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Churches established in the Oromia region of Ethiopia are about one-third Orthodox Christian Churches, about 18 percent of the population are Protestant Christians, and nearly half of the population practices Islam - unlike other regions in Ethiopia where Christianity is more wide-spread. Churches in Oromia partner with Compassion to meet the needs of their local communities, and serve people in need.
Oromia Region
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One of Ethiopia's nine ethnically based regions, Oromia stretches in an arc from the country's western border to the southwestern corner. It is Ethiopia's largest state in area, and with 27 million people, it is also the largest in population.
More than 90 percent of people in the Oromia region live in the rural areas and work as small-scale farmers.
Coffee is the main cash crop in this region, which produces at least half of all coffee grown in Ethiopia.
Homes of the Oromia region's rural families are simple, sparsely furnished wooden buildings.
To reduce traveling distance, homes are generally scattered across the countryside to be near farm plots.
Roofs are mostly thatched, but rural households are increasingly opting for corrugated-metal coverings.
Few homes have access to electricity, and nearly 40 percent have no toilet facilities. Access to safe water is also a widespread problem.
Regionwide, only 55 percent of males and 36 percent of females older than 10 can read and write.
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About 13 percent of girls ages 15 to 19 have already had their first child.
Compassion Ethiopia works to ensure that every registered child is able to attend school, and it provides additional support, including tutoring, at the child development centers.
Church-based Compassion child development centers provide assisted children in Ethiopia's Oromia region with the resources and learning opportunities they need to overcome poverty.
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More and more churches in Ethiopia's Oromia region are working with Compassion to nurture and protect children.
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Almost from the moment we first heard the astonishing news that Hillary Clinton conducted business while serving as secretary of state on a secret email account operating from a home server and then deleted most of its contents, Democrats have been telling the American public that there was nothing to see so they should just move on. In their favor was the fact that, as bizarre as this scenario was, it was a scandal not directly linked to an actual crime. Republicans had discovered her odd behavior while investigating the Benghazi terror attacks and this encouraged Democrats to think that, no matter how inexplicable her behavior might have been, the public's patience with what seemed like an endless dead end story had long since ended. But last week, the Hillary Clinton email mess got new life when it turned out that, contrary to her assertions, the former secretary of state had not, as she said, turned over all of her work-related emails to the State Department before deleting all other data on the server that Clinton claimed were personal. A subpoena served on Clinton crony Sidney Blumenthal turned up 15 emails that didn't match any of the 30,000 that she turned over to the State Department. This raises two factors that ought to worry Democrats counting on her being the next president. One is that we now know for sure that she lied about the deleted emails not being about official business. The other is that the Blumenthal connection highlights the unholy nexus of official and private business interests that link the Clinton Family Foundation to the Hillary Clinton State Department.
The timing of this discovery couldn't be worse for Hillary since, as our Noah Rothman wrote last week, it comes on the heels of polls showing sizeable numbers of Democrats in crucial early voting states like New Hampshire may be tempted to vote for her socialist challenger Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator offers an authentic left-wing voice to a party that is increasingly shifting to the left. While most Democrats will stick with Hillary, this latest reminder of her mendacity further damages her credibility.
Moreover, it is also a reminder of the unpleasant odor that emanates from the Clinton Foundation. The willingness of the Clintons to raise vast sums of money from individuals and countries that hoped to influence U.S. foreign policy while she served as secretary of state was a shocking conflict of interest. That was especially true of some of the egregious examples uncovered by author Peter Schweizer in his Clinton Cash book, such as the owners of a uranium mine that needed and got State Department approval for its sale to Russia after becoming donors to the foundation.
Blumenthal was a paid consultant to the Foundation while he was also advising Clinton on Libya policy, the subject of the emails that just turned up. Blumenthal had never even visited the country, but the longtime Clinton political hit man had business interests there and was seeking to influence the secretary's decisions about U.S. strategies in the strife-torn North African country. The emails also appear to reveal that contrary to another of Hillary's assertions, his advice was not unsolicited and that she encouraged him to keep the information coming.
What does this mean?
In Clinton's favor, the emails still provide no direct link to a felony either involving her emails or the foundation. But the Blumenthal emails show that is clear that there were at least some, if not quite a lot of emails relating to official business that were deleted when she had her home server wiped. We'll never know what those said. But what we do know is that she has lied about them. Moreover, we also know that this shows that foundation connections were inextricably tied up with official state department policy discussions. Democrats, like ranking Benghazi panel member Rep. Elijah Cummings, may complain that the committee is focused solely on investigating Hillary Clinton but blaming this all on a "vast right-wing conspiracy" won't end questions that have caused most Americans to tell pollsters they don't trust the former First Lady.
The email story has legs because we now know Hillary not only didn't follow President Obama's advice about transparency but also lied about she was doing with her records. None of this would be a subject for discussion if she had used a government email or hadn't wiped her server clean. Nor would there be grounds for suspicion if the Clintons weren't operating a political slush fund under the guise of a charity that raised billions but gave little of it to directly help the poor.
As it has been repeatedly said in the last few months, if not being indicted is the sole criteria for electing a person to the presidency, it's likely Hillary Clinton will qualify. But if even the New York Times is prepared to admit that the Blumenthal emails contradict Clint's assertions, Democrats know their presumptive nominee has a serious problem. the continuing questions will help Sanders undermine her juggernaut and cause her to have to fight harder for her party's nomination and drift farther to the left to do so. That doesn't mean she can't ultimately win the presidency. But the higher the pile of Clinton lies grows, the easier it is to imagine that she will not be taking the oath of office in January 2017.

