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rg
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posted April 12, 2004 15:17     Click Here to See the Profile for rg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
guys its impossible to hit .005 without a reverse split

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DIESELECLASS
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posted April 12, 2004 15:17     Click Here to See the Profile for DIESELECLASS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
went to the store, reluctently cause I did not want to miss any movement, well I just got back and I am glad to see my second wish for the day has been granted...my next wish is to wish for more wishes.

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:19     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WAY TO GO RG.

NICE TO SEE YOUR COMING AROUND!


quote:
Originally posted by rg:
guys its impossible to hit .005 without a reverse split

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DeadSurf
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posted April 12, 2004 15:21     Click Here to See the Profile for DeadSurf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
will a reverse split spell bad news for us???

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The Hippo
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posted April 12, 2004 15:22     Click Here to See the Profile for The Hippo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
any level deuce?

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DeadSurf
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posted April 12, 2004 15:23     Click Here to See the Profile for DeadSurf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i don't really know what a reverse split is...can anyone please inform me...thanks

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:23     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
ONLY CAUSE YOUR NEW DEAD....

"WHILE I AM ASSOCITED WITH THIS COMPANY THERE WILL BE NO ROLL BACK OR SPLIT"

FRANK OLSEN
CEO TRIANGLE MULTI MEDIA


quote:
Originally posted by DeadSurf:
will a reverse split spell bad news for us???

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DeadSurf
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posted April 12, 2004 15:25     Click Here to See the Profile for DeadSurf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
u4...i did see that on the web page...but i just didn't know how bad it was...i thought it would just mean more shares and by the way 0.0053!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:27     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
FORWARD SPLIT MEANS MORE BUT THE SHARE PRICE IS LOWERED.

REVERSE MEANS LESS BUT THE SHARE PRICE GOES UP.

IT'S GOOD TO BE IN A NO-SPLIT POSITION.

RESEARCH THE PREVIOUS PAGES TO FIND THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE PROVIDING YOUR NO SPLIT GUARANTEE

quote:
Originally posted by DeadSurf:
u4...i did see that on the web page...but i just didn't know how bad it was...i thought it would just mean more shares and by the way 0.0053!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DIESELECLASS
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posted April 12, 2004 15:28     Click Here to See the Profile for DIESELECLASS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Note To Investors:
Frank Olsen stated that "as long he is associated with the company NO roll back or split will take place
http://www.qbid.net/

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$CashMaker$
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posted April 12, 2004 15:28     Click Here to See the Profile for $CashMaker$     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by U4TSAF2:
WAY TO GO RG.

NICE TO SEE YOUR COMING AROUND!



If only the rest would believe us here at allstocks.com. Things would be so easier.

hehe,
chuck

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$CashMaker$
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posted April 12, 2004 15:31     Click Here to See the Profile for $CashMaker$     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
U4, sorry to ask, but can you post me a L2 on ADVK on the other board please. Not in here, but - back one section.

thanks,

I am about to take a hit and move that over to QBID. I need to pay for that Bora Bora trip I am planning.

-chuck

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The Hippo
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posted April 12, 2004 15:31     Click Here to See the Profile for The Hippo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by $CashMaker$:
If only the rest would believe us here at allstocks.com. Things would be so easier.

hehe,
chuck


i thought institutional buying recently would have told u that OTHERS DO BELIEVE!!

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DIESELECLASS
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posted April 12, 2004 15:32     Click Here to See the Profile for DIESELECLASS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
.0053 thanks to bootyquest I changed my buy price and got in!!! you might become my best friend after this is all over, wether we know eachother or not does not matter!

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:32     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
DID SOMEONE SAY .0053??????


15:31:33 600 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:33 500000 0.0052 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:30 200000 0.0052 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:21 175000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:12 1000000 0.0052 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:12 2000000 0.0052 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:12 288000 0.0052 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:31:06 1000000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB

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$CashMaker$
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quote:
Originally posted by The Hippo:
i thought institutional buying recently would have told u that OTHERS DO BELIEVE!!


