It's very rare that we would see an outbreak on consecutive cruises. The company has an excellent protocol for dealing with outbreaks like this, (but the Mercury staff) were not real successful in implementing some of their own protocols.

Typically, this is a fecal-oral infection that is spread from hand to mouth (because) people are not good hand washers. Especially on a cruise like this, you have a lot of hand-contact surfaces. You don't go on a cruise and sit in your cabin.

We approved the letter (and) went down to the dock and talked to everyone.

I know when my company has closed a deal and when it hasn't.

Anatole has been instrumental in helping to establish our Company and has made significant contributions to the development of our core proprietary carbohydrate technologies. Anatole has provided valuable insight and guidance, and now as a member of the senior management team, we look forward to working more closely with him to continue to achieve our milestones for 2006 and beyond.

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