There are only so many small boats that can go up the Mekong to see the Pak Ou caves, with their hundreds of Buddha figures, and so many vehicles that can drive the winding roads to the remote ethnic villages, where people who have never fully integrated into Lao society live unwired, in simple wooden houses on stilts as they have for centuries.

FORBES: Asian Beauty

When Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were placed into the South Division of the Big 12 with the old SWC schools, it caused scheduling of the OU-Nebraska to be nearly impossible.

FORBES: Big 12 Expansion: Adding Old SWC Teams Would Harm Future Viability

However, the Open University said if the focus is on the OU in Scotland, rather than the OU as a UK-wide institution, it is the top Scottish performer with a 94% approval rating.

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