Nobody wants to go home. We think the focus, and the energy of the crowd, doesn't make the travel issue an issue.

Our members are feeling higher energy prices at the gas pump and in their travel costs. It's absolutely impacting their bottom line. At the same time, we're watching a growing deficit, and nobody knows going what to make of it.

They'll get much sharper. Always that first week coming out of spring training you have days off and travel, and generally pitchers aren't as sharp because of the difference in routine.

We're just going to focus on individual events this weekend. The majority of the team will travel home Saturday night after the individual events, while a couple of the field event competitors will stay to compete Sunday. It makes it difficult to compete in the relays on Sunday, travel home and be prepared for classes Monday morning.

There must be other figures who have broadened out in other fields, but not with her energy and focus. Working that hard maybe does something good for you.

The focus of our agenda for this meeting is on energy, and on how we can make better use of technology to make the transition to a low-carbon economy.