The pressure and the weight of what was happening, and the whirlwind that was spinning around us, was really weighing me down. I was kind of a pain ... to be around. And I think a lot of people were really frustrated with me.... It was kind of a dark time for me.

The only way to ease the pain of record energy prices for consumers and businesses alike, and to address critical energy-related security and environmental issues, is to back up the rhetoric with the reality of adequate federal funding for key energy-efficiency programs.

The patch is applied in the operating room, directly on the incision. The objective here is to eliminate any potential lapse in pain control from the time local anesthetic wears off to the time the lidocaine patch takes effect.

The overall loss increase is, in the main, down to some exceptional items that were necessary in order to help us achieve our strategic business aim of break even by 2009-10. In simple terms, we have taken some pain now for long-term gain. He appreciates that this is a long-term strategy and he supports where we are and where we are going.

The pain and horror of losing a loved one to a workplace accident is unimaginable. We're here today because thousands of workers go to work and don't return home at the end of the day - and it doesn't have to be that way.