BOOTS & COOTS INT’L WELL CONTROL, INC. & XATA CORPORATION

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Hello Readers,

We hate to keep playing the same old song and dance, but the markets really don’t look much better than they did a few weeks ago. Sure, some modest gains have been made, including in our own Current Portfolio, which is still mostly in the red. Small stocks are in the dumper and could remain there for a little while longer. Keep in mind that when the subprime carnage hit last month, the mutual and hedge funds sold off many of their small caps in a desperate scramble to raise cash. What can help the situation right now? Good question. The consensus seems to be the Fed rate cut, expected any day now, but that may already be factored into the markets very recent upturn. Now may be a time to step back, but still do a little bottom fishing.

Here are the headlines since the Newsletter about companies in the Current Portfolio. Dates in parentheses are when we first recommended them.

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WAVE SYSTEMS CORPORATION & KODIAK OIL & GAS CORPORATION

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Hello Readers,

First, the bad news: Despite the recent euphoria, the markets are really about where they were a few weeks ago. Second, even more bad news: September and October are traditionally ugly months for the market. Now, the good news: All too often, the markets do what they are not supposed to do. Yeah, we know, it’s a thin thread of hope. We suppose the roller coaster’s huge plunges followed by rocket days will continue for a while longer, because there are justified suspicions that more shoes will drop. Many stocks in our Current Portfolio inched up very slightly and are still in the red. A lot of our picks had good news since the last Newsletter, only to see their stock prices mark time, as did most of the small stock indexes. So, is it time to go bottom fishing? We’d like to think so, but….who knows?

Here are the headlines since the last Newsletter about companies in our Current Portfolio. Dates in parentheses are when we first recommended them.

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IOMAI CORPORATION & SIGA TECHNOLOCIES, INC.

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Hello Readers,

Since the last Newsletter, we closed one position for a nice gain:

PARTICLE DRILLING (8/5/07). Closed position 8/9/07 at $3.28 for a 60% GAIN.

It happens once in two blue moons. A brand new pick gets to our 50%-plus threshold within a week or so after we recommend it. Particle Drilling went on a tear after announcing several pieces of good news about its technology, and, even though we closed PDRT for a 60% gain, the stock feels as if it could go higher in a better market.

And so, the massacre continues, especially on small stocks. We haven’t seen our own Current Portfolio look this red since September 16, 2001, the first day of trading after 9/11. Even the Russell 2000 is down nearly 10% from its all-time high set just over a month ago. What’s next? We don’t know, and nor does anyone else, really. We suspect there may be more shoes dropping before everything settles down in a month or two. In the meantime, we think that most of our picks are at bargain basement prices, but they could go even lower.

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PARTICLE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. & A.P. PHARMA, INC.

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Hello Readers,

Since the last Newsletter, we have closed two positions; one for a very nice gain and another for a loss.

DYNACQ HEALTHCARE (1/20/06). Closed position 7/16/07 at $7.15 for a 170% GAIN.

NEPHROS (9/2/05). Closed position 7/16/07 at $1.30 for a 56% LOSS.

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RADCOM, LTD. & ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC PRODUCTS, INC.

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Hello Readers,

Since the last Newsletter we closed one position, for a nice gain.

KINTERA (5/5/06). Closed position 7/2/07 at $2.58 for a 75% GAIN.

Right after posting our last Newsletter, the markets took off again with a vengeance. By now, you probably have heard all of the “whys”. There is one little problem from our perspective, and this should be short-lived. The recent “surge” has been mainly a big cap and mid cap event. Small stocks haven’t really participated much. Reason probably is that cash is coming out of bonds and small stocks to fuel the bigger stocks. If history is any indicator, the reverse should occur, but we don’t when. Our gut says it should be sooner rather than later.

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SCOLR PHARMA, INC. & HESKA CORPORATION

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Hello Readers,

Since the last Newsletter, we closed another position, for a gain.

DEPOMED (4/5/07). Closed position 6/14/07 at $5.25 for a 50% GAIN.

In the last Newsletter, we said that DepoMed had pierced our 50% threshold and to consider the position closed.

At the beginning of June, we sensed there would be a sell-off in the markets and it happened. Then, in mid-month, we though the selling was just about over. Well, it wasn’t. June was one of the bloodiest months of the year; it certainly did not help much of our Current Portfolio. However, despite the carnage, we still do not see a lot that is fundamentally wrong with the markets and our long-term view is positive.

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PHARMACYCLICS, INC. & ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.

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Hello Readers,

As we alluded in the last Newsletter, the markets did indeed go down during the first half of this month, but we never expected the kind of goring that occurred. Of course, the excuse used by the gurus was rising interest rates, however, we still suspect it was just time to take profits after the markets’ strong surge since March. After all, rates have been nudging upward for the last several months without even a yawn. It now appears that the markets have digested this condition and seem convinced that the economy is still rather healthy and may remain so for quite some time. And, no, we did not close any positions since the last Newsletter.

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XENONICS HOLDINGS, INC. & ONCOLYTICS BIOTECH, INC.

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Hello Readers,

Since the last Newsletter, we have closed six more positions; four for gains and two for losses.

CRITICAL THERAPEUTICS (1/5/07). Closed position 5/31/07 at $3.80 for a 90% GAIN.

AUTOBYTEL (10/5/06). Closed position 5/22/07 at $4.63 for a 60% GAIN.

COMMTOUCH (3/5/07). Closed position 5/22/07 at $2.05 for a 50% GAIN.

CASTELLE (1/5/06). Closed position 5/21/07 at $3.85 for a 24% GAIN. (being acquired by Captaris)

AVANT IMMUNO (12/5/03). Closed position 5/21/07 at 98¢ for a 62% LOSS.

FUSION TELECOM (1/5/05). Closed position 5/21/07 at 70¢ for a 74% LOSS.

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AMERICAN CARESOURCE HOLDINGS, INC. & ENCORIUM GROUP, INC.

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Hello Readers,

No need to do a double take. We did not close any positions since the last Newsletter, and that is pretty much a reflection of how the markets have been acting. We seem to be in one of those “consolidation” periods where the markets have had a pretty good run and need to decide what to do next. Other than the usual bugaboos of energy, interest rates, and global terrorism, we are not too worried, since we still feel very optimistic about the markets for the balance of this year. However, we will feel even better if NASDAQ can get out of the 2500s; see our last few Newsletters about that rant.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC. & ECTEL, LTD.

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Hello Readers,

Since the last Newsletter, we have closed four more positions; three for gains and one for a loss.

SPHERIX (6/20/06). Closed position 4/25/07 at $2.91 for a 60% GAIN.

CURIS (6/5/06). Closed position 4/24/06 at $2.33 for a 50% GAIN.

ZIX CORP (3/20/07). Closed position 4/20/07 at $2.48 for a 60%GAIN.

POINT THERA (7/5/06). Closed position 4/20/06 at 53¢ for a 78% LOSS.

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