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SEC Comment Letter for Sputnik, Inc. (CIK 0001326917) — Jul 29, 2005

Sputnik, Inc. (CIK 0001326917)
Date: July 29, 2005 · CIK: 0001326917 · Accession: 0000000000-05-039162

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File numbers found in text: 333-126158

Date
July 29, 2005
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Sputnik, Inc. (CIK 0001326917)

Letter

Mail Stop 3561 July 29, 2005 Mr. David LaDuke, President Sputnik, Inc. 650 Townsend Street, Suite 320 San Francisco, CA 94103

Re: Sputnik, Inc. Registration Statement on Form SB-2 Filed June 28, 2005 File No. 333-126158

Dear Mr. La Duke:

We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Please note that the page numbers referred to below refer to the numbering of the non-EDGAR copy.

Front of Registration Statement

1. It would appear that the amount of the registration fee would be $58.85. Please reconcile. See Commission press release 2004-167.

Prospectus Cover Page

2. Please disclose those persons that will offer and sell the securities on the prospectus cover page. See Item 501(a)(9) of Regulation S-B.

Table of Contents

3. Please remove the Part II information of the Form SB-2 from the table of contents unless you intend to distribute Part II with the prospectus.

Prospectus Summary, page 5

4. Please define "public Wi-Fi services."

Risk Factors, page 8

5. Clarify the reference to "sources of our revenues" in the first risk factor.

6. In risk factor five, please discuss any specific anticipated litigation.

7. Identify the "affiliates" mentioned in risk factor nine.

8. You should present as risk factors only those factors that represent a material risk to investors in this offering. Do not include risk factors that could apply to any issuer or to any other offering. Please remove the second and last risk factors.

9. Please include as risk factors the following: * the lack of a market for your common stock; and * your lack of a minimum for this offering.

Use of Proceeds, page 12

10. Please describe the use of proceeds if less than the maximum amount is raised. See Item 504 of Regulation S-B.

11. Please provide more specificity concerning the line item General Operations. Your attention is directed to Item 504 Regulation S- B.

12. Any proceeds to be used, directly or indirectly, for officers and directors should be indicated.

Dilution, page 12

13. Please compare prices paid per share by officers, directors, promoters and affiliated persons during the past five years to the price to be paid by investors in this offering. See Item 506(a) of Regulation S-B.

14. For each of the varying levels of proceeds, include the net tangible book value per share after the offering, and the amount of the increase in the net tangible book value per share attributable to the cash payments made by purchasers in this offering, as required by Item 506(b) of Regulation S-B.

15. We have reviewed your disclosure of the pro forma net tangible book value of ($16,426) and value per share of $.03 and it is unclear how you determined such amounts. Please provide the calculation for the net tangible book value and the number of shares utilized to determine the amount per share.

Plan of Distribution, page 13

16. Please note that neither GoPublicToday.com nor its affiliates, including its broker/dealer affiliate, may participate in offering the securities in any manner without full disclosure on the cover page of the prospectus and hereunder. Please confirm to us, in writing, this understanding.

17. Please name the "directors and officers" who will offer the securities. Please specifically set forth the basis in which each will meet the safe harbor provisions set out in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

18. Please outline briefly the plan of distribution by including how the company will solicit the securities. Also include the names of the states in which the securities will be offered and whether the securities will be registered in such states. See Item 508(c) of Regulation S-B.

19. Please file a copy of the subscription agreement as an exhibit. See Item 601(b)(4) and (10) of Regulation S-B. We may have further comments.

20. Under the subsection "Recent Events" on page 21, we note the description of a "registration package that could be used in the sales of securities to the public." In the "Plan of Distribution" section, please describe the registration package in detail and describe all offering documents.

21. Please describe in detail the work in which GoPublicToday.com and its affiliates have or will perform for Sputnik. Please include all affiliates such as Public Company Management Corporation and all of its lines of business and/or subsidiaries. In addition, please discuss any work in which M&A Capital Advisers, LLC will perform for Sputnik and its affiliates. Please describe all arrangements and agreements in detail including fees, and any preliminary agreements, including the Contract for Services between GoPublicToday.com and the company.

