More Than a Test Score

Learn from an expert. Remember Jeff Zhao? He’s kind of a celebrity here at Zinch, and for the right reasons. What is he up to this time? He’s here to help you win some free money. Seems like there are a lot of people out there who want to help you out, so go ahead and let us.

Wanna know the secret to winning free money? Watch this video and find out how Jeff scored some coins from Zinch.

And for your special viewing pleasure, Jeff has made another one of his famous raps, this time, double your money style.

So, go out there and put your knowledge to action! Who doesn’t love free $$$?

“This Is It,” a movie made up of footage from Michael Jackson’s rehearsals for a series of London comeback concerts hasn’t even opened but has already generated more than 1,600 sold out U.S. show times.

With this many show times already sold “This Is It” becomes direct competition with the highly anticipated Twilight movie “New Moon.”  The movie will only run two weeks much like the “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour” movie. It is anticipated though that “This Is It” will top the $70.6 million that the Hannah Montana movie made.

Tickets to see “This Is It” are on sale now at both Fandango and MovieTickets. To learn more about the movie check out this article by The Epoch Times.

There are few things more enjoyable in this job than having the privilege of reading student essays and profiles.  It was a lot of fun and often very moving experience to read of the accomplishments, ambitions, goals, wit, and creativity that you all were able to display in your 140 characters.  This has been the toughest decision so far in the history of Zinch scholarship winners. In the end, there were over 7,000 essays submitted via Twitter and Facebook. And there were hundreds of excellent essays.

Many of you put a lot of thought into telling Zinch why you are more than a test score.  These 140-character essays reflected a lot of strength and we feel that your message is worth being heard.  Not just by Zinch, but by the world.  Therefore, we will be awarding Ammunition for Tuition II in a similar manner, but on a much more public forum.  We are in process of selecting those semi-finalists and they will be contacted next week.  The Ammunition for Tuition II scholarship essay will be held from Oct 26-28. Stay tuned to see how we will be taking your message to the world and whether you will have the privilege of competing for the $20,000.

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You would be surprised what hackers can get their hands on when they get a hold of your computer and all they need is to hack your password. Having your password be “123456” doesn’t put up much a fight for the safety or your private information.

Having a solid password that is hacker proof is what you need in order to keep your computer safe. Check out the tips below to create a hacker proof password that not even the best of the best can hack.

·         Instead of using your birthrate use another important date in your life, like your very first time driving alone.

·         Combine your dream college or university and the name of the dorm you’d like to live in.

·         Choose your favorite book and combine it with the date that it hit the stands.   

·         Start with your age in years and then in months then add your favorite number

To read more creative ideas on coming up with hacker proof passwords check out this post on SparkLife.com.

Music is one of those things in life that you just can’t do without, paying for it is, which is why you will love the resources provided here to find FREE music. There are a lot of places that will offer free music, you just have to know where to look.

The first great place to find free music is to find a blog that offers free music resources on a weekly basis, like About.com where Mark Harris offers weekly sources for new free music.

Some other great places to check out to get some free tunes are:

·         Jamendo

·         SoundClick

·         BeSonic

·         PureVolume

·         ArtistServer

·         Audio Archive

Now that you have a handful of places you can get some free music maybe you can save up that money you would have spent and buy yourself something even bigger and better!