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To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/6/2000 4:09:35 PM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 35685

RNWK--Click-And-Sniff Computer Rivals Merge By Eric Auchard NEW YORK (Reuters) - Welcome to the era of click and sniff. The nose may know what the computer can only guess at but virtual aromas may soon be wafting to a keyboard near you. DigiScents Inc., a highly touted U.S. start-up seeking to give computers a sense of smell, on Wednesday said it had agreed to acquire SenseIT, Israeli-based developers of a rival scent-sensing technology. The Oakland, Calif.-based company bought SenseIT of Herzelia, Israel, in a stock-for-stock deal for which terms were not disclosed. The combined company will remain headquartered in Oakland and maintain a research facility in Israel. Joel Bellenson, DigiScents' co-founder and chief executive said the two companies' technology and patents complement each other and bolster DigiScents' lead in bringing together recent advances in genetic research and computing technology. ``We want to restore the physical world's tangibility, flavor and nuance to computers, and eventually -- with the convergence of electronics -- to television and telephones,'' Bellenson said. SenseIT was co-founded by Eli Fisch, founder of Goldfish Interactive, one of the biggest online advertising production houses in Israel and a unit of global marketing giant BBDO Interactive. Its developers have close ties to researchers at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. Bellenson said that just as a few primary colors can be used to create thousands of shades, so too essential oils can be blended to create widely recognizable scents. ``What we are basically striving to create is the RGB of scents,'' Bellenson said, using the analogy of the Red Green Blue standard used to define television and computer monitors. DigiScents' smell-sensing technology, which consumers can expect to begin seeing in advertising, shopping, travel and video-game settings as early as this Christmas season, promises to recreate thousands of different odors. Widespread availability of the system should begin next year when it delivers a small consumer hardware device that connects to a personal computer. It can be used to blend 128 basic scents in a theoretically unlimited number of smells. This and other recent developments in the field promise to rescue the technology from any whiff of association with failed scratch-and-sniff ads or Smell-O-Rama movie marketing schemes that previously made a joke of mass-marketed scent systems. The DigiScents system builds on a nearly decade-old academic research breakthrough that decoded the olfactory genes which control the human sense of smell. Working with scientists involved in the research, DigiScents created a database that compares computer smell recordings to thousands of human tested smells. This human-machine interface opens the possibility of communicating a wide range of smells over electronic networks. Andrew Knapp, a technology researcher with Andersen Consulting in Palo Alto, Calif., who has been briefed by DigiScents on its plans, said the company stands to benefit from the rapidly falling cost of so-called electronic noses. Existing artificial noses using gas chromatography can cost many tens of thousands of dollars. They are used by fragrance makers to dissect the chemical make-up of flowers, herbs, oils and other fragrances used to create perfumes. A DigiScents spokesman said it plans to offer its iSmell scent machine to consumers by next year. Demonstration models of the device look like a pudgy high-tech flower vase. It comes with a fan and plugs in easily to the back of any standard personal computer. ISmell will retail for under $100, he said. Thanks to recent advances in computer chips that promise to drive down artificial nose prices even lower in years to come, DigiScents plans to market its products for use with scented Web sites, movies, music, advertisements, new car promotions and interactive games. Already, more than 1,600 video game developers have signed up to incorporate smell technology into their software products, Bellenson said. Rival Cyrano Sciences of Pasadena, Calif., offers a portable nose known inspired by the French comic character who triumphed in love in spite of his famously long beak. Cyranose, as the product is known, aims to help the food industry maintain product quality, but a consumer version for PCs could follow within a few years, a Cyrano spokesman said. DigiScents was founded by Bellenson and partner Dexster Smith, two young biotech entrepreneurs who also founded DoubleTwist, a leading publisher of human genomic data. Building on their biotechnology expertise, DigiScents was formed to develop a system for digitizing and communicating smells over electronic networks, and thus freeing the basic human sense of smell from its classical physical moorings. Since its unveiling a year ago, DigiScents has received $10 million in February from Pacific Century CyberWorks (0008.HK), the leading Chinese Internet media network and investment company based in Hong Kong. It has also formed alliance with Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG - news), the world's leading consumer packaged goods manufacturer, and RealNetworks (NasdaqNM:RNWK - news), the top supplier of Internet music and video delivery technology. Terms of both deals have yet to be revealed by the companies.

