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With the ever raising property rates, owning a home in posh, urban area may well appear to be a distant dream for a large number of people. The property market has been witness to a great hike in prices and, the prices still seem to be rising at remarkable rate. Thus, any individual trying to purchase a home will, in most of the cases, have to consider the option of applying for a home loan.

In various cases, people try to evade a situation where they will have to apply for a loan as this would imply hefty rate of interest and mortgage rates in some cases. There are a number of Texas banks which can provide you with home equity loans at considerable prices without having to worry about the lengthy application procedure and whether their application would be approved or not.

These banks even apply the facility of free checking prior undertaking the loan so that the applicant can ensure that they will be able to comfortably repay the installments at the current mortgage rates. Apart from this, these banks even provide the facility of online and phone assistance where individuals can clear their queries regarding home loans with their financial advisors.

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Here is a little video about the raid on the polygamist ranch in Texas. This was taken from Fox News and the commentary is done by the only person on the channel with a brain, Judge Andrew Napolitano.

 

 

The Revolution made great strides today. 

 

Earlier this week two meetings were held by some members of the Revolution. They came up with an agenda that was to be followed at the convention. We were going to try to put people in place so that we could send our delegates to the state convention. A chairman was selected that we would try to put in place of the current permanent chairman. I had never met the man since I was unable to attend the meetings, but I trusted my fellow members to make the correct choice.

 

The Revolution is so big here that it is hard to keep track of everyone. I am learning new names and seeing new faces all the time. I arrived at the convention about 45 minutes before the scheduled start. I immediately ran into a huge group of the Revolution. I was introduced to some members I had never met including the man who we were pushing for chairman.

 

I was handed a copy of the agenda and then we discussed what was going to take place. The most important business was to get our guy in place. If that failed then everything else was going to be pointless. I felt pretty good about our numbers. I was thinking that it was going to be about a 50/50 shot. I was wrong.

 

Once our guy was nominated, we voted to take a count by paper ballot. My precinct was allocated 8 votes. I was the only person to show up from my precinct so I got all of the votes. There were other people in the same situation. It was looking good so far.

 

A few minutes later all of the votes were counted. It turned out that our guy won by a landslide. The final count was about 170 to 80. Some of the establishment folks were visibly shaken and angry. 

 

We were then able to put our people on the Nominations Committee and the Resolutions Committee. I was put on the Resolutions Committee. Unfortunately, we were short on time so we had to vote on the resolutions as an entire package instead of taking them individually or by groups. I didn't agree with some of the resolutions, but we had no time for debate.  

 

There were some disagreements when it came to the list of state delegates and alternates. However, we able to get all of our delegates nominated either as actual delegates or alternates. I am an alternate. I really wanted to go the state convention, but since it starts on a Thursday it makes it a little difficult.

 

We pretty much accomplished everything that we wanted to do. The Revolution continues... 

The 12th season of Big 12 basketball has just been completed. Here's a look at how the schools have done over the past 12 seasons:

 

Baylor

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

1 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Colorado

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

2 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Iowa State

2 conference championships

1 conference tournament championship

4 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Kansas

8 conference championships(3 shared)

6 conference tournament championships

12 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Kansas State

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

1 NCAA Tournament appearance

 

Missouri

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

5 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Nebraska

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

1 NCAA Tournament appearance

 

Oklahoma

1 conference championship

3 conference tournament championships

10 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Oklahoma State

2 conference championship(1 shared)

2 conference tournament championships

8 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Texas

3 conference championships(2 shared)

0 conference tournament championships

11 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Texas A&M

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

3 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

Texas Tech

0 conference championships

0 conference tournament championships

4 NCAA Tournament appearances

 

The #5 Kansas Jayhawks defeated the #6 Texas Longhorns 84-74 to capture a third straight Big 12 Tournament title. KU rode the hot shooting of Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush to bring the trophy home.

 

Both teams were on fire in the first half. Texas held the edge at the half 46-45. Things slowed down a bit to start the second half.

 

UT's shooting finally cooled off near the end and KU was able to pull away. The victory gave KU its sixth Big 12 Tournament title. 

 

Mario Chalmers scored a career-high 30 points. He knocked down 8 three-pointers. He also had 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Brandon Rush scored 19 points. He knocked down 6 three-pointers. He also had 6 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. Rush was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Darrell Arthur had 16 points and 9 rebounds.

 

KU is now 15-6 all-time versus Texas. KU is 31-3 overall on the season.

 

Kansas grabbed the #1 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament. They open play on Thursday against Portland State.