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Brandon Bits and Bites – #9

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Online Slot Games — Why Are They So Popular?

Online slots are a game that has taken the iGaming industry by storm. There are numerous possible ways to explain their worldwide presence across all online casino platforms. The online gambling industry has gone through so many changes throughout the years. Ever since the first online slot game was introduced, this game has come a long way. The primary goal of any online casino is to satisfy its players by providing them with the best games. In collaboration with top-notch software providers, these platforms now offer an unimaginable selection of casino games, especially slots. So, what makes them so popular? Let’s find out! Easy to Play Unlike some casino games that require strategy, like blackjack or poker, online slots are a game that can be played by anyone. They don’t belong to the group of the so-called games of skill. Slots are the easiest way for a player to begin their online casino journey. Once you cover the basics of an online slot game, you can start exploring the undiscovered riches that online slots have to offer. However, one thing will always remain the same — you can never predict the outcome of a slot game. If you’d like to try it out, we recommend Microgaming’s Mega Moolah that can be played here. Fun & Safe We believe that there is no theme online slots haven’t based a game on. And because of their versatility, they are suitable for players with different preferences. No matter if you’re a fan of fantasy & fiction, you enjoy travelling through time and exploring ancient civilizations, or you simply prefer the classic fruit machines, you will find a game you’ll love. Another thing we consider crucial in the iGaming industry is that all online platforms put the safety of players first. Any reputable and trustworthy online casino operates with RNG — a random number generator. This algorithm is what makes every slot game’s outcome the unpredictable one. If you choose to play in a licensed and regulated online casino that cooperates with well-known software providers, you can relax and enjoy the game because no online slot game you come across can be rigged. The Odds of Winning Big Are Better Than in the Land-Based Casinos Apart from the fact that the choice of online slots can’t be compared to the one available in land-based casinos, another advantage is that online slots have a higher RTP — return to player. If you gained some experience with online slots, you would start to investigate the RTP and choose the games with a higher percentage. In land-based casinos, you can come across games that have an RTP of just 85%, which is something we’ve never seen in online slots. In conclusion, online slots have gained so much popularity due to the fact that you can play them comfortably from your home, try out a vast selection of different online slots and, last but not least, the payout rates are so much higher compared to other casino games.  
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Community Connection: 20 Questions with Alexandra Trotter

Alexandra Trotter is the Marketing and Communications Manager with the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. She has previously worked for Sysco Food Services - Marketing Associate, Browns Socialhouse -GM, and Sand Hills Casino - Marketing Manager. Alexandra is also a WSET level 3 certified wine instructor. Favourite radio station:  Hip Hop Nation Sirius XM – but mostly I listen to murder/true crime podcasts like “Wine and Crime” or “Casefile” Guilty pleasure TV program: If the question was favourite TV show it would hands down be Law & Order SVU. Butttt guilty pleasures right now are Rupaul’s Drag Race and Family Guy. Least favourite part about quarantine: Online shopping deliveries take longer. Best part about quarantine: Staying at home and drinking wine with our pups! Zeppelin and Led ???? Biggest regret in life: Not starting to learn about wine sooner! How has Trudeau handled the COVID 19 Virus: Sorry, who? Are you a foodie: Big time! Weirdest thing you have eaten: Fancy restaurants serve some weird Pâtés. I usually don’t even ask what’s in them or I wouldn’t be able to try them. Cat or dog person and why: Dog! But I love all animals ???? How/where did you meet your husband Jordan: Brandon is a pretty small city so we had met in passing a few times. But it was on Nov. 10th 2015 that sparks started to fly! We were out with a group of people and he and I got talking and really hit it off and have been inseparable ever since! Would you go to a Metallica concert: Yes, I am very hardcore. *See dog names as evidence of hardcoreness. Led, he’s a little Black Dog and Zeppelin, she’s a shepherd x. Greatest reward with your current job: Learning all the things about Ag! I don’t have an Ag background so I’ve learnt soooo much working with the Provincial Ex! A fun fact for you is that my husbands Great Great Grandfather was a shareholder with the Provincial Ex! I have his share from 1907 framed in my office. His name was Alexander Trotter! So we have an “Alex Trotter” share from 113 years ago and then an “Alex Trotter” share from 2020. Seinfeld or Prison Break, which would you watch: I watched Prison Break years ago... so I guess Seinfeld! Would you consider Brandon a liberal or conservative city: A little of one and a lot of the other. Business you would like to see open in Brandon: Chamois car wash! I was thinking about this yesterday. How many slurpees do you consume a year: 0-1 probably. Maybe 2 on a crazy year. Who would be Brandon’s top 3 most recognizable or known people: In no particular order: Darryl Wolski, James Ehnes, and probably someone in sports. Favourite local pizza: Dominos! It’s been a staple in my husband and I’s relationship since day 1! It was even the meal we had the night he proposed! I was almost too busy stuffing my face with boneless chicken bites to notice he was down on one knee!