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 10:45:04 AM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

<font color=red>Polvie We Miss You as witnessed by the pm's I am getting asking about you!! Will you please come home??? "Where you used to be, there is a hole in the porch, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell." love ya, dealie

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 11:16:25 AM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 35685

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To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 11:32:14 AM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

<font color=blue>MARKET SNAPSHOT--A mixed bag for shares Techs recover; Dow sputters By Julie Rannazzisi, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 10:45 AM ET Sep 7, 2000 NewsWatch Latest headlines NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - The major averages put on a mixed performance Thursday, with a rebound in tech issues pushing the Nasdaq higher while a sell-off in shares of DuPont hurt the Dow Industrials. Chip stocks gained ground after faltering for three straight trading sessions. Market watchers say it's imperative the semis reclaim lost territory for the Nasdaq to make any lasting progress. Also gaining ground in the tech arena were networking and computer hardware shares. A rally in the biotech group, which put an end to two days of selling, was also behind the Nasdaq's nice performance on Thursday. "The markets are likely entering a period of rest in the form of a trading range after running up for the last five weeks. Since the rally period was slow, the consolidation period will likely be similarly quiet," said Robert Dickey, chief technical strategist at Dain Rauscher Wessels. "This may be the best we can expect as the market sorts through the earnings news of the next two months," he concluded. The Dow Jones Industrials Average ($DJ: news, msgs) slipped 56 points, or 0.5 percent, to 11,254. DuPont was the biggest drag on the index following its profit warning, dropping nearly 9 percent. The Dow's winners Thursday included Wal-Mart, Intel, General Motors and Hewlett-Packard. The Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ: news, msgs) rose 61 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,075 and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($NDX: news, msgs) rallied 82 points, or 2.1 percent, to 3,920. Many big-cap tech stocks, which came under selling pressure over the past couple of trading sessions, rebounded nicely on Thursday. Sun Microsystems, for example, climbed 3.5 percent, Intel rose 2.5 percent and JDS Uniphase added 2 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($SPX: news, msgs) gained 0.3 percent while the Russell 2000 Index ($RUT: news, msgs) of small-capitalization stocks advanced 0.3 percent. Volume was heavy at 238 million on the NYSE and at 410 million on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Market breadth remained mixed, with losers beating winners by 13 to 11 on the NYSE and advancers outpacing decliners by 17 to 15 on the Nasdaq. Specific movers Yahoo (YHOO: news, msgs) eased $2.06 to $110. The company's chief executive Tim Koogle made some cautious comments on ad revenue at the Robertson Stephens Internet Conference on Wednesday. Asked whether Yahoo will see weakness in advertising -- both traditional and dot-com -- Koogle said that while it's hard to gauge, he believes the difficult period will continue for two more quarters. See full story. Dow-component DuPont (DD: news, msgs) lowered its 2000 earnings-per-share estimate to $2.85 to $2.95, which falls short of the current First Call estimate of $3.01. The company blamed higher-than-expected energy and raw materials costs as well as the euro's continued decline. See full story. Shares fell $4.50 to $42.50. Treasury focus Government issues recovered, erasing the mild losses suffered out of the gate. However, observers say the heavy issuance calendar in the corporate market is likely to put a cap on gains going forward. The 10-year Treasury note added 1/32 to yield ($TNX: news, msgs) 5.725 percent and the 30-year bond lost 1/32 to yield ($TYX: news, msgs) 5.715 percent. See Bond Report. In economic news, Thursday saw the release of weekly initial claims, which dipped 3,000 to 316,000. The week's data docket has left the bond market without any fresh evidence that the U.S. economy is slowing and Treasurys have been mired within a tight range. View Economic Preview, economic calendar and forecasts and historical economic data. In the currency arena, dollar/yen (C_JPY: news, msgs) dropped 1.0 percent to 104.83 while euro/dollar (C_EUR: news, msgs) continued its descent, piercing fresh lows of 0.8637. The pair was recently trading at 0.8700, off 0.2 percent. Comments from European officials suggest that the European Central Bank won't intervene in foreign exchange markets to prevent additional declines in the fledgling currency. This gave investors the green light to sell more euros. "Financial capital flows to wherever risk-adjusted expected returns are greatest. Perhaps as a means of avoiding the Continent's restrictive regulatory and tax policies, Europeans continue to pour financial capital into the U.S.," said John Lonski, chief economist at Moody's Investors Service. "Global investors are very much attracted to the flexibility and dynamism of the U.S. economy," Lonski added. The euro has fallen 14 percent this year and is down almost 26 percent since its inception in January 1999. The euro first fell below parity against the dollar in December 1999. Julie Rannazzisi is markets editor for CBS.MarketWatch.com.

