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Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest
ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at wor k leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS
PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit!
Once Honesty is gone, Eliminating Integrity is easy
By Mark Faulk
July 7, 2006
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
~George Orwell's 1984
Yesterday, I wrote a commentary about how, on December 23, 2005, Chairman Chris Cox eliminated the word "integrity" from the Mission Statement of the SEC. Today, I received an email from a reader and fellow advocate, which he found on the Yahoo Fannie Mae (FNM) message board.
As it turns out, "integrity" wasn't the first thing to go at the SEC. It seems that, sometime between the years 2002 and 2003, that another noble quality was deemed unnecessary by those whose job it is to "protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities market." Or should I say, those whose job it was to maintain the integrity of the securities market.
In the SEC's annual report in 2001 and 2002, their mission statement was listed as:
"Since its creation in 1934, the SEC's mission has been to administer and enforce the federal securities laws in order to protect investors, and to maintain fair, honest, and efficient markets."
Then, in their 2003 annual report, they "modified" it to read:
"The mission of the Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation."
Read the rest of this article at:
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Investing101/1061.html
This article isn't posted on the Sanity Check (I figured two in two days was enough), but feel free to post your comments on the article that precedes this one, entitled:
"ALL INVESTORS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" - SEC eliminates integrity in the stock market
http://www.thesanitycheck.com/Blogs/MarkFaulksBlog/tabid/86/EntryID/369/Default.aspx
Faulking Opinions - Jul 7, 2006 - Printable Version
- It's NAKED Short Selling...NAKED NAKED NAKED NAKED NAKED NAKED!!!!!! Any Questions?
by Mark Faulk
I’m sick of the lack of morality, common decency, and whatever that other word is that was eliminated from the English language while we slept…oh yeah, now I remember…INTEGRITY. Guess what folks? This isn’t about laws, it isn’t about the ability to game the system by utilizing loopholes in our regulations, it isn’t about changing the SEC Mission Statement to fit the crimes, it’s about DOING THE RIGHT THING. The only rule that these people need to take a look at again is the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Bud Burrell was right on target with his latest commentary, we have lost our “Political and Moral Gyroscope." We’re trying to deal with what’s moral and right, and they’re using lies, distortion, and misdirection to justify their lack of integrity (there’s that elusive word again). It's a tactic that is used by every seedy "journalist" in the financial arena, but I'll use Jim Cramer as an example, because he represents everything that is wrong with our country today. Here's the misdirection we deal with every single day, from the Master of Misdirection himself, the lowest of the low, Jim Cramer:
He begins his latest lie with a tirade about how "companies that get illegally manipulated into oblivion usually deserve it." Of course, he never mentions the innocent shareholders who get screwed out of their investment dollars, whose lives are destroyed by fraud. I guess that they deserve having their lives torn apart, their savings decimated, and their futures destroyed so hedge fund managers, Wall Street brokers, and the ultra rich can build hockey rinks inn their back yards.
Paragraph one:
"Did you ever notice that this naked short-selling issue never comes up with the stocks of good companies? Can you recall an instance where a money-making, decent company has been involved in a naked-short-selling tailspin?”
First of all – duh. The corrupt hedge funds and the low-life scum criminals who rape companies purposely pick the companies wearing the short skirts. They pick victims who aren’t perfect, or, as Cramer himself put it later in the same article, “victims who deserve their victimhood.”
The innocent shareholders who get screwed, the countless others who happen to be in the neighborhood and are raped in the frenzy of greed that drives these morally bankrupt bloodsucking leeches, as written off as nothing more than collateral damage. And people like Jim Cramer, people with no moral compass whatsoever, with no conscience, then pervert the truth and distort the issue in order to justify their own reprehensible actions.
Which brings us back to the Master of Misdirection. In the space of a few short paragraphs, Cramer somehow miraculously confuses legal short selling with illegal, manipulative naked short selling - for the hundredth time.
I continue to think that short-sellers should be considered blameless in almost every case that I have ever seen involving a decline. I have heard the alibi endlessly. I always say that if a company under the stock is any good at all, the shorts will be forced to cover, and the stock will go up even more than it should.
Don't be deluded by the Regulation SHO advocates. They are often well-meaning, but they don't know how the process works. They are vocal; this article will antagonize them, and I will be savaged for the common-sense thread exposed here.
So what.
Worth doing, just to remind you that the companies that are often mentioned as victims deserve their victimhood.
I’ll end with a few “common-sense” questions for Mr. Cramer.
Is illegal short selling the same thing as legal short selling? Because if you don’t know the meaning of the word “illegal” it’s a cinch that you have no clue what the word “integrity” means either.