Sorry, I was talking about the BASHERS.

-chuck

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DIESELECLASS
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posted April 12, 2004 15:33     Click Here to See the Profile for DIESELECLASS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
.0053 thanks to bootyquest I changed my buy price and got in @ .0044!!! you might become my best friend after this is all over, wether we know eachother or not does not matter!

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The Hippo
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posted April 12, 2004 15:33     Click Here to See the Profile for The Hippo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
there seems to be a lot of selling when we hit .0053, (bid at 0.0052). I dont understand why anyone would sell in the midst of the run! TOO MANY PROFIT TAKERS!

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:36     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I DON'T SEE ADVK ANYWHERE.

L2 ADVK

5X.045
1X.041
3X.04

ASK

3X.055
3X.06
1X.065

quote:
Originally posted by $CashMaker$:
U4, sorry to ask, but can you post me a L2 on ADVK on the other board please. Not in here, but - back one section.

thanks,

I am about to take a hit and move that over to QBID. I need to pay for that Bora Bora trip I am planning.

-chuck


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Booty Quest
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posted April 12, 2004 15:36     Click Here to See the Profile for Booty Quest     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
.0054!!!

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:36     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
15:36:24 300000 0.0054 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:24 10000 0.0054 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:21 100000 0.0054 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:21 30000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:12 240000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 200000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 100000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 300000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 730000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 250000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:35:27 300000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:35:27 475000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:37     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
15:36:24 300000 0.0054 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:24 10000 0.0054 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:21 100000 0.0054 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:21 30000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:12 240000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 200000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 100000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 300000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 730000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:36:06 250000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:35:27 300000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:35:27 475000 0.0053 + OTCEQ_NBB

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whizknock
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quote:
Originally posted by U4TSAF2:
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE QBID TRADE SIDEWAYS AT $1.00 FOR AWHILE!

Soon enough U4, soon enough.

Were you aware that broadcasting TV Networks do not sell for less than $1 a share? It's a simple fact of life!

Over the past couple weeks many of you sound like you can't believe your own good fortune. Well believe it!!! No brainer! May 15th soft launch! You can not find a broadcasting TV Network for less than a buck. Bashers would have been crowing about that if there were any.

All we have to do is launch!

"These are the good old days!"


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whizknock
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posted April 12, 2004 15:38     Click Here to See the Profile for whizknock     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by U4TSAF2:
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE QBID TRADE SIDEWAYS AT $1.00 FOR AWHILE!

Soon enough U4, soon enough.

Were you aware that broadcasting TV Networks do not sell for less than $1 a share? It's a simple fact of life!

Over the past couple weeks many of you sound like you can't believe your own good fortune. Well believe it!!! No brainer! May 15th soft launch! You can not find a broadcasting TV Network for less than a buck. Bashers would have been crowing about that if there were any.

All we have to do is launch!

"These are the good old days!"


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DIESELECLASS
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posted April 12, 2004 15:53     Click Here to See the Profile for DIESELECLASS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by whizknock:
Soon enough U4, soon enough.

Were you aware that broadcasting TV Networks do not sell for less than $1 a share? It's a simple fact of life!

Over the past couple weeks many of you sound like you can't believe your own good fortune. Well believe it!!! No brainer! May 15th soft launch! You can not find a broadcasting TV Network for less than a buck. Bashers would have been crowing about that if there were any.

All we have to do is launch!

"These are the good old days!"




you know that soft lauch date for a fact?, I am still waiting to hear back from the company, how did you find that out?

