Free Martha!!!

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Northern and Southern California

United Association of Equipment Leasing Meetings

THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2003

UAEL NORTH BAY REGION NETWORKING EVENT

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Great View, Great Hors d'oeuvres,

Great Company

Meet with your leasing peers and friends, and exchange ideas and plans for the future. Paul Weiss of IconCapital will be there. He recently announced putting

together $100 million.

Valhalla Restaurant

201 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA

Tel: 415-331-9463

No-host bar

Members of UAEL and other leasing organizations $35.00

Non-Members $45.00

Registration: UAEL 760-564-2027 or on-line at www.uael.org

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UAEL Southern California Region Presents

"Hot Topics" Roundtable

Date: Thursday June 26, 2003

Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Location: Conference Room

Quail Capital

2310 West Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91506

(818)-843-8686 EXT 23

Join us for a "Grass Roots" Roundtable Event to discuss current and arising issues in our Industry!

Please RSVP by Monday June 23rd by emailing Gina Iacono at giacono@westoverfinancial.com

A Special Thank You to Quail Capital for allowing us to use their conference facility.

Event Hosted by UAEL Southern California Regional Committee:

Mohammed Ahsan, Barbara Griffith, Gina Iacono, Tom Mulally, Russ Munson, Larry Turner

Please contact Mohammed Ahsan @ 818.843.8686 ext. 23, Tom Mulally @ 818.784.8700 or Gina Iacono @ 714.834.0127 ext. 102 with questions.

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The Alta Group Launches Financial University

To Empower Sales Reps Selling Financial Services

GLENBROOK, NEV--The Alta Group, a global consulting firm serving

the equipment leasing and finance industry, has launched a dynamic sales

training program called Financial University. Developed for equipment

manufacturers and vendors, it is designed to help their representatives to

sell more, shorten the sales cycle, expand distribution channels and

strengthen customer relationships.

Financial University does more than demystify the intricacies of lease

transactions and tax and accounting regulations, it trains personnel to

incorporate the sale of financial services into every transaction and use

financing strategically as a tool to better serve customers, improve the

acquisition process and sustain customer relationships.

Financial University programs are custom-tailored to the vendor and

manufacturer needs, taking into account a company's sales process, lease

penetration rates, sales team capabilities, compensation structure and

business goals. Alta also considers a company's tax position and the value,

life span and unique qualities of the equipment it sells in developing a

training program. The goal is to create a training program relevant to the

sales force's experience using information that is interactive,

demonstrative and memorable.

Jack Asinger, a training professional with more than 25 years experience,

directs the programs. With a keen understanding of the sales continuum,

Asinger differentiates between the training needs of back-office personnel

and the needs of field sales representatives and senior account leaders.

Before joining The Alta Group, Asinger served as president of Computer

Acquisition Strategies (CAS), a consulting and financial education business

he founded in 1989. He taught CAS client personnel about the full spectrum

of acquisition alternatives and how to choose a strategy based on their

specific situation. Before CAS, Jack enjoyed a long and distinguished

career with the IBM Corporation, where he held a number of managerial and

executive positions in marketing and finance. There he created The

Financial College, a sales training program used corporate wide.

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About The Alta Group

The Alta Group (www.thealtagroup.com) is based in Glenbrook, Nevada, and is

a leading source of corporate consulting and advisory services, education,

and training to the global equipment leasing and finance industry. It is

composed of 18 professionalsformer CEOs, company founders, and industry

organization leaderswho collectively have more than 350 years of

experience. The company was founded in 1992 by Norm Chapman, John Deane,

John Giddens and Bill Montgomery.

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UPS Uniform Hoax eMail Alert

Worldnet News

Bruce Larsen, Summitfunding:

Thanks for alerting me to this new hoax, to add to our hoax

page at:

http://two.leasingnews.org/Recommendations/virus/index.htm

The UPS Uniform Hoax Fools the Military

The U.S. military is the latest victim of an Internet hoax warning Americans

to be on the alert for terrorists posing as United Parcel Service drivers.

Others who have fallen for the canard include police, corporations and even

a major newspaper.

As the story goes, terrorists may have been behind a "huge" $32,000 purchase

of UPS uniforms recently on eBay and may be planning to use them to gain

access to buildings and plant bombs.

Only, the purchase never took place.

"There is nothing to that rumor," eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove told

WorldNetDaily. "No transaction of this nature ever took place."

