We were at the low end of the ACC, and our big guy got hurt. We ended up winning nine of the last 11 and were within four minutes of winning the ACC championship. On offense, we became a very unique team to play against, and we had a lot of different guys make shots. Sometimes when you play without a big man, it's tough on the other team. They have to adjust to you. |
We will nationalize the natural resources, gas and hydrocarbons. We are not going to nationalize the assets of the multinationals. Any state has the right to use its natural resources. We must establish new contracts with the oil companies based on equilibrium. We are going to guarantee the returns on their investment and their profits, but not looting and stealing. |
We will respond expeditiously to Rep. Conyers' letter, but to the best of our knowledge we have not been asked by the government to afford such access or provide such information. We have many cable systems and many vendors across the country that we are double-checking this with, but as far as we know, that is not something we've been asked to do by the government. |
We won't let him go days without throwing. It's important for him not to lose ground. I don't like guys in the middle of an arm rehab not be able to throw if they're healthy, because I think it can set him back. We'll make sure to exercise the arm while he strengthens the knee. If it all goes well, he should be long tossing and continuing the program fairly quickly. |
We would seriously question the judgment of any board member or administrator who would have this community believe that they can simply fire the current employees and contract with an outside company to bring in strangers to work in our schools, and still provide the same degree of quality, safety and service that our current custodians and head custodians provide. |
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We'll be less predictable, so it will be harder for teams to practice to defend us, but we are what we are. In the old days we'd hand the ball to the back, and he'd run up the middle. Now there will be some options, but we'll still spread the field, let Brandon manipulate the ball to different receivers and run a little bit. Hopefully we can generate some big plays. |
We're building up fielding like we're building up our swing. If something goes wrong in a game or something I don't feel comfortable with, the next day I'll work on it. It's a feel thing, it's a timing thing. It's something that makes you comfortable out there. That's what I look for. If it's reaction instead of having to think about it, then I'm where I need to be. |
We're going to maintain our friendship with Ripper. He's a great guy, in fact he sent us an email yesterday, saying he agrees with the decision, you know, because he is a big Priest fan as well, like we all are in a way. He is such an incredible vocalist he is bound to go on to greater success in his own right. Once people know he's free I'm sure he'll be in demand. |
We're going to see the cost of everything go up, just to get basic supplies here, shipping costs will go up, ... We'll have to deal with that as we go, we just have so much money to spend, it's always a challenge. ... Budgets are just a projection and it's so volatile, it's just hard to plan. If things rise in one area, we'll just have to make up with it in another. |
We're really pleased. He's been very vocal to our staff, that he's here to serve them. He puts the lion's share of his focus on defensive play. He's a real pro. Pitchers sometimes shake to the wrong pitch. The sign of a real good catcher is that he runs out there and doesn't let the pitcher make that mistake. He's shown a propensity to do that. I'm really impressed. |
We're sick of playing the same songs all the time, and we want to start bringing in some new stuff. There'll be more sort of like a human element to [the next LP]. We'll be playing with more chops, skill, that kind of thing, but then there will also be the synthetic stuff that will be even more synthetic. So I think we'll probably just go further in both directions. |
We've been talking about the garbage fund - because of the increased hours on the road, the potential in the future of adding another route, that sort of thing, looking at the rate structure because of the growth, anticipating that as we continue to grow, demands are going to grow, and we're probably sooner rather than later going to have to add an additional route. |
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We've got three things weighing on the market here: a less-than-stellar start to earnings so far, the geopolitical situation with Iran that's sort of moving to the front burner, and we've got energy futures up pretty strong this morning. So all three create a situation where investors are willing to take some profits after the fairly strong opening so far this year. |