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Texas Tech President Guy Bailey said he would've wanted Tech to have been part of any mass move of Big 12 Conference schools to the Pac-12 Conference, but wasn't surprised when Pac-12 presidents voted against expansion late Tuesday.
Published reports this week indicated there was a chance Tech, Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State could be added to the Pac-12, but Tuesday's vote nixed the possibility.
"Had our three biggest rivals in the conference gone to the Pac-12, we'd have wanted to go," Bailey said Wednesday. "The key thing for us, and the reason the Big 12 is a good fit for us is we have three — really four; put Baylor in there, too — very good rivals.
"If we played Texas here or OU or OSU, we're going to fill the stadium, and we have very long rivalries with those schools. ... We want to be in the same conference with them. That's our interest, being in the conference with those schools."
Bailey would not say to what extent Tech might have had conversations with the Pac-12 and what form such talks took, but he indicated Tech would have been part of any move alongside Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
"If they moved, the Big 12 would have fallen apart, and we would have certainly gone as well," he said.
One of the apparent sticking points was the Pac-12's unwillingness to make special accommodations for Texas' Longhorn Network, the 20-year, $300 million arrangement between UT and ESPN. UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds told media Wednesday in Austin that sharing Longhorn Network revenue is not a consideration.
Though the Longhorn Network has been a source of contention among some Big 12 schools who see it as an unfair advantage, Bailey said he doesn't blame UT.
"What I've told people all along is, if I could have done the Longhorn Network at Texas Tech, I would have done it," Bailey said. "I would love to have Red Raiders sports in everybody's home and have the profits from that as well.
"They were doing what was in the best interests of their institution, and that's what all of us have to do. The thing that caught people off-guard is most people didn't realize how successful that would be. UT licensed their third-tier rights to ESPN, and most people didn't realize how aggressive ESPN would be. There was some initial shock over that, but Texas didn't do anything we wouldn't have done had we been able to do it, and that's simply monetize third-tier rights."
The Big 12 has been in peril for more than a year. After Nebraska and Colorado decided to leave the league in the summer of 2010, the Big 12 seemed on the verge of dissolving when Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott investigated the possibility of adding several schools, including Tech, from the Big 12 South.
The mass exodus west didn't happen then either, but Texas A&M recently set off another wave of instability when it announced plans to leave the league in 2012.
Bailey said Tech has had to consider its options carefully in the last few weeks and is reluctant to break with the other big instate schools such as Texas.
"We would like very much to be in a conference with Texas — even better in a conference with both Texas and Texas A&M," Bailey said. "If you simply come to a game with one of those schools, you understand why — it packs the stands. If you have Texas on your schedule, you have a sellout, and you also know there will be some Texas fans who will buy (Texas Tech) season tickets just to be at the Texas game. So it's very important for us to have that rivalry."
Bailey said Tech splitting from Texas would be akin to Alabama and Auburn deciding to abandon their bitter rivalry by one leaving the Southeastern Conference.
"They'd have to do a whole lot of thinking before they did anything like that," he said. "That rivalry is part of what makes football in the state of Alabama so exciting, and we think our rivalry with Texas is part of what makes football in Texas so exciting. Breaking those bonds would really require a lot of thought. You really don't want to go too far away from your rivals."
Bailey said he thinks there's a good chance the league will survive, but recognized there's "still a lot of work to be done."
Tech coach Tommy Tuberville, an advocate for keeping the Big 12 together, said after Wednesday's practice the tide might be turning in that direction.
"I think everybody wants to keep this thing going," Tuberville said. "There have to be some things happen, and I think we're getting more talk of that happening than we are this thing splitting up."
The Oklahoman, using an unnamed source, reported Wednesday that Oklahoma and Oklahoma State informed the Pac-12 early Tuesday they wouldn't apply for membership. The two schools were actually using the Pac-12 threat as leverage, the Oklahoman reported, while trying to unite other Big 12 members on league reforms. Among those reforms was seeking the removal of Commissioner Dan Beebe, revisiting revenue-sharing issues and seeking five-year commitments from league members.
Bailey would not say whether Tech would support a push for Beebe's removal, calling it an issue that should be determined in a closed forum.
On Sunday, the Austin American-Statesman and Orangebloods.com, a Rivals.com network affiliate, reported that the Pac-12 was working on final details to bring the four Big 12 teams into their fold. The reports said it wasn't a done deal.
Bailey said there was never a formal proposal, and he wasn't surprised when Pac-12 presidents said no to expansion two days later.
"The whole situation is very complicated, but we didn't expect any expansion to the Pac-12," he said. "There was never a formal proposal and never really very extensive discussions. I think some preliminary discussions, but nothing ... . What you read about was way ahead of anything that was actually ever happening."
Bailey said by late Sunday and early Monday it was "clear to me that it wouldn't happen."
Asked why, he said, "There was still a great deal of interest at that point in preserving the Big 12. Even though we certainly have some issues to work through and everybody would acknowledge that, there was still a great deal of interest in preserving the Big 12. I was a little surprised at everything in print, because it was way ahead of what any of the institutions were thinking."
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Arsenal will welcome back Nicklas Bendtner and Johan Djourou for the trip to Fenerbahce on Tuesday.
Both youngsters missed the victory over Everton at the weekend, the Dane had an ankle problem while the Swiss defender had suffered concussion on international duty. But, speaking on Monday morning, Wenger said both will be OK for the Champions League Group G tie in Turkey.
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"The Hard Way" is a return to form for Azzarello and Risso's 100 Bullets after a rather lackluster and meandering detour in the disappointing volume 7 of the collected edition. Volume 8 moves the story to New Orleans, and considerably improves upon characterization, plotting and overall narrative coherence. Best of all, Azzarello's writing actually lives up to the high quality of Eduardo Risso's artwork, something which has not been true of earlier volumes. Here's hoping the high level attained in this volume will remain the norm as this series enters the final stretch.