In fact, since the Sept. 11 hijackings, the San Jose, Calif.-based online

auction house has banned the listing of uniforms of any airlines or shipping

companies on its website, Pursglove notes.

Atlanta-based UPS is equally annoyed about the false rumor, which plays on

Americans' heightened fears about terrorist attacks during the war.

"It's a major hoax and a royal pain," said UPS spokesman Steve Soltis.

"We've been bombarded with calls."

The cybermyth, which has been circulating by e-mail since the first of the

year, has caught the attention of officers in the U.S. Air Force, who have

forwarded it to the U.S. Army, where it has been circulating unchallenged

even among intelligence personnel.

One of the military warnings – under the subject line "Watch Out!"– was

recently issued under the name of Air Force Master Sgt. William H.

Stinebaugh. WorldNetDaily intercepted a copy. The text of the bogus, albeit

official-sounding, part of the e-mail he forwarded reads as follows:

"There has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service

(UPS) uniforms on eBAY over the last (30) thirty days. This would represent

a serious threat as bogus drivers can drop off anything to anyone with

deadly consequences.

"If you have ANY questions when a UPS driver appears at your door, they

should be able to furnish VALID I.D. Additionally, if someone in a UPS

uniform comes to make a drop off or pick up, make absolute [sic] sure they

are driving a UPS truck. UPS does not make deliveries or pick ups in

anything except a company vehicles [sic].

"If you have a problem, IMMEDIATELY call security or your State/local Law

enforcement."

Even some police have been fooled by the rumor, and newspapers have gone

along.

As a public service to its readers, the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper

last month dutifully reprinted a safety advisory issued by the Colorado

State University Police, which states: "There is evidence and reports that

unknown people have recently purchased UPS uniforms on eBay."

"Consider challenging anyone making a delivery to your facility and, if

necessary, ask for credentials and delivery documentation. An employee of

UPS or a similar company should not hesitate to comply with your request,"

the police advisory continued. "If you have any concerns about a delivery or

delivery person, contact police."

The St. Petersburg Times of Florida also bit.

In a March 20 story about corporate security, which appeared on the front

page of its business section, the Times quoted a local factory spokeswoman

who said corporate security warned workers by e-mail to "keep an eye out for

UPS folks," who may be posing in UPS uniforms "bought from eBay a few weeks

ago."

On April 1, The National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers thought it

was Bob Bell writing a joke about UPS Leasing, which is not true,

as Bob would never do that.

Reports of an eMail Attachment

If you get an e-mail attachment from a return address of kitmenkin@leasingnews.org, do not open it. Delete the

e-mail. It most likely contains a virus.

We never send out an e-mail with an attachment.

As a policy, if you get an e-mail attachment, and it is from someone who

you never regularly get attachments, query the person as it could be a hoax,

or worse, a virus from a hacker that got into the sender’s mail box or

is purposely disguising the return address.

Again, we never send attachments. In addition, all our mail is also screened in

two separate processes before sending.

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News Briefs---

Fed chief: Signs point to turnaround

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/155/business/Fed_chief_Signs_point_to_turnaround+.shtml

Service Industry Growth Is Brisk; Worker Productivity Accelerates

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/05/business/05ECON.html

Job cutbacks down 53% in May

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20030604-9999_1b4natbrfs.html

High-Tech Layoffs Easing Up

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2217121

Excerpts of statements in Martha Stewart case

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/156/economy/Excerpts_of_statements_in_Mart:.shtml

Former chairman of McKesson indicted for alleged $19 Billion fraud

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/156/economy/Former_chairman_of_McKesson_in:.shtml

MGM Mirage scraps online casino operations, takes $5 million loss

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/156/economy/MGM_Mirage_scraps_online_casin:.shtml

“...there is little point in drinking a dull California sangiovese when there are delicious Chiantis in any wine shop (at half the price)...”

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/dining/04WINE.html

BEAT GOES ON FOR GENERATIONS AT 50-YEAR-OLD BOOKSTORE

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/events/6013052.htm

Jury awards $30.1 million in lawsuit to men who said Taco Bell stole its idea for Chihuahua ad

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/155/economy/Jury_awards_30_1_million_in_la:.shtml

Barry Manilow breaks famous nose

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/0603/05manilow.html

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Sports Briefs---

Slim Pickings On The Rookie Free Agent Market

By Dave-Te Thomas

http://www.theredzone.org/2003/draft/prospects/players/slimpickings.asp

With Miami talks stalling, Griese may look elsewhere

http://www.theredzone.org/news/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=92

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Highlights This Day in American History

    1836-Birthday of Mr. Leslie, a Woman, Wills Feminism $2 Million

After the bankruptcy and death of her husband Frank, Miriam Florence Folline Leslie rebuilt the Leslie publishing empire, changed her name officially to Mrs. Frank Leslie and willed $2 million to Carrie Chapman Catt personally to forward the cause of women's suffrage. History was advanced by the bequest.

