Dear Colleagues, The latest issue of Science also has an article in the ScienceInsider column titled "Russian Expats Challenge Country's Support of Science". A letter addressed to Russia's president and prime minister and signed by more than 100 Russian expatriate scientists was published in a leading Moscow business newspaper. It advocated improved support for basic scientific research and mentions the ILC as a possible flagship project. The article can be found online at: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/russian-expats.html In other news, Interactions.org has published an article detailing a boost in accelerator science and technology funding in the UK. You can read the details at: http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1028547 Sincerely, Norman Graf