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Paying accounts will not raise or lower your score, per se. There are two dates with respect to collection accounts that are important: reporting dates and statute of limitations. The reporting date starts the day of your first late payment, i.e. if your first missed payment was 6/1/2010, and has gone to collections, then it must drop by 12/31/2017. The'statute of limitations' on debt varies from state-to-state - averaging 4-6 years. If your state has a 6 year SOL, and if an agency brings suit, you have what is called an "Absolute defense" and they will not win. However, this does not affect the time an item stays on your CR.
"Payment for Deletion" is the best way to negotiate with the collection agencies, but you must be ready to pay in full during negotiation. I have had success with this with the exception of one agency. If the account rep is not willing to play ball - ASK FOR A SUPERVISOR. Their metrics are based on how many calls are escalated, and they will more often than not, find a way to comply. Make sure your conversation is being recorded or you get a written agreement.
Items over 2 years will not impact your CR as much as more recent items. Some people advise to let them be. However, depending upon your personal ethics, or, if you are shopping for a mortgage, you may want to pay. Many mortgages are contingent upon not having any unpaid, open collections on your account. For my family, our 2 collections were medical bills and we felt compelled to clear them up.
The reason a payment might lower your score is if it has not been reported to a particular reporting bureau, and then the payment is reported - all of a sudden it looks like you have a new collection (e.g. - TU, EQ have a collection reported, but not EX - then a payment is made and reported to all 3). However...if you pay it off in full and they won't delete it, you can try demanding verification of the debt afterwards. It will drop off for a while and may not come back, as they don't have the same motivation to report it again, as they have already gotten paid. This is not foolproof but has worked.
Good Luck!
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I am NOT a professional, but I had 2 items in collections. At first, they told me they couldn't take it off, but I called again and said the ONLY way I would pay it off - in full - was if I received a "Pay For Delete" letter from them. They did, I paid, and both were taken off my report. My credit score went up DRAMATICALLY when they were taken off. Being as Collection Agencies only pay pennies on the dollar for these "debt lists," I would have to think that ANY money they receive would be pure profit. And a nice profit at that. Best of luck to you!!!!
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Hoover landed on her feet. Twice. She married a Montecito multimillionaire, Ken Hunter, who spent $2 million on her defense. She was sentenced to ten years but spent only 30 months in prison. She got out because she supposedly provided evidence in the trial of a former J. David salesman. At that trial, Hoover tearfully admitted that she had lied in her trial when she said she had not thrown canceled checks in the fireplace and, crucially, had not knowingly invented false monthly returns for Dominelli to send investors.
After Hunter's death, she married Eugene Fletcher of the illustrious Fletcher family and is once again living in luxury. "She should write a book on how to catch a man and get him to heel," says Hugo-Martinez. Hoover/Hunter/Fletcher and her husband spend much time in Mexico but are frequently back in the San Diego area.
The final irony is that Schanes does not know if Dominelli paid any attention to the lectures that described Ponzi and his scheme. Dominelli seldom said a word in class. The truth may have gone to his grave.
Response to post #88: Send me an email at [email protected] and we should be able to arrange your getting an autographed book. Best, Don Bauder
Well, Ponzi?
Did you ever catch Dominelli 'studying' you from behind dark shades and low slung fedora? At the coffeeshop, perhaps? :)
Dominelli was a most improbable person to pull off such a scheme. He and Hoover were a wildly mismatched pair, or so it would have seemed. Part of the reason he got away with it was that he wasn't the usual oily, polished sort of promoter. He looked, walked, and talked like a dweeb. We will never know how much he knew about the details of Ponzi's scheme.
A more interesting question is if the architects of Social Security in the New Deal had studied Ponzi. That's the biggest Ponzi scheme of all. It might have worked better if either life expectancy stayed flat or declined, or the population kept growing at a rapid rate. Neither has been the case. In the late 1930's, FICA tax was actually collected during a time when there were no beneficiaries to speak of. That money was supposed to have been invested. Later on, any pretense of actuarial integrity was abandoned, and SS went on a pay-as-you-go basis. More recently, excess tax has been collected and "lent" to the Treasury. But when the funds are needed to pay benefits, the Treasury will have to either receive tax revenue or borrow to pay that debt. Yep, it's just a legal Ponzi scheme.
Response to post #1: I have seen many Ponzi schemes in covering business for 45 years. In some cases, the entrepreneur is trying to be honest from the outset, but the structure collapses and he tries to recoup by running a Ponzi, fervently hoping that some streak of luck will come along and bail him out. Some think Dominelli did not set out to run a Ponzi, but when he realized he couldn't succeed at what he was doing, he ran one to keep the money flowing in. That may be true, but Dominelli had a less-than-credible track record from almost the beginning. He had raised eyebrows in the community. Pioneer Mortgage is one that became a Ponzi after it collapsed. Instead of admitting to investors that the money had been lost, Gary Naiman reverted to a Ponzi. But hard money lending is a dubious business; it may work when real estate prices rise but it stops working in a hurry when they fall. Crooks in general, and particularly Ponzi schemers, live a fantasy life; they keep dreaming something will drop from heaven to rescue them. That was true of Dominelli and Hoover. They were living in a dream world, but that hardly made them innocent of crimes. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #2: Early on, as I was sketching out Captain Money and the Golden Girl, I thought about including a chapter on Social Security being a Ponzi scheme. But it didn't really fit, and I ran out of room anyway. Best, Don Bauder
Mr Bauder, how long did it take you to write this book? How did you plan out the chapters, and what was your writing schedule like?
Reminds me of the first person to receive SS, it was a woman who paid in $100 and took out thousands over her life span.
I read about 15, 20 years ago that the average person pays into SS for a 3 year pay out, but receives payments for 6 years-or twice what they should receive. If anything there is a much bigger spead today between what has gone in and what goes out.
George Mitrovich is still in San Diego, doing the same work he did for J. David.
Just like he was hired to give credibility and spread money around for the ponzi scheme, John Moores had George out as the "people's voice" for his ballpark scam.
George still regularly gets quoted in the local press advocating one or another of the establishment's bad ideas...and he's never called on it.
Don, why was Mitrovich not put in jail too?