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Victoria police have confirmed they are testing the DNA of a Surrey man to rule out the possibility he may be Michael Dunahee, who mysteriously vanished from an elementary school playground more than 22 years ago.
Posting on a canucks.com forum, the man said he was contacted by Victoria police because they had received tips that he bears a "remarkable resemblance" to Michael, the four-year-old who disappeared on March 24, 1991, with his parents nearby. He would be 27 today.
"I was contacted by Victoria police at my old work … and obviously I didn't belive [sic] them at first," the man wrote.
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He said he went to many different schools and moved around a lot when he was young, but can't remember much from before Grade 1.
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Skate Park To Be Named In Honour Of Adam Yauch?
Residents of Brooklyn Heights, New York have started a petition, campaigning to rename the rapper's local park, Squibb Park, in honour of Adam "MCA" Yauch.
Residents of Brooklyn Heights, New York have started a petition, campaigning to rename the rapper's local park, Squibb Park, in honour of the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch.
Yauch was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and succumbed to the disease earlier this month, aged 47.
Billboard reports that Squibb Park is currently undergoing renovations to be turned into a skate park. The campaign's Facebook page, Facebook.com/adamyauchpark, writes:
"Squibb Park in Brooklyn Heights, NY is currently undergoing a transformation into a skateboarding facility and gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Brooklyn Heights Blog community believes that it would be a fitting tribute to name it after Brooklyn Heights native, musician, humanitarian Adam Yauch (MCA) of the Beastie Boys."
They continue: "Adam Yauch Park sits directly across the street from the Harry Chapin Playground which is also named after a great Brooklyn Heights resident, musician and humanitarian."
Yauch was also recently honoured by the local government in his home state. The rapper, who grew up in New York and lived there throughout his life, was honoured by the city's state senate last week.
The state senate passed a resolution which declared that it was "mourning the death of famed rapper and activist Adam 'MCA' Yauch", writing that he "exemplified New York" and helped rejuvenate the city during the band's influential early years.
The senate also praised Yauch's work outside of the band, which included his pro-Tibet Milarepa Fund and the film distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories. In the resolution, they described him as "a man of colossal talent and charisma".
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Green Day, Eminem, Weezer, Tom Morello and Slash are among the bands and musicians who have paid tribute to Yauch, who died on May 4.
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According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the New England Patriots will ease running back Shane Vereen onto the field against the Carolina Panthers during Monday Night Football. It has now been two full months since Vereen last played back in Week 1 when he touched the ball 21 times for 159 total yards. There are actually conflicting reports circulating about Vereen's potential playing time. Another reporter doesn't agree with Schefter's report..
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The former Cal runner is a solid flex play in coming weeks, but not this week. He should approach 15 to 20 touches with good yardage. This makes him a quality PPR play to close out the season. It's important to be realistic though. His Week 1 numbers will not be how he performs on a weekly basis. That's probably about as well as he can do since the Pats abandoned RB Stevan Ridley in that game.


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Nice AAR, thanks for sharing.
This is a discussion on AAR - Sig Saur Academy Rifle Skill Builder within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Class: Sig Saur Academy Rifle Skill Builder Date: 8/12/2011 Location: Sig Academy, NH Cost: $150 Ammo required: You should have brought more than you did… ...
Class: Sig Saur Academy Rifle Skill Builder
Date: 8/12/2011
Location: Sig Academy, NH
Cost: $150
Ammo required: You should have brought more than you did…
Instructor: Scott Reidy
Gear Used: Bushmaster AR, Spike's Tactical .22lr Conversion, Black Dog Mags, GG&G sling mounts, Original SOE Sling. Federal Bulk pack .22lr ammo. Blade Tech belt mounted AR mag carrier (just one – additional mag carried in rear pocket)
Glock 19 was carried, but not used as the class was for rifle, not pistol.
Adventure Medical Kit Hunter pocket trauma pack with quick-clot (right rear pocket) & CSMgear McMillan Tourniquet (shirt pocket)
None used.
It was a beautiful day in New Hampshire. The weather was perfect. Mid 80's with a breeze. Minimal humidity. Considering I've never done any firearm training in good weather, either having it excessively hot or bitter cold, it was a very interesting experience not getting heat stroke or frostbite while shooting.
Of course, I went and messed it up by getting up at 3AM to drive from Bridgeport, CT to Sig Academy, so things were 100% normal for me so far.
If there is no suffering, I would not be having any fun at all.
Let me first start off by saying Sig's facility is impressive in size and completeness. Classrooms. Indoor range. Short outdoor range, rifle ranges and more I didn't see.
And EVERYTHING was clean. Very clean. I'm not just talking about the classrooms or the landscaping. If you are looking to take a course with your girlfriend, wife or significant other, yes…the range's outhouse was clean. Sig's facility management people are not slackers, and it shows.
The safety briefing was complete. They ID'd the first responders, gave emergency directions, and gave duties to people who weren't directly involved in trauma care (Get on phone to 911, inform them it was a training accident because when you mention gunfire, you get cops when you need paramedics….give the location which range they were on and having people assigned to go to the gate and guide EMS to the injury), and they had a full medical kit on the range.
Then we started shooting.
You will notice my comment above regarding ammunition requirements. Dear me, we shot. Did I mention shooting? Because we shot…
We started by reviewing sight offset, then adjusting for it. We next proceeded to zero our guns at 50 yards. Scott was very helpful in adjusting my sights till he saw my groups were hitting where they should.
Then we began drills from close range (5yd to 15yd), practicing presentation and weapon manipulation.
We went further out to 25, 35 & 50, did advancing and retreating while firing and proceeded to pivots right and left, and sidestepping and firing.
It was well run, paced so you were challenged, but not overwhelmed and at any time if you had a problem the instructor was available to assist.
