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ROSWELL, N.M. — An Austrian skydiver broke as many as three world records during his supersonic descent from an altitude of 24 miles on Sunday, project sponsors said.
Cheers broke out as Felix Baumgartner, 43, jumped from a skateboard-sized shelf outside the 11-by-8-foot (3.3-by-2.4 meter) fiberglass and acrylic capsule, which was carried as high as 128,000 feet by an enormous balloon.
"We love you, Felix!" the crowd in Roswell screamed as he plunged through the stratosphere.
His body pierced the atmosphere at speeds topping 700 miles per hour, appearing to achieve another of his goals: to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, according to the project's website. He sped toward Earth on the 65th anniversary of legendary American pilot Chuck Yeager's flight shattering the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947.
"Looks like he probably broke Mach," project commentator Bob Hager said, referring to Mach 1, or the speed of sound, which is more than 690 miles per hour.
In addition to the supersonic free-fall record, Baumgartner broke records for the highest-altitude manned balloon flight and the highest-altitude skydive.
Baumgartner's ascent into the stratosphere took about two and a half hours. The 30 million-cubic-foot (850,000-cubic-meter) plastic balloon is about one-tenth the thickness of a plastic freezer bag, or roughly as thin as a dry cleaner bag.
During the flight, Baumgartner received radio assistance from project adviser Joe Kittinger, the retired Air Force colonel who held the parachute jump record that Baumgartner smashed. That record was set in 1960 when Kittinger jumped from a height of 19 miles.
At one point during Sunday's descent, Baumgartner experienced a terrifying spin but pulled through it without injury. "Felix, we're so proud of you. You did absolutely fabulous. ... I couldn't have done any better myself," Kittinger told him.
Ten minutes after stepping into the air, Baumgartner landed safely on the ground and raised his arms in a victory salute.
Related stories:
- Supersonic skydiver cheered by the Internet
- 8 craziest skydives of all time involved huge leaps of faith
This report includes information from Reuters.
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My 2007 and 2006 winners are posted too. Although I've been reviewing books seriously since 2000 and blogging since 2003, I only started listing my favorite books in 2006.
I did not spend enough time "hanging in the sky" (to quote John Denver) reading a book, and too much of my day job spilled into my evening reading hours. I prefer to avoid long-haul air travel, so I don't expect to read more on planes in 2009. Regarding work-life balance, I have more help at work for detection and response duties. We'll see how 2009 fares with respect to reading overall.
My ratings for 2008 can be summarized as follows:
- 5 stars: 7 books
- 4 stars: 8 books
- 3 stars: 4 books
- 2 stars: 1 book
- 1 star: 0 books
Here's my overall ranking of the five star reviews; this means all of the following are excellent books.
- 7. Beginning Perl, 2nd Ed by James Lee. Lee's book is excellent from start to finish. I found his explanations very clear and his writing style lively. He covered just about everything I hoped to read in a book of roughly 400 pages.
- 6. OSSEC HIDS by Rory Bray, Daniel Cid and Andrew Hay. I have to congratulate the author team for OHG. Writing a book for Syngress with many contributors is usually a recipe for disaster. OHG features three lead authors, four contributors, and one foreword author -- and they don't step on each others' toes.
- 5. Virtual Honeypots: From Botnet Tracking to Intrusion Detection by Niels Provos and Thorsten Holz. If you are at all interested in potentially deceiving intruders, buy and read Virtual Honeypots. You'll learn about more than VMware (QEMU, UML, etc.) as well as numerous open source tools you can download and try for free.
- 4. Googling Security: How Much Does Google Know About You? by Greg Conti. There's no question that Greg Conti writes excellent books. Last year's Security Data Visualization book earned 5 stars, and I put Googling Security in the same league. Conti takes a thorough and methodical look at the privacy consequences of Google's services, incorporating technical realities and thoughtful analysis.
- 3. Nmap Network Scanning by Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon. If you are looking for *the* book on Nmap, the search is over: NNS is a winner.
- 2. Applied Security Visualization by Raffy Marty. I think ASV is a great book on security visualization, but it will also help general security practitioners.
And, the winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2008 award is...
1. Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code by Cameron H. Malin, Eoghan Casey, and James M. Aquilina. Malware Forensics is an awesome book. Last year Syngress published Harlan Carvey's 5-star Windows Forensic Analysis, and now we get to enjoy this new title. I should disclose that I co-wrote a forensics book with Curtis Rose, and I just delivered a guest lecture in a class taught by Eoghan Casey. However, I still call books as I see them, regardless of the author.
I can confidently say that anyone interested in learning how to analyze malware, or perform incident response, will benefit from reading Malware Forensics. The authors even maintain a Web site -- malwareforensics.com -- to support the book.
Looking at the publisher count, top honors in 2008 go to Addison-Wesley for 3 titles, followed by Syngress with 2, and finally Apress and a self-published title, each with one. Thank you to all publishers who sent me books in 2008. I have plenty more to read in 2009.
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Matthew Brannon
Nevertheless (and 4 details)
Matthew Brannon
Nevertheless (and 4 details)
Wood, steel, aluminum, string, glass, sintra, bulsa foam, acrylic paint, enamel paint, canvas, soap, mouse trap, sound cancelling device, water from a melted ice sculpture
374 x 558 x 401 cm
The title of Matthew Brannon's sculpture Nevertheless (2010) is an appropriately oblique 'giveaway' from an artist known for the subtlety and humour of his language, objects and prints: "Nevertheless," he points out, "is an adverb comprised of three words: never - the - less. It became my stance against the panic that ensued from the economic collapse. An attempt to answer the question: what can we make when we shouldn't be making anything?"
Brannon's answer to the question is to create shop window-like displays and make-believe theatrical sets. Nevertheless was made on the occasion of Brannon's first show in London in 2009, and it was the perfect departure from other work being made at the time around urban malaise. Brannon, based in New York, dedicated the London show to the idea of the transatlantic sea voyage.
"As I was working I was rereading Evelyn Waugh's short autobiographical book The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, viewing the cruise episode of his televised Brideshead Revisited, and digesting the ship passage in Vladimir Nabokov's Ada. There's much to be said about such close quarters. About being in between lands and lost at sea."
What Brannon has made is a sculpture of an installation, like a set for an untold story, in which seduction and frustration are masterfully ever unfolding. The scene's suggestive props (water, curtains, handrails, dirty magazines under the mattress) contrast with an exit sign and rope cordoning off the piece, preventing anyone from entering the installation, and leaving the narrative up to the viewer.