Are you really so stupid and clueless that you don’t understand that the entire problem is that in naked short selling (again…ILLEGAL NAKED SHORT SELLING IS NOT THE SAME THING AS LEGAL SHORT SELLING) the short sellers aren’t covering their trades, so the stock won’t ever go up, because it’s being manipulated!!!
Do the shareholders deserve to be victimized as well? Does the fact that you believe that the companies “deserve their victimhoood” extend to the shareholders themselves?
So Mr. Cramer: This might antagonize you, and I might be savaged for telling the truth, but it’s worth doing, just to remind you that no one is buying your distortions and lies.
And THAT’S a sanity check from the Faulking Truth.
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"ALL INVESTORS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" - SEC eliminates integrity from the stock market
By Mark Faulk
July 6, 2006
Remember the good old days, and how we all used to love to remind the SEC of their Mission Statement...the one that promises "to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities market"? Well, they've solved the little problem of "maintaining integrity" in classic Orwellian fashion.
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, after the animals take over the farm from the ruthless and greedy farm owners, they make a list of rules called "THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS." I remember as a teenager seeing the transition as each rule is slowly edited and rewritten to fit the whims of the pigs, who have assumed the role of leadership on the farm, and succumb to the lifestyle of gluttony and greed that consumed their predecessors. I can clearly recall sitting in stunned disbelief, and in fact, I still get a cold chill just thinking about the ending of that cautionary tale of greed and totalitarianism run amuck. One commandment after another is changed to fit the immoral behavior of the greedy pigs: "No animal shall kill another animal" is changed to read "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause." "No animal shall drink alcohol" is changed to read "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."
Later in the book, it was realized by some of the more observant animals that it didn't seem to matter who was in charge of the farm, that they still suffered unfairly under the pigs and the dogs who had moved into the farmhouse, just as they did when the farmers were in control. Orwell put it this way: "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer- except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs."
And finally, in a final disregard for the welfare of the "common farm animals," and in a chilling display of totalitarianism, the Seven Commandments were altered one last time, to read simply "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS."
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Two couples were playing poker one evening. John accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed Bill's wife, Sue, wasn't wearing any underwear under her dress !
Shocked by this, John upon trying to sit back up again, hit his head on the table and emerged red-faced. Later, John went to the kitchen to get some refreshments. Bill's wife followed and asked, "Did you see anything that you liked under there?"
Surprised by her boldness, John courageously admitted that, well indeed he did.
She said, " Well, you can have it but it will cost you $500."
After taking a minute or two to assess the financial and moral costs of this offer, John confirms that he is interested. She tells him that since her husband Bill works Friday afternoons and as John doesn't, he should be at her house around 2 p.m.
Friday afternoon.
When Friday rolled around John showed up at Bill's house at 2 p.m. Sharp and after paying Sue the agreed sum of $500 they went to the bedroom and closed their transaction, as agreed.
John then quickly dressed and left.
As usual, Bill came home from work at 6 p.m. And upon entering the house, asked his wife abruptly. "Did John come by the house this afternoon?"
With a lump in her throat Sue answered "Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon."
Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband curtly asked, "And did he give you $500?"
In terror she assumed that somehow he had found out and after mustering her best poker face, replied, "Well, yes, in fact he did give me $500".
Bill, with a satisfied look on his face, surprised his wife by saying, "Good, I was hoping he did. John came by the office this morning and borrowed $500 from me. He promised me he'd stop by our house this afternoon on his way home and pay me back."
Now THAT, my friends, is a poker player !
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I concur with you overall remark. But a hedge fund manager is not his role. Anyone in that position who never have the time to engage on this and other message boards to the extent our Charly does. Is he Evan reincarnated --strong possibility
A lawyer assigned as the Project Manager on a technology development program?????? He was malassigned but the Presiden who effected this assignment is now go9ne also.
The Powewr of Logic
The Haircut
A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father,
who was a minister, if they could discuss the use of the car. His
father took him to his study and said to him, "I'll make a deal with
you. You bring your grades up, study your Bible a little and get your
hair cut and we'll talk about it." After about a month the boy came
back and again asked his father if they could discuss use of the car.
They again went to the father's study where his father said, "Son,
I've been real proud of you. You have brought your grades up, you've
studied your Bible diligently, but you didn't get your hair cut!"
The young man waited a moment and replied, "You know Dad, I've been
thinking about that. Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, Noah
had long hair, and even Jesus had long hair...."
To which his father replied, "Yes, and they walked everywhere they went!"
: Fw: Southern Grandma
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SOUTHERN GRANDMA
Lawyers should never ask a Southern grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?" She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you."
The lawyer was stunned! Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?" She again replied, "Why, yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him."
The defense attorney almost died. The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, "If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you to the electric chair."
