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On a recent Friday afternoon, Sandra Hill leads a painting class at an arts center nestled amid rolling Virginia hills, about an hour and a half drive northwest of Washington, D.C.
Each of the 10 adult students has a canvas balanced on an easel in front of them. They're dabbing paintbrushes loaded with dark green paint along the edge of a lake, the beginnings of a glowing sunset in the background.
"And think tree! Don't just go tap, tap, tap any old place. Remember, trees have depth to them!" she reminds the class.
But this is no ordinary painting lesson: The students have come to Purcellville, Va., from as far away as Texas to learn to paint in the distinctive style and palette of Bob Ross, the Air Force sergeant-turned-painter who rose to public media fame in the 1980s and '90s with his TV show The Joy of Painting. Over 31 seasons and more than 400 episodes, Ross became known for his hushed, soothing tones, big bushy hair, vivid landscapes and "happy little trees."
"It's almost spiritual," Cliff Nolan, a painter from nearby Manassas, Va., says about being in the class at the Franklin Park Arts Center. In a room lined with 24 original Ross paintings, Nolan pulls a laminated photo book out of his pocket. It's filled with pictures of paintings inspired by Ross' work, using the wet-on-wet painting technique he used.
"Bob is just wonderful," Nolan says with a sigh. "Or, was."
Ross died from cancer in 1995 at age 52. But the popularity of this quirky pop icon continues to soar, among fans old and new.
The Joy of Painting is broadcast every day on some PBS stations across the country and is available on-demand to millions of viewers on Netflix and YouTube. There are Bob Ross bobbleheads, board games, underwear and coffee mugs. The Smithsonian's National Museum Of American History recently acquired four of his paintings for their permanent collection. And Ross — a throwback to the pre-Internet era — has a surprisingly huge following on Twitch, the streaming platform best known for video games, where fans can comment in real-time while he paints.
Ross left behind thousands of paintings, which rarely go on display. So when the current solo exhibition opened at the Franklin Park Arts Center, fans flocked to the small dairy-barn-turned-gallery.
Elizabeth Bracey, the center's director, worked with Bob Ross, Inc., to put the show together. Based nearby in Herndon, Va., the company — which Ross started with his business partners Annette and Walter Kowalski — owns most of Ross' paintings.
"We knew it was going to be popular, but not like this," Bracey says.
Thousands of people have visited the show since it opened last month. Bracey says she's expecting at least 15,000 by the time the exhibition closes on Oct. 15. That's half the number of visitors the art center usually sees in an entire year. It's become a kind of unexpected pilgrimage for fans, from all over and all walks of life.
"Little kids starting at like 4, all the way to grandmas and grandpas and every ethnicity, you know, every state. It's everybody," Bracey says. "Everybody loves him, [he] resonates with [everybody] in some way."
The show is a wonderland of colorful sunsets, forests tucked into snowy mountains, and waves crashing against rocky cliffs, with paintings named things like Sunset Aglow, Home Before Nightfall and Daisies at Dawn.
"I like to think that there are places like this that still exist in the world, that don't have cell phone towers and high rises and things like that. It just seems like such an amazing magical place," Bracey says, staring at a painting called Splendor of Autumn.
There's a lake with towering birch trees in the foreground, and bold pops of fall foliage framing the canvas. And hung next to it, is a quote, something he said during the episode while he was painting it: "If painting does nothing else for you, it should make you happy."
The whole exhibition is like this, the paintings and quotes sharing the spotlight, side by side. Even when he was alive, Ross' draw wasn't just his paintings, it was also the way he talked.
Maybe in our world, there lives a big old cloud right up here. He just sort of floats around and has a good time all day. You know, clouds are one of the freest things in nature I believe. So, just let them go. Shoot, just let them have fun.
-- The Joy Of Painting, Season 26, Episode 12 "Sunset Aglow"
Any person who has ever wanted to put a dream on canvas, you can do it. You don't have to go to school half your life, you don't have to know Leonardo da Vinci as a personal friend.
--The Joy Of Painting, Season 29, Episode 7 "Cypress Creek"
Bob Ross made viewers want to lean in closer to the screen so they didn't miss anything. He could be wonderfully weird and deeply emotional.
Jerry Saltz, senior art critic at New York magazine, says that was one of the things that made Ross great. "Once you set eyes on that guy you're kinda locked in for 25 minutes," he says, referring to the length of an episode. "It's you alone in your dorky studio in your apartment, wearing an old shirt, and just working."
Ross captivated and connected with audiences, but he did much more.
"People think that he's just kitsch and cute and a little Buddha and fun happy little accidents ... but Bob Ross breaks down painting into its component parts," he says.
There was no irony, and the closest thing to a gimmick was a pet squirrel named Peapod he would occasionally bottle feed on screen. Instead, he demystified the process for viewers in each episode, creating one landscape, from start to finish: a blank canvas transformed before their eyes.
"And then he adds a beautiful bit at the end: You can do this, too," Saltz says. "You have to banish self-doubt. And at the end of the session, it's done. And he's basically saying, 'And then we'll do another happy little accident tomorrow.'"
Ross didn't want people to buy his paintings — in fact, he didn't sell paintings once he started his television show — he wanted viewers to create their own. As long as they just tried to paint, Ross said, it will be right, no matter what.
That Bob Ross attitude lives on at the painting class in Purcellville, where the landscapes lining the walls practically whisper encouragement to the budding artists.
The students all have palettes set out with Ross' signature colors — titanium white, alizarin crimson, midnight black. Three women in the back of the class are wearing big, bushy Bob Ross-style wigs. The soothing sound of paintbrush on canvas, another Joy of Painting signature, fills the room.
Susan Rossi sits at the front of the class. She flew all the way from Texas to attend. She's fussing with the row of trees along the lakeshore in her painting, dabbing them with a look of concern.
"Oh no, no don't you worry," Hill, the instructor, says, coming up behind her. "There's no mistakes here, we can fix that. These are happy accidents!"
Rossi, 70, started learning to paint from Ross' TV show after a stroke four years ago left her partially paralyzed and unable to work. The Joy of Painting had a profound effect on her.