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beginner
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posted April 12, 2004 15:55     Click Here to See the Profile for beginner     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nice....
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/GoodMorningAmerica/gaytv030731.html

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U4TSAF2
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posted April 12, 2004 15:56     Click Here to See the Profile for U4TSAF2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
BID

5X.0054
3X.0053
2X.0052

ASK

2X.0055
3X.0056
2X.0057
5X.0058

15:55:36 20000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:55:06 10000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:55:03 25000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:55:03 100000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:55:03 100000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:55:03 200000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:54:51 10000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:54:24 10000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:54:18 1230000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:54:06 175000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:54:00 200000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:21 100000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:21 771700 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:18 200000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:15 200000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:15 750000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:12 5000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:03 100000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:03 196000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:03 100000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:53:03 100000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:52:51 500000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:51:51 3500000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:51:42 142850 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:51:24 500000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:51:21 500000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:51:00 3000000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:50:48 750000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:50:30 65000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:50:30 40000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:50:30 30000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:50:06 100000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:49:48 80000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:49:45 400000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:49:30 5000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:49:30 250000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:49:06 57000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB
15:48:12 500000 0.0055 - OTCEQ_NBB
15:48:12 50000 0.0056 + OTCEQ_NBB

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Booty Quest
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quote:
Originally posted by DIESELECLASS:
.0053 thanks to bootyquest I changed my buy price and got in @ .0044!!! you might become my best friend after this is all over, wether we know eachother or not does not matter!

I love you too. LOL!

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Booty Quest
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What a GREAT FOCKING DAY!!!

My Quest for Booty is getting close!

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cool1sh
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posted April 12, 2004 16:03     Click Here to See the Profile for cool1sh     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Close ar .0056.. What a ride..

Looking forward to many many more rides like this.. GLTA..

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RED
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posted April 12, 2004 16:07     Click Here to See the Profile for RED     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by rg:
guys its impossible to hit .005 without a reverse split

I'm sure glad we got our reverse split. LOL.

.0056 translates into $$$

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njs300zx
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posted April 12, 2004 16:08     Click Here to See the Profile for njs300zx     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has a reverse split been implemented?

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The Hippo
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posted April 12, 2004 16:09     Click Here to See the Profile for The Hippo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
good day. Powerful close. COULD gap tomorrow! Good luck and congrats to the longs!

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qnique
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posted April 12, 2004 16:13     Click Here to See the Profile for qnique     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
006 ya'll, Hot Dayummmmmmmmmm

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DIESELECLASS
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today can be summed up in one word. UNEXPLAINABLE!
anyone speculating on its opening up?

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AlphaMale
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quote:
Originally posted by StonedPigeon:
If someone would have told me 20 yrs ago that I would be sitting in front of a computer naked in Oklahoma getting a woody watching watching my stock in a gay tv network go up up up -----I would have said --you've smoked enough time to go home now. Just goes to show you anything can happen.


(Tapping my heels three times)

There's no place like Vegas



I'm in Oklahoma too. :-)

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qnique
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posted April 12, 2004 16:15     Click Here to See the Profile for qnique     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
006 ya'll, Hot Dayummmmmmmmmm

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justplayin
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posted April 12, 2004 16:15     Click Here to See the Profile for justplayin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What a ride. If I had only held onto my 1m position instead of selling for 500k free shares. Oh well, let the free ones ride>

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DIESELECLASS
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posted April 12, 2004 16:36     Click Here to See the Profile for DIESELECLASS     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
http://www.equityresearchcenter.com/links/out.php?ID=1882

anyone have any info on this:
.: QUOTE .: CHART .: COMPANY INFORMATION .: NEWS .: SEC FILINGS .: FINANCIAL REPORTS


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QBID -- Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc. (WA)
Com (No Par)

Address:
810 N. Farrell
Palm Springs
CA 92262
USA
Phone: 760-322-1217
Company Website: http://www.qbid.net

Officers:
Frank Olsen, Pres.

Shares Outstanding: 1,264,988,916 as of 2002-05-30

Estimated Market Cap: 5.312M as of 2004-04-08

Current Capital Change: None


Dividends: None


State of Incorporation: WA

Company Notes:
Formerly=Puget Sound Development Co., Inc. until 10-96
Formerly=Integrated Healthcare, Inc. until 7-99


Transfer Agents:
OTR, Inc., Portland, OR 97205

Formerly????