"It's not interactive but you can imagine it being interacted with. I told everyone it was the set of a play. Of a play about a murder on a ship. It's true I did write it, but that's another story. What you're shown here is just the set. I'm allowing you to put the pieces together yourself. To do what you would with it."
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15. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildruel.loehr Jul 12, 2005 12:37 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
As the build based upon the repository is now complete my next thoughts are on how is the best way to deploy this.
A couple of points to consider are :
1) Maintaining backwards compatability
2) How maintenance will occur when changing the version of a dependency
At one point it was discussed that a thirdparty folder that has been generated from the repository would be checked into cvs. This folder would then be aliased into the 4.0.x module. Does this still hold true?
Whenever the build-thirdparty.xml file is modified a few events will need to transpire:
1) Regenerate the thirdparty directory
2) Check-in changes
3) Generate a new libraries.ent file
4) Check-in changes
(provided that these items are being stored in cvs).
Previously we had discussed storing the libraries.ent file as an artifact somewhere in the thirdparty directory. At some point (preferably build time) we must choose which version of the libraries.ent file to use; the one which contains the repository path structure, or the existing libraries.ent. This could be determined via a property passed in to the script.
16. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildstarksm64 Jul 12, 2005 2:50 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
I'm inclined to not checkin the thirdparty contents into cvs and to simply change the directions for building 4.0.3+ to include using the jboss-4.0.x cvs alias. The first dependency of the jboss-4.0/build/build.xml should be to build the thirdparty contents based on the build-thirdparty.xml.
The libraries.ent file should be an artifact generated in the thirdparty directory and the scripts should be updated to use this version.
The source release associated with a dist would continue to include the thirdparty contents so that its a self contained bundle.
The biggest compatibility issue are the eclipse classpath entries. Someone can write another visitor that generates the project eclipse classpath when thirdparty is build instead of relying on cvs versions.
17. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildadrian.brock Jul 12, 2005 3:00 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
"firstname.lastname@example.com" wrote:
The biggest compatibility issue are the eclipse classpath entries. Someone can write another visitor that generates the project eclipse classpath when thirdparty is build instead of relying on cvs versions.
This already exists as part of the "synchronize" in the new build, but it has been
broken by all the refactoring.
18. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildruel.loehr Jul 13, 2005 5:54 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
Two issues have come up today which I would like to get confirmation on.
1) libraries.ent generation location
If we generate a libraries.ent and store it in the thirdparty folder this will require a change to the build.xml files. The buildfiles currently reference it in this manner:
ENTITY libraries SYSTEM "../tools/buildmagic/etc/libraries.ent"which we change to look like this:
ENTITY libraries SYSTEM "../thirdparty/libraries.ent"
If this were to be modified to point to the thirdparty location we will have a problem when the thirdparty folder is not yet present. For example, if we were to perform a clean checkout of JBoss-4.0.x (which does not pull down the thirdparty folder) and then try to build we will immediately get an exception stating that the the libraries.ent file is not found. This is valid as we have not generated it yet.
A simple solution would be to place the generated file in the same location as the pre-existing file. If a user ever wished to revert back he would simply pull down the old version from cvs.
Adrian raised a valid issue regarding making the thirdparty downloading the first target of the build.
You cannot do that, unless there is mechanism to disable it (e.g. an unless="property").
What happens if somebody is working offline?
The way that I have set this up is that there is indeed an unless property. If the build-thirdparty.xml file is newer than the libraries.ent file then the downloads from the repository will take place. Otherwise the build will transpire as usual. If you do not have the thirdparty components on your machine and you do not have a net connection you will not be able to build.
19. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildstarksm64 Jul 13, 2005 6:25 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
The libraries are only used by the main build when creating the dist. They have no purpose for building thirdparty or compiling the modules. Couldn't we simply break out the install target into a seperate build-dist.xml file that contains the install and related targets?
Unless you do this, the initial build will be using the obsolete ../tools/buildmagic/etc/libraries.ent version and would fail anyway when the incorrect libraries were used.
There should be a way to disable initiating the thirdparty build as suggested.
20. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildruel.loehr Jul 15, 2005 5:18 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
As suggested, I was able to move the installation targets from the main build.xml file and into a build-distr.xml file (work done locally).
At this point I am ready to commit and perform integration testing on the thirdparty build system. In order to not disturb development during this period we will create a branch to do this.
Ruel Loehr
JBoss QA
21. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildryan.campbell Jul 18, 2005 11:34 AM (in response to ruel.loehr)
I have created Repo_Branch_4_0 for this.
22. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildruel.loehr Jul 22, 2005 1:56 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
I have fully integrated all changes for the jboss thirdparty build on the branch Repo_Branch_4_0. The output directories match up and testsuite results are consistent with a regular 4.0 build both with 1.4 and 1.5 compilers.
You can test this in the following fashion:
mkdir test
cd test
cvs co -r Repo_Branch_4_0 jboss-4.0.x
cd jboss-4.0
cd build
The first time build.sh is executed the dependencies will be downloaded from the repository. Later attempts at building will not download the thirdparty dependencies unless the build-thirdparty.xml file has been updated.
In anticipation of migration to the thirdparty build I have set up a JBossBuild wiki page:
The final step for deployment will be to merge this branch into the Branch_4_0.
What is the best process for doing this (e.g. notifying people, lead time, day to do it...)?
23. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildstarksm64 Jul 22, 2005 5:30 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
I have gone through the build and it looks good so far. I'm still running the unit tests.
The wiki page needs to be more strict about how the thirdparty contents are maintained. Generally, one should never update existing binaries. The only time this should be done is for snapshots on pre-release binaries.
The respository is also independent of any existing build, so the discussion about looking to the build/build-thirdparty.xml for the correct version is off target. Someone has version x.y.z of a binary and they simply need to know how to add this to the repository.
Its a independent choice to update the jboss-x.y/build/build-thirdparty.xml version to refer to the newer version. It may very well never happen, and there needs to be a jira issue that documents every change in thirdparty dependencies.
As for merging this, announce it on the dev list and give it 24 hours to sink in. If I find a major problem in running the testsuite I'll followup to the dev list announcement.
24. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildruel.loehr Jul 26, 2005 1:12 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
I have released the 4.0 thirdparty build.
It can be checked out and build in the following fashion.
cvs co -r Branch_4_0 jboss-4.0.x
cd JBoss-4.0/build
I have updated and will continue updating the wiki as quesitons arise. http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBossBuild .
