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Comstock Resources says it has closed a previously announced $170 million acquisition of oil and gas properties and related assets from SWEPI LP, an affiliate of Shell Oil Co.  The South Texas properties include 67 wells currently producing 22 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day.  Comstock estimates the acquired properties have net proved reserves of approximately 57 billion cubic feet of natural gas.  The company also says it estimates that the properties could yield an additional 90 billion cubic feet of resources potential from future exploitation.  Frisco-based Comstock Resources Inc. (NYSE:CRK) is an independent energy company engaged in oil and gas acquisitions, exploration and development, primarily in Louisiana and Texas, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

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LinkShare Corp., a provider of pay-per-action affiliate, search and lead-generation marketing campaigns, has introduced Flex Links, code that is embedded in advertising content that automatically converts links into tracking links. The code can be used in advertising content in vehicles ranging from banner ads to online video to web page widgets.   A tracking link helps advertisers measure the number of web users who clicked on an ad and the sites from which they traveled to the advertisers web sites. LinkShare announced that the first customer for the new technology offering is ShopNBC.com. ShopNBC.com, which has used LinkShare for other affiliate marketing offerings, is a property of ValueVision Media Inc.  Flex Links enables us to syndicate our product merchandising through new and unique interactive means with our affiliate partners,  says Geoff Smith, vice president of ShopNBC.com.

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Cheryl Tolan of Chicago Title Co. has been given the Pismo Coast Association of Realtors 2007 Affiliate Member of the Year Award.  “Cheryl is very deserving of this year’s Affiliate of the Year Award,” said Stephanie Pipan, association president. “Cheryl has a great work ethic, deals with every situation with professional integrity and is a pleasure to work with in both the title industry as well as association events.

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An Arkansas woman stranded for more than 13 hours on an American Airlines flight in December 2006 has filed a lawsuit against the airline.  Filed in Arkansas’ Washington County circuit court on Dec. 27, Catherine Ray is seeking class action status. The lawsuit charges, among other things, false imprisonment, negligence and breech of contract. It says American’s action was motivated by greed and a desire for profit. The suit seeks unspecified damages.  While American has said stormy weather over Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport delayed the flights, the lawsuit says flights were delayed for fewer than three hours by bad weather.  Fort Worth-based American Airlines Inc. didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. American serves Sacramento International Airport.

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A United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Seattle was diverted to Pittsburgh because of an unruly passenger.  Pittsburgh International Airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny says the male passenger was taken off the flight Sunday evening and questioned by the FBI. FBI Special Agent William Crowley says initial reports indicated the passenger acted inappropriately toward a flight attendant but it wasn’t immediately clear if charges were to be filed.  United Flight 917 left Dulles International Airport carrying 182 passengers at 6:08 p.m. and landed in Pittsburgh at 7:07 p.m. The flight continued on to Seattle at 9:35 p.m.

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New Delhi, Dec. 31 Domestic flights could cost less in the New Year. With aviation turbine fuel costing 4 per cent less in January vis-a-vis the previous month, domestic airlines indicated on Monday that they could look at reducing the fuel surcharge on some routes.  “The surcharge is likely to come down. It would be difficult to quantify the decline since on long haul flights most airlines recover their costs while this is not the case on flights which are of less than 90 minutes duration,” the Executive Chairman of low cost airline SpiceJet, Mr. Siddhanta Sharma, said. At the moment, most airlines impose a surcharge of Rs 2,025 to offset the increasing ATF prices.  A spokesperson for Air Deccan said a decision on whether the surcharge should be lowered was likely to be taken by Wednesday (January 2).

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HONOLULU - The Hawai’i Department of Health’s Clean Air Branch will monitor Hawai’i’s air quality during the New Year celebrations and compare it with national ambient air quality standards. The heavy use of fireworks during the annual holiday celebration can significantly increase the amount of particulates in the air, especially on O’ahu, health officials said.  Firework smoke consists primarily of particulate matter that can aggravate health conditions such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. If you suffer from one of these lung conditions you may want to take certain precautionary measures. The Department of Health offers the following guidelines:  On New Year’s Eve, stay indoors and close your windows and doors.  Check that your air conditioner or air purifier is working properly, change filters if necessary.

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Last week, we recommended holding our breath whenever we use hair sprays or household chemical cleaning sprays, etc. to protect our body from the adverse effects of these chemicals. Some people, while not even practicing the simple measure we suggested above, go to the other extreme of a reaction, which is likewise harmful to our body. I am referring to a new fad very popular in Las Vegas and other big cities: Oxygen Therapy concession stand. This useless, money-wasting, and even dangerous, treatment, claims to invigorate the body by inhaling this extra and pure oxygen, for only a few dollars for so many minutes. The cost of a session will be enough to buy at least a sack of rice.  You will see the ignorant, unsuspecting victims, sitting on bar stools, with nasal cannula, breathing in oxygen (filtered thru bubbling colored water for visual effect), much like ICU patients, sans the color.

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There is a renewed call for buildings in Auckland’s CBD to test their air-conditioning systems for the Legionella bacteria.  Two buildings tested positive to the potentially life threatening bacteria, which can be harboured in air-conditioning cooling systems.  Medical Officer of Health Dr Cathy Pikholz says they are working closely with managers of buildings in the immediate vicinity. She says the bacteria can travel very easily, depending on weather conditions.  Dr Pikholz says there is only a small risk of infection, and so far there have been no cases of Legionnaires disease from the infected towers.

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Q: I purchased a home two years ago. The seller stated in the seller disclosure form that the air-conditioner unit was 2 years old. My home inspector stated he had no issues with the functioning of the unit. The house appraiser listed that the unit was a “newer” unit.  I went into this purchase believing we had a fairly new heating and air-conditioning system. Today, doing our first official checkup with an outside maintenance service company, we were told we needed a whole new unit.  I told him that it was only 4 years old and wondered why we’d need a new one. He thought I was joking, as it turns out the unit is actually 12 years old. The serial number dates back to 1995.  We are wondering who we can hold responsible for lying to us and what options we have now that it has been two years since closing.

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A Pulaski County grand jury has indicted a couple, accusing them of locking three of their children in a hot bedroom while the man and woman slept with air conditioning.  The indictments charge 30-year-old Patrick O’Conner and 24-year-old Felicia O’Conner of one count each of first-degree criminal abuse.  Authorities found the couple’s 3- and 4-year-old children and their 7-month-old baby locked in a sweltering bedroom without even a fan in August. Police reported the parents had two fans in their bedroom and an air conditioner in the living area. </P> <P> The three children in the home and a fourth sibling were taken into protective custody.  The parents are held in lieu of $50,000 bond each.