Texas Jeff
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Anyone heard Trump going on about how he wanted to give money directly to the American people, so they could buy insurance, rather than giving it to the insurance companies? I looked up that plan. It failed in the Senate, but the plan was to establish health savings accounts for each person and have the government make a contribution to the HSA so that the person could buy insurance. Trump's plan was to give each person on an exchange plan a total of $1500. Per year. Unless you are under 50 years old, in which case it was $1000. Per year. In an HSA. To buy health care. For the year. That's what he meant by not giving money to the evil insurance companies and instead giving it directly to the people.
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Texas: * Ron McKelvey, a 23 year old defensive back who was actually 30 at the time and was not named Ron McKelvey. * Edwin Simmons, lost his car, his girlfriend, his clothes, and his consciousness over about a six hour period and ended up naked in some alumni's backyard in Northwest Hills. But nothing is better than: Texas A&M: * Gave Eric Dickerson a gold Trans Am. Eric went to SMU but kept the car.
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UT probably does not get enough time in the Moody Center. Someone else paid for it and UT is only guaranteed a certain number of dates. I think Texas gets about 60 days a year. Plus it gives UT and Austin a second smaller site for shows.
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It’s sort of social. Demented and sad, but social.
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In theory, Calibri is easier to read for those that have difficulty reading, because it is sans-serif. They also increased the default font size. https://www.section508.gov/develop/fonts-typography/ So, the switch was intended to help those with low vision or reading disabilities, which probably is part of the "inclusion" part of DEI. The switch back may make it more difficult for some people to read government docs, so Rubio is saying let's do that.
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Bye Week Fodder- Texas' Historic Game Recommendations
Texas Jeff replied to Sir Ulrich's topic in Football
1977 Texas v Baylor, featuring Earl Campbell, Ham and Lam Jones, some unknown Texas QBs, and a Baylor freshman linebacker named Singletary. Campbell goes through a closet of tear-away jerseys. Artificial turf as cushy as a parking lot. Color man Frank Broyles has to say good things about Texas for three hours. ABC shows both bands at halftime and Teri Garr makes an appearance in a beer commercial. Lots of seats available in the horseshoe and tons of parking around the stadium. Aerial shots of the brand new Erwin Center and the almost new Disch-Falk. -
Texas Jeff started following Tell Me About Texas a&m , Citrus Bowl, Dec 31st - Texas vs Michigan. , I'm graduating after 20 years and 2 others
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New rule: Both teams have to give a field goal to Ed Jones, no matter how they do in the game.
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Main Title - Star Wars original soundtrack
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Both bands marched, last year and this year and probably most other years. Visiting band goes first. When you march as the visiting band you can expect to get mostly booed. At the OU game, you get cheered and booed at the same time and you hear cheers or boos based on what side of the 50 you are on. It is awesome. Yesterday, Longhorn Band shortened their show so that they could split time with the Aggies.
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https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/_/type/replay/categoryId/60459870-f8fc-3b3a-a6b9-d8af4bf19223/startDate/20251128 Regular game: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/0ff26071-eb80-4320-9ac6-083706bddd13 En Español: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/9e249667-b5ce-4b14-ac15-7ac0d14c1077 Sky Cast: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/429d53e4-8554-4f3d-b7bb-5f6169e9d2d3
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Here is a kick-ass article on the history of the tower, the tower lights, and the folks who made it happen: https://jimnicar.com/2020/07/05/tower-light-tower-bright/ The policy as of 1957 was to light the top of the tower orange for football wins and SWC championships, but reserve the entire tower as orange for victories over Texas A&M. And relight it on the Sunday following the game in case any students had been out of town for Thanksgiving and wanted to see it lit.
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Try this, not sure if this is the URL for everyone or just me. They don't keep the SkyCast up forever, usually a few days after the game: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/429d53e4-8554-4f3d-b7bb-5f6169e9d2d3 If not, replays for that day are here: https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/_/type/replay/startDate/20251128
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https://www.dayforce.com/Ceridian/media/documents/resources/The-Retirement-Divide.pdf Low income participation ($15-50k) is about 52% ... but falling a bit. All income full time participation is about 78%.
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Waymo on the highways has the potential to kill rush hour traffic jams. Carpooling used to be a thing. Now not so much. Look around the next time you are stuck in traffic. You will see mostly one driver per car. Carpools are hard to arrange and people might get stuck at work during the day if they need to suddenly get home, or decide to stay late. Waymo charges the same per ride for one person per car or four people per car. It's easy math. If two people are sharing a ride, the cost is cut in half. If four people are in the car, the cost is one fourth. There is a huge economic incentive to find a buddy. Waymo has the chance to bring back carpooling, probably between people that live close to each other and work in the same office. Make multiple pickups in the morning and one drop-off and repeat the process after work. If someone misses a ride or is stuck at work, no big deal. They just take a solo Waymo for the extra ride and lose the cost savings for that day. Nobody has to sit next to a rando on the bus. Assume 10,000 cars take 10,000 people to work each day down a road. If half of those cars have two people, that's now 7,500 cars taking the same number of people. An overnight 25% reduction in traffic. Every person that decides to share a ride and save money will take one car off the road. The Waymos are going to be a lot better than humans at avoiding "traffic waves" by maintaining a constant speed, which will allow all of the traffic to go faster. Waymos are not going to crash which will make the drive even more predictable, save lives, reduce insurance cost and car repairs. It's going to change the commute ... I'm not sure when but it's coming.
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I thought we were going with Mr Fusion.
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