"It brought something out of me I didn't know was in there," Rossi says with a smile. "You think, wow, no limits! You can move clouds, you can change mountains. I guess that's what you learn from Bob Ross. Don't put limits on your life."
Ross himself was surprisingly philosophical during the show, often casually whispering big ideas to viewers before returning to his instruction. These sprinkles of wisdom have lived on in quote books and Internet memes.
One that pops up often is from an episode that Ross taped in 1992, after his wife, Jane, died from cancer. In the episode, he's painting a scene with a lake resting between two majestic mountains. He loads his brush up with a dark mixture of paint and starts to dab it all across the bottom of the mountains.
Don't worry, he tells viewers, I'm only adding this dark for contrast.
"Gotta have dark. Gotta have opposites, dark and light, light and dark, continually in painting. If you have light on light, you have nothing. If you have dark on dark, you basically have nothing," he practically whispers, his brush tapping rhythmically on the canvas. "It's like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come."
He looks at the camera and quietly says, "I'm waiting on the good times now."
Then he turns back to his painting, instructing viewers on the next step.
Maybe what's made Bob Ross so everlasting is really that simple. He reminds people that the dark is there for a reason, and helps them find the light when they need it.
Maureen Pao edited the Web story. Matt Ozug edited the audio story.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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You and I have a responsibility to create a world where, you, me, and our grandchildren can live without apprehensions. No matter we go, we should feel secure about faith, race, ethnicity, culture and our political and sexual orientation.
Would the book American Muslim Agenda bring attitudinal change among Muslims? Yes, it will, it's akin to planting seeds and nurturing it to give the beneficence to the next generation. I know most American Muslims will wholeheartedly subscribe to the refreshed understanding of Islam, we need to expand it to more Americans.
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Muslims have shied away from confronting difficult issues about their faith, and most of them don't even have a clue about the essence of Islam, it was never articulated before in the history of Islam.
A few medieval scholars have reduced Islam to rituals, five pillars, dhimmi, jizya, sharia, externalities, and enforcement of your rules on to others. That is not Islam, and most Muslims can recite verses that Islam is about free will. God uploaded free will into Adam's DNA, and emphasized it in the Quran, the prophet practiced 'freewill' and established examples for it. Sadly, Muslims know the truth but were bullied into silence with fatwa bombs. All I have done is articulated what Muslims believe, but dared not say it. The book is the voice of the majority of 'American' Muslims.
This book is a product of twenty years of research and thousands of discussions in which Muslims, non-Muslims, and "Islamophobes" have participated in it, including debates on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Stuart Varney, Pamela Geller, Brigitte Gabrielle, Robert Spencer, Jamie Glazov, Raymond Ibrahim, Walid Shoebat, Wafa Sultan, and several others.
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Yesterday I turned 35 years old and pointed out to an also-recently-35 friend that we are the same distance in time to 50 as we are from 20. Wrap your mind around that for a minute. If that doesn't make you turn off your computer and run off to do something more productive, I'll continue below.
Turns out that time is rather hard to put into perspective as this insanely helpful and great article with gradually increasing timelines shows. I'm feeling especially nostalgic because the weekend after this one is the Furnace Creek 508 and we are bringing back Team Bonobo: The 2006 four-person fixed gear team.
We were fixie famous before fixie famous was a thing. –Megan Dean
There's even a documentary by Sasha Perry, the smarts behind our Day in the Life of Vegan Athletes series.
As an excuse to get together, hang out with friends at Golden Saddle Cyclery and eat Pure Luck burritos, we are hosting a screening of Eat! Sleep? Bikes! Thursday Oct 3rd at 630pm. If you are in the LA area I hope you can make it. It's a free event with great people. I'd also like to point out that 2006 was as far in the past as 2020 is in the future. I imagine by 2020 we'll be racing hover bikes and that predictive text will be good enough to just read my mind and I won't have to put words in a certain order in my head or actually have to type them any more.
I've taken some time off from the 508 after racing it solo 3 years in a row. Two of those years involved swimming at either the pre-race meeting or the halfway point. Let's see if we can work that in somewhere this year. If we finish, 3 of us will be in the Furnace Creek 508 Hall of Fame. I'm not sure if there's a distinction related to swimming.
Thanks for reading! You can follow the race webcast here. Also, don't forget that the No Meat Athlete book comes out October 1st and there's a book tour; I'll be along for some of the dates including this vegan book fair in Los Angeles.


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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Published: August 18
The politics of the abortion debate are always tricky for lawmakers. They may soon get personal.
An attempt to fix a problem with the national health-care law has created a situation in which members of Congress and their staffers could gain access to abortion coverage. That's a benefit currently denied to them and to all federal employees who receive health insurance through the government's plan.
Abortion opponents say the Obama administration needs to fix the congressional exception; abortion rights supporters say such concerns are overblown.
The abortion complication is another headache for the administration as it tries to shoehorn members of Congress and certain staffers into insurance markets coming later this year under President Obama's health-care overhaul.
An amendment by Iowa Republican Sen. Charles E. Grassley — who opposes "Obamacare" and abortion — requires lawmakers and their personal staff to get private coverage through the same markets that uninsured Americans will use.
Last week, the Office of Personnel Management said the government would keep paying its share of premiums for lawmakers and affected staffers who must leave the federal-employee health-care system by Jan. 1. That eased a major anxiety for several thousand staffers accustomed to getting the same benefits as other federal employees.
But the proposed regulation did not explicitly address abortion coverage. Under the health-care law, insurance plans in the new markets may cover abortion unless a state passes a law prohibiting them from doing so. Plans offering coverage of abortion, however, may not use federal funds to pay for it. Federal tax credits to help the uninsured afford coverage must be kept apart from premiums collected for abortion coverage.
Abortion opponents say the regulation would circumvent a long-standing law that bars the use of taxpayer funds for "administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions." Unlike many private corporate plans, federal-employee plans cover abortion only in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
"Under this scheme, (the government) will be paying the administrative costs," said Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), author of the abortion-funding ban for federal-employee plans. "It's a radical deviation and departure from current federal law, and it's not for all federal employees but for a subset: Congress. Us."
