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signed, "myles eckert, a goldstar kid."myles was born. all the kid has ever had are pictures and dog tags-- >> this is his wedding ring. >> reporter: other people's memory and his own imagination. >> i imagine him as a really nice person and somebody that would be really fun. >> reporter: the dad he imagines must also love a good story. because after lunch that day, myles asked his mom to make one more stop. >> excellent! he wanted to go see his dad. and he wanted to go by himself that day. >> reporter: she took this picture from the car. follow the footsteps and you'll see myles standing there behind the flag, presumably telling his dad all about it. and whether heaven heard him or not, his good deed has made a huge impression here on earth. you read it more than once gilook at it every day. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel frank daly of the air national guard is the one who got the note. kid gave you a bigger gift than $20. >> a lifetime direction, for sure. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel daly paid it forward by giving aw
signed, "myles eckert, a goldstar kid."myles was born. all the kid has ever had are pictures and dog tags-- >> this is his wedding ring. >> reporter: other people's memory and his own imagination. >> i imagine him as a really nice person and somebody that would be really fun. >> reporter: the dad he imagines must also love a good story. because after lunch that day, myles asked his mom to make one more stop. >> excellent! he wanted to go see his dad. and...
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but -- as myles pointed out to me, unfortunately we're going to find the answer. we're going to find out what happens to these species because we're running this gigantic experiment. and another question that arises in terms of what is going to happen to the tropics when you think about it. as all of these organisms move up slopes what happens in the tropical lowlands. those are the warmest places on earth. they tend to have a lot of species there. but as everything is on the move, what is going to move into these tropical lowlands? are they going to sort of empty out? we don't have an answer to that at this point. but unfortunately we're going to find out. so global warming is not the only effect, though, of pouring a lot of c02 into the air. it has another very significant effect and perhaps some scientists would argue more significant effect. and that is what it does to the oceans. so here just are a couple of key facts about this. the oceans have absorbed about a third of this c02 we've admitted since the start of the industrial revolution. that amounts to abo
but -- as myles pointed out to me, unfortunately we're going to find the answer. we're going to find out what happens to these species because we're running this gigantic experiment. and another question that arises in terms of what is going to happen to the tropics when you think about it. as all of these organisms move up slopes what happens in the tropical lowlands. those are the warmest places on earth. they tend to have a lot of species there. but as everything is on the move, what is...
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have scanned and given me two or three possibilities and then let me guess that you are the joseph mylesdon't have that with me today. >> what advice to the of to optimismeurs between and good business sense? the mistake people make is they say because i have an idea it must be a good one. luck plays a factor. am i pursuing this idea because it is the only one i have or because it is good? that is an aspect of life. the second thing you have to say to yourself is am i prepared to stand by my idea even if it does not weather the storm initially very well? -- believe inhe the power that i will stick with it? your first idea will probably suck. that is statistically true. 11 or 12 was at it years before what we did mattered a super amount. the third thing is do you have an idea for a business or something cool that nobody will pay for? there are people who have ideas for something cool that nobody will pay for. there are some very large businesses in our industry that is unproven that people will pay for them. there are companies that have market capitalization and make no money. that doesn
have scanned and given me two or three possibilities and then let me guess that you are the joseph mylesdon't have that with me today. >> what advice to the of to optimismeurs between and good business sense? the mistake people make is they say because i have an idea it must be a good one. luck plays a factor. am i pursuing this idea because it is the only one i have or because it is good? that is an aspect of life. the second thing you have to say to yourself is am i prepared to stand by...
