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I was real pleased with the fact that Gretchen and Mindy were able to finish right next to each other. We're going to need the two of them to finish in the top 10 in as many meets as possible.

I think it's important to change things up every now and then. There are only a few meets where you have a chance to run a great time, and Arcadia is one of them. I thought this would be a good time for him to get some work in. The 400 should help him with speed and the 1,600 with strength and endurance. Both of those things should help him prepare for next week.

It could go to 300, it could go to 200, ... It really depends on the frenzy that it meets this morning. It certainly could be worth $100 or $200 a share very easily; it has established a real brand for itself; it has almost 70 percent of the marketplace, due to its excellent marketing, it has really out-paced Windows, and it hasn't made the mistake that Apple Computer made way back when: It has an open platform instead of a closed platform. Certainly with today's IPO market, they picked a very fortuitous time to go public. The average IPO this year is up 150 percent.

It is a little bit of the season as many people are away for the summer combined with lingering concerns over South America and a wait-and-see attitude to see what happens next with the fiscal reforms when Congress meets again in September.

Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks.

We've found this year at The Woodlands that we might not need to put as much emphasis on individual meets leading up to district, regionals and state. The heat here can really take a lot out of runners, so we're sort of easing off in the early going of training and working on some fundamentals.

We've found that many of our customers are interested in purchasing some organic food, and by offering an expanded selection that meets their needs, we feel we're better able to help them complete their shopping list in our one-stop location and provide affordable organic alternatives.

We've done what we set out to do and won all our dual meets and the Virginia Duals. But starting the Big Ten is a whole new season and a challenging one at that with virtually every team ranked.

We take full responsibility, but we are always looking at ways that the technical aspects of the meets could flow.

I think it will be pretty impressive, especially after running on those cinders all the time and coming home with cinders all over you. It'll be nice to have home meets and not have to go everywhere.