7 Business and Management Scholarship Opportunities for Brandon Students

You just got a diploma from your undergraduate or currently in your graduate study at Brandon University and you are planning to study business. Your issue now is how to financially support your studies. The good news is, universities are offering financial aid to higher education students in Canada. Finances can come in the form of scholarships, bursaries, prizes, and awards. What are these scholarships for business major? Continue reading to learn more. Best Scholarships in Business Studies Take a look at the following scholarship programs for your next academic level. ZONTA Club of Toronto Scholarship ZONTA Club’s student aid is offered to students who want to study business-related courses at any university across the country. The grant provides scholars with financial assistance amounting to $4000. This applies to female undergraduate students at 2-4 years of educational attainment. It’s important to meet the requirements like excellent grades and full-time enrollment status to be granted with this funding. Furthermore, an essay is also required for the study grant. Do not worry if you are not confident enough with your writing skills since you always have an opportunity to turn to essay writing service and try an online essay help in Toronto to ease your college life. So you can take your time and properly polish your own skills and prepare for further studies. Online MBA Academic Scholarships at the University of Essex The grant is given to students with an impressive educational background based on merit. Recipients are provided access to an affordable prestigious qualification. It allows you to study while working or while rearing your family since it is part-time and a hundred percent online. Note that you cannot combine this program with the school’s other scholarships. Canada's Top Talent Scholarships at UBC Sauder School of Business This award is offered to talented Canadian students who demonstrate academic excellence and exceptional aptitude. It grants an amount ranging from $10,000 up to $40,000. You are eligible for this funding if you are from Canada and an MBA degree applicant in any subject. Taking its admission test and meeting the school requirements are necessary. Applicants are also expected to have fluency in their English speaking, comprehension, and writing. Working Adults Tuition Bursary at Yorkville University The university offers this full-tuition bursary to two students: one from its Ontario campus and another one from its British Columbia campus. It covers the full tuition of the selected recipients. The bursary is available for BBA students who are at least 18 years old. Make yourself eligible as a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident. Another thing is to comply with the admission requirements for the BBA program. Academic Excellence Scholarships at the University of Canada West This studentship is granted to students demonstrating exceptional grades. The award covers the tuition fee but not more than the full amount. It applies to those who will be studying Bachelor of Commerce, MBA, and Bachelor of Arts in Business Communication. To secure your continuous financial support, be sure to meet your preferred program’s requirements and conditions. Bronfman, Allan, Family Scholarship at the I.H. Asper School of Business This is a student fund from the Allan Bronfman Family Bursaries. The bursary is awarded to students who met the admission requirements for the I.H. Asper’s MBA program. If selected by its committee, you have to enroll as a full-time student for the next academic year. You should demonstrate your financial need on the University of Manitoba’s application for a bursary to qualify for the funding. An amount of $1000 will be given to the successful candidate. Make sure to maintain excellent grades in your MBA for continuous support. Currie, Bruce Memorial Scholarship at the University of Manitoba The scholarship award is available for graduating MBA students with the best qualities in generosity, congeniality, and leadership. This, of course, is in combination with the successful candidate’s academic achievement. It funds $100 to the recipient alongside a gift and a trophy with your name engraved on it. See to it that you have excellent grades in your academics.   You can be a professional even without paying for your business education with the business scholarships provided above. The requirements are given for you to assess and prepare for your business degree. To acquire it, you may need assistance from the essay helper. If writing is not your thing, try to get an essay writing help. Consider any of these offerings and realize your dreamed business career.
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Doorsteps in Brandon and area are being hit by ninjas