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design. Beautiful old facade and a quirky modern interior very ingeniously modelled to bring as much natural light as possible to a mid terrace historical building. The rooms were clean and equipped with all the necessary, hairdryer, coffee making facilities etc. Our room was one of the bigger rooms at the frony with 2 windows off street. Some reviews state that there is little natural light in other rooms which face onto the atrium. We were fortunate in this respect but even so the design of the interior of the building makes up for it. Breakfast was simple, continental or eggs. While it received poor reviews on other websites, and broccoli wouldn't be my choice for breakfast, one wouldn't starve. It it's a large fry up you are after then you would be disappointed. Then again I would be disappointed if it was on offer, having just flown all the way to Budapest to sample its diversity of culture!. Staff were very helpful and all spoke good english which is always embarrasing as I dont speak any hungarian. All in all , great.city, great people. Would recommend highly to everyone.
Would not recommend
Beautiful little 'boutique style' place. Nice value, three stars (hotel claims four in their lobby ad). However we were not made aware that this is regarded as a high crime area. No notices were posted and NO SECURITY people were evident. As we
checked out from the hotel everything of value that we owned was stolen. The hotel video showed that our car was 'stalked' by obviously professional thieves for over six minutes. Any security presence would have detected this activity. No one gave us any help to load our car although we had six cases and are elderly. The desk man says he did tell my husband to close the hatchback as he was loading the big cases. He did this. However, after loading our carry-ons containing over US$12,000 in valuables the thieves (in less than two minutes) opened the side door (closed but not locked as we were in the process of leaving).
Seems odd to us in retrospect that two pros were staked out in front of this non luxury hotel -- we wonder if they were informed by a hotel employee. Much money was spent to make this old building in a nondescript but central area lovely IT IS TOO BAD THAT NO MONEY WAS SPENT FOR SECURITY.
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with temperature all daylight time of around 30-38 degree celsius. Fortunately taxi is cheap when taxi drivers do not cheap, even then comparatively cheaper than most European cities.
Breakfast is monotonous but good. No other meal are served in the hotel but eateries are easily available outside the hotel.
Hotel staff very helpful and wifi works well and is included in the rate.
Overall a good choice.
A 3 km walk in the right direction take one to either Elizabeth or the Chain Bridge. Along the Danube on either side lies all the Main Attractions of Buda and Pest that one needs to visit, that can be a 2-days effort to see them all.....The Heroes Square lies in the opposite direction from the hotel. It is good to buy a 2-day Hop-on hop-off if one does like walking otherwise there is no need, just walking is better anc cheaper even if occasional taxi is used. Must see are Gillert Hill Cathedral, Palace, Matthias Church/Fishery Bastion and St Stephen Cathedral where eating and shopping areas are located.
River tour is a must. However St Margaret Island is just so so can give it a miss.
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Janet Mueller
Janet L. Mueller, 74, Humboldt, passed away Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at her home.
Janet was born Aug. 21, 1939, in Iola, the daughter of John M. and Lela B. (Banks) Gumfory.
On Oct. 28, 1966, Janet married Martin "Junior" Mueller and they made their home in Humboldt. They were married at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humboldt where she was a member until transferring her membership to Grace Lutheran Church in Iola. He preceded her in death April 30, 1996.
She was "mother" to Mike and Angie, "mom" to many, and everybody's "Aunt Janet."
Survivors include her son, Mike Mueller and wife, Jaime, Humboldt; daughter, Angela Mueller, Leavenworth; special nephew, Robert Hutton, Iola; two brothers, John M. Gumfory, Jr., Austin, Texas and LeRoy "Lee" Gumfory, Iola; two sisters, Onella Valentine, Neosho Falls and Roberta Hutton, Iola; and two grandsons Maxtyn and Mykah Mueller.
She was preceded in death by brothers Robert, Charles, J.M. "Bud", Duane and Leland "Bon" Gumfory and sister Juanita Maple.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, at Grace Lutheran Church in Iola.
Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt.
Memorials may be made to Southeast Kansas Down Syndrome Society and may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
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John Nurkowski says: 8 months
Will probably go back to the Lindo or Parisio Maya next trip.
"While we were treated great we were disappointed in the main buffet food this trip. It was not up to the standards we had experienced before. Would be great if the buffet could do a specialty theme every night with different foods from different places. The only other problem was wi-fi. The resort needs to get with the times as free wi-fi is offered almost everywhere. Had to go to Starbucks for it"Rating: 7,0
Jeff Spaulding says: 8 months
Great food. Great beach. Great kids club, star friends are great.
"We had a really good stay. We stayed at Iberostar in Jamica and were so impressed we only considered Iberostar for Mexico. Unfortunately we had a lot of rain on our trip so we missed the feeling you get from a nice sunny vacation. The resort was great. We loved the walk through the "jungle" to get to our room. Only bad thing, staff at the main desk needs to acknowledge guests even if they are busy"Rating: 9,0
Geysen Annie says: 8 months
super geslaagde vakantie !!
"Het beste hotel dat we ooit gehad hebben.Gaan toch al ruim 20 jaar,2 tot 3 keer op vakantie,dus we kunnen wel wat vergelijken.Op gebied van eten was er keus genoeg,je kon ook ook van s'morgens tot s'avons laat eten,er was altijd wel iets open.Alleen voor internet moest je betalen,ongeveer 28 euro per week,het allerbeste was het animatieteam,die mensen maakten je vakantie zo tof."Rating: 10,0
Nebraska Fan says: 8 months
The staff were very friendly and always willing to help in any way. Food variety was excellent!!