We then ran some timed drills…I'm slow. This was the first time I've ran a rifle seriously since spring of last year. I've shot at the range, but haven't done drills in a long time.
Yes, I do practice reloads with snap-caps & the like…but it's not the same as a day of shooting.
We closed out the day with barricade drills shooting steel. My lack of practice showed, because I was taught to be able to switch shoulders when shooting from the left side, and I just couldn't do it. (I need to work that…)
Someone's short barrel AR's muzzle blast got too close to the plywood and blew a piece off with the muzzle blast.
Eye protection. It is a good thing. Everyone had theirs on as they should have. No problems, but dam, what a demo of the power unleashed in a 5.56mm rifle's muzzle blast…
People can joke about it being a poodle shooter… Respect the muzzle blast, or hope the ER has an eye surgeon on call.
What worked:
The Spike's conversion kit rocked. I had a few stoppages, but that's the price of doing business for $18 for 500 rounds of ammo. Most stoppages were cleared easily, one required the rifle to be opened up but was cleared easily.
It needed to be run wet. .22lr is dirty, and while the kit is chromed, oil is a good thing. I would have used lithium grease, but didn't bring any.
Federal bulk pack ammo had no FTF or FTE's on empty brass. A few failed to eject when the weapon was hot, but racking the bolt cleared them after a few tries.
O-SOE sling & GG&G mounts functioned fine.
What Didn't:
Me. I didn't work.
I need to get faster. I need to get a lot faster. I was running a super-heavy .22lr against other people's light 5.56mm rifles.
Speed is a definite problem for me that needs to be addressed.
Running a rifle with iron sights in a class full of people running red dots is a great challenge. Iron sights are noticeably slower, and sometimes finding the front sight was a problem. The sun washed it out of my vision, and at times I was looking through the rear aperture, seeing a post…then having to confirm "is that my front sight? Oh, nope…Ah, that's it…"
That's not an excuse for being slow…or out of practice.
It is, however, an observation on why professionals are running red dots. They are faster, easier to focus on the dot with and in the run I did with another student's gun, much easier to work with, especially on transitions & reacquiring the sight after reloading.
Situational awareness is much greater. Even if your situation awareness is reduced to the limits of your sight, it still gives you a lot more to see than the AR's iron sights.
Will I get a red dot…probably not. I'm not a professional rifle user, and I'd rather spend the money on another class than on an enhancement to a weapon system that simply isn't a daily carried item, or one trained seriously with all that often, and used seriously even less.
If I was a cop, soldier or someone who used his rifle often, it would be a necessity.
For me, I feel that the cash would be better spent on more training to get better with the weapon as it is now, or on a defensive driving or trauma care class, or get a stock that fits be a little better (Mine is a fixed position, fully extended Fake-Telescoping Ban State stock) than a red dot.
All optics I saw were zero magnification. Someone may have had a magnifier on his gun, but I didn't get a chance to see that closely. It was a tube mounted behind his red dot, but like I said, I didn't really look.
In thinking back, I also must have developed a really bad tendency to drop my gaze on a reload to make sure the rifle picked up a new round when I racked the bolt. A few times I loaded the Black Dog mags with too many rounds and it refused to feed. Downloading solved that problem, but I have in my head this image of the bolt being ran right in front of my face, so I must have been doing it a lot.
Further observation:
Claude Werner's 1000 days of dryfire program is paying off. Accuracy and trigger control worked on a J-frame returned it's investment on trigger control with an AR.
Awkward positions were only a problem in terms of body position, stabilizing the rifle and getting the sights. Once I had that, it was a point & click interface. Precision accuracy one hole groups – no. Placing shots in the face or 8 inch circle of the chest – Yes.
Fitness matters. Rifle drills are physical. If you are not in good shape, you will feel it. Jumping rope ½ hour almost every day and dropping 10 pounds this year paid off. I may have been tired due to the long day, but the class didn't overwhelm me…and last year it probably would have killed me for lack of cardio.
Sig's loaner rifle the guy next to me was using didn't have a single stoppage that I could see. Ammo used was Federal MX193 in the loaner gun, as well as the instructor's SBR. That SBR performed flawlessly as well.
Oh, it was nice. A piston SBR with a red dot…Sweet. Me Want.
The ammo requirement…The website said 300 rounds. They forgot to put in the words "Minimum". Bring ammo. Praise the L0RD & Pass the ammo…but really, Ammo.
This was a very good thing. I would hate to drive 4 hours, then ****** and talk on the range instead of shoot, then drive home thinking "I wish we shot more…"
Believe me, thinking "I wish we shot more…" was the LAST thing on my mind as I drove home. What was on my mind was "Bring an extra set of car keys, you jerk." Because I thought I lost mine during the class and lets just say I didn't have good feelings about that…
Not that spending the weekend at SIG wouldn't be cool…I'd just rather do it when I chose to than when I needed to.
Would I do the class again:
It was a great value, instruction was excellent, pace of the class was great, and it challenged the students on the drills.
For people who don't normally work out with a rifle, I'd say it was an even better value than for people who use it regularly. It is a perishable skill, and unless practiced you will loose it.
It was a great progression from basics to more complex skills over the course of the day which blew the rust off at the same time as teaching & testing.
I hope they do a pistol skill builder & a trauma care skill builder as well.
Last edited by rstickle; August 15th, 2011 at 08:02 AM. Reason: Language work around
Nice AAR, thanks for sharing.
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
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Good AAR...Thanks for sharing...
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20th Century Repeal: Fox News Attacks Estate Tax
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Continuing their war on the progressive accomplishments of the 20th century, Fox News is now attacking as illegitimate the estate tax, which was established in its current form in 1916. According to the proposed framework agreed to by President Obama and congressional Republicans, the tax would only impact roughly 3,500 estates in 2011 and would raise over $11 billion.
