We know we've been in this situation before. It seems like it's been the same story for the past three years for me. It's kind of disappointing, but we're not going to hang our heads.

In ways we've looked at pollution in the past, coal has cleaned up. But the bigger problem we face now is carbon dioxide, which clean coal plants still emit.

It's been pretty quiet for the past month. It's been painful, very emotional, knowing we were letting down our school and community by losing when we knew we could win.

We are going to have to relive this yet again. We've been going through this for the past 23 years, and it's very painful for us to rehash our memories of Steve and that day.

There's nothing we can do except what we've been doing for the past 23 years, and that's to wait.

HEI acquired more than $1.5 billion in hotels over the past 36 months. We believe the outlook for hotel investment remains quite positive. Our most recent fund, which will allow us to acquire approximately $1.5 billion in assets over the next 36 months, was originally targeted at $350 million, but became over-subscribed.