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have scanned and given me two or three possibilities and then let me guess that you are the joseph mylesdon't have that with me today. >> what advice to the of to entrepreneurs between optimism and good business sense? >> the mistake people make is they say because i have an idea it must be a good one. luck plays a factor. am i pursuing this idea because it is the only one i have or because it is good? that is an aspect of life. the second thing you have to say to yourself is am i prepared to stand by my idea even if it does not weather the storm initially very well? do i believe in the power that i will stick with it? your first idea will probably suck. that is statistically true. microsoft was at it 11 years or 12 years before what we did mattered a super amount. the third thing is do you have an idea for a business or something cool that nobody will pay for? there are people who have ideas for something cool that nobody will pay for. there are some very large businesses in our industry that is unproven that people will pay for them. there are companies that have market capitalization
have scanned and given me two or three possibilities and then let me guess that you are the joseph mylesdon't have that with me today. >> what advice to the of to entrepreneurs between optimism and good business sense? >> the mistake people make is they say because i have an idea it must be a good one. luck plays a factor. am i pursuing this idea because it is the only one i have or because it is good? that is an aspect of life. the second thing you have to say to yourself is am i...
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have scanned and given me two or three possibilities and then let me guess that you are the joseph mylesdon't have that with me today. >> what advice to entrepreneurs between optimism and good business sense? >> the mistake people make is they say because i have an idea it must be a good one. luck plays a factor. am i pursuing this idea because it is the only one i have or because it is good? that is an aspect of life. the second thing you have to say to yourself is am i prepared to stand by my idea even if it does not weather the storm initially very well? do i believe in the power that i will stick with it? your first idea will probably suck. that is statistically true. microsoft was at it 11 or 12 years before what we did mattered a super amount. the third thing is do you have an idea for a business or something cool that nobody will pay for? there are people who have ideas for something cool that nobody will pay for. there are some very large businesses in our industry that is unproven that people will pay for them. there are companies that have market capitalization and make no mone
have scanned and given me two or three possibilities and then let me guess that you are the joseph mylesdon't have that with me today. >> what advice to entrepreneurs between optimism and good business sense? >> the mistake people make is they say because i have an idea it must be a good one. luck plays a factor. am i pursuing this idea because it is the only one i have or because it is good? that is an aspect of life. the second thing you have to say to yourself is am i prepared to...
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. >> but myles as malaysian airlines defending its use of the lithium ion batteries on board.d they're not regarded as dangerous goods. i know you had a fright ening incident in a plane. >> i was in a hotel where a lithium ion battery lit fire and almost burned down the hotel. you can imagine the amount of juice you get in that lithium ion battery that allows you to run your laptop across country. all that juice is metered out over time. imagine it explosively coming out quickly. you've got like virtually a rocket engine. so in the u.s. you're not supposed to check them in cargo holds of passenger aircraft period. that's the way it's supposed to be right now. if you have lithium ion batteries which i did after the fire in the hotel room, you carry them on board with you in the cabin, under your control and make sure they don't run away on you. in this case they were packed well. we go back to what martin and others have said. it's hard to imagine a scenario where they couldn't get off at least one call to air traffic control saying we've got trouble here. we've got a fire. cou
. >> but myles as malaysian airlines defending its use of the lithium ion batteries on board.d they're not regarded as dangerous goods. i know you had a fright ening incident in a plane. >> i was in a hotel where a lithium ion battery lit fire and almost burned down the hotel. you can imagine the amount of juice you get in that lithium ion battery that allows you to run your laptop across country. all that juice is metered out over time. imagine it explosively coming out quickly....
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. >> when we were assembling the balloon, the two kids, max and his best friend, myles, were just so. >> we bought like some lollipops so me and myles were really hyped up. >> the kids give this really great countdown. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero, blast off! >> we cut off the balloon. then it goes up. >> it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was going about 25 feet a second. it was pretty fast. after about two minutes, it disappeared into the clouds. >> they track the craft's coordinates. but that's no guarantee they'll be able to retrieve it. >> the batteries in the phone could freeze. it could just not give out signal and we'll never find it. if it falls into anything that would block the transmission, it falls into very dense trees too deeply, it could lose reception. if it falls into water, that would be very bad. a lot of things can go wrong. >> until they recover the craft, it will be a mystery as to what the camera captures. fortunately, it lands only 30 miles north of the launch site. and they're able to retrieve the footage. >> to be
. >> when we were assembling the balloon, the two kids, max and his best friend, myles, were just so. >> we bought like some lollipops so me and myles were really hyped up. >> the kids give this really great countdown. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero, blast off! >> we cut off the balloon. then it goes up. >> it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was going about 25 feet a second. it was pretty fast. after about two...
