The bottom line, it's going to come down to cost.

Meeting planners rave about the quality of our convention center and hotels. They are some of the best in the industry. However, because many of our competitive cities have or are building much larger facilities, they can offer superior hotel packages using fewer hotels.

There are too many things being legislated that should be left up to the DOE.

I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists - you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they're 70.

I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.

I don't see the point in marriage: if you make a commitment, you make a commitment. Fidelity is important to me; it's about honouring that commitment.