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Things to know about sharing a home with other students
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So, you have just left home for the first time, and you are about to spend your first semester at your chosen college or university. Unless you are staying in the dorms on campus, you will soon be sharing a home with other students.
Here’s what you need to know to keep things running smoothly, avoid animosity, and a build a sense of community within your new home away from home.
The kitchen
Of all the areas in the house, it is the kitchen where there is the greatest potential for conflict. The creation of dishes is the biggest issue, as it only takes the actions of one laggard to spawn resentment. Left unaddressed, this situation can lead to the refusal of others to keep up the cleanliness of this common space.
Another concern is food storage security. According to a recent survey commissioned by Data Label in the United Kingdom, anywhere between 14% and 37% of students had reported their food or leftovers had gone missing from communal fridges and food storage spaces. This study was also featured on We Are Homes for Students.
By carefully vetting roommates before allowing them to rent in the house, and then taking a proactive approach if food goes missing, these incidents can be avoided or quickly resolved.
Divvying up chores
If you hope to have a house that is at least respectably clean, it is imperative that you establish a schedule for chores at the start of the semester.
If everyone knows who is supposed to clean the kitchen, vacuum the floors, take out the trash/recyclables, and perform other tasks on given weeks, you will have an environment that feels more like a home rather than a place to sleep.
Paying the bills
The lights, water and internet won’t keep themselves on. In order to keep all these services running smoothly, the bills will need to be paid on time. Make sure that all bills are posted on the fridge as soon as they are received, with a complete breakdown of what is owed by everybody.
Though it may be uncomfortable to chase after your fellow housemates for money, it is vital that no one falls behind in their bills without a valid excuse, as it will give others a reason to be tardy on their payments as well.
Respecting each others needs
It can be difficult to share space with other human beings, but this task is made all the more tricky when the people involved are very young adults. Everyone must make an effort to respect each others need for privacy and quiet, especially during the week and at exam time.
On the other hand, if it’s the weekend, or early on in the semester, lighten up a little and respect your other housemates need to unwind, blow off steam, and have fun. So long as everyone has an understanding of the magnitude of a planned social gathering, and when they will begin and end, there should be no issue with having friends over every once in awhile.
Fun lottery facts that will brighten your day
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While some play the lottery in the hopes of funding their retirement, most understand that the lottery is a form of entertainment.
When we go to play the mega millions lottery, we do so because it’s a fun thing to do. In that spirit, this post will uncover a few fun lottery facts that we hope will make your day better than it is right now. Enjoy!
1) Don’t play consecutive numbers
In the history of American lottery draws, four consecutive numbers have only been drawn three times, with the most recent occurrence coming on November 30th, 2011.
That wasn’t even the most remarkable consecutive number draw that happened that year though, as a lottery draw months before yielded five consecutive numbers: 14-15-16-17-18.
Despite these occurrences, consecutive numbers in lottery draws are exceedingly rare, so don’t play them!
2) There is a speed camera lottery in Sweden
Incentivizing motorists to drive safe can be a challenge at times, but it seems like traffic police in Sweden are on to something. In the city of Stockholm, the local authorities have launched an intriguing lottery.
Throughout the city, there are cameras that record the license plates of drivers – whether they are speeding or not. A portion of the fine revenue raised from drivers that are caught speeding has been set aside to create a jackpot.
This jackpot is awarded monthly by a randomly chosen driver that has been obeying the speed limit. This has actually resulted in an actual reduction in the number of speeding infractions. Europe wins again!
3) Joan R. Ginthe: the luckiest woman in history
Despite our lofty daydreaming, most people realize that the chances of winning the lottery are exceedingly small. It is a Herculean achievement to even win once. However, there is a person alive that has won not only once, but four times in her life.
That person is Joan R. Ginthe, PhD professor at Stanford University. Appropriately enough, her specialty is in math and statistics. While there is no doubt that she used her knowledge to improve her odds of winning, the chances of replicating what she did currently stands at a staggering eighteen septillion to one. Yup.
4) Garbage man to millionaire … to garbage man
When garbage man Michael Carroll of the United Kingdom won the national lottery, it is understandable to say that he was thrilled to win the 9 million pound first prize. He embraced his newfound wealth with a vigour that would make Imelda Marcos blush, spending tons of cash on new jewelry, homes, cars, and much more.
Unfortunately for him, he forgot to invest some along the way and ran out of money fairly quickly. The good news though: his former employer took him back, and today, he once again works as a garbage man.
Useful points to consider when you are planning for college
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If you are thinking about taking a college course you need to plan to make sure you make the right choices. Of course, you can change from one course to another but that is not the best options. It’s far better to settle on the right course for you initially. This way you can make sure that you concentrate all of your efforts on studying, and gaining your qualification, rather than on thinking about making changes.
It does not matter whether you are considering college for the first time, or you are looking at gaining additional qualifications so you can change career, there are some things which potential students all need to consider when planning for college.
Which college is right for you?
It’s never too early to start considering which college you should attend. Your choice could involve several factors. One of these factors will always be the availability of the course you want to take. You also need to take a look at things such as the reputation of the college, where it’s located, what its previous results look like and what wider activities are available.
