Category Archives: Featured Link

Featured Link – 50 Best Blogs for Law Librarians

Written On May 27, 2009 By Bob Kraft

From OnlineUniversityLowdown.com comes this list of the 50 best blogs for law librarians. Check it out.

Posted in Featured Link, Legal Blogs

Featured Link – Public Justice

Written On May 19, 2009 By Bob Kraft

Public Justice is dedicated to advancing the interests in consumers through the civil justice system, including keeping the courts open to everyone. This means battling mandatory arbitration agreements, damage caps, and other similar legal proposals that have at heart the goal of denying court access to consumers and victims of negligence. Here is information from [...]

Posted in Featured Link

Featured Link – People With Disabilities Foundation

Written On May 17, 2009 By Bob Kraft

The People With Disabilities Foundation is a group dedicated to advocacy for the disabled, especially in legal matters. Here is a description from their Web site:
Our Mission is to provide education and advocacy for people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities, with or without physical disabilities, so that they can achieve equal opportunities in all aspects [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Medical and Health Resources

Featured Link – Caring From A Distance

Written On May 15, 2009 By Bob Kraft

Caring From a Distance is a nonprofit organization created by men and women who personally struggled with the anguish, stress, and frustration of long distance care. Their strength lies in this shared experience and in bringing together our diverse backgrounds to help Caring From a Distance service and help unite the distance-care community. Here is [...]

Posted in Consumer Information, Disability, Featured Link, Medical and Health Resources

Featured Link – 50 Most Popular Newspaper Blogs

Written On May 11, 2009 By Bob Kraft

I worked my way through college and law school at the Waco Tribune-Herald, and it saddens me to see the current loss of readership at newspapers around the country. I hope newspapers can find a business model that allows them to survive. That would almost certainly include some form of online information, so I was [...]

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Featured Link – DriveCam.com

Written On May 5, 2009 By Bob Kraft

DriveCam is an interesting device designed for fleet operators or for families concerned with the driving habits of teenagers. It mounts on the rearview mirror and records the view out the front of the vehicle and also the view toward the interior of the vehicle. So in a split-screen playback you see the road in [...]

Posted in Consumer Information, Featured Link

Featured Link – ZabaSearch.com

Written On May 4, 2009 By Bob Kraft

ZabaSearch is another of the many new search engines in the Internet. This one specializes in people searches and has a few feature Google doesn't. It's free, so take a look. Here's their one-paragraph description:
Telephone Numbers and Addresses Revealed Free. No Registration Required. Instant Results. Three Times More Residential Listings than White Pages Phone Directory

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Featured Link

Featured Link – Lawyer Advertising Rules In Each State

Written On April 22, 2009 By Bob Kraft

Lawyers could avoid a lot of headaches if we'd just take a few minutes
to brush up on the advertising rules before we start any new
promotional efforts. The American Bar Association has a helpful Web
page that lists links to the Ethics Rules Governing Lawyer Advertising, Solicitation and Marketing in each state.
This is especially handy for lawyers [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Law Firm Marketing

Featured Link – HelpInsure.com

Written On December 29, 2008 By Bob Kraft

Texans have had the highest homeowner insurance rates in the country for years. And with our Republican government’s pro-business priorities, that probably won’t change anytime soon. But at least the State now offers a Web site where consumers can compare insurance rates for homeowner and automobile protection. The site is HelpInsure.com, and this is the [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Government, Insurance Information

Featured Link – National Patient Safety Foundation

Written On December 17, 2008 By Bob Kraft

The National Patient Safety Foundation
(NPSF) is an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has
diligently pursuing improving safety of patients for over a decade.
NPSF remains the sole organization in the field with this singular
focus.
The NPSF recently reported on five strategic concepts aimed at
patient safety solutions created by their Lucian Leape Institute.
These transforming concepts, thought to be essential [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Medical and Health Resources

Featured Link – Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST)

Written On December 5, 2008 By Bob Kraft

The Social Security Administration has a new feature on their Web site. In their words:
The Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) helps you find out if you could get benefits that Social Security administers. Based on your answers to questions, this tool will list benefits for which you might be eligible and tell you more information about how to [...]

Posted in Disability, Featured Link, Government, Social Security, Social Security Disability

Featured Link – Top 100 Blogs

Written On December 4, 2008 By Bob Kraft

I was devastated to learn this blog is not one of the Top 100 Blogs at Technorati. Oh well, I’ll keep trying, and maybe next year…

Posted in Featured Link, Internet Research or News, Legal Blogs

Featured Link – ReportDangerousDrivers.com

Written On December 3, 2008 By Bob Kraft

ReportDangerousDrivers.com is another of the sites where you can rat out your fellow drivers. If you see someone driving dangerously, you can file a report at this site. I’m not sure it accomplishes much other than a small sense of satisfaction, but at least that’s worth something. Here’s the description from the site:
Dangerous
drivers have been [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Vehicle Law or News

Featured Link – IAVA.org

Written On December 2, 2008 By Bob Kraft

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation’s first
and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and
Veterans. Please visit the site and consider making a donation.

Posted in Disability, Featured Link, Veterans Benefits

Featured Link – BlackFriday.info

Written On November 27, 2008 By Bob Kraft

I hope each of you is having a wonderful Thanksgiving today, and that you are surrounded by friends and family.
For those of you brave enough to fight the mall crowds tomorrow, take a look at BlackFriday.info to learn about all the specials that will be waiting for you. Happy Shopping!

Posted in Consumer Information, Featured Link

Featured Link – 230,000 Lawyers Recalled

Written On November 26, 2008 By Bob Kraft

With a hat tip to Bob Ambrogi, comes this startling announcement from the American Bar Association: 230,000 defective lawyers have been recalled!

Posted in Bar Associations and Legal Groups, Featured Link

Featured Link – 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter

Written On November 25, 2008 By Bob Kraft

The title says it all: 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter.

Posted in Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Texas State Board of Dental Examiners

Written On November 24, 2008 By Bob Kraft

What do you want to know about dentists or dental hygienists? Whatever it is, you’ll probably find it at the Web site of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.

Posted in Consumer Information, Featured Link, Medical Malpractice, Medical and Health Resources

Featured Link – SurvivorCorps.com

Written On November 22, 2008 By Bob Kraft

SurvivorCorps.com explains their purpose very well. Also be sure to find out how you can help our returning troops.
Breaking the Cycle of Violence:
Survivor
Corps is a global network of people helping each other to overcome the
effects of war and conflict and give back to their communities.

In 2008, Survivor Corps grew from Landmine Survivors Network. [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Miscellaneous

Featured Link – SafeManuals.com

Written On November 20, 2008 By Bob Kraft

I have a bad habit of putting manuals and instructions for cameras, computers, etc. in safe places where I can never find them again. A site like SafeManuals.com helps me by proving user manuals for dozens of manufacturers and hundreds of products online for me to download as necessary. If you’ve lost a manual, check [...]

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Consumer Information, Featured Link