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After two rounds, all conference champs are packing up their stuff: 1. Big 10 Champion 2. SEC Champion 3. Mountain West Champion 4. Big XII Champion 5. SEC runner-up 6. Big 10 runner-up 7. Independent 8. 4th in Big 10 9. 3rd in the SEC 10. 3rd in the Big 10 11. ACC runner-up 12. ACC Champion Only two teams remain that appeared in a conference championship game. Both of those teams are underdogs in the next round.
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Rest in peace Jimmy ... a live well lived and an example to us all. I remember listening to his energy speech, I was in 5th grade I think, and that speech made me want to be part of the solution by conserving energy. All the adults blew it off and we went through the 80's guzzling gas like it was an infinite resource, and I was bummed. Carter was always trying to help his fellow Americans. As a kid, I loved this SNL skit:
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Responding earnestly, they plan to run it up and blame the Dems.
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My take on Robin Hood: It was originally intended to equalize wealth between rich and poor districts. It leveled funding for teachers but it did not level funding for facilities. Texans approved plenty of money for "stuff". When Ross Perot was trying to reform schools in the 80's, artificial turf was rare. Now it is ubiquitous. Now schools have indoor practice facilities and at least one poor district built a water park and a golf course. No one wants to see their football team get their ass kicked by the town down the road, so we fund whatever. While we were all bitching about Robin Hood, the Texas government slowly reduced funding for teachers. It used to be about equal funding, but now it's about capped funding. Austin ISD just raised taxes $180 million per year but only $17 million will make it to teachers, and Austin ISD is now capped on what they can do. Shouldn't Austin ISD have the right to raise their own taxes to what the trustees and the voters think is appropriate, to properly fund education? And should the state be prevented from taking 75% of the extra tax money raised? The state is capping what is possible AND taking local property taxes for themselves AND not even putting that part towards education. Why this is the best course of action is beyond me...
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I would like to point out, at this juncture, that there is exactly one team that was in the playoffs last year that is also in the playoffs this year. That team is the only team from last year that still has the same coach. That team has a mascot so big that a domed stadium cannot hold it. Texas could possibly beat the ACC champs, then the Big XII champs, then the Big Ten champs, then the SEC champs in consecutive games. No way that has ever been done.
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That is Longhorn Band playing a very short arrangement of the main theme from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Ennio Morricone, designed to fit in between plays:
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Seeing the words to the Aggie War Hymn on ABC was hilarious. It needed a bouncing ball so that folks could follow along.
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Wikipedia says 26-22-2 going back to 1915. 1915 was the 13-0 game that lead to Bevo's name. Texas neither scored nor won in College Station until 1923. Texas did not get another win in CS until 1941.
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No. It was really quiet ... Longhorn Band left the field to drum taps and applause. Here it is, starting after Amazing Grace. LHB played an arrangement of "taps" and marched off. The Aggie Band performed next, since they were the home team.
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I would be amazed that someone making $400k to $999k can't build wealth. Here's a chart showing US household income by percentage. Only the top 3% are above $400k. The bottom 97% make less. One problem with being in those higher income brackets is that you are much more likely to live close to someone making a lot more than you. If you are in the middle, everyone in your neighborhood is about the same. Folks on the right see people close to them that are making significantly more. Maybe you make a lot more than your neighbor and that person feels they are not "wealthy" because you fly first class while they are in coach, but maybe you feel you are not "wealthy" because you are in first class and they have a private jet. You are all wealthy compared to the guy riding Greyhound, but maybe you don't feel it.
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Lots of data out there: https://data.utsystem.edu/data-index/applied-admitted-enrolled Only about 30% of UT system students come from the top 10% of their class. UT Austin gets the press by limiting admission to top 6%/top 5%, but most system schools are not as picky. UT Austin has a 30% acceptance rate. UT Dallas is second with a 65% rate. Everyone else is above 80% and UTEP is at 100%. Top Ten percent reports for UT Austin: https://provost.utexas.edu/automatic-admission-reports/ Most UT students are from major or "central city" suburbs (50%), followed by major or "central city" urban areas (29%), with a smidge of kids from other towns or rural areas (3%). The rest come from other sources, private schools, school not reported, and other categories.
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Hmmm, I suspect that the "free" tuition is on top of things like Pell Grants (federal assistance). The kid fills out the FAFSA and gets some federal assistance, then UT tops that off to cover tuition. UT Austin's tuition and fees are about $14,000 per year. A federal Pell Grant might be around $5,000 per year. So they are shaving maybe another $9,000 per year off of annual expenses. The kid still has to pay for housing and food, but the kid would have had to pay for housing and food *somewhere* for four years. UT Austin estimates those "other" costs at around $20,000 per year, and around $13,000 per year if the kid is living with their parents. Students costs through work-study programs (like working for Rec Sports or at the library) and some have part-time jobs off campus. Some are doubled up on housing (two to a room) and are paying half the "normal" rent. Some have efficiency rentals that are reserved for low income students. Many get summer internships or stipends during their last few years on campus as they get farther along in their degree. The "free tuition" takes off a layer of cost to make it a little easier. Not completely paid for, but one step towards a more level playing field.
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BTW, Montgomery is about an hour's drive from Auburn. It's like A&M putting their Texas pep rally at a park in Temple.
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Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
Texas Jeff replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
That is totally a map of the Metroplex. It's missing a few loops but the rest is there.
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