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I was at the first state tournament in Lakeland in 1977, and except for the scoreboards, it looks the same as it did in 1977. They've done a lot of upgrades on the exhibition halls, but the arena has been neglected. It's showing its age, and that could be a negative.

Jack Watford

This kind of penetration is what Microsoft sees as far more important than people buying it as upgrades in the store.

Brian Livingston

Physical security upgrades include improvements to an external door and holding cells.

Jerry O'hara

You've got a lot of factors lifting stocks today, ... You've got all the tech upgrades, money flowing out of gold, oil and the bond market, and the ISM this morning was all-in-all pretty good.

Peter Green

This is something done in other areas. We want to protect the investment we're making in the upgrades.

Wayne Henry

I was hunting (for a hotel chain) which continually changes and upgrades its standards as the industry changes. We won't use the Days Inn name until we're finished (with the renovations). But we're about two-thirds of the way through.

Joseph Keyes

Front porches are available, as are upgrades of appliances. There's a two-car carport with a storage shed, and landscaping. The houses can be customized, tailored to the owners' needs.

Casey Williams

ABB is one of the major beneficiaries of structural changes in the energy sector and upgrades to older grids.

Andrea Solari

We have used this as an opportunity to do some upgrades because the building is kind of dated.

Sabrina Written

So you realize that our division just got that much tougher with the upgrades that all these teams made. They've turned themselves into some great hockey clubs.

Kris Draper

There has been an ignoring and a starving of NASA for funds by the administration, and this isn't a partisan comment ... It goes back to the previous administration. They have delayed as a result of that the safety upgrades to the space shuttle.

Bill Nelson

We have further enhanced the core by releasing significant product upgrades this quarter that prepare us well for 2006.

Tom Glocer

Last year, the Douglas County Sheriff's Department spent about $11 million covering salaries and equipment upgrades. Law enforcement is a lot more sophisticated than it used to be and we need equipment today that we never needed before. When you call, we have to be there. We can't worry about trying to get out of the vehicle and push it down the street.

Bob Lausten

We will swap out any non-flight-rated items that were installed during the build process, as well as implement upgrades and changes that have come out of the ground test phase, as well as replace any defective equipment. This should be a relatively short phase, but it will depend on the amount of equipment deemed necessary for replacement.

Mark Cousin

Basic maintenance and repairs have been made in subsequent decades. But upgrades necessary to keep it in top condition were deferred, in part from a rate freeze that was in effect for years.

Susan Leal

Today, fortunately, was not a supply problem. But once again it proves the fragility of the system, and it also proves that we certainly need to make some upgrades to it.

Patrick Dorinson

We have made tremendous upgrades over the past three years. This project is just another example of our commitment to continue to improve The Glen for everyone.

Craig Rust

Everyone thought Windows millennium would be the driver and it just hasn't happened. There is no reason on corporate side to go out and do upgrades and there is no reason at home to dress up or replace a computer that surfs the 'Net just fine the way it is.

Tim Mahon

The state has not granted an extension of the dates by which the units ... must be operated with enhanced emission controls. These still must be met by the original time frame if they elect to make the upgrades.

Gabrielle Demarco

The money from this levy will be used for equipment and upgrades to the Fire Department.

Phil Pegg

Tad told me he hasn't been back in that locker room since he played at Grandview. He told me he remembered what a dump it was. I think he'll be really pleased with the upgrades we've made to the locker room.

Dominic Guida

We will look at new alternative ways to improve our wastewater system. But nothing has been decided on because we want the public to have a say in what types of upgrades the project should encompass.

Susan Leal

As carriers and handset vendors seek to drive greater adoption of 3G services, however, we believe the pace of these technology upgrades could drive a mobile handset inventory overhang, similar to that seen in 2003 as customers began adopting camera-equipped handsets.

Inder Singh

We hope it will save money, but it is so costly to do this, with maintenance and upgrades, that it's not clear. We're doing it not so much because we believe it will be a return on investment, but because it's a return on quality and safety.

Gary Greensweig

His efforts over the past 10 years really helped with this round. He lobbied for bomber upgrades and all the things that made the bomber as important as it is in the nation's defense today. Pat had a big role in this.

Al Cornella

I think we're playing our best basketball of the season. Defensively, we've certainly made some upgrades. ... We've become more aggressive on the defensive end.

Fred Jacobeit

The remodeling includes upgrades that are in conjunction with 911, but they also benefit the sheriff's office. Now we have a new radio system. The remodeling and rearranging is a nice upgrade for our dispatch center.

Larry Sanders

To a certain extent, Bush's speech about increased spending in the U.S. Gulf Coast is helping the market. I am not too terribly surprised that consumer confidence is low because the number is colored by Katrina. The upgrades are certainly helping Intel and Exxon, and that's boosting the Dow.

Paul Nolte

Interestingly, there are already upgrades planned for these fighter planes even though they have not completed delivery.

Tom Baranauskas

You can let your stores grow old and tired for a period, but if someone comes in with brand new shiny stores and competitive prices, you'll go out of business quickly. They need to keep themselves up and invest in store upgrades.

Ted Taft

You don't want users to play too much. You want distributed firewalls and products and that don't need a lot of human interface. [With hardware], you don't need to worry about support, upgrades, or patching. The software is still on [the] high end but appliances make it easy to fit in.

Charles Kolodgy

Our goal is to ensure that in the future, every notebook will be SIM-ready. As 3G network rollouts accelerate across the world, with additional media-rich capabilities added through HSDPA [High-Speed Downlink Packet Access] upgrades, laptops with in-built connectivity to the 3GSM world will enable PC users to enjoy seamless access to mobile broadband wireless services with secure authentication.