Response to post #5: Writing the book took several months -- probably four or five. I continued to work for the Union. I would go in three days a week and write stories and columns in advance, and also keep up with things from home. The other four days I would devote to the book. To complicate matters, my wife was off at UC-Davis for one leg of her residency requirements for her PhD. So I was home with our two sons, although she came home on weekends to supervise things. I worked probably 12-14 hours a day on the days I was composing. Being a Luddite, I sometimes had to wake up our oldest son in the middle of the night, or call him at school during the day, to fix the computer. I got it in on time. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #6: Those data are available on SS. Both SS and Medicare will have to be repaired again. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #7: Mitrovich lived rent-free in a home owned by J. David. We always wondered if he had paid taxes on that. This is the kind of thing that often gets settled quietly with the IRS.I don't remember that he claimed he had paid his taxes on this windfall, at least before the J. David crash, but perhaps he did deny it. He did PR as well as community relations for J. David. There was talk he would be named as an unindicted co-conspirator, but as I recall, nothing came of it, or at least those of us covering the story didn't find that out. I question that Mitrovich knew what was going on, but he had to sense that his money tree couldn't keep growing. On the other hand, maybe he didn't sense that....Best, Don Bauder
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Don, it's "poli-sci", short for "political", not "poly-sci" which would mean that they'd actually studied some plethora of REAL science.
I, regretably, studied poli-sci. To call it a "science" is like describing banging rocks and sticks together as "medicine".
I strong hope that in the future our leaders would study "poly-sci" as that might actually teach them something useful.
I have known many scammers in San Diego. I am not one of them, but for some reason I have found myself acquainted with them. They are abundant in San Diego. As we speak, there are hundreds of people being ripped off in San Diego by some yet unnamed and undiscovered Ponzi schemer. It always happens, just like the flu.
The biggest Ponzi scheme is the US Social Security System. Why don't we charge them with fraud?
One thing I have learned from my experience with the scammers I have come to know is they are all sociopaths.
If you can learn and identify the traits of a sociopath, you can avoid being taken in by a ponzi scheme.
The charm, the fast deal, the name dropping, the seduction...
A ponzi scheme cannot work without an emotional hook. Greed and fear. They have the finesses to remove your fear so that only your greed guides you.
The bottom line in any scam is "if it's too good to be true, it probably isn't."
Anyone believing that someone else will "share" an investment return of greater than 10% annum is a sucker. That's it. That is the bottom line. Once you stray to a non-institutional investment strategy… a buddy's invention, a new lover's business deal, an acquaintance who knows someone who makes a high return… you are finished
All schemes need a "store." A physical place where the gullible can be take to see the work being done. A "store" can be fake pipelines, a boiler room filled with salespeople, a busy factory, a plot of land where homes will be built or a nerd that makes money on a computer like a goose that lays a golden egg.
Nancy Hoover was the biggest crook in the J. David affair. She arraigned the social calendar, drove the business to Jerry, recruited the top sales talent, as Mayor of Del Mar provided the respectability.. I could go on and on…
But the "store" is the package you sell and the big elephant in the room is that without Nancy Hoover, J David would have never gotten off the ground.
Yes, I present to you the theory that Nancy Hoover was the mastermind, the sociopath, the traitor and the biggest criminal in the J David affair. I feel anyone who has studied it over the years would agree, Jerry was just encouraged by her to perpetuate his scheme to which she feed . She enjoyed the fruits of the massive mismanagement of money from it. Nancy Hoover need not write a book about how to land a man, but how to con a community. I would gladly tell her to her face that she is one of the most symptomatic of a sociopath that San Diego has ever known to date.
I was starting to think Ponzi was Barry Minkow from #12 and #13, but he is too old to be Minkow after reading #14.
No I am not. But why would post #14 be different? The ZZZZ Best was scam was in 1986 (after Dominelli). Although it was not really a Ponzi scheme. Also, Barry had Tom Padgett, an adult and insurance insider that helped him legitimize his scam. Without Tom Padgett, Barry would not have made it very far.
Response to post #11: I agree: the study of politics is not science. Many schools now call it politics. Economics is called the dismal science, but it is not science, either. As to poly sci or poli sci; I'll have to check my editor, Heather Goodwillie, who is an expert on all such things. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #12: There are Ponzis going on everywhere. The largest ever occurred in New York City. There are plenty there. Best, Don Bauder
OK, Ponzi, "If you can learn and identify the traits of a sociopath, you can avoid being taken in . . ." I agree, but this is easier said than done, especially for certain personality types. Too often, you need to see the sociopath in action for a time before the bitter truth emerges. The reason that sociopaths can be so successful for so long is that they can hide their true nature from the majority of their victims.
Care to provide an encapsulated guide to how to spot a sociopath? If you can, you could make millions writing a how-to book!
Response to post #13: You make several good points. Scammers tend to be sociopaths, and that is why they are often so believable. A lot of politicians are sociopaths, too, and that's why people believe what they say. And, yes, the greed of the victim is important in any Ponzi scheme. As W.C. Fields observed, "You can't cheat an honest man." Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #14: I agree that the Dominelli Ponzi wouldn't have been possible without Hoover, and may not have even taken place had not a lovesick puppy, Jerry Dominelli, desperately felt he needed to keep supplying luxury to Hoover. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #15: It never occurred to me that Ponzi may be Barry Minkow. He showed up in San Diego in the early 1990s, as I recall. The Dominelli affair was not much in evidence by then, although Hoover was being tried. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #16: Yes, Minkow's scam was not really a Ponzi. I don't know about Padgett. You certainly have knowledge of scams. Best, Don Bauder
No I am not. But why would post #14 be different? The ZZZZ Best was scam was in 1986 (after Dominelli).
But Barry Minko was only 19 or 20 years old in 1986, which would have made him 13, 14, 15 during J David, and you knew the J David scandal far too good to have been 13 at the time.
Heather Goodwillie, who is an expert on all such things.
Heather Goodwillie, that is an awesome name.
Someone should name a movie character after her, to go wth the likes of Holly Golightly, or Foxy Brown :)
(#11) Fred, you fool, you coulda turned that typo into ten bucks. (See "Typo Patrol Results" in the back pages.)
For what it's worth, Barry Minkow is 43, he would have been 18 when the J. David affair was breaking news in 1984.
The ZZZZ Best is an interesting case study because Barry was able to take the company public. Imagine the web of deception to get past all the legal and accounting hurdles.
