Diversity Essay Scholarship Competition DEADLINE 2/1/2008

For High School Students,
Write an Essay (1000 - 1,200 Words) on: Freedom of Conscience in Contemporary Society

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Many free MP3's including Alicia Keys "No One".

Each MP3 has a short "40 second commerical" at the beginning and end...

Click on the Alica Keys MP3 link next to the headphones and do a "Save" to your hard drive.

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Michigan College Guide

http://www.michigancollegeguide.com/

The Michigan College Guide will help find the right school for you.

It includes topics like:The College Edge
What's next? A timeline for the college-bound
Write a killer admissions essay
Ways to survive a college budget
How to find profs who rock the lecture halls!
Watch your back:Tips for carrying your backpack
Check out your school
Two schools are better than one!
The dreaded freshman 15: How to avoid the extra poundage without jeopardizing your health
Useful calorie log
Tackling your first year

Steps to College Newsletter

Steps to College

Steps to College is NACAC's online newsletter for and about students in the school-to-college transition. New stories are added to this page throughout the year, so come back often! http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/News/StepsNewsletter/

The newsletter includes topics such as

"The College Admission Process"
The Parts of an Admission Folder
Admission Tech 101: What Students Need to Know
Early Decision/Early Action: Does the Early Bird Get the Worm?
Getting Great Recommendations
Top Ten Tips for Writing the College Essay
Help with the Writing Process
College Admission for the Home-Schooler
The Truth About College Interviews
The Waiting Game: What if I'm Wait-Listed?
Making the Final Decision

FREE TRAVEL ADVICE: What to do if you are STUCK AT THE AIRPORT

Airport Information Airport Guides

"Stuck at the Airport" writer, Harriet Baskas, reports on the facilities and services at more than 65 airports worldwide.

Click on this link to find information on what to do if you are stuck in any major airport:
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Macy's Offers 11% off Savings to Out-of-Town Visitors

Macy's

Macy’s welcomes visitors from outside the Detroit area with a special 11% Welcome Savings Pass valid for 5 days, with qualifying identification. Exclusions apply. For more information, visit macys.com/visitor.

This deal works the other way too. If you are traveling outside of Detroit and visit a Macy's store, you can get the 11% discount...

Oakland County FREE Online service offers deed fraud protection

Oakland County Online service offers deed fraud protection

The Oakland County Clerk's Office is launching a free online service today to help homeowners protect themselves from mortgage and deed fraud. FRAUDCHECK will allow homeowners to go online and see if any unauthorized documents have been recorded with the clerk/register of deeds in the last 12 months. The program will be available through http://www.landaccess.com/

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1-800-NUMBERS DOT NET
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FREE TRAVEL ADVICE: Kids Airport Diversion Guide

Flying with kids can be a challenge. Cooped up in a confining aluminum tube for hours, herded through security, and generally cranky, they crave entertainment and
diversion.

Here’s Cheap Flight News’ guide to help you provide precisely that. We’ll take a look at some of the country’s key connecting airports, and what they have to offer. Interestingly, some otherwise wonderful airports are all butbereft of things to keep kids entertained.

Others, such as Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and San Francisco (SFO) offer places to either blow off steam,or engage in flights of childlike fancy.

KIDS AIRPORT DIVERSION GUIDE

FREE TRAVEL ADVICE: Disney World Secrets Revealed

Before you take your family to Disney World, you have to read this website:

All Ears Net, Deb's Unoffical Walt Disney World Information Guide.

It is a one-stop shop for everything you need to know about Walt Disney World. Deb has been to Disney World countless times so it is all here.

Before I went to Disney World in September, I did a search on this site for Animal Kingdom Lodge. I found out that every night at that hotel behind the pool, you can get Night Vision Goggles to see the animals. And you don't have to stay at the lodge to use the goggles. That piece of information was no where to be had on the Offical Disney World site. My son loved seeing the animals with the goggles. The site also informed me that animal face painting was available in Harambee Village and I made sure my son got his face painted like a zebra before we left Animal Kingdom.

This is a wonderful source of little known Walt Disney World info http://allearsnet.com/