Smith is calling on the Obama administration to specify that lawmakers and staffers must choose a plan that does not cover abortions. The funding ban, in place since the 1980s, is known as the Smith amendment.
The personnel office refused to address the issue on the record. Instead, its media office released a generic statement, saying: "Federal law prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except in the case of rape, incest or when the life of the woman is endangered. All plans available in the marketplaces will comply with the law."
Obama, who supports abortion rights, has said previously that he does not want his health-care overhaul to change existing laws on abortion.
An independent expert on the federal-employee plan said abortion opponents appear to have a legitimate question, but the applicable laws are so arcane that it's hard to tell who is right.
"This goes into a legal thicket the complexity of which I can't begin to fathom," said Walton Francis, lead author of an annual guide to federal health benefits. "It would take lawyers hours to decipher the interrelationship between these statutes, and they would probably come to different conclusions."
Abortion opponents say the long-standing ban on "administrative expenses" related to abortion coverage precludes the personnel office from dealing with health plans that cover abortion.
"To comply with the Smith amendment, they would have to advise members and congressional staff that they can only choose plans that do not cover abortions," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. "And, of course, they would have to enforce it."
Abortion remains a legal procedure in most cases, but it's subject to increasing restrictions in conservative-leaning states. So far, 23 states have barred or restricted abortion coverage by plans in the new health insurance markets. But 27 states and the District have not. Under the health-care law, every state must have at least one plan that does not cover abortion.
Judy Waxman, a leading attorney for the National Women's Law Center, said the outcry from abortion opponents is overblown.
In the new insurance markets created by Obama's law, states decide whether abortion coverage can be offered, she explained. If it's allowed, insurers decide whether they want to offer the coverage. They may not use federal funds to pay for it and must set aside part of the premium collected from enrollees in a separate account to cover abortions.
"No federal money will go to abortion," she said.


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In a remarkable turn of events, Facebook has agreed to add significant new privacy safeguards and make other changes in response to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's recent investigation into the popular social networking site's privacy policies and practices.
"The following is an overview of key issues raised during the investigation and Facebook's response:
1. Third-party Application Developers
Issue: The sharing of personal information with third-party developers creating Facebook applications such as games and quizzes raises serious privacy risks. With more than one million developers around the globe, the Commissioner is concerned about a lack of adequate safeguards to effectively restrict those developers from accessing users' personal information, along with information about their online "friends."
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Issue: Facebook provides confusing information about the distinction between account deactivation – whereby personal information is held in digital storage – and deletion – whereby personal information is actually erased from Facebook servers. As well, Facebook should implement a retention policy under which the personal information of users who have deactivated their accounts will be deleted from the site's servers after a reasonable length of time.
Response: Facebook has agreed to make it clear to users that they have the option of either deactivating their account or deleting their account. This distinction will be explained in Facebook's privacy policy and users will receive a notice about the delete option during the deactivation process.
While we asked for a retention policy, we looked at the issue again and considered what Facebook was proposing. We determined the company's approach – providing clarity about the options, offering a clear choice, and alleviating the confusion – is acceptable because it will allow users to make informed decisions about how their personal information is to be handled.
....4. Accounts of Deceased Users
Issue: People should have a better way to provide meaningful consent to have their account "memorialized" after their death. As such, Facebook should be clear in its privacy policy that it will keep a user's profile online after death so that friends can post comments and pay tribute.
Response: Facebook agreed to change the wording in its privacy policy to explain what will happen in the event of a user's death."
Pangloss is mildly amused that only two years after she, Ian Brown and Chris Marsden presented a paper highlighting the privacy and security issues around the use of third party apps on Facebook, changes are finally being made.
The interesting issue will be if these changes are only made for Facebook in Canada or applied worldwide; similar legal pressure has not, it seems, being exerted in other jurisdictions such as the UK and the US - but there has certainly been concern over the repeated use of third party apps as an easy way to collect personal data for fraudulent or criminal purposes, or to spread malware. One might speculate that if FB are investing in developing new more privacy-compliant code it might as well install it system-wide given the PR advantages and the fact that FB's growth appears to have peaked (the rate of growth has been declining since about January 08). Chris Soghoian on Twitter seems to indicate the changes will be worldwide. If so, the Canadians have certainly done us all a favour.
Pangloss is also intrigued by the Canadian concern over Facebook's treatment of profiles on death. While the matter is certainly a pressing one (with 200 million users, not all young, FB profiles are, sadly, often a major concern to relatives after death) in fact FB has been pretty much in the vanguard in the area of transmision of digital assets, in at least providing a clear and accessible way for relatives to ask for profiles to be "memorialised" after death.
Other sites where digital "assets" remain after death (eg eBay, Flickr, et al) are in general much less clear about what rights they offer relativesafter death, have hard to penetrate procedures on the matter, or actively refuse to allow relatives control after death (see the famous Yahoo! case where relatives of a US marine were initially refused access to his emails after death because the privacy policy forbade passing on information to any third party. At least in the US, the privacy policy remains unchanged to date.)
However in my recent talk on this subject, I also suggested that it would be easy for FB in its various preference suggestions to allow users themselves to indicate what they would like done with their profiles after death. Not all want their profiles left open for comments after death ; some would like them closed down; others might like a friend or relatives to make the decision what to do. One size does not fit all and a solution should also consider and balance the interests of both the profile owner and the relatives. However if FB take a lead here under Canadian persuasion, they may well benefit all by becoming a good practice example in a rather under-considered part of the web 2.0 field.


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Mental State of Amanda Knox Co-Defendant Raffaele Sollecito Worries Lawyer
Sentenced to 25 years, Raffaele Sollecito keeps asking to be let out of prison.
ROME, Italy Dec. 10, 2009— -- Amanda Knox's codefendant Raffaele Sollecito is having trouble accepting his murder conviction and 25 year prison sentence, and keeps being asked to be let out of prison, his lawyer says.
