Two Sixteenth Seeds Favored by PicksPal.com Players in First Round of NCAA Tournament
Mountain View, CA (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) March 16, 2006 -- No sixteenth seed has ever been favored over a top seed in NCAA Tournament history then again no tournament bracket has ever taken the point spread into account.
The PicksPal.com Hoops 1001 Contest is the only tournament bracket that accounts for point spreads in its bracket picks, which is why a majority of its players are confident that heavily favored Duke and Connecticut will not cover their respective point spreads in their first-round games.
While tournament favorite Connecticut is favored by 22.5 points over Albany on Friday, Duke is favored by an astonishing 25.5 points Thursday against Southern. Contrary to odds makers prognostications, tens of thousands of Hoops 1001 players believe neither of those games will end up in such a lopsided blowout. Our players feel that Southern and Albany wont simply roll over against the number one powerhouses, said Tom Jessiman, Founder and CEO of PicksPal.com, theyve got faith in these teams sense of pride. Aside from factoring in odds for each game, PicksPal.coms Hoops 1001 Contest also boasts several other unique aspects to its tournament bracket.
Unlike conventional tourney brackets, the Hoops 1001 Contest features:
" 5000 Points per Round players can join during any round at any time" Pick Flexibility players DO NOT have to pick each game, only the games they know and feel confident about" Up to 50 Picks per Game aside from the winner and over/under, fun and exotic props (including halftime picks based on first half action) are available for each game
" Round by Round Prizes the player with the most points at the end of each round receives an iPod Nano." Grand Prize the overall tournament champion is awarded a 42-inch flat panel HDTV With round by round prizes, grand prizes and 1001 picks over 65 games, Hoops 1001 players are already scrambling to accumulate their points even if it means picking against Duke and Connecticut. We always remind our players to pick smart and pick often, said Jessiman, and that twenty-five and a half point spread may be too big to cover even for Duke.
For the thousands playing the Hoops 1001 Contest, the start of the NCAA mens basketball tournament signifies the beginning of a new level of interaction with their tournament brackets. After all, bragging rights, iPods, and a 42-inch HDTV are on the line. Registration for the PicksPal.com Hoops 1001 Contest is free at www.PicksPal.com.
About PicksPal.comBased in Mountain View, CA, and created and launched in Sept.
2005 by Internet sports pioneer, Tom Jessiman, PicksPal.com is the only free online game that offers sports fans the opportunity to amass points by picking on their favorite sports, including basketball, football, baseball, golf, boxing, cycling, motor sports and hockey all for real prizes. Sports fans have made PicksPal.com the fastest growing sports and entertainment destination on the Internet.Media Contact: Doug Drotman631-462-1198.
Gardening - Using Annuals in Your Perennial Garden
Annuals in your perennial garden are something to think about! Annuals give you season long color, easy propogation, they're cost efficient, and provide first season interest.If you're just starting a perennial garden annuals are a great choice to fill in gaps. I remember my first garden. I bought a couple of plants thinking "This is gonna be great!" A few weeks later I realised this wasn't true. I needed a whole lot more plants and they cost a bunch! I opted for some annual seeds and I had a really pretty garden by the seasons end. Annuals can certainly help to fill in a garden while you wait for perennials to mature.Even an established perennial garden may have spots where little is blooming at one time or another.
Annuals are a great way to fill those gaps and keep color in your garden. They bloom from summer to fall and with a bit of dead heading you can continue to coax them back.Annuals are simple to start from seed which makes them very cost efficient. You can certainly...
Gardening - Using Annuals in Your Perennial Garden
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Six Smoothie Recipes for Constipation and Acne Relief
I recommend drinking a morning smoothie if you have constipation or if you have skin problems like acne.
Drinking a high fiber smoothie relieves and prevents constipation.
It will also provide the nutrients that are necessary for having or keeping a nice clean and smooth skin.
So, here are the six smoothie recipes you can blend.
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Apple Smoothie
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Apple-Barley Smoothie
? Apricot Smoothie
? Peach-Rice Dream Smoothie
? Pineapple Smoothie
? Strawberry Smoothie
Apple Smoothie
Mix in the blender the following.
1-2 small apples cut into wedges
1 banana
1 cup 50:50 rice dream: almond milk
? cup or less of raisins soaked overnight
1-teaspoon honey
1-2 cubes of ice
1-teaspoon lecithin granules
2 tablespoons...
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Growing Hibiscus
Before growing Hibiscus, a fair amount of planning is required. Do you want to grow them in your garden, use them for landscaping or hedging or keep them pots that can be kept indoors or out? What size and type of plant do you want?
Potted culturing has to be confined to the smaller varieties. For outdoors, the size is dependent on the use. Large types are ideal for landscaping. Those used as hedges can be medium in size.
If you want the Hibiscus to blend with other plants in the garden, smaller ones are ideal. For bonsai, use old, compact plants with small leaves.
Check with nurseries or other growers in your area to ascertain which species is best suited for you. You cannot be sure of the color of the flowers unless a plant you purchase is in bloom. There are plants that give common but romantic five petal singles or ones with double layers.
First time gardeners should purchase the right gardening tools, accessories...
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Discover the Sensational Tastes of Australia in our Easy Recipes Using the Deliciously Interesting Herbs, Spices, Fruits, Nuts and Seeds, Which are the Basis of an Authentic Australian Cuisine.
Authentic Australian foods are now emerging as a significant trend around the world. It took Vic Cherikoff (www.cherikoff.net) and his dedicated growers, 20 years to commercialize the 2 dozen indigenous fully flavoured fruits, nutritious seeds, low fat nuts, aromatic herbs, pungent spices, and concentrated essential oils and flavour extracts. There's wattleseed, Oz lemon, Alpine pepper, quandong and food adjuncts such as paperbark to name a few. All together, they make international fusion food deliciously unique with their tantalizing flavours, which reflect their Australian origins of deep rainforests, outback deserts, coastal woodlands and alpine valleys.The greatest goldmine of delectable Australian recipes crammed into one book.The Dining Downunder Cookbook makes learning to cook Australian food scrumptiously easy with simple, elegant recipes with sufficient Wow! Factor to make any dinner party, festive lunch or...
Discover the Sensational Tastes of Australia in our Easy Recipes Using the Deliciously Interesting Herbs, Spices, Fruits, Nuts and Seeds, Which are the Basis of an Authentic Australian Cuisine.
Seeds > Discover the Sensational Tastes of Australia in our Easy Recipes Using the Deliciously Interesting Herbs, Spices, Fruits, Nuts and Seeds, Which are the Basis of an Authentic Australian Cuisine.
Mangosteen
Mangosteen (also known as mangostin and guttiferae garcinia mangostana L) is the fruit of the mangosteen tree. The tree is quite slow in growth but can achieve heights of anything from 20 to 80 feet. It is typically thick-leaved and grows exclusively in tropical countries with climate such as in India, the East Indies, Thailand and the Philippines.
It requires a considerable amount of moisture to thrive. The leaves are of leathery texture and can grow to a length of ten inches or more.
It is believed to have originated from the Sunda Islands and is most extensively cultivated in Thailand, Kampuchea, Burma and Singapore.
There have been repeated attempts to cultivate it in places like Queensland and Africa, but these have never been very successful. The mangosteen tree was first introduced in America in 1906, when the United States Department of Agriculture received seeds from Java. Attempts to cultivate it in California, Florida and even Hawaii were...
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