"There were 16 of us that went to your resort for a family vacation. The temperature of the pool/ocean was perfect. We couldn't get the kids out of the water! Having an eating place right next to the ocean to grab a hamburger or hot dog is a great idea. My only complain would be that the rooms aren't sound proof. You can hear everyone that walks by your door and talking in the adjoining room."Rating: 8,0


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I walk 2 dogs several times a day & in the winter at least 2 of these are in the dark. It gives a handsfree advantage & excellent lighting. The extra light module is actually green lighting & is wonderful in the winter because it doesn't create a glare off of the white snow. I would recommend this to anyone who needs lighting but can't hold a light at the same time. This is the first light I have found with the changeable modules & I think it is a wonderful invention.
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If you need to free up your hands to work and light to see in close quarters then this is for you. It feels secure on the hat. Haven't had it slide off yet. I use it at work where visibility at night is a must. Very convenient that i dont have to sacrifice a hand to hold a light. Just FYI it's not really bright enough outside what one works on directly in front of them.
It comes as 2 modules. 1 housing the LEDs and the other contains the batteries. They snap togethor completing the circuit. Includes 1 spare LED module.
I assure you the clips so far are absolutely fine on the one I have.... probably as long as you don't jam it on the hat. Just use caution as common sense dictates that different hats have different thicknesses for their bills; thus, it is theoretically possible to break off the clips just trying to fit it onto the cap if the bill is thick enough. The device only needs to be slid on so far to be secure, jam it to the hilt and.... well it's plastic. Use it as it's designed and it's fantastic.
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I was hoping this light could be a nice hands-free clip-to-my-hat light for use when working on the furnace, under the sink, cabinets, etc. where holding or clamping a light isn't practical. I got one or two uses out of it before the plastic clips that hold it to the hat's bill broke off. Now it's just a very impractical hand-held light.
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Everyone looks bad in latest Big 12 snit
Congratulations Big 12, now you're all to blame. It's not just Texas A&M or Baylor or Oklahoma or Texas or Dan Beebe. It's all of you looking like fools.
The infighting that broke out Wednesday is embarrassing. If Texas A&M wants to go to the SEC, let it go. This looks like a cat fight on "Housewives of Beverly Hills," except the participants wear bow ties and carry law degrees and conduct endless conference calls. It's half tortuous, half torture.
A&M president R. Bowen Loftin is accusing Beebe, the Big 12 commissioner, and member schools of slowing the Aggies' migration to the SEC. A portion of the remaining nine Big 12 schools are with Baylor in reserving the right to have legal claims against the SEC. Twenty years from now fathers will be telling their sons the story of the Big 12. The dads will first pour themselves stiff drink.
These are educated people who should know how to conduct themselves. Instead, they look tawdry, jealous, petty. At the moment, Baylor is rallying a group of conference thugs -- yeah, I said it -- to try to delay A&M's inevitable move to the SEC. At the same time, they're trying to delay things so much that either Oklahoma loses its desire to go to the Pac-12 or the Pac-12 simply shuts the door.
In announcing it had voted Texas A&M in as a 13th member, the SEC said Wednesday in a statement that it had "unanimous written assurance from the Big 12" on Sept. 2 releasing any legal claims against the SEC.
However, Loftin had difficulty getting assurances for what were termed "release of claims," from other Big 12 schools. That was following a Wednesday Big 12 conference call that included what were estimated to be at least seven Big 12 institutions but not all 10.
"At least half, if not the majority are going to reserve their rights for litigation," a source said. "Unless you've got great options that would not be a wise document to sign."
Given recent reports at least five Big 12 schools have those "options" for future conference homes -- Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Missouri. That would leave Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas and Baylor without clear prospects should the conference collapse.
In a Sept. 2 letter to his SEC counterpart Mike Slive, Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe said his conference would not take any legal action against the SEC if Texas A&M were admitted by Sept. 8.
"We both agreed it is in the best interests of each of our conferences and our members institutions," Beebe wrote, "to ... to waive any and all legal actions by the conference and its members resulting from admission of Texas A&M into the SEC."
Baylor and others disagree.
"The end game is to stabilize the Big 12," the source said. "What most of us are looking for is a stable conference."
None of this means any of the other Big 12 schools will actually sue. Oklahoma has a decision to make in pursuing the Pac-12. OU president David Boren said Friday that process could take up to three weeks. Oklahoma State would likely follow Oklahoma if the Sooners headed west.
Texas then would have to decide between 1) following Oklahoma to the Pac-12; 2) staying in a diminished Big 12; 3) going independent and 4) going to an expanded ACC. Even though ACC commissioner John Swofford shot down the idea of Texas coming to his conference on Monday, there are those who think that idea may be alive. In choices 1-3, the continued viability of the LHN is in question. Option No. 4 would theoretically would allow Texas to bring the Longhorn Network with it.
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Saturday that the conference remains "wedded" to it equal revenue distribution model.
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Posted on: August 29, 2011 8:37 pm
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As long Big 12 has OU & UT, it has options
Let's look at this current conference alignment thing a different way. No commissioner wants to be seen as the one to cause Alignment Armageddon. But if it has to be the Big 12, who could blame Dan Beebe? His embattled league has suffered enough. Suddenly it has options, good ones, with or without Texas A&M.
We all pretty much agree that we're headed sooner or later toward the age of the super conference with four 16-team (or whatever number) conferences. The question is how or when. Right now, we stand on the precipice with Texas A&M wanting to go to the SEC, but the SEC still thinking about whether to take the Aggies.
