Bill Smith
Bill Smith
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We are making steady progress as we gain access. Most customers will be restored within 30 days. However, some communities may take longer to rebuild in certain cases depending on when residents and businesses are able to return to these most affected areas and the time it takes to rebuild needed local infrastructure. New Orleans is an atypical situation given the floodwaters and access issues, and because of this, we will track restoration activity in New Orleans separately.
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The lesson I learned from this one is not so much in the details of the network design or preparedness, but the issues we dealt with in facing a situation with civil unrest and security issues for our employees.
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In high school, maybe they'll take a lab class that's difficult to replicate at home.
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It's not a question of importance. This is a financial issue, and it's a regulatory issue.
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It was great to see all of the alumni and family members out to visit our new home. It's a new beginning for a team rich in winning tradition.
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Nothing was decided one way or the other. We talked generalities and about his background, and I spoke about my thoughts on what we needed to get done in Ottawa.
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I'm actually kind of surprised Churchill took on a sponsor like that, to be honest with you. Just because of tradition. It seems like Churchill's built around tradition.
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Their present charter is not livable. It's onerous. If they were willing to work with us, maybe we could join in a charter change with just a minimal inflation provision.
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We just never got going. We were missing some shots and they were hitting them.
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We will probably concentrate more on those people who are on vacation and tailor those offerings to them.
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We did a market study, but we did not know somebody else was building another club near us. We just felt it would be better to go ahead and take the losses that we had already invested.
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When costs are being driven into an equation, they have to be recovered somewhere. Why do fundamental business economics not apply to the Internet?
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The whole design is to get them back in school. It's really designed to help kids get back on track.
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This case is a good example of what police can do if we learn about crimes quickly and witnesses are alert enough to provide some pretty detailed suspect information.