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To: Bob Rudd who wrote (16372)	2/6/2003 5:36:39 PM
From: Paul Senior	Respond to of 78661

Bob Rudd: I'll put CD back on my watch list. If economy improves, CD is a likely beneficiary imo. SCR.a reported improved nine-month earnings, and the stock - for today anyway - seemed to have reversed its daily drop. I started to add back a bit to my core position. finance.yahoo.com

To: Bob Rudd who wrote (16372)	2/7/2003 4:27:21 AM
From: Bob Rudd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78661

Way OT: XP USERS A NEW KIND OF SPAM - MESSENGER POP-UPS XP USERS [If you're not now, you will be when you replace 'Ol faithful,' so save this]: The other day I had an ad pop up on my screen, just like the pop-ups you get when you open some 'ad-intensive' sites [To get rid of those download the FREE VERSION of Pop-up stopper here panicware.com], 'cept I didn't have a browser window open. Since I use Ad-aware [http://www.lavasoft.nu/index.html], I was pretty sure there was no 'spyware' lurking on my PC. Puzzled, I did a bit of research and came upon just what the world's been waiting for: A NEW KIND OF SPAM - MESSENGER POP-UPS. These pop-up ads exploit a feature in Win XP that allows network administrators to communicate with users on the network by sending them messages that pop up on the desktop...sort of like instant messenger, but really having nothing to do with MSN /Windows Messenger Instant Messaging service. Read more about it here: Spam Masquerades as Admin Alerts wired.com Solution: Windows XP 1. Click on the Start button and open the control panel. 2. Open the Performance and Maintenance control panel and go to Administrative Tools. 3. Now double-click on Services, then scroll to Messenger. 4. Double-click Messenger and click Stop to stop the service. 5. Change the startup type to Disable and click Apply at the bottom. 6. Click OK to exit window. If you're at work, make sure the network admin. knows about the issue - many don't. Here's Microsoft's take on it: support.microsoft.com

To: Bob Rudd who wrote (16372)	2/20/2003 9:27:28 AM
From: Bob Rudd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 78661

Started MRN yesterday @9.25. Similar to CCRN in that both are in rent-a-nurse biz. Dif is MRN focuses more on per-diem [read locally based] & CCRN is big dog in travel nurse rental [13 week contracts, housing provided to shift supply from areas where there are willing workers to areas where they are needed]. Both are at very low multiples facing concerns that hospitals are pushing back on high cost of renting nurses by encouraging part & full timers to extend hours and increased supply from nurse/spouses of laid-off workers taking more hours to pay the bills. Both are short-term answers to shortage of nurses that isn't going away soon-aging nurse workforce, demographics increasing demand. Here are 4 players in the biz: quote.yahoo.com