That's because the SEC doesn't have to expand. It's fine how it is with 18 years to run on a $3 billion contract with CBS and ESPN. If A&M goes then sooner or later, the SEC is going to have to get a 14th member. Commissioner Mike Slive seemingly loves A&M but he -- and his presidents -- don't necessarily want to be that guy, responsible for breaking up another league.
The question is whether Beebe has such reservations. And as long as he has Oklahoma and Texas, he has leverage.
As mentioned, it's looking suddenly like the Big 12 is dealing from a position of strength. It could lose Missouri and Texas A&M to the SEC and still be able to lure two teams (or more) to stay viable. Why? As long as the Texas/Oklahoma axis remains solid, so is the league. Fox invested $1.17 billion over 13 years just for the secondary rights. The Big 12 is going to hit another big financial home run in a couple of years when it goes out to bid. (The assumption is that ESPN will re-up for the primary rights.)
To this point, Oklahoma has shown a willingness to stay with Texas. While the schools are rivals on the field, ADs Joe Castiglione and DeLoss Dodds are close. They know that the fortunes of the two superpowers are mutually beneficial.
If Texas and Oklahoma stay bonded, the Big 12 is in somewhat of a position of power. It could raid the Big East and go to 12 or 16. Why not go get Pittsburgh and Louisville? Sure, Big East basketball great but think of a hoops league with Kansas, Kansas State, Texas, Pittsburgh and Louisville.
BIG POINT NO. 1: Even though the Big East is due for a windfall rights fee of its own in a few years I'm told that the pending primary rights deal for the Big 12 would be bigger than the Big East's entire deal.
Would that possibility pry Notre Dame loose? Not likely. ND AD Jack Swarbrick reiterated for the millionth time on Monday that his school is happy with independence. ND probably would need eight home games to make the deal work in the Big 12 because of its deal with NBC, at least one of those being a neutral site game. The school makes a reported $15 million a year from that deal. The Big 12 wouldn't say no then ND also reaping $20 million from the Big 12 deal. Heck, it's Notre Dame.
Texas AD DeLoss Dodds said publicly last year that the Big 12 would be an attractive place for Notre Dame's minor sports. The schools do start a four-game football series in 2015.
While we're at it, let's also forget the talk of Arkansas, SMU and Houston to the Big 12. Arkansas would be taking a pay cut. The Big 12 is already in the Dallas, Houston and state of Texas markets. SMU is making its case in part because it has been to back-to-back bowls. Is that all it takes these days?
In this age don't think of conference affiliations, think of which schools assembled together make for the most lucrative media rights deals. Remember, geography matters little. When TCU enters the Big East in 2012 that will be its fifth conference since 1995.
That's why the pool of candidates for the SEC's No. 14 has to include Missouri, North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia Tech. That's not the list, it's a best-guess list if you believe that the SEC isn't going to expand inside its footprint. That means no Georgia Tech, no Louisville, no Clemson, no Florida State.
Whether the Big 12 loses Missouri or not, BYU has emerged as an attractive replacement for Texas A&M. That's not news. BYU has a loyal and large following. The question is whether BYU would give up its long-range plan for independence after only one year. One source last week went as far as to say BYU would be "excited" about the prospect of joining the Big 12.
AD Tom Holmoe told Brett McMurphy this month that his school was happy at the moment.
While the Cougars have ESPN as a scheduling partner, it has to become apparent to the school sooner or later that it is all but out of BCS contention in most seasons. By going independent, it has the essentially the same BCS status as Army and Navy. That is to say, the only automatic berth would be if BYU finishes No. 1 or No. 2.
The six BCS conference champions are guaranteed a bid. A champion from one of the five non-BCS leagues get a bid if it finishes in the top 12 or top 16 if it is ranked higher in the final BCS standings than a BCS conference champion. Notre Dame (because it's Notre Dame) gets an automatic bid if it finishes in the top eight of the BCS.
Army, Navy and BYU? Guaranteed only in the top two. BIG POINT NO. 2: Essentially that means BYU could finish 10-2 (or even 11-1) and have nothing guaranteed in the BCS.
Earlier this year, I wrote that BYU's independence was more about faith that most people thought. I'm starting to think all it would take is one year of being left out of the BCS (and a call from the Big 12) for the school's fans and officials to change their minds about independence.
Meanwhile, the "composition language" in the SEC contract is probably similar to that of the Big 12's. That means ESPN would most likely try to renegotiate downward its current deal with the Big 12. Say that is 10 percent of the contract given that A&M represents 10 percent of the Big 12. At that point it becomes like rearranging deck chairs. ESPN could tell the SEC, the money it is taking away from the Big 12 goes to the SEC. In essence, A&M's money would follow it to the SEC.
It isn't that easy. The SEC would most likely negotiate for more saying it is gaining huge viewership in the state of Texas. BIG POINT NO. 3: What's forgotten is the SEC isn't starting from a zero position. In case you haven't noticed, ESPN is already in Texas. SMU AD Steve Orsini told me last week that the ratings for Big 12 and SEC games in Dallas are "even." Whether that's true or not, there is already a big following for the SEC in the Lone Star State because there is a big following for the SEC everywhere. That's why the league already gets the big bucks.
A further hang-up on this A&M thing: It's better for everyone if the SEC expands by two all at once. That's one negotiation, rather than two. But if Texas A&M is one, what's the other?