Ponzi, Actually Minkow is 42. Sorry, can't help it, too detail oriented I guess. (no my gf doesn't call me Monk). Here's some food for thought, surfpuppy. Minkow started his "business" when he was still in high school. He was 16. So that was between March of 1983 and March of 1984. He didn't go public till January of 1986. If I remember it was late 83 when Dominelli investors started having problems and early 1984 when the $**T hit the fan. So Minkow would have been 16-17 when it went down; plenty old enough to understand what was going on. Especially for someone who was runnimg his own business AND having money problems. I think it's completely plausible that Ponzi could be Barry in disguise. However take it a little farther. Since ZZZZ Best was going on at the same time as J David was coming apart, maybe Minkow used it as a case study on how to run his own business/scheme. Maybe he thought he could learn from J Davids demise and not replicate the same mistakes. By all accounts, Barry Minko is a pretty intelligent guy. Maybe he just wasn't as good as he thought he was, in terms of not making the same mistakes. Seems somewhat plausible to me. Just something to make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
Response to post #24: I think we have pretty much determined that Minkow is not our Ponzi. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #25: Heather Goodwillie is a really good editor. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #26: Russl, I confess it wasn't a typo. I turned it in that way. That's the way I have always thought it was spelled. I'm still not convinced it should be poli sci. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #27: The fancy footwork of Minkow, then very young, was amazing in that scam. Best, Don bauder
Response to post #28: Minkow could have learned little from Dominelli and Hoover. He was much shrewder than they were, and operating a different kind of scam. Best, Don Bauder
Don, the heavens have aligned. Russl and I both agree that it's "poli" rather than "poly".
Rather than simply quote some boring old dictionary, let's test it the newfangled way...
Go to Google. Type "polisci". Click Search. Note that all the top results are related to political science.
Now search "polysci". While there are results that are related to the study of politics, it's mixed in with scientific firms that claim to engage in a multitude of disciplines.
This is because "poly" is entymologically "poly- repr Gr. polu-, comb. form of polús, polú much, pl. polloi many" (source http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-poly.html)
But "politics" is derived from the Greek word for citizen "polites", which is derived from the word for city..."polis".
Therefore poly-sci and poli-sci are logically quite different things.
I'm sure Heather and Russl will both agree that although I once studied poli-sci at SDSU, my current responsibilities with a multitude of technologies requires me to understand "poly-science".
The shortening of "political science" into "polisci" might have happened after WWII when the acronym accustomed former GIs arrived on campus.
But let's be absolutely sure...we'll check what the University of San Diego calls it today -- poly- or poli-sci. The answer is in the web address itself, which is:
As to the $10 I could have hypothetically earned for reporting this most trivial misusage by my hero Don Bauder, I'd rather see that go to the commenter who is homeless, studying at City College, and logs on to the Reader at the library downtown. She needs it more than me...any way, oh mighty Reader powers, to get that to her?
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Back to Ponzi schemes...
I have zero expectation of getting any money ever from any government. Though I have paid plenty in taxes over the years for the retirement I'll never receive, at least I was able to resist the endless calls over the last fifteen years to "invest in the market for your future".
A dollar put into the market ten years ago is worth what today?
The game was rigged. It's not only social security that won't pay out, it's all those 401Ks that might turn out to be nothing but paper when it's time to pay out.
How on earth can finance represent such a huge proportion of our economy for so long? It should be the clerical process of allocating and negotiating prices and such...an administrative overheard, and a cost to the economy, not a revenue generator.
When we look for our lost money in the coming decades, maybe we'll point back to the present time and realize that none of it existed in the first place, and what little "real" money there was originally has disappeared into the pockets of the fraudsters on top.
San Diego scams continue unabated as well. The biggest involve government money.
I need not repeat the notorious frauds involving the stadium and ballpark, bribery of public officials, political payoffs, employment of former city managers, and so on...
But have a look at CCDC. It issued or underwrote bonds for how many of downtown's see-through condo buildings and office towers? How much are we on the hook for? Does anyone know?
As the markets continue to splatter, and these buildings are defaulted on, who has to pay off that debt WE guaranteed because it was part of "redevelopment"?
Oh, San Diego is so pretty, so likeable...and so dumb.
I'm not Barry Minkow. I'm a big fan of Don Bauder, been following him for 30 years.
I just have always followed theses scams because they are as much a San Diego phenomenon and staple as fish tacos.
Response to post #34: Mea maxima culpa. But I have a shocker. It should humble both you and me. On Oct. 14, 2009, my column about two political science professors at UCSD uses "poly sci." I erred then but you people didn't catch it. So we all deserve a spanking -- (no, maybe that is not an appropriate punishment, given the publicity about Duvall, the former Orange County state legislator.) Best, Don Bauder
Response to post $35: Over recent decades, financial activities have gone from 10% of the U.S. economy to 20%. Manufacturing has gone the other way. Yes, much if not most of this financial activity is fluff -- just economically meaningless shuffling of paper. What's doubly appalling is that this shuffling of paper is the most remunerative activity in the U.S. Wall Street pay is far higher than pay of people who are actually productive. And remember, much Wall Street activity is counter-productive to the economy, not merely non-productive. For example, leveraged buyouts are scams that weaken the companies that are taken over, loading them with debt. Those doing the LBOs walk out with piles of unearned money. Most merger and acquisition activity is counter-productive; the resulting company is worse than the two pre-merger companies. In a hot market, initial public offerings are scams. Insiders and venture capitalists get very rich, suckers who buy the stocks while they being propelled artificially get very poor, and the companies wind up being candidates for the dumpster. In many cases, the insiders knew all along that the companies would never amount to anything. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #36: You raise an excellent point. What is the economic effect of those see-through condos in the ballpark district? Taxpayers subsidized them. John Moores may have raked in as much as a billion dollars by getting ballpark district land at very cheap prices and selling it to condo developer at high prices. We know that sales taxes are not coming in because occupancy is so low. We know that transient occupancy taxes are not coming in because of low occupancy of the hotels. Are the property taxes being paid? Dunno. Has anyone done a full, honest accounting of this? No. Will anybody? No, of course not. The same is true of other projects involving CCDC. Will the public ever know how much they benefit the real estate industry and how much they pilfer from taxpayers? Doubtful. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #37: I never thought you were Barry Minkow, and I doubt that many others did. You obviously have knowledge of Scam Diego's ugly history. Keep providing us information. Best, Don Bauder
But have a look at CCDC. It issued or underwrote bonds for how many of downtown's see-through condo buildings and office towers? How much are we on the hook for? Does anyone know?
Oh, San Diego is so pretty, so likeable...and so dumb.
I am surprised that the CCDC issued the bonds, I though CCDC was jus a facilitator in the red tape process, I didn't htink they actually provided financing for these developments. Isn't the developer and their bank supposed to take on that risk...since they are the ones reaping all the profits??
I also never thought Ponzi was Minko. And besides, even if Minko did have the scammer mentality at 16, 17 or 18, Minko lived up in the LA area. Doubtful if he even knew of the J David affair since there was no internet and the scam was most likely not covered by local LA papers.
What amazes the hell out of me is how white collar fraud and criminals, such as with J David and ZZZZ Carpet, get away with pretty light, very favorable prison terms. They stole literally tens and hundreds of millions from people, yet I don't think Minko did more than a few years-certainly less than 10, and I think J David did around 10 or 11, which is peanuts for what they stole. Duke Cunningham was bribed in the millions of dollars and got less than 9 years.
