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1. Santa Clarita Valley -- Los Angeles County
   Santa Clarita Valley students will be able to continue accessing live homework help through the Internet. The Los Angeles County Public Library Foundation recently received a $100,000 grant that will allow county libraries to continue to offer free online homework assistance.
2. Encarta -- Encarta Kids
   Encarta Kids is a special area for younger learners, ages 7 to 12. Packed with age-appropriate articles and lively multimedia, Encarta Kids provides a safer place to explore all kinds of topics. Make learning fun and easy with a colorful, easy-to-navigate environment designed just for kids, with plenty of maps, photos, and interactive quizzes. It uses large colourful icons that children love, has loads of pictures in place of the large amounts of text the regular Encarta has and is generally a good application for young kids to use and explore.
3. California Health Insurance -- Agents
   California health insurance agents work with their clients and evaluate their needs. This fact finding and evaluating is an on-going process since needs continuously change as a person's family and employment situations change.
4. Encarta -- Encarta Premium
   Encarta is a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation. As of 2005, the complete English version, Encarta Premium consists of more than 68,000 articles, numerous images and movies, and homework tools, and is available on the World Wide Web by yearly subscription or by purchase on DVD-ROM or multiple CD-ROMs. Many articles can ... be viewed online free of charge, a service supported by advertisements.[1]
5. Videogames -- Insomniac Games
   Teen boys and girls who play videogames spend less time on reading and homework than those who don’t play videogames, a new study found. The videogame players... “did not spend less time than non-video game players interacting with parents and friends,” according to the study in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, ScienceDaily.com reports. The latter is *partly* good news for healthy development: "Particularly during adolescence, when social interactions and academic success lay the groundwork for health in adulthood, there is concern that video games will interfere with the development of skills needed to make a successful transition to adulthood." The survey respondents were given diaries in which they logged time spent playing video games, interacting with parents and friends, reading and doing homework, and engaging in sports and “active leisure.” Here’s Reuters’s coverage. Meanwhile, if you have an avid videogamer at your house, s/he may’ve already found this press release about how people can make $120/hour testing videogames: added incentive not to do one's homework?
6. Humana Health Insurance -- Families
   All Humana health insurance plans can be custom tailored to a business and its employees... meeting the needs of working Illinois families. Humana’s emphasis is on flexibility and preventive care – important for families with young children.
7. Multi-Level Marketing -- Companies
   The first multi-level companies sprung up in the 1930's, but they were dinosaurs compared to modern marketing strategies. It wasn't until the mid 60's that MLM gained international prominence. In 1985, it is estimated that $5 billion worth of new products will be sold by this method.
8. Recreational Vehicle -- Road
   When the open road beckons, you will have done your homework to ensure you are prepared for whatever adventure you choose to embark upon in your recreational vehicle. Imagine, coming and going as you please, meeting more people, saving on airfare, and taking the conveniences of home along with you!
9. Rubrics -- Assignments
   Rubrics are generally designed in a table or grid format. A set of criteria is plugged into the grid along with the performance levels (poor, acceptable, etc). The first step in developing a rubric is to define a course, assignment or project. Then follow three simple steps: More
10. Ricky Gervais -- Karl Pilkington
    After the sixth and final episode of series 3 of The Ricky Gervais Show, Ricky, Steve and Karl are taking a break from podcasting for a while. Read more about this here.

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