Hundred-Dollar Scholarship Not Enough to Catch the Eye of Most College-Bound Students

(ContentDesk) June 29, 2005 -- When it comes to paying for college, every dollar counts, or does it? According to a survey of 500 Lunch-Money.com users, more than a quarter would not apply for a scholarship worth less than $5,000. "Many students are looking for homeruns when it comes to scholarships," Mark Rothbaum, president of Lunch-Money.com, said. "They want to win one big scholarship that makes
a huge dent in their tuition bill." Only 30 percent of respondents would apply for a scholarship award of $100, while another 23 percent were willing to spend the time if the award was at least $500. With the price tag of some top private colleges approaching $40,000 per year, a $100 scholarship may be viewed as just a drop in the bucket by many students. "These smaller scholarships don't seem worth the time for many kids," Rothbaum said.

"However, these students may be missing their best opportunity for money. These smaller awards are often much less competitive, meaning a higher success rate for students. While looking for that homerun, students may be missing a chance to string together a number of singles. Winning a national scholarship can be much more competitive than gaining admittance to an Ivy League university." One national scholarship program, the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation, awarded 250 scholarships last year, with each award ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 per year for four years. These 250 winners were selected from a pool of over 100,000 applicants, meaning fewer than 1 out of every 400 applicants won an award.

By comparison, Harvard admitted 2,074 students into its class of 2009, out of a pool of 22,276 students. The 9.1 percent acceptance rate for the class of 2009 was an all-time low for Harvard, yet it still far outstripped a student's chance of winning a Coca Cola Scholars award. For more information, please contact:Lunch-Money.com, Inc.350 Lincoln Place, Suite 2NBrooklyn, NY 11238(800)265-0179e-mail protected from spam botshttp://www.lunch-money.com.

After More than 20 Years of Business Aurora Pools and Spas Launches Online Store

Aurora has been in the business of selling high quality leisure and recreational products in central Kentucky for over 20 years. All of their installations are performed by trained personnel. As a member of the "Millennium Buying Group", Aurora is able to buy the highest quality products at substantial discounts and then pass these savings to their customers. With a 35,000 square foot indoor showroom, Aurora has one of the largest indoor showcases of pools and spas in the world. Customers all over the world have been purchasing products from Aurora via phone and fax for years, Aurora has now expanded its business online with a website specializing in pools, spas, hot tubs, saunas, billiards, electric fireplaces, and tanning beds as well as accessories like: spa chemicals, pool chemicals, pool toys, and wood inserts.

Customers can get detailed information on nearly all of Aurora's products from their new website, http...

Investing in Vintage Guitars Creates Safe Haven for Savvy Offbeat Collectors and Investors

Sutton, MA (ContentDesk) June 30, 2006 -- New England based Guitarshows.com provides the public a face to face venue for buying, selling and investing in vintage musical instruments. Vintage guitar and music gear expos across the East coast and New England provide passionate hobbyists an opportunity to buy, sell or trade anything of musical value.

Online Roulette

Virtually every online casino these days has an online roulette table, and the main reason for this is because it's a game loved by all gamblers. Online Roulette is one for the most exciting casino games, in one spin of the wheel you could hit the big time! If you haven't tried it, you've no doubt heard about it. For sheer entertainment value this virtual casino game ranks tops. The game is played on a table containing a betting area, and the roulette wheel. The wheel has 38 different pockets in which the ball could fall, numbered 0 to 37.

The betting area is divided into small areas, representing the numbers and colors on the wheel. Players bet by placing their casino chips on bet areas into which they believe the ball will fall. The betting area is divided into 2 main areas, namely inside bets and outside bets. Inside bets are found on the inside of the table and are labeled with a specific number. The outside bets are along the outer sides of the betting area and offer players...

Video Poker - The Basics

After Blackjack and Craps, video poker gives you some of the best odds in the casino if you play it right. It combines some of the fun of a slot machine with some of the fun of a table game, all without rushing you to play. This is why many professional gamblers use video poker as a means of relaxation in between the demands of blackjack or a table poker game. For many years now, video poker has steadily increased in popularity in the casinos. While many video poker machines may look like slot machines, make no mistake about it - they are not! Unlike slot machines, video poker is a combination of luck AND skill.The cards are dealt randomly, just as in a real poker game.

The house's edge is determined by how much it pays for the various combinations of winning hands. Different machines have different payout schedules for the various poker hands, so be sure to choose a machine with a favorable payout schedule. In order to play video poker with any chance at winning, you must know...

A Look at Nail Salon Equipment

The type of equipment required for a nail salon is different than that of a salon that solely offers hair styling services. This equipment can be just as costly as outfitting a hair salon, depending on the style of the pieces and materials used in manufacturing nail salon equipment.

There are several pieces of specific equipment that will typically be utilized in a nail salon.
A manicure table is the most common piece of nail salon equipment found in virtually all nail salons.
A manicure table is similar to a common desk and it allows a nail technician an ample, steady surface area to perform work on a client's nails.
Basic manicure tables feature storage drawers, a padded hand rest for comfort, and swivel casters.

Additional features of higher-end manicure tables include vents, built in electrical outlets, and polish racks.

Typically, manicure tables are made of a wood laminate for durability and easy cleaning. Nail dryers...