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Time to fill out your brackets again and be reminded of the fun and futility of March Madness. (Jump ahead to the List of Free Bracket Contests.)
I do this every year. It's amusing to feel like a genius for a couple of days ("Hey, look, one of my 17 brackets only has 3 missed picks through Sunday!") only to come crashing back to reality later. All of my brackets are usually shredder-ready by the second Friday.
The odds of picking a perfect bracket are way worse than winning the lottery — not even in the same ballpark, probably not even the same galaxy.
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That's why everybody and their grandmother can offer million dollar (and billion dollar!) prizes for their online bracket contest. It would be hilarious if some common bracket combination came true and they would have to pay up. On the last weekend, we would know a lot of people would be so close to the big prize. Shares of the company offering the prize would take a dive. What if all higher seeds did win? On several sites that would be the default pick set. Hundreds of people could win on computer or user error.
At least, in office pools you are only competing with mere mortals instead of perfection. They can be more exciting since you are still in the hunt longer. Of course, in office pools you probably know who the winner is, which could lead to more of a humiliated feeling when you are smoked by the guy who based his picks on which team had the cooler mascot or the woman who only picked teams from blue states.
Have no fear. You, too, can have a winning wacky bracket. Here are some suggestions on how to decide between two teams.
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- Mascot fight!
- Oldest university
- Ask a toddler to pick
- Assign them sections on a dartboard
- Lowest SAT scores
- Uniform color/design
If you have any more suggestions, share them in the comments section. For a more rational approach, you can get some insight based on what the seeds have done historically. As you can see teams are given the seeds for a reason.
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Finally, for your convenience, here's a list of free bracket contests. Add your own in the comments section, and I'll try to update the list if I find some new ones. [*] Needs a link update from 2014.
Capital One NCAA March Madness Bracket Challenge
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Westport Parents of Westport Central School students will get an early opportunity to meet with teachers and staff this year.
While parent nights were previously held at the end of the first quarter of classes, the 2012-13 back to school nights will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 11 for students in grades K-6 at 5:30 p.m. and on Monday, Sept. 17, for students in grades 7-12 at 5:30 p.m.
"This new format will replace the report card night for the middle and high schools," Westport principal Michelle Friedman said. "The parents will be able to establish a relationship with the teachers and staff right off the bat and have a chance to (check) the schedule of their student in middle and high school, meet the teachers and learn about the expectations that they have for the students."
School opens for Westport students on Thursday, Sept. 6, and information on the opening days of school and events can be found in the school newsletter which was recently sent out to parents in this district. The newsletter is also available online (westportcs.org).
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Friedman also said that the school was pleased to hear at the end of the 2011-12 year that they were recognized with a silver medal award by U.S. News and World Report.
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AIBU to think that sometimes people try too hard at Christmas(125 Posts)
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My very good friend (F) has asked me to post this.
F and her DiL have always had a good and loving relationship and choose to spend time together without the son around. F is a kind and loving grandmother/babysitter to her 2yr old DGD and will be to the one that arrives in the new year. However, she has concerns that DiL has turned into <dramatic music> Christmaszilla.
DiL says that this is the first Christmas that DGD will know what's going on and is determined to run it like a military operation with all the extras. It has to be memorable and magical. There will be a Christmas Hamper, Elf on a shelf, homemade Advent Calendar with home made presents, decorations up the moment December arrives, outside lights and so much more. She's making noises about a trip to see Santa in Lapland - you get the picture. Every time they meet up DiL has another new idea from somewhere. <glares suspiciously at Christmas forum>
F is expected to help and do a lot because pregnant DiL "can't do it all!". F feels that most of it actually doesn't need doing. And suspects she may be expected to fund a lot of it. She's wriggling out of things as kindly as she can and is considering breaking an arm so as to have a better excuse.
We are both in our 60s and remember Christmas as a very magical time without all the stuff that people do these days. It was magical when our DCs were small without shelved elves etc. I'm all for family traditions at Christmas and we keep to all of ours and they make the magic - but forcing loads of new traditions which are tiring (and expensive) to execute on over-excited children seems crazy to us.