Fox Personalities Demonize Estate Tax As Illegitimate
Napolitano: "What Right Does The Government Have To Take Money From The Dead?" For Business host Andrew Napolitano, after explaining the terms of the estate tax agreed to in the President's proposed tax plan, asked, "But why should the government be entitled to confiscate a single penny of anyone's possessions simply because he died?" He went on to ask, "What right does the government have to take money from the dead rather than let the dead give it to his or her children?" and to comment, in referring to guests who supported an estate tax, "you're all in favor of taking money the dead." [Fox Business, Freedom Watch, 12/7/10]
Napolitano: "The Government Has No Moral Right To Take From Us That On Which We Have Already Paid Taxes." Discussing the estate tax on Fox & Friends, Napolitano said:
NAPOLITANO: But the big picture is, the government has no moral right to take from us that on which we have already paid taxes. We should decide where our estates go: to our children, to our loved ones. Not to bureaucrats in Washington.
When confronted with the 16th Amendment to the Constitution as legal justification for the tax, Napolitano replied, "Repeal the 16th amendment! Get rid of the IRS! We'd all be a lot happier." [Fox & Friends, 12/10/10]
Kelly: "If I Work All My Life And I Pay My Taxes On My Income And Then I Die And I Want To Pass ... An Estate To My Kids, Why Should I Pay The Government Again?" From an interview of Rep. Anthony Weiner by Fox News host Megyn Kelly:
KELLY: If I work all my life and I pay my taxes on my income and then I die and I want to pass on what would be great if it were a $5 million dollar estate to my kids, why should I pay the government again? Why should there be a 35 or 45 or 55 percent tax on that again?
WEINER: You aren't paying anything in that case because you'll be dead.
KELLY: Yes, well, the estate is, and that's less for my children.
WEINER: But you -- the only question is, look, I believe -
KELLY: No, no, you're not -- answer my question. How is that fair?
WEINER: Megyn, Megyn, you're going to have to let me answer the question if we're going to have a conversation that gets us anywhere.
KELLY: Go ahead.
WEINER: The only question here is not whether or not there should be a tax on that, the question is where the limit should be and how much should be withheld -
KELLY: No, I'll ask the question and you're not answering. Just tell me: How is it fair? [Fox News' America Live, 12/08/10]
O'Reilly: "This Is A Seizure Of Private Property. Where In The Constitution Does It Say The Government Can Seize Private Property?" From Bill O'Reilly's December 9 interview with Kelly:
O'REILLY: Look, this is interesting. Weiner did what [Rep. Charles] Rangel did, you know, at the top of the program. He's basically not going to answer the question, your question. He's going to answer whatever question he wants to answer.
KELLY: He didn't want to answer why it's fair.
O'REILLY: Right. And what I would have brought into Weiner and you wouldn't have gotten an answer anyways -- look, this is a seizure of private property. Where in the Constitution does it say the government can seize private property? That's what it is. Because as you rightly pointed out, it's already been taxed.
KELLY: Right.
O'REILLY: This is a double tax.
KELLY: And his answer was no it isn't, because you pay taxes on it, but your children haven't paid taxes on it.
O'REILLY: Right. You're dead and the children don't earn --
KELLY: They'd never paid taxes so they're going to get hit. But they're getting hit for the first time. So, in his world, one and one doesn't equal two.
O'REILLY: But all you wanted to know, all Megyn Kelly want to know was how is this fair?
KELLY: Justify it.
O'REILLY: Right.
KELLY: Yes, go ahead and justify it.
O'REILLY: And he didn't want to do that.
KELLY: No, because, you know, the basic philosophy is and I've read a lot about this lately is it's basically a wealth redistribution policy where they say --
O'REILLY: Of course.
KELLY: -- you know, we take from the super rich and it's not unfair because we don't take that much from the super rich and we feel like --
O'REILLY: Do you understand the philosophical justification behind it? Because he could have gone to that. The philosophical justification for the liberal community is: you owe it to your country because your country provided you the opportunity of becoming a zillionaire. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 12/09/10]
Estate Tax Compromise Would Hit A Small Number Of Extremely Wealthy Estates
AP: "[T]he [Estate] Tax Would Affect Just 0.14 Percent Of All Estate In 2011, Or About 3,500 Estates, Generating About $11.2 Billion In Revenue" The Associated Press reports that the recently agreed-to tax deal between Obama and Congressional Republicans exempts the first $5 million of an individual's estate, with a top rate of 35 percent. AP reports that the tax would hit 3,500 estates in 2011 and generate roughly $11.2 billion in revenue. the AP article:
More than 40,000 estates worth $1 million to $10 million would be expected to escape inheritance taxes next year under the deal struck by Republicans and President Barack Obama.
The package would leave only about 3,500 of the largest estates subject to federal taxes next year, a boon for the wealthy that many House Democrats say they can't accept.
The federal estate tax reaches fewer than 1 percent of inheritances, but it has long been a political lightening rod among lawmakers from both parties. Many Republicans want to eliminate the estate tax altogether, derisively calling it a "death tax" that makes it hard for parents to transfer small businesses to their children.
Estate tax opponents got their wish this year, when the tax was temporarily repealed. But the tax holiday will be short-lived because, under current law, the estate tax is scheduled to return next year with a top rate of 55 percent for estates larger than $1 million for individuals and $2 million for married couples.
The package Obama negotiated would set the top rate at 35 percent and exempt the first $5 million of an individual's estate. Couples could exempt $10 million.
At those levels, the tax would affect just 0.14 percent of all estates in 2011, or about 3,500 estates, generating about $11.2 billion in revenue, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a Washington research group.