You want him off-so do I. Please note he used to vent his spleen on the NMKT board on the Raging Bull but no longer can post there. Why--because the larger portion of the users there ignored him. You want-stop answering him.
Charleoi is a very sophisticated basher. You will never win any discourse with him and by trying to do so you simply add to his ego by directing attention to his pussilanimous posts. Suggest ignoring him is most appropriate!
Four youths from Canberra, Australia pulled off a trick of breathtaking bravado in order to gain revenge on a mobile speed camera van operating in the area.
Three of the group approached the van and distracted the operator's attention by asking a series of questions about how the equipment worked and how many cars the operator could catch in a day. Meanwhile, the fourth musketeer sneaked to the front of the van and unscrewed its numberplate.
After bidding the van operator goodbye, the friends returned home, fixed the number plate to their car and drove through the camera's radar at high speed - 17 times. As a result, the automated billing system issued 17 speeding tickets to itself.
Go Aussies!
No SH-T!!!!
I just finished reading a new book, "YOU CAN BE THE MAN OF YOUR HOUSE".
After reading I stormed into the kitchen and walked directly up to my wife. I pointed a finger in her face and said sternly, "From now on, YOU need to know that I AM the MAN of this house, and my word is law! You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert afterward. Then, after dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me, and we will have the sex that I want. After that, you are going to draw me my bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then you will massage my feet and hands. Then after that's done, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?"
My wife replied, "The fuckin funeral director would be my guess."
Thanks. I pride myself on posting only the funniest.
Subject: Thank you.
I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one
about rat poop in the glue on envelopes because I
now have to use a wet towel with every envelope
that needs sealing.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to
a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in
the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will
change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill
Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for
participating in their s pecial e-mail program.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have
363,214 angels looking out for me, and St.
Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are
actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or
feathers.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even
though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only
get answered if I forward an email to seven of my
friends and make a wish within five minutes.
I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove
toilet stains.
I no longer can buy gasoline without taking a man
along to watch the car so a serial killer won't
crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the
people who make these products are atheists who
refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.
And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup
water in the microwave anymore because it will
blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.
I no longer check the coin return on pay phones
because I could be pricked with a needle infected
with AIDS.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone
will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx
since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
I no longer shop at Target since they are French
and don't support our American troops or the
Salvation Army.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will
ask me to dial a number for which I will get a
phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda,
Singapore, and Uzbekistan & Bum-F Egypt!
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman
Marcus since I now have their recipe.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but
mine because a big brown African spider is lurking
under the seat to cause me instant death when it
bites my ass.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick
up $5.00 I dropped in the parking lot because it
probably was placed there by a sex molester
waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
Oh, and don't forget this one either! I can no
longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from
certain gas companies!
If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000
people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with
diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM this
afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest
your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I
know this will happen because it actually happened
to a friend of my next door neighbor's
ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's
beautician...
Have a wonderful day....
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New Study
A South American scientist from Argentina, after a
lengthy study, has discovered that people with
insufficient brain and sexual activity read their
e-mail with their hand on the mouse.
Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late!
Suits Focus on Street's Role
In 'Naked Shorting'
By RANDALL SMITH
June 28, 2006; Page C1
Wall Street's biggest securities firms face a pair of civil-antitrust lawsuits over the role they play in the practice of "naked short selling," which can drive down the price of certain stocks.
The lawsuits, brought by two trading customers, charge that the Wall Street firms' "prime" brokerage operations, which cater to hedge funds and other professional traders, often charge fees for borrowing stocks without actually borrowing them.
Defendants in the case include the 11 largest prime-brokerage operations, led by Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns Cos., and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which held a combined 60% share of that market at the end of 2004, according to the Lipper HedgeWorld service-provider directory.
A spokesman for Morgan Stanley said, "We think the suits are wholly without merit, and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously." Officials of Bear and Goldman declined to comment.
Short sellers, who aim to profit by selling borrowed shares and buying them back later at a lower price, routinely rely on prime brokers to locate stock available to be borrowed for such sales. The brokers offer stock lending among other services, including financing and bookkeeping.
The world of short selling will be on display today at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the relationship between hedge funds and securities analysts.
In naked short selling, short sales are executed without borrowing or arranging to borrow the securities in time to deliver them to the buyer within the standard three-day settlement period after the trade. A Securities and Exchange Commission rule, Regulation SHO, curtailed naked shorting. But the lawsuits note that failures to deliver have declined only 20% since the rule's adoption in January 2005.
One of the lawsuits, by Electronic Trading Group LLC, which was filed in federal court in Manhattan, says the prime-brokerage services collusively condone "chronic failures to deliver by which clients are charged for 'borrowing' when in fact no borrowing actually takes place."