Are we being unreasonable old fogies?
YANBU at all.
YANBU. At all.
Yes, I suspect you are being unreasonable old fogies. I wonder if my mil feels this way about dh and I. I hope not.
We really enjoy all the planning that goes into Christmas. I am sure we get as much out of it as our children do.
If your friend doesn't want to help then she doesn't have to. Shame though.
sounds lovely. I cant wait to go all out for Christmas once dd is aware and a bit bigger lol.
its one day a year!
my Christmas Pinterest board is ridiculous lol
There might be a very good reason why her DIL is doing all this? I think if she's expecting her second in the new year, the hormonal upset that makes you feel you're letting your first down and interrupting their perfect world, means she could be over compensating slightly. This is normal. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't think the perfect Christmas is something she can give her DD to assuage the guilt of having her second. I felt similarly torn about having dc2 and it manifests itself in different ways.
There may be other reasons too. Maybe she didn't enjoy her childhood Christmases. Maybe she adores Christmas and wants it to be a certain way. Who knows?
Certainly, your friend has every right to gently say I won't be financing or arranging things for you but sniping and calling her a Christmaszilla is unking and unfair.
If their relationship is otherwise good then this shouldn't be a problem. I'd be a little worried that she's focussing so exactly on this notion of perfection as it reeks of her struggling a bit but this should be met with kindness.
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All the things you describe can cost very, very little
I suggest if they start talking about expensive stuff you direct them to cheaper alternatives
And Christmas is a big deal here too. I spend a lot of time (not money) planning when and how we'll make decorations, things to do, little magic touches and stories etc. December is a wonderful month for me and we've started lots of little traditions over time.
MIL doesn't much like Christmas and only celebrates on the day, maybe a day either side and is a bit cranky about it all.
I'd be gutted to think she was being mean behind my back.
YANBU at all. I am a big believer in Christmas magic for children. It is there in fairy lights in a dark room and a big decorated tree. Special stories and a visit to Santa and a look at shop windows etc. and a stocking to open on Christmas morning; the real magic is in the love that surrounds the children and that is free.
At 2 a child won't remember it anyway.
My mother didnt let us celebrate Christmas or birthdays. She was a misrable abusive drunk.
Im one of those who go all out at Christmas. I dont get into debt, my children enjoy it, we enjoy it too.
Sure its just me trying to get over my shitty childhood but really, wheres the harm?
Blimey YANBU at all.
Don't quite know what to suggest for your friend to do, though. I guess, be politely 'that's nice' about some of the ideas, get involved with the less mad ones, and try to maintain a bit of distance from the impending meltdown (because I can't imagine that anything other than this is going to happen) and be there to pick up some of the pieces and console the DIL that actually, it's alright not to go to Lapland and DGD is having a lovely time playing with that box over there.
The DIL is being cheeky if she's expecting someone else to fund all her Christmas ideas, but she's probably just excited about creating new traditions for her children to enjoy at Christmas and wants to involve her family. I'm sure all of us found the first Christmas where our PFBs were able to pay attention to it especially exciting. There's no need to be mean about it and piss all over her Christmas spirit.
By the way, what is Elf on the Shelf? I'd never heard of it til I read mumsnet.
For me as a child Christmas was magical simply for having everyone there around one big table enjoying themselves. Yes there were early morning presents and stockings, but truth be told I remember this mostly because video cameras had just come out so my dad filmed it all!
However...I wonder if the fact that she is DIL rather than D that makes the difference. Your F and family may have had some lovely.Christmas memories from the simple stuff but I wonder if DIL feels she lost out when she was a child and is overcompensating?
I guess if they can afford it then its harmless, I do worry about people getting in to debt because of Christmas and have known people that have.
I don't like a huge fuss myself and our traditions are quite low key, we don't even have a tin of quality street! So I do get where your coming from.
We have a lovely Christmas book with a mini story book that pops out for each day of advent. DS is nearly 13 so not sure how he will feel about it this year.
