Kathy... Working hard is hardly an accolade when many investors have watched their investment evaporate.

It is my conclusion that the only ones who have benefited over the course of the last five years are those who have been paid a salary or any kind of a ``fee``, been rewarded with stock or options, or who have traded stock at just the right moments in time (whether that was by dumb luck or inside information).

Why don`t you tell all of us how shareholder value is being bettered as the float is increased and the depressed price of our stock becomes even less valuable.

My point is that I`m tired of reading about company and the insiders being victims as they continue to receive compensation in one form or another. This has turned into a money machine for the priveleged. Period. Pay for performance (revenue) would go a long way toward leveling the playing field. And a few less finder`s fees would ease the pain a little bit more.

As far as all the hard work goes, I`ve only got one thing to say. Brunetti.

How many of the longs from four or five years ago even visit these boards? I wonder who is even left.

You`re free to ignore my posts, too. I suspect one of the reasons that so many people take exception to your posts is that they fly in the face of common sense. (For example, I would suspect that the reason the statement regarding short sale restrictions was put in the prospectus is because from a legal perspective, it would be in the best interest of Nanopierce to make sure that they covered this point in writing. If it were suspected that shorting did occur contrary to that statement, whose responsibility would it be to take action? Nanopierce or the SEC`s? Could be a reasonable gamble to believe that someone might just get away with it. But, I`m not a lawyer.)

Jeff