The lawsuits say the brokers charge fees of as much as 25% annually for hard-to-borrow stocks to which they mightn't be entitled. The prime-brokerage firms act reciprocally to avoid forcing delivery for each other's trades, the lawsuits maintain, adding that the firms instead operate a system of "phantom," book-entry transactions.
The Electronic Trading Group lawsuit was filed April 12 by Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, which also represents the other plaintiff, Quark Fund LLC. Both trading firms are less active than they were previously, said Vincent Cappucci, the firm's lead partner on the case.
Some traders agree with some of the lawsuits' allegations, according to interviews with people on Wall Street. But other potential plaintiffs are "concerned" about going public with such assertions, fearing a possible loss of access to Wall Street services, Mr. Cappucci said.
The lawsuits highlight the obscure mechanics of short selling, which are under scrutiny by regulators, including the New York Stock Exchange, in the decline of Vonage Holdings Corp., an Internet telephone-service provider whose stock price has tumbled 48% since its initial public offering May 24.
Vonage's stock encountered heavy short selling on its first day of trading, and NYSE regulators have asked Wall Street brokers for records of trades including short sales, and how naked short sales were handled. Vonage shares have been listed as hard to borrow since the IPO, and its shares also have experienced high rates of delivery failures -- another sign of naked shorting.
Some short sellers say they can't knock down stock prices because of "uptick" rules limiting such sales when prices are falling. However, the SEC has a pilot program exempting about 1,000 stocks from the rules, which also don't apply to some trades off the stocks' exchanges.
Josh Galper, managing principal of Vodia Group LLC, a financial-services consultancy in Concord, Mass., says the lawsuits may threaten the profit margins of the prime-brokerage business.
NOTE THIS LAST PARAGRAPH.. Here's where all that money given out as Christman bonuses comes from!!!!!!
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Securities Industry Weighs Suit
Over New Utah Short-Sale Law
By JED HOROWITZ and CAROL S. REMOND
May 30, 2006; Page C5
NEW YORK -- The securities industry is likely to bring a lawsuit in federal court against the state of Utah over a new law that lets local companies collect fees from brokerage firms that fail to disclose when they can't deliver securities to customers.
The law, signed by Gov. Jon Huntsman Friday, is widely believed to have been crafted by Overstock.com Inc. Chief Executive Patrick Byrne. He has long accused so-called short sellers of battering his company's stock price by selling shares they don't own and don't expect to borrow. He also accuses securities regulators and brokerage firms of failing to crack down on the practice.
Short selling is legal as long as an investor knows stock is available to borrow when delivery is due.
"We felt this law is good for business -- particularly for small and mid-cap companies -- and for consumers," said Michael Mower, a spokesman for the Republican governor.
The law allows Utah-domiciled companies to collect $10,000 per day from brokers who fail to alert the state securities commission within 24 hours as to how many shares on designated lists of short stocks they won't be able to deliver on time.
The securities industry is up in arms because they say failure to deliver securities is rarely related to illegal short-selling practices. Even if these brokerages companies pour money into upgrading information-technology systems, they won't know well enough in advance when delivery failures will occur, said a brokerage-firm lawyer who asked for anonymity.
"There may be legitimate reasons for a failure to deliver," the Securities and Exchange Commission says on its Web site. "Human or mechanical errors or processing delays can result from transferring securities in physical certificate rather than book-entry form, thus causing a failure to deliver on a long sale within the normal three-day settlement period."
The Securities Industry Association, Wall Street's principal trade group, hired former Utah banking commissioner George Sutton to lobby against the bill. The legislation was introduced and passed in a special session of the legislature Wednesday that took the brokers by surprise.
The brokerage industry has threatened to close down some of their operations in the state, said a person close to the negotiations. Major firms such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Fidelity Investments, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley have service, operations and credit-card processing centers in the state that employ thousands of local citizens.
"I applaud the courage of the Utah lawmakers in passing this sunshine law -- which merely requires that brokers disclose the degree to which they are violating federal regulation," Overstock.com's Mr. Byrne said in a phone interview. "Some Wall Street firms went ballistic trying to prevent its passage. Cockroaches always hate sunshine."
In a letter sent Thursday to Gov. Huntsman, the SIA argued that the then-pending bill would have unintended consequences that could hurt Utah companies and investors.
"Some firms may refuse to allow their customers to purchase or sell the securities of a company domiciled in Utah," Steve Judge, government affairs senior vice president at the SIA, wrote in the letter. Brokerage firms that make markets in stocks -- ensuring that investors can easily buy or sell shares and helping companies raise capital -- may curtail that activity, the letter said.
It also cited the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which prohibits states from imposing operational and record-keeping requirements that aren't required by federal securities law.
