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Defining 'Old'
First you tell your friend that you are having an affair.......
Then your friend asks you.......... 'Are you having it catered?'
*Cytomedix Submits Cost Effectiveness Study For AutoloGel To Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
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Cytomedix Submits Cost Effectiveness Study For AutoloGel to CMS Study Shows AutoloGel 'Dominates' Standard of Care and Other Advanced Therapies
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Cytomedix Submits Cost Effectiveness Study For AutoloGel to CMS
Well said!!
What might have been!
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PURCHASES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROSTATE BUSINESS FROM HEALTHTRONICS, INC.
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Strategic acquisition of transurethral microwave therapy mobile provider
Natick, MA (October 2, 2007) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has purchased the business of Rocky Mountain Prostate Center, a mobile provider for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, often referred to as enlarged prostate) from Healthtronics, Inc. Since 1997, Rocky Mountain Prostate Center has been providing mobile service support to the Urology community, utilizing the Prolieve Thermodilatation® System since 2005. The Prolieve System offers a dual-action technology using balloon dilatation to dilate the prostatic urethra and microwave heating to reduce the enlarged prostate tissue.
BPH affects many men over the age of 50 and can have a significant impact on quality of life, including a frequent need to urinate and pain or burning while urinating. Rocky Mountain Prostate Center provides the Urologist access to a mobile service to treat symptomatic BPH with the Prolieve System. Rocky Mountain Prostate brings the technology to the office and provides technical support during the procedure.
“The acquisition of Rocky Mountain Prostate allows Boston Scientific to reach and help more patients suffering from symptomatic BPH,” said Eric Goorno, President of Boston Scientific’s Urology/Gynecology business. “This purchase demonstrates Boston Scientific’s continued commitment to increasing the availability of microwave treatment for BPH throughout the United States.”
The Post on Craigslist
What am I doing wrong?
Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy.
I’m not from New York . I’m looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.
Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that’s where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won’t get me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she’s not as pretty as I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I get to her level?
Here are my questions specifically:
- Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars, restaurants, gyms
-What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won’t hurt my feelings
-Is there an age range I should be targeting (I’m 25)?
- Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east side so plain? I’ve seen really ‘plain jane’ boring types who have nothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I’ve seen drop dead gorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What’s the story there?
- Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows - lawyer, investment banker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they hang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out?
- How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for MARRIAGE ONLY
Please hold your insults - I’m putting myself out there in an honest way. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I’m being up front about it. I wouldn’t be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn’t able to match them - in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a nice home and hearth.
it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 432279810
My Reply
Dear Pers-431649184:
I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament.
Firstly, I’m not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here’s how I see it.
Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a crappy business deal. Here’s why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring my money. Fine, simple. But here’s the rub, your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity…in fact, it is very likely that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won’t be getting any more beautiful!
So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation accelerates! Let me explain, you’re 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!
So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy and hold…hence the rub…marriage. It doesn’t make good business sense to “buy you” (which is what you’re asking) so I’d rather lease. In case you think I’m being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It’s as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.
Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So, I wonder why a girl as “articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful”
as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K hasn’t found you, if not only for a tryout.
By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then we wouldn’t need to have this difficult conversation.
With all that said, I must say you’re going about it the right way.
Classic “pump and dump.”
I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of lease, let me know.
Golf on Thursday tells me you are not an OB/Gyn. Those guys do it on Wednesdays.
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her.
Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.
"Oh my, I am so sorry," the woman says as she pops her eye back in place.
"Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you," she says.
They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theatre followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens.
After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time.
The next morning, she cook s a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible!
"You know," he said, "you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?"
"No," she replies. . .
Wait for it. .
It's coming. .
The suspense is killing you, isn't it?
She says :
"You just happened to catch my eye."
Glad you enjoyed it.
In a message dated 10/3/2007 10:35:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nrehm@dietzinsurance.com writes: ; >> Subject: Lawyer stories, according to court reporters
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
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ATT ORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?' ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo? WITNESS: We both do. ATTORNEY: Voodoo? WITNESS: We do. ATTORNEY: Yo u do? WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shittin' me?
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Uh.... I was gettin' laid!
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ATTORNEY: She had three children, right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Are you shittin' me? Your Honour, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard. ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Guess.
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral.
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at t he time? WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
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And the best for last:
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practising law.