That is hard for me to understand. The damage these people do and then have pretty easy prison terms.
I was in court in LA last month, and they had a criminal sentencing before the civil motions were called. This kid, in his 20's, was in some sort of credit card scam, stole a few hundred grand, which is not peanuts but nothing near the millions stolen in white collar crime like ZZZZ and J David, the guy got 14 years in federal prison.
Don and surfpuppy, geeez, you guys need to cut me some slack already. I never said I thought ponzi=minkow. I said it was plausible, but I also said it was food for though for the surfpup. I really have no idea. Except for summer vaca, I was gone away at college for pretty much all of the JDavid stuff I think. We used to visit my former in laws in OC during that time and I remember seeing ZZZZ best commercials on tv a few times. I think that about the time i had finished grad scholl and then moved to OC for work was about the time the whole ZZZZ best thing was starting to come apart. I remember watching a segment about it on a show called Eye On LA, but that's about it. So I really don't know much except what I' ve read about it. My apologies if I offended ponzi. That said, surfpuppies comments on sentencing made me curious, so I researched it a little. Minkow was found guilty on 54 counts of racketeering, securities fraud, embezzlement, mail fraud, tax evasion and bank fraud. He was sentenced to 25 yrs in prison and ordered to pay $25 million in restitution. He served 71/2 yrs of his sentence. In 2002 the original judgment on behalf of investors and lenders against Minkow was dismissed. His probation was also cut short as of the fall of 2002. As of 2004, Minkow's outstanding monetary debt remains with Union Bank of California, with principal and interest totalling around $19 million. Minkow pays up to 30% of his $68,500 yearly salary to the bank. Also the majority of his speaking fees and money from his book sales go towards his debt.
Sorry "Monk", Barry is indeed 43 years old (born March 22, 1966)
. Don't believe everything you read in Wikipedia where it says he was born March 17, 1967.
For one thing, I doubt the Federal Bureau of Prisons would get his age wrong, or the Los Angeles Times or numerous other sources.
BOP http://tinyurl.com/bop-minkow
gardenparty ^^^ The above post was for you aka "Monk" :)
By the way there is going to be a movie called "Minkow" out soon (2010) about Barry Minkow and the ZZZZ Best scam. Starring Justin Baldoni, Ving Rhames, James Caan, Mark Hamill and Armand Assante.
Re 43 One other thing surfpup. The LAT did cover J David. Perhaps you have forgotten that there was a San Diego edition of the LA Times until sometime in the early 90's. We have a subscription to the LAT archives and they have articles on J David as far back as 1982 right on thru trial and sentencing and on.( there may have been other articles prior than that, but the archive only goes back to December of 1981) Many of them were written by Anthony Ramirez, who was the LA Times business editor for the San Diego edition of the LA Times, before he became an associate editor for Fortune magazine and later joined the NYT. Perhaps Don may have known him.
See, that is what I mean-7.5 years for something like that when a guy that robs a bank, with no gun, takes maybe a few grand-gets 20+ years.
It is very unjust IMO.
But Minko was in the LA area-not San Diego.
It is doubtful if the LA Times published very much of the J David case in the LA or OC editions.
By the way there is going to be a movie called "Minkow" out soon (2010) about Barry Minkow and the ZZZZ Best scam. Starring Justin Baldoni, Ving Rhames, James Caan, Mark Hamill and Armand Assante.
That confirms it, Ponzi = Barry [email protected]
I am shocked he has a movie- and even MORE shocked at how many major stars are in it! Including Mark Hamill.
Good catch Ponzi
Response to post #42: CCDC reports to the Redevelopment Agency, which is the city council. The Redevelopment Agency can issue tax allocation bonds. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #48: Oh yes, the LA Times did cover the J. David story, and well. The SD bureau won an award from the paper for its coverage. Ramirez did cover it, but I remember that Bill Ritter did, too. They were both tough competitors. Ritter went on to become a star TV newscaster. I think Ramirez may have ended up with the NY Times, but I am not sure. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #43: Yes, a guy who knocks over a gas station gets several years and the guy who pulls off a complete scam, stealing millions from the public, may get nothing. Minkow got something like 25 years initially, as I recall. (You can find this in my Reader stories about him.) He got religion and got out early, and began paying back victims and assisting criminal agencies on scams. Agencies such as the FBI will vouch for Minkow. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #44: Yes, most of the money he makes sniffing out scams, giving lectures, helping the FBI, et al, goes to paying back what he owes. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #45: Wikipedia is sometimes wrong. But so is the Bureau of Prisons. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #46: Monk? Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #47: Minkow's story is a natural for a movie. I don't know why one hasn't been done before. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #49: It depends how soon the guy who gets 20 years gets out. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #50: I would guess the Times printed some of the J. David stuff, but obviously not every daily story. It was a big Southern California story. Captain Money sold well in L.A. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #51: Why are you shocked? As I said, I think it's a natural, although I admit I don't know anything about movies. Best, Don Bauder
Re # 50 "It is doubtful if the LA Times published very much of the J David case in the LA or OC editions."
See # 60 I wasn't there for most of it, so I bow to Don on this one.
Captain Money sold well in L.A. Best, Don Bauder
Then I stand corrected.
BTW-I am being funny when I said Ponzi is Barry Minkow.
Response to post #49: It depends how soon the guy who gets 20 years gets out. Best, Don Bauder
This was in federal court, so if you get 20 years you do 20 years-minus 15% of good behaviour if you get it.
re#64 "This was in federal court, so if you get 20 years you do 20 years-minus 15% of good behaviour if you get it."
So let me ask you this question surfpuppy. Minkow was indicted by a federal grand jury, prosecuted in federal court by a federal prosecutor and served time in a federal prison. So how did he only serve 7 1/2 of 25 yrs. I know it's 54 days per year for good behavior, but that doesn't explain onlt 701/2 yrs. Any Ideas? "BTW-I am being funny when I said Ponzi is Barry Minkow." That's ok, I was actually sort of mocking your investigative side with my post. No offense intended, of course.
Response to post #62; I was there, of course, but I wasn't reading the LA or OC editions -- just the SD edition. So it's supposition on my part, too. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #63: I assume BTW means by the way. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #64: Those are guidelines. But there are exceptions. One is mentioned in the above story: Hoover was sentenced in federal court to ten years and got out in 30 months. Supposedly, she gave information for the trial of salesman Ted Pulaski. She also admitted she had lied on the stand in her own trial. Yet she still got out in 30 months. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #65: This instance appears to be similar to the Hoover matter: federal court, but getting out far earlier than strict adherence to the so-called guidelines would permit. Best, Don Bauder
Don, do you have some copies of Captain Money still?