"We are reviewing all our options, including the possibility of taking legal action," said SIA spokesman Travis Larson.
SEC spokesman John Heine declined to comment, saying the agency needed to study the law.
"The legislature passed the bill in special session by virtually unanimous vote and does not believe it was misguided," said Francine Giani, executive director of Utah's Department of Commerce. "If it's challenged, we'll let the courts decide."
The law requires brokers to identify undeliverable shares of certain stocks with large short-selling positions that are compiled daily by stock exchanges and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. In addition to Overstock.com, other Utah companies frequently on the list include 1-800-Contacts Inc. and SkyWest Inc.
Less than a tenth of 1% of the 39 million trades cleared daily on average by the DTCC result in failures to deliver, a DTCC spokesman said.
Im think you missed the point. Engaging him in conversation will only result in mnore twisted posts from him. If all would ignor or at least not respond we'd get rid of him. That worked on the Ragin Bull Board where he dwelt before coming to IHUB>
ASlthough you aRE QUITE CORRECT DO YOU THINK THE TRUTH WILL STOP HIM FROM POSTING MORE AND MORE OF HIS DRIVEL???
Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been
married. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. One
afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint
sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea.
As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a
cut-glass bowl sitting on top of it. The bowl was filled with water, and in
the water floated, of all things, a condom! When she returned with tea and
scones, they began to chat.
The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its
strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and He could no longer
resist. "Miss Beatrice", he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about
this?" pointing to the bowl.
"Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the Park
a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The
directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would
prevent the spread of disease. Do you know I haven't had the flu all
winter."
*If you don't send this to five OLD friends right away there will be five
fewer people smiling in the world.*
From: "Bob Parr" <bobgen@cox.net>
To: "45Burgess Bob" <burgess@sover.net>
Subject: Fw: some Virginia humor...
Date: Monday, June 26, 2006 11:50 PM
some Virginia humor...
Abu al-Zarqawi died.
George Washingon met him at the Pearly Gates. He slapped him across the face and yelled, "How dare you try to destroy the nation I helped conceive!"
Patrick Henry approached, punched him in the nose and shouted, "You wanted to end our liberties but you failed!"
James Madison followed, kicked him in the groin and said, "This is why I allowed our government to provide for the common defense!"
Thomas Jefferson was next, beat al-Zarqawi with a long cane and snarled, "It was Evil men like you who inspired me to write the Declaration of Independence."
The beatings and thrashings continued as George Mason, James Monroe and 66 other early Americans unleashed their anger on the terrorist leader.
As al-Zarqawi lay bleeding and in pain, an angel appeared. al-Zarqawi wept and said, "This is not what you promised me."
The angel replied, " I told you there would be 72 Virginians waiting for you in heaven. What did you think I said?"
That might be the caser if the Fonar patents are getting quite OLD AND WHEN THEY EXPIRE fONAR WILL FACE NEW COMPETITORS..
She told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit.
Then I caught her spending $65.00 on make-up.
So I asked how come I had to give up stuff and not her.
She said she needed the make-up to look pretty for me.
I told her that was what the beer was for.
I don't think she's coming back
Subject: Marriage Counseling
A husband and wife go to a counselor after 15 years of
marriage. The counselor asks them what the problem is
and the wife goes into a tirade listing every problem
they have ever had in the 15 years they've beennmarried. She goes on and on and on.
Finally, the counselor gets up, walks around the desk,
embraces the wife and kisses her passionately.
The woman shuts up and sits quietly in a daze.
The counselor turns to the husband and says, "This is
what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can
you do this?"
The husband thinks for a moment and replies, "Well, I
can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I golf."
It is possible that a hospital may opt to use operating funds to purchase but how would the cover the costs of those items whose funding they reprogrammed. Most if not all Military and VA hospitals know nothing about Fonar nor its machines.I was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center yesterday and stopped by and chatted with the Chief of Radiology who admitted he had heard of Fonar but had only a sketch idea of what this company offered.
Your assumptions are nnot based on afct. I still have a small position in this stock and am very negative about its future prospects. You need to do more research before you post the drivel that I've been reading.
Award of this contract is a major success for Fonar but it will not result in any sales for about 2 years. The warning of this fact is in the Fonar news releasse wher it says,"Any Federal entity such as the U.S. Army or VA,once it is budgeted---"
To buy off this new contract a hospital will have to inserty a l9ine item for it in their next budget request and await approval and funding authority. In adedition any necessary construction costs associated with this purchase will also have to go through a similar process. I doubt that any hospital at this time has such an approved budget line item. Basically this contract saves both sides time and money. For Fonar they save by not having to write a proposal and on the govenment side they do not have to evaluate any other purchases for this MRI system. BUT THE BUYER MUST HSVE A LINE ITEM IN BUDGET AND FUNDING
P.S. I have made a formal request to the Defense Supply Agency in Philadelphia for a copy of this contract
# SPO 200-06D-8303.Expect answer tomorrow.
The truth or facts are of no interest to him. You simply draw unwarrantyed attention to him by replying. Ignore hiom as most serious posters on this board have already done.
