Some Possibly Useful Links

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bulletfree on-line Bible verse look-up in multiple languages and multiple translations, about 6 drop doown with a verse @ American Bible Society [HERE]; another website [here]; another [all Wycliffe]; and a massive website with online commentaries, maps, music, etc. [Blue Letter Bible].
 
bulletPoison Control universal toll-free number: 800-222-1222 [here]
bulletFraud & Problem reporting & individual "heads up" alert or whistle-blower reporting
bulletInstances of suspected Medicare fraud & abuse [HERE].
bulletPhishing attempts to steal identity [HERE].
bulletNews expose' sites:
bulletLittle Green Footballs weblog of blogosphere
bulletDrudge Report by Matt Drudge
 
bulletInformation sites:
bulletReverse dictionary
 
bulletKin & friend's home pages:
bulletdaughter Jennifer Kendrick, Gilbert, S. C. [here]
bulletnephew Chad Seybt, Eau Claire, Wisconsin [here]
bulletcousin John Cain, Lexington, S. C. [here]
bulletcousin Bob Brown, Florida [here]
 
bulletWeather sites:
bulletfor any type of severe weather updates http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp 
bulletfor weather radar, do this URL and then enter zip code http://www.weather.net/fn/hurricane.weather.html 
bulletfor hurricane updates and predictions http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
 
bulletTravel sites:
bulletSouth Carolina Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCPRT), the 4th best state tourism web site in the USA (June 2002)
bulletradar tracking of flights: here
bulletarrival, departure, and airport delay status: here
bulletcheap (but nonrefundable) airline, hotel/motel, rental car prices (Priceline.com): here
 
bulletShopping:
bulletfee per month access to product ratings @ Consumer Reports: here
bulletbuyer's opinions of products: here
bulletcompare prices: here
bulletdiscount bargains: here
bulletlow-priced shopping: see what it is priced here before you buy in the store.
bulletAmerica's Cheapest Family, Annette and Steve Economides (economy-dis) have lived the Economiser lifestyle since 1982.
 
bulletannual free credit report: [here]
 
bulletE-mail hoaxes:
bulleturban-legend portal listing many hoax-busting sites
bulletTruth or Fiction site about computer viruses and other hoaxes.
bulletUrban Legends Reference Pages: site with hoax categories & detailed rebuttals [HERE]
bulletFederal Communicable Disease Center (CDC), about health related hoaxes.
bulletLegends, tails, folklore, and hoaxes catalogued at the Urban Legends and Folklore web site.
 
bulletMovie reviews...values-based: here
 
bulletFree long-distance calls from computers to phones
 
bulletHow things work:
bullet"How stuff works"
 
bulletDrug Treatment Centers: A system which helps you locate treatment centers by using zip codes.
 
bulletThe American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) site provides listings of local therapists.
 
bulletThe American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC) site provides listings of local therapists.
 
bulletMary Hunt's debt-proof-living web site on how to make you money go further
 
bullettips, saving on heating & A/C expenses [here]
 
bulleton-line sports events ticket re-sales (people who can't attend and want to sell tickets they've purchased).
 
bulletA source for Apple computer products.
 
bulletBanks:
bulletFDIC insurance estimator of how well your bank insures your deposits [HERE].
bulletBank safety or riskiness [HERE]...scroll down to "safe & sound ratings" link.
 
bulletInvestor stuff:
bulletInvestor Education: Famed investor, Warren Buffett, has often given advice. His most fundamental advice is about courses on investing: take a course on how to value a company (or land, or metals, or collectibles, etc.) because you buy an investment ( a stock or anything else) based on your prediction of a future, advantageous increase in realizable value. There is a collection of Mr. Buffett's letters to share-holders of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, containing much investment wisdom at that company's web site.
bulletinterest rate monitors (and other economic data) at Economagic.com : Once there, scroll down to "Prepackaged multiple interest rate charts" to see graphs
bulletH. W. "Skip" Weldon (Columbia, S. C.) no-nonsense investor "rules" [HERE]
 
bulletAutomobile expenses:
  1. Insurance: shop around with on-line comparisons, such as.
  2. Take a higher deductible and "self-insure" for that part.
  3. Pick a car that holds up safely, is less expensive to repair, & is less desirable to thieves [safety records]
  4. check these potential insurance discounts which you may not know that you can ask for.
  5. repair advice: Sam's Garage
     
bulletJerry Fowler, Real Estate, house buying, & related, central S. C. [here]
 
bulletHome repairs & upgrades...advice:
bulletJames Dulley's website [here]
bulletAt Home with Gary Sullivan, Sundays on WVOC 560AM, 1-800-823-8255
bulletWayne Whiteside The Home Doctor, Saturdays between 6 & 8 AM WVOC 560AM
 
bulletFinancial calculators: numerous free on-line calculations...at first glance it looks like you have to pay; but that is only if you are adding some calculators to your web site. Also Hugh Chou's site with 45 or so refinance and other calculators [here]. And one suggested by Melissa Knight which features a large number of calculators [HERE].
 
bulletCredit grading by mortgagors: getting mortgage or other loan & want to see how the lenders will grade you (forewarned is forearmed) at Fair, Isaac and Company...see "myFICO" area (FICO).
 
bulletbuying a house & want to know about mortgage "tricks"?: check the mortgage professor who is Jack M. Guttentag, now Professor of Finance Emeritus, formerly Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; site includes financial calculators.
 
bulletRecipes:
bulletRecipes from Charleston Restaurants (and other USA sites): here
bulletRecipes for any meal: here
bulletsome family favorites: here
 

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[posted: 2/1/2000; addns 22 Oct. 2000; 17 March, 7 Oct., 2 Dec. 2001; latest addition 16 October 2007]