It would cost Catt more than a million dollars in legal fees to fight the family challenge. (The family ignored the fact that Miriam helped build and then single-handedly rebuilt the publishing empire and earned the money herself). The challenges left women's suffrage with about $800,0000.Catt used the money to set up a wonderful publicity and information bureau named after Leslie. News papers, magazines, and leaflets went out to millions of people swaying them to support women's suffrage and organizing them. It was the greatest publicity blitz in the history of this nation - and perhaps the world. After MR. Frank died broke in 1880, Miriam who had personally edited several of the publications took over the management of the floundering publishing empire and gained the title of the "Joan of Arc of American publishing." The Leslie publishing empire consisted of a number of weekly and monthly magazines, the most successful and popular publications of their time. They supported the Leslies luxuriously.

Leslie became a legendary party hostess and her life was as intricate as any fiction. She started off on the stage in an act that starred the legendary Lola Montez. She married a Leslie publications editor and before her divorce shared her life and her husband's home with publisher Frank Leslie whom she eventually married in a renowned menage a trois. After Leslie's death, she was married for a short time to the brother of Oscar Wilde. The details of the Leslie Legacy and how CCC used the money can be found in the Leslie documents in the WiiN library.

http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History/WOAH/95-06/06-05+06-95

    1851-“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” began to appear in serial form. Although the small weekly had a very small circulation, the copy was passed around, and became so popular a Boston publisher compiled it into a book and published it, March 1852. Many to this day claim it as the major cause that actually started the Civil War ( which was in reality brewing for over fifty years as each new state or territory entered the union and was to be voted a “free” or “slave” territory or state. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun05.html

    1872-Seeking to test for women the citizenship and voting rights extended to black males under the 14^th and 15^th amendments, Susan B. Anthony led a group of women who registered and voted at a Rochester, NY, election. She was arrested, tried and sentenced to pay a fine. She refused to do so and was allowed to go free by a judge who feared she would appeal to a higher court.

    1877- New York passed the first Margarine Law, “ an act for the protection of dairymen and to prevent deception in sales of butter.” ( Which is butter, can you tell the difference? ) In 1872, Alfred Paraf of New York City ( Not! New York City! ) organized the Ole0-Margarine Manufacturing Company. In 1873, he obtained a patent on his process for purifying and separating fats. In 1911, Procter and Gamble introduced Crisco, “ a creamy-white all-vegetable shortening, odorless and tasteless, made from cottonseed oil.” We were off to artificial foods.

    1895- William Boyd, born at Hendrysburg, OH. Boyd went to Hollywood in 1919 and got a job as a film extra. His first major starring role was in The Volga Boatman (1926). In 1935, he got the role of Hopalong Cassidy in a series of popular westerns. He made 66 of these films between 1935 and 1948. Some of them were edited and shown on television; Boyd then made some episodes especially for TV. This was one of the most popular early television shows in the early 1950’s where we all wore black, white cowboy hats, and two six guns on our belt. For two points, name two of Hoppy’s sidekick? ( he had several). Three extra points, the name of his horse? Now, don’t use the internet---use your memory.

    1899-birthday of drummer Paul Barbarin, New Orleans, LA http://www.redhotjazz.com/Barbarin.html

    1911-cornetist Pete Daily born Portland, IN. http://www.jazzsteps.com/browse/artist.asp?p_id=P____10383&partner=23053#bio

http://www.sftradjazz.org/87.html

    1919-Birthday of Richard McClure Scarry, author and illustrator of children’s books, born at Boston, MA. Two widely known books of the more than 250 Scarry authored are Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever(1965) and Richard Scarry’s Pleases and Thank You (1973). The pages are crowed with small animal characters who lived like humans. More than 100 million copies of his books sold like humans. More than 100 million copies of his books sold worldwide. Died April 30, 1994, at Gstaad, Switzerland.

