They [central government] did not pay the last time. We didn't get it.

The cost is going up. We have not raised the rates for so long. Further, we are not collecting enough. So we don't have enough money to pay the charges. The rates we are charging right now are not enough to pay the charges being billed us.

We've got more than enough. We've been able to pay our retirees.

We saw a period in the February-March time frame when we didn't have a lot of visibility, and IT spending was in a state of suspended animation. But today, two weeks into our third fiscal quarter, we've got many data points where IT spending is, in fact, being released.

The spark just didn't carry over the next time we had people on base. What's happening is ... Courtney and Shelby, as the No. 3 and 4 hitters, forget they have to hit early on those pitches and drive them. As the middle of the order, these pitchers are trying to jam them or pitch around them.

Last year I got into a slump at a bad time because our team was desperate. We were losing a lot of games and they made a lot of moves during that time, and I was one of them. Instead of going with another team, I chose to stay home and get healthy to be 100 percent for Spring Training this year.