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Jesup & Lamont 2008 Emerging Growth Stock Conference Hosts 22 Participating Companies

The keynote speech will be jointly presented by Stephen Weiss, Esq. and John Zak, Esq. of Hodgson Russ, established in 1817 with offices in New York, Toronto, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Buffalo,Albany and Johnstown. The lunch presentation will bring to light the new interpretations of SEC Rule 144, while in two adjoined conference halls, 11 company presentations will simultaneously take place. One hall will combine the aerospace, technology, energy, finance and basic materials sectors while the other will feature healthcare the entire day.

"Florida is emerging as the new nexus of emerging growth companies, making this the ideal home for the 2008 Emerging Growth Stock Conference. The region is home to over 200 healthcare and biotechnology companies. In addition, the southeast claims about 16% of direct defense spending alone. The breakdown of presenting companies is an excellent representation of the region," said Ed Cabrera, Director of Investment Banking Operations and Co-Head of Capital Markets of Jesup & Lamont. "The region is also the heart of where we do our core business: investment banking, corporate advisory and money management services."

Presenting companies include: Air Industries, Inc. (AIRI), Advanced Environmental Recycling (AERT), Asphelia Pharmaceuticals, Columbia Labs, Inc. (CBRX), Comanche Clean Energy, Document Capture (DCMT), Electro Energy, Inc. (EEEI), Entremed, Inc. (ENMD), Hemispherix BioPharma (HEB), LGL Group, Inc. (LGL), Minco Gold Corp. (MGH), Misonix, Inc. (MSON), National Retail Properties (NNN), Neoprobe, Inc. (NEOP), Neuralstem (CUR), Oculus Innovative Sciences (OCLS), Penson (PNSN), Pharsight Corp. (PHST), Quantum Group (QCP), SpaceDEV, Inc. (SPDV), Sterling Mining Co. (SRLM) and Virtual Scopics, Inc. (VSCP).

In addition to the companies' presentations and Q&A, breakout sessions and one-on-one meetings with senior management of the presenting companies and Jesup and Lamont may be scheduled by contacting Tsvetana Goykhman at (212-307-2675) or tgoykhman@jesuplamont.com.

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About Jesup & Lamont

Established in 1877, Jesup & Lamont has an extensive history on Wall Street, with its origins encompassing such successes as providing brokerage services to Standard Oil and raising capital for the construction of Rockefeller Center. Jesup & Lamont is a full service broker-dealer with over 300 retail brokers in over 30 offices nationwide; institutional sales offices in New York,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Boston, Boca Raton andOrlando. The company also publishes proprietary research on several industries including Aerospace/Defense, Alternative Energy and Life Sciences/Healthcare and offers comprehensive investment banking services.

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