Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

Link of the Day - Friday Fun

Many people find the "songs" of humpback whales to be soothing. Here are a few examples from the Ocean Mammal Institute.

Link of the Day - Wikiquote

One of the several online quotation sources is Wikiquote. Besides being fun to read, famous quotations are endlessly useful to trial lawyers, whether personal injury lawyers or others. Here's a description from Wikiquote:

Welcome to Wikiquote, a free online compendium of quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, including sources (where known), translations of non-English quotes, and links to Wikipedia for further information! The English version of Wikiquote has 13,380 pages so far with many thousands of quotations and proverbs.

Link of the Day - Glaucoma Research Foundation

The Glaucoma Research Foundation Web site is a great resource for those living with or wanting to learn about glaucoma. The Foundation offers articles and booklet on its Web site, and has the latest news about glaucoma research. Here is an explanation from the site:

About Us

Since 1978, the Glaucoma Research Foundation has funded innovative research and provided educational materials about glaucoma. Our donors have contributed over $45 million dollars to this cause. While we do not conduct research ourselves, we work closely with the research community to make progress towards a cure for glaucoma.

Our Mission

Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. We work to prevent vision loss from glaucoma by investing in innovative research, education, and support with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.

Link of the Day - Microsoft Photo Info Program

Whether you're a personal injury lawyer, a Social Security disability claimant representative, or simply a consumer cataloging family photos, Microsoft Photo Info allows you to imbed information such as names and details within the photo file. Then when you view the digital photo in Windows Explorer, all the imbedded information is there for you to see. This is a really helpful tool, and it's a free download too. Here's the explanation from Microsoft:

Microsoft Photo Info is a new software add-in for Microsoft Windows that allows photographers to add, change and delete common "metadata" properties for digital photographs from inside Windows Explorer. It also provides enhanced "hover tips" and additional sort properties for digital photographs in Explorer (in Details view).

How Low Will Insurance Companies Go To Deny Claims?

My friend Jonathan Stein has come across a story about Progressive Insurance that shows there's just no limit to the tricks insurance companies will pull to keep from paying claims. Be sure to read Jon's post at his California Personal Injury and Insurance Blog.

Link of the Day - Language Map Data Center

The Modern Language Association of America has an interesting page on their Web site that lets you find out the number, ages, and percentage of speakers of each language in a particular geographic region. Here is some information from the site about the Modern Language Association of America:

Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For over a hundred years, members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature.

Link of the Day - Free Credit Reports

I seem to hear radio commercials every day for FreeCreditReport.com, and I get irritated every time I do. This is NOT the site you want to visit for your free report. If you order your free report from this site, you get an automatic trial subscription to a credit monitoring service that will cost you $12.95 per month if you don't cancel within 30 days.

Instead, go to AnnualCreditReport.com, where you can get a free credit report with no strings attached. Plus, this site has tons of information about protecting your privacy, improving your credit scores, and other such matters.

Link of the Day - The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has an excellent Web site with many helpful alerts and suggestions for consumers concerned about protecting their privacy. The site includes such things as an explanation of the top privacy issues of our times. Here is their Mission & Goals statement from the Web site:

PRC Mission & Goals     
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer organization with a two-part mission -- consumer information and consumer advocacy. It was established in 1992 and is based in San Diego, California. It is primarily grant-supported and serves individuals nationwide.

The PRC's goals are to:

• Raise consumers' awareness of how technology affects personal privacy.
• Empower consumers to take action to control their own personal information by providing practical tips on privacy protection.
• Respond to specific privacy-related complaints from consumers, intercede on their behalf, and, when appropriate, refer them to the proper organizations for further assistance.
• Document the nature of consumers' complaints and questions about privacy in reports, testimony, and speeches and make them available to policy makers, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and the media.
• Advocate for consumers' privacy rights in local, state, and federal public policy proceedings, including legislative testimony, regulatory agency hearings, task forces, and study commissions as well as conferences and workshops.

Link of the Day - Friday Fun

For more years than I can remember, Federal Judge Jerry Buchmeyer has written a humor column for the State Bar of Texas. His wonderful gems are now online and called Say What?!.

Even if you're not a lawyer, you'll enjoy and appreciate the humor here. Check it out.

Link of the Day - Global Incident Map

These days we all must stay aware and informed about terrorism incidents and suspicious activities. But we can't let ourselves become paranoid and stressed. Here's a cheery little site that maps out global terrorism incidents and warnings for you. Just click on an icon on the Global Incident Map to get details.