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Following the completion of the Blackstone transaction, we will have sold 25 assets for $586 million since the beginning of 2005. This group of 25 properties contributed over $30 million in adjusted EBITDA2 for the full year 2005. These sales essentially complete our asset disposition program, with only six properties remaining for disposition that are expected to generate approximately $70 million in proceeds. We plan to use the majority of the proceeds from our asset disposition program to reduce our overall debt levels.

It's the same goals every year, and we adjust as the season goes on. It's a very competitive conference, but it's anybody's chance.

It sometimes takes a few plays to adjust defensively. It's all a matter of adjusting, staying focused and running hard to the football.

It's one thing to announce it, but you can't just flick a switch and all of a sudden bang, it's done. Businesses need some time to adjust and to change their systems.

It's one of those things that is difficult to comment on, because he is a controlled player and his destiny is not in his hands. All things being equal, he would want to remain a Cub and hopes to remain a Cub. If things change, he will adjust to the situation.

It's one thing when you play a team with a big back and it's going to be him packing that thing 40 times. You get ready for it. But they only give you Bettis for 15 and Parker for 25. That's a big adjustment the defense has to make.

It's obviously not a place we wanted to be. For a lot of reasons, it didn't work out the way any of us wanted. You just have to adjust and move on. There is no sense taking the month of September, hanging our head and feeling bad about what happened the six months before. We're going to try to get some people more playing time.

It's not easy adjusting from running back to wide receiver. There are a lot of different skills you have to develop. The good news is that I think Smith has gotten the hang of it and can do tremendous things for us. He's got great speed, and I plan to take advantage of it.

Brian Billick

It's the logical choice. Kordell was great for us last year. A great team member, understands the role. Hopefully there's enough carry-over for him, verbiagewise, that he can adjust quickly. It's a nice comfort zone having him back.

They didn't make it easy for us inside and that's our game. They took that away and we didn't adjust to it.

The yen is looking undervalued at current levels. The Fed is probably getting into the final stage of rate hikes, and Japan and Europe may be coming closer to a tightening policy, so there may be some adjustment in the recent rally in the dollar against the yen and the euro.

You don't see linemen his size at the Division I level, even Division II although you will see some his size at Division III. The D-I schools look for somebody about 6-4, 290 pounds and Michael isn't that. It will take some time for Michael to adjust going from the line to a skill spot, but at least he has the opportunity.

There was position adjustment as the market lacked direction and fresh buying incentives.

There was just no telling what the wind was going to do. It was going every which way. I just had to stay focused and adjust to it.

Ray Allen

There were a lot of blatant fouls missed, but I just have to adjust to it. The touches that I am getting are sufficient. You figure six or seven free throws does wonders for me and for the team. I feel like I am going to the hole, but it's not like I'm getting the benefit of the doubt.

There's a chance that we could wrestle six matches over the weekend. And we could wrestle four times on Friday. But we're excited about it. The kids have bounced back from the (Penn-Trafford) loss. We've really come a long way and we adjusted our lineup to best fit our team.

Plaxico Burress

This is the playoffs, the game changes a little bit, things get a little more difficult. He hasn't experienced a playoff game yet, but I'm sure when he gets in there for the first couple of series, he'll settle down and he'll get adjusted just fine.

It is technical adjustment to existing policy, not another policy change.

It's a good position to be in with everyone pretty much healthy. You know, over a stretch like we're about to hit, we're going to take a beating. At least we'll go into the stretch healthy. We'll adjust from there.

John Lutz

It's a difficult environment and it only gets harder because from year to year, the Medicare dollars we are paid are adjusted with the federal budget. It's hard to grow a business when you don't know what you're going to get paid from year to year.

Torry Holt

It really has been an adjustment because ever since I came in, we've been going to the playoffs and Super Bowls. As a player, as a coach, as an organization, it's a challenge to come in every day and show a great deal of poise and professionalism.

Mike Conway

It's a living document, much like the U.S. Constitution that gets revised, tweaked and adjusted to reflect the times.

It's a little too dense as it is. We'd like to see them adjust that. We've also asked them to do a traffic study for the area to make sure it won't have a negative effect on traffic in the area.

It's all just for us to manage a 19-year-old pitcher that's got a lot of talent. And for him, it's a big adjustment to go out five months and throw every fifth day. So we're very concerned about what we put him through his first full season.

It's a little different because in junior college, we played in a wood-bat league. So playing with metal here, it's going to be a change. But I'll just have to adjust to how the hitters are. The metal-bat game is obviously a lot different in the way you approach hitters.

It's all a learning experience down here, and this will give us an idea of what the real playoffs are going to be like. I think if we can adjust down here, we can adjust anywhere.

They play the same style we do. So, how are we going to adjust to that?

They played zone defense, and we had to adjust to that. We didn't know what to expect.

Greg Schiano

They're a team we really don't know a heck of a lot about so we just need to prepare for everything and adjust on the run as the game evolves.

E. O. Wilson

They're definitely going to have us on our toes, no question about it. And it's going to be up to us as professionals to make sure we're able to adjust and make the right decisions.

They're a creature of habit and routine; they like things the same everyday . I gradually have to adjust their schedule for that one hour difference .

They have not taken it over, but the established -- more hierarchical, perhaps more formal -- organizations have adjusted to a kind of world that has changed and that he saw changing fast.

There's a lot of players on our team who are young . . . and we think they're going to be good players for us in the future. It just depends on how quickly they adjust and how quickly they develop.