Digital Learning Now! conducts an annual study to measure states on their level of digital learning. For the 2012 postcard Utah was the only state in the entire nation that received an A.

The report card is divided into 10 elements they have identified as important for providing high-quality digital education. You can read more about these 10 elements here: Elements of High Quality Digital Learning. Click the map to access the interactive report card map.

This is Utah's Report card (click the link to see full report card):

1. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY: All Students are digital learners (Utah Grade - 63% D)

  • Utah received a D because it does not requiring students to take a high-quality college prep online course to graduate from High School.…

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I want to let you in on a secret. In the real estate market, we are seeing something that happened in 2005 that had a big impact on the housing market.

I recently found out about several companies outside of Utah that are buying a lot of homes in Utah. There is one company buying as many as 60 homes a month right now. Another company is planning on buying 30 a month. This is just 2 of the companies coming to Utah. These companies may have a huge impact on the Utah market.

What does that mean for the housing market in Utah? All of these homes being purchased are under $300,000. That means that suddenly 10% of home purchases will be investors. If you've looked at the market you've seen that supply is already limited. This new surge of investor…

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A celebrity's St. George Utah house is being foreclosed.

Do you know who it is?

Don't cheat, see if you can guess from the clues below.

Write me a comment if you think you know who it is.

Clue #1: The House

  • 6,600 Square Feet
  • 5 bedrooms
  • 6.5 bathrooms
  • 5 Fireplaces
  • Swimming Pool
  • Red, white, and blue Rubberized basketball court

Clue #2:  NBA MVP and NBA All-Star Game MVP

Clue #3:  One of the first basketball players to have a shoe marketed under his name

Clue #4:  Well-known for slam dunking from the free throw line

Clue #5:  Averaged 24.2 points, 2 steals, and 9 rebounds per game

Clue #6:  Was matched against Larry Bird in a 1983 computer game:

Clue #7:  The fifth-highest scorer in professional…

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Sean Dixon, a good friend of mine since I was 5 is a very talented muscian. I remember being jealous of him when I was young that his parents let him play the guitar while mine made me take piano. lol

Heres a note he sent to me....I have been voting for him...and he is almost there but wants your vote to cap off the contest!

Heres what Sean said to me:

I would love to put some of my new music on CD and this contest would give me the chance to do that. Winner gets $5000 and all you have to do is vote every day and get your friends to do the same. Follow the instructions below:

- Go to Mormontimes.com
- Select the Showcase ICON on the left hand side
- Click the Need an account ? Sign up here button near the top right
- Fill out the sign up sheet
- Login…

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Current Situation…and the CRYSTAL BALL for the future

A week ago we were talking in our office about demand. We have been watching ‘pending’ home sales decline and decline. This is typical during this time of year. Generally 1rst quarter after 4th quarter is where it bottoms out. So we thought, when was the last time home sales have been this low? We can’t find data that goes back that far. We speculated it must be as far back as the 1980′s. It also seems like the demand should be there to buy homes, but where are the buyers? We speculated as well that the demand is there and that it would arise soon. Im not an economist (Im a salesperson, I sell real estate not analyze numbers, we are diffrent breeds) and I dont have the data they do, so I looked…

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