Lu Sprigg's Web Sites

Lu Spriggs June 2001 Web Sites

http://www.AHRQ.gov/ Visit this Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for information about all aspects of HealthCare.
http://www.removeyou.com/ If your e-mail box is deluged with Spam mail, visit this site and register to have bulk-email stopped in its tracks. I figure, this removed about 50% of my Spam.
http://www.wmata.com/ (OR) http://metroopensdoors.com/ Sign up for e-mail news about the Washington Area Metro Service, including: Discover transit benefits programs that save money for employers and employees alike. Learn about regional commuter services and money-saving promotions that make your travel faster, cheaper and more convenient. Discover sporting, cultural and other special events you can reach by Metro. For this news and more, sign up today for e-mail news from Metro.
http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html This site offers a portal back in time to five ancient civilizations: Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa. For example, at Egypt, you can view the CAT scan of a mummy! A good Research site.
http://www.washtech.com/ Weekly Business Letter Intelligence for Washington's New Economy
*Sites for Financial Planning and Investing Strategies
http://www.quicken.com/ Retirement Planning
http://www.financialengines.com/ Individual Investors
http://www.smzrtleaf.com/ "quick tools"
http://www.sec.gov/ Interactive tools for investors
http://www.portfolioscience.com/ risk analysis
http://www.smartmoney.com/ financial tools
http://www.vanguard.com/ personal tools
http://www.fidelity.com/ Retirement Center
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?100628:1777670/ Break the e-hoax cycle, have your own, personal e-hoax investigated at ZDNet's E-Hoax Central.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?100444:1777670/ The free e-mail sites are disappearing, how can we save them?
http://www.alltheweb.com/ A fast Search Engine which can search more than 600 million web pages in seconds.
http://www.search.com/ This search engine favors CNET sites.
http://www.dmv.state.va.us/ At this site you can renew your VA drivers license, registration, etc. Renew on the WEB and $ave!
http://www.blab.com/ Free e-cards sent from this site. A little slow to load. Use Browser 4.*+
http://www.e-cards.com/ Free e-cards. Every card sent helps generate a donation for nature! Accompanying music can be selected.
http://www.billadvocates.com Contact Medical Billing Advocates of America to see if your medical bills "pass muster"! Their nationwide list shows two associates in Virginia (Salem-24153 and Kinsdale-22488) as well as one in D.C. Each representative is an "Independent Consultant", and charges on a contingency basis.
http://www.snopes.com/business/ Urban Legends Reference Pages.
Here you can view the debunked legends; for example, does the FCC plan to charge a fee for each time you connect to your ISP?
*** http://www.snopes.com/ There is a wider range of subjects available here at the main site.
http://aspca.petfinder.org/ Make Pet Adoption Your First Option. At this site are listed dogs, cats and bunny rabbits for the DC area.
http://www.almanac.com/ If you like to work at gardening outdoors, you can subscribe at this site for the free newsletter for many gardening tips. Select "Newsletter" from the drop-down menu.
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ Prevent IDENTITY THEFT. This site tells you what procedures you should follow to protect yourself against someone stealing your good name for illegal uses.
http://updates.cnet.com/ Here you can obtain the latest updates for all of your programs, besides the ones updated by the Microsoft "Update" feature.
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/ Visit this site for the latest information about viruses and to subscribe to the free monthly Symantec Security Monthly Newsletter. Use Browser 4.*+
http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/ This site provides a list of compatibility for various hardware with all versions of Microsoft, esp. Win98SE and Win98Me.

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