Stephan:   Today's edition has the very good news that seems to be taking form about the Rossi technology. But for the rest, trends in many areas are not good. But I want to share the emergence of a new and powerful trend We are in a perfect storm of change and, given the point from which we are starting, how are individuals, families, and communities to weather this transition while maintaining a decent quality of life for all? What values create social wellness? What constitutes a thriving resilient community? Throughout the region, Cascadia, where I live, in the Northeastern U.S., and in pockets elsewhere, a first cousin of the Occupy Movement is emerging -- the Thrive Movement. Spontaneously, individuals in small communities, and urban neighborhoods, are banding together in the recognition that a new social model is required. One that puts wellness in its broadest sense -- individual family, and community -- above other considerations. The thriving and resilience movement can be seen in farmer's markets, foodbanks linked to gardens, linked to nonprofit supermarkets, linked to youth nurturing activities, linked to elder care, linked to healthcare. It appears from the research I am doing now that there are two keys to a community becoming thriving and resilient: A critical mass of citizens -- a surprisingly small percentage of the community total -- who see social problems and act on relieving them with little or no resort to government monies, and with no subtext of recruitment or conversion. Programs that are designed from a compassionately life-affirming perspective that treats recipients as neighbors going through a hard patch, not as lesser beings or failures. It is different than the traditional model, one grounded in mutual respect. This is the bond that holds the process together. So as those of us in the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving, let us give thanks that between the promise of the Rossi technology, and the emerging interlinking social network that acknowledges individualism even as it welcomes the power that arises from helping one another out there is great good on our horizon. I hope you and your friends and family have the best of Thanksgivings. -- Stephan