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 11:43:46 AM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 35685

JDSU--The Wall Street Transcript Publishes Money Manager Comments on JDS Uniphase NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000--Gordon Ceresino, Partner at Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith L.L.C., examines portfolio management strategies in this timely and deeply informative 5,400-word interview from The Wall Street Transcript (212-952-7433) or twst.com. In a valuable review of investing strategies, Gordon Ceresino explains his approach to managing money and offers specific stock recommendations. Ceresino reports, ``Our sell discipline is driven by three factors: 1) fundamental deterioration; 2) a better place for the money; and 3) we want to trim a position back. From a fundamental manager's prospective, we like to buy high-quality companies and hold them for the long term, providing they continue to meet our criteria for buying and owning the company. When we put a company in the portfolio, there's a report written that outlines our reasons for the purchase and the concerns we need to keep our eye on. We will then monitor the company to make sure we don't see any changes in the fundamentals, or the dynamics that caused us to buy it.'' Ceresino reports on JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq:JDSU - news), ``JDS is involved in the fiber-optic component area. If you take a look today at the movement toward broadband and the need for the wider pipe, fiber optics is the clearly identified winner in this area. Statistics indicate that about 80% of the fiber that has been laid is what they call dark; it has not been lit up yet. JDS is a manufacturer of components used in the equipment that lights these fiber-optic cables. So we see the growth there as being outstanding.'' To obtain this insightful 5,400-word report, call (212) 952-7433 or see twst.com. The Wall Street Transcript is a premier weekly investment publication interviewing market professionals for serious investors for over 37 years. The Wall Street Transcript has launched a new free service where investors can ask the above company (or any public company) a question at qawire.com. The Wall Street Transcript does not endorse the views of any interviewee nor does it make stock recommendations.

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 7:25:47 PM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 35685

<font color=red>"WON'T YOU COME HOME ELPOLVO? WON'T YOU COME HOME?"---CLICK ON HIS NAME THIS POST TO PM HIM.

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 7:34:34 PM
From: Clappy	Respond to of 35685

Polverizer, We tied a yellow ribbon on the Porch fer ya. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree I'm comin' home, I've done my time, Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine, If you received my letter, Tellin' you I'd soon be free, Then you'll know just what to do, If you still want me . . . If you still want me . . . Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, It's been three long years, Do you still want me ? ( still want me ? ) If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, Put the blame on me . . . If I don't see a yellow ribbon around the ole oak tree . . . Bus driver please look for me, 'Cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see, I'm really still in prison, And my love, she holds the key, Simple yella ribbon's, what I need to set me free . . . I wrote and told her please . . . Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, It's been three long years, Do you still want me ? ( still want me ? ) If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, Put the blame on me . . . If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree . . . Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, . . . three long years, . . . still want me ? And now the whole damn bus is cheerin' And I can't believe I see . . . A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole . . . The ole oak tree! Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree . . .

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 7:49:40 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35685

<Clappy begins singing loudly in his most annoying nasal voice...> The Brady Bunch Here's a story, Of a lovely lady, Who was bringing up three very lovely girls. All of them had hair of gold, Like their mother -- The youngest one in curls. Here's a story, Of a man named Brady, Who was bringing up three boys of his own. They were four men, Living all together, Yet they were all, alone. Till the one day when the lady met this fellow, And they knew it was much more than a hunch, That this group might somehow form a family. That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch! The Brady Bunch... The Brady Bunch... That's the way we became the Brady Bunch! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr Ed A horse is a horse Of course of course And no one can talk to a horse, Of course That is, of course Unless the horse Is the famous Mister Ed! Go right to the source And ask the horse He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse He's always on a steady course Talk to Mister Ed! People yakkity-yak a streak And waste your time of day But Mister Ed will never speak Unless he has something to say! Oh, a horse is a horse Of course, of course And this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse You never heard of a talking horse? Well, listen to this: ". . . I am Mister Ed!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilligan's Island Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailin' man, the Skipper brave and sure, five passengers set sail that day, for a three hour tour, a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew the Minnow would be lost. The Minnow would be lost. The ship aground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle with Gilligan, the Skipper too. A millionaire and his wife, a movie star, the proffessor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan's Isle. (Ending verse) So this is the tale of our castaways, there here for a long long time. They'll have to make the best of things, it's an uphill climb. The first mate and his Skipper too will do their very best, to make the others comf'terble in their tropic island nest. No phone ,no lights, no motor car, not a single luxury like Robinson Crusoe it's primitive as can be. So join us here each week my friends, you're sure to get a smile, from seven stranded castaways here on Gilligan's Isle! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archie And Edith Bunker All in the Family Those Were The Days (All In The Family Theme) Boy, the way Glenn Miller played! Songs that made the Hit Parade. Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days! And you knew where you were then. Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again. Didn't need know welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight. Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days!

