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Waterboarding, ffftt!--the Abu Ghraib method of waterboarding would be too good for Bob and the rest of them.
This is so embarrassing.
two soft ball questions so far:
Tell us about your company.
Tell us more about the flyboard
Frankie, the speaker, with heavy French accent is totally not understable...
Bob said in beginning call is limited to 30 minutes.
Shit show going on
Platinum in the news again in WSJ
Anybody here subscribe? Here's the teaser:
Fraud Probe Ricochets Through Platinum Partners, a Hedge Fund With Ties to Jewish Community
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fraud-investigation-ricochets-through-hedge-fund-known-for-ties-to-jewish-community-1469439181
And the shorter MarketWatch version, which is available:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fraud-investigation-ricochets-through-hedge-fund-known-for-ties-to-jewish-community-2016-07-25?siteid=rss&rss=1
"if I was L3, I would want to get this out during my earnings report which is on the 28th."
"L-3 Communications announced today that it intends to release its 2016 second quarter results on Thursday, July 28, before the open of the market. In conjunction with this announcement, L-3 will host a conference call on the same day at 11:00 a.m."
Could be an interesting conference call
Sorry, but you're confusing me with someone else. And I still can't get on the IMSC website. It must be my internet provider, as I have tried it from another computer in this house, as well as using various browsers, all to no avail.
fyi: I am long
Hmmm. This is what I get...
... using either Safari or Chrome:
Your access to this site has been limited
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Can't get on IMSC website
seems to be down...
http://www.implantsciences.com/
Someone else please try.
thanks for that, Richard. eom
This notification is to provide industry with an update to the TD QPL intended timeframes. The DHS intends to open the following Windows in the time period provided below.
Functional Category 1/ Track 1/ Window 1 – TSA Desktop Explosive Trace Detector system (TSA-ETD)
• Anticipated to open no later than August 1, 2016
• Window will be open for thirty (30) days
• Associated requirements anticipated to be Functional Requirements Document for ETD
v1.4 and Detection Standard v5.0
• Systems require successful completion of Level 3 – Implementation
Functional Category 2/ Track 1/ Window 1 - Handheld Illicit Drugs-Explosives Trace Detector (HID-ETD)
• Anticipated to open no later than October 1, 2016
• Window will be open for six (6) months
• Associated requirements anticipated to be DHS HID-ETD Functional Requirements
Matrix v1.2 and Trace Illicit Drugs Detection Performance Requirements v1.1 • Systems require successful completion of Level 1 – Certification Testing
Functional Category 1/ Track 2/ Window 1 - TSA Desktop Explosive Trace Detector system (TSA-ETD)
• Anticipated to open no later than Quarter 2 of Fiscal Year 2017
• Window will be open for sixty (60) days
• Associated requirements anticipated to be Functional Requirements Document for ETD
v1.5 and Detection Standard v6.2
• Systems require successful completion of Level 3 – Implementation
This announcement is not a request for submissions at this time. The Government will only accept submissions upon the posting of Functional Categories, Tracks and Windows (fully described and defined in Attachment A) which will be posted as an amendment to this Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) announcement.
Architects fight airport security threats with flexible design
weekend read:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-blast-airportsecurity-idUSKCN0ZI0ET
So we just got another 18 months to collect our $161 million
Agree Brady- eom
Aah! Bet "SW" is the software upgrade.
Doesn't look like IMSC is going BK any time soon by TSA's reckoning!
Aah! Bet "SW" is the software upgrade.
Doesn't look like IMSC is going BK any time soon by TSA's reckoning!
So what's the SW mean? (ETD SW upgrade)
TSA modified and extended IMSC's contract
until 11/30/17. I don't know what the acronyms mean either. Was hoping another poster might be able to give a translation.
https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?s=FPDSNG.COM&sortBy=SIGNED_DATE&q=%22implant+sciences%22&indexName=awardfull&y=7&x=23&templateName=1.4.4&desc=Y
"The purpose of modification P00001 is to incorporate a SOW revision for the ETD SW upgrade to Detection Standard 6.2, to extend the POP, and to update the CO and COR of the contract."
Totally agree
Seems Murray hasn't worked there for a while...
From Reuters: Murray Huberfeld, a financier who was ordered to disgorge profits and fined for violating securities laws at his Broad Capital, provided Platinum with start-up money and ran Nordlicht’s credit-focused hedge funds until Platinum took them over in 2011. He no longer works at Platinum but remains a client, according to 2014 tax filings for his charitable foundation.
how about b/c imsc turned down their 700 mil offer? that's a possibility, no?