Sollecito, 25, also defended his ex-girlfriend who he called "sweet Amanda," saying she was incapable of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher two years ago.
"I don't even dare think of such a thing. It's absurd and impossible. She is a very sweet girl," Sollecito's lawyer Luca Maori quoted him as saying.
Knox, 22, was also convicted of Kercher's murder and sentenced to 26 years in prison.
Rome's daily newspaper Il Messaggero interviewed Sollecito through Maori who visited the convicted murderer in Terni prison in central Italy where he is being held. Sollecito is confined in a section of the prison reserved for inmates who have committed sexual crimes.
Both Maori and Sollecito's sister have expressed concern for his mental state and have said he is "very psychologically tried."
Speaking to the Italian news agency Ansa, Maori said Sollecito continues to suffer from "space-time perception" and an inability to understand fully what has happened to him to the point of repeatedly asking to be released.
In the Il Messaggero interview, Sollecito conceded he is having difficulty accepting what has happened to him.
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"When they read the sentence I didn't understand what was happening and even now it seems impossible to me and I can't understand why I have been sentenced," he said.
Like Knox, Sollecito continues to declare he had no part in Kercher's sexual assault and murder.
Maori said Sollecito is getting the maximum support from prison health officials and is never left alone, even during the holidays.
Sollecito and Knox both intend to appeal their convictions, but in the interview with Il Messaggero, Maori quoted Sollecito saying he was afraid of what might happen next.
"I should be trusting, but it is very difficult. My world has collapsed around me with that sentence. It collapsed around me and Amanda," he said.
As part of their defense, Sollecito and Knox said they were not at the Perugia cottage the night that Kercher was murdered. Instead, they said they were together at Sollecito's place where they smoked pot and made love.
Sollecito, who dated Knox for only a few weeks before they were arrested, said he is not in love with Knox but she remains important to him.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito Wrote Letters in Prison
"I am not in love with Amanda, but I feel very close to her because I consider her my 'disadventure' companion," he said.
During the 11 month trial, Knox had a "pleasant effect" on him, Sollecito said. "She is a person who is very dear to me even if we were together for a very short time. She too is living a nightmare and a terrible situation," he told the newspaper.
During their two year incarceration, Sollecito and Knox wrote letters to each other. At one point, Knox sent Sollecito a letter saying she couldn't love him because she loved someone else.
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Sollecito told Il Messaggero that the "media battle" probably hurt him the most during the trial. Sollecito was asked about the photos in newspapers shortly after Kercher's death when he and Knox were spotted buying underwear and Sollecito was quoted saying they were for a "hot night." It was cited by critics that showed the couple felt no remorse about Kercher's death.
"We went to buy underwear because all of Amanda's things were sequestered [by the police]. Everything that was said about it is wrong. My comment was just a comment in jest. Referring to the underwear and to Amanda, it was just a flip comment," he told Il Massaggero.


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IT was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me!—but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried:"Ho!—what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 't is mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," quoth he;
"'T is clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
So, oft in theologic wars
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
— John Godfrey Saxe, The Blind Men and the Elephant
Beware, O Dearly Beloved, those endlessly multiplying pundits who propose single-method solutions to the problem of financial reform. "The" answer is not minimum equity capital requirements, liquidity controls, return on equity caps, compensation reform, leverage or size limits, portfolio risk monitoring, or even slipping saltpeter into the lattes of testosterone-addled traders so they act more like risk-averse women. The answer—pace the sexual lobotomization of traders which many in society may wish for other reasons—is likely to be a combination of all of those reforms (and more), implemented in a dynamic and flexible regulatory structure which can respond and adapt to changing conditions.
For the fundamental truth which most commentators continue to overlook is that the global financial system is much more like our illustrative friend Panic Pete than an elephant. When you squeeze Mr. Pete in one spot, the squishy gel inside his rubbery body causes his other parts to bulge out. Squeeze him in those newly bulging areas, and he will return to his original form or bulge unexpectedly in new directions. Why? Because the gel inside of him is incompressible. Squeezing the flexible outer skin does not cause the toy to shrink. It just forces it into a new configuration. Likewise, the fundamental quantity in the global financial system which we are concerned with, and which we properly wish to control, is risk. But, given any specific level of return, risk is incompressible.
If you want to achieve a particular return, you necessarily assume a commensurate and ineluctable level of risk, whether the instrument of your investment is a single stock, a capital project, an individual business operation, an asset class, or indeed an entire economy. And what does return mean in the context of an economy? It means growth, increase in productivity, and real economic returns in addition to secondary (or even potentially illusory) investment returns. Investing in a business, an industry, or an economy is risky. There is no guarantee you will achieve your aims or desired returns, whatever those returns may be. There are no guarantees, period.
So part of the conversation we continue not to have in the public domain is what kind of returns—in the broadest sense—we desire for our economy and society, and therefore what level of risk we are willing to tolerate. Sure, we could turn the entire banking industry into a regulated utility, with mandated minimum equity levels, maximum allowed returns on equity, and limits on institutional size and interconnectedness (assuming we can understand, monitor, and control such parameters, which may be a slightly heroic assumption). But what knock-on effects would that have on investors, on businesses in search of risk capital for their growth projects, on consumers, and on the economy at large? Dampen the incentives and ability of financial intermediaries to originate, take on, and distribute investment risk, and it is not clear to me that overall risk-taking (i.e., investment) in the economy will not go down.1 But if that happens, are we not explicitly or implicitly settling for less growth and fewer wealth creation opportunities in the economy overall? 2 Is that really the outcome we are seeking?
By this, I do not mean to say our current system works well, or that the level of risk inherent in the financial system is appropriate or even efficiently distributed given our overall economic return objectives. But it does mean that we need to be a little more thorough, and a little more honest with ourselves and our opponents in debate, in thinking about the consequences of individual actions or "solutions" we advocate imposing on financial intermediaries. For consequences will flow inexorably in directions we do not—and perhaps even cannot—anticipate, and we will be remiss—and even no less irresponsible than the people who allowed the recent financial crisis to happen in the first place 3—if we do not make provision to address them.