Under the current law, more than 44,000 estates are projected to be taxed next year based on the number of estate-holders in that value bracket who are likely to die. That would generate $34.4 billion in taxes. [AP, 12/9/10]
Tax Policy Center: Preliminary Estimates Show Tax Deal Would Hit Only 50 "Small Farms And Businesses" in 2011. Furthermore, TPC preliminary estimate indicate that the proposed estate tax would hit only 50 "Small Farms And Businesses," defined as "[e]states for which farms and business assets comprise at least half of gross estate and total $5 million or less." For these estates, the average tax rate is estimated to be 7.4 percent. For all estates affected by the tax, the average tax rate is estimated to be 14.4 percent. [Tax Policy Center, accessed 12/10/2010]
U.S. Has Taxed Estates Since The 18th Century; Modern Estate Tax Implemented Nearly A Century Ago
IRS: "Modern Estate Tax" dates to 1916." In "The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting," prepared by the Internal Revenue Service, authors Darien B Jacobson, Brian G. Raub, and Barry W. Johnson write of "The Modern Estate Tax":
The years immediately following the repeal of the inheritance tax were witness to an unprecedented number of mergers in the manufacturing sector of the economy, fueled by the development of a new form of corporate ownership, the holding company. This resulted in the concentration of wealth in a relatively small number of powerful companies and in the hands of the businessmen who headed them. Along with such wealth came great political power, fueling fears over the rise of an American plutocracy and sparking the growth of the progressive movement. Progressives, including President Theodore Roosevelt, advocated both an inheritance tax and a graduated income tax as tools to address inequalities in wealth.This thinking eventually led to the passage of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution and the enactment of the Federal income tax. It was not until the advent of another war, World War I, that Congress would enact the Federal estate tax.
The Revenue Act of 1916 (39 Stat. 756) created a tax on the transfer of wealth from an estate to its beneficiaries, and thus was levied on the estate, as opposed to an inheritance tax that is levied directly on beneficiaries. It applied to net estates, defined as the total property owned by a decedent, the gross estate, less deductions. An exemption of $50,000 was allowed for residents; however nonresidents who owned property in the United States received no exemption. Tax rates were graduated from 1 percent on the first $50,000 to 10 percent on the portion exceeding $5 million. According to the act, taxes were due1 year after the decedent's death, and a discount of 5 percent of the amount due was allowed for payments made within 1 year of death. A late payment penalty of 6 percent was assessed unless the delay was deemed "unavoidable." [IRS.gov, accessed 12/10/2010]
IRS: "Taxation Of Property Transfers At Death Can Be Traced Back To Ancient Egypt As Early As 700 B.C." The IRS report details the history of inheritance taxes, from Egypt, 2,700 years ago, through ancient Rome, the European middle ages, into the modern era. From "The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting":
Taxation of property transfers at death can be traced back to ancient Egypt as early as 700 B.C. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus imposed the Vicestina Hereditatium, a tax on successions and legacies to all but close relatives. Taxes imposed at the death of a family member were quite common in feudal Europe, often amounting to a family's annual property rent. By the 18th century, stamp duties and registration fees on wills, inventories, and other documents related to property transfers at death had been adopted by many nations, including that of the newly formed United State of America." [IRS.gov, accessed 12/10/2010]
IRS: "In 1797...Federal Stamps Were Required On Wills Offered For Probate, As Well As On Inventories And Letters Of Administration." Furthermore, "[t]he tax on the receipt of legacies was levied on bequests larger than $50, from which widows (but not widowers), children, and grandchildren were exempt. From "The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting":
In 1797, the U.S. Congress chose a system of stamp duties a source of revenue in order to raise funds for a Navy to defend the nation's interest in response to an undeclared war with France....Federal stamps were required on wills offered for probate, as well as on inventories and letters of administration. Stamps also were required to receipts and discharges from legacies and interstate distributions of property....The tax on the receipt of legacies was levied on bequests larger than $50, from which widows (but not widowers), children, and grandchildren were exempt....In 1802, the crisis ended, and the tax was repealed. [IRS.gov, accessed 12/10/2010]
IRS: "The Advent Of The Civil War Again Forced The Federal Government To Seek Additional Sources of Revenue, And A Federal Death Tax Was Included In the Revenue Act of 1862." From "The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting":
IN the years immediately preceding to American Civil War, revenue from tariffs and the sale of public lands provided the bulk of the Federal budget. The advent of the Civil War again forced the Federal Government to seek additional sources of revenue, and a Federal death tax was included in the Revenue Act of 1862...[T]he 1862 package included a legacy or inheritance tax in addition to a stamp tax on the probate of wills and letters of administration. Originally, the legacy tax only applied to personal property, and tax rates were graduated based on the legatee's relationship to the decedent, not on the value of the bequest or size of the estate.
By 1864 the mounting cost of the Civil War led to the reenactment of the 1862 Act, with some modifications....The end of the Civil War, and subsequent discharge of the debs associated with the war, gradually eliminated the need for extra revenue provided by the 1864 act. Therefore, in 1870, the legacy and succession taxes were repealed....Between 1863 and 1871, these taxes had contributed a total of about $14.8 million to the Federal Budget. [IRS.gov, accessed 12/10/2010]
IRS: "A Federal Legacy Tax Was Proposed In 1898 As A Means To Raise Revenue For The Spanish-American War...Despite Strong Opposition, The Legacy Tax Was Made Law." From "The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting":
Throughout the last half of the 19th century, the industrial revolution brought about profound changes in the U.S. economy. Industry replaced agriculture as the primary source of wealth and political power in the United States. Tariffs and real estate taxes had traditionally been the primary sources of Federal revenue, both of which fell disproportionately on farmers, leaving the wealth of industrialists relatively untouched...
