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To: Voltaire who wrote (16016)	4/24/2000 11:15:00 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 35685

We're Talkin 'High Heels' here The Devil made Em do It.......... Couple Seized With Cocaine in Bible MEDELLIN (Reuters) - A husband and wife were seized at a Colombian airport on Good Friday as they tried to smuggle almost seven pounds (3 kg) of cocaine hidden in the pages of a Bible on to a flight bound for Mexico, police said. The couple, in their late 50s, were arrested at Rionegro airport on the outskirts of the northwest city of Medellin, the former power base of the infamous cocaine mob run by Pablo Escobar. ``Our suspicions were aroused when we picked up the Bible and saw how heavy it was,' regional police chief Col. Ruben Carillo told reporters. He said the couple had also concealed an unspecified quantity of the drug in the heels of their shoes and the lining of their clothes. Colombia is the world's leading cocaine producer with an annual output estimated at 520 tons.

To: Voltaire who wrote (16016)	4/24/2000 12:18:00 PM
From: im a survivor	Respond to of 35685

IARC #4 Naz Gainer last week. TechMediary.com Selects Information Architects and ZOT Group to Build Core Infrastructure B2B eMarketplace Applies iA's Patented, XML-Based Metaphoria(R) Framework to Power Real-Time Exchange CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2000-- Information Architects (iA: NASDAQ: IARC) and ZOT Group today announced they have been selected to jointly develop core technical infrastructure and functionality for TechMediary.com, a B2B eMarketplace designed to offer a trusted, global exchange of content, commerce and community services to buyers and sellers of pre-owned computing equipment and products. This partnership combines ZOT Group's expertise in eBusiness strategy focusing on next-generation Web technologies with iA's patented Metaphoria Framework. Metaphoria leverages the power of XML and JAVA, enabling companies to cost-effectively create or participate in emerging B2B environments by automating the process of formatting and syndicating content along with eCommerce functionality, to any Website or device connected to the Net. TechMediary.com will offer businesses a powerful combination of pre-owned, mid-high range Unix enterprise servers, desktops and networking equipment, associated lifecycle of services plus pertinent technical and support content from a variety of sources. With the aim to consolidate market supply, promote global liquidity and flatten distribution channels, its bid-and-ask exchange model provides market based pricing, efficiency, price discovery and history of market trends. In turn, OEM's are offered a much more efficient way to flatten their distribution channel for mid- and small market customer and foreign markets, and lessors a comprehensive value based forum to resell their products to end users for maximum return. ``At the heart of our eMarketplace lies the spot exchange, where real-time transactions streamline traditional distribution channels for both mid- and small market customers as well as foreign markets. Metaphoria enables us to painlessly aggregate and syndicate disparate service offerings and related end-to-end eCommerce transactions on the fly,' said Bill Crowley, CEO of TechMediary.com. ``Ultimately, using Metaphoria will help us retain customers by keeping transactions and back-end processes transparent.' ``TechMediary.com gains a competitive advantage through Metaphoria's XML-based architecture for dynamic syndication and aggregation that eliminates existing barriers to the free, seamless flow of information across divergent sources,' explained Bob Gruder, CEO of iA. ``Coupled with Metaphoria's short development cycles and scalability, TechMediary.com is on the fast track to becoming a powerful global operation.' ``eMarketplaces today face the challenge of finding innovative, scalable, next generation solutions for driving business across the Web,' said Sally Khudairi, CEO of ZOT Group. ``In realizing the TechMediary.com vision, the answer was simple: Information Architects. Their Metaphoria Framework efficiently transforms eBusinesses into robust hubs through open-standard, open-source solutions that enable partners to dynamically swap business data and functionality anywhere across the Web, on any device, at any time.'