If so, I'd imagine nothing better for Xmas for us loyal Bauder blog commentarians.
Response to post #70: I have some, but google "Captain Money and the Golden Girl" online first, and see if an online used book operation has copies. I'll bet somebody does. If you have no luck, email me at [email protected]. Best, Don Bauder
No idea.
I guess Minkow was sentenced before the federal guidelines were imposed.
(#70) As usual, plenty of copies going cheap at half.com (http://product.half.ebay.com/Captain-Money-and-the-Golden-Girl_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ1202742). You're welcome.
Response to post #72. I believe he was sentenced after the guidelines were imposed. I repeat: in some cases, the guidelines are not followed. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #73: They may be going for pennies. I remember being told several years ago that one was on sale for a fraction of a penny. The company was obviously making money on the mailing. Being informed of that price was obviously not a big boost to my ego at the time. Best, Don Bauder
(#75) Well, one copy is going for $111.15 -- that's what they're charging, anyway. That should salve your self-esteem. Anyhow, look through the bargain bin at half.com and you'll see that you're in good company.
Response to post #76: I don't believe one copy is going for $111.15. That is a misprint of some kind and it doesn't boost my ego a bit. Best, Don Bauder
I didn't say it sold for $111.15, I said somebody's charging that. Some of those dealers are on drugs. The whole collectibles market is way down these days. Just look at any category you've ever followed on eBay; nobody's paying the stupid money for anything that they used to pay. Which means, of course, that now's a great time to buy stuff up, if you've got the money. Don Bauder books are a great investment, I hear.
Here is a 1st edition hardcover copy for $3.95 including shipping;
Unlike the Wall Street barons, I don't have access to 0% loans from the central bank so I can buy up undervalued assets (like Don's books).
Don, I'll email you. I prefer buying directly from the author whenever possible so he actually gets paid for his work.
(see, blogging and interacting with your audience pays!)
Response to post #78: If I could get $111.15, I could make some good money on what few remaining books I have. I could even autograph them. My personalized note would be: "You are a bigger sucker than Jerry Dominelli's victims. Best, Don Bauder"
Response to post #79: I see one for $1 -- which is $110.15 less than I was hoping to get. Notice that it says the pages evince little wear. Sounds like somebody didn't bother to read it, or quit reading after page 10. Again, this is not good for my frail ego. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #80: Just let me know whether you want an autographed hardback or paperback. The latter has a bit more information because it came out a year later. Best, Don Bauder
Re #78: " Don Bauder books are a great investment, I hear." Eureka. Don, you could (repeat, COULD) dole them out in segments for $111.15, promising early investors something like a 10% per month return. The elephants are already in the room. ;>)
"Response to post #80: Just let me know whether you want an autographed hardback or paperback. The latter has a bit more information because it came out a year later."
I want to purchase an autographed copy, Mr. Bauder.
Response to post #84: Them ain't elephants. They's pigeons. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #85: Send me an email at [email protected]. Best, Don Bauder
Don, I'll email you. I prefer buying directly from the author whenever possible so he actually gets paid for his work.
(see, blogging and interacting with your audience pays!)
I could even autograph them. My personalized note would be: "You are a bigger sucker than Jerry Dominelli's victims. Best, Don Bauder"
I want to purchase an autographed copy, Mr. Bauder.
See, this is what a loyal fan base can do when it is properly developed by quality product.
I saw a movie on "Showtime" a few weeks ago called "Her Minor Thing" which turned out to be one of the BEST romantic comedies I have seen in years-so I looked it up in the Internet Movie DataBase and found the people who wrote and produced it, contacted them, bought the DVD directly THROUGH them (for an extra $3 bucks over Amazon.com).
The writers producers were super nice, and BOTH signed the DVD and to really top it off they sent 15 color pics of the production-which by itsef was worth $50 bucks.
Yes, I want an autographed copy of the book too!


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A new study from Oxford University seems to have confirmed the cause of the recent rise of autism as being a change in the diagnostic criteria. It is unlikely that people now labeled autistic would, in the past, have been thought healthy, but is quite plausible they might have been given some other diagnosis, says Dr. Dorothy Bishop, head of the study.
Looking at 38 adults or teenagers who had, as children, been diagnosed as having what is known as developmental language disorder, rather than autism, the researchers found:
- Almost a third of her volunteers looked, from the modern point of view, misclassified.
- Eight fully met the modern criteria for autism.
- A further four fell into what is known as the autistic spectrum, evincing signs of autism short of the full-blown syndrome.
What were particularly telling were the interviews with parents. Earlier, similar work had explained the observations away as a change in symptoms with age, but the parents of Bishop's volunteers told stories of what are now regarded as autistic symptoms appearing in their children in their early years. Although there is a risk of hindsight coloring such stories, many of them were so vivid that Bishop is convinced they are accurate.
Bishop is cautious and points out that finding one cause is not proof that others are not operating. But it now looks unlikely that there are more autistic people around than there used to be. It is just that it is now fashionable to acknowledge their existence.
Source: "Not More, Just Different," The Economist, April 10, 2008.
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OT: Are Television Dramas/Sitcoms Actually Coming Back? Where Is Real Music? Man.
The past few years the networks have been flooded with Reality Television shows. One network started it, it was successful, then other networks picked up on it and decided to showcase them based on shock value rather than substance.
It was all fun at first because "Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire" was a big deal because there wasn't anything like it at the time and everybody wanted to see what the chosen girl would do once she would find out he was actually a construction worker instead of a millionaire.
The only reality shows I kind of followed in the past were American Idol (kind of), The Player, and Making of Da Band. The Real World fell off a little bit with the last memorable show being the Real World, the episode with Tek and Ruth. The Real World looks like it might be alright again with their episode in Denver. I'm not really a big reality television person, but those shows caught my attention.
These reality shows got boring after a while, but slowly but surely, shows were making a comeback with Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, George Lopez Show, My Wife & Kids, now Heroes and Studio 60, and of course how can anybody forget Law & Order??? What do people think of Kenny Stabler's new partner??? She's hella fine huh??? Yeah man.
I find myself these days listening to music from way back when. I'm a huge R&B fan. R&B in the mainstream was cool in the 1990's and early 2000's with Boyz II Men, Jodeci, 112, Donell Jones, Jagged Edge, Usher, Dru Hill, Mary J. Blige, Ginuwine and so much more. People actually were excited about those artists putting albums out. It was actually exciting for an artist to release a song or an album. Nowadays, it's whatever, because the artists these days don't put much thought or creativity in their work, they just follow a general formula; booty + bling + sensual music = the greatest R&B record these days.