Against this backdrop, a Federal legacy tax was proposed in 1898 as a means to raise revenue for the Spanish-American War. Unlike the two previous Federal death taxes levied in times war, the 1898 tax proposal provoked heated debate. Despite strong opposition, the legacy tax was made law. Although alled a legacy tax, it was a duty on the estate itself, not on its beneficiaries, and served as a precursor to the present Federal Estate tax...The end of the Spanish-American war came in 1902, and the tax was repealed alter that year. Although short-lived, the tax raised about $14.1 million. [IRS.gov, accessed 12/10/2010]
Tax Foundation: Modern Estate Tax Hits Far Fewer Estates Than In Recent Past. A Tax Foundation report from 1994 explains that "[p]rior to the 1976 Act [reforming the estate tax], estate taxes were paid by approximately seven percent of estates in any given year. After 1987, the estate tax was paid by no more than three-tenths of one percent in a given year." [Tax Foundation, January 1994]
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ComplexityFunction affects set of transformations tried by Simplify
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As part of a large computation, I wanted Mathematica to
simplify expressions of the form Sqrt[c + d/k](c k + d)2,
where k is positive, to (c k + d)^(5/2)/Sqrt[k]
Note that Mathematica knows that the two expressions
are equivalent:
In[1]:=expr1 = Sqrt[c + d/k](c k + d)2;
expr2 = (c k + d)^(5/2)/Sqrt[k];
Simplify[expr1 == expr2, k > 0]
Furthermore, both the LeafCount and the Depth of expr2
are smaller:
In[2]:={LeafCount[#], Depth[#]} & /@ {expr1, expr2}
Out[2]={{19, 6}, {15, 5}}
However Simplify with LeafCount as the ComplexityFunction
leaves expr1 unchanged, while Simplify with Depth as the
ComplexityFunction changes expr1 to expr2:
In[3]:=Simplify[expr1, k > 0,
ComplexityFunction -> LeafCount] // InputForm
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|Pete Weber
|Peter David Weber
August 21, 1962
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|Ten-Pin bowler
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Peter David "Pete" Weber, nicknamed "PDW",[1] (born August 21, 1962 in St. Ann, Missouri), is an American kegler on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. Weber is one of the sport's most active players and is known for his maverick, rebellious personality. Weber is also known for his high backswing and the side rotation he puts on the bowling ball. Weber is featured in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen. He has won 37 titles on the PBA Tour, including a record-tying ten major championships, and another ten titles (four majors) on the PBA50 Tour. Weber has won Bowling's U.S. Open a record five times, and has also won the PBA Senior U.S. Open twice. He is a two-time PBA50 Player of the Year.
Weber grew up in Florissant, Missouri, and, as the son of bowler Dick Weber, was introduced to the sport at the age of two. At the age of 15, Weber was already winning local bowling tournaments against adult players, and, with the help of his father, was able to join the PBA tour at the age of 17 (the former policy required a minimum age of 18). In 1979, Weber started his first year on the professional circuit and participated in 21 tour events, including making one TV appearance. Weber won Rookie of the Year honors in 1980. By 1982, he had won his first PBA title, winning two that season. By the time he was 24 years old, he had already reached the 10-title plateau (becoming the youngest player in PBA history to reach that mark).[2] At age 26, he barely won the PBA National Championship, giving him all three jewels of the PBA's "triple crown" (achieved by winning the U.S. Open, Tournament of Champions and PBA National Championship).
By the early 1980s, Weber had established himself as one of the best bowlers in the world, but his lifestyle saw numerous long binges of alcohol and cocaine use. In a 1985 article in Sports Illustrated, Weber admitted to having spent several weeks on tour in a "complete blackout"—staying up for days on end with cocaine, and drinking a fifth of Jack Daniel's every night. He entered rehab in March 1984.[3] Despite Weber's talent, he was not popular with his bowling peers and was even denied Player of the Year honors in 1987 despite winning the Tournament of Champions and leading the tour in earnings; the award was instead given to Marshall Holman.[4] By 1989, Weber had won 13 PBA Tour titles and had reached over $1 million (USD) in earnings, but his personal life was plagued with problems. By the mid-1990s, Weber had been through two divorces. He went through a three-season stretch (1994–96) without winning a title, and he failed to make a championship round appearance during the entire 1995 season.[5] At the same time, the PBA Tour itself was in decline.
In 2000, the PBA Tour was sold to three former Microsoft executives; Weber was not on the tour during this transitional phase, as he was still serving a six-month suspension given by the former PBA leadership in 1999 due to behavior related to his drinking problem. The new tour ownership saw Weber's flashiness as a potential tool for marketing the PBA to a new audience. By the 2001–02 season, Weber had his career back on track, winning three titles in all. In an interview during the season, Weber remarked:
The new PBA has told me to be animated, and I was already animated to begin with. The new PBA likes me, likes my antics. They think that's what's going to sell the PBA.[1]
On December 4, 2005, Weber overcame a year of trying times both personally and professionally by clinching what was, perhaps, the most emotional title of his career at the 2005 Bowlersparadise.com Classic at Stardust Bowl in Hammond, Indiana. This marked the first television appearance for Weber in 666 days, and it was his first title after the death of his father on February 13, 2005. Weber honored his father after the victory by looking into the ESPN cameras and pointing at the "DW" patch on his sleeve.
Weber's attitude on television has given him a reputation as a brash "action bowler," which some critics view as unsportsmanlike.[6] After icing the title in a televised match against PBA upstart Michael Haugen Jr. in December, 2001, Weber walked back on the approach toward his opponent and shouted, "He's not getting his first one [title] against me, no way!" During the 2010 Dick Weber Open he became furious over the sound a photographer's camera made while he was bowling. In the finals of the 2012 U.S. Open, he repeatedly confronted an audience member who he believed was intentionally distracting him on his shots. He eventually won the 2012 event, his unprecedented fifth U.S. Open title, getting a strike on the final ball of the tenth frame to defeat Mike Fagan by one pin. Weber exploded in a burst of rage and excitement:
YES! GOD DAMN IT! YES! That is why I did it! I'm number five, are you kidding me? That's right! [Turns to audience member] Who do you think you are? I am! Dammit right!
