Clark Howard IMPT Helpful Links

Page devoted to a wide variety of topics, with loads of helpful links, guides and more!

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http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/clark.howard

Couponing For a Cause: List of Food Banks & Shelters Accepting Donations

A great list of places to both find and donate food and help others! With the use of coupons, many people are able to get extra food, even free food (misc items too) for free. Hope that this will be helpful to many, God Bless.

Find states and sites here
http://www.livingrichwithcoupons.com/2011/01/couponing-for-a-cause-list-of-food-banks-shelters-accepting-donations.html

Tips for Printing Coupons

by Briana Carter

She offers some great tips and insights on how to successfully download and print out coupons!

Read her tips here
http://bargainbriana.com/tips-for-printing-coupons

Free Sample of the Day Site

Enjoy great finds for free samples from a variety of companies and sites!

Click here to view deals
http://www.allyou.com/coupons-deals/daily-free-samples-00411000069695/?xid=freesamples-092910

Free Pet Safety Pack (ASPCA)

Help keep your pets safe with a free pet safety pack from the ASPCA! In the event of an emergency, our pet rescue window decal alerts rescue personnel that pets are inside your home.

Fill out form here
http://www.aspca.org/about-us/free-aspca-stuff/free-pet-safety-pack.aspx

3 Things to never say to a debt collector

by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox

"If harassing calls from debt collectors are keeping you from answering the phone -- or stressing you out -- you're not alone... Before you rush out to hire a lawyer, though, you'll still have to deal with those pesky calls. So here are three things you should never say to a debt collector.."

Read post here
http://www.walletpop.com/2010/08/12/3-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-debt-collector

How the Debt Collectors Find You

posted by Brent

"Debt collector's area smart group of people. They know if they want to find you so they can collect from you, they are going to need to get creative... While a collection agency has many ways to track you down, here are a few that work really well for them."

Read information here
http://mycreded.com/wordpress_blog/2008/03/02/cc4-how-the-debt-collector-finds-you

7 Things to Always Buy Generic

by Stacy Johnson

"Save just $5 a day, or $150 a month, for 30 years — earn 10 percent on it — and you'll end up with a nest egg of $342,000. Would that make a difference in your life?... The tricky part is saving that $5 without sacrificing your quality of life. And one of many ways of doing that is to pay for name brands only when name brands make a difference."

Read list of things here
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110637/7-things-you-should-always-buy-generic?mod=family-love_money

News & Videos about Bullying -CNN

Great topics covering all sorts of information Bullying in our society and country.
http://topics.cnn.com/topics/bullying

Domestic Violence/Abuse Survivors Network

A community for domestic violence survivors, family & friends, advocates, professionals and organizations. A resource and inspiration for victims, families, friends and those dealing with domestic violence in their personal lives. Stay connected in one place for information, support, resources and what the community is doing to raise awareness and prevent abuse.

http://www.couragenetwork.com

15 Ways to Create Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Pre-teens

"The average pre-teen also craves for more independence. If their self esteem and confidence is healthy, they will make good decisions, choose their friends wisely, and will respect their body, avoiding such activities such as alcohol and drug abuse."

Read this informative post here
http://tinyplanetsblog.com/parents-corner/15-ways-to-create-healthy-self-esteem-in-your-preteens

200 Problem Solving Tips for Health & Home (PDF)

You will have to download this or save file as it is a PDF. Enjoy!

Get your copy here
http://thehouseholdhelper.com/files/200ProblemSolvingTips.pdf

Cooking Yahoo Groups

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/DIABETIC-RECIPES-N-TIPS

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EasyMeals

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13 Helpful Websites for Students

Fact Monster - For younger students who are not quite ready to navigate Ref desk, Fact Monster from Information Please is the tool to use. The Reference Desk on this site features a layout that is designed for easy fact-finding and includes time lines and an almanac, atlas, dictionary, and encyclopedia, as well as a Homework Center.
http://www.factmonster.com

Free Translation - Perfect for language studies, this handy website automatically converts text from one language into another, such as English to Simplified Chinese or French to English. You can type and paste up to 10,000 characters (about 1,800 words) into the search window and then select the desired language.
http://www.freetranslation.com

How Stuff Works - Ever wanted to know how stuff works? Simply type a query into the search window or peruse the topics by category.
http://www.howstuffworks.com

Information Literacy - This University of Idaho site is an information literacy primer that will quickly turn any half-hearted or random searcher into a savvy Internet detective. It guides students through a series of modules that teach them how to distinguish different kinds of information on the Internet, search for and select research topics, search databases and other collections, locate and cite sources, and evaluate the sources they find.
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy

Internet History Sourcebook Project - This site, sponsored by Fordham University and edited by Paul Halsall, provides older students with access to a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use. It includes collections of primary sources in ancient, medieval, and modern history, as well as history of science, women's history, African history, and others.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall

ipl2 - A merger of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index, this site is a comprehensive source of "information you can trust." Thousands of volunteer library and information science professionals created and maintain the site reference collection sets of links to websites on U. S. presidents, author biographies, museums, research and writing, literary criticism, and many more topics. The Ask an ipl2 Librarian reference service, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, provides individualized help finding authoritative, free online sources for specific topics.
http://www.ipl.org

Math.com - This site provides help in a number of mathematics-related subjects, including basic grade-school math, calculus, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. Practice exercises are automatically graded and this free site also features a glossary, calculators, homework tips, math games, and lesson plans for teachers.
http://www.math.com

Microsoft Download Center - Consider the Microsoft Download Center your ultimate file repository. It links to tens of thousands of down loadable free or shareware programs. These include updates, utilities, applications, and extras for Windows, Macintosh, and other platforms; Internet tools; security essentials; developer resources; mobile devices; and, of course, computer games.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

Microsoft Student Experience - This site is the cool place for the technology leaders of the future. It offers student resources, helps students stay connected through its newsletters and technology clubs, and provides a career portal and Students-to-Business program.
http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/default.aspx

Novel Guide - The web's answer to those black- and yellow-striped Cliff Notes is Novelguide.com, a reliable and free source for literary analysis of classic and contemporary books such as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground. The site offers character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, and author biographies.
http://www.novelguide.com

Ref Desk - Checking facts in Internet sources is one of the key ways to evaluate them, and Refdesk.com, which stands for "reference desk," simplifies this essential step. Since 1995, Refdesk.com has served as a one-click springboard to many of the web's top dictionaries, encyclopedias, calculators, atlases, news headlines, and search engines.
http://www.refdesk.com

Science Made Simple - Elementary and middle school students can get detailed answers to many science questions, read current news articles related to science, get ideas on school projects, and take advantage of unit conversion tables.
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com

Shakespeare Online - This website can be filed in the "where was this when I was a kid?" category. On this aptly named site, visitors can read every play or poem from the world's most celebrated writer and, more importantly, make some sense of his works with free analysis, Old English language translations, and famous quotes.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com

Target's Reading for Books Program

Reading is a critical step on a child's path to graduation. That's why Target is planning to give $500 million by the end of 2015 to support education and help kids learn to read.

Since 1962, Target has committed 5% of its income to support local communities. Through that continued commitment—and a little help from caring adults like you—we can help children reach their full potential.

Read about this wonderful program here http://reading.target.com/reading-commitment