Q-Links

http://www.aad.org
Get a free screening through this website.

http://www.afraidtoask.com/skinCA/skinexam.html

Check out this site for info on self-screening.

Http://www.greenpowerbabyshower.com/
This conference, happening in Seattle, will educate you on unsafe toys that may already be in your house.

http://www.essco-safetycheck.com/

This Bellevue-based company scans toys for toxic materials

His deep voice can sound like James Earl Jones, but it’s his ubertalented range that lets him hit high pitch vocals of a female pop star that make Nick Pitera heard by 3.5 Million people on you tube so far. Kurt introduces us to him.

Picture Credit: Yuen Lui

Cody is an enthusiastic, lovable, outgoing boy who thrives on adult attention. He has many interests and is open to trying new things. He loves riding his bike and being outdoors as well as playing with cars and trucks, watching movies, doing art and playing board games. Cody needs a firm, patient family who enjoys and encourages his strengths. Parents who have experience working with children who have developmental delays and advocating for their educational and medical needs would be very helpful for Cody.

If you have any questions about A Family or QKids, please call us at 1-800-732-1887.

Click Here: to visit the WACAP website.

Monday morning commuters will get their first taste of the new "HOT" lanes on SR 167.

The pilot project gives solo drivers the option of driving in the HOV lane for a toll.

Here's a link to the DOT's website for more information.

Http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/

They’re dishing the dirt. Making it real with homegrown student videos. Skip the admissions office canned answers. Hear straight talk from the students who attend the colleges and universities you wanna scope out. Kurt’s tapping into which campuses have the hottest social scene, the best professors, and to-die-for two-for-one pizza pies that can satisfy your late night cravings.

http://www.lvutv.com/

RESOURCES FOR CAR BUSHING VICTIMS

http://www.atg.wa.gov/FileAComplaint.aspx

More mom's than ever are using technology to help them with there day to day duties. Kurt shows us a handful of gadgets that will insure mom is always organized and prepared. This will be a Mother's Day she will smile about.

1st big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta. Find out how you can help cyclone victims through these relief organizations

http://www.worldvision.org/.

Also:
http://savethechildren.org/
http://www.unicef.org/
http://www.worldconcern.org/

Go ahead and make whatever face you want. You're hiding behind someone else's animated mug, so don't hold back! New animated software let's you morph into an endless list of characters you can share with friends on YouTube, social networking sites, and instant messenger. Kurt shows us how it works.

http://www.fix8.com/

Picture Credit: Yuen Lui

Frances, or Franney, is a sweet, caring girl who loves animals, especially dogs. She’s also active on a bowling team, in Girl Scouts and in her church. Franney is inquisitive and fun to be around. You might find her drawing, reading or doing arts and crafts projects like making jewelry. Franney is doing well in school. Her ideal family would include a mom, a dad, a younger brother or sister and a dog. Most of all she wants to feel loved.

Bike Sales Day is this Friday

Link goes to information about Bike to Work Day

World Vision

This link will take you to the World Vision website, where you can find-out more about making a donation to help the earthquake victims in China.

Staying green might one day be as simple as choosing not to throw away your trash.
Right now Australian researchers are using a unique process that utilizes organic waste, your trash, to cut greenhouse gas emissions and produce energy.
This link has more information on pyrolysis:

http://www.biochar.org/joomla/

A local non-profit providing aid in damaged areas of China. Q13 FOX News Anchor Bill Wixey traveled to China several weeks ago and featured this group in his stories. If you are looking to help, this link will take you to the World Impact Network's website where you can donate.

http://www.worldimpactnetwork.org

Salvation Army

World Concern

World Vision

Red Cross

World Impact Network

Mercy Corps

NW Medical Teams

http://www.redcross.org/SERVICES/HSS/TIPS/HIKING.HTML

Check out this great safety information from the American Red Cross

For more information on Bob Compton and the documentary "2 Million Minutes"
2 Million Minutes

For more information on The Make Mine a Million event coming to Seattle in June
Make A Million

Getting rid of pests.

http://pep.wsu.edu/pestsense/

FREE FRIDAY SOFTWARE

Keep the $500 you have to spend to get Microsoft Office on your home computer and put it in the piggy bank for your summer vacation! Kurt shows you how to get three new web-based software programs that have the features of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint -- and they're FREE.

http://www.openoffice.org/

http://docs.google.com

http://symphony.lotus.com

GIGA SIZE YOUR PICTURES

New photo technology coming out of Seattle. It seems mega pixels are a thing of the past, now we have have giga pixels. Kurt shows us how you can take a photo of who’s in Seattle's Space Needle from your own living room.

It's a real life nightmare...an email with *your* name on it goes out to almost 3,000 people from your past and present. And you didn't write the email.... Kurt tells us why people are up in arms about a website that uses your personal email contact list to blast emails out to everyone you've ever known.

http://welcome.bbb.org/

http://www.reunion.com/

http://www.siff.net/index.aspx
One of America's biggest film festivals is right here! SIFF runs from May 22 thru June 15. Click here for tickets & showtimes.

Picture Credit: Yuen Lui

Ebony is an active and charming girl with a good sense of humor. She enjoys basketball, tetherball, riding a scooter and sledding; now she’s looking forward to spending more time on her new rollerblades. Ebony needs a structured, consistent environment where she is the only child. A patient family experienced with children who have developmental disabilities and behavioral needs will offer her the time and support she needs to succeed.

This link will take you to the Tacoma/Pierce County Crime Stoppers website.

CrimeStoppers- Tacoma/Pierce County

FREE STROKE RISK SCREENINGS & STROKE SURVIVOR KATE ADAMSON'S FULL STORY: https://www.virginiamason.org/home/

Kurt picks the top two interactive recipe sites and puts them to the test. They claim to be able to pull together a meal from the contents you have in your kitchen without even taking a trip to the supermarket. With the help of celebrity chef Rocco Dispirito, we'll see which recipe will have you salivating for more.

http://www.recipematcher.com/

http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/

http://www.roccodispirito.com/

http://www.bertolli.com/uk/

This link will take you to the American Cancer Society website where you can learn more about pancreatic cancer.

American Cancer Society

For more information:

http://www.seattle.gov/waytogo/

Updated Washington highway map available from state Transportation Department.
The map is free by calling 360-705-7279 or online:

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/highwaymap

You might have seen the ads on tv announcing the upcoming DTV transition, but a lot of people still have questions...and Kurt has the answers. We ask people on the street what they still want to know about the big government-mandated transition from analog to digital next February.

Picture Credit: Yuen Lui

Tiffany is a young teen with many interests. She’s athletic and enjoys a variety of sports, including basketball, horseback riding and skiing. Far from a tomboy, she’s also interested in things like fashion and makeup. Tiffany has made academic progress at school and benefits from extra help in the classroom. She’s anxious to fit in with her peers and longs for a family who will give her time and attention. Tiffany needs a skilled single mom or couple with no other children who understand teen issues and can help her feel safe.

What would you say to yourself a year from now? Five years from now? What about twenty years down the road? That’s the concept behind a new website that allows you to email anything you want to the future you. Kurt shows us why hundreds of thousands of people are signing up to email themselves.

www.FutureMe.org

Get the latest information and updates on Seattle-area road construction.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Northwest/King/Construction/#7295

Turns out the celeb socialite is as popular with technology as the paparrazi. Paris digs deep in her purse on the spot to show Kurt what personal technology she calls her BFF.
www.backuppal.com

According to the official website, extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt." Kurt traverses the globe in search for the perfectly dangerous spot to iron his finest shirts.

www.extremeironing.com