Please go to
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/sp.../03vecsey.html , then use the email link on the article page to email it to everyone you know. This will not only get the word out, but it will also help the article rise to the top emailed articles in the New York Times which will move it to the spotlight on the front page.
If the story ascends to the most-emailed list, views of the story will go up astronomically!
This is an easy way to build some ALS awareness... but you have to use the email link on the original story on the Times site. Today.