The cruisecontrol scipt is also in the process of being update to reflect these changes.
25. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildadrian.brock Jul 26, 2005 7:54 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
This doesn't work for me. It looks to be problem with the version of ant in tools
since plain "ant" works but build.sh does not:
adrian@adrian-srv01:~/jboss-4.0/workspace/build> ant -version
Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on June 2 2005
adrian@adrian-srv01:~/jboss-4.0/workspace/build> ./build.sh -version
Apache Ant version 1.6.2 compiled on July 16 2004
26. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildadrian.brock Jul 26, 2005 8:03 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
Also, I thought we were keeping the thirdparty directory structure the same?
I've now got to waste god knows how long revamping the eclipse build to have the
new location of all the thirdparty jars.
I went through a long argument before about why it was NOT a good idea
including the version in the directory structure or the jar name that the local build sees.
The version belongs in the manifest and the repository directory structure
and it comes originally from the description in the build.xml or component-info.xml
27. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildadrian.brock Jul 26, 2005 8:06 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
This is the error I see:
adrian@adrian-srv01:~/jboss-4.0/workspace/build> ./build.sh -f build-thirdparty.xml Buildfile: build-thirdparty.xml synchronize.main: [exec] Unknown argument: -cp [exec] ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]] [exec] Options: [exec] -help, -h print this message [exec] -projecthelp, -p print project help information [exec] -version print the version information and exit [exec] -diagnostics print information that might be helpful to [exec] diagnose or report problems. etc.
28. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildruel.loehr Jul 26, 2005 9:52 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
Please execute the below command and send me the results. It will create the errorlog.txt file in the build directory. This will eliminate the need for me to ask the standard what os are you using questions.
./build.sh -f build-thirdparty.xml -verbose -logfile errorlog.txt
From your previous posts it looks like you are getting additional arguments added in when ant is launched for the synchronize.targets target.
When I run in verbose mode my output is the following:
synchronize.main: [exec] Current OS is Windows XP [exec] Executing 'cmd.exe' with arguments: [exec] '/c' [exec] 'ant' [exec] '-f' [exec] 'c:\projects\fresh40backup\jboss-4.0\build\build-thirdparty.xml' [exec] 'synchronize.components' [exec] [exec] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are [exec] not part of the command.
I think we will see extra arguments in the above in your error log.
The process is launched in this fashion (found in the tasks.xml file):
Was this checked out to an empty directory? I would like to eliminate the possibility of the ${execant.args} being set in a property file.
29. Re: JBoss Third Party Buildstarksm64 Jul 26, 2005 11:45 PM (in response to ruel.loehr)
I thought we were going to generate the eclipse library classpath. The same issue applies to intellij projects though. These should be generated anyway as the transitive closure of dependencies is still a function of the version whether or not its included in the path.
If the thirdparty version info is thrown away, isn't there an inconsistency in treatment of local vs remote repository in terms of identifying if a component is up to date? If I update the local thirdparty component to a newer version?


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A few weeks back, I won the most fabulous blog contest prize ever: a beautiful bag made by Nova filled with yarn! Check this out! The prize came all wrapped up late this week. I've saved the ribbons for some summer dresses for B too. Thank you so much for such a lovely prize, Nova!!!! I've been stewing about what I'll do with each skein! More on that later, to be sure.
What's that hand doing in there? Hey, wait! Put that back! I was trying to take a picture of the yarn! Come back here!
I chased Beatrix around the living room to get the yarn back but when I found her standing like this, I pulled out the camera. What do you think? Is she coveting yarn? I hope this means I'll be able to teach her to knit someday.
I'll leave you with some photos of a nearly finished Ivy League Vest. Hopefully, I'll have a full report for you next week!
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I've never been a big fan of focus groups. My skepticism dates back to the early '90s, when I was an editor on the team that launched Worth magazine. Like many consumer publications, we used focus groups to test everything from cover designs to potential story ideas. Our marketing team asked people to tell us what they thought they would like to see in a future issue. It seems to me that most people are woefully bad at predicting what they will like, which is why magazines need editors.
Then one day, I was trying to stay awake while watching yet another focus group from behind the one-way glass, as the participants were thumbing through the latest issue and sharing their "wisdom" about the table of contents, feature layouts and what fonts we should use. Suddenly, one of them piped up with: "It would be great if you had a section in here that gave us advice about personal finance." All the other participants started nodding their heads in agreement. That got my attention, as I was the editor of the section that gave advice on personal finance, and apparently, not one reader out of those 15 could find it.
The problem was that most people flip through magazines looking at the right-hand pages, and in an effort to keep the advertisers happy, our publisher had put my section on the left-hand pages—rendering it virtually invisible. Based on that feedback, I was able to convince the publisher that the personal finance section warranted a more prominent position in the magazine.
I was reminded of that focus group while watching the streaming video of Michael Maslansky's session at the Loring Ward National Education Conference in Monterey in June. The CEO of Maslansky Luntz and Partners uses his expertise in language and messaging to help litigators, non-profits and many Fortune 500 companies—including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and UBS—to communicate more effectively about products, brands and issues. He is the author of "The Language of Trust," and you probably saw his firm's trademarked polling and focus group methodology during the 2010 elections, where it enabled CNN to show live audiences' real-time reactions to speeches as they were being given.
If you're anything like me, you probably have reservations about today's high-tech quantifying of human behavior, but Maslansky appears to use his knowledge and expertise to help people better understand, and therefore better help, the people they are trying to serve. Still, to fully grasp the power of Maslansky's process—garnered from over 100 research projects—you really have to see it. It's like a focus group on steroids. For independent advisors, who have many ideas about what their clients are thinking but very little data to back them up, it's obviously an eye-opening, mind-bending experience.
At Loring Ward, Maslansky's program started with a panel consisting of 13 local investors between the ages of 55 and 70 with at least $500,000 in investable assets. Half of the panelists were retired and all had financial advisors. The panelists were seated across a broad stage with a handheld device about the size of a cell phone, with a circular dial. Each panelist could indicate a favorable or unfavorable reaction by twisting the dial. The panelists' reactions were electronically aggregated to show a composite real-time reaction on a large screen on the stage.
The panelists were shown videos of advisors answering six questions that prospective clients would be likely to ask. The 13 panelists were asked to indicate whether they felt more likely or less likely to engage the advisor who was speaking, second by second, as he was giving his answer. Altogether, this provided the advisors in the audience with an unparalleled insight into how investors truly feel about the various phrases that advisors use to explain their services, their market outlook, what differentiates them, their process, how they get paid and their request for referrals.