Subject: FW: Three Wishes
A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods.
She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap.
The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes."
The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes.
Whatever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!"
The woman said, "That's okay."
For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to".
The woman replied, "That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful woman and he will have eyes only for me."
So, KAZAM-she's the most beautiful woman in the world!
For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.
The frog said, "That will make your husband the richest man in the world. And he will be ten times richer than you."
The woman said, "That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine."
So, KAZAM-she's the richest woman in the world!
The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, "I'd like a mild heart attack."
Moral of the story: Women are clever. Don't mess with them.
Attention female readers : This is the end of the joke for you. Stop here and continue feeling good.
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The man had a heart attack ten times milder than his wife .
Moral of the story : Women are really dumb but think they're really smart.
Let them continue to think that way and just enjoy the show
PS: If you are a woman and are still reading this; it only goes to show that women never listen!!!
Forward this to all the guys for a good laugh, and to all the ladies who have a good sense of humor.
The History of the Middle Finger
Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."
IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.
I have the same problem with gulls snatching food off ther seat of my golf cart. The damn birds must be Jewish because a kosher knockworst is their favorite food.
I don;t post very often but I'm here. I'm busy using the voice embedded in the navigation system in my car and using op-16 and scan soft on my PC. All work flawlessly. This company shall show good steady growth for masny years to come.
Although I'll check closely I'll bet right now there will be no 1,ooo,ooo share trade tomorrow or the next day nor the next day etc.
Am I correct to assume that Damadian is going to publish this remarkable report in full page adds in the NY & LA Times as well as the Wall Street Journal? After all he did that once before to prove he was the inventor of MR. Unfortunately the Nobel Committee was not impressed and neither are his current shareholders. These folks are simply the latest bag holders who gave him their money to play with and have nothing to show for their largess.
Celsion Bolsters Clinical Development Team
Thursday September 27, 9:43 am ET
COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CELSION CORPORATION (AMEX: CLN - News) today announced the appointment, effective October 1, 2007, of Nicholas Borys, M.D. to the position of Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. In this position Dr. Borys will manage the clinical development program for Celsion.
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Dr. Borys, who was most recently Chief Medical Officer at Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has accumulated extensive experience in oncology and all phases of pharmaceutical development while holding increasingly senior positions at Taiho Pharma USA, Cytogen Corporation, Anthra Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Amersham Healthcare, Inc. and Hoffmann La-Roche Inc.
Dr. William Hahne, Celsion's Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs will collaborate with Dr. Borys on developing Celsion's clinical strategy for its current primary liver cancer and recurrent breast cancer at the chest wall pivotal programs. In addition, they will explore and identify additional indications for ThermoDox®, the company's proprietary heat activated liposomal formulation of doxorubicin, as well as other chemotherapeutic drugs, based on the company's unique heat activated liposome platform technology.
Michael H. Tardugno, Celsion's President and Chief Executive Officer commented, "We are delighted that Dr. Borys has joined our team. Dr. Borys has a wealth of clinical development experience with a strong focus on oncology, and will be very valuable to the company as it initiates its primary liver cancer pivotal study, and develops plans to advance the recurrent breast cancer at the chest wall program to a pivotal study."
Mr. Tardugno added, "Dr. Borys' addition is in line with our focus of building an organization with the clinical and scientific competencies to execute our strategy. Both Dr. Hahne and Dr. Borys have extensive experience in the oncology arena. The product of their collective strength and experience should prove to be a very valuable asset for Celsion."
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GARY AGUIRRE
Former Senior Counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission speaks about the overall risk that hedge funds pose to the capital markets and the failure of regulators to address these risks.
CHESTER SPATT
Former Chief Economist of the Securities and Exchange Commission discusses the SEC’s disclosure orientation and its application to such issues as registrant financial filings, the offering process, proxy disclosure, holdings disclosure, insider trading, Regulation FD, and short selling.