    1922-birthday of drummer Specs Powell, New York City, NY

http://www.jazzsteps.com/browse/artist.asp?p_id=P_____7358&partner=23053#bio

    1922-birthday guitarist Johnny Smith Birthday

http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2001-03-15/cover.html

http://www.gould68.freeserve.co.uk/jsmith.html

http://www.avalonguitar.com/avguitar/Product/165

    1926- singer Bill Hayes was born in Harvey, Illinois. He had a number one hit in 1955 with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," outselling a version by Fess Parker, star of the Disney movie. Coonskin hats were big that year.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9198/war1812/w1812b.htm

    1932-birthday of pianist Pete Jolly, New Haven, CT (real name: Peter Cergioli)

http://www.spaceagepop.com/jolly.htm http://amcorner.com/jolly/index.php3

http://www.skipbolenstudio.com/portfolio_petejolly_01.html

    1934-President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act that established the SEC. Wall Street had operated almost unfettered since the end of the eighteenth century. However, the stock market crash of 1929 necessitated regulation of the exchanges. The Securities and Exchange Commission is composed of five members appointed by the president of the US.

    1937-War Admiral, a son of Man O’War, became the fourth horse to win the Triple Crown when he captured the Belmont Stakes by three lengths, over Sceneshifter, Ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, War Admiral covered the 1 ½ miles in 2:238.3. Pompoon, second in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, finished out of the money.

    1939-Gary U.S. Bonds birthday, singer,songwriter, born Flint, Michigan.

http://www.garyusbonds.com/

    1941 - Trumpet player Roy Eldridge with the Gene Krupa Band records "After You’ve Gone" ( Okeh Records.)

    1942 - Sammy Kaye and his Swing and Sway Orchestra record the classic "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen" for Victor Records.

    1942-Bobby Sherwood Band records “Elks’ Parade” ( Cap 107).

    1943-County Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, won the Belmont Stakes with a wire-to-wire performance. Fairly Manhurst was a distant second, 30 lengths behind. County Fleet, the heavy favorite, thus became the sixth horse to win racings’ Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont.

    1945-Stan Kenton Band swings Tara theme on “Southern Scandal”, Capitol.

    1948---Top Hits

Nature Boy - Nat King Cole

Toolie Oolie Doolie - The Andrews Sisters

Baby Face - The Art Mooney Orchestra

Texarkana Baby - Eddy Arnold

    1952 - ‘Jersey’ Joe Walcott defended his heavyweight-boxing title by out-pointing Ezzard Charles in Philadelphia, PA. Jersey Joe would lose the heavyweight crown four months later to Rocky Marciano.

    1954-birthday of drummer Peter Erskine, Somers Point,NJ

http://www.petererskine.com/biographyindex.htm

    1956---Top Hits

The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant

Standing on the Corner - The Four Lads

I’m in Love Again - Fats Domino

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

    1956 - Elvis Presley made his second appearance on Milton Berle’s "Texaco Star Theatre". Elvis sang "Heartbreak Hotel", his number one hit. Berle loved it, and even swung his hips afterwards. The TV critics called Elvis’ appearance on the show a “a bad joke.” One major critic said his performance looked “like the mating dance of an aborigine.” When Presley later appeared on Ed Sullivan's show, he was shown only from the waist up.

    1959 - Bob Zimmerman graduated from high school in Hibbing, MN, the same year I graduated from University High School in West Los Angeles. Zimmerman was known as a greaser to classmates in the remote rural community, because of his long sideburns and leather jacket. Soon, Zimmerman would be performing at coffee houses at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and later, in Greenwich Village in New York City. He would also change his name to Bob Dylan (after poet Dylan Thomas, so the story goes). http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/

     1961-The American Basketball League, a short-lived challenger to the NBA, adopted a three-point field goal, an innovation that was later approved successively by the American Basketball Association, the BMA and the NCAA.

    1963- the first African-Americans graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, receiving their Bachelor of Science degree; Charles Vernon Bush, Isaac Sanders Payne IV, and Roger Bernard Sims.

    1964---Top Hits

Love Me Do - The Beatles

Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups

Love Me with All Your Heart - The Ray Charles Singers

My Heart Skips a Beat - Buck Owens

    1967 - New franchises in the National Hockey League were awarded to the Minnesota North Stars, the California Golden Seals and the Los Angeles Kings. The North Stars moved to Dallas in the mid-1990s and the Golden Seals are now nonexistent

    1968-Senator Robert Kennedy was shot at the Biltmore Hotel while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination at Los Angeles, CA; he died the following day. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was convicted of his murder. I covered the afternoon portion for a period of time as news producer for ABC-TV News, and ran the night West Coast desk.