"Yet, even though you talk to clients every day, it's very difficult to get into their heads: to know what it is that they are really thinking," Maslansky told the advisors in the audience. "Humans, by nature, don't always tell people the whole story."
Maslansky explained that the results would appear on the big screen as a flat line that either trended up or down: "The middle of the graph is 50. That's neutral; not good and not bad. A response of 70 or above means what's being said is really working. Between 50 and 70 you're not hurting yourself, but you could probably be doing a better job of engaging your client or prospect. If you're below 50, you really should just shut up because every time you open your mouth, you're really doing damage to you credibility and to your ability to sell your client."
The answers that advisors gave (which were the normal answers they used in their practices, I'm told) did, indeed, show some dramatically different investor responses. For instance, when one advisor answered the question, "Why should I work with your firm?" by saying he had a "great investment method, based on a disciplined, scientific strategy that won a Nobel prize and has been tested for 40 years," the responses were negative, negative and negative. In fact, not one panelist felt positive about this pitch. "He came across as a salesman," said one investor, capturing the sentiment of the panel.
In answer to the same question, another advisor talked about being independent and working for the client rather than a large company, which enabled him to look out for his clients' best interests, all of which tested well into the very positive range. "He said what he would do for me," said one panelist, "rather than giving me a pitch."
The investors also liked presentations that included financial plans, setting realistic expectations, financial goals, considering their values and people who are important to them, and especially, a team approach, which indicated to them expertise beyond one person. They didn't like any words they didn't understand, such as volatility, outsourcing and particularly counseling. "It's a negative word," said one panelist. "Nobody wants to go to 'counseling.' I'd rather go to the dentist."
The panel of investors gave the highest positive scores of the session to the advisors talking about how they got paid. All were direct, clearly stating they had a 1% of assets fee up front. They then talked about what they would do for that fee, including keeping their clients from making mistakes, especially when the markets were down; keeping clients from blowing up their financial plans; making less when clients' assets were down; and working even harder when the markets were down and they got paid less. Maslansky summed up the effectiveness of these answers this way: "We see a lot of advisors try to avoid giving out the number," he said. "The best answer to a fee question is a fee. If you don't have the number in the first two sentences, you're toast. Then they think that you're hiding it. Say you charge a 1% fee, and then tell them what you do to earn it; it's much more effective."
These, and the responses to the other questions that the advisors answered, illustrated a surprisingly small number of communication mistakes that advisors make—yet, according to Maslansky, they make them with great regularity. A big one is talking about themselves rather than about the clients and what the advisor will do for them. "Most advisor/client conversations quickly become more about the advisor and less about the client," he said. Then there's overselling: "You can't offer a perfect solution, and investors know this. Tempered promises have more credibility."
The most prevalent mistake is the use of industry jargon, which the vast majority of investors don't even begin to understand, and which consistently tested negatively: Volatility, asset allocation, accumulation, distribution, longevity risk, investment policy statements, CFP, the list is nearly endless. "This is where the industry falls down every day," he said. "There is so much jargon that you don't even recognize it. Advisors need to constantly remind themselves that investors don't know what you think they know."


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As the fiscal cliff looms on the horizon this election season, financial advisors are figuring out strategies to help spooked clients take action if Washington lawmakers fail to deal with the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, which are scheduled to go into effect in Jan. 1, 2013.
For advisors who have a fiduciary responsibility to their client, but perhaps little expertise or capabilities in tax planning, the uncertainty leaves them trying to figure out what guidance to provide, says Kathy Stewart, vice president of fiduciary research at fi360, the education and training company that acts as a watchdog for the fiduciary standard.
"We are inundated with information on the looming fiscal cliff daily," says Stewart (right). "When sifting through all the articles and studies, it is important to not forget the basics."
Here, then, are the fiscal cliff basics for advisors – fi360's top five tips for financial advisors who are navigating investors through the shoals of tax positions, portfolio evaluations, estate planning and budgeting.
(Read Fiscal Cliff Is Higher Than You Think: BofA-Merrill at AdvisorOne.)
1. Know Your Client. Remember to brush up on your client's overall goals and objectives as you begin fiscal cliff preparations, including a review of your client's budget/cash flow, investments, retirement plan and estate plans, says fi360's Stewart, who contributes to the organization's professional training programs on legal, regulatory and financial subjects.
Keep in Mind: In an overall client review, good communication is essential, whether face to face, over the phone or in an email or letter. According to Susan Weiner, an investment writing consultant and CFA charterholder, the principle of "What's in it for me?," or WIIFM, should guide you: "When someone looks at their email inbox, they're going to judge things by WIIFM," she says.
2. Tax Positions. Investment advisors are expected to know the implications when they advise either the purchase or sale of assets in client portfolios, according to fi360's Stewart.
"With changes forthcoming to income tax rates on ordinary income, qualifying dividends, capital gains rates or the impact of the AMT, what is true today might not be true once Congress either takes action or fails to do so, as the case may be," she says.
Keep in Mind: While generally not tax experts, prudent investment advisors will involve outside experts such as the client's accountant to look at any effects of forthcoming changes. Richard Niles, senior editor for Summit Business Media's Tax Facts Online, suggests that advisors should help clients avoid getting blinded by the 2013 sunset and consider moving income items into 2012, when rates may well be lower, and at least some certainty prevails.
3. Portfolio Evaluations. For advisors who claim to provide comprehensive advice over a client's financial picture, now is the time to investigate the tax ramifications as part of your year-end advice, according to fi360's Stewart.
"It is critical for an advisor to exercise good judgment when contemplating the impact of portfolio modifications from a tax perspective as rebalancing or other changes are necessary," she says. "Fiduciaries have an ongoing duty to monitor their client's situation pursuant to agreements and scope of client engagement."
Keep in Mind: Before a presidential winner is announced, business decisions and the markets are sure to bounce around in the lead-up to the election as political rhetoric ignites passions and causes mood swings in sentiment. Read How to Create Your Election Portfolio.
4. Estate Planning. Not only are changes to income tax rules on the table, so are estate tax rules, and certain very large exemptions now in effect for gifting and the federal estate and generation-skipping tax exemption amounts are scheduled to decline dramatically in 2013, Stewart says.
"For clients who might be affected by estate tax changes, an advisor should encourage visiting with an attorney to help accomplish their estate goals," she says. "Advisors need to be asking critical questions in light of the tax changes to determine what course of action, if any, should be undertaken."