Even artists like Marilyn Manson, KoRn, System of a Down, Papa Roach, Fuel, Blink 182, and so many more rock artists, who I don't really listen to, but I respect because they were high on the charts at one point aren't really on the charts anymore.
Music shows like TRL and 106th & Park used to be fun to watch. AJ and Free used to keep the audience entertained, as did Carson Daly, Matt Pinfield, and Ananda Lewis. The Basement on BET was a nice place to kick it at because of Tigga's energy and Hits on the Street was hilarious.
Anybody remember that old show with Matt Pinfield called farmclub or something where aspiring artists try to get their music out there??? That show is what made Sonique famous.
I think I know why music isn't what it used to be. So many people are downloading music now that the most people buying CD's these days are those hardcore fans part of the artists' street team or something. It doesn't really give a true representation of the artist's worth or his or her talent.
I feel old because I find myself reminiscing about the past alot these days, especially about music since I love music. I'm 25, which is pretty old to some, but not that old to others. I don't know. Is this kind of thing normal??? Anybody feel the same way??? Sorry for posting this on the main forum, but I feel that more people check this forum out, and hoping people will relate to what I'm saying.
The only real constant on television, in my opinion, is HBO. Solid programming that has done nothing but thrived throughout the years.
But I would agree that things aren't the same they used to be, at least in the 80's and 90's. Television has become more commercial and predictable. Music the same in a sense. Mainstream taking over more than ever, radio and television stations slaves to ratings and familiarity.
I miss old MTV; Beavis & Butthead, The State (sketch comedy), The Maxx, Singled Out, My So Called Live, "Alternative" music, actual music videos all day long, first few seasons of Real World when they would cast actual eccentric and unique people (Puck, etc, etc) - not frat-dudes and sorostitutes.
Other than that, I have never been a big R&B guy. Only songs I remember have to do with exgirlfriends and crap. Good genre, but not my thing. Was more into "alternative", rock, metal (Pantera, etc), death metal (Cannibal Corpse, etc) back then. Listened to alot of Prodigy, NIN, industrial stuff too. Don't want to digress, too much music to name.
Downloading, and ultra-fast internet (remember when the internet was actually *gasp* slow?), has definitely caused change. Nowadays people wouldn't even think about buying a cd, back then that's what it was all about. Always comes back to the big question, "how much is music 'public domain'?, or is it at all?"
Most of all, I miss good movies. Movies that weren't afraid to tank. Movies that were ORIGINAL (that's a sin in Hollywood nowadays). We live in the age of the "remake" right now.
lol sorry if I'm rambling. But I agree, things just ain't the same nowadays. TV, Music, you name it.
You like the show Studio 60 and Law and Order SVU Lakerraider? I love those shows. They are the 2 best shows on Television.
Don't worry man, I was rambling too. Yeah as far as remakes are concerned, it's not only with movies, but with music as well, craziness.
Yeah man, Law & Order is cool, and I'm slowly getting attached to Studio 60.
Great I love those show they are very good. But the best of the 2 is Law and Order SVU. Which Law and Order do you like? Is it SVU, Criminal Intent, or the Original one. I love SVU that is the most creative show. It has so many twists and turn you never know whats gonna happen. Its an amazing show.
The charts, good old bulwark of quality.
Sorry, but although I already had to try hard to get that far into your post, I just had to stop reading there.
Its good that nobody will pay for music anymore. Musicians should make money by performing, really its the only way they ever did anyways. Most artists became slaves to record contracts and if their album didn't sell a ridiculous amount they ended up oweing the record company money in the end.
Then the record companies had the audicity to just begin completely manufacturing people. Take any attractive person, write them some lyrics, get a producer to make them some beats, get a director and spend a million bucks on a video. It doesn't even matter if they can sing or not because you're going to run their voice through a thousand filters in the studio anyways.
I've bought my fair share of music, I probably have about 1000 CDs, but I'll never buy another one. If I like someone I'll go and see their show if they come to my town, and I go and see lots of local DJs and MCs, but that is about the only way I spend money on music anymore.
I like SVU better than Criminal Intent mainly because of Ice T and the actor who plays Kenny Stabler.
That was "Average Joe".
System of Down's last two albums hit #1. Blink 182 broke up. Papa Roach, Fuel, Korn, and Marilyn Manson weren't all that good to begin with (although they had their moments).
His name is Elliot Stabler. And yea him and Ice-T are great. Especially when elliot goes crazy and started beating the crap out of the criminals.
Yeah, that's right, Elliot Stabler. Thanks for correcting me. I really appreciate that.
I miss the golden era of hip-hop aka the 90's.
Studio 60 doesn't get good ratings at all. The network is staying with it though so I guess that's good for you guys.
I miss LOST,
and what is it with all these shows splitting their seasons in half?
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On paper the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert is like AfrikaBurn, its regional offshoot in the Karoo: a circular layout with camps enclosing a big, open space in a desert setting with artworks, run on a gifting economy.
Both are spectacularly surreal places that defy description, but in scale and in charm AfrikaBurn is considered to be what Burning Man was 20 years ago.
Traversing and navigating the several-kilometre-wide area that is Black Rock City is best tackled by bicycle — it can take hours to walk around and only see a small part of it — or by catching a ride on art cars, which range in scale from life-sized pandas to a supersized yacht.
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And then, of course, there are the people — the "burners" who make this event what it is. There's no small talk or handshakes at Burning Man: it's all hugs and conversations about cognitive science, art, travel, the meaning of life and Stanley Kubrick films.
Burning Man surpasses all ideas of what you think a festival can be. In fact, it's not a festival at all. Black Rock City is a fully functioning temporary metropolis. It's become the fifth-largest city in Nevada during its week of existence and you can find its street names on Google Maps. It has an airport, two radio stations, a newspaper that gets printed several times during the week, post offices, plazas that function as town squares — and a committed, self-policing group of citizens who, for the most part, subscribe to a culture that's been developing organically since 1986.
It's easy to see why people like Aviv Weil, a 35-year-old from Johannesburg who works as an independent creative consultant in the advertising industry, travelled all the way from South Africa to the United States, along with other participants from around the world, for just one week.
Weil, who's visited Black Rock City three times, says: "Burning Man represents humanity at its best. It's proof that, given the chance, far away from the pressures of society and status, people are inherently kind and generous. I think we could always use a reminder of that — for me, it's Burning Man."
Cape Town-based Brian Little (38), the managing director of Seed Experiences, the events company behind the Western Cape's Rocking the Daisies music festival, agrees that the long trip to the Black Rock Desert is justified: "The sheer scale, history, pride and sense of real community you feel at Burning Man is simply astounding. It's not something you will experience at AfrikaBurn — yet."
