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While it’s difficult to give the term “Generation C” an exact definition, this relatively new term has grown in popularity recently. Coined in 2004, Generation C basically points to a content generation of people. More than ever, today people generate their own content on the web and look to their peers as much as they look to corporations.
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With technology becoming more and more apart of our lives, children are also becoming more technologically advanced. It used to be that children went over to their friend’s home or talked on the phone to socialize. However, times are changing and a lot of the socializing between children is done online.
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With almost 90 pages of instructions to follow for the basic 1040 Form alone, everyone could use some guidance when it comes to filing their taxes.
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The 2007 Major League Baseball season was one of the most exciting and noteworthy in the history of professional baseball. The sport got a huge amount of publicity, both good and bad, over the last year. As we head into the 2008 season, let us first take a look back on the 2007 campaign.
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Meditation refers to various techniques that have been practiced for thousands of years in many different cultures. Most meditation techniques originated in Eastern religious or spiritual traditions. Though meditation is widely recognized as a spiritual practice, it can also lower stress levels, combat particular health problems and improve your overall physical health and mental strength.
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Childhood obesity is becoming more and more of a problem in the United States and around the world. Kids all over are gaining weight and becoming unhealthy, which starts a vicious cycle of health problems early in life. Keeping kids active is the best way to keep kids healthy. A kid who has an active lifestyle growing up is more likely to stay active when compared to those children who grow up with a sedentary lifestyle.
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When you flip your calendar from February to March, that’s a signal for college basketball fans to get excited. The men’s NCAA Division I basketball tournament, commonly referred to as March Madness, will take place this year from March 18th until April 7th.
In total, 65 men’s Division I basketball teams take part in March Madness. The teams play a single elimination tournament until there is only one team left standing. The one school left standing at the end of the tournament is crowned national champion of men’s Division I basketball.
The first game of the NCAA tournament. is played between the 64th and 65th ranked teams in a game which is called the “play-in game.” This contest was added in 2001 as a way to widen the field to help ensure that as many qualified teams as possible are allowed to participate in March Madness. The winner of the play-in game gets a sixteen seed in the tournament. This season, that play-in game features Coppin State versus Mount St. Mary’s.
There are four regions in the tournament, with each region having teams seeded from number one to number sixteen. Each region plays single elimination games until there is only one team left standing in the region. In the first round games in each region, the one seed plays the sixteen seed, the two seed plays the fifteen seed, the three seed plays the fourteen seed, the four seed plays the thirteen seed, the five seed plays the twelve seed, the six seed plays the eleven seed, the seven seed plays the ten seed, and the eight seed plays the nine seed.
The second round of the tournament begins with 32 schools still alive in the tournament – with each region having eight seeds remaining. The winner of one versus sixteen faces the winner of eight versus nine, the winner of two versus fifteen plays the winner of seven versus ten, the winner of three versus fourteen plays the winner of six versus eleven, and the winner of four versus thirteen plays the winner of five versus twelve.
The third round of games begins with 16 schools still standing. This round of games is known as the Sweet Sixteen. The team left in the bracket with the one, eight, nine and sixteen seeds plays the team left in the bracket with the four, five, twelve and thirteen seeds. The team left in the bracket with the two, seven, ten and fifteen seeds plays the team left in the bracket with the three, six, eleven and fourteen seeds.
The third round of games has only eight teams remaining, with the teams still alive forming what is known as the Elite Eight. At this point, only two teams remain standing in each region. Those two teams face off to determine the region winner.
The four region winners advance and this point of the tournament is known as the Final Four. After the next round of games, there are only two teams left standing. Those two teams play to determine the national champion of men’s Division I basketball.
March Madness has been a college basketball staple since 1939. In 1939, the University of Oregon beat Ohio State University in an eight team tournament that was held during March 17th and March 27th of that year.
The size of the field that has taken part in March Madness has changed over the years. From 1939 to 1950, only eight teams took part. By 1975, 32 teams were playing in March Madness. In 1980, that number jumped up to 48 teams. From 1985 to 2000, 64 teams played in March Madness. In 2001, the play-in game was added and the current field of 65 teams was instituted.