SKIPPY
A woman goes to her boyfriend's parents' house for Christmas dinner.
This is to be her first time meeting the family and she is very nervous.
They all sit down and begin eating a fine meal.
The woman is beginning to feel a little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the broccoli casserole. The gas pains are almost making her eyes water. Left with no other choice, she decides to relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty fart.
It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard the poof.
Before she even had a chance to be embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the dog that had been snoozing under the woman's chair, and said in a rather stern voice, "Skippy!".
The woman thought, "This is great!" and a big smile came across her face.
A couple of minutes later, she was beginning to feel the pain again.
This time, she didn't even hesitate. She let a much louder and longer rrrrrip.
The father again looked at the dog and yelled, "Dammit Skippy!"
Once again the woman smiled and thought "Yes!" A few minutes later the woman had to let another rip. This time she didn't even think about it.
She let a fart rip that rivaled a train whistle blowing.
Once again, the father looked at the dog with disgust and yelled, "Dammit Skippy, get away from her, before she shits on you!"
Send this to someone who needs a laugh.
I ignore all who engage Chaleroi on this board. He is a quite a sophisticated basher whom you will never change nor get a reply from.
The River
Three men were hiking through a forest when they came upon a large, raging
violent river. Needing to get on the other side, the first man prayed,
"God, please give me the strength to cross the river."
Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs and he was able to swim across
in about two hours, having almost drowned twice.
After witnessing that, the second man prayed, "God, please give me strength
and the tools to cross the river."
Poof! God gave him a rowboat and strong arms and strong legs and he was
able to row across in about an hour after almost capsizing once.
Seeing what happened to the first two men, the third man prayed, "God,
please give me the strength, the tools and the intelligence to cross this
river."
Poof! He was turned into a woman. She checked the map, hiked one hundred
yards up stream and walked across the bridge.
group of kindergartners were trying very hard to become accustomed to the first grade. The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on NO baby talk!
"You need to use 'Big People' words," she was always reminding them.
She asked Chris what he had done over the weekend? "I went to visit my Nana." "No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER. Use 'Big People' words!
She then asked Mitchell what he had done. "I took a ride on a choo-choo." She said "No, you took a ride on a TRAIN. You must remember to use 'Big People' words."
She then asked little Alec what he had done?
"I read a book," he replied. "That's WONDERFUL!" the teacher said. "What book did you read?"
Alex thought real hard about it, then puffed out his chest with great pride and said,
"Winnie the SHIT
NewMarket Technology, Inc. Expands Foothold In VoIP Market with Launch of Proprietary Decision Support Solution with Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Features
Newmarket's VoIP Subsidiary XIPTEL Communications Continues To Build Momentum from Current $10 Million in Annualized Revenue and 2007 Forecast of $19.3 Million
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2006--NewMarket Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:NMKT) today announced the launch of XIPTEL's proprietary solution for managing a company's back office operations. XCCP, (Xiptel Customer Control Panel), the core component of XIPTEL's intellectual property portfolio, has been running the back office functions for XIPTEL since January 2006, and is now available to selected customers. XCCP handles the back office tasks involved with subscriber management, provisioning, support ticketing, call detail reporting and mediation, and billing. The software features a multi-level security and permissions architecture to allow subscribers, customer administrators, resellers, and system billing, engineering, and executive users to view and manage those elements necessary for day to day operations and planning.
"Customers can now get on-line access to incoming and outgoing calls whenever they want, from wherever they are," said Peter Geddis, XIPTEL's CEO. XCCP is based on open source technology, using Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, which avoids costly underlying license fees, and is easily scalable for high performance to drive down operating costs. The system designed to support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance includes permission-based security and allows for a variety of visual themes for reseller branding. "Today's VoIP based systems provide a long list of important features to customers," said Geddis, "but unless access to useful information and control is made easy and reliable, many of those features will remain unused. Our XCCP system solves those problems, adds real value to our company, and helps set us apart from our competition. Offering new products and services, such as XCCP, is an integral step to building our revenue base to $10 million for this year and meeting our forecast for 100% growth in 2007."