We have the traditional cat climbing up Christmas tree and me shouting at her to get down to look forward to
Nothing on that list seems ott to me - pretty normal for everyone I know actually
The Lapland idea is mad for a pregnant woman and a 2 year old. Mad and stupidly expensive. I work at an airport and often deal with the Santa flights. It is a very, very long day and much too much for a toddler.
I am a bit of a Christmas Grinch really and do the bare minimum so I don't want to comment on the other stuff.
YANBU old fogies at all! I love Christmas, and I'm not an old fogy (at the grand age of 23), but I do hope that I can get away with giving DS the kind of Christmases that DP and I had as children.
What your friend's DIL has planned sounds a bit overwhelming for a young child, to be honest. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do some extra things for Christmas when the children are at that old-enough-to-understand but young-enough-to-think-it's-ace stage but there's no point in stressing about it or doing things that are beyond your means, or expecting others to have to do it for you, especially when so much of it is extra faff. If she can't do it all, she should only do what she CAN do and her daughter will still absolutely love it.
I would say it's up to DIL what she does & it's equally up to F to not help/give money if she doesn't want to.
Is F somehow worried about being pushed out?
6 weeks today me, DH and the kids will decorate the house with christmassy things.
I love going all out for christmas < even though i will be working most of it>
I am going all out planning this year, the difference is though I am doing it and funding it. your friend is not unreasonable to say she doesn't want to get involved especially with financing it. Christmas is a very personal time, the reason I am so on up on Christmas this year is because I lost my mum shortly before last Christmas, and to be honest Christmas was horrible. my mum loved Christmas and this year I want create some better memories. not saying its a reason to spend epic amounts or rope people in but there are reasons some people do want to go all out certainly not fair to want people to help finance though!
I have no idea what an Elf on a shelf is, but the Lapland trip is the only one of those things that looks expensive.
If this is DIL's first child then she may well be going a little OTT in trying to start lots of new traditions at once. By next Christmas she will be able to see for herself what works and what doesn't.
This will also be her last Christmas with just one child (unless the new baby is due before then) so that will make it seem like even more of a special occasion for her.
What does F's son think about it all?
I don't think that Dil had unhappy Christmases as a child but that is something to think about, thanks.
I'm not against new traditions evolving it's the number of them that F is worried about. Christmas Day will be at F's house, Dil wants it so because F has a big fireplace and there will be a log fire. It's a big house so plenty of room for everyone and a big tree. F has always said she'd understand if DiL and DS wanted their own Christmas but they love going to hers.
She's never dressed the outside of the house, just thrown outside lights on a conifer near the front door but DiL wants them to make more effort. F's DH says he's too old to be climbing up ladders stringing lights around the eaves and is verging on grumpy, finding a lot of the ideas "too American". Decoration inside has been very traditionally English - think Victorian - and he'd rather keep it that way.
F loves DiL very much and is worried that it will be too much for all of them and that she's making herself ill in her drive for perfection.
YANBU. I'm probably a bit of a fogey when it comes to Christmas but I like it simple and as stress free as possible. And I'm 27!
My fondest childhood memories of Christmas are just decorating the tree with the same old deccies we'd had for years (still do), making a yule log out of a swiss roll, eating it on Christmas Eve, watching our 3 Christmas videos, then just going to mass, opening presents and having a nice dinner on Christmas Day. Maybe going for a walk in the park after dinner then playing Monopoly!
BIL goes he'll for leather with Christmas for his family, spends loads of money, like a military operation, traditions must be observed. I used to find this tiring, irritating and materialistic but now I understand why he does it. He and DH had an awful childhood and he wants his own children's to be perfect.
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STILLWATER, Okla. -- In the scrawled handwriting of a 9-year-old, Andrea Hancock expressed what so many people around Oklahoma State University were thinking Wednesday.
"I miss you daddy," read the card attached to a bouquet of a half-dozen pink roses. The flowers were set by the picture of her father, team publicist Will Hancock, at a memorial to 10 men associated with Oklahoma State's basketball program who died in a plane crash nine years ago while returning from a game in Colorado.
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Uihlein Hall was peppered with sparkly shoes and fluffy frocks for Saturday afternoon's opening of the Milwaukee Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" - and that was just the little girls in the audience.