Although AfrikaBurn, now only in its eighth year, is indeed much less developed than Black Rock City, it does have a charm all of its own. Since its first year, when it had just under 1?000 participants, it's grown rapidly to become the largest of more than 65 official Burning Man regional events globally, and has had significant year-on-year growth in international participants, including a large number from the US.
AfrikaBurn's principles mirror those of Burning Man, which has been running for nearly three decades and now attracts 65?000 people. The relationship between the two is strong: Burning Man organisers have volunteered at the South African event, and this year several members of AfrikaBurn's production team volunteered at Burning Man. There are also artworks and theme camps that travel between the two events, and many devoted South African "burners" make the annual journey to Nevada.
It's still got what Matt Buonaguidi, a 50-year-old retired California state park ranger who attended AfrikaBurn for the first time this year, calls a "small-town feel" that lends itself to more intimacy. And it also has a distinctly African flavour.
Mike Suss, a co-founder of AfrikaBurn who has attended the US event several times, says AfrikaBurn is "more DIY and rough around the edges" — with more tents and homemade structures than the motor homes and sophisticated camps with catering options in the US.
Steven Raspa, Burning Man's community events organiser and regional network committee member, says a large part of AfrikaBurn's success lies in the fact that "right from the start organisers emphasised the importance of art and participation in a decommodified environment. They also started with a strong base of local artists and free thinkers, as we did. By sending a strong message and setting a strong intention, they created the right conditions for something very special to bloom."
Leaving no trace is just one of AfrikaBurn's 11 guiding principles, which include communal effort, participation, gifting, decommodification, radical inclusion, radical self-reliance and radical self-expression.
Decommodification and radical self-reliance are taken seriously. Other than ice, there's nothing for sale at the event and no branding is allowed (even the logos on the rented portable loos are covered up). People need to bring everything they need to survive a week in the harsh climate of the Karoo, from drinking water and shelter to food.
As opposed to what many who haven't been to the event think, there isn't a bartering system: each participant is urged to gift without the expectation of anything in return. What this results in is the most inspiring display of generosity.
People give away hugs, hot dogs and cold beers, ice lollies on hot afternoons, dress-up costumes and thoughtful home-made presents. Even the most confirmed cynic would find it hard not to be moved by this glimmer of what social utopia could look like — albeit in a uniquely microcosmic context.
Raspa also points out the importance of the similarities between the Tankwa Karoo and the Black Rock Desert: "Both are extreme and magical places that inspire a sense of awe. They are places that are as brutal and humbling as they are beautiful. Going to Burning Man and AfrikaBurn involves a similarly challenging pilgrimage that leads people out of their usual social context and into another that is equalising, versus one that is based upon social status and commercial transactions."
One thing's certain — the appeal that these transcontinental arts events have is increasingly alluring to people across demographics. The events have "developed out of a need that's lacking in an emotionally bankrupt world that is geared towards the transaction and consumerism, and not engagement", says AfrikaBurn co-founder Monique Schiess. "We've created environments where people's creative sides are being woken up."
AfrikaBurn and Burning Man don't purport to be desert versions of a societal Shangri-La — a point that many critics seem to forget. Instead they offer the chance to step outside of normal life (or, in burner parlance — the "default world") and have the kind of profoundly transformative experiences that are undoubtedly worth travelling halfway around the world for.
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Collins Gann McCloskey & Barry, PLLC
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - July 9, 2007) - GREAT PANTHER RESOURCES LIMITED (TSX:GPR) is pleased to announce that surface diamond drilling has intersected four new silver-gold zones and provided further definition on the three previously known zones of silver-gold mineralization in the Promontorio area of the Company's wholly-owned Guanajuato Mine in Guanajuato, Mexico. All zones are sub-parallel and occur within 70 metres of the main Veta Madre. Having several zones within close proximity like this will significantly lower their development costs and plans are already in preparation for the exploitation of this area. The new mineralization lies between 70 and 150 metres below surface and is accessible by ramp.
This portion of the 2007 drill program comprised 2,135.8 metres in eleven holes (SG07-035 to SG07-045) and was focused on defining mineralization in the Promontorio / Garrapata area - the southern most area of exploitation in the Guanajuato Mine Complex. Previous results from this part of the mine were announced on Dec. 12, 2006. Mineralization in this area is now known to comprise at least seven parallel zones: the main Veta Madre, a hangingwall zone ('HW' - above the Veta Madre) and five footwall zones ('FW' - below the Veta Madre). The Veta Madre quartz breccia occurs at the fault contact between hangingwall conglomerates and a footwall mix of metasediments, metavolcanics, and intrusions. The hangingwall zones occur as quartz stockworks in the conglomerates. The footwall zones have been divided into the FW #1a, #1b, #1c, #2, and #3 zones and are associated with quartz stockworks and breccias. The FW #1 and #2 zones are hosted within diorite and quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusions, while the #3 zone occurs at the lower contact between the intrusions and footwall metasediments.
The HW zone was cut by drill holes SG07-035 to 037, and 040 to 045 and displays a higher gold:silver ratio than other zones. Examples of this include 21.2g/t gold and 52g/t silver over 0.88 metres in SG07-035; 11.1g/t gold and 13g/t silver over 1.15 metres in SG07-036; 9.95g/t gold and 477g/t silver over 1.05 metres in SG07-037; and 23.45g/t gold and 45g/t silver over 2.45 metres in SG07-043. The HW zone has been traced for more than 150 metres along strike and up to 100 metres down dip.
The Veta Madre itself was intersected in all holes except SG07-041, which was lost in an old stope. Signs of former mining along the Veta Madre were noted in seven of the eleven holes in this program, however no signs of previous mining were observed in the FW zones. Parts of the Veta Madre have been left in place as evidenced by several mineralized intersections, including 1.98g/t gold and 77g/t silver over 2.59 metres in SG07-038 and 2.39g/t gold and 202g/t silver over 3.55 metres in SG07-043. As such, an in situ and well mineralized portion of the Veta Madre zone has been traced for more than 150 metres along strike and up to 150 metres down dip.
The FW #1a zone was described in the last Promontorio news release (Dec 12, 2006) as the footwall #1 zone in drill holes SG06-033 and 034. The 2007 drilling has added to this with intersections in holes SG07-036 through 040, 042, 044, and 045. FW #1a is located 5-10 metres below the Veta Madre. Noteable intersections include 18.28g/t gold and 104g/t silver over 2.16 metres in SG07-036; 4.58g/t gold and 312g/t silver over 3.09 metres in SG07-037; and 2.02g/t gold and 265g/t silver over 3.60 metres in SG07-040. The FW #1a zone has been traced for more than 100 metres along strike and up to 100 metre down dip.