Keep in Mind: The scheduled expiration of current tax rates and exemption amounts will expose many more individuals and families to estate, gift and GST tax liability, writes Gavin Morrissey of Commonwealth Financial. Read his comment, As Window Closes, 4 Key Points on Wealth Transfers.
5. Budget and Cash Flow. Finally, fi360's Stewart notes, the fiduciary duty of due care may require investment advisors to monitor sources and uses of cash.
"A significant tax increase can lower income, leaving a client no choice but to make adjustments that might include reallocation of investments to garner additional income or tightening the belt to remove excess spending," she says.
Keep in Mind: A new report from Sentier Research finds that pre-retirees age 55 to 64 are worse off now than they were three years ago, with real median annual household income declining by almost 10%. But it's not all bad news, especially for those who have already reached retirement age. Household income for people age 65 to 74 actually increased by 6.5%.
Read Fiscal Cliff Is Higher Than You Think: BofA-Merrill at AdvisorOne.
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This week—in a special Halloween/HasBean Birthday re-imagining of No. 40, complete with the spooky (somewhat) disembodied voice of Jenn—we are joined by a guest we've been trying to get onto the podcast since April this year: an overachiever of the highest degree, holding not one, not two, but three highly-demanding coffee jobs—the one and only Roukiat Delrue. Rouki's experience growing up in a producing country, partnered with her positions as Q Services Manager with the Coffee Quality Institute and National Bodies Manager for World Coffee Events, give her a completely unique—and extensive—perspective on all things coffee.
Episode 40 covers everything from coffee auctions to colour conflicts whilst head-judging and from Anacafe to Q updates, with much more in between, as we make the most of our hour with the coffee industry's most beloved "Rouki-pedia". We also revisit the head-judge industrial complex, first discussed in No. 23 with Nick Cho, as well as the highly-contested "women in coffee" discussion (which Steve has promised to give up if someone finally invites him out for breakfast) and Steve's desire for a new cupping form.


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In its continuing attack on John Kerry-Heinz, the White House told writer KungFu IceSkater, that it would release pictures even scarier than earlier released pictures of William Jefferson Clinton ("The Bill") with his "damage-control" adviser, Oma-Ho-Sa. Even though a picture of The Bill with Oma-Ho-Sa is widely available, The Bill quickly announced "I never had work relations with that woman and I never inhaled any of her gang-banging bro's chronic. Read my lips, I say."
Anonymous sources told us last night that, "The W", the man with his finger on the button, make no mistake about it, authorized the release of photos of Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry-Heinz with Oma-Heidi, if a video of Osama in jail shouting "Allah bless Texas", is not widely broadcast by election day 2004. Condi agreed that it made sense for "national security" reasons and declared that she was so turned on by the W's candidness that she thought "her Bush deserved a "raise"". Notably flustered, W responded "I get frequent raises from Laura, so why don't you go get some 9/11 Commission dick. Just kidding, I meant just get some dick. Emm, I meant, just get Dick Clark".
Heidi Breastless was not available for comments as her white, Haitian, voodoo father had asked her to undertake a strange and ancient ritual, involving shock treatment, guaranteed to cure her "odd", "sporadic" "incomprehensible" behavior.
When asked to comment on remarks about Oma-Ho-Sa, Oma-Heidi said "Ahh, your microphone just hit my head. I'm gonna sue you. Classless bastard, (inaudible mumbling combined with white voodoo incantations),.


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Part of the new Skate Series these pieces by Sensible are all one off originals and singled.
Sensible was born in Barcelona in 1977. He studied Graphic Design at the applicate arts School of Barcelona (1999). He tries to mix all the techniques as possible in his work: paints, engravings, serigraphy, murals, sculptures, videos and poetry. That gives him the change of experiment with no limits. He has participate in various collectives making magazines, short films festivals, exhibitions, murals, performances, concerts…He normally works on designs, illustrations, videos, t-shirts, hand made bags, collaboration for magazines, etc… always with a free concept. Enjoy your self with his work, so the mutation changes every day and that's the fact of his own expression.


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DEAR ABBY Jan. 2: Office birthday celebration is no party for guest of honor
DEAR ABBY: I have a problem that happens once a year -- my birthday at work. There's a huge potluck with cake, banners, gifts and a card that has been circulating around the office for a week. I cringe at the attention. Everyone means well, but these celebrations are pure torture for me. I'm a 7-year-old all over again, trying my best to keep the anxiety and waterworks in check.
It goes back to my childhood. Growing up, we were very poor, and my parents made it clear that sacrifices had been made for my "big day," which always ended up with me guilt-ridden and in tears.
As an adult, I celebrate my birthday with my husband and son. We keep it low-key and I'm surrounded by the unconditional love I craved as a child.
I have tried bowing out and asked that gifts be made to charity instead, but I am told, "Oh, come on! We ALL have to go through this." I went so far as to confide to the party planners why I'm so uncomfortable. To my horror, a few of them began complaining about how hard they worked pulling everything together or how late they stayed up baking the cake, etc. It was like hearing my parents all over again.
Am I being too sensitive? I'd appreciate your opinion. -- SPARE ME IN MICHIGAN
DEAR SPARE ME: Because you have tried talking to your co-workers about the special circumstances surrounding your reason for not wanting an office celebration, it's time to talk to your supervisor or someone in human resources. I see no reason why you should have to suffer emotional stress so that everyone can have a party on your birthday.
And no, you are not being too sensitive. The party-planners have been insensitive.
DEAR ABBY: My mother never liked my paternal grandmother. Grandma "Jane" was tolerated, but often treated as an object of ridicule or contempt. My sister unquestioningly absorbed my mother's prejudice against her and is blatantly rude to her.
Over the years I have grown close to Grandma Jane. My husband and I visit her regularly. Dad knows, but says it's better if Mom doesn't know.
Grandma has asked me several times if I know why Mom dislikes her. She's in her 90s, isolated from her family and desperately searching for answers. I can only imagine it stems from some disagreement dating back to before I was born.
I am also sad that Dad won't visit his mother because Mom won't go with him. I can't believe Grandma Jane has done anything to deserve being forced to die alone, and it hurts knowing my mother would be so vindictive out of spite.