The video footage of Weber's reaction to his win went viral on the Internet [7] and made the Top 10 on ESPN's "SportsNation 101 Celebration Fails" list.
After taking time to cool down, Weber was humble in his post-tournament interview, stating that although he had just surpassed his father and Don Carter in career U.S. Open titles, "I'll never say I'm better than them. They paved the way for us to be here. It was an honor and a privilege to join them when I won my fourth U.S. Open, and it's even more of an honor to be the first one to win five."[8]
In response to critics, Weber said in a 2002 interview: "I'm just doing my job. When I get on TV, I give people what I think they want to see. I guess there are 5-to-10 percent of people who don't like it. Well, too bad."[1]
Weber and his father, Dick, were the first father-and-son combination to ever both earn a title on the PBA Tour.[9] The feat has since been matched three times, by Don/Jimmy Johnson (1990), Don/Eugene McCune (2002) and Guppy/Kyle Troup (2015).
Overall, Weber has won 37 PBA Tour events, including a record ten major titles. His 37th tour win on March 31, 2013 came at age 50 in the Tournament of Champions. His 37 wins places him fourth on the all-time PBA tour titles list, behind only Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (47), Earl Anthony (43) and Norm Duke (38). Weber's 35th Tour win at the end of the 2009-10 season ensured Walter Ray Williams Jr. of his record 7th Player of the Year award, as well as making Williams (then age 50) the oldest ever to win it. Had Weber lost in the final match against Mike Scroggins, then Scroggins would have been named Player of the Year.[10]
Weber's ten majors place him first all-time along with the legendary Earl Anthony, who also has ten. Weber has rolled 80 perfect 300 games in PBA competition through 2016. His five U.S. Open titles are the most of any bowler in PBA history.[11] Weber is one of six PBA players to have earned the career PBA Triple Crown. Upon winning the 2013 Tournament of Champions title, he became the first bowler to win all three jewels of the Triple Crown at least twice in a career (five U.S. Open titles, two PBA World Championship titles, and two wins in the Tournament of Champions).[12] He is also the oldest winner of the U.S. Open (49) and Tournament of Champions (50). His other major win was in the now-defunct Touring Players Championship. The only major that has eluded him to this point is the USBC Masters.
Along with Mike Aulby, Norm Duke, and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Pete is one of only four bowlers to have won at least one standard PBA Tour title in four different decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s).
Weber joined his father in the PBA Hall of Fame in 1998, and he became a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2002. His career PBA Tour earnings of over $3.9 million (through the 2016 season) place him second all-time, behind only all-time titles leader Walter Ray Williams, Jr. Weber, Williams, Norm Duke and Parker Bohn III are the only PBA bowlers to have topped the $3 million mark in career earnings. Through 2012, Weber was also second to Williams in career TV appearances (123) and TV match wins (111). Weber owns 48 PBA Regional titles, the most all-time, in addition to four PBA50 Regional titles.[13]
Weber was ranked 4th on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years," one place behind his father.
Weber joined the PBA50 Tour (formerly PBA Senior Tour) in 2013. His first title on that tour was a major: the 2013 USBC Senior Masters, which he won on June 14. He also won the last PBA50 Tour tournament of the season on his 51st birthday and earned Rookie of the Year honors.[14]
Weber won a second PBA50 major title, his fourth PBA50 title overall, at the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open on June 5, 2015. The win made Pete the second player in history, after Norm Duke, to win the U.S. Open on both the standard PBA Tour and the PBA50 Tour.[15] Weber was named the PBA50 Player of the Year for the 2015 season, after dominating in the earnings, average and competition points categories. It was his first PBA Player of the Year win of any kind.[16]
On May 10, 2016, Weber won the BVL Johnny Petraglia Open on the PBA50 Tour for his third consecutive title in the 2016 season, and seventh PBA50 title overall. He joined fellow PBA Hall of Famer Tom Baker as the only players to ever win three consecutive PBA50 Tour events.[17] In the next PBA50 Tour stop, Weber successfully defended his 2015 PBA Senior U.S. Open crown, and became the only bowler to win four consecutive PBA50 Tour events.[18] Although the winning streak was stopped in the next tournament, Weber made history again later in the season. His victory at the 2016 USBC Senior Masters on June 26 made him the first bowler ever to win five titles in a single PBA50 Tour season.[19] Weber's unprecedented PBA50 season continued on July 28, when he won his sixth title of 2016 in the PBA50 South Shore Open.[20] Despite missing the last three events of the 2016 season due to a hip injury, Weber easily won his second consecutive PBA50 Player of the Year award with 457,200 points – more than 200,000 above the next closest player (Amleto Monacelli with 241,680 points). Weber also averaged a PBA50 record 237.03 for the season, almost nine pins ahead of second-place Norm Duke (228.31).[21]
Weber claimed his first career European Bowling Tour title in 2008, in the 30th Trofeu Internacional, July 22–27, 2008, Ciutat de Barcelona at Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain.
When Pete won his first PBA title in 1982, it was the first time a father (Dick Weber) and son had each captured PBA titles. This has since happened three more times (Don and Jimmy Johnson, Don and Eugene McCune, Guppy and Kyle Troup).
On ESPN's Cold Pizza he mentioned that he has made the 7-10 split four times in his career. He also noted that he is a near-scratch golfer and has six career holes-in-one.
Weber won the 2013 ESPY Award for Best Bowler, defeating fellow nominees Jason Belmonte and Scott Norton.[22]
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Apple's marketing head Phil Schiller says this "may be the most popular new version of an OS in history."
Last week, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook mentioned that overall 500 million iOS devices have been sold across the globe so far.