Vein: why did you buy?
As a chartist ...
(and I know most scoff at the idea of charting and TA, especially with penny stocks, but I'll stick my neck out here), I see a bottom in March that was followed by a five-wave move up and a classic A-B-C correction, all forming a beautiful cup & handle, which we are about to power out of.
Take a look at the 2-year chart. The volume is and will continue to increase on this move as we overcome resistance at .80, then a buck, then 1.20, then 1.80. There will be corrections along the way--maybe--but get strapped in.
He said, "... stay tuned."
I get a lot of e-mails, I know I don't respond to many because I shouldn't and I can't respond to one without responding to everybody. So this is our opportunity to spend some time together and talk, but I do thank you for your support and stay tuned.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/edited-transcript-imsc-earnings-conference-134128476.html
Uuff! Symbolism to the max... eom
Ah-ha! Very good (but a bit low) eom
Appropriate date: Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14th @ $4.50 eom
"the plane had not been carrying cargo."
all per NY Times:
"Three EgyptAir security officers were aboard the missing flight, the French authorities said.
Alain Vidalies, the junior minister for transportation, said the security presence was a “usual procedure for EgyptAir planes.”
He also said the plane had not been carrying cargo."
"Plane’s Earlier Stops Were in Worrisome Places, Analysts Say
As investigators scramble to piece together clues to what happened to EgyptAIr Flight 804, analysts said that some attention would probably be focused on where the plane flew in the 24 hours before the crash, with stops in countries where aviation security standards have previously raised concerns.
The aircraft, a 12-year-old Airbus A320, flew from Cairo to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, on Tuesday night and then returned early Wednesday morning. Then it flew a round trip to Tunis and back before heading for Paris.
An advisory published by the United States State Department in May 2015 warned that security at Asmara International Airport “can be unpredictable,” and noted a “lack of efficiency and consistency” in the screening of travelers there.
In the wake of the October bombing of a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, European officials expressed concerns about gaps in airport security at airports in North Africa, including Tunisia, as well as at some airports in Egypt.
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Security Is Tight at E.U. Airports, but Varies Elsewhere, Expert Says
Security measures at airports in the European Union make it very difficult, though not impossible, for someone with criminal or terrorist intent to infiltrate them, according to Norman Shanks, an aviation security expert. But aircraft often visit several countries a day, inside and outside the union, and security is not equally tight everywhere.
Mr. Shanks, a consultant and former manager of airport security at Heathrow Airport, which serves London, said that the Charles de Gaulle airport applied common rules and security procedures that are set out by European Union regulations and are among the strictest in the world, both for screening passengers and for recruiting and screening airport staff members.
Everyone who works at an airport in the European Union is subject to the same checks — including X-rays and explosives detection — that passengers go through when they pass from the public areas of airports into the secure “airside” zones.
In addition, all workers whose jobs give them access to sensitive areas like the tarmac, aircraft hangars, or baggage and cargo handling areas must undergo thorough police background checks. Mr. Shanks said employees’ vehicles were also subject to random checks.
“The insider threat is the nightmare scenario,’’ Mr. Shanks said. “Every location, anywhere in the world, is subject to the problem of people who are either politically or criminally motivated’’ to do harm.
Investigators have been looking into whether airport workers had a hand in the bombing of a Russian airliner in Egypt in October, and of another aircraft in Somalia in February. Insiders have also been implicated in plots against aircraft in advanced nations.
In 2014, a former Delta airlines employee was found to have conspired with a baggage handler at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta to smuggle firearms aboard more than a dozen flights between Atlanta and New York. A year earlier, in 2013, a maintenance technician working at the airport in Wichita, Kan., was charged with plotting a suicide bombing.
“You can make judgments based on background checks of staff, and the regulated airports in the E.U. are probably among the most effective at that,’’ Mr. Shanks said. But while background checks can flag people with a criminal history, he said, “it won’t find people with bad intent or who have no record at all.’’
Because aircraft often pass through airports in several different countries in a single working day and security standards can vary widely from country to country, there is a risk that terrorists or criminals can smuggle a bomb or other contraband aboard a plane at one airport that could may go undetected on arrival in another, Mr. Shanks noted.