Squeezing Panic Pete is fun. It's a great stress-reliever, too. It just so happens to be a lousy regulatory reform agenda.
1 "Go down" = become more expensive, less frequent, less available, more difficult, etc.
2 I do not speak of wealth distribution here, which is another socioeconomic debate admitting of other solutions which are not necessarily connected to the measures we decide to implement in financial reform.
3 Wait. That was all of us, wasn't it? Oops.
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Three Words for 2014
I went upside down and all around over this post.
Every year I choose either a word or three words. The idea is that the word or words will guide my thoughts and actions as I navigate through the upcoming year.
Choosing the words is an interesting process. Usually, they just come to me and I know intuitively that they are the right ones. There's a kind of clunk inside me when the word comes and I know it's the one that is meant to be. Last year, I chose one word. The year before, there were three. And the year before that, three as well.
This year I struggled to arrive at even one. Nuttin, and I mean nuttin, was coming to me. I thought of plenty of possibilities but none of them seemed right. No clunk was forthcoming.
I thought about gratitude, because I am so freakin' grateful for my life and all the people in it (including you, dear reader), and I thought about freedom and I thought about service and I thought about happy and I thought of all kinds of other words that went in and out of my brain so fast they didn't make an impression.
And then, this morning, out of the blue, they came to me:
Aligned. Focused. Zealous.
Taken one at a time, we have:
Aligned. I want my actions to be in alignment with my strongest held beliefs around creativity, spirituality, and how I spend my day, hour to hour, moment to moment. I want to spend time writing every day, no matter what, and I want to keep up with my meditation practice and spiritual studies (both of which have been somewhat lacking lately). I want to eat the kind of food that I know nourishes me, and move my body in ways that will make it feel good. And most of all, I want to act in alignment with my highest and best self.
Focused. This is the key to a successful writing life. Actually, I'm pretty sure its the key to a successful life, period. Sometimes I'm really good at it. Sometimes my brain is all over the place. Working in bursts helps me, does it help you? I set the timer for 30 minutes and in those 30 minutes all I do is writer, period. But sometimes I resist even doing that. Sigh. I have a rebellious nature–and it sucks when I rebel against myself. At any rate, I want me more focus this year. I've got a gazillion projects I want to bring into the world.
Zealous. I believe this is my new favorite word. Here's the dictionary.com definition of the word: (adjective)ardently active, devoted, or diligent; full of, characterized by, or due to zeal. Synonyms: enthusiasic, eager,fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical. Now who among us would not want to be zealous? I want to be zealous for my writing, for my leisure pursuits, for my family and friends, for my life. And when I think about it, I pretty much am zealous for all those things–I just want to make sure my actions are in alignment with my zealotry.
Phew. I made it. And I am zealous for my three words!
What about you? Do you choose a word or words for the new year? If so, what might they be?
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At one time (circa 1992-1995), Bowie and Morrissey were friends. Post-1995, Bowie and Morrissey were no longer friends. What happened? Apparently, among the 228 Morrissey cancelled tour dates, Morrissey dropped out of the David Bowie's The Outside Tour, forcing him to find an opener replacement at the last minute.
In an interview with the Times Magazine (Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999), Morrissey said he left the tour due to pressure: ""I have never spoken about this up until now because, in spite of everything, I do respect David [Bowie]. I simply have to play Star Man or Drive-in Saturday and I will forgive him for anything. But I left that tour because he put me under a lot of pressure, and I found it too exhausting."
Last year, when Morrissey wanted to use a photo of David Bowie and Morrissey together for his re-mastered/reissued of "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" single, Bowie did not grant permission... and in typical Morrissey fashion, he also added that "Bowie has no legal rights to the photograph."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seeing an attempt to block its buyout out of Time Warner as a "radical" departure by the U.S. government, AT&T is preparing for a fight to see the $85 billion deal through.
One key asset owned by Time Warner, CNN, could create problems for the U.S. and President Donald Trump, whose very public spat with the news network has raised suspicions that he might have interfered with the department's decision.
DOJ's antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, insists that Trump did not tell him what to do. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday she wasn't aware of any specific action related to the case taken by the White House.
In a press release, Delrahim said that a combined AT&T-Time Warner would "greatly harm American consumers" by hiking television bills and hampering innovation, particularly in online television service. The DOJ said AT&T would be able to charge rival distributors such as cable companies "hundreds of millions of dollars more per year" for Time Warner's programming — payments that would ultimately get passed down to consumers through their cable bills.
In an emailed statement Monday, AT&T general counsel David McAtee said the lawsuit is a "radical and inexplicable departure from decades of antitrust precedent" and that the company is confident that it will prevail in court.
AT&T runs the country's second largest wireless network and is the biggest provider of traditional satellite and cable TV services. Time Warner owns HBO, CNN, TBS and other networks, as well as the Warner Bros. movie studio.
The government's objections to the deal surprised many on Wall Street. AT&T and Time Warner are not direct competitors, and "vertical" mergers between such companies have typically had an easier time winning government approval than deals that combine two rivals.
The last time the U.S. government won a court victory in a vertical merger antitrust case was in 1972, when the Supreme Court said Ford's takeover of a spark-plug business violated antitrust law.
Many had expected government approval of the deal because Obama-era antitrust officials approved a similar deal — Comcast's purchase of NBCUniversal — in 2011, after imposing restrictions on Comcast's behavior that were meant to protect consumers.
As a candidate, however, Trump vowed to block the pending AT&T-Time Warner deal because it would concentrate too much "power in the hands of too few." As president, Trump has often blasted CNN for its coverage of him and his administration, disparaging it and its reporters as "fake news."
At a press conference Monday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson addressed speculation over whether the government's lawsuit was "all about CNN," saying, "Frankly, I don't know." But Stephenson said AT&T would not agree to anything that would result in it losing control of CNN.
A person familiar with the matter, who could not go on the record, previously told the Associated Press that DOJ wanted the combined company to sell either Turner — the parent of CNN, TBS and other networks — or DirecTV to satisfy its antitrust concerns. A DOJ official, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a pending legal case, said Monday that the government is still willing to work with AT&T on "structural relief," or selling off assets.
