【推荐1】Enter to Win Scholarship for College

The American Fire Sprinkler Association created the college scholarship program to help with the educational and training pursuits of students just like you. So, if you meet the contest requirements, please enter and good luck!

The High School Senior College Scholarship Contest is open to high school seniors who are citizens legally living in the USA. Home-schooled students may apply as long as the course of study is equal to that of a senior in high school. Relatives of AFSA staff or NATIONAL board members may not enter.

Scholarship contest entries will be accepted from September 1, 2023 until January 1, 2024.

Scholarship entries are ONLY accepted online through the AFSA scholarship website (www. afsascholarship. org).

Entrants must submit a completed entry form with all required information. If ANY false or misleading information is submitted on the form, the student will be disqualified.

Each entrant is allowed only ONE ENTRY submittal. Any attempt to enter again under a different name, address, etc. will automatically disqualify the entrant.

A total of $5,000 is awarded. Five winners will receive a scholarship of $1,000 each. The scholarship is paid directly to the educational institution in the student’s account to be used to cover tuition fees. The scholarship may be used over a period not to exceed four years. AFSA will contact each winner by email and phone within 12 days of contest end-date, using the contact information given by the entrant during the application process.

【推荐2】Peer ( 同伴 ) Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) is a peer-facilitated learning programme available to students enrolled ( 注册 ) in most core units of study in our business school.

PASS involves weekly sessions where you work in groups to tackle specially prepared problem sets, based around a unit of study you’re enrolled in.

PASS doesn’t re-teach or deliver new content. It’s an opportunity to deepen your understanding of the key points from lecture materials while you are applying your skills to solve problems.

You work interactively with your peers. As a peer group, you decide what is covered in each session. That way, PASS directly responds to your needs and feedback.

Registration in Term 2 will open at 9 am, 21 September 2022.

Waiting lists

If a session is full, you can register for the waiting list. We will email you if a place becomes available or if a new session is to be held.

When you are placed on a waiting list, we will email you a number which tells you where you are on the list. If you are close to the front of the list, you have a good chance of gaining a place in the programme in the near future.

Deregistering

If you miss two PASS sessions in a row, you will be deregistered and your place will be given to someone on the waiting list. Make sure you fill in the attendance sheet at each session to record your attendance.

You’ll be informed by email if you are being deregistered as a result of missing sessions. If you believe you have received the email in error, email the PASS office at   passoffice@umbs. edu..

【推荐1】When it comes to choosing where to go for a vacation, what we’re going to eat and drink can be a big part of making travel plans.

Of course, it’s subjective according to personal tastes, but this is TV Travel’s take on some of the best food cultures and destinations around the world.

So, as you dream about where you’ll go next, which top 10 cuisines rule?

American Food

Many of the popular foods in the USA originate in some other cuisine. The pizza slice is Italian. Fries are Belgian or Dutch. Hamburgers and frankfurters? Likely German. But in the kitchens of the United States, they have been improved and added to-becoming global icons for food lovers everywhere.

Chinese Food

The people who greet each other with “Have you eaten yet?” are arguably the most food-obsessed in the world. But the Chinese don’t just cook and sell anything; they also make it taste great.

China’s regional cuisines are so different and it’s hard to believe they’re from the same nation. It’s not a food culture you can easily summarize except to say you’ll certainly want to taste.

French Food

If you’re one of those people who don’t like to eat because “there’s more to life than food,” then visit Paris. It’s a city known for its picky consumers, but they all believe in the importance of good food. Two-hour lunch breaks for three-course meals are common.

Italian Food

Italian food has been popular around the world for centuries, with its tasty tomato sauces, those clever things they do with wheat flour and desserts that are basically vehicles for cream.

It’s all so simple. Get some noodles, get some olive oil, and get some garlic, maybe a tomato or a slice of bacon. Bam! You have a party on a plate. And it is all so easy to cook and eat.

From the cheesy risottos to the crisp fried meats, Italian cuisine is a collection of crowd-pleasing comfort food. Many people have welcomed it into their homes, especially green hand cooks. There lies the real genius-Italian food has become everyman’s food.

Whether loving, cold or extremely funny, some of the greatest characters in literature are mothers. Below are just a few examples of very different mothers from different authors.

The Railway Children     –by Edith Nesbit

When their father is taken away one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyliss are broken suddenly into small pieces. They and their mother are forced to move from their comfortable London home to a simple cottage in the country where their mother writes books to make ends meet.

The Dwelling Place       –by Catherine Cookson

In the 1830s, Cissy Brody and her young siblings(兄弟姐妹) are forced to leave their farm cottage when both of their parents die. Determined that they will not enter the frightening workhouse, young Cissy takes on the parental responsibility and moves them to live in a small cave on the wilderness where they will face many hardships before finding a happy ending.

Little Women          –by Louisa May Alcott

The mother, Mrs March, is the glue that holds the family together through the Civil War as we follow the lives of Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth, her daughters. Their father is away serving as a Chaplain(神父). Having lost their fortune, their mother must use all her resources to keep the family together, which she does extremely well.

Pride and Prejudice       –by Jane Austen

Sometimes talkative and materialistic, yet strangely likeable, Mrs Bennet guides her five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia towards suitable marriages. Nothing will stand in her way although sometimes her behavior does scare away suitable suitors. Sometimes touching and at other times extremely funny, it never fails to make readers smile.