Author Archives: Steve Maley

http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=9065999&type=story SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Steve Davis, Oklahoma’s starting quarterback when it won back-to-back national championships in the 1970s, was one of two people killed when a small aircraft smashed into three homes in northern Indiana, officials said Monday. … … Continue reading →

"North Korean soldiers with weapons attend military training in an undisclosed location in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang March 11, 2013. South Korea and U.S. forces are conducting large-scale military drills until the … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.html?hp&_r=0&pagewanted=print “Top low-income students in the nation’s 15 largest metropolitan areas do often apply to selective colleges, according to the study, which was based on test scores, self-reported data, and census and other data for the high school class of … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/us/17ethanol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0&pagewanted=print Days of Promise Fade for Ethanol “Nearly 10 percent of the nation’s ethanol plants have stopped production over the past year, in part because the drought that has ravaged much of the nation’s crops pushed commodity prices so high … Continue reading →

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/03/12/kelly-mcparland-times-editorial-demonstrates-weakness-of-anti-keystone-argument/ “The [New York] Times seems to accept the argument that fossil fuel consumption can be reduced by restricting production and availability. The same logic was behind New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s attempt to ban soft drinks in large containers, … Continue reading →

Craft & Hawkins is the classic text of reservoir engineering. For some reason, my reservoir prof at OU (in his first year)  required us to buy a different text, but 100% of the assigned homework was from Craft & Hawkins. … Continue reading →