The reason why it stood out to me so much is because everyone is always looking for something new, a new sound, a new style, a new production style, etc. Basically people like things that stand out and these two are the most stand out people I've ever seen. They are huge in the underground scene and get a lot of respect from some of the rock community which I absolutely love to see. This album is full of a lot of emotion, mainly from Zillakami because he uses his voice perfectly. I talked about the track "DRAINO (feat. Denzel Curry" and how his voice sounds very empty, it's raspy and aggressive but it sounds like it's coming from a person who is genuinely hurt and full of nothing but despair. His haunting voice on the hook sent shivers all over my body when I heard it, this is the same guy who raps over tracks like "16 TOES" & "NECK BRACE" which are some super aggressive and violent tracks. Basically what I'm trying to say is that they are really great musicians and that I'm a big fan of their style of music. Let's go ahead and get into the new tracks.
The first track of the deluxe version is basically a remix to the track that comes earlier on the album titled "The Give Up" this one one is titled "The Fall Before The Give Up" and it features Clever. I've heard of Clever very few times and the times o have heard of him I've been very impressed by his extremely strong and colorful vocals. Zillakami's verse along with Sosmula's verse are untouched and it's Clever's part that is added to the track which is a really good addition in my opinion. He has very deep and sentimental lyrics on this track which isn't anything new from him, everything I've heard so far has been very deep and dark in a way, great feature and track. "ACAB" is very fast paced and a majority of the track is a loop of the hook which isn't anything impressive. I've heard of Nascar Aloe very few times and all I know is that he is a very very aggressive artist. He seems to be heavily influenced by metal because that's what his music revolves around. I like the track and I really like the feature from Nascar Aloe along with Zillakami, they are super aggressive and this is what I expected the track to sound like as well. The next track "V12" starts off with a fantastic and perfectly timed verse from Sosmula, all I remember from the original version of this album was that Sosmula wasn't a favorite but this track is really aggressive and abrasive which is what I love to hear from Sosmula. It just sounds very natural and not forced in any way, this is a very short track but also a very pack filled track. The next track "CYKA" is my favorite off the deluxe album. Zillakami sounds extremely different here, I didn't think it was possible but he sounds even more evil than he already does. They both prove to me just how much of an unstoppable force they are, they add such an incredible energy to all the tracks they make which is a big reason why I love their music and why I come back when they release music. Fantastic track.
There isn't much to this Deluxe album but I really enjoy the 4 new tracks, I do wish they would have added up most to about 8 new tracks in total, the tracks they make are very short in length so it wouldn't have made a huge difference, maybe a 16-18 minute difference but these 4 new tracks are full with emotion and a lot of energy which is exactly what I expected to hear from them. The two features are really well done, definitely no complaints from the features. The production does seem a bit different on the Deluxe compared to the original but maybe it's just me. Like I said I really enjoy this and I recommend this to someone who's basically looking for a quick thrill, very fast paced and highly energetic tracks but they start and end very quick.
Thank you!!! For coming back for another week of posts by me. I recently made an Instagram for TMT…@tylersmusicthoughts. GO FOLLOW IT and follow this page as well for some of the best music reviews out. Come back tomorrow for another great post.
As Good As Dead, City Morgue, Deluxe
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Meleanie Hain: Some Lessons Learned
Phylis Dryden
https://www.ldnews.com/columns/ci_16531426
"Hain embraced her role as gunactivist"
By PHYLIS DRYDEN
Updated: 11/05/2010 12:00:57 PM EDT
One day she was an ordinary housewife and babysitter. The next, she was "the pistol-packin' soccer mom." A single incident thrust this unknown woman from obscurity to front-page news.
Meleanie Hain's meteoric rise to fame has several lessons to teach anyone who decides - as she did - to make a stand based on principle.
On Sept. 11, 2008, Hain attended her child's soccer game wearing a holstered gun. A coach wanted to know if she was in danger. Fearing that children might be caught in the crossfire during a possible shoot-out, he asked her to move to the other side of the field, which she did. A few individuals subsequently became upset about Hain's open display of a firearm at the game.
At some point, Hain produced pamphlets from the open-carry movement, which immediately politicized the issue. From that moment on, she was perceived as a foot soldier in a much larger movement.
The ensuing move from a local, personal issue in Lebanon to Associated Press coverage was a gargantuan leap precipitated by the power and intensity of the gun-rights movement. Were it not for this, possibly some amount of compromise might have been achieved.
When asked if she had considered not wearing a gun at the soccer game to make other parents feel better, Hain redirected the question toward those parents, saying: "Did you ever consider that had you taken a different approach ... you may have yielded a different outcome, perhaps the one you desired from the start of all of this?"
Citing public safety concerns, Lebanon County Sheriff Mike DeLeo revoked Hain's concealed-weapons permit. Since she could no longer legally transport her weapon in a car, this had the effect of keeping the gun away from the soccer field unless Hain chose to walk there with it. Judge Robert Eby later overturned the revocation at an Oct. 14, 2008, hearing.
Upon learning that DeLeo would reverse the revocation process if she agreed to conceal her gun at soccer games, Hain said on a gun-rights forum: "I don't see that happening" and began to consider taking legal action against him.
Although the revocation of Hain's concealed-weapons permit catapulted her to instant fame, the crux of the issue was never about "carrying concealed" but about open-carrying in that particular location. She quickly became the poster person for the open-carry movement, which rallied behind her in full force.
Hain, the person, was swiftly transformed into Meleanie Hain, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed icon of Second Amendment rights who felt entitled by the Constitution to wear her gun anywhere she wanted to.
Becoming an icon brought her both negative and positive attention. Hain promptly learned that the flip side of celebrity is notoriety. While some adored her, others abhorred her, posting hideously derogatory remarks on the Internet forum, Topix.
The limelight of public attention can be almost unbearably intense and can scorch even the most seasoned public figures, yet Hain, a novice to celebrity, blamed DeLeo wholly for its negative effects.
In November 2008, she filed a million-dollar civil suit against him, saying, "I am a victim of Sheriff DeLeo's. ... The way people look at me sometimes when I am out running errands, I feel as if I am wearing a scarlet letter."
In reality, "The Scarlet Letter's" Hester Prynne turned her emblem of sin into something gorgeous, luxuriant, splendid and fanciful - a walking advertisement for the fine needlework by which she supported herself.
Hain's persistently expressed and insistent view of a children's soccer game as an appropriate venue for open carry was indeed comparable to Prynne's defiantly ornate scarlet A, which she wore by choice. When asked by Eby to conceal her gun at soccer games, Hain said she would choose to continue carrying it openly.
In a 2008 interview, Hain blamed DeLeo for the ridicule her children endured. This accusation overlooks the fact that Hain's reputation as a gun-toting mom gained momentum from a photo of her young daughter hugging her around her holstered waist, a 9mm Glock handgun in plain sight.
On May 1, 2009, District Judge Yvette Kane was scheduled to hear arguments on DeLeo's motion for dismissal of the lawsuit against him. The hearing was postponed because Hain's attorney had a traffic accident on his way there. A year and a half later, Kane threw out the civil suit.
Shortly after the aborted May 2009 hearing, I wrote to Hain, "I strongly suspect that, were it not for a quirk of fate, your lawsuit would have been thrown out of court on May 1."
Her reply haunts me to this day: "We don't know what might have been on May 1. We won't know what will happen in the future until it gets here." Tragically, the future of this bright, articulate young woman was cut short by six bullets.
Thus, the world will never know what direction her unique personality and her political ideals might have taken as she aged. Perhaps, had she had the whole matter to do over again, she would have done a few things differently and might have even stopped blaming DeLeo for all her problems. Or perhaps she would not have changed a thing. We simply don't know.
However, other potential advocates or activists for social justice can learn a few important things from Meleanie Hain's all-too-brief past. In a nutshell, before embracing any cause, one should "make haste slowly" and carefully weigh the possible consequences, to oneself and to others, for better or worse.
Dryden, a former part-time journalist living in West Lebanon, met Hain at her revocation hearing in October 2008. Although they disagreed on some aspects of gun rights issues, the two women became friends and exchanged spirited e-mails about their differing opinions.


