Beware of Buying Drugs Online

The article below discusses the risks of buying drugs online.  Please see article in lower left hand corner.

Source:  AARP Bulletin December 2012

http://pubs.aarp.org/aarpbulletin/201212_DC?folio=8#pg8

Manuals For Consumer Electronics

If you need a manual for a consumer electronic, the link below provides manuals for them.  The site has more than 100,000 manuals for more than 1,000 brands.


http://www.retrevo.com/samples/index.html

Credit/Debit Card Monitor

There is a web site that acts as an anti virus for bills - www.billguard.com.  You can register up to 3 credit/debit cards (register more than 3 for a fee).  This web site reviews the transactions billed to the registered cards and does the following:

• Monitors transactions for deceptive, fraudulent,  and suspicious purchases on the registered cards.
• Monitors for unwanted charges like for subscriptions, hidden fees, billing errors, and scams.

Free Calls, Texting, Picture Sharing

If you want to be able to make free calls, free texts, and free picture sharing, you may want to try an app called Viber.  The app is good for most I phones, and select Android and other cell phones.  You can do these aforementioned features with anyone anywhere in the world who has a Viber app.

Hospital Safety Grading & Comparing

There are two relatively new rating systems to see how safe a hospital before checking in, and they are as follows:

• www.hospitalsafetyscore.org
• www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

SOURCE:  AARP Bulletin - November 2012

Check The Facts

If you want to check the truth in journalism and not get fooled, check the facts with the following web sites:

• FastCheck.org. - Provides careful analysis of claims made by politicians and other newsmakers. Its scope is national.
• PolitiFact.com - It rates politicians' claims.  It has links to 11 affiliated state fact checking organizations.
• WashingtonPost.com/blogs/facts-checker - Awards "Pinocchios" for political falsehoods.  It is national in scope.
• UrbanLegends.about.com - Debunks political and other misleading claims.  It is national in scope and has photos and videos.
• Snopes.com - debunks all sorts of myths, including those spread by viral emails
• VoteSmart.org - Features an interactive website where you enter your address and the issues most important to you and it responds with an array of candidates for national offices that you are eligible to elect with their photos on campaign posters.  The larger the poster, the closer that candidate's positions are to your own.

Source: The Costco Connection, November, 2012

Car Insurance Premium Savings

See the link below for a possible way to reduce your car insurance premium by considering telematics. According to the article, the good news is that your car insurance rate probably will not go up even if you are lousy driver. You would need to check with your insurance company to see if your insurance company offers this device, and if so are there any disadvantages or costs to you associated with this program.

 

Source:  Chicago Tribune October 28, 2012

 

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-26/classified/sc-cons-1025-karpspend-telematics-20121025_1_drive-wise-premiums-safe-driver