    1969- R'n'B singer Brian McKnight birthday.

http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/Brian-McKnight.htm

http://www.brian-mcknight.com/

    1971- rapper and actor Marky Mark birthday (real name: Mark Wahlberg.)

http://www.markwahlberg.com/

    1972---Top Hits

I’ll Take You There - The Staple Singers

The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sylvia’s Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo

    1977-the Apple II computer, with 4k of memory, went on sale for $1,298. Its predecessor, the Apple I, was sold largely to electronic hobbyist the previous year. I was one of the first users, teaching my children how to work on this computer

( I still have it ). We also were doing much of the original Apple Computer leasing. Various version were released thereafter, including Lisa, until the MacIntosh ended the line on January 24, 1984. Developer Steve Wozniak had created the Apple I to impress his friends in the Homebrew Computer Club in the early 1970s. Wozniak's sidekick, Steve Jobs, urged his friend to create a computer they could sell, and the two started Apple Computer in Jobs' garage. The Apple II boasted a color screen and a built-in version of the BASIC computer language.

    1978 -Proposition 13 25^th anniversary. California votes (65 percent of them) supported a primary election ballot initiative to cut property taxes 57 percent. Regarded as a possible omen of things to come across the country- a taxpayer’s revolt against high taxes and government spending. Does not apply to

houses bought after the passage, and ironically with the high prices of

houses sold, the property tax has been a boon to school districts, who received

65% of their funds in property tax in California.

    1980---Top Hits

Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.

Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings

Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer - Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes

My Heart - Ronnie Milsap

    1980- the movie "Urban Cowboy," starring John Travolta, premiered in Houston. Much of the movie was shot in "Gilley's," the bar owned at the time by singer Mickey Gilley.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002H4B/inktomi-musicasin-20/103-2488497-6059853

    1981-The Centers for Disease Control first described a new illness striking gay men in a newsletter. On July 27, 1982, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was adopted as the official name for the new disease by the DCD. The virus that causes AIDS was identified in 1983 and in May, 1985, was named Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses. the first person killed by this disease in the developed world died in 1959. More than 420,000 Americans have died of aids. Worldwide, more than 22 million people have died of AIDS. About 36 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS.

    1978-“20/20” premiered on TV. An hourly newsmagazine developed by ABC to compete with DBS’s “60 Minutes.” It's original hosts, Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes, were cut after the first show and replaced by Hugh Downs. Barbara Walters became co-anchor in 1984. The show consisted of investigative and background reports. Contributors to the show have included Tom Jarriel, Slyvia Chase,Geraldo Rivera, Thomas Hoving, John Stossel, Lynn Sherr and Stone Phillips.

    1987-Dr Mae Jemison becomes first Black female astronaut, 1987

http://www.ajli.org/jemison.html

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/shadow/whos_who_level1/jemison.html

    1987- Canadian pop star Bryan Adams joined former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison on stage at Wembley Arena in London for the finale to the second annual Prince's Trust rock gala. The three - along with Elton John, Boy George, Eric Clapton and Ben E. King - brought the crowd of 8,000 to their feet with a rendition of King's hit, "Stand By Me." Among the audience were Prince Charles and his wife, Diana. Charles set up the Prince's Trust fund in 1976 to help young people who are socially , economically or physically handicapped.

http://www.bryanadams.com/onlineshop/Default.asp

    1988---Top Hits

One More Try - George Michael

Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz

Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox

What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) - Earl Thomas Conley

    1993- singer Mariah Carey married her boss, Sony Music president Tommy Mottola, at a Manhattan church. Among the celebrities in attendance - Robert DeNiro, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel and wife Christie Brinkley. Carey and Mottola separated in 1997

http://www.monarc.com/mariahcarey/index.las

    1998-Just three weeks after Notah Begay III became the third professional golfer to shoot a record-low- round of 59 in a professional tournament, Doug Dunakey became the fourth golfer to do so. Dunakey carded 10 birdies and an eagle in the second round of the Miami Valley Open, a Nike Tour event, in Springboro, OH. Needing only a par on the 18^th hole to finish with 58, Dunakey three-putted from25 feet for a bogey. He didn’t win the tournament, though. Craig Bowden did, shooting 16-under-par, two shots better than Dunakey.

NBA Finals Champions This Date

    1977 Portland Trail Blazers

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