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rayman
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I know it is probably in the threads somewhere but i am just going to ask. Does anyone know what company is going to carry this station? Comcast, time warner? And should i buy in at this point in the game or is it too late. thx for help

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quote:
Originally posted by DIESELECLASS:

you know that soft lauch date for a fact?, I am still waiting to hear back from the company, how did you find that out?

They issued a PR & for lack of any better information I'm taking their word for it!

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$CashMaker$
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posted April 12, 2004 16:59     Click Here to See the Profile for $CashMaker$     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Who was that said they where coming out of the closet if they made it too 1.00 or 4.00?

was that you U4?


I thought you where kinda funny behind me and above me, all the time in all those pictures.

Check the Communist out in the previous thread. U4 has his hand above my head.

heheh,
chuck (U4 owes me a Beer)

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whizknock
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quote:
Originally posted by DIESELECLASS:
today can be summed up in one word. UNEXPLAINABLE!
anyone speculating on its opening up?

Oh It's explainable! I'll say this again,,,

Were you aware that broadcasting TV Networks do not sell for less than $1 a share? It's a simple fact of life!

Over the past couple weeks many of you sound like you can't believe your own good fortune. Well believe it!!! No brainer! May 15th soft launch! You can not find a broadcasting TV Network for less than a buck. Bashers would have been crowing about that if there were any.

All we have to do is launch!


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rg
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posted April 12, 2004 17:01     Click Here to See the Profile for rg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
this sucks, ill only get $100,000 if it reaches $1

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DIESELECLASS
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In addition, Chairman Frank Olsen has created a sponsorship program aimed at large corporations. These select few corporations will receive preferred status regarding advertising and placement on the network during the first broadcast year. The company's sales team has already begun http://www.q-notes.com/life4.htm

Members of the gay comunity have been brabded as big spenders ( I believe and have seen first hand that they are, *don't mind the word **they** *) by providing this type of * preferred status regarding advertising and placement * these companies should be lineing up to take advantage of a chance to push their *goods* on a population willing to spend!
if you don't walk away in agreement regarding what I stated...you know you at least picked up on the fact that I love to use the * symbols!!!

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$CashMaker$
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posted April 12, 2004 17:20     Click Here to See the Profile for $CashMaker$     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hrm, I show a last trade of

330k @ 0.0056 at 15:59:00


Its all good.

-chuck

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quote:
Originally posted by U4TSAF2:
I DON'T SEE ADVK ANYWHERE.

L2 ADVK

5X.045
1X.041
3X.04

ASK

3X.055
3X.06 (<--------- Me)
1X.065


thanks,
chuck

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djr63 Wants us to know...

Joining the Party
As Gays Get More Visible on TV, What Does It Say About Popular Culture?

By Andrew Chang

July 31— Gay America has been making a fabulous debut on the small screen — but the reasons for this coming out, and its impact, remain in the closet.

This season, two of the most-talked-about programs are gay-themed: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, where five gay men make over a hopelessly un-hip straight man, and Boy Meets Boy, which can be best described as The Bachelor with gay guys.

Two more gay-themed shows are due this fall: ABC (parent network to this Web site) will launch It's All Relative, a sitcom about life with gay parents, while Showtime will reveal, The L Word, a new series about lesbians.

They join a roster of well-established gay-positive shows, such as Showtime's Queer as Folk, HBO's Sex and the City, and NBC's Will and Grace.

It's been a dramatic change from 1998, when Ellen Degeneres came out on her network television show. Advertisers pulled out and her show was canceled.

Now, recent signs suggest America may be growing more comfortable with its gay citizens.

Last month, for instance, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law banning gay sex, ruling it an unconstitutional violation of privacy. This week, New York City, recognizing the discrimination often faced by gay, bisexual and transgendered students, opened the nation's first high school for such students.

Television executives' interest in gay America is not just a new gimmick or a new transgression, thinks Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University.

"Lots of our fellow citizens are gay," he says. "I think it reflects the popular culture at large."

For Love or Money?

