Informative Free Sites

• ThinkQuest New York City - creatively brings together learning and technology for students and educators. Combining the power of technology with proven educational principles, ThinkQuest New York City offers exciting programming including the annual "ThinkQuest Challenge", a contest for students to create educational websites. Critical to its mission is to provide training for teachers and educators in schools and after-school programs.

• Confusing Words - is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. Some of these words are homonyms (words that sound alike but are spelled differently) and some are just commonly confused.

• Dogster.com - we are dog freaks and computer geeks who wanted a canine sharing application that's truly gone to the dogs. Such a site didn't exist, so we built it ourselves. The fluffy love is backed with serious technology and years of coding experience under our collars. Dogster has since become more contagious than kennel cough.

• The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) - is an orbiting space telescope that will observe galaxies in ultraviolet light across 10 billion years of cosmic history. Such observations will tell scientists how galaxies, the basic structures of our Universe, evolve and change. Additionally, GALEX will probe the causes of star formation during a period when most of the stars and elements we see today had their origins.

• LiveScience.com - is an original content site focusing on the innovative and intriguing in Science and Technology. Aimed at the intellectually curious, it covers news, views and scientific inquiry with an original, provocative point of view. With articles by respected science journalists and contributors, LiveScience looks at new discoveries, intellectual adventures and the idiosyncrasies of the world that surrounds us.

• 10x10 - every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.

• Frank's Recipes - a Canadian Chef, based in Ottawa, Ontario, with over 28 years experience in the industry as both Executive Chef and General Manager, he has amassed an extensive collection of recipes, and is willing to share them with you for FREE. Recipe archive now contains over 22,000 recipes and growing.

• Timeout.com - within these pages you will find huge amounts of information about the world's greatest cities. Please bear in mind that owners, managers and governments can change their arrangements at any time. Before you go out of your way, we strongly advise you to phone and check opening times, dates of events and all other particulars. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this guide, the publishers cannot accept responsibility for any errors it may contain.