It might not matter to the Big 12.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, BYU, Clemson, conference realignment, ESPN, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, SEC, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech
Posted on: July 26, 2011 5:54 pm
Edited on: July 27, 2011 12:04 am
Big 12's Four Little Piggies should find shelter
DALLAS -- You'd think they would have learned by now, the Big 12's Four Little Piggies.
Excuse the analogy regarding what are really Tigers, Jayhawks, Wildcats and Cyclones, but the conference's North Division leftovers would -- like the nursery rhyme Three Little Piggies -- be wise to look for sturdier homes.
That lesson was driven home last summer when conference realignment came up on Iowa State, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State and smacked them over the head with a lead pipe. Surprise didn't even begin to describe it when the league started falling apart.
Few knew that Nebraska had secretly begun talking to the Big Ten in January 2010. Texas was going to do what Texas was going to do. The Pac-10 came along and almost conducted a daring raid.
The 4LP came this close to being homeless. The four would have found a home somewhere but that's the point. Better to go house-shopping on your own rather than waiting until a hurricane ruins the neighborhood.
Four schools that had been joined together for parts of a century suddenly would have been scattered.
Missouri: It went from thinking rather foolishly that it was Big Ten bound (it wasn't) to being nowhere but the Big 12 when Nebraska left.
Kansas: The seriousness of conference realignment hit home when a school with a top-five basketball program would have been looking for a home.
Kansas State-Iowa State: Total wild cards. Their markets (small) wouldn't have taken them anywhere specific.
Most likely the four would have ended up in some combination of the Big East and/or Mountain West. Perhaps Conference USA would have been involved trying to make itself into a BCS-worthy league. The Big East was considering inviting all four Piggies if the Big 12 split according to sources.
The lesson to be learned as conference upheaval once again strikes the Big 12 is for the Four Little Piggies to be proactive. If their administrators aren't maintaining back-channel communications with other leagues then they are foolish. However, the reaction of Jamie Pollard seems typical.
"We're married, I'm married," Iowa State's AD said. "I'm not going to be talking to someone else I'm going to be married to."
The Big 12 was a contentious union for its first 15 years. Thirteen months later, here we are again with Texas A&M upset with Texas' launching of The Longhorn Network.
"That issue [with Texas A&M] has been around that institution for a long time," said Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe. "Thankfully, the coaches and administrators and others are adamant about being in the Big 12."
Beebe has long preached the dangers of a school moving out of its natural "geographic proximity." For what is believed to be the first time on Tuesday, he basically tipped his hat and wished Colorado good luck for getting closer to its fan base.
"When you remove your institution from your orientation, your rivalries, I think it's really going to be problematic ...," Beebe said. "Colorado went to its orientation because they had 50,000 more alums that were located in the Pac-10 footprint than the Big 12 foot print."
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Big 12, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Longhorn Network, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M
Posted on: July 24, 2011 3:40 pm
Edited on: July 24, 2011 4:35 pm
Five things about the Big 12
Heading into the conference's media days in Dallas beginning Monday, here are five key issues.
1. Stability. The Big 12 was a shotgun marriage from the start. We're just seeing the latest manifestation of the cultural and geographical incongruity. Texas A&M and Oklahoma are upset at the way Texas has pushed the Longhorn Network on the conference. There was a vague idea that TLN was going to broadcast high school games, but that quickly became a deal-breaker when TLN head Dave Brown went on Austin radio on early June and went Manifest Destiny on the Big 12. Eighteen high school games? Broadcasting out-of-state high school games of 2012 Texas commits? All parties are working things out. The league should stay together -- this time. The point is, the league needs to calm down when level-minded observers point out the conference's instability. Note to the Big 12: The current lineup may last 50 years (doubt it) but quit getting upset every time someone points out Texas is the big dog and usually gets its way. That alone might be enough someday to break up this league. It won't be over this issue, but the Big 12 will continue to live in a constant state of flux.
2. Oklahoma rules. With Texas down and not looking to rebound anytime soon, Oklahoma looks like it is ready to run away and hide in the new Big 12. No surprise. The Sooners won seven of the 15 old Big 12 titles and are loaded again this year. While Bob Stoops hasn't been able to follow up on that 2000 title, this would be only the second time in the BCS era the Sooners will have been picked as a preseason No. 1.
3. How the North was lost. The remaining members of the division formerly known as the North in the Big 12 face a distinct competitive disadvantage in the new 10-team league. Notably, there will be no more scheduling holes that allowed Kansas to win 12 games in 2007 without having to play Oklahoma or Texas. That's one example. There are more. Point is, the new round-robin Big 12 schedule is going to make it extremely difficult for Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State or Iowa State to make a serious run at a title in the 10-team league. Those schools will be playing Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma each season. Since 2005, the remaining North schools have lost 75 percent of their games to those three. Add to that the reality that every other year, teams will be playing five of nine conference games on the road. Not only is there a competitive disadvantage -- only Kansas State among the four has won a Big 12 title -- there will be a physical toll as well. With a round-robin schedule, there will be fewer breathers.
4. Mack Brown's future. Texas' coach did what any veteran would do when the program slides off the edge of the cliff. He changed his coordinators. Much of the Horns' ability to turn around immediately from a 5-7 disaster will be on the shoulders of co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin and defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. Harsin is credited for making Boise State a huge offensive force in recent years. Diaz's career has soared since he began as an intern at ESPN. If Texas doesn't rebound quickly and begin competing for the conference title again, will this be Mack's final year?
