I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whether they're teacher or administrators. It's read more

I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whether they're teacher or administrators. It's also a way of us informing the community ... I think it's also a way of learning from our own peers.

Fifty-eight-three in the summer, meaning in non-ideal conditions? Formidable, ... Valentino makes me dream and I say he has nothing read more

Fifty-eight-three in the summer, meaning in non-ideal conditions? Formidable, ... Valentino makes me dream and I say he has nothing to lose. Go ahead and try it. Everyone likes him, from the Italians to the Japanese.

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for read more

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.

I still say it's going to go down to the last week. I have a lot of confidence in this read more

I still say it's going to go down to the last week. I have a lot of confidence in this team. They have a lot of experience and their seasoned competitors.

We're overwhelmed with the orders and requests but it just seemed to be the thing to do. And it worked read more

We're overwhelmed with the orders and requests but it just seemed to be the thing to do. And it worked out and fell in place.

How do you produce the right people in the right volumes with the right skills in the right place at read more

How do you produce the right people in the right volumes with the right skills in the right place at the right time?

Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly read more

Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly affected by the hurricane. Last year, they had 60 stores in the path of major hurricanes, and it affected earnings by about a penny. At least with respect to the hurricanes, it should be less (of an impact) than what happened last year.

It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded read more

It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded going to the training room every day because I knew what was going to happen. It was a lot of pain, but I wanted to come back.

There's an expectation built into Nortel's valuation for the company to outperform relative to expectation and with all of the read more

There's an expectation built into Nortel's valuation for the company to outperform relative to expectation and with all of the indications prior to the call that the demand for optical remained quite strong, especially with service providers.