The production of "Nutcracker," directed and choreographed by Milwaukee Ballet artistic director Michael Pink, is a lavish, stage-filling spectacle that tells a classic story through a deft balance of child-pleasing action and elegant dance. »Read Full Article(2)
Skylight makes the most of bland 'Pump Boys'
In the fictionalized North Carolina being served up in "Pump Boys and Dinettes," the country music pastiche that's now open for business at Skylight Music Theatre, none of the six characters actually works much.
To be sure, designer Brandon Ribordy has stuffed this really fun, vintage 1950s set - half gas station and half diner - with props suggesting that the four pump boys might actually service cars and the two fun-loving waitresses next door might actually take and fill orders. »Read Full Article(2)
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If you're looking for the Florentine Opera Company, you'll find them in Vogel Hall for the next couple of weeks, trying something a little different.
Veering away from stage-filling grand opera, the company opened a lighthearted production of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera "Albert Herring" Friday evening, in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts' smallest performance space. »Read Full Article


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Campaign Finance Reform
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MARGARET WARNER: Does the latest attempt to reform campaign finance practices pass constitutional muster? That was the issue in a federal district court in Washington today, as supporters and opponents squared off over the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law that took effect November 6. That law bans national political party committees from raising so-called soft money, the unlimited contributions from corporations, unions, and others that the parties used to spend on non-candidate-specific activities like issue ads, get out the vote drives, and operating costs. The law also prohibits interest groups from airing political ads mentioning federal candidates close to election time.
For more on today's hearing, we turn to a reporter who was in the courtroom, Neil Lewis of The New York Times. Welcome back, Neil.
NEIL LEWIS: Thank you, Margaret.
MARGARET WARNER: Set the scene for us today, this is an unusual proceeding with some strange bedfellows on either side.
NEIL LEWIS: Indeed. Quite an extraordinary proceeding because it's a special three Judge panel provided for in the law that allows an expedited argument that will go quickly to the Supreme Court early next year. So of the strange alliances and lineups you have first of all perhaps the most striking is that the law is being challenged by the Republican National Committee and its most vocal opponent in the Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell — Republican of Kentucky. The principal defender of the law is the Bush administration. At the same time others challenging the law you have on the side the American Civil Liberties Unions, which contends it's a violation of free speech by limiting spending and the Supreme Court once found and may still find that spending money many n political campaigns is the equivalent of free speech — the ACLU; the National Rifle Association. On the other side you have officials on the ACLU who disagree, so it scrambled traditional alliances.
MARGARET WARNER: And also very high-powered lawyers.
NEIL LEWIS: Indeed. Among them you have on opposite sides today two former solicitors general — Seth Waxman, arguing in favor of the law; he was a solicitor general — the chief government attorney before the Supreme Court — the Clinton administration; on the other side arguing the case in chief was Ken Starr who is back in for him a very comfortable environment after a very difficult stint as the independent Whitewater prosecutor. He clearly was quite confident today to be happy back in the environment. We know he was kind assailed during his tenure as a Whitewater prosecutor and he's very intensively involved in sort of reputation rehabilitation now after that.
MARGARET WARNER: All right, now, Starr's team, the opponents went first. What were the basic arguments they made?
NEIL LEWIS: The opponents of the law have two basic arguments one of the first amendment, that it's an infringement upon free speech to limit campaign contributions. When people give money to candidates or parties, they are expressing their views and to limit would be to limit their constitutional rights to free speech. The other is it was an improper extension of Congress of its power over states, because many of the provisions in the McCain-Feingold law influence state races, because many of the contests are coordinated between state committees and the federal committee so, states now have to comply with this. That was their second argument. But the first amendment is the principal point of attack for the opponents of the law.
MARGARET WARNER: Then the supporters went second, since the opponents have brought the suits. So the supporters went on this afternoon and what was their basic thrust?