5. Bring the kids, spread out a blanket and watch the fireworks. For whatever reason, the Big 12 has become the most entertaining league in the country. This is a conference that produced Vince Young, Chase Daniel and Jason White. The conference has made its on-field rep with great offenses and great offensive players. Three of the top six players in total offense came from the Big 12 last year. The top two receivers in the country (Justin Blackmon, Ryan Broyles) were also from the Big 12. Oregon's LaMichael James led the country in scoring. No. 2? Lou Groza Award winner Dan Bailey of Oklahoma State. The Cowboys and Sooners were 2-3 in passing. With Baylor maturing and Oklahoma and Oklahoma State at the top of their offensive games, there are going to be plenty of opportunities to "hang half a hundred on 'em," as Barry Switzer used to say.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Longhorn Network, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Posted on: July 21, 2011 8:26 pm
Big 12 in uproar over Longhorn Network
At one point Thursday afternoon, I Tweeted "Big 12 making WAC look stable."
One Big 12 loyalist immediately shot back: "u know something we don't?"
Apparently. Start with the new, 13-month old league looking a lot like the 15-year old previous version of the Big 12 that almost disintegrated last year. It looks just as shaky and twice as disparate. Texas is starting a network on its terms. Everyone else in the Big 12 is having problems with those terms. They include televising high school games and as well as one conference game.
Several issues: Texas A&M, among others, isn't happy with Texas essentially having its own televised recruiting service. That, and conference rivals helping drive ratings and subscribers by playing Texas on its own network.
Commissioner Dan Beebe seemingly had calmed the waters by issuing a Thursday statement saying the issue needed "clarification" and that the league would "manage the interplay". Beebe concluded by saying the pause button had been it on TLN. It could show no more than one game (the opener against Rice) and no high school games until things were sorted out.
I thought these types of conflicts would be avoided for at least a few years. But who knew Texas and ESPN would launch a network without getting these issues resolved with the rest of the Big 12? Or maybe it doesn't matter. It's the other members -- particularly Missouri, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State -- who are just happy to be in a BCS conference at this point.
As one executive intimated to me this week: These schools DO understand why the conference stayed together, right?
Answer: Texas.
That kind of gives you a picture of where things stand at the moment. Texas has all the power, as usual. And most of the rest have to take it except for Texas A&M, and perhaps Oklahoma. A&M made it clear to me Wednesday that the administration is upset with comments made by TLN network chief Dave Brown, a long-time power broker in college football for ESPN.
A&M and OU have some leverage, which translates into jumping to the SEC if pushed too far on this issue. Read this scathing statement from Aggies' AD Bill Byrne.
"I have continued to have concerns about the Longhorn Network since the original announcement by ESPN and Texas. Since last summer, the Big 12 member institutions have committed to work together in a spirit of unity and equality. Recent news reports concerning this network; however, have created a considerable amount of uncertainty.
We had an agreement in place that Big 12 members would have the right to one non-conference football game and four to six basketball games for third tier, or institutional rights. The concept of the Longhorn Network broadcasting two live football games -- with one of these being a conference game -- had not been discussed among the Big 12 athletic directors.
Our concerns were heightened further when news reports surfaced that the Longhorn Network would be broadcasting high school football games featuring Texas high school recruits, including recruits living outside the state of Texas. Knowing how restrictive NCAA rules are regarding any collegiate representative contacting prospects, we contacted the NCAA for an interpretation. We are still waiting for the NCAA's response.
I have continued to communicate our concerns to the conference office and my fellow athletic directors. We are pleased that the Commissioner has started to address these concerns, but many questions remain. These are significant issues for all of collegiate athletics as they relate to broadcast rights, revenue distribution and the recruitment of student-athletes."
There it is. A&M ain't standing for it and -- best guess -- the SEC would take an Aggie-Sooner package in a heartbeat. That would likely set off a chain reaction of new conference realignment that could lead to the era of super conferences.
What's likely to happen? ESPN isn't going to risk the disintegration of the Big 12 (a partner) to show high school games on TLN (a different, new partner). ESPN made a financial commitment to the Big 12 last year to keep Texas in the fold, if for no other reason than the Horns having a launching pad for that network. Essentially, we're talking about Big 12 game inventory (a lot) being worth more than TLN's (a little) to ESPN.
If the NCAA doesn't rule that the high school games are an unfair recruiting advantage, Texas/ESPN will simply back down and not show them. It's worth it to keep everyone happy. Sources here at the SEC media days told me that the high school programming isn't a huge deal. It would be nice to have on the TLN but its absence is not going to wreck it.
Guess that means more re-runs of the Mack Brown Show. I'm sure A&M will be happy with that.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Big 12, ESPN, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Longhorn Network, Missouri, NCAA, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
Posted on: March 21, 2011 11:22 am
Edited on: March 21, 2011 3:32 pm
My NCAA tournament thoughts going into regionals
Stay strong, Jay Bilas . It's not the fact that Virginia Commonwealth is in the Sweet 16, people. The fact remains that VCU didn't deserve to be in the bracket in the first place. Colorado could have gone in place of the Rams and also gone to the Sweet 16. Tell me Missouri State wouldn't have had a shot with the right matchup.
It's a separate argument -- 1) Did VCU deserve to be in the bracket? No. 2) Does winning in the tournament justify that spot in the bracket? No. I can give you the name of five teams that could have gotten hot and won two games.
Big East flop. After the first round, the Big East was guaranteed at least two teams in the Sweet 16. That's all it got. For what is believed to be the first time in the seeding era, the selection committee knowingly made it possible for not one, but two games between conference foes in the second round.