22. Please describe whether the company has any plans or intention, preliminary or otherwise, to enter into a merger or acquisition. Please describe any discussions that GoPublicToday.com or any of its affiliates including M&A Capital Advisers has had with any representative of Sputnik regarding any plans of a merger or acquisition involving Sputnik.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, page

23. We note that the company has issued 500,000 shares to GoPublicToday.com. We also note the stipulation in the Contract for Services Agreement between the company and GoPublicToday.com that the company will issue 750,000 free shares to Public Company Management Services, an affiliate of GoPublicToday.com. In light of these disclosures, it appears that GoPublicToday.com should be included in the beneficial owner table. See Instructions to Item 403 of Regulation S-B.

24. The "key employees" referred to in footnote (1) would be required to disclose the information required by Item 401(b) of Regulation S- B.

Description of Business, page 19

25. Please describe the business development of the company since inception as required by Item 101(a) of Regulation S-B. Please describe the reasons why the company became a Nevada corporation.

26. Please describe how the software was developed. Also describe the company`s proprietary interest in the software. See Item 101(b)(1) and (7) of Regulation S-B.

27. Please describe how the company sells and distributes the software. Please describe the purchasers that have purchased the software. Also describe any services provided by the company. See Item 101(b)(1) and (2) of Regulation S-B.

28. Describe whether the company has entered into any licensing agreements and, if so, please describe the principal terms of the agreements. See Item 101(b)(7) of Regulation S-B. The company may need to file such agreements as an exhibit. See Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-B.

29. Please describe whether the company is dependent on one or a few major customers. See Item 101(b)(6) of Regulation S-B.

30. In the last paragraph on page 19, please explain the statement "public Wi-Fi services."

31. Please explain the statement "[o]ur software is designed to give service providers and businesses the ability to control access to their Wi-Fi networks, and offer free, branded, or fee-based Wi-Fi services."

32. Please explain the statement "[o]ur software enables centralized, web-based management of Wi-Fi networks."

33. Please describe the software in more detail. See Item 101(b)(1) of Regulation S-B.

34. Please describe the Wi-Fi hardware components that are provided by the company. Describe whether the company purchases these products and resells to customers. Describe the principal terms of any agreements and file the agreements as exhibits as required by Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-B.

35. Please remove the promotional statement "[a]lthough Wi-Fi hardware is widely available, we believe service providers and businesses lack software that enables them to efficiently deploy, operate and generate revenues from wireless networks."

36. Please explain the statement "Sputnik develops and markets Wi- Fi business software specifically designed to enable service providers and businesses to build and operate Wi-Fi networks, and to generate revenues by providing public-access Wi-Fi services."

Other

37. Please describe the need for any governmental approval of principal products or services and the effect of existing or probable governmental regulation on the business. See Item 101(b)(8) and (9) of Regulation S-B.

38. Please estimate the amount spent during each of the last two fiscal years on research and development activities. See Item 101(b)(10) of Regulation S-B.

Recent Events, page 21

39. Please update the March 31, 2005 date through the latest practicable date.

40. Please name the founders and consultants that received the 7,985,224 shares of the common stock.

41. Clarify whether the $61,000 and the 20,000 shares to be paid to Sputnik has been, in fact paid as of the prospectus date. Estimate the fair value of the 20,000 shares of "the former officer`s current company."

Employees, page 21

42. Clarify the reference to "contractors." If they are not employees of the registrant, file the contracts for each, or a representative executed contract, as exhibit(s) to the amended registration statement.

Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 22

Results of Operations, pages 22 and 23 43. Please revise your revenue and expense discussion to describe and quantify underlying material activities that generate income statement variances between periods, including expected future trends. Please ensure to quantify separately the effect of each causal factor that you cite for material changes in your financial statement amounts (e.g. discuss the components of SG&A and explain the material changes and the related causal factors) as required in Financial Reporting Codification Section 501.04. 44. Please describe the types of sales that generated the revenues. 45. Please describe the "per unit production cost of our product."

Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 24 46. Please expand this section to include the following: * historical information regarding sources of cash and capital expenditures; * an evaluation of the amounts and certainty of cash flows; * the existence and timing of commitments for capital expenditures and other known and reasonably likely cash requirements; * discussion of and analysis of known trends and uncertainties; * a description of expected changes in the mix and relative cost of capital resources; * indications of which balance sheet or income or cash flow items should be considered in assessing liquidity; and * a discussion of prospective information regarding companies` sources of and needs for capital. See Commission`s recent Release Nos. 33-8350 (December 19, 2003), Part IV Liquidity and Capital Resources.

47. Please include a discussion of your critical accounting estimates (e.g. revenue recognition for products and services, stock compensation to employees and non-employees, allowances for doubtful accounts, and inventory allowances). Disclosures included in the "Critical Accounting Estimates" section of the MD&A should provide greater insight into the quality and variability of information regarding financial condition and operating performance. Your revised disclosure should supplement, not duplicate, the description of accounting policies that are already disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. Your disclosure should discuss the judgments and uncertainties that affect the application of your critical accounting policies and the likelihood that materially different amounts could be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. Please revise.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, page 25

48. For each transaction, please give the name of the person, the relationship to the issuer, nature of the person`s interest in the transaction, and the amount of such interest as required by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-B.

49. Update the obligation of $130,062; it appears to have increased as of the more recent balance sheet. Indicate who owes it and their intentions concerning payment.

50. Refer to Note 3 of the December financial statements. The security pledged by stockholders should be discussed under this heading if the stockholders are officers, directors, principal stockholders, their affiliates or associates.

51. Please include transactions with GoPublicToday.com and its affiliates.

52. Please include the disclosure required by Item 404(d) of Regulation S-B.

Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters, page 26

53. Correct the reference to "date of this registration statement" on page 27. Registration statements do not carry a date.

54. Remove the reference to "please refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto" unless this information will be distributed with the prospectus.

Bulletin Board Considerations, page 27

55. We note that most of the information under this heading is technical which makes the substance of the disclosure difficult to understand. Please revise this section to remove technical language regarding NASDAQ and the OTC Bulletin Board. See Rule 421 of Regulation C.

Interest of Named Experts, page 29

56. Please describe the fair value of the 20,000 shares of stock received by Michael Williams.

57. See Item 509 of Regulation S-B regarding disclosure of contingencies in fees owing counsel.

Other

58. Please include the disclosure regarding the determination of the offering price as required by Item 505 of Regulation S-B.

December 31, 2004 Financial Statements

Statements of Operations, page 33

59. Disclose the significant components of general and administrative expense on the face of the statement of operations or in a note thereto.

Statements of Stockholders` Deficit, page 34

60. Please revise to present each issuance of common stock and the related amounts ($) at par value and include in a separate column the amounts ($) attributable to additional paid in capital.

61. Please reconcile the number of shares outstanding at December 31, 2002 to the disclosures made on page 48 (Item 26 - Recent Sales of Unregistered Shares).

62. We read disclosures on pages 48 and 49 (Item 26 - Recent Sales of Unregistered Shares) and noted several issuances of common stock in 2003 for cash, services, and compensation. Please clarify why the stock issued was not presented here (in the statements of stockholders` deficit) or page 35 (statements of cash flows) for the period ended December 31, 2003. In addition, please clarify if the stock that was not issued which related to payment of services or compensation was recorded as a liability at December 31, 2003.

63. We read disclosures on pages 48 and 49 (Item 26 - Recent Sales of Unregistered Shares) and noted several issuances of common stock in 2004 for cash, services, and compensation. Please clarify if the stock issued for cash has been accurately presented in here (in the statements of stockholders` deficit) and on

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Mail Stop 3561

      July 29, 2005

Mr. David LaDuke, President
Sputnik, Inc.
650 Townsend Street, Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94103

      Re:	Sputnik, Inc.
   Registration Statement on Form SB-2
      Filed June 28, 2005
		File No. 333-126158

Dear Mr. La Duke:

      We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response
to these comments.  If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary.  Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
supplemental information so we may better understand your
disclosure.
After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise
additional
comments.

      Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.  Please note that the page numbers
referred to below refer to the numbering of the non-EDGAR copy.

Front of Registration Statement

1. It would appear that the amount of the registration fee would
be
$58.85.  Please reconcile.  See Commission press release 2004-167.

Prospectus Cover Page

2. Please disclose those persons that will offer and sell the
securities on the prospectus cover page. See Item 501(a)(9) of
Regulation S-B.

Table of Contents

3. Please remove the Part II information of the Form SB-2 from the
table of contents unless you intend to distribute Part II with the
prospectus.

Prospectus Summary, page 5

4. Please define "public Wi-Fi services."

Risk Factors, page 8

5. Clarify the reference to "sources of our revenues" in the first
risk factor.

6. In risk factor five, please discuss any specific anticipated
litigation.

7. Identify the "affiliates" mentioned in risk factor nine.

8. You should present as risk factors only those factors that
represent a material risk to investors in this offering.  Do not
include risk factors that could apply to any issuer or to any
other
offering.  Please remove the second and last risk factors.

9. Please include as risk factors the following:
* the lack of a market for your common stock; and
* your lack of a minimum for this offering.

Use of Proceeds, page 12

10. Please describe the use of proceeds if less than the maximum
amount is raised.  See Item 504 of Regulation S-B.

11. Please provide more specificity concerning the line item
General
Operations.  Your attention is directed to Item 504 Regulation S-
B.

12. Any proceeds to be used, directly or indirectly, for officers
and
directors should be indicated.

Dilution, page 12

13. Please compare prices paid per share by officers, directors,
promoters and affiliated persons during the past five years to the
price to be paid by investors in this offering.  See Item 506(a)
of
Regulation S-B.

14. For each of the varying levels of proceeds, include the net
tangible book value per share after the offering, and the amount
of
the increase in the net tangible book value per share attributable
to
the cash payments made by purchasers in this offering, as required
by
Item 506(b) of Regulation S-B.

15. We have reviewed your disclosure of the pro forma net tangible
book value of ($16,426) and value per share of $.03 and it is
unclear
how you determined such amounts.  Please provide the calculation
for
the net tangible book value and the number of shares utilized to
determine the amount per share.

Plan of Distribution, page 13

16. Please note that neither GoPublicToday.com nor its affiliates,
including its broker/dealer affiliate, may participate in offering
the securities in any manner without full disclosure on the cover
page of the prospectus and hereunder.  Please confirm to us, in
writing, this understanding.

17. Please name the "directors and officers" who will offer the
securities.  Please specifically set forth the basis in which each
will meet the safe harbor provisions set out in Rule 3a4-1 under
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

18. Please outline briefly the plan of distribution by including
how
the company will solicit the securities.  Also include the names
of
the states in which the securities will be offered and whether the
securities will be registered in such states.  See Item 508(c) of
Regulation S-B.

19. Please file a copy of the subscription agreement as an
exhibit.
See Item 601(b)(4) and (10) of Regulation S-B.  We may have
further
comments.

20. Under the subsection "Recent Events" on page 21, we note the
description of a "registration package that could be used in the
sales of securities to the public."  In the "Plan of Distribution"
section, please describe the registration package in detail and
describe all offering documents.

21. Please describe in detail the work in which GoPublicToday.com
and
its affiliates have or will perform for Sputnik.  Please include
all
affiliates such as Public Company Management Corporation and all
of
its lines of business and/or subsidiaries.  In addition, please
discuss any work in which M&A Capital Advisers, LLC will perform
for
Sputnik and its affiliates.  Please describe all arrangements and
agreements in detail including fees, and any preliminary
agreements,
including the Contract for Services between GoPublicToday.com and
the
company.

