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" Because of the executive status accorded to him as Chaplain, he was given access to the information that is documented in this book." That's from an "About the Author" snippet in Williams book on the Energy Non-Crisis. That alone is enough to blow the whole concept to pieces. Anything Williams was told by oil company executives because Williams was serving as a chaplain for the Alaska pipeline project workers has all the credibility of a wet noodle. He was NOT an executive in charge of any phase of the project. He was in a position to influence the workers. Any "data" or "information" about what the project was to mean to consumers in the USA would have been intended solely to keep the workers happy and productive. I can't imagine he had any access to anything that would or could have cast the slightest doubt on the project. This man was set up, IF his claim as to his role in the project and with the oil companies is even remotely true, to be a propaganda tool for and by Big Oil. So, how should you view this book and any claims made by Lindsey Williams about Alaskan oil reserves? You decide.

Who's Lindsey Williams?

Looks like MLB IS gearing up to start trying out instant replay. They showed some of the equipment last night during the game at Chase Field. I understand it will be at only 5 stadiums at first and Chase is one of them...

He probably has (and therefore IS) so much fun because baseball is so natural to him... which, of course, is a good thing... but not so much for the Dbacks. :)

Wouldn't THAT be fun?! I won't hold my breath. At this point, I'd say it's not likely.

I can agree with that assessment...

I just saw LOTS of 9th corps names in those pics... not mine, however.

That's kinda what I thought... which is what I meant by my reference to direct impact... btw, Dbacks almost got no-hit this afternoon by one of the guys from that big trade last week that sent Nady to the NYY... Karstens. The Big Unit pitched VERY well again but lost 2-0.

Don't have any personal experience with or about them, but watched a 60 Minutes report on Mr. Osteen not that long ago. My understanding is that he preaches the gospel of prosperity... not my cup of tea. My sense is that the incident at the root of the lawsuit was overblown and that various things could have been done by both sides to de-escalate the tension. That said, given that it was on a US airline, it's probably reasonable to view Mrs. Osteen's conduct, at minimum, as incredibly arrogant.

First off, that's the Yankees, not the Sox. And the snippet from Forbes doesn't provide any of the specifics of the economics of the situation, so it's hard to tell even what the article is even predicting, if anything, specific. The implied cause/effect -- new stadium/doubled revenue -- doesn't directly impact the Sox or any other MLB team. Will the game be more costly for fans next year? Of course... but by how much?

That worked for Brandon Webb and the Dbacks tonight!!! Webb got his 16th win of the season.

Well, your LIFE will change forever. And that's (generally) a good thing. Congrats. You will feel different the moment your new baby takes its first breath! Your entire perspective on life will change! That moment, which for me was nearly 19 years ago, was and still is THE most dramatic moment of my entire life. Oh, and did I say, "Congrats!" :)

Likewise, I'm sure! :)

No question that makes for exciting baseball!!!

LOVE that A/C!!! It's like that for (at least) 6 months here!

As others have said, it can be a MAJOR contributing factor to heart disease... ESPECIALLY if you are overweight and/or have family history... I've been using cpap for four and a half years. In that time, I've lost 90 pounds. But I also (with very strong family history) had a heart attack 9 days ago. Because I use cpap, lost the weight and work out regularly, my incident was VERY mild. One gets checked for sleep apnea in several ways, to varying degrees. Best is a "sleep study" in a special lab that hooks you up to a bunch of machines and they see what the problem is and try a couple of different things during that night to see how to get you to sleep most restfully.

I second this insight. They're called Breathe Right strips... and you HAVE TO use the name brand... generics do not do the same thing... they can help some, but if one needs CPAP, the strips will not do enough.

I can't imagine he's got a Phoenix Suns jersey on too... THAT gorilla knows better than to do his thing when the a/c isn't on!!!!

And it's another 100+ scorcher in the Big D today, isn't it? That can't be helping...

Naw... maybe I'll just offer to give you a gentle elbow jab in the ribs to wake you up. >;-) However, I'm sure it will take more than just two games to tell whether adding Blake and ManRam will be enough. The Dbacks are still pretty good and yesterday's game just got out of hand. So, hopefully it will be a good race to the end of the season for those two (Dbacks/Dodgers) and no doubt the better team will win. And if that ends up being the Dodgers, so be it. I have to still like the Dbacks' chances because they do still have good pitching and overall reasonably good hitting.

I remember reading Bouton's book, Ball Four, when I was a senior in HS... I use to call it, "Ball Four, get one free!" gosh... that was only 36 or 37 years ago...

I saw that before... I know CBS says this is a new episode of 60 Minutes, but that story is not new. It IS very interesting.

4-4-4 add in an infield single... me thinks the Dodgers made the deal of the century! :(

He certainly makes it look easy... but we all know it's certainly NOT easy. Wierd play just now... Casey Blake knocked Chad Tracy's glove off as Tracy went to catch Blake's infield pop up... finally, after the umps conferred, Blake called out.