BEACHER, thanx for your explanaion, but I still think that you're trying to "USE" me. On a serious note I just checked the recent "short" volume and it is running higher than normal---once again. Hopefully our resident "short" experts (like Robert and Lynne Harrell)--or anyone else familiar with the workings of those pesky shorts, will weigh in with their opinion. I do believe that WHEN (notice I did not use the word "IF") the anticipated news breaks,the stock price will rise and the shorts will be forced to cover (I like to refer to that as "running for cover") and the stock price be exacerbated to the upside. Any and all comments are invited, Billyboy.