DAVID LYNN
Former Chief Counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance sits on a Regulatory Update panel focusing on the recent SEC initiatives & their impact on the PIPE market.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
PATRICK BYRNE
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DONALD STRASZHEIM
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? Wow --- so THAT's what happened to Fred Thompson!!! ? ?? Subject: One Wish
???????? A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating> ???????? Their? 35th? wedding anniversary in a quiet, ????????? Romantic little restaurant.Suddenly, a tiny yet ????????? Beautiful fairy appeared on their table saying,For ????????? Being such an exemplary married couple and for being ????????? Loving to each other for all this time, I will ????????? Grant you each a wish."Oh, I want to? travel around ????????? The world with my darling husband.The fairy? waved ????????? Her magic wand and - poof! Two tickets for the Queen ????????? Mary II appeared in? her hands.The husband' thought ????????? For a moment: "Well, this is all very romantic, but ????????? An opportunity like this will never come again.I'm ????????? Sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 ????????? Years? younger than me."
????????? The wife,? and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, ????????? But a wish is a? wish.So the fairy waved her magic ????????? Wand and - poof!The husband became 92? years old.
???????? The moral of this story: ????????? Men who are ungrateful bastards should ??????????? Remember fairies are female.
More info for you.
Have you ever seen an emerging company with a full scale sales force in place before their product was approved for marketing by the FDA??
But also please note=
"The Company's clinical trial results demonstrate healing rates of 68% (p-value of 0.125) and 81% (p-value of 0.036) for AutoloGel(tm) treated patients achieving total wound closure in the per-protocol (i.e. patients treated as provided in the study protocol) and majority-wound (i.e. wound sizes smaller than 7 sq cm in the per-protocol cohort) groups respectively. These are higher healing rates than those in any other similar data for other chronic wound treatment products with which the Company is familiar.
Cytomedix plans to leverage AutoloGel(tm)'s position as the only FDA cleared PRP gel system with a specific wound indication, the compelling results of the Company's clinical trial, as well as the unique competitive advantages of the distinct, patented formulation of AutoloGel(tm). The Company believes marketing clearance would enhance the Company's ability to secure Medicare and other third party coverage for AutoloGel(tm); develop further marketing data and achieve broad clinical acceptance; and, address the needs of large numbers of patients; all critical factors to the achievement of the Company's long-term strategic goals.
I did my DD. Here is the approval statement
Cytomedix Chronic Wound Gel Gets FDA Clearance; Company Agrees to Post-Market Study
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Biotechnology company Cytomedix Inc. said Thursday it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its AutoloGel System, a gel for treating various types of chronic wounds.
As part of the clearance, Cytomedix has agreed to a post-market study to monitor the safety of bovine thrombin, a clotting agent derived from cows, as used in the AutoloGel System.
The gel produced by AutoloGel is designed to treat wounds, such as leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and diabetic ulcers.
Last October, Cytomedix said the FDA denied the company's marketing claim that its AutoloGel wound treatment is equivalent to similar treatments on the market. The company appealed the decision and in response to the FDA's request, outlined a post-marketing surveillance study, addressing the FDA's concerns on the use of bovine thrombin
Where is this marketing approval limited??? Not only did the FDA approve its use they also approved it for more applications than the company asked for.
PLEASE REPLY! This is now the only FDA approved product that is used when all other wound health procedures have failed. Doctor's with such a patient to treat will not require much convincing at all.
no p-roblem at all.Even I will sometimes admit I don't know something. But that is admittedly very rare.
Today's trading
over 1.2 million shares up $ 1.57
FDA APPROVAL AT LAST!!!!
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070920/cytomedix_autologel_fda.html?.v=1
Unless the company can score big in the consumer market ther sharte price will remail where it is. Use of thesir products by the stgreaming industry just does not provide a big enough base to support the present operations. I've been with this company since the days it was called MMC and this problem has been an anchor ever since those early days. Somethiong that goes into lap tops or PCs is what they need.
Thanks for good work
They Walk Among US!
I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 charge. I Gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave it back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor and I was giving the money back. She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back again...same scenario! I departed the store with the $46.64.
This actually happened to me in Austin at MoPac Blvd and Parmer Lane .
................They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.
I walked into a Mickey D's with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little Chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free." "They're already buy-one-get-one-free," she said, "so I guess they're both free." She handed me my free sandwiches and I walked out the door.
...............They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.
One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?"
................They Walk Among Us!
While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff."
..............They Walk Among Us!
I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."
................They Walk Among Us!
My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk
...............They Walk Among Us!
My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.
..............They Walk Among Us!
I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"
................They Walk Among Us!
While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he'd like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces."