NEIL LEWIS: The supporters of the law said two things, this is within Congress's power to prevent and limit corruption. And they provided many powerful examples of what to most of us is intuitive knowledge that people who donate money in political campaigns do so because they want something usually. Only a small percentage may just want to support the democratic process and provide compelling examples — an affidavit from Zell Miller Senator — Democrat from Georgia who described campaign fund-raising process he has to go through, he goes into a room – an aide hands a memo, be chatty and call this up person agribusiness, remind him you're on the agriculture committee, call up the person in the banking business and remind him you're on the banking committee. Other example that Roger Willen who was representing Senators McCain and Feingold, gave was a memo that was written for a lobbyist from Pharma, which is the trade organization for the pharmaceutical industry, on how it talk to, of all people, Senator McConnell, and it said, the memo said tell him what you're after and remind him that the trade association has been very generous to these two Republican political campaign committees, one of which Mr. McConnell is chairman of.
MARGARET WARNER: How do the Judges, three Judges as you said, how active were me questioning the lawyers for the two sides and what, how did they respond?
NEIL LEWIS: Well, the chief Judge of the three Judge panel, one appeals court Judge and two district court Judges the chief Judge of the panel Karen Henderson remarked after hearing both sides initially on the issue of soft money said you're like two ships passing in the night. The plaintiffs – the people attacking the law want to talk about freedom of expression and people supporting the law just want to talk about the corruption. You would please address each other's points. So the lawyer for defending the lawyers said okay well, it is a First Amendment right to have people who don't have the wherewithal to make donations have their voice heard but immediately went back to examples of corruption. Similarly, the other side stuck to its things.
MARGARET WARNER: So they really didn't engage on each other's argument despite the prodding from the Judge?
NEIL LEWIS: I don't think they did. I think they both played their strongest hands and lightly dealt with the other side's arguments.
MARGARET WARNER: How about the other Judges?
NEIL LEWIS: Well, Judge Henderson as well as one of the other Judges — Judge Leon, and they're both Republican appointees, seemed quite skeptical of the supporters of the law a bit more sympathetic to the challengers on the First Amendment argument. For example, Judge Leon challenged the lawyers who supported the law repeatedly saying, well, we keep saying this creates the appearance of corruption but how about actual corruption, can you show actual corruption? And the lawyer said, well, it's inherently corrupt than a influence this is and we have had all these examples anecdotal examples, he said do you have any empirical evidence, he was skeptical, Judge Henderson was skeptical and the third Judge also a district court Judge in Washington was a little more opaque in her views as I gleaned from her questions.
MARGARET WARNER: Did either side contend this that law would take special interest money out of politics
NEIL LEWIS: Well they did in different ways. The people challenging the law said it would only take political party special interest out but in fact, special interest which is am elastic term as you know Margaret, things like the NRA or abortion rights or opponents, those are more readily what they by of special interest not bound under the law the same way political parties are. So Bobby Burchfield the lawyer for the republican national committee argued it sends the money underground. You wouldn't see who donated the heavy amounts of money as you can now to the party. They would donate to these special interest groups and you wouldn't know what it was. That was his attempt to deal with that.
MARGARET WARNER: And the other side? Did they deal with that issue?
NEIL LEWIS: Well, their general argument is that by reducing large contributions by acting on the contribution side you are reducing the influence of money and their argument remember is, everyone knows, people give money to get access. People give money to get access to press their points, lobbyists press their points about their what they feel on issues. Bills they want stopped, amendments they want stopped, amendments proposed. And as I said they provided these numerous rather rich examples of people going in and saying, hey I want to talk to you about this bill. But remember we were very generous to you and very generous to your party and committee.
MARGARET WARNER: And how quickly do you think this three-Judge panel will rule?
NEIL LEWIS: Well they asked about it. Judge Henderson asked Ken Starr his opinion and in response to Henderson and Starr sort of agreed they'll work quickly through the holidays and probably issue a ruling by the end of January. They need that to get it quickly to the Supreme Court, under the law it t goes quickly to the Supreme Court so the Supreme Court can put on its calendar this year and decide by spring. This is a case most lawyers expect to produce a new landmark ruling on the limits of free expression.
MARGARET WARNER: All right, well, Neil Lewis, thank you so much.
NEIL LEWIS: Thank you, Margaret.