Grandma's good health can't last forever. I worry what will happen when she can no longer live independently. I believe in reconciliation, tolerance and a little maturity, but I know I am in the minority. What can I possibly do? -- LOYAL DAUGHTER, CARING GRANDDAUGHTER
DEAR LOYAL AND CARING: Not knowing the details of what caused the rift, I'm advising you to do as your father has suggested. If he were stronger, he would have insisted decades ago that his mother be treated with respect. That he would allow her to be ridiculed or treated rudely in his presence while he remained silent is shameful.
While you can't heal the breach, you can remain caring and supportive of your grandmother. When she can no longer live independently, she will need someone to help her or to move her to assisted living. The ideal person to watch over her then would be you.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Dominick Dunne: Power, Privilege & Justice Marathon
I've also learned from Beth Karas that in lieu of flowers, Mr. Dunne's family is requesting that donations be made to the National Center for Victims of Crime in Washington, DC. Donations can be made online at www.ncvc.org.
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- Anonymous said...
I miss him. I was always swept into whatever he was writing about.
Saw him a number of years ago at a party in LA, and he was the STAR, not the birthday guy. People were following him just to get a glance or a word. He succeeded on his own terms, and will be very much missed. When his TV show came back a few weeks/month ago, I thought he looked older/tired, but hey, happens to all of us. Had hoped he would give us many more years. Sadly, he didn't, but his
writings will survive, and he never waivered from his support of victims. A very wonderful legacy.
- August 28, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Power, Privilege, & Justice" has been my favorite TV show since it started. I will also miss Dominick and Vanity Fair articles.
David From TN
- August 28, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- CaliGirl9 said...
Just watched the new episode of the Nina Reiser case (another just up the highway from me, what is it about NorCal?). Going to really really miss this man ...
- August 28, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thought of you right away sprock when I heard this.
RIP DD. jelly
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This month, while Argentina legalized same-sex marriage, and the British government indicated it was on the way, the state government of Hawaii turned back and embraced the 12th century.
While not quite full marriage equality, the state took a step forward when Hawaiian lawmakers approved a civil unions bill. And then their governor vetoed it.
Now don't get me wrong, I love Hawaii, we were there for the first time last year and thought it was amazingly beautiful, and the people were warm and wonderful. And yet... their governor is an idiot.
Now, I am not saying their governor Linda Lingle is an idiot just because she is against same-sex marriage or civil unions. That makes her conservative and in my opinion ignorant. And potentially a bigot, though not necessarily. With the benefit of the doubt, ignorant.
So what makes her an idiot?
Ms Lingle is an idiot --- and, oh yeah, a homophobe and a bigot because of this: while the governor insisted she had treated opponents with "respect and dignity", she then likened gay marriage to an incestuous relationship:
"We don't allow other people to marry even - it's not a civil right for them. First cousins couldn't marry, or a brother and sister and that sort of thing."
Gay marriage is like incest? Really? You are an idiot. You are a homophobe. You are Mel Gibson...


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In research published this week, scientists report that they've successfully transplanted human stem cell-derived neurons into the brains of living mice. That's right, we're talking about a functioning trans-species transplant of brain matter. The researchers took human embryonic stem cells, and grew them in a culture with mouse neurons that had a specific trait — they're activated by light. The stem-cell derived neurons don't normally have this ability, but progressively gained it when grown with the mouse neurons.
The stem-cell neurons were then implanted into a living mouse's hippocampus, where the transplants were able to reciprocally interact with the mouse's neuronal network, and integrate into it. They became part of the network, and functioned normally.
While the whole "transplanting into a mouse" thing is very cool, it's not really why this work is important. The best part is that you can train neurons, and then successfully transplant them into a brain, giving us another avenue to help treat those effected with Parkinsons and Alzheimers diseases, stroke, and epilepsy.


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Back in 2007, Russell McOrmond, Phillip Smith and myself decided to set up a service for the Canadian NGO community to make it easier to match individuals with their elected officials. It seems like a pretty basic component of any effective democracy, but it still isn't something that is available to Canadians.
At the time, Statistics Canada offered a database of postal codes to riding associations. For $3000 you could buy a database on a CD and have the rights to buy updates every year. The license allowed us to resell access to the database through an API (Application Programming Interface). We built a simple interface to match postal codes to federal riding associations.
Of course riding associations are only really of value in an advocacy campaign if you match them up with a Member of Parliament and their email address. With this information we were able to provide a generic way for online campaigns to connect a political action.
We built Drupal modules that allowed us to leverage our API, populated the list of MP's through 2 federal elections and supported organizations like the Council of Canadians, Make Poverty History, Development and Peace, as well as Canadian Labour Congress.
Unfortunately, at this time, we are going to have to bring this project to a close. StatsCan has changed the license for this data so that it is now more restrictive.
This project never really became more than a very basic data service. The initial vision that Russell, Phillip and I had was much more extensive. If non-profits were able to collaborate together to aggregate more metadata on each riding, it would be possible to engage more deeply with citizens who would normally just be expecting to sign a petition.
By collecting information about hot button issues in each riding or by doing proximity searches based on postal code, it would be possible to highlight different issues both to a Member of Parliament and to a person in that riding. If you can quicky say to people that 100 people in the same riding have already signed this petition, it adds weight as well.
I have been very impressed with the work of OpenNorth over the years. Fortunately, they have been able to develop an even more comprehensive API recently in their project Represent which not only addresses federal politicians but also provincial and municipal as well. Represent has been working as a free service for a while, but they are now offering a Service-level agreement (SLA), which allows them to support even high volume queries from active campaigns.
Given this and that we can no longer provide up-to-date Postal Code data, we are shutting down Makethechange.ca and encouraging our clients to make the move over to the Represent API. There is already a functioning Drupal 7 module to leverage this API and we are using it with some of our clients. Their jQuery plugin makes it transportable to many other platforms as well, and it's great that it's built off the Sunlight Foundation's code base.
There are just too many people re-creating the wheel. Hopefully we can get progressive organizations investing more in solutions like this which can be improved to produce more effective campaigns.
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How can one explain the Trinity simply to a new believer?
It may seem like a daunting question at first, but when we think about it the truth of God's triune nature is meant to be a joy, a comfort, and a wonder to us!
One place to start is to realize that any analogy or comparison we try to use (and I'll suggest one) will always fall short of the truth of the triune nature of God. That is due in part to our sin, of course. We are not able to see or understand clearly because sin affects all of us. But also we are creatures and the triune God is the creator. His thoughts are not our thoughts and his ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). It is to be expected that there are things about God our creator that we, as creatures, simply cannot understand. One further thing is that the doctrine of the Trinity is taught in the unfolding of God's revelation about himself rather than in a specific chapter. If we approach the Bible with an eye open to teaching about the Trinity we will find it from Genesis 1:26-28 to Matthew 28:19-20 to 2 Corinthians 13:14.