AT&T has argued that buying Time Warner would let it package and deliver video more cheaply, over the internet, rather than in expensive cable bundles. It already has a DirecTV Now streaming service, which puts popular live TV networks online, and costs $35 a month and up, cheaper than traditional cable bundles.
Consumer advocates and some Democratic politicians applauded the lawsuit as a blow against media consolidation. Consumers Union, an advocacy group that opposes the deal, said there were "legitimate reasons" to block the deal to protect consumers, but called reports of political pressure "concerning."
The consumer advocacy group Free Press likewise praised the DOJ action, but its president, Craig Aaron, objected to Trump's "saber-rattling" against CNN and other outlets that air criticism of the administration. Aaron called on the Justice Department to demonstrate its independence by reviewing TV station owner Sinclair's proposed takeover of rival Tribune. Sinclair is a conservative-leaning company.
Delrahim, the antitrust chief, has previously expressed a preference for requiring companies to sell off assets rather than allowing mergers to proceed with conditions on the merged company's behavior.
Comcast has faced criticism for breaking some promises related to the conditions on its NBCU deal. For example, the FCC fined Comcast $800,000 for not doing enough to let customers know they could just get internet as a standalone service. Bloomberg TV also complained that it was exiled in Comcast's channel lineups far from other news and business networks. The FCC agreed.
The DOJ official said Monday that the AT&T merger was more harmful to consumers than the Comcast-NBCU deal in part because DirecTV has customers across the country. Comcast only operates in certain regions.
This isn't the first time that AT&T has faced pushback from the government over an acquisition. The Justice Department also sued to block its $39 billion bid of T-Mobile, a direct competitor, in August 2011. AT&T walked away months later.


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When you hear the name Jeff Gordon, you probably think of going around in circles while being assaulted by the smell of burning rubber mixed with gasoline. The thought of wine, no less good wine, probably never comes into your mind. I'm about to change that, and talk about not only Jeff Gordon's passion for good wine, but tell you why this delicious red wine is a perfect choice around the holidays.
After winning his first championship in his sport's premier series in 1995, Jeff Gordon went to London and wanted to celebrate. Jeff ordered a Joseph Drouhin Batard-Montrachet, and says it was then that his passion for fine wine began. He had never seen a white wine decanted, and upon tasting it, declared the white Burgundy wine "liquid gold." Jeff went on to launch the Jeff Gordon Collection of wines in the fall of 2005 with a 2004 Carneros Chardonnay, working with winemaking legend August "Joe" Briggs, owner of Briggs & Sons Winemaking Co. Jeff said when he decided to start a wine line, he asked around for a great winemaker, and Briggs name came up over and over. The two met and starting working together, releasing a Napa Valley Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and their flagship wine Joie de Vivre, a red wine blend.
I was skeptical when asked to join the virtual wine tasting with Jeff Gordon Wine on Twitter. I had just written a post about celebrity endorsed wine, and many of you shared my views; it's more gimmick than good. And, I knew nothing about Gordon or his wine line, other than they were asking me to sip on what I figured would be $61 worth of gasoline to power his NASCAR ride. Luckily, I couldn't have been more wrong. The Jeff Gordon Joie de Vivre 2008 red wine delivered amazing flavors that made every sip worth the price.
The 2008 Joie de Vivre is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 10% Syrah. Most of the fruit is sourced from Napa, with Cabernet Sauvignon coming from Corbett Vineyards (Spring Mountain), the Merlot from Solari Vineyard (Calistoga) and the Syrah from Page Nord Vineyard (Yountville). There is 15% Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from Monte Rosso in the blend. The wine is aged 20 months in a mixture of French and American oak, of which about 30% is new, the rest 2 to 3 year old barrels. It's 14.5% ABV, alcohol by volume, not a "small" wine, but not big by California standards. The alcohol may be approaching the high side, but that doesn't show up in the palate, at all.
Like most big, tannic red wines, this wine needs to breathe. I decanted it for about an hour, but honestly think it could sit for two hours and open up even more. The bouquet of the Joie de Vivre is sweet red fruit, reminiscent of chocolate covered cherries. My initial tasting notes were a BIG big palate, dark cherry with big spices on the finish, and it being very dry (tannic). However, with just thirty minutes more air, decanting for an hour and a half, the palate smoothed out considerably, with warm Christmas spice well integrated with the round dark cherry fruit. The complexity continued to unfold, with notes of leather being intertwined with the fruit and spice. I was sad that the wine was gone before the wine sat in the decanter for 2 hours. I think it evolved quite nicely.
While I paired this red wine with dried salami and cheddar cheese, I think it's a perfect holiday or Christmas wine. Though there is no rule you can't have white wine in December, I tend to prefer heavier red wines, especially with the foods that are typically on a holiday table. Our family celebrates Hanukkah and Christmas, and red meat seems to be served for both holidays. With Hanukkah, we often serve a brisket of beef, usually in a tomato based gravy, while with Christmas we often have a delicious Prime Rib, usually coated with herbs and garlic. The Jeff Gordon Wines Joie de Vivre would pair nicely with either dish, as well as lamb or even goose.
There are only 254 cases of this great red wine produced, and the distribution is quite limited, mainly in restaurants. You can of course order Joie de Vivre direct from Jeff Gordon Wine online.I was fortunate enough to receive this wine as a sample, but my opinions are based on the high quality of the product, not the fact that it was free.
A few other wine bloggers were invited to the virtual tasting. During the Twitter tasting, not only did we share tasting notes, but also thoughts about the wine in terms of aging potential, food pairings, etc. Many of us agreed this wine would age nicely. While it's drinking very well now, I would like to look at it in 3-5 years. Some thought it had 10 years of cellar potential. I'm just not that patient! As for the other wine blogger's thoughts, you can see what some say here: Wine Julia – Traveling Wine Chick – Fabocwinechick – Now and Zin – Food and Wine Chickie
Now that I've told you this celeb wine will rock your socks off, how likely are you to try it, or other celeb endorsed wines? Let me know below!


