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To: CharlieChina who wrote (2856)	12/3/2004 6:10:23 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 3432

You can't analyse the influence program trading has on markets unless you actually have the raw data. A monthly summary doesn't provide information, just a data point which can't be interpolated or extrapolated. So, show me where you are getting the NYSE TAQ data for free, and I will introduce you to a lawyer from the NYSE. I feel an email to their Products management group coming on... Have a nice weekend. Say hello to the nice folks from the NYSE for me, please?

To: CharlieChina who wrote (2856)	12/3/2004 7:07:57 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3432

Serial Toilet Tipper Still on the Loose 47 minutes ago Strange News - AP DOTHAN, Ala. - A portable bathroom prankster has plagued building sites in Dothan, tipping over about 50 of the unsecured toilets, police said. The tipper has struck at construction sites in upscale subdivisions around Dothan, leaving portable toilet vendors to clean up the mess. "It's not funny at all," said Kelly Powell, co-owner of Portable Toilet Services in Dothan, which has 400 rental toilets and three people to service them. "It's pretty cut and dried: They turn them over and we have to go clean it up. It's very time-consuming." Dothan Police Capt. John Givens admitted that he chuckled at the first few tippings, until the pranks became a more disgusting problem. "There are additional problems if it lands door-down," Given said. "If it leaks out, there is no ventilation. It gets really nasty in there." Police have stepped up patrols around the building sites, which seems to be helping; only two tippings were reported since last weekend, when the bulk of them occurred. Authorities suspect a teenager or group of kids may be responsible, since a portable toilet can weigh between 220 and 400 pounds. Powell and Givens estimated each damaged toilet costs $150 in time, energy and repairs, plus the drain on police resources. ___ Information from: The Birmingham News

To: CharlieChina who wrote (2856)	12/3/2004 7:56:02 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3432

Police: Man Sets Blaze to Delay Hearing 1 hour, 36 minutes ago Strange News - AP SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - A suspected drunken driver found a way to delay his court appearance: He torched the building, police said. Christopher Chianese, 26, set the new municipal offices on fire on Nov. 19, causing at least $300,000 in damages, just hours before he was scheduled to answer a felony charge of driving while intoxicated, village authorities alleged. Chianese, a student at the New York Chiropractic College, was charged Tuesday night with third-degree arson and ordered held on $200,000 cash bail. If convicted, he could get up to 15 years in prison. The fire destroyed court documents, computers and other equipment in the building, which houses the court and various municipal offices in this village in central New York. Chianese was convicted in May 2003 of a misdemeanor count of DWI and fined $500. No one was hurt in the fire, which heavily damaged the ground floor of the two-story building. All court appearances were postponed while offices were being set up in a former library.