A new trend making the way across the country involves people putting together gift baskets of goodies to leave on strangers doorsteps, with a tagline of "You've been ninja'd". The concept is essentially to deliver a gift basket to someone's doorstep, ring the doorbell, and then disappear quickly without being seen (like a ninja), in an effort to keep the gift anonymous. The gesture came about as a way to spread good cheer and kindness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Items in the gift basket may include a little bit of everything including wine, snacks, makeup, gift-ware, clothing, books & more. According to participant Erika Brittany Shelvey, it's basically a giant game of ding, dong, ditch. Except you leave a gift. Most towns and cities have Facebook groups called “wine ninja”. These groups serve as a central information centre where everyone who would like to participate posts their address and people can just choose a random address or someone they know. Erika is just one of many ninja's leaving gifts for people. She has left 16 gifts on doorsteps (11 this evening alone) in the Shilo and Spruce Woods area and she doesn't plan on stopping just yet. "I love giving gifts so this wine ninja’ing is right up my alley! A lot of people post pictures of their gifts saying they have had a bad day and we’re so grateful, and that’s where the joy comes from" said Erika. Brandon's Samantha Krystal Shupe and her family are also participating. So far they have made 6 wine ninja bags, 2 maternity bags, and 6 kids activity bags. They selected 3 wine and 3 kids ninja bags to go to people that they knew and the other 3 were random. Her kids picked a number between 1-11 (address lists on each page) then an address that didn't have a symbol and then they delivered. Her kids played the ninja's.  For the maternity gift bags, she created a post asking for addresses or someone to nominate someone expecting so they can be included as well. These they put names in a hat and dropped them off! "It's a great activity to lift everyone spirits, it's been fun for our family" Samantha told bdnmb.ca. "The admins for the pages are amazing and do a great job on updating the lists" she added. The Brandon Manitoba Wine Ninjas Facebook group page can be found here. A recent thread was also started on the People of Brandon Facebook page with pictures and postings of various gift baskets being left on doorsteps and links to different groups within the city.

Explore New Online Hobbies

Finding new ways to entertain yourself at home is never a bad idea. As we’ve now come to appreciate in a more real way than ever before, the variety and capacity of online communities is truly astonishing. Regardless of what it is you’re looking to try your hand at, chances are you’ll be able to find a dynamic online community just waiting to embrace you. From education to entertainment, socializing to support groups, the internet has so much to offer and you don’t even need to change out of your pajamas in order to take advantage of it. If you’ve been thinking about trying a new online hobby but are not quite sure where to get started, here are some ideas to get you going. Try your luck at a game If it has been years since you learned a new game, be that a card game, board game, or video game, now is a great time to change that. The online gaming apparatus is hugely sophisticated and offers so many great opportunities to discover something you truly take pleasure in playing. If you miss the social aspect of playing at a big casino but can’t get to one right now, check out the many legal online casinos for Canadians that offer all sorts of great bonuses, beginner incentives, and playing opportunities. Or maybe you miss getting together on Saturday nights with your friends or family to play different board games. Did you know many of these are now available to play online? It’s a great way to stay connected as well as give yourself a chance to laugh, relax, and have some fun without ever leaving the house. Do something special with all your digital photos Although physical scrapbooking is still a great idea if you’re looking to make a special keepsake for your family, have you ever thought about taking your photo cropping and collage making skills online? If you find yourself with a little extra time to play around on the computer, why not brush up on those editing and photoshop skills and create a truly stunning digital album of your friends or family. Not only is it better for the environment than making a physical album, it is also easier to share with loved ones all across the world. Check out some of the easy-to-use tools available and get started today. Get your dance on People may joke about only feeling comfortable dancing in their own living room, but it might surprise you to learn how many of them are actually doing it. There are so many great online dance classes available, whether you’re looking to participate solo or as a couple. Regardless of the style of dance you’re looking to explore, you’ll be able to find many tutorial videos and ever live classes where you can personally connect with teachers and other dancers. Some of the live classes require a paid subscription to participate, but overall it seems that the quality of the instruction is quite high. Teachers are happy to provide one-on-one guidance and commentary to help you improve your skills in no time. Become a movie buff Go beyond Netflix and discover a genre of film that you’ve always been curious about but have never fully explored. There is so much high-quality content available online, and with many services providing free introductory offers, you can usually get a few weeks or even a month of streaming completely free. That should give you enough time to decide whether or not you’ve found a service that you’d like to continue paying for, and either way – you’ll have gotten some free entertainment and can now impress your friends with your niche film knowledge.