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 7:51:18 PM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35685

Hey Polvie! I found a joke with yer name in it!!! Step upon the porch and I will tell it to ya. Will Ya???? On a hot, dusty day a cowboy rode into a small frontier town. After dismounting, he walked behind his horse, lifted it's tail and kissed it where the sun don't shine. An old man rocking by the general store witnessed the whole thing. "Whatya do that fer?" he asked. "Got chapped lips," the cowboy replied. The old man asked, "Does that help?" The cowboy said, "No, but it keeps me from lickin' 'em." love, dealie@MissingPolvie.com

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 8:08:13 PM
From: Clappy	Respond to of 35685

<Clappy puts on a tight dress, a wig, and lipstick.> <He hops up on the small stage at the corner of the Porch.> <He thrusts his cleavage outward and begins doing a Karoke version of some Britany Spears song that he never heard of...> <Clappy doesn't realize that the "Open Back" dress he's wearing is on backwards.> <His belly button keeps popping up above the long drooping V design of the dress.> <A few birds begin eyeing that deep belly button as a future home.> <Polvie begins to shiver at the site of Clappy in Drag...> <Clappy puckers at the camera and spins around on the dance floor...> <Only a fish out of water, flopping on a dock, looks more spastic...> Britney Spears - Lucky This is a story about a girl named Lucky… Early morning, she wakes up Knock, knock, knock on the door It's time for makeup, perfect smile It's you they're all waiting for They go… "Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?" And they say… She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night Lost in an image, in a dream But there's no one there to wake her up And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning But tell me what happens when it stops? They go… "Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?" And they say… She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night "Best actress, and the winner is…Lucky!" "I'm Roger Johnson for Pop News standing outside the arena waiting for Lucky" "Oh my god…here she comes!" Isn't she lucky, this Hollywood girl? She is so lucky, but why does she cry? If there's nothing missing in her life Why do tears come at night? She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 8:27:32 PM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 35685

Clappy puts on a tight dress, a wig, and lipstick. Clappy I think you are on to something now......when he hears you are wearing a tight dress, wig and lipstick......he won't be able to sit still...... ya better get ya stick in ya hand......yonder he comes!!! dealie

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 8:36:26 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

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To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 8:50:51 PM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 35685

Polvie! See if you come to the porch you will learn who really said: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." The original author of the quote "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" was, in fact, not President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but Marvin the Martian, who had travelled back in time. The actual quote, in full, is "We have nothing to fear but fear itself, spiders, communists, Groundskeeper Willie, and Mel Blanc getting laryngitis. I claim this planet in the name of Mars." love, dealie

To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 9:04:41 PM
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To: elpolvo who wrote (31481)	9/7/2000 9:10:34 PM
From: nolimitz	Respond to of 35685

Hey Polvie and ALL.. GREAT NEWS. Idaho jury send a message to hate groups. Jury finds against Aryan Nations for $6.3 million September 7, 2000 Web posted at: 8:40 p.m. EDT (0040 GMT) From staff and wire reports COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho --A jury in Idaho found the leader of a white supremacist group, his chief of staff and two security guards liable for $6.3 million in damages for a 1998 attack on a woman and her son outside the Aryan Nations headquarters. Jurors said Richard Butler, the leader of Aryan Nations, and his chief of staff were negligent in overseeing the security guards who attacked the woman and her son. cnn.com