Rob Conway

There are some high-profile upgrades this morning, and Exxon Mobil and Intel are certainly helping the market. Adobe earnings, the current account number coming almost in line, and the moderation in oil prices will be a positive on the market.

Tim Ghriskey

As new aircraft programs are introduced and upgrades are made to existing fleets in the coming years, we expect to see strong demand for simulated maintenance trainers.

Andrew Day

The hotel has received more than $11 million in upgrades since 1998 and is in excellent physical condition. We plan to continue to enhance upon its current high quality with approximately $3.5 million of additional improvements over the next several years.

Gary Mendell

You can use our product to upgrade your database, pause your database [and] do work on it. The customer will still be running while the upgrades are being rolled out. It's basically clustering or load balancing—but across WANs.

Alan Mcmillan

We have performed a number of upgrades to the reactor and its support systems in recent years, as well as the core internal change-out process, which essentially results in a new reactor core every eight to 10 years.

Brad Bugger

Cable is not really growing at all, ... It's seeing roughly 15 to 20 percent growth in terms of upgrades to digital cable, but net total growth for the industry will probably be down 2 to 3 percent in 2004.

Mike Paxton

They actually give away more upgrades than almost all other airlines combined.

Randy Petersen

I don't see anything next quarter that will result in massive upgrades, ... Coming out with new colors is not going to drive a substantial number of upgrades. Going from blueberry to ruby is not a good reason to replace your machine.

Kevin Knox

That facility is in dire need of some cosmetic and functional upgrades.

Ken Brennan

The addition of a Business Development Center and the upgrades to THRIFTYCARSALES.com will leverage our ability to drive more traffic to dealers in a uniform, cost-effective way. These new features are already resulting in increased sales at our dealerships, and will ultimately make Thrifty Car Sales dealerships even more attractive to potential franchisees.

Jeff Cerefice

[All these improvements cost money, however. White says GM was able to offset some of the added cost of upgrades in fuel economy and handling with efficiencies in purchasing and assembly. But that doesn't cover the whole tab.] The trucks have more content, but we offset the cost with some savings elsewhere, ... It's not thousands of dollars more.

Gary White

Like most corporate-owned facilities, both were well taken care of for their age and generally are ready to move in. We do, however, intend on spending significant money to upgrade and maintain both facilities over time. Improvements will include general building upgrades including paint, doors, windows, fencing, new interior tenant improvement and landscaping.

Matt Marks

Our sense is that expectations are now so depressed that we are likely to see more upgrades than downgrades from this level. It has not been such good value since 2003.

Spencer White

It will help out access into the base. Right now you have a traffic light there and it backs up into the base. We still need to have some security upgrades at the main gate as well.

Dana Fenton

The stock's run very hard into the result on expectations of earnings and valuation upgrades. It's now unlikely those will come through.

Nick Vidale

This rise is really buoyed by investors' vote of confidence in the economy, with the strong peso as an indicator, and expectations of credit rating upgrades for the country.

Rommel Macapagal

Mobile operators have every interest in rolling out mobile email solutions to their networks. They see mobile email as an indispensable element in their competitive strategy. It will allow them to use excess bandwidth on their networks, especially after their 2.5G/3G network upgrades, reduce subscriber churn, and eventually become a major source of revenue further down the line.

Alaa Owaineh

In Raytheon IDS, our commitment includes focusing on customer needs throughout the product life cycle. This means helping to extend the life of our systems with product upgrades and reducing life cycle costs with whole life services and support.

Dan Martin

This mission was supposed to be the beginning of the end for the shuttle, not the beginning of another round of upgrades, ... The history of the shuttle has, unfortunately, always been that the upgrades and operational costs have eaten up the money that was supposed to be the seed corn for new expeditions.

Howard Mccurdy

The mistake everyone makes is that they do not do figure out what benefits they want from airlines first, some are more generous with upgrades than others.

Randy Petersen

This just presented itself as the opportune time to go ahead and do the upgrades that are necessary and at the same time take a significant portion of that $2.15 million to add the space that we need to take us into the next generation of library service.

Joe Jenkins

They know the system and just need some upgrades and enhancements. It's not that we are rewarding a bad company. They are a good company. But we just need to make the system work better, so you won't have to wait so long for your bags.

Janet Watermeier

People are reluctant to trade in their phones for the upgrades, saying they're used to their old phones.

Terry Whitham

This will allow local residents another golf option in the Camden County area. This will be a big boost in revenues for upgrades to the course and provide community interaction with our neighbors.

Alice Hurley

AT&T provided they with a flexible contract and knowledgeable implementation team that was able to perform the necessary upgrades in a timely and efficient manner. Knowing that data is secure enables us to focus on company core mission to be the number one sports and fitness specialty retailer for all athletes and outdoor enthusiasts through the relentless improvement of everything they do.

Linda Walker

Moody's and S&P have underrated Brazil, so I'd say there is a chance of more upgrades.

Michael Gavin

This is the largest of all the upgrades that have ever taken place.

Ethan Diamond

We've lost 14 astronauts and $5 billion in hardware with upgrades.

Ernest F. Hollings

I think the build quality is much higher in terms of fit and finish than the 31. I liked this boat a lot. It certainly represents a lot of bang for the buck. The systems upgrades over earlier Hunters I've looked at were just phenomenal. They've improved exponentially, in my opinion.

Ed Sherman