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Here’s another installment of a new feature designed to assist you in your efforts to save some time and effort in your day-to-day quest for information. As we locate valuable resources, we’ll post them here for your convenience. Browse the listing, identify potential assets, make a quick trip to those sites you choose to see if they may be worthwhile to add to your Favorites.

If you happen to have resources you feel might be valuable to others, please feel free to send them to me at the e-mail address listed here, and we’ll certainly consider posting them as well.

Does Your Vote Matter?

In this chaotic political season, you’ll want to check out this interesting site created by PBS. “Why Vote“ explores many attitudes about the voting process, examines the many issues confronting voters today and explains exactly how you can take action to make this a successful election with positive outcomes.

You’re Not Alone: Well-known People with Disabilities

Have a disability or medical condition? You are not alone. Many people with disabilities have contributed to society. These include actors, actresses, celebrities, singers, world leaders, and many other famous people. This is a fascinating site that talks about diseases, the famous person with the disease, and how it affected his/her life.

Superstitions Abound

Want to learn more about any one of the many superstitions you’ve heard over the years? This is the site for you. In fact, this is the largest list of superstitions on the web. Categories include general, moving into a new home, Halloween, acting and stage, good luck, bad luck, card, baby, Christmas, mining, death, Greek, parsley, animal, New Years, wedding, hair and many others.

Time Capsule

This site allows you to type in any date of your choice to discover what happened on that day in history. Find out the top headlines, hit songs, prices and what else was going on the day you were born, graduated, married, etc. It currently has data online for the years 1800 through 2002.

Bugged about Bugs?

Here’s an interesting site that will answer any and all questions you may have about bugs. Search by the insects name or by location such as lawns and turfs, flowers, trees and shrubs. This site will come in handy for those trying to figure out what kind of weird bug you may have around the house and how to best deal with them.

Harry K. Jones is a professional speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of motivational speakers who provide custom-designed keynote presentations, seminars, and consulting services. Harry has appeared all over North America addressing topics such as change, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork and time management for a number of industries, including education, financial, government, healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2MAX or fill out our contact form.

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