They walk among us allright, AND they reproduce -- but the WORST OF ALL.............................they VOTE!
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer
Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks
Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls.
If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip: your life is in trouble.
Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.
The term "mulligan" is really a contraction of the phrase "maul it again."
A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers ... neither of whom can putt very well.
An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.
Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink.
If your best shots are the practice swing and the "gimme putt", you might wish to reconsider this game.
Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.
Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too seriously it won't work , and both are expensive.
The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.
SENIOR'S DAY AT THE COURSE
David Letterman's Top Ten Reasons
Why Golf Is Better Than Sex.....
#10... A below par performance is considered damn good.
#9... You can stop in the middle and have a cheeseburger and a couple of beers.
#8... It's much easier to find the sweet spot.
#7... Foursomes are encouraged.
#6... You can still m ake money doing it as a senior.
#5... Three times a day is possible.
#4... Your partner doesn't hire a lawyer if you play with someone else.
#3... If you live in Florida, you can do it almost every day.
#2... You don't have to cuddle with your partner when you're finished.
And the NUMBER ONE reason
why golf is better than sex.....
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#1... When your equipment gets old you can replace it!
An d yet with each sale announced the share price drops further.
Where to Live After Retirement
You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where.....
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open the oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
You can live in California where...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The four seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.
You can live in New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature".
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn.
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
You can live in Maine where...
1. You only have three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.
You can live in the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin'" is a valid defense.
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AND
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NMKT End of Summer Update
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
Summer has come to an end andNewMarket is heading into its historically busiest season. Over the past three years, the second half of the year has accounted for 37% more of our annual sales than the first half of the year on average. Significantly, we anticipate a better than average performance in the second half of this year. In the past, as summer ends and investors come back to work, NewMarket management goes out on the road to present the Company's latest corporate developments and business plan to the investment community. With the recent progress achieved by NewMarket over the summer, this year's fall road shows will emphasize the Company's substantial growth in revenue and profitability attained in the emerging markets arena.
The purpose of my letter today is to provide shareholders with a preview of NewMarket's communication strategy for the fall and to highlight the Company's realized performance milestones to be featured in the fall communication campaign. Additionally, I have included some insight into the Company's trading activity over the year that may be of interest.
Going Forward Communication Strategy
History of Milestone Announcements: Over the last five years, NewMarket has erred on the side of over-communication. Five years ago, the Company had only $1 million in annual sales and most aspects of the Company's business plan were just that – a plan. Accordingly, our communication strategy was to extensively explain and re-explain our business plan to our shareholders and potential investors. One approach was to outline the company's planned milestones. As we fulfilled those corporate goals and forecasts along the way, we announced the milestones in a manner that demonstrated how the milestone fit into our plan and demonstrated the potential of our plan.
$1 Million vs. $100 Million: Until now, our communication strategy has changed very little. However, the Company is on track to achieve $100 million in annual sales this year. The investment community's performance expectations of a $100 million in annual sales company differs from those of a $1 million in annual sales company. The outlining of future milestones to explain our business strategy is no longer effective. The planned milestones of a developing business model have a certain degree of unpredictability. The investment community is more understanding of a $1 million company missing a planned milestone date than a $100 million company.
How Milestones can be a Problem: While future milestones can provide an effective illustration of an aspect of a business plan yet to be developed, at $100 million in annual revenue, the Company is held to a higher standard of achieving milestones within certain timeframe expectations. NewMarket has used subsidiary independent public listing and shareholder dividend milestones to articulate a key aspect of the Company's business plan still in development. However, we have not achieved all the independent listing and dividend distribution goals within previously anticipated timeframes. The benefit of communicating the milestone to explain a developing aspect of the business plan has been neutralized by not delivering all milestones with the anticipated timeframe.
Less Milestones; More Performance: NewMarket can do better. The Company has many exciting aspects of its business plan yet to be fully realized. However, the Company also has equally as many exciting aspects of its business plan that have been realized and continue to demonstrate ongoing performance. Our "going forward" communication strategy will continue to include aspects of our business plan yet to be fully realized, but will do so with a more careful approach to setting time frame expectations. In the meantime, the "going forward" communication strategy will emphasize those aspects of the business plan that have been realized and continue to demonstrate ongoing performance.
Realized Milestones and Continued Performance Highlights:
NMKT is on track to book revenue of $55 Million to $60 Million in the last two quarters of 2007.
