We took the first step then, now we're trading up to a more formalized relationship.

On vaulting, we need to improve our landings. We didn't stick any vaults. Everyone of them took a step.

I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we've just taken it.

The South Dakota Legislature took a significant step toward fully modernizing insurance regulation with the passage of SB 44. This should encourage insurers to bring more new products to market faster and improve the competitive environment for consumers.

Inclusion in the emissions-trading scheme is a necessary first step but it is no substitute for tough measures such as the introduction of a Europe-wide aviation tax and the requirement for airlines to pay duty on the fuel they use.

Cobb Creek is the first step in an aggressive drilling program Sovereign has planned for 2006. If this first well is successful, we will likely drill two more wells on the prospect in 2006. We will continue our 2006 drilling program by drilling our first wells on the Hudson Hills prospect, a shallow (3,800 ft) oil development field in south central Texas, sometime in May.