The committee long ago had to abandon the principle of conference rivals not being able to meet until the regional final. A 16-team Big East made the committee get rid of that principle for obvious reasons. But it was lazy that the committee didn't try to eliminate the possibility of Connecticut-Cincinnati and Marquette-Syracuse in the second round. That looks more like Big Monday than the NCAA tournament.
It wasn't fair to the Big East to have to eat its own so early in the bracket. It showed the committee didn't do its diligence. That being said, the fact that the Mountain West has as many teams in the Sweet 16 as the Big East (two) is embarrassing -- for the Big East.
Most entertaining regional? It isn't the Southwest where Kansas is surrounded by three mutts (Richmond, VCU and Florida State). I'll give you the Southeast with Butler still alive, again, going against the immovable force in Wisconsin. The Southeast also has Jimmer (Fredette) and Billy (Donovan).
But I'll take the West where I dare you to pick the best player in Anaheim. Is it Nolan Smith, Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams, Kemba Walker or Kawhi Leonard? There are so many storylines at the Honda Center, my head is spinning.
--San Diego State is expected to take over the Honda Center. The school is less than two hours from Anaheim. "The Show" almost blew the roof off the McKale Center last week.
--Is it possible to have too many good players? Duke barely survived Michigan while trying to integrate Irving back in the lineup. That's a problem every other team would love to have. Also, if Coach K gets to the Final Four out of this regional, he will tie a certain Bobby Knight for the Division I record in career wins, 902. Go, Mike, go!
--San Diego State fans were chanting "We want Kemba!" after beating Temple in the second round. Be careful what you wish for, Aztecs. I'll kind of answer my previous question: Walker might be the best player in the regional and maybe the country.
--Arizona's Derrick Williams comes back home to his native L.A. As of this moment, Williams is the most important and charismatic player in the tournament. (That's different than "best".) His block in the first round against Memphis preserved the win. His and-one late against Texas on Sunday was the difference. Think Williams will be a little energized going back home playing for a spot in the Final Four?
Easiest road to the Final Four: You kidding? It has to be Kansas. If it wins, it won't face a single-digit seed until the Final Four. On the one-year anniversary of losing to Northern Iowa in 2010, the Jayhawks destroyed an Illinois team Sunday that brought to mind an obvious question: How did VCU and Illinois get in the bracket?
Category: NCAAB
Tags: Anaheim, Arizona, Big East, Colorado, Connecticut, Duke, Honda Center, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, San Diego State, VCU
Posted on: March 10, 2011 4:31 pm
Kansas survives and advances against Okie State
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It wasn't the No. 1 seed being at risk.
It wasn't the foul trouble.
It wasn't the flat start.
It was the near embarrassment for No. 2 Kansas of being punked in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament by a five-foot nothing shooting guard with an overbite.
Too harsh a description for Oklahoma State's Keiton Page? Maybe not. Jayhawks guard Tyrel Reed was asked if the (actually, 5-foot-9) Cowboys guard would be considered a Big 12-caliber player at first glance.
"I don't think anyone would [think that]," Reed said. "He probably doesn't look the part, but definitely plays the part."
Page, the Cowboys' second-leading scorer, is one of those gnat-like guards who can seemingly dribble between your legs. But let up or back off and that embarrassment potential is high. He's that little guy who can stick a three in your face and shoots 90 percent from the line. That Page didn't touch the ball in the game's final possession was probably the difference in Kansas' 63-62 win. Up until that point, he had been the Cowboys statistical and spiritual leader with 23 points.
"When you talk about the eye test, there's a lot of guys out there who don't exactly pass the eye test," KU coach Bill Self said, "for what the prototypical two-guard in the Big 12 should look like. But that kid can play. He's a bad boy."
Not bad enough, it turned out. With his team trailing by that point, Oklahoma State's Jean-Paul Olukemi missed a closely-guarded three as time expired. The spiritual and statistical leader never touched the ball. Self had wisely placed long-armed 6-4 Elijah Johnson on Page to deny him the ball,
That the Jayhawks held Page to "only" 23 was the difference in Kansas moving on to Friday's semifinals. A loss would have raised even more questions about KU's focus this time of year. Hey, when you're 30-2 there isn't much more to analyze. That's 10 30-win seasons in school history, four under Self.
The Jayhawks have won seven consecutive regular-season Big 12 titles and, even with a loss, may have been able to keep a No. 1 seed. The last time they won a conference tournament game this close was five years to the day -- by the same score, against the same team.
"Obviously the last five minutes of a game is far more important than the first five, because the mistakes are magnified and you don't have time to recover," Self said. "In our season, we know we're going to get to go on, and their [Oklahoma State's] goal is to go to the NCAA Tournament. So they're in the last five and we played like were in the first five."
Leading rebounder Markieff Morris fouled out. KU shot only five-of-25 from the arc. Ho-hum, bring on the tournament. Kansas is among the handful of teams that have to span that mental abyss from a regular season of accomplishment to the "real" season in March. Seventeen days ago Page scored only eight points in a 27-point blowout in Lawrence. It was easy to figure that Oklahoma State -- likely headed for a three-letter postseason -- would have more energy, more desperation this time. Kansas' effort was explainable, even tolerable, this time of year. It wasn't explainable last year when Northern Iowa upset the Jayhawks in the second round with a similar desperation.
"I don't think we were looking forward to next week by any means," Reed said. "It was a tough game. Oklahoma State came out with a lot of energy ... There are going to be games when you're not making shots and things aren't going your way and it's going to be a half-court game. That was definitely a tourney type game [on Friday]. We've got a taste for it now."