In most of the world, airplanes are not routinely inspected by the police or other national authorities during airport stopovers, Mr. Shanks said. The airlines are responsible for sweeping their own aircraft between flights, or for hiring local security contractors to perform this task. That leaves aircraft vulnerable to rogue workers at the airline or the contractor.
“Every airport in the world is supposed to screen staff before they go airside,’’ Mr. Shanks said. But in much of eastern and northern Africa, he said, security standards are known to be less strict than in Europe, and screening of airport staff “can be hit or miss.’’
Daphné Anglès contributed reporting.
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Plane Was in Eritrea and Tunisia Before Trip to France
EgyptAir Flight 804 made multiple stops — in Eritrea, Tunisia and Egypt — in the 24 hours before it took off from Paris on Wednesday night, bound for Cairo, according to data from Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights in real time, that was compiled by Agence France-Presse.
Airbus, the plane’s manufacturer, confirmed on Thursday that the plane was an Airbus A320, a twin-engine jetliner that can typically carry up to 220 passengers and stay in service for 30 or 40 years.
The plane was delivered to EgyptAir in November 2003 and had accumulated 48,000 hours of flying time, the company said.
It is common for airlines to keep their planes in nearly constant motion, making several journeys every day, and the plane that became Flight 804 was no exception.
It left Cairo on Tuesday night bound for Asmara, the capital of the East African nation of Eritrea. At 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, it took off to return to Cairo, where it stayed for two hours.
Then, at 8:21 a.m., the plane left Cairo for Tunis, a flight that took just over three hours. It spent just over an hour on the ground there and then flew back to Cairo, arriving at 3:17 p.m.
The afternoon stopover in Cairo lasted less than two hours, and the next destination was the Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, where it landed at 9:55 p.m. Wednesday.
The fateful departure back toward Cairo took place shortly after 11 p.m. The plane had covered most of the distance when it disappeared from radar somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea about 2:30 a.m., roughly a half-hour before it was due to arrive in Cairo (All times are local.)
Daphné Anglès contributed reporting.
WILMINGTON, Mass., June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, today announced that it has signed a contract for up to 304 of its QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detectors across 17 regional airports in France. The first 106 units are committed to being delivered over the next several months. Additional units are expected to be delivered through fiscal year 2016 and 2017. The sale was made through the Company's in-country, full-service distributor, Hi-Tech Detection Systems (HTDS).
"The fact that our QS-B220 had STAC certification prior to the creation ECAC standards gave us additional insight into the French aviation market. Our systems are highly regarded in the region, and we believe that procurement agents look to the QS-B220's value and performance and view the choice of selecting our unit as a 'smart' decision," said Dr. Darryl Jones, Implant Sciences' Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. "We are very proud of the fact that this is the second major victory for us in France."
"HTDS is an excellent long-term partner in France. Their ability to provide superior in-country support, such as service and training, makes them a strong ally and value-add for Implant Sciences. Their sound customer support capabilities also proved to be a deciding factor for this procurement," stated Richard Nelson, Implant Sciences' General Manager, EMEA.
It's a crapshoot. None of us knows anything. We try to infer, intuit from the murk. But only a buyout announcement or bankruptcy filing will give us the info. In the interim, it's punters, place your bets.
I'd even dance naked for $7.50 eom
You are correct. I didn't realize it until now. My apologies.
Q3 2016 Implant Sciences Corp IMSC -0.02
Australia: US-Bound Air Cargo Security Factsheet
"The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently re-evaluated Australia's air cargo security arrangements and determined that Australia's arrangements do not meet the US legislative requirement to screen 100 per cent of inbound air cargo at the piece-level.
In August 2015, the Australian Government secured US Government agreement to phase-in 100 per cent piece-level examination over a two year period to mid-2017."
https://infrastructure.gov.au/security/air-cargo/factsheet-maintaining-us-bound-security.aspx
Or 3-month pregnancy leave. eom
Well, NYT published my comment on the QS-B220.
Maybe that will move the share price up a penny...
Lead editorial in NY Times today about long airport lines, page A 24. For the online comments section I just submitted the following:
"Speeding up the deployment of the latest and best explosive trace detection equipment, the QS-B220, should alleviate much of the problem. Fortunately, the TSA is finally getting around to rolling out this high through put, low false alarm, fast clear down, non-radioactive machinery."
Would be great if the Times approved my comment and published it online...
Senators bolster travel security in FAA bill
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-airports-idUSKCN0X41Z2