The lawsuits that result from faulty products in this field can bring a company down. Any way you go in this, the only thing you'll wind up with is happy trial lawyers, because this thing is about to explode. It simply doesn't lend itself to a kiss and make up resolution.

We think it's good for the employee and the company. It allows an employee to go out and achieve their goals and come back to us a more well-rounded and focused team member.

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.

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

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.