Category: NCAAB
Tags: Big 12, Kansas, NCAA Tournament, Oklahoma State
Posted on: January 23, 2011 9:51 am
Edited on: January 23, 2011 4:59 pm
Life lesson and history at Allen Fieldhouse
LAWRENCE, Kan. – It was a game worthy of "instant classic" status.
On The Longhorn Network, of course.
It was a scene that will be remembered long after what Texas' 74-63 win over Kansas meant in the standings or rankings. For the first time in almost four years – 70 home games – they filed out of Allen Fieldhouse silent. No "Rooock Chaaalk, Jaaaayhaaawk" chant drifting down from the rafters after another Kansas victory.
Well, there wasn't complete silence. A group of giddy Texas fans were sitting behind us in Section 10 whooping it up as their team's win became apparent. You could practically see the steam rising off the heads of KU fans barely able to hold their tongues.
One Kansas fan on his way out early turned to the dancing, prancing Texas contingent and yelled, "How about doing it with some class?" Never mind that both sides' fans – KU in basketball, Texas in football – have been known for their obnoxiousness at times.
It wasn't about that, though, Saturday afternoon as we sat up behind one basket at historic Allen. It was a father-son outing. Jack had only been to one Kansas game in his life. We both watched the Ohio State-Illinois game earlier in the day knowing that if Illinois had won we might be watching KU play for the No. 1 ranking.
Me? I'm a dad who had a Saturday off to watch hoops with his son. Jack is a fan of the Jayhawks, as are most 14-year-olds who grow up 30 miles away in the Kansas City suburb of Johnson County, Kan. It's like a worker at a Ford plant. He and his family tend to buy and drive Fords. It's a loyalty thing. You become attached.
Jack is just learning what it means to be loyal. He jumped up and down with the students trying to distract a Longhorn free-throw shooter. He busily texted his friends, telling them where he was and what he was seeing. He met a friend sitting behind the Texas bench at halftime.
We have two "pro" franchises in the Kansas City area – the Chiefs and the Jayhawks. It's a great sports town, a better college basketball town and on occasion – like 25 years ago – a baseball town. But the Chiefs and Hawks are talking points everywhere.
The talking points changed Saturday afternoon. Kansas didn't lose the game because of the death of forward Thomas Robinson's mother Friday night. That would be diminishing Texas' coming-of-age effort that might have defined it as the new Big 12 favorite. More to the point, Kansas and Robinson somehow played through the tragedy for an afternoon.
The Jayhawks were good enough to go up 18-3 early. They led by 12 points at halftime and still had a double-digit lead in the second half. If anything, Kansas was inspired by their teammate deciding to play hours after his mother had passed. Robinson, a sophomore, recently lost two grandparents – his mother's parents – in the last three weeks. It fell to Robinson's sisters, 9-year-old Jayla, to deliver the news to her brother by phone Friday night.
Teammates and their mothers stayed up with Robinson through the early morning hours of Saturday morning trying to console him.
"It was the saddest thing I'd ever seen in my life," KU coach Bill Self told reporters.
Jack and I found out while making the pregame rounds to see friends on press row. KU play-by-play legend Bob Davis told us. Apparently, 37-year-old Lisa Robinson died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. When a moment of silence was observed before the game, obviously many fans were surprised. There were a couple of audible gasps.
Robinson is a backup, a brawny 19-year-old who averages eight points and six rebounds per game. On this day he contributed two points, five rebounds and four fouls in eight minutes. As Texas made a stunning second-half comeback, it became less about Kansas' 69-game home winning streak and more about rallying around Robinson.
In the postgame, teammates praised his desire to play. Texas coach Rick Barnes started his postgame presser by issuing condolences. Kansas may play better than it did in those opening few minutes but it will never play worse this season when Texas outscored it 51-28 in the second half.
Again, it's too easy to call the Jayhawks distracted. Texas has a physical front line that showed how to beat KU for the first time this season: Body up the Morris twins, Markieff and Marcus and shoot 64 percent in the second half.
That combination doesn't happen every day against Kansas. It may not happen again this season. Maybe the Jayhawks were just … drained – emotionally, physically. There is a lot of healing still left. KU plays Colorado on Tuesday night. It's not certain if Robinson will be there. There will be a funeral. Many, many more tears.
Whatever happens, Kansas is still a top-five team. It is also a changed team. Texas deserves our praise. Kansas deserves our sympathy.
It did everything right this weekend except win a basketball game. I'm hoping that's what Jack remembers Saturday. He saw history – the end of that home streak – but he also saw loyalty and humanity.


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Cent. Michigan 71, W. Michigan 66
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP)—Sefton Barrett scored 24 points and Giordan Watson had 22 to lead Central Michigan past Western Michigan 71-66 Wednesday.
The Chippewas (10-14, 5-7 Mid-American Conference) trailed 66-65 before scoring the game's final six points. The Broncos went without a field goal for the final 2:11.
Central Michigan led 39-34 at halftime before Andre Ricks gave Western Michigan (11-14, 6-6) its first lead since the game's opening basket at 42-41. The Broncos held the lead until a Barrett dunk put the Chippewas ahead 56-54.
The score was tied four times and the lead changed three times afterward before Central Michigan pulled ahead for good.
Jordan Bitzer scored 12 points for the Chippewas. Barrett added seven rebounds for Central, which outrebounded Western 37-26.
David Kool, Michael Redell and Shawntes Gary each scored 12 points for Western Michigan, while Joe Reitz added 11 and Ricks had 10.