22. Please describe whether the company has any plans or
intention,
preliminary or otherwise, to enter into a merger or acquisition.
Please describe any discussions that GoPublicToday.com or any of
its
affiliates including M&A Capital Advisers has had with any
representative of Sputnik regarding any plans of a merger or
acquisition involving Sputnik.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,
page
17

23. We note that the company has issued 500,000 shares to
GoPublicToday.com.  We also note the stipulation in the Contract
for
Services Agreement between the company and GoPublicToday.com that
the
company will issue 750,000 free shares to Public Company
Management
Services, an affiliate of GoPublicToday.com.  In light of these
disclosures, it appears that GoPublicToday.com should be included
in
the beneficial owner table.  See Instructions to Item 403 of
Regulation S-B.

24. The "key employees" referred to in footnote (1) would be
required
to disclose the information required by Item 401(b) of Regulation
S-
B.

Description of Business, page 19

25. Please describe the business development of the company since
inception as required by Item 101(a) of Regulation S-B.  Please
describe the reasons why the company became a Nevada corporation.

26. Please describe how the software was developed.  Also describe
the company`s proprietary interest in the software.  See Item
101(b)(1) and (7) of Regulation S-B.

27. Please describe how the company sells and distributes the
software.  Please describe the purchasers that have purchased the
software.  Also describe any services provided by the company.
See
Item 101(b)(1) and (2) of Regulation S-B.

28. Describe whether the company has entered into any licensing
agreements and, if so, please describe the principal terms of the
agreements.  See Item 101(b)(7) of Regulation S-B.  The company
may
need to file such agreements as an exhibit.  See Item 601(b)(10)
of
Regulation S-B.

29. Please describe whether the company is dependent on one or a
few
major customers.  See Item 101(b)(6) of Regulation S-B.

30. In the last paragraph on page 19, please explain the statement
"public Wi-Fi services."

31. Please explain the statement "[o]ur software is designed to
give
service providers and businesses the ability to control access to
their Wi-Fi networks, and offer free, branded, or fee-based Wi-Fi
services."

32. Please explain the statement "[o]ur software enables
centralized,
web-based management of Wi-Fi networks."

33. Please describe the software in more detail.  See Item
101(b)(1)
of Regulation S-B.

34. Please describe the Wi-Fi hardware components that are
provided
by the company.   Describe whether the company purchases these
products and resells to customers.  Describe the principal terms
of
any agreements and file the agreements as exhibits as required by
Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-B.

35. Please remove the promotional statement "[a]lthough Wi-Fi
hardware is widely available, we believe service providers and
businesses lack software that enables them to efficiently deploy,
operate and generate revenues from wireless networks."

36. Please explain the statement "Sputnik develops and markets Wi-
Fi
business software specifically designed to enable service
providers
and businesses to build and operate Wi-Fi networks, and to
generate
revenues by providing public-access Wi-Fi services."

Other

37. Please describe the need for any governmental approval of
principal products or services and the effect of existing or
probable
governmental regulation on the business.   See Item 101(b)(8) and
(9)
of Regulation S-B.

38. Please estimate the amount spent during each of the last two
fiscal years on research and development activities.  See Item
101(b)(10) of Regulation S-B.

Recent Events, page 21

39. Please update the March 31, 2005 date through the latest
practicable date.

40. Please name the founders and consultants that received the
7,985,224 shares of the common stock.

41. Clarify whether the $61,000 and the 20,000 shares to be paid
to
Sputnik has been, in fact paid as of the prospectus date.
Estimate
the fair value of the 20,000 shares of "the former officer`s
current
company."

Employees, page 21

42. Clarify the reference to "contractors."  If they are not
employees of the registrant, file the contracts for each, or a
representative executed contract, as exhibit(s) to the amended
registration statement.

Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, page 22

Results of Operations, pages 22 and 23
43. Please revise your revenue and expense discussion to describe
and
quantify underlying material activities that generate income
statement variances between periods, including expected future
trends.   Please ensure to quantify separately the effect of each
causal factor that you cite for material changes in your financial
statement amounts (e.g. discuss the components of SG&A and explain
the material changes and the related causal factors) as required
in
Financial Reporting Codification Section 501.04.
44. Please describe the types of sales that generated the
revenues.
45. Please describe the "per unit production cost of our product."

Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 24
46. Please expand this section to include the following:
* historical information regarding sources of cash and capital
expenditures;
* an evaluation of the amounts and certainty of cash flows;
* the existence and timing of commitments for capital expenditures
and other known and reasonably likely cash requirements;
* discussion of and analysis of known trends and uncertainties;
* a description of expected changes in the mix and relative cost
of
capital resources;
* indications of which balance sheet or income or cash flow items
should be considered in assessing liquidity; and
* a discussion of prospective information regarding companies`
sources of and needs for capital.
See Commission`s recent Release Nos. 33-8350 (December 19, 2003),
Part IV Liquidity and Capital Resources.

47. Please include a discussion of your critical accounting
estimates
(e.g. revenue recognition for products and services, stock
compensation to employees and non-employees, allowances for
doubtful
accounts, and inventory allowances).  Disclosures included in the
"Critical Accounting Estimates" section of the MD&A should provide
greater insight into the quality and variability of information
regarding financial condition and operating performance.  Your
revised disclosure should supplement, not duplicate, the
description
of accounting policies that are already disclosed in the notes to
the
financial statements.  Your disclosure should discuss the
judgments
and uncertainties that affect the application of your critical
accounting policies and the likelihood that materially different
amounts could be reported under different conditions or using
different assumptions.  Please revise.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, page 25

48. For each transaction, please give the name of the person, the
relationship to the issuer, nature of the person`s interest in the
transaction, and the amount of such interest as required by Item
404(a) of Regulation S-B.

49. Update the obligation of $130,062;  it appears to have
increased
as of the more recent balance sheet.  Indicate who owes it and
their
intentions concerning payment.

50. Refer to Note 3 of the December financial statements.  The
security pledged by stockholders should be discussed under this
heading if the stockholders are officers, directors, principal
stockholders, their affiliates or associates.

51. Please include transactions with GoPublicToday.com and its
affiliates.

52. Please include the disclosure required by Item 404(d) of
Regulation S-B.

Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters, page 26

53. Correct the reference to "date of this registration statement"
on
page 27.  Registration statements do not carry a date.

54. Remove the reference to "please refer to the registration
statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto" unless this
information will be distributed with the prospectus.

Bulletin Board Considerations, page 27

55. We note that most of the information under this heading is
technical which makes the substance of the disclosure difficult to
understand.  Please revise this section to remove technical
language
regarding NASDAQ and the OTC Bulletin Board.  See Rule 421 of
Regulation C.

Interest of Named Experts, page 29

56. Please describe the fair value of the 20,000 shares of stock
received by Michael Williams.

57. See Item 509 of Regulation S-B regarding disclosure of
contingencies in fees owing counsel.

Other

58. Please include the disclosure regarding the determination of
the
offering price as required by Item 505 of Regulation S-B.

December 31, 2004 Financial Statements

Statements of Operations, page 33

59. Disclose the significant components of general and
administrative
expense on the face of the statement of operations or in a note
thereto.

Statements of Stockholders` Deficit, page 34

60. Please revise to present each issuance of common stock and the
related amounts ($) at par value and include in a separate column
the
amounts ($) attributable to additional paid in capital.

61. Please reconcile the number of shares outstanding at December
31,
2002 to the disclosures made on page 48 (Item 26 - Recent Sales of
Unregistered Shares).

62. We read disclosures on pages 48 and 49 (Item 26 - Recent Sales
of
Unregistered Shares) and noted several issuances of common stock
in
2003 for cash, services, and compensation.  Please clarify why the
stock issued was not presented here (in the statements of
stockholders` deficit) or page 35 (statements of cash flows) for
the
period ended December 31, 2003.  In addition, please clarify if
the
stock that was not issued which related to payment of services or
compensation was recorded as a liability at December 31, 2003.

63. We read disclosures on pages 48 and 49 (Item 26 - Recent Sales
of
Unregistered Shares) and noted several issuances of common stock
in
2004 for cash, services, and compensation.  Please clarify if the
stock issued for cash has been accurately presented in here (in
the
statements of stockholders` deficit) and on