One thought I've found very helpful is that because God reveals himself as one God in three persons, equal in substance, power, and glory, the Trinity teaches us that relationship, communication, and love are central to what God tells us about himself. You probably know that Islam denies the Trinity and emphasizes the oneness of God. Dr. Bob Letham has pointed out that this means that for Islam you cannot say "Allah is love." Allah is power, Allah is will exercising power, but Allah is not love because love means another or others are central to his being and Allah is alone. But the God of Scripture is love (1 John 4:7-8). The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit love one another. The Son delights to please his heavenly Father, Jesus is called the beloved Son, and the Spirit loves to bring honor and praise to the Son. There is mutual service and self-giving by the members of the Godhead to one another and that spills over into creation and redemption.
In explaining the Trinity to your friend, begin, perhaps, with the work of salvation. Each member of the Trinity is involved in the salvation of sinners. God the Father determines to save sinners by sending his beloved Son. God the Son, out of loving obedience to his Father and love to lost sinners, comes to die in the place of sinners. The Holy Spirit, sent from the Father and the Son, comes to reveal the Son, draw sinners to Christ, and bring glory to the Father. God reveals his trinitarian nature in the work of salvation which, again, demonstrates that God is love (John 3:16, etc.).
Of all the attempted illustrations of the Trinity I've seen the one that comes closest to showing biblical truth is that of the apple. The apple is unique, it is not a pear, banana, or orange, but the apple consists of various parts. The seeds are apple seeds and will produce no other kind of fruit. Without the seeds there are no more apples. The peel is there to protect the seeds and the flesh. It is not banana skin and is uniquely suited for the apple. And when you bite into the apple you know that it is not a pear, blueberry, or anything other than an apple. All three parts are uniquely apple, all are separate from other fruits, all are necessary for the apple to be what it is. In the Trinity the three persons are all of the same kind (God/apple), all have unique roles they play in the Godhead, and they would not be the God of the Bible if they were not triune. The example isn't perfect, of course, but it reminds us that we must hold on to both the "one-ness" of the Godhead with the plurality or "three-ness" of the persons.
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TORONTO (AP) -- Frans Nielsen, Calvin De Haan and Cal Clutterbuck scored third-period goals to lead the New York Islanders past the Toronto Maple leafs 5-3 on Tuesday night.
New York (16-22-7) kicked off a six-game road trip with their second win in two nights with backup Kevin Poulin in goal. Poulin relieved injured starter Evgeni Nabokov on Monday and backstopped the Islanders' 7-3 win over Dallas.
Poulin made 23 saves against the Maple Leafs.
It was another frustrating loss for Toronto (21-18-5), which outshot the Islanders 26-25 in its first game since being beaten 7-1 at home by the New York Rangers on Saturday night. That snapped a three-game winning streak.
The Maple Leafs got within 4-3 when Nazem Kadri's shot deflected in off Joffrey Lupul with 3:05 left for his 13th goal.
Nielsen's power-play goal, his 16th of the season, broke a 2-2 tie at 3:41 while Lupul served a goalie interference penalty. De Haan scored his first NHL goal when his slap shot from outside the blue line hit Toronto defenseman Dion Phaneuf's stick and bounded past goalie Jonathan Bernier, who wasn't sharp in his sixth straight start.
Bernier got the start despite allowing five goals on 32 shots against the Rangers.
Clutterbuck closed the scoring with an empty-netter with under 10 seconds remaining.
Kyle Okposo and Michael Grabner also scored for the Islanders, and John Tavares, named to Canada's Olympic team earlier Tuesday, added three assists after registering five points against Dallas.
Tyler Bozak and Mason Raymond also scored for Toronto, 14-10-1 at home.
Bozak gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead when he deflected Paul Ranger's point shot past Poulin 5:05 into the game for his sixth goal. Bozak has two goals and four assists in four games since returning from an oblique injury.
Poulin filled in again for Nabokov, who was placed on the injured list Monday night. New York went 1-9-2 when Nabokov was recently sidelined by a groin injury.
Okposo, who sat out Monday because of the birth of his daughter, pulled New York even at 19:16 with his 17th goal.
New York went ahead on a peculiar play early in the second. Bernier left his crease to stop a loose puck behind the net but couldn't prevent it from going outside the no-play zone. That allowed Grabner to take the loose puck and score his sixth goal unassisted on the wraparound at 3:06.
Toronto had four power-play chances in the period but only scored at 8:25 to make it 2-2. Poulin stopped Jake Gardiner's point shot but Raymond converted the rebound for his 12th goal and second in 16 games.
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It's time for another showdown over Obamacare
Congress is gearing up for another showdown over Obamacare, and all signs are that it will end the same as all the others: with the law largely in place.
House Republicans hope to use a perennial bill to fix Medicare spending rates as a way to force Senate Democrats and President Obama to delay the 2010 health care law's individual insurance mandate.
In plain English: House Republicans hope to do the same sort of hostage-taking over key Obamacare components that they did during the government shutdown last fall. Only this time, the penalty for Democrats not agreeing is that doctors could see their Medicare payments cut by more than 24 percent.
As with the last round of negotiations, the problem is that this hostage isn't one Republicans are particularly keen to see hurt either.
Doctors have historically been aligned with the Republican Party (although that relationship has weakened somewhat in recent years) while Medicare serves senior citizens, another group that traditionally has backed the GOP. Both groups would protest loudly if the so-called "doc fix" to Medicare rates isn't passed.
(The "doc fix" is one of the major problems that Congress created for itself, in this case by poorly writing a spending formula back in 1997. As a side note, Democrats discussed fixing it permanently in the Obamacare legislation but decided against it because it would cost $300 billion.)
The Republican proposal on the table is likely to be another largely symbolic fight, with House Republicans sending a bill to the Senate, Senate Democrats rejecting it and the two coming to a last-minute compromise on extending the "doc fix."
In other words, this week should play out exactly like all the other fights over Obamacare.


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5,000 Meter Run: 15:09.39
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2012 Outdoor Track: Placed sixth in the 1,500 meter run at the Holy Cross Invitational with a time of 4:03.95...Finished ninth in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 33:45.50 at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships...Placed 15th in the 5,000 meter run at the NEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 15:41.09...Ran a 2:03.71 in the 800 meter run at the Holy Cross Invitational for 21st place.