The FW #1b zone is located only 5 metres below the FW #1a zone, and was intersected in holes SG07-035, 036, 039, 040, and 042 to 045. Highlights from this zone include 0.93g/t gold and 181g/t silver over 2.47 metres in SG07-039 and 2.35g/t gold and 430g/t silver over 2.42 metres in SG07-040. To date, the FW #1b zone has been traced for more than 50 metres along strike and up to 75 metres down dip.
The FW #1c zone is located 5-10 metres below the FW #1b zone, and was intersected in SG07-036, 039, 040, and 045. Noteable intersections include 0.78g/t gold and 266g/t silver over 5.61 metres in SG07-036 and 1.26g/t gold and 292g/t silver over 3.10 metres in SG07-040. This zone has been traced for 50 metres along strike and up to 75 metres down dip.
A new footwall zone (designated FW zone #2) has been discovered approximately 50 metres below the Veta Madre and was intersected in holes SG07-035, 038, 039, 040, 042, and 045. This zone appears to be significantly thicker than some of the others with intercepts such as 6.15 metres of 1.20g/t gold and 206g/t silver in hole SG07-042 and 5.60 metres of 0.71g/t gold and 115g/t silver in SG07-045. The FW zone #2 has been outlined for more than 50 metres along strike and up to 50 metres down dip.
A second new discovery (designated FW zone #3) lies approximately 70 metres below the Veta Madre and was intersected by holes SG07-042 and 043a, approximately 25 metres apart. These holes returned 2.97g/t gold and 175g/t silver over 1.10 metres and 1.55g/t gold and 194g/t silver over 2.31 metres, respectively. Longitudinal sections showing all of the Promontorio drilling can be found in the Guanajuato Mine section of the Great Panther website at www.greatpanther.com.
There is no indication from drilling or a review of underground survey maps that the footwall zones have been previously mined. Drill hole spacing in this program was approximately 30 metres on average. At this spacing, the mineralized zones are observed to vary in thickness, and grades are also quite variable. Detailed drilling to further delineate and extend the zones will be required and will be carried out from existing underground workings that are now being re-habilitated.
To date 6,385 metres of surface drilling have been completed in 2007 at Guanajuato and the program is still underway, detailing and expanding the various zones associated with the prolific Veta Madre structure. This includes the aforementioned holes SG07-035 to 045 at Promontorio, holes SG07-046 to 052 at Tepeyac shaft (south of Valenciana Mine shaft), SG07-053 to 058 at Remedios shaft (north of Cata Mine shaft), and SG07-059 to SG07-065 at two other Promontorio area drill sites. Results from all areas will be released as they become available.
The discovery of these new zones at Promontorio is significant, not only because of the near term potential for development but also because they imply that much of the footwall and hangingwall to the Veta Madre has been largely unexplored and, therefore, undeveloped. With more than 4 kilometres of strike length existing on the mine property, the potential for additional zones to be found is excellent.
Highlights of Diamond Drilling: ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- True From To Length Width Au Ag DDH # (m) (m) (m) (m) g/t g/t Zone ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SG07-035 77.17 79.50 2.33 1.49 1.44 27 HW 83.30 84.18 0.88 0.56 21.20 52 HW 152.20 156.20 4.00 2.56 1.40 83 FW #2 SG07-036 102.25 103.40 1.15 0.58 11.10 13 HW 118.08 120.24 2.16 1.08 18.28 104 FW #1a 124.57 126.37 1.80 0.90 0.58 161 FW #1b 134.40 140.01 5.61 2.81 0.78 266 FW #1c SG07-037 58.85 59.90 1.05 0.96 9.95 477 HW 65.10 69.90 4.80 4.37 0.56 114 Veta Madre 76.86 79.95 3.09 2.81 4.58 312 FW #1a SG07-038 68.11 70.70 2.59 2.51 1.98 77 Veta Madre 71.75 72.91 1.16 1.13 1.91 16 FW #1a SG07-039 91.80 93.48 1.68 0.96 0.55 197 FW #1a 97.20 99.67 2.47 1.41 0.93 181 FW #1b 110.00 111.10 1.10 0.63 1.04 112 FW #1c 139.75 144.91 5.16 2.94 1.84 62 FW #2 SG07-040 55.15 57.20 6.33 3.61 1.61 57 HW 76.95 77.90 0.95 0.78 3.29 37 Veta Madre 83.40 87.00 3.60 2.95 2.02 265 FW #1a 89.03 91.45 2.42 1.98 2.35 430 FW #1b 93.75 96.85 3.10 2.54 1.26 292 FW #1c SG07-042 112.40 114.65 2.25 0.95 0.74 162 Veta Madre 122.72 125.10 2.38 1.00 0.41 157 FW #1a 130.50 133.00 2.50 1.05 0.33 154 FW #1b 158.80 164.95 6.15 2.58 1.20 206 FW #2 182.60 183.70 1.10 0.46 2.97 175 FW #3 SG07-043 86.55 89.00 2.45 1.23 23.45 45 HW 93.60 95.85 2.25 1.13 2.02 21 HW 107.30 108.23 0.93 0.47 3.50 60 Veta Madre 112.55 116.10 3.55 1.78 2.39 202 Veta Madre 136.80 139.00 2.20 1.10 1.40 14 FW #1b SG07-043a 189.30 191.61 2.31 1.16 1.55 194 FW #3 SG07-044 126.00 127.60 1.60 1.13 0.64 189 FW #1a 131.73 134.56 2.83 2.00 1.21 235 FW #1b SG07-045 106.61 108.96 2.35 2.26 0.87 193 FW #1b 132.15 137.75 5.60 5.38 0.71 115 FW #2
Core samples were assayed at SGS Labs in Durango and diamond drilling was contracted to Canrock Drilling, of San Luis de Potosi. Robert F. Brown, P.Eng and Vice President of Exploration for the Company is the Qualified Person for the Guanajuato Mine Project, under the meaning of NI 43-101, and has reviewed these results. The Company's QA/QC program includes the regular insertion of blanks, duplicates and standards into the sample shipments. Aspects of the Guanajuato Mine relating to mining and metallurgy are overseen by Ing. Francisco Ramos Sanchez, Vice-President of Operations for Great Panther and its Mexican subsidiary, Minera Mexicana El Rosario, S.A. de C.V.
Great Panther owns a 100% interest in the Guanajuato Mine Complex. Historically, the Guanajuato Mine was one of the largest silver producers in Mexico and encompasses the core of the Guanajuato District, which has produced an estimated 1.2 billion ounces of silver and 4.5 million ounces gold.
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