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Hellhole Canyon and Maidenhair Falls
Try this: http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/638/files/ABDSPmap.…— March 14, 2012 10 p.m.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands in San Diego
Many years ago we were in Hawaii while the Concord was at HNL. That bird was quite a sight!— March 13, 2012 10:17 p.m.
Power Chase
refriedgringo, We're over here in Az. for a couple of weeks to watch a little spring training. I haven't been much of a Padres fan in particular for a while, but I still enjoy what you're writing here about baseball. Good Stuff. But I do have one question for you. "This season, Headley hopes to continue to hit well for average, but to also flex more power out of his bat". Flex more power out of his bat? Really? You've gotta be able to come up with something better than that! Way too hokey.— March 13, 2012 9:58 a.m.
Pasteurized History
Absolutely agree with you RFG. Maybe it's my age, but "back in the day", my "day" anyhow, it was always f***in' a right. If you just said F***in' A, that was more like saying MotherF****r. I guess it's just context and one's accentuation. (Insert George Carlin routine here)— March 13, 2012 9:44 a.m.
How Shames Threatened UCAN Staff with Mass Firings
surfpuppy619 I'm kinda surprised that you're not aware of this. I can't recall the exact name of the legislation, but it was in the budget bill that Clinton signed into in his first year in office. As I remember it, as is typical, every Repub voted against the budget bill in the House and Gore ended up having to cast the deciding vote in the Senate because some Dems also voted against it. Imagine how much more money would be spent trying to influence Congress if it was still tax deductible.— March 3, 2012 11:16 a.m.
UCAN Joins Fight Against Utility's Treatment of Customers
I didn't detect a direct answer in there, but if I can decipher what you said, then it appears the answer to the question is yes, you buy stocks based on an expectation of a good roi. So given that, what else is it that you consider, what other factor would stop you from buying something that has a good return and is within your budgetary/risk constraints? By way of disclosure, let me say this. We have been invested in the market for quite awhile, about 35 yrs, give or take. I would say the 2 things we have always looked at are what kind of return are we going to get and the longevity of the investment. We have always tried to invest in stocks that would give us good returns over a long period of time. I'm just uncertain as to what other considerations you think would override those things. Maybe it's just my market naivety, but anything else would seem to be counterintuitive.— February 28, 2012 9:15 a.m.
UCAN Joins Fight Against Utility's Treatment of Customers
Obviously, the climate in SD is more suited for solar PV use than is Germany. However, you might be interested to know that according to the EPIA, in 2011 Germany had the largest installed PV capacity in the EU, about 24.7K mw. That is around 70% of the entire amount of solar pv in the EU and it also represents about 20% of Germany's power usage. And I believe the overall cost of electricity has been reduced as well, even to non PV customers. It seems that Germany has less to work with, yet they still do a better job. What was it Tom Devoe said, "if you want things done, put a German on it."— February 27, 2012 7:45 a.m.
UCAN Joins Fight Against Utility's Treatment of Customers
Mr. Bauder, as I recall, don't you have a good portion of your retirement funds invested in stocks, something around 40%? And didn't you recently say you were going to be buying more , I think you said because of the way the Fed is pumping things up? Surely you can't expect us to believe that with that much of your retirement in the market, with more to come, that you don't expect a good return on your investment. In fact, haven't you said something to the effect that you ONLY invest in stocks that have a good return?— February 27, 2012 7:14 a.m.
UCAN Joins Fight Against Utility's Treatment of Customers
The goal was 20% by 2010. SCE had a little over 19%, and PG&E had almost 18% but SDGE is lagging big time, less than 12%. That said California by far has the most grid connected PV capacity, almost 1/2 of the US total.— February 26, 2012 8:43 p.m.
UCAN Joins Fight Against Utility's Treatment of Customers
I don't know about it being meant to fail. It was a no lose proposition for PG&E, which is why I think it was done for the PR. And I highly doubt it was done in order to promote more nuclear energy. Section 25524.1(b) of the California Public Resources Code prohibits the building of any nuclear fission thermal powerplant requiring the reprocessing of fuel rods until (paraphrasing)the CEC finds the federal gov't has approved a demonstrated technology or means for the permanent and terminal disposal of high-level nuclear wastes. Put simply, until the feds have a way of disposing nuclear waste, no new plants in Ca. The ban could be repealed by the Legislature, or through a ballot initiative,neither of which is likely any time soon. Every attempt in the Legislature has been killed and nothing has been close to getting on the ballot for a vote. I doubt any of the utilities would waste the time effort and money to even bother, especially considering the opposition they're getting just to relicense the existing reactors. Nope, no more nukes in Ca anytime soon, at least probably not in my lifetime.— February 26, 2012 8:35 p.m.