But there have been signs to the contrary as well. On Wednesday, President Bush told reporters in a rare press conference he believed marriage "is between a man and a woman."

Added Bush: "I believe we ought to codify that one way or the other, and we have lawyers looking at the best way to do that."

Also, a recent USA Today/CNN Gallup poll also found just 46 pecent think homosexuality is an acceptable alternative lifestyle.

There is certainly a commercial aspect to the current interest in gay-themed television. "We have HBO out there. The networks can't afford to turn their backs on a whole slice of life that's out there watching television," observes Matt Rausch of TV Guide.

Media giant Viacom announced in January 2002 it was researching the viability of a gay network. While those plans have reportedly been put on hold, two other companies are openly trying to become the nation's first gay network.

"The gay community has already been targeted as big spenders," explains Variety's Meredith Amdur. "Advertisers like that group. Selling cars, selling clothing, jewelry. It is actually a good niche if it doesn't alienate anybody else."

Reflecting Reality

Many gays are happy about their new exposure. But some are quick to point out the current spate of television series is hardly representative of their community.

There are few blacks, Asians, Latinos or poor people to be seen in the current line-up, notes Mσnica Taher of The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The media "perpetrates the idea that the LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered] community is white, male and affluent."

Gay and lesbian groups are concerned about the stereotypes — that an over-the-top, flamboyant character like Jack from Will & Grace will be the only type America finds acceptable.

Ironically, conservatives also fear the new shows may not be representing Gay America accurately.

"Every single program promotes one side of the gay lifestyle … there's no discussion about the downside of the gay lifestyle," argues Genevieve Wood, vice-president of the Family Research Council.

AIDS is on the increase in the gay community, she says, citing a CDC study, but "none of those aspects are ever discussed in these programs." Adds Wood: "It's quite rare they show anybody disappointed in the homsexual lifestyle. … The gay character is always glorified, he's the popular character, the funny character."

Conservative media critic Brent Bozell wrote in his July 11, 2003, column, there is a "distorted view" of America's sexual revolution: "The message is everywhere: It is not just gays who have a 'right' to their lifestyle, it is society which must accept it."

Ripples Across the Waters

The accurate portrayal of gay America is especially important in an age where U.S. pop culture is exported to all corners of the world.

Mall-hopping suburban American teenagers aren't the only ones sporting basketball jerseys and listening to Eminem nowadays — their counterparts everywhere from Sweden to Suriname are almost invariably doing the same.

So just as U.S. pop culture has turned such signs of marginalized, inner-city culture into status symbols, the increasing presence of gay characters offers the possibility that American pop culture can raise the profile of another marginalized group.

For example, Showtime's fairly explicit series Queer as Folk has been shown in Mexico and other Latin American countries, says Taher — although at one in the morning.

And this month Taher made a groundbreaking appearance on the long-running Latino variety show Sabado Gigante. "It was the first time [they] dared to look into LGBT issues," she notes, adding previously, people from such a community were shown in a negative light.

But Taher warns it was probably too much to attribute this to the growing presence of gays in American media; Latin America's attitude toward homosexuals is also changing.

The Spanish television network Telemundo has had several positive portraits of LGBT characters since 1999, she observes, adding her appearance on Sabado Gigante came after Argentina celebrated its first civil union.

The Spanish-language media is "not yet at the level that the English-language media is," Taher says, adding she believes there is an evolution all the same.

Thompson, the cultural critic, believes the effect of the gay presence in U.S. pop culture will really depend on the country. "In some countries, the acceptance of homosexuals is much greater than in the U.S.," he says. "The U.S. media is so Victorian about sexuality of any kind."

Then there are countries whose citizens wear American fashions and listen to American music, but readily condemn American culture as corrupt and decadent. Like many religious conservatives in the United States, they may interpret the presence of gays in U.S. media as another sign of a nefarious agenda.

Yet it's dangerous to overestimate the power of pop culture, concludes Thompson. "A heterosexual watching gay characters is no more likely to become gay than I am going to become a hip young woman watching Sex in the City."

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