The pin placements were very hard, ... The greens were actually a little softer today, but the pins and the wind made them tougher. I knew there weren't going to be any 65s today.

The outlook statement talks of continued weakness in recruitment markets which management argue -- more persuasively than other peers -- is cyclical rather than structural given a softer public sector in late 2005.

There are places throughout the state that are a little softer than they've been.

It seems that we're heading toward the day that films will be released in all platforms simultaneously, albeit with a cost premium to see it at home. But I hope that theater-going doesn't end - I think that watching movies on the big screen with an audience is still the best format and also an important one for society.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.