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Escondido Hears About Lake Elsinore’s Ballpark Experience
re #5: "They prefer soccer, and don't go for attractions that require a lot of money." The irony is that the minor league Beavers are available to move to Escondido because Portland is kicking them out of their stadium to renovate it into a soccer-only stadium for an MLS team.— October 12, 2010 11:45 p.m.
Escondido Hears About Lake Elsinore’s Ballpark Experience
re #4: "Winning the pennant is an outdated term." Gee, don't tell that to the Giants and Phillies, or they might not show up for the next series! The National league champion (or the American league champion) wins the pennant and represents their league in the World Series now every bit as much as when there were only two divisions and no wild-card or when there were no divisions at all.— October 12, 2010 11:42 p.m.
Escondido Hears About Lake Elsinore’s Ballpark Experience
It's worth noting that the Beavers have not been in Portland since the early 1900's. They left Portland in 1972, and returned in 1978, then left again in 1993 only to return again in 2001. Actually, the team that returned in 2001 one was not the same team that left, but rather was the Albuquerque Dukes who moved from New Mexico to Oregon. Two years later, the Calgary Cannons moved to Albuquerque and became the Isotopes. Attendance for the Padres while fighting for what should have been a pennant in a swanky new downtown stadium was 26,318. What predictions have been made for attendance in Escondido? Will 2,000 to 4,000 fans pay the bills?— October 12, 2010 12:49 p.m.
Escondido Hears About Lake Elsinore’s Ballpark Experience
Was there any discussion as to why Portland no longer wants this team? Portland is 4 times greater in population than Escondido. The Portland metro area population is about 3 times the entire population of north county. In Portland there is no competition from major league baseball and they support an NBA basketball team (San Diego couldn't even do that), yet can't support this minor league baseball team. It is nice to learn from Lake Elsinore, but shouldn't we also discuss why baseball has now left Portland 3 times? What makes it viable in Escondido but not viable in Portland?— October 12, 2010 8:10 a.m.
Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
Response to #13456 "If you think SD numbers are eye popping, you should take a look at NYC’s numbers." In 2007-2008 San Diego was around $16,000 per pupil, which is not far behind New York at $17,696. It's more eye-popping to look at the real cost of education per pupil, by including all costs (in particular, bond measures). They don't have specific numbers for San Diego, but: The 2008 New York publicly stated budget was $17,696 per pupil. The Cato Institue calculated an actual value of $21,543. Los Angeles claimed $10,053 per pupil. The Cato Institute calculated an astonishing actual figure of over $25,000 per pupil. From the study: "Although California is considered a relatively low-spending state when it comes to education, the Los Angeles metro area comes in third place for average real spending in our study. The average real per-pupil spending figure of $19,000 (for California) is a stunning 90 percent higher than the $10,000 the districts claim to spend. In addition, real public school spending is 127% higher than the estimated median private school spending of $8,400." http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa662.pdf— October 4, 2010 10:13 a.m.
What??? Mr. Upbeat, Tony Robbins, Warns of Gloom
Response to #19: "BTW-6'7 or 7', when you're that tall it is all the same to the average American males who is 5'9" Trust me, there is a huge difference. I can pretend to guard a 6'7" forward in basketball, but 7' is a whole different world. Of course I am a bit north of "average".— August 26, 2010 4:31 p.m.
What??? Mr. Upbeat, Tony Robbins, Warns of Gloom
Response to #30: "so have you done it, Paul" Yes, it was no big deal. Dying embers in a bed of sand at the beach. Always in the dark to make the glow more impressive. Not especially long, about 6 feet which took all of three or four steps to get through. I assume that Tony Robbins would have it down to a science exactly what kind of wood to use and how to prep the fire to maximize the visual effect while minimizing the risk to his high paying guests.— August 26, 2010 4:05 p.m.
What??? Mr. Upbeat, Tony Robbins, Warns of Gloom
Response to #7, clivingston said: "So what's the problem? Obviously Tony is a very well educated man" That depends on your definition of "educated", I guess. Robbins has a high school education. He learned his "craft" by working for a motivational speaker for 4 years after highschool, Jim Rohn. Rohn claims to have gone to college for 1-1/2 years before dropping out. Rohn in turn learned motivation speaking from John Earl Shoaff. Shoaff was a ninth grade dropout. He created a famous vinyl 33 from one of his talks titled "How To Become a Millionaire" in 1962.— August 26, 2010 3:43 p.m.
What??? Mr. Upbeat, Tony Robbins, Warns of Gloom
Walking across hot coals is nothing but a gimmick. It doesn't matter whether you believe or not, wood (even on fire) is still a poor conductor of heat. If the fire is low and you walk quickly, you won't get burned. You are born with a natural fear of fire, but you also had a natural fear of staying away from the hot oven when you were a little kid. As an adult I'll bet nobody here would think twice about sticking their hand in a 500 degree oven to pull out a pan, because we know from experience that air is also a lousy conductor of heat. I'll bet you will use a proper hotpad though, because metal is a very good conductor of heat, which most people have learned firsthand at some point in their lives.— August 26, 2010 3:22 p.m.
UCSD 35th in USN&WR College Rankings
Response to #26: "If Rollins College is in Florida, I believe my father may have gone there for a semester in the 1920s" =========================================================== Yep, Rollins College is near Orlando, in Winter Park. I don't know, Don, first we find out that you went to the original playboy party school, and now we find out that your dad went to Rollins which is #7 on the 2010 Playboy list.— August 19, 2010 8:09 p.m.