For some potential students online study with providers such as Upskilled may be the best option. If you study online you have the flexibility of being able to shape your study around your life. This is especially useful if you are working and you want to study to gain an additional qualification.
How are you going to finance you study?
No matter what college option you choose you need to figure out how you are going to pay for your course of study. Do not forget that if you attend a traditional college, as opposed to studying online, you may also have to pay for accommodation and/or travel costs. This is why studying online can turn out to be the most financially viable option.
There are options available for you to potentially gain financial assistance with the cost of your study. If you receive a loan to help with your study then you obviously need to factor in what this is going to mean for you, when it comes to paying it back.
What does the future hold?
Planning your college career is not just about planning for those years when you will actually be studying; you also have to take into account the years following college. This is why it’s generally a good idea to know what sort of career you want to have, so that you can shape your study around gaining the qualifications you need. You do not want to choose a field of study simply because it sounds like fun and then find out that you do not have access to the career options you want with that qualification. You should always choose your college course with an eye on the future.
Deciding on your options for college study is very important and we have taken you through just three of the important aspects that need to feature. One of the most important things to remember is that you should never rush the decision; always give yourself plenty of time.
Augmented reality conquers the gaming industry
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Augmented reality conquers the gaming industry already, even in its earlier form. There aren’t that many augmented reality games at this point, and yet the games that do exist have already become huge hits on a level that many people would never expect. Pokemon Go managed to cross the ten million download threshold faster than all other mobile games. Augmented reality conquers the gaming industry already, and there is no telling what is going to happen when people finally have a wide range of different options for their augmented reality games.
The redflush Online Casino could be one of many online casino gaming websites to take part in the augmented reality revolution. The online casino niche actually got involved with this revolution long before many other niches did. The online casino world has always been highly proactive in that regard and many others. Microgaming dates back to 1994, in a world where arcade games were still common and the gaming gadgets that people used were laughably dated compared to what people have today. There are over seven hundred games available at the redflush Online Casino and people can start playing now. Soon enough, they will be able to take part in the casino’s selection of augmented reality games.
Augmented reality is going to take casino games in a new direction. Many of the online casino slot games are not geared towards realism. They are games with fantastical graphics and surroundings. Many of them have supernatural themes. Augmented reality conquers the gaming industry, and the augmented reality will make people feel as if they are actually taking part in some of the fanciful themes of their games.
In the case of online casino gaming, many people are going to want to feel as if the casinos themselves and the associated casino games are real, because they will want to feel as if they are attending real casinos. Naturally, augmented reality could be used to bring some themes from dramatic online casino slot games to life. However, many people are going to relish the opportunity to feel as if they are playing at physical casinos, even if they are actually playing their games from their mobile devices. Few people are going to get the opportunity to play at physical casinos, especially compared to the number of people who are capable of playing on websites like the redflush Online Casino website. Augmented reality conquers the gaming industry, and it will change the experiences available to the people who are playing games from all over the world.
The augmented reality games that people are starting playing now are going to make the mundane exciting. People will be playing the games in the exact same areas, but the areas are going to be transformed as a result of the virtual reality overlays in the environment. People will feel like they have traveled in spite of the fact that they have never changed location. People are not going to need to go to Las Vegas in order to go to Las Vegas.
The Magic of College and College Football
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One of the biggest draws the major colleges have over the smaller universities is college football game day. At places like Michigan you have more than 100,000 fans packing the stadium on Saturday. Fans and alumni travel from miles away. The sound of the marching band reverberates throughout the campus. There are tailgate parties, before and after the game, and the entire state becomes football obsessed. Indeed, the magic of college and college football in America is spellbinding to the uninitiated.
Also, as a student at one of the major colleges, there is Heisman Trophy hype as football writers and commentators spend countless hours discussing the favorites to win the most storied individual trophy awarded in American sports. You want the full college experience? Choose one of the top programs in the country, and you can’t go wrong. In particular, if you are a student at Alabama, Ohio State, or Clemson, you are in for especially exciting fall. The top betting sites throughout the country think that they’re the best bet to finish the season as NCAA Champions.
The race for the Heisman Trophy, however, might be a little harder to pinpoint. Discussion are in the works to eliminate the kickoff, citing the injuries that are caused by the high-speed collisions that most often occur on special teams plays. But think about former winners like Tim Brown, Desmond Howard, and Charles Woodson, who were all aided in the quest for the trophy by their kick return prowess. It would render their type of on the field stardom obsolete.
The verdict on the kickoff and what might replace it are still to be determined.
Also in the works is Big 12 conference expansion. Forgetting for a moment that the conference currently only has ten members, instead of the twelve it’s named for, its place at the table of the power conferences is solid. So expect the competition to be fierce among the universities on the short-list for addition. And the waves created by a possible expansion would be roll across the country, potentially altering the landscape in the Pac-12 and ACC. For students, fans, and gamblers alike, the more teams that take up residence in the power conferences, the better.
Early candidates being talked about for addition to the Big 12 are the Houston Cougars and the Tulane Green Wave, which would be welcome news for fans in Houston, the nation’s fourth largest television market, and New Orleans. But as with everything done in the Big 12, none of it will happen without the approval of the Texas Longhorns.
