You'll need a password of 7 to 12 characters, one uppercase, one lowercase, one number and, preferably, one character like an exclamation point or ampersand.

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In the subject field of the email, you will need to add a password alongside with the name of your school, for child protection reasons.

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Each user starts off with 10 cents in his or her account, provided by Centsports. (You need only register a name and password.) From there, they can bet on any event for which Las Vegas bookmakers set a line.

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It's a simple, automated process in which you just need to enter your Wi-Fi password and assign a name to your speakers.

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With 1Password, you'll only need to memorise a single master password to have one-click access to your database of usernames and passwords, which is safe if you make that master password hard to guess.

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When you feel like snagging yourself a pair of fly kicks, all you'd need to do is enter your username and password, or phone number and PIN.

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