This would mean that the 300 million running the latest iOS 6 make up 60% of the total installed base, definitely a huge number that clearly shows Apple's attempts to not let its mobile operating system get fragmented.
We'd attribute this high adoption rate to the easy over-the-air installation process and the simply no-sync updating.
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WASHINGTON – Tax the rich and better target the multinationals: The IMF has set off shock waves last week in Washington by suggesting countries fight budget deficits by raising taxes.
Tucked inside a report on public debt, the new tack was mostly eclipsed by worries about the U.S. budget crisis, but did not escape the notice of experts and nongovernmental organizations.
"We had to read it twice to be sure we had really understood it," said Nicolas Mombrial, the head of Oxfam in Washington. "It's rare that IMF proposals are so surprising."
Guardian of financial orthodoxy, the International Monetary Fund, which held its annual meetings with the World Bank last week in the U.S. capital, typically calls for nations in difficulty to slash public spending to reduce their deficits.
But in its Fiscal Monitor report, subtitled "Taxing Times," the IMF advanced the idea of taxing the highest-income people and their assets to reinforce the legitimacy of spending cuts and fight against growing income inequality.
"Scope seems to exist in many advanced economies to raise more revenue from the top of the income distribution," the IMF wrote, noting "steep cuts" in top rates since the early 1980s.
According to IMF estimates, taxing the rich even at the same rates during the 1980s would reap fiscal revenues equal to 0.25 percent of economic output in developed countries.
"The gain could in some cases, such as that of the United States, be more significant," around 1.5 percent of gross domestic product, said the IMF report, which also singled out deficient taxation of multinational companies.
In the U.S. alone, legal loopholes deprive the Treasury of roughly $60 billion in receipts, the global lender said.
The 188-nation IMF said that it did not want to enter into a debate on whether the rich should pay more taxes. But it said: "The chance to review international tax architecture seems to come about once a century; the fundamental issues should not be ducked."
IMF chief Christine Lagarde, kept up the sales pitch for a more just fiscal policy. "It's clearly something finance ministers are interested in, it's something that is necessary for the right balance of public finances," said Lagarde, a former French finance minister, in a panel discussion Wednesday. "There are lot of wasted opportunities," she added.
After the French Socialist government's proposal of a 75 percent tax on the wealthy was overturned by the country's highest court last year, France's finance minister cautiously welcomed the IMF's new direction.
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North Little Rock, AR - The Arkansas Travelers topped the Springfield Cardinals, 5-3, before 5,526 fans at Dickey-Stephens Park on Sunday afternoon.
Arkansas (24-18) struck first with two runs in the bottom of the second against RHP Seth Blair. With one on and two down, LF Drew Heid blooped an RBI single to left, before taking second base on the throw home. Heid then came in on an RBI single by C Mark Fleury for the 2-0 lead.
The Cardinals (22-19) came right back to tie it in the top of the fourth inning. CF James Ramsey led off with a single and swiped second base, before coming home on an RBI double by 1B Xavier Scruggs two outs later. SS Jake Lemmerman bounced an RBI base hit through the middle, scoring Scruggs and tying the score, 2-2.
After Arkansas CF Travis Witherspoon swung the Travelers back in front with a solo homer in the fourth, Springfield tied it again in the top of the fifth. C Cody Stanley started the inning with a base hit, advancing to second on a ground out. LF Mike O'Neill then drove an RBI single to center field, plating Stanley for the 3-3 tie.
That's how things remained until the Travelers rallied in the bottom of the eighth inning. With one away and the bases empty, RHP Kevin Thomas (L, 1-1) induced a ground ball off the bat of 3B Kaleb Cowart, but Cowart reached on an error. RHP Michael Blazek took over to face 1B CJ Cron, who singled to put two on. After an intentional walk to DH Robbie Widlansky, RF Randal Grichuk singled home a pair of runs, lifting the Travelers to the 5-3 lead.
Arkansas RHP Josh Judy (W, 1-0) tossed a 1-2-3 top of the ninth, closing the 5-3 win for the Travelers.
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I'm singing one of my favorite songs again: Winning campaigns spend money on media, not turnout. And I have judicial proof in this year's elections.
There appeared to be little pattern in who won the judicial races, which are now officially nonpartisan. Democrat Sarah Parker won big. But Republican Donna Stroud edged Linda Stephens.
Here's the pattern: the candidates who ran good TV ads – and a lot of them – won: Parker, Stroud, Patricia Timmons-Goodson and Robin Hudson.
Candidates who put their faith and their money into get-out-the-vote campaigns lost.
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Individual Artist Fellowship
The Individual Artist Fellowship program provides grants of up to $7,000 to enable artists to set aside time to work, to purchase supplies and materials, to participate in advanced study, or to pursue other activities that will allow them to achieve their artistic goals. Artists working in contemporary or traditionally based visual, literary, media, or performing arts are eligible to apply to this program. Applicants are encouraged to plan ahead to allow time for developing an adequate and competitive work plan to use fellowship funding.
Fellowship grants award artists pursuing activities that allow them to achieve their artistic goals. This grant program is designed to recognize, reward, and encourage regional artists.
Grant proposals to this program may support a broad range of activities that will have a significant impact on your artistic work. This may include opportunities such as:
- Paying living expenses to free up time to create your art;
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This is not a complete list of eligible opportunities. For more examples of what funding may cover, please read the guidelines.
Who may apply?
To be eligible, an artist must be:
- at least 18 years of age;
- a U.S. citizen, or has attained permanent resident alien status;
- a resident of Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, or St. Louis County for a minimum of six months at the time of application;
- a primary or secondary creator in the visual, literary, or performing arts; and
- not enrolled full-time as a student in an arts related degree program at the time of application.
For complete eligibility requirements and a list of what this program will and will not fund, please read the guidelines.
Important Dates: Please note that starting 2016, the Fellowship grant deadline has been changed.
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