Third Quarter financials expected to be released by November 15
NewMarket Latin America, Inc. (NLAI) on track to book revenue of $20 Million in 2007 (NMKT has a 90% equity interest in NLAI)
NewMarket China, Inc. (NMCH) on track to book revenue of $40 Million in 2007 (NMKT has a 60% equity interest in NMCH)
Fall Performance Highlights – Featuring Emerging Market Success
Awards: Having achieved almost 8000% growth in revenue over five years, NewMarket has been nominated for a number of nationally recognized business performance awards again this year. Over 60% of NewMarket's revenue comes from some of the world's leading emerging markets including China and Brazil, often referenced as part of the BRIC development block (Brazil, Russia, India and China). NewMarket has enjoyed the recognition of a number of business performance awards over the last few years and expects a strong showing again this year. We are attending a number of awards banquets over the next two months and anticipate corresponding announcements that will feature the Company's revenue and net income growth.
Conference Guest Speaker: NewMarket has speakers scheduled at a variety of emerging market conferences this fall to feature the Company's experience in China and South America. The conference venues are well recognized and, again, we anticipate corresponding announcements that will feature NewMarket's emerging market successes.
Recent Contracts: NewMarket has had tremendous success with its emerging market strategy which has resulted in a number of notable and significant contracts. As we begin work on these recent contracts, we also anticipate related announcements regarding the contracts with details dependent on client permissions. A recent highlight demonstrating the Company's emerging market progress is the very successful completion of our Latin American Project with the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Much information regarding the project is available from our website (see Project LAC on our homepage). The Latin American Project has generated a number of substantial follow-on projects to be announced before the end of the year as the new projects kick off.
Fundamental Financial Performance and Share Price
Stellar Financial Results: Over the past five years, NewMarket has continued to produce stellar financial results, but has experienced periodic share price volatility that has resulted in a less than awe inspiring share price and market capitalization. Many of these share price low points have been during the summer time as the trading volume on the OTCBB as a whole declines. As we end the summer of 2007, we are experiencing just such a low, even though NewMarket just reported 30% revenue growth in the 2nd quarter 2007 compared to the same period last year with 26% net income growth. Taking revenue seasonality into account, we are on track for $100 million in profitable revenue compared to our $77.6 million in 2006 revenue with over $5 million in net income. Another way of looking at our growth expectations for the end of this year is that we are on track to report revenue of $60 million over the next two quarters. We continue to have a backlog of business that could take us to as high as $120 million in revenue in 2007.
Good News: Though our current price is low, our volume weighted average price (VWAP) is over 10 cents higher than our current share price. Seventy-five percent (75%) of NMKT's trading volume year to date has been over $0.35.
Average Weighted PPS year to date is $0.37
184 million shares have traded year to date
138 million shares have traded above $0.35 (75% of total shares traded)
46 million have traded below $0.35 (25% of total shares traded)
Issued and Outstanding is 200 Million (Total YTD trading equals 92% of the I/O)
Total Trading Activity in dollars is $67 Million
Total trading activity in dollars above $0.35 PPS is $54 million
Total trading activity in dollars below $0.35 PPS is $14 million
78% of total trading activity in dollars has been above $0.35
* Detailed analysis on daily stock price and volume is available upon request to ir@newmarkettechnology.com
Long-Term Potential: Amex-listed companies in our industry trade at a Price to Sales ratio of better than 1 times (1X) revenue and NASDAQ listed companies in our industry trade at a Price to Sales Ratio of almost 4 times (4X) revenue. NewMarket is driving toward an upgraded listing in the future, at which time, in my opinion, we have the potential to see a valuation far above the current price. Available upon request is a spread sheet that demonstrates the comparative undervaluation of the company based largely on our OTCBB listing.
I thank you for the time and attention you have committed to reading my letter. I hope the information here has been of value. I encourage you to email us with any further questions and comments you may have at ir@newmarkettechnology.com. I thank you for your ongoing support of NewMarket's vision and on behalf of all the employees at NewMarket, I express our collective commitment to deliver on all aspects of NewMarket's business plan.
Philip Verges
CEO
NewMarket Technology, Inc.
They sure know how to get my goat!!!
With all this publicity about repeat orders why is the stock price still below $0.30 pr share pre split????