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Among the many books Alina Adams has written are: Oakdale Confidential (New York Times' bestseller); The Man From Oakdale (2010 SCRIBE Award winner); Jonathan's Story (New York Times' bestseller); Murder on Ice; On Thin Ice; Axel of Evil; Death Drop; Skate Crime; Annie's Wild Ride; The Fictitious Marquis; and Thieves at Heart. (more) She is also an innovator in the business of enhanced electronic books with several titles of her own, and as a business consultant through her company Alina Adams Media, to other published authors looking to create and publish their own enhanced e-book titles. (more) Her latest enhanced electronic book project is Soap Opera 451: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama's Greatest Moments, which chronicles daytime drama's greatest moments over the past 75 years as voted on by Award-winning actors, writers, and producers, as well as other television industry professionals and of course, the fans. The enhanced electronic book features intimate exclusive interviews with the scenes' most prominent players; links to classic video clips; and updates on "Where Are They Now?" Soap Opera 451: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama's Greatest Moments is the first book of its kind both technically and editorially, written by an accomplished best-selling author and leading expert in the daytime television genre. (more) Alina Adams also pioneered the concept of online continuations of a soap opera, with www.AnotherWorldToday.com and Mindy's Twitter, changing how and where the genre -- that began on radio -- can be seen. The format met with fan support and perhaps paved the way to where the industry stands today. (more) |


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What is Medication-Assisted Treatment? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three medications for use in the treatment of opioid and heroin addiction in conjunction with behavioral therapy. The approved medications are Methadone, Buprenorphine and Naltrexone. Both Methadone and Buprenorphine can only be prescribed by physicians certified to use these drugs as part of a comprehensive addiction treatment program. Naltrexone, on the other hand, can be prescribed by any health care provider who is licensed to prescribe medications.
Methadone Methadone is a medication used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help people reduce or quit their use of heroin or other opiates. Methadone has been used for decades to treat people who are addicted to heroin and narcotic pain medicines. Learn more about methadone.
Buprenorphine Buprenorphine is used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help people reduce or quit the use of heroin or other opiates. Medications such as buprenorphine, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment of opioid dependency. Learn more about buprenorphine.
Naltrexone Naltrexone is used to treat opioid use disorders and alcohol use disorders. It comes in a pill form or as an injectable medication. Naltrexone acts by directly counteracting the euphoric effects of alcohol and opioids on the brain. Like Methadone and Buprenorphine, Naltrexone can be effective in treating opioid addiction when coupled with behavioral therapy. Learn more about naltrexone.
SAMHSA RX Pain Medications. Know the Options. Get the Facts "The Rx Pain Medications. Know the Options. Get the Facts." is a series of 13 fact sheets designed to increase awareness of the risks associated with prescription opioid use and misuse, as well as to educate patients who are prescribed opioids for pain about the risks and to provide resources on methods for alternative pain management.
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Pickup trucks helped Ford Motor Co. to a strong finish in the third quarter despite lower global sales.
The Dearborn-based automaker's net income rose 63 percent to $1.6 billion in the July-September period. The earnings of 39 cents per share handily beat Wall Street's expectations. Analysts polled by FactSet forecast earnings of 33 cents per share.
Ford's revenue rose 1 percent to $36.45 billion. Automotive revenue of $33.6 billion also topped analysts' forecasts.
Ford also cited cost-cutting measures, including lower spending on engineering and marketing during the quarter.
"We do believe these are indications of us improving our fitness," CEO Jim Hackett said on a conference call with analysts and media.
With those results under its belt, Ford raised its full-year earnings estimate to $1.75 to $1.85 per share, up from $1.65 to $1.85. That compares to $1.76 per share in 2016.
Ford's overall sales fell 2 percent to 1.5 million cars and trucks. Sales were lower in China, North America and the Middle East; they rose in Europe and South America.
But the company earned more thanks to booming sales of high-margin trucks, which got an added boost after the season's hurricanes.
U.S. sales of F-Series pickups were up 14 percent during the quarter. Ford said buyers paid an average of $45,400 per truck, up $2,800 from the same period a year ago.
Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks said more buyers are springing for luxury packages on their trucks to get extras like heated seats and 360-degree cameras. That pumped North American pretax profits to $1.7 billion, up 33 percent from a year ago.
Ford lost $86 million in Europe as dealers changed over to the new Fiesta subcompact. But Shanks said that will reverse to a profit in the fourth quarter. Ford also lost money in the Middle East and South America, but its pretax profit in Asia more than doubled to $289 million.
The third quarter was Ford's first full quarter with new Hackett at the helm. The former CEO of furniture maker Steelcase Inc. was leading Ford's new mobility efforts until May, when he took over the top job after CEO Mark Fields was ousted.
Earlier this month, Hackett told investors that Ford plans to cut $14 billion in costs by 2022. The company says better deals with suppliers, more shared parts and simpler designs will help it reduce material costs, while decreasing product development time will help with engineering costs.
Hackett said Ford doesn't simply want "hold your breath" cuts that will vary widely from quarter to quarter.
"I'm talking about things we can sustainably return to you each quarter," he said.
Hackett also said Ford plans to start testing autonomous vehicles in an unnamed city starting next year.
But Ford is struggling to be heard over splashier announcements from rivals like General Motors Co., which said last week that it will soon be testing self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars in New York City. GM's share price hit an all-time high Tuesday, climbing above $46 per share after the company reported a $2.5 billion pretax profit — higher than Ford's $2 billion pretax result — despite selling its European division.
Ford's shares were up 1 percent to $12.14 in morning trading Thursday. They haven't gone higher than $13.27 in the last year.
"As we put more proof points out there — not only on the traditional side of the business but in terms of these new technologies and how we're going to leverage those and create value — I think the market will reward us," Shanks said.
Philippe Houchois, an analyst with Jefferies who has a "hold" rating on Ford's stock, said in a note to investors that the beat was a solid one, "suggesting Ford is getting a better handle on drifting costs." But he said Europe and South America remain drags.