XIPTEL and Corsa Networks are divisions of IP Global Voice, Inc., a subsidiary of NewMarket Technology, Inc. XIPTEL provides a full range of hosted, managed VoIP services to the business market. Corsa Networks provides sophisticated network security solutions and managed services to commercial customers. Mr. Geddis is a 25 year telecommunications industry veteran. As COO of Qwest Communications, Mr. Geddis was instrumental in building a company from four employees and little revenue to over $400 million in revenue during his tenure. Mr. Geddis also held senior positions at Sprint, British Telecom and Pacific Bell.
All interested investors that would like to have their e-mail address added to our database for receipt of all press releases and other industry information are invited to send a request to ir@newmarkettechnology.com.
About NewMarket Technology Inc. (www.newmarkettechnology.com)
NewMarket Technology Inc. is a Systems Innovation Company. NewMarket has combined a traditional systems integration and support services capacity with a specialized asset-based approach to assisting its clients with the delicate balance between maintaining legacy systems and gaining a competitive edge from the latest technology innovations. NewMarket provides certified integration and maintenance services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions to include Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW). Concurrently, NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire undiscovered emerging technology assets to incorporate into an overall product portfolio carefully packaged to complement the prevailing industry standard solutions. NewMarket's emerging technology portfolio includes products for the Telecommunications, Healthcare, Homeland Security and Financial Services industries. NewMarket delivers its portfolio of products and services through its global network of Solution Integration subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, China and Singapore. As a Systems Innovator, NewMarket has set itself apart from the systems integration market through the introduction of a technology business model that monetizes the value of emerging technologies to improve corporate profits and enhance shareholder value with the regular issue of dividends. NewMarket recently ranked Number 13 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years from 2000-2004. NewMarket's revenue increased 18,082 percent during this period. The financial results achieved have been three years of rapid, profitable growth from $2.3 million in revenue in 2003 to over $50 million in 2005.
www.newmarkettechnology.com
Kronos and University of Washington Awarded Second Grant for Developing Cooling Technology for Microelectronics and Computer Chips (PrimeZone Media Network)
NewMarket was listed in the June 12th issue of VarBusiness magazine as the 350th best solution provider in North America
http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/apps/2006/var500/search_handler.jhtml?rank=301-350
Truth Eventually Pops Out
Following Palestinian claims and the media reports of Israeli culpability in deaths on a Gaza beach, the real story emerges...
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It is now becoming clear that, despite the claims of the Palestinians and the international media's rush to blame Israel, the deaths of seven Palestinian civilians on a beach in Gaza on 9 June were not caused by the IDF. Investigations by the IDF and others over the past few days have revealed new evidence that a Hamas mine was in fact the cause of the beach blast:
1) Shrapnel removed from two of the wounded Palestinians evacuated to Israeli hospitals was not from Israeli-made ordinance.
2) No large crater was evident on the beach as would be expected from the impact of an artillery shell landing from above. The blast site would suggest the likelihood of a mine exploding from below the sand rather than above.
3) The IDF fired six shells towards the Gaza area, one of which remained unaccounted for. All of the shells were fired, however, more than 10 minutes before the blast that killed the Palestinians.
It is now increasingly likely, that in true "Pallywood" fashion, as seen in the Mohammed Al-Dura case and the Jenin "massacre" libel, the Palestinians have attempted another cover-up in order to smear Israel:
1) Palestinian Television broadcast doctored scenes showing file footage of Israeli naval vessels shelling Gaza, interspersed with video of the beach victims, despite the fact that the Israeli Navy was not responsible for any shelling at the time. Click here to see the footage courtesy of Palestinian Media Watch.
2) Suspicions were initially raised by the Palestinian refusal to cooperate with Israeli investigators and the remarkably swift cleansing of evidence from the blast scene by Hamas gunmen who arrived shortly after the incident. Palestinian spokespeople usually display parts of Israeli shells to the international media - but not this time.
3) Israeli intelligence suggests that Hamas had mined the beach area in order to prevent Israeli naval commandos from landing there as part of anti-terror operations to prevent Qassam missile launches.
THE MEDIA'S PREMATURE RESPONSE
Even though there was no evidence as to who was responsible, other than Palestinian claims of Israeli culpability for a "massacre," the international media immediately bought into the Palestinian storyline. This, despite the continuing barrage of Qassam missiles, some of which had fallen on Gaza, and the "work accidents" caused by Palestinian explosives detonating prematurely, which should have made journalists think twice. Here are some examples of those who did not:
The Washington Post's headline: Israeli Fire Kills 7 Beachgoers in Gaza
Excerpt: Israeli artillery fire targeting the northern Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least seven Palestinian civilians and wounded 30 others, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.