2012 Indoor Track: Placed seventh in the one mile run at the University of Connecticut Winter Invitational with a time of 4:26.51...Completed the 3,000 meter run in 8:49.77 at the Yale Giegengack Invitational for ninth place...Finished 12th at the Northeast Conference Indoor Championships in both the 3,000 meter run (8:51.81) and the 5,000 meter run (15:22.55)...Placed 19th in the 5,000 meter run at the New England Indoor Championships with a time of 15:09.39...Also placed 19th in the 5,000 meter run at the NEICAAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 15:09.39.
2011 Cross Country: Participated in six out of eight meets during his sophomore season as a Blue Devil…Best finish came at the Blue Devil Invitational on Sept. 2 where he placed ninth in a field of almost 50 with a time of 27.20…Placed 11th out of 80 participants in the CCSU Mini Meet on Oct. 21…Had an impressive showing at the Northeast Conference Championships on Oct. 29 with a time of 28:09.70 for 36th place out of 101…Earned CCSU 33 points at the Ted Owens Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 24…Placed 173rd at the 2011 New England Cross Country Championships…Finished the season at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 27:05 for 107th place.
2011 Outdoor Track: Placed seventh in the 1,500 meter run at the Bryant University Track and Field Invitational with a time of 4:07.25.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Coal country is hurting, and the people who live there want the whole nation to know it.
Thousands of miners have been laid off this year across Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, many with little hope of getting their jobs back as power plants and the coal mines that once fed them shut down. Now the families, friends and business operators who depend on those miners are planning a multi-state show of solidarity they hope will be heard in Washington, D.C., and beyond.
"No one really hears our voices down here and knows what's going on," says 28-year-old coal miner's wife Tracy Miller of Keokee, Va.
She's working to change that.
If all goes as planned, huge crowds wearing miners' stripes and fluorescent "United for Coal" T-shirts will line up Oct. 13 along U.S. Highway 23 from Big Stone Gap, Va., through Paintsville, Ky., and toward Chillicothe, Ohio. They will stretch north on U.S. 119 from Pikeville, Ky., toward Williamson, W.Va.
Some call it "Hands Across Coal Country." In Virginia, it's a "Prayer Chain." But everyone knows what it's for: It's to show the rest of America the people behind the headlines from a faraway place.
"Hopefully it's an inspiring and uplifting event for the people who were laid off," says 32-year-old Shana Lucas, wife of a coal miner in Wise, Va. "It's just a way as a community to say, `We can't stop anything. We can't do anything to prevent this from happening to you, but we can stand up for you. We can form a line three states long to show you we care.'"
The industry was already enduring a seasonal downturn after a warm winter that kept demand for coal low. It faces growing competition from cheap, abundant natural gas. And it was struggling with the Environmental Protection Agency's crackdown on permitting for mountaintop removal mines and tougher clean-water standards.
Then old, inefficient power plants started shutting down, too, cutting off a traditional market for Appalachian steam coal.
Operators had to adjust, and that translated to layoffs _ 800 alone last month when Alpha Natural Resources shut down eight Appalachian mines. That means fewer working miners, spending less in stores, giving less to relatives in need and struggling to find new jobs.
"I'm not a very political person," says Miller, who's planning to take her 5- and 10-year-old children to the demonstration. "I don't want this prayer chain to turn into politics. But the EPA has absolutely destroyed our way of life."
She and other organizers are expecting a huge turnout from people who feel the same.
Jesse Bowling, tourism director for the city of Pikeville, says his town of 6,900 is hosting a free concert for the miners and preparing for a crowd of as many as 50,000.
"It's to help them and show them we're proud of them and we care about them and we support them," he says. "And we'll continue to do so."
Unlike many coal demonstrations, this one isn't orchestrated by companies or trade associations. United for Coal is a grass-roots initiative, promoted largely on Facebook by people who are directly affected.
"In Washington, that gets lost in translation sometimes. These layoffs affect families _ wives, mothers, grandmothers, kids, grandkids," says Jesse Salyer, the 52-year-old president of a Pikeville energy company that leases land and mineral rights to coal operators. "It's just a real miserable time here in the coalfields.
"Ninety-five percent of the people doing this have not met each other, don't know each other and are just doing this to _ for at least one day _ give some attention to the miners."
The idea started with Allen Gibson, a 60-year-old disabled surface miner from Elkhorn City, Ky.
An elderly woman who lives on $205 a month in Social Security income told him she'd always gotten by, thanks to support from five sons who were coal miners. Now, four are unemployed.
"She wasn't complaining that she couldn't get the medicines she needed," Gibson says. "She was worried about her sons. She said, `If the coal jobs run out, they won't have jobs, and they won't be able to support their children.'
"This is not a Democrat or a Republican thing," he says. "It's a moral thing."
But there is little doubt that United for Coal is also a political event. Posts on every state's page are heavy with anti-Obama sentiment.
Gibson says state and federal governments have failed the coalfields, and he blames politicians at every level for the failure to bring economic diversity to the region.
"They have ignored us," he says. "And we are going to be a voice. Even if we have to take everyone in this lineup to Washington, we are going to be a voice."
United for Coal, he says, has the potential to become a national movement.
"If the politicians want us to stay off their backs, then they better get off their hind ends and do something," Gibson says. "It's not going to end with a bunch of people standing on the side of the road."
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HIV has been one of the worst killers of the past few decades worldwide — but now it may yield a cure for cancer. Scientists in Korea have been using the virus to cure lung cancer (in mice, at least.)
South Korean scientist Myung-Haing Cho modified a lentivirus, a genus in the Retroviridae family which includes most mammal immunodeficiency viruses, to deliver to lung-cancer tumors a gene, which inhibits cancer cells from reproducing in mice's lungs. Their method of choice? A nasal spray.
They had various cancer-ridden mice sniff the modified lentivirus twice a week for a month, and they found that the modified virus completely halted the progression of the lung cancer without harm to the non-cancerous tissue. In some cases, existing cancer cells even died off without further therapy.
Scientists consider modified lentiviruses ideal for cancer therapy (in addition to other gene therapies) because it affects even non-replicating cells (like neurons) and can create long term changes, positive changes in genes.
Of course, anybody who's seen I Am Legend knows that the "genetically engineered virus that fights cancer" thing can only end one way.
Science Fiction? Aerosol Delivery Of An Engineered Virus Halts Lung Cancer Progression In Mice [Pittsburgh Examiner]
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