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as you said, at about 10:37 this morning, the town of derington about 20 myles outside of oso held aoment of silence to mark the exact moment the mud slide hit. a week later, this town is in shock, as you can imagine. it's hard to imagine that the entire town was wiped out. there were only about 190 residents of oso. now, friday, crews approximatelied several bodies from the debris but they are not yet among the official count. the coroner's office is going through dental records to positively identify the victims. they may not be officially counted until families are notified. only the survivors know that it will be a double challenge helping survivors move forward. >>> now, stars in our hearts. we'll be reminded. there is there is no getting over that. there is the reminder that's always there, and that scar on the mountain will never heal, nor will the scar in our hearts ever heal. >> now, the biggest challenge is the wet weather. although folks here are used to that, they are working in four-hour shifts searching for those bodies. the area is very, very complicated, as you can im
as you said, at about 10:37 this morning, the town of derington about 20 myles outside of oso held aoment of silence to mark the exact moment the mud slide hit. a week later, this town is in shock, as you can imagine. it's hard to imagine that the entire town was wiped out. there were only about 190 residents of oso. now, friday, crews approximatelied several bodies from the debris but they are not yet among the official count. the coroner's office is going through dental records to positively...
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myles?frankly the malaysian authorities don't have a lot of experience running an investigation like this. in the u.s. we have the template of an ntsb investigation, there are strict protocols and the ntsb has had a lot of experience doing this and is a model for how it should work. the malaysian has been incomplete and the information dribbles out 16 or 17 days later, frankly, it's inexcusable. >> mary, you seem to be nodding and you've been on the front line of some of those investigation. >> yes. and the answer comes in secrecy. the ntsb, they have to brief the families. i have seen accident investigations where there's just as many unknowns and we've had to go down so many different routes, twa 800, we thought it was initially an explosion, a bomb. it was an explosion, not a bomb. but the difference is every day the ntsb says this is what we know today, this is what we know today. when you get information through back channels, people think you're secreting something out where if they ju
myles?frankly the malaysian authorities don't have a lot of experience running an investigation like this. in the u.s. we have the template of an ntsb investigation, there are strict protocols and the ntsb has had a lot of experience doing this and is a model for how it should work. the malaysian has been incomplete and the information dribbles out 16 or 17 days later, frankly, it's inexcusable. >> mary, you seem to be nodding and you've been on the front line of some of those...
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and author of "secrets in plain sight, business and investing secrets of warren buffett," and robert mylesren buffett ceo". both shareholders and both authors of books about warren buffett. i guess you believe in his philosophy. let me start with you, robert, the fact here that warren's not beating the s&p by his own metric in the last five years, that's the tension here. do you think that's having an impact inside berkshire? >> no, i don't think so. warren doesn't beat the s&p historically when the s&p is enjoying two to three times its historical average. the time that warren performs and shows genius is when the s&p is underperforming other losing money. then he's able to add the most amount of value for shareholders. it's not a concern. he's up 18%. he's doing just fine. berkshire's a great investment. >> and, jeff, pick up where becky left off on the energy question. obviously, throwing his support behind the keystone pipeline. you expect him to make another big deal in energy here? >> absolutely. he came out and said in his letter, he talked about the deal they did last year in nevad
and author of "secrets in plain sight, business and investing secrets of warren buffett," and robert mylesren buffett ceo". both shareholders and both authors of books about warren buffett. i guess you believe in his philosophy. let me start with you, robert, the fact here that warren's not beating the s&p by his own metric in the last five years, that's the tension here. do you think that's having an impact inside berkshire? >> no, i don't think so. warren doesn't beat...