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Even with careful planning and diligent saving, some parts of retirement planning are out of your control. Factors like longevity, rising medical costs and the ups and downs of the market can have an impact on your savings. But while you can't plan for the unexpected per se, there are ways you can manage these risks and protect your retirement income. Here's a look at four common retirement risks and how to address them.
1. Longer life expectancy
Americans are living longer now than ever before. Government figures put average life expectancy at about 79 years old, but you could live much longer than that, and financial experts suggest planning for retirement living costs well into your 90s.
There are many benefits to living longer, but it also means carefully considering strategies to avoid outliving your savings. One strategy to consider is to delay the age you start collecting Social Security benefits. You are eligible to start collecting Social Security at age 62, but the longer you wait, the larger your benefit will be. For example, if you turn 62 in 2021, and you can hold out claiming your benefit until age 70, you'll increase your monthly payment by 77 percent.
You may also want to consider other sources of regular income, such as annuities to supplement Social Security benefits and withdrawals from retirement accounts. You typically purchase annuities with a lump sum, and the annuity then makes regular payments to you over a fixed period of time. That said, annuities come with unique trade-offs and risks. For example, it's possible inflation could rise higher than an annuity's guaranteed rate. What's more, annuities are generally illiquid investments, meaning your money will be tied up for a set period and you won't be able to access it without facing stiff penalties. Discuss annuity options with a financial advisor before adding one to your portfolio.
2. Medical costs and long-term care
Another implication of living longer is increased health care costs. On average, a healthy 65-year-old couple can expect to spend more than $300,000 on health care alone in retirement. While Medicare covers many medical expenses you're likely to face, it doesn't cover everything, including the cost of long-term care.
Long-term care refers to assistance needed for daily activities, like eating, bathing or dressing. This type of care can be provided at home or at an assisted living facility like a nursing home. Those age 65 and older have a 70 percent chance of needing some form of long-term care as they age.
Even if you don't anticipate needing long-term care anytime soon, it may be worth considering long-term care insurance now in case you need these services in the future. Consider purchasing coverage well before you retire as it typically becomes more expensive as you age.
3. Market risk
Market fluctuations are a natural part of the market cycle, yet a downward turn right before retirement can lower the value of your investments just when you need them most. As you near retirement, consider rebalancing your portfolio to include more lower-risk investments like bonds that are less likely to be affected when stock markets head south.
4. Rising inflation
Inflation reduces your spending power and can have a big effect over a 30-year (or longer) retirement. There isn't much you can do to stop inflation, but you can purchase assets that protect against some of its effects. Real estate investments are one option, as property prices tend to rise with inflation. You may also consider Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), which offer a fixed interest rate, but their principal is adjusted for inflation
Understanding these risks to retirement can help you know how to address them and keep your savings on track.
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Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
L'AQUILA, Italy, 10 July 2009 - The countries of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group released the following today:
Joint Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by U.S. President Obama, Russian President Medvedev, and French President Sarkozy at the L'Aquila Summit of the Eight, July 10, 2009.
We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group's Co-Chair countries France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America affirm our commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic Principles for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
We are instructing our mediators to present to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan an updated version of the Madrid Document of November 2007, the Co-Chairs last articulation of the Basic Principles. We urge the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the few differences remaining between them and finalize their agreement on these Basic Principles, which will outline a comprehensive settlement.
Fact sheet
The ministers of the US, France, and Russia presented a preliminary version of the Basic Principles for a settlement to Armenia and Azerbaijan in November 2007 in Madrid.
The Basic Principles reflect a reasonable compromise based on the Helsinki Final Act principles of Non-Use of Force, Territorial Integrity, and the Equal Rights and Self-Determination of Peoples.
The Basic Principles call for inter alia:
- return of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control;
- an interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh providing guarantees for security and self-governance;
- a corridor linking Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh;
- future determination of the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh through a legally binding expression of will;
- the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their former places of residence; and
- international security guarantees that would include a peacekeeping operation.
The endorsement of these Basic Principles by Armenia and Azerbaijan will allow the drafting of a comprehensive settlement to ensure a future of peace, stability, and prosperity for Armenia and Azerbaijan and the broader region.


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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
7 comments:
- Jade said...
Tsk, tsk, Princess; jealousy does not become you.
I bet that salmon was mighty tasty, no matter how it was obtained. Gift fish are better than no fish any day. - August 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- The Fab Furs said...
Princess, aren't you growing carrots in your garden? And I bet KB has been busy with his patio and hasn't set up his fish pond yet.
- August 17, 2011 at 10:16 PM
- bunnits said...
Yum, yum! Fresh salmon!
Last summer we were trying to catch catfish, caught one, went home with seven because a very skilled and probably lucky fisherman next to us gave us six of his because he didn't need them all--and he had plenty, too! He was about to release them back into the lake when he noticed our lack of success. I was overwhelmed that he was offering us six really nice fish. Later I remembered that the summer before, we had given our whole catch of bluegill to a less fortunate fisherman. Karma. - August 17, 2011 at 10:52 PM
- Crafty Green Poet said...
oh Princess, I'd bring you carrots,
- August 18, 2011 at 12:57 AM
- Lorna said...
*Perk* is that salmon I see?
Let's see, I need two bags of craisins and some dandy candy (dandelions) to get snuck in the back door.. now, what do I bribe the humans with.. - August 18, 2011 at 1:58 AM
- Christina said...
That is a pretty sittin place BL has there. I wouldnt care if I ever caught a fish.
- August 18, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- SixBunnies said...
Thanks for the update of life in Paradise! No salmon down here ... Lots of bunnies though!
Princess, I have extra carrots for you anytime you want to visit! - August 18, 2011 at 5:49 AM


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This is A Day in the Country with Paul Koffy – May 3rd
On this day in 2019, Brett Young had the number-1 song with "Here Tonight"
Today in 2017, Thomas Rhett released the vide for "Craving You" which featured Maren Morris.
In 2011, the band Alabama returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage to play "Old Alabama" with Brad Paisley.
And a very happy birthday goes out to Eric Church…
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