Over the years, the UCLA Bruins have been the most successful team in March Madness history. UCLA has won 11 national championships, with the first being in 1964 and the most recent being in 1995. Kentucky is second on the list with seven national championships. Indiana (5), North Carolina (4) and Duke (3) are the only other schools that have won a national championship more than twice.
Florida won both the 2006 and 2007 national championships, becoming the first team to win back-to-back national championships since Duke won in both 1991 and 1992. Amazingly, Florida won each of their national championships with the same starting lineup (Taurean Green, Lee Humphrey, Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah and Al Horford).
In March Madness 2008, 31 teams were given automatic bids into the tournament for winning their conference championship. The remaining 34 teams relied on being picked to play in the tournament on Selection Sunday. On Selection Sunday, a ten person panel decided which 34 teams most deserved entrance into March Madness. In 2008, Selection Sunday was on March 16th.
With the 65-team tournament bracket set, there are some interesting matchups across the board. While no number one seed has lost in this current format, North Carolina, UCLA, Memphis and Kansas while try to avoid making the wrong kind of history. Tennessee, Georgetown, Duke and Texas all were granted two seeds in the tournament. Michael Beasley, who is regarded as the best player in the country by most experts, will lead his eleventh seeded Kansas State squad against sixth seeded UCS. Smaller schools with high seeds include Drake (fifth seed), Gonzaga (seventh seed) and Butler (seventh seed).
In March Madness 2008, a number of teams are being picked to go home with the national championship. Most college basketball experts point to one of six schools most likely to win the national championship: North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA, Tennessee, Kansas and Duke. Memphis currently has the best record in the nation at 33-1, however North Carolina (33-2) is the nation’s top rated team. While it’s certainly possible for another team to win it, there’s a good chance that the eventual champion will be one of these six squads.
The Final Four in 2008 will be held in San Antonio at the Alamodome.
San Antonio was last the home for the Final Four in 1998 when Kentucky beat Utah to win the national championship. The first two games of the Final Four will be held on March 5th, while the national championship game will be on March 7th.
If you’ve never watched March Madness basketball, you owe it to yourself to check it out. March Madness is regarded by many as the best postseason format in all of sports. It gives schools of all sizes and skill level a chance to take home the championship. Cinderella stories are common place during March Madness when a small school comes out of nowhere to contend for a national championship.
Examples of Cinderella stories include the eighth seeded 1985 national champions Villanova and the sixth seeded 1983 national champions North Carolina State.
On television, you can watch most of March Madness on CBS. Especially for the opening rounds, there is typically wall to wall coverage as CBS keeps its viewers updated on each game going on around the country. Whole games will become more prominent in CBS’ coverage once the field is thinned. The Final Four games, especially the national championship game, bring millions upon millions of viewers.
If you want the full experience, don’t forget about the play-in game. ESPN has extensive television coverage of the play-in game, along with their in-depth look at the tournament on a whole. You can also watch all the March Madness games online at March Madness on Demand.
Don’t forget to fill out your bracket! Compete with your friends and family to see who can best predict the outcome of March Madness.
We dutifully don our green clothes to avoid getting mercilessly pinched, affect an Irish accent, maybe even plan an Irish-themed party complete with blarney stones and shamrocks, all because the date happens to be March 17th and the occasion is St. Patrick’s Day. A holiday known chiefly for its convenient position during Spring Break and its connection to the Irish, alcoholic connotations and all, St. Patrick’s Day also contains a wealth of history and culture.
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No matter your age, chances are you have read the Dr. Seuss classic “Horton Hears a Who.” The book, which stars Horton the Elephant, is one of Dr. Seuss’ most famous works.
Dr. Seuss, who was born Theodor Seuss Geisel, is arguably the most celebrated author of children’s books in the history of mankind. Born in 1904, Dr. Seuss was a cartoonist and a writer by trade. In his lifetime, Dr. Seuss made over 40 children’s books. Some of his most well-known books included Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Hop on Pop and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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