Zila Inc. Product Selected to Identify Pre-Cancer in Study of Leading Cancer Treatment Chemotherapeutic - ERBITUX
Tuesday September 4, 7:35 am ET
- ViziLite Plus with TBlue630 -
PHOENIX, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zila, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ZILA - News) ViziLite® Plus with Tblue630(TM) screening system for early detection of abnormalities which can lead to oral cancer, has been selected to identify pre-cancerous lesions in a Phase II study of Cetuximab (ERBITUX®), a leading cancer therapeutic for head and neck cancer developed by ImClone Systems (Nasdaq: IMCL - News) and distributed by Bristol-Meyers Squibb (NYSE: BMY - News).
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The NIH has awarded a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for the study. The primary objective of the clinical trial is to evaluate ERBITUX efficacy in treating upper aerodigestive pre-cancer. ERBITUX is currently marketed for the treatment of head and neck cancer (including upper aerodigestive) as well as metastatic colorectal cancer.
Dr. Frank J.Bellizzi, President of Zila Pharmaceuticals, "We are pleased that Zila's ViziLite Plus with Tblue630 has been selected for use in this clinical trial. The use of ViziLite Plus in such an important study with the leading head and neck cancer therapeutic demonstrates its growing reputation as the premier oral cancer screening technology."
The coordinating center for the study is The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University. The Protocol Chairman is Joseph Califano, M.D., of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Over 30 clinical investigators at key academic research institutions and cancer research centers are scheduled to participate in the study. The Phase II study is anticipated to enroll and evaluate approximately 60 patients over a three-year period. Patients will be evaluated clinically and biopsies will be taken pre- and post-treatment. The biopsies will be analyzed histopathologically, but will also be analyzed for genetic changes using Zila's proprietary LOH assay. The assay is the only validated method for identifying biomarkers consistent with oral premalignencies and oral cancer.
About ViziLite® Plus
ViziLite® Plus is an oral screening technology that utilizes ViziLite, an advanced chemiluminescent light technology, with Tblue630. The Tblue630 marking system employs Zila Tolonium Chloride (ZTC(TM)), the only patented pharmaceutical-grade form of toluidine blue in an FDA-cleared device.
For more information about ViziLite Plus, visit http://www.vizilite.com.
About Zila's LOH Assay
Biopsies are traditionally analyzed histopathologically to determine the histological changes in diseased tissue and enable classification of the tissue such as benign, dysplastic or cancerous. Leading cancer centers now recognize the value of also evaluating the DNA of biopsy samples for markers that signal that tissue is on the progression pathway to cancer. Zila has developed a proprietary DNA assay that evaluates chromosomal deletions by determining the loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of such biopsies. The validated LOH assay is utilized in the Zila OraTest Phase III clinical trial as well as the Erbitux Study, and the Company is evaluating commercial opportunities for the test.
About Zila, Inc.
Zila, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix, is an oral cancer screening company focused on the prevention and treatment of oral disease. Zila is dedicated to establishing ViziLite® Plus as the new standard of care for the early detection of oral abnormalities that could lead to cancer, with an initial focus on the dental market through Pro-Dentec®, a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of Soft Tissue Management (STM®) products. Sold exclusively and directly to dental professionals, Pro-Dentec's core products include the Rota-dent® Professional Powered Brush, the Pro-Select3® Piezo-Ultrasonic Scaler System and a suite of pharmaceutical STM® products for both in-office and home-care use.
For more information about Zila, visit http://www.zila.com.
NewMarket Technology, Inc. Reported 30% Revenue Growth in Second Quarter 2007; Pace to Break $100 Million in Revenue for Year to Be Reviewed in Thursday, August 30 Webcast
12:30PM Celsion announces Acceleration Plans for Its Breast Cancer Phase I Study (CLN) 5.71 +0.06 : Co announces that it has reached agreement with investigators at Duke University to supplement the Phase I dose escalation study for recurrent breast cancer at the chest wall, currently being performed under an investigator I.N.D at Duke University, through the filing of a Company I.N.D using the same clinical protocol. Celsion plans to add up to three additional sites in the study.
Super--I'll add to my collection
Is This Fair??
For the last departmental picnic, management had decided that, due to liability issues, we could have alcohol, but only one drink per person.
I was fired for ordering the cups.
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