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Сысой Вонифатьевич Вонифатьев (1724—1789) — российский общественный деятель, градоначальник Петрозаводска, купец.

Биография
Родился в крестьянской семье. Занимался хлебной торговлей.

Избран городским головой Петрозаводска 11 апреля 1782 года. В связи с назначением Петрозаводска в мае 1782 года административным центром Олонецкой области в составе Санкт-Петербургской губернии и переводом из Олонца в Петрозаводск присутственных мест, занимался организацией обустройства и открытия областных учреждений — совестного суда, верхней расправы, губернского магистрата.

Должность городского головы оставил после перевыборов 19 мая 1783 года.

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The funnel four-stage approach to in-depth interview (IDI) and focus group guide development is an effective and efficient method for gaining key insights among qualitative research participants within an allotted time frame. A 2015 article in Research Design Review offers a schematic of this approach and outlines the intended purpose associated with each of the four basic stages (see "Interview Guide Development: A 4-Stage 'Funnel' Approach").
But what exactly does "effective and efficient" mean as it relates to guide development, and why should we care? The answers lie in the fact that a thoughtful funnel approach to guide development enables the researcher to derive quality data from their qualitative research while achieving research objectives and maximizing the ultimate usefulness of the outcomes. By having a clear understanding of what it means to develop an interview or discussion guide that is both effective and efficient, the researcher has added greatly to the integrity of the qualitative research data and design.
Mitigates bias. Progressively moving to the primary topic of interest allows the interviewer/moderator to gather an understanding of perceptions and behavior unblemished by the researcher's own agenda.
Helps identify variations. The general-to-narrow approach inherently provides the researcher with the necessary fundamental information that is needed to compare and contrast earlier comments with participants' later remarks. In this way, the interviewer/moderator is able to identify variations in what is being said and conduct the necessary follow-up.
Fosters rapport through a friendly flow of conversation. By beginning the interview or discussion with questions that are general in nature, the interviewer/moderator is facilitating the researcher-participant relationship in a conversational and non-threatening way.
Reduces repetition. The flow of conversation that is grounded in a general-to-narrow method logically circumvents the potential problem of inappropriately repeating the same or similar topic areas or asking redundant questions.
Encourages engagement and cooperation. Just as the funnel approach facilitates rapport building through conversation, it also creates an atmosphere in which participants feel emboldened to engage with the researcher and, in focus groups, with the other participants. This heightened level of cooperation fuels otherwise hidden insights which in turn help to mitigate bias and bolster data quality.
Aids in analysis. By mitigating bias, helping to identify variations in the data, fostering rapport, reducing repetition, and encouraging engagement and cooperation, the funnel approach to guide development ultimately advances data analysis. The analyst is able to discern categories and themes, as well as outliers, in the data in a straightforward way based on well-thought-out transitions in the conversations.
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