Contact: letters@washpost.com and ombudsman@washpost.com
The New York Times' headline: Errant Shell Turns Girl Into Palestinian Icon
Excerpt: Eleven-year-old Huda unwittingly became a symbol of Palestinian pain and loss during an afternoon picnic with her family on a hot day when a cameraman captured her shrieking "Father, Father, Father!" as she hovered over the bloody bodies of 13 dead or wounded members of her family, hit by what was apparently an errant Israeli artillery shell.
Contact: letters@nytimes.com and public@nyt.com
Australia Broadcasting Corporation's headline: Israel faces criticism over Gaza beach shelling
Excerpt: Seven Palestinians died on Friday, when the Israeli military shelled the beach where they were enjoying the Muslim day of rest, an eighth victim died in hospital on Saturday.
Contact: http://www.abc.net.au/contact/contactnews.htm
CNN's headline: Beach strike shakes Hamas cease-fire
Excerpt: An Israeli navy gunboat fired shells onto a northern Gaza beach Friday, killing at least seven people and prompting the military wing of Hamas to call off a 16-month-old cease-fire with Israel.
Contact: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
The Guardian's headline: Death on the beach: seven Palestinians killed as Israeli shells hit family picnic
Excerpt: A barrage of Israeli artillery shells rained down on a busy Gaza beach yesterday, killing seven Palestinians, three of them children.
Contact: letters@guardian.co.uk
The Independent's headline: Palestinians killed on Gaza beach by Israeli gunboats
Excerpt: Israeli naval gunboats killed at least seven Palestinian civilians and wounded about 40 others as they relaxed in the summer heat on a beach in northern Gaza yesterday.
Contact: letters@independent.co.uk
The Times of London's headline: Girl who saw family die on beach becomes icon and media celebrity
Excerpt: In the days since a wild-haired Huda Ghalia was filmed howling with anguish amid a family picnic blown apart by shellfire, she has become an instant symbol of suffering across the Arab world.
Contact: letters@thetimes.co.uk
CONSEQUENCES FOR ISRAELI DIPLOMACY
Aside from the very real damage caused to Israel's public image, the images and headlines transmitted around the world also demonstrated the sometimes insidious influence of the media on Israel's diplomatic standing. Coming at the same time as Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's visit to the UK, it was therefore damaging that the British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett launched a scathing attack on Israel following the incident, which the British press interpreted as casting a shadow over the trip. In addition, the French also rushed to issue condemnation of Israel, deploring "Israel's bombardments on a beach in the Gaza Strip, whose disproportionate character has cost the lives of several civilians and injured many others."
HonestReporting is aware of the political and diplomatic damage that biased or inaccurate reporting causes for Israel within international governmental circles. Contact details for elected representatives from a number of countries can be found on HonestReporting's website along with those of many national and international media outlets.
While the media may choose not to believe the results of the IDF inquiry, it has a duty to report on the developing story and the new evidence that has emerged. HonestReporting calls on its subscribers to hold the media to account for its initial premature judgments and to also ensure that the real story is published.
QASSAM BLITZKRIEG ON ISRAEL
Palestinian terrorists continue to launch Qassam missiles from Gaza, subjecting Israel to an intolerable blitzkrieg of over 100 missiles launched since the weekend, wounding at least two Israelis in Sderot and causing damage to a number of buildings in Sderot and the western Negev. No country, including Israel can be expected not to take action under these circumstances.
While attempting to escalate the situation further, Islamic Jihad terrorists were prevented from launching even more deadly Katyusha missiles by an Israeli air strike on Tuesday. Unfortunately, due to Palestinian terrorists operating from within densely populated areas, a number of civilians also died when the terrorists' vehicle was hit by an Israeli missile. Due to the continuous barrage of Palestinian missiles, Israel has been left with little choice but to take action to defend its citizens.
As seen by this and recent events, Palestinian terrorists show scant disregard for the lives of their own people as well as Israelis, continuing to cause suffering in the region.
Given gets FDA OK for real-time endoscopy video
Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:55am ET
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CHICAGO, June 13 (Reuters) - Given Imaging Ltd. (GIVN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an endoscopy device that allows physicians to view real-time images from a tiny disposable camera ingested by the patient.
Real-time viewing via a handheld device of images from the company's disposable PillCam video capsule is intended to improve physician readings of esophageal and small bowel procedures, the company said.
The Ring
An older gray-haired man walks into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young woman at his side. He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.
The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring and showed it to him. The old man said, "I don't think you understand, I want something very special."
At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over. "Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000." The young lady's eyes sparkled and her entire body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, "We'll take it."
The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, "By check. I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank Monday morning to verify the funds. I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon," he said.
Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweler phoned the old man, "There's no money in that account!"
"I know," said the old man, "but can you imagine the weekend I had!"
Don't mess with Old Folks!
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Steve Martin's "Great Flydini" on the old "To-night" show.