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Rick Schummer does not financially benefit from the Weather Channel. It is an excellent sources of information and the features provided on this site are for the benefit of the surfers that hit this site. The reality is, Rick uses his web site as a web portal and likes the accessibility to this site. The same philosophy goes for links on the Favorites page.

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Most links to the Gateway.com site (except the Favorites page) will earn Rick Schummer a affiliate bonus just by following the link. Rick Schummer does not receive any information about the consumer nor their purchases. The only information passed back is the number of hits made through these links. All proceeds (couple cents per hit) from this program are going to be donated to the Hospice of Michigan.

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