Let us pray for the
people who tried so valiantly to help others in their time of need. Some of
them never got to go home; some are unable to speak about those horrible days.
All of us were forever changed by these events. We do not forget. We will never
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I ran across an amazing website. It
takes the 'Adopt A Soldier' campaign to another level. These Angels want our
military personnel to know that we love and cherish them. They are not
forgotten, and we will continue to support them no matter what. If you would
like more information, please go to this website:
Soldier's Angels
I have checked them out with
several reputable sources, and am more than satisfied that they do what they
say - support our troops! |
Site Of The Week
Free
Download A Day!
Love free stuff? So do we! At FreeDownloadADay.com, we
bring you one great program every day — 100% free, no strings attached. We
carefully select each free downloadable application, making sure it meets our
high standards for usefulness, powerful features, ease of use, and time-tested
system stability. At FreeDownloadADay.com, you'll find software for Internet
viewing and communication, home and office productivity, business and financial
tools, system utilities, fun and games, graphic design, entertainment and more.
Here you'll never find buggy, ad-laden junk or spyware — just great
software. (We cover Windows, MacOS, and Linux.) And if you don't want what we
have today, come back tomorrow!
See previous Sites
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SC
Voting & Your Representatives
The first step in finding your local
and state representatives is to grab your voter's registration card and look at
the information. If you do not have your card, or would like to show someone
what their Congressional, House, or Senate districts are, go here -
SC Election Commission
you plug in your name and address
and it give you all of your information including where your voting
precinct is! WHAT? You are not a registered voter? We can fix that on the same
sight - SC Voter
Registration Application. This is in .pdf form so you will need the free
reader.
U.S. Senators for S.C.
U.S. House Representatives for S.C.. If you have not taken
the time to find your district by visiting the SC Election Commission's link,
you can plug in your zip code and they will take you right to your rep. The
catch? You have to have your entire zip. So go
here first
and get it.
The State of South Carolina also has a website -
The South Carolina
Legislature which gives you access to your local senators and congressmen
and women. Again, you will need to know your local districts either by looking
at your voter's registration card, or by visiting the
SC Election Commission and plugging in your
information.
http://www.scvotes.org
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urban redevelopment project in the United States, encompassing over 2,800 -
acres of the historic City Center and the old Naval Base Complex. You can read
about it here, http://www.noisettesc.com |
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source for *FREE* answers from the 'experts' around the world !
DIY (Do It
Yourself) A television and web network with thousands of do-it-yourself
projects ranging from crafts to car care.
eHow How to do just about everything.
Fix It! Repair guides
for your appliances. |
How
Stuff Works! From A to Z literally!
Quack Watch Your Guide to
Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
Tech Questions? Get
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Online Coversions -
http://www.OnlineConversion.com
Convert just about
anything to anything else.
SPAM -
How to free yourself! For information on computer specific topics go here
- Computer Help |
Have you ever wished that you had somewhere to go that would
help you with your computer's problems without costing you a fortune? You have
to see this site. It's free, it is easy to use, and it's from Microsoft ©.
Yes, that's what I said. Microsoft ©. The same people who brought us the
free AntiSpyware are now offering a Beta site where you can check for all sorts
of computer woes, download software that might actually help you keep what
sanity you have left. One word of advise - you have to use Internet Explorer to
visit the site.
Windows
Live Safety Center - Beta
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On-line Impact & On-line
donations
Before you give to any charity or
non-profit group you should probably check them out. Here are some sites that
let you do just that! |
GuideStar obtains information from the IRS on non-profits.
Very detailed information!
care2 This site may just replace The (now defunct) Hunger
Site in it's ease of use.
Clickable Charities Lots of lots of ways to 'click for a
cure!'
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Family Violence
Prevention Fund The FVPF works to end domestic violence and help
women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse, because every person
has the right to live in a home free of violence.
FreeDonation.com Click on several sites to give a boost
to worthwhile organizations.
Habitat for Humanity
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Quick
Donations AND Donation Junction - two excellent multiple click
sites.
Smiles For Life - a free weekend
dental clinic for children of the Lowcountry.
The Breast Cancer Site - Fund Mammograms for Free!
Webreleaf - a web site
where you can go and click a button to help plant trees in US National Forests.
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AOL for
FREE?
I am going to leave this up here so that I can get rid of
AOHell on my wonderful mother's machine once and for all!
and one more,
just because you need this information:
Are You Prepared?
In
case of a disaster, natural or man made, for the first 72 hours YOU are pretty
much on your own.
This site is operated by the San Francisco Emergency
Response Department, but it applies to all of us. After all, hurricane season
is here!
...and, because it is hurricane season, this is a link
to
Charleston County's Emergency Information including a
Animal-Friendly Hotel List.
Ask now
question and answers http://www.asknow.org
Atmospheric
Optics
Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the
atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories,
coronas and many more. Some can be seen almost every day or so, some are once
in a lifetime sights. Find out where to see them and how they form. Then seek
and enjoy them outdoors..
Slideshow:
Cpl. Brett Lundstrom
The Full Story:
Wake for an Indian warrior
I don't know how long the
Rocky Mountain
News will keep this slide show up, but it is a poignant reminder that all
Americans owe a debt to these families. My prayers go out to us all.
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Fuel Information
It's not going to get any better any
time soon so see what you can do to increase your fuel economy.
This is
pretty nifty. Just enter your zip code in
this site and it tells you which gas stations have the
cheapest prices (and the highest) on gas in your zip code area. It's updated
every evening.
Hard to Find 800
Numbers http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com
JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified on Snopes.com (link
listed below) and by the FBI (their link is also included below). It is
spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those
summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic
duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. Fall for it and your
identity could be stolen, reports CBS. In this con, someone calls pretending to
be a court official who threateningly says a warrant has been issued for your
arrest because you didn't show up for jury duty. The caller claims to be a
jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury
duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth
so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant.
Sometimes they even ask for credit card numbers. Give out any of this
information and bingo! Your identity just got stolen. The scam has been
reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. This
(scam) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone
to try to bully people into giving in formation by pretending they're with the
court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide
alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud. Check it out
here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm
National Geographic's Photos of the Week.
Making Windows XP run faster
This illuminating
article from my favorite Internet Tourbus driver, Bob Rankin. Go here before
you do something stupid. Really. It's worth the read.
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This
is just plain funny.
NOTE: Requires
Quicktime.
The Phrase Finder. TPF has
the meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases, and idioms.
Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a saying or phrase
originated or whether you just enjoy words, you'll probably find something here
to interest you. An active reader forum has more than 50,000 postings about
sayings and phrases. Fun stuff!
http://www.restaurant.com/
Not a bad
site. You plug in your zip and can get a $25 gift certificate to participating
restaurants for $10.
World's Smallest
Political Quiz
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
In ten
short questions the website can tell you where you stand politically.
Your Health &
Your Vote
This link is courtesy of Parade Magazine, and it is
suppose to tell you how your Congressional candidates stand on health issues
such as stem-cell research. Neither of my rep's responded though.
On Wednesday morning, Feb.
22nd, the main span of the Pearlman (New Cooper River Bridge) Bridge was
lowered from its current position over the main shipping channel of the Cooper
River to a waiting barge below. For all the current pictures, info, etc. go to
this website published in Post and Courier:
http://www.oldcooperriverbridge.org/
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