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Healthy Recipe Sites – Top Ten

Looking for healthy recipes? While there are many websites out there devoted to recipes, the trick is to locate ones that offer specifically healthy recipes. With these sites you may find yourself finally breaking your addiction to boxed, canned and prepared meals that are full of sodium, fat and unrecognizable ingredients. Even if you are not sure which appliance in the kitchen is called the stove, you can find yourself making simple alternatives that will make you and your family … Continue reading

Learning, Misc, Nature

Frogs Sites – Top Ten

Mad about frogs! There is something just captivating about frogs. Whether you enjoy looking at frog photos, want to teach your children about frogs, enjoy listening to them serenade after a spring or summer rain or desire having a frog as a pet, the following ten websites will provide you with valuable and fascinating information. Most of us can remember having to dissect a frog in science class as our first experience with frogs, but hopefully that didn’t keep you … Continue reading

Learning, Misc, Nature

Houseplants Sites – Top Ten

Looking for houseplants? For a number of reasons, today’s homes do not always have the best indoor air quality, but before you rush out and get one of those air cleaning machines, another thought is adding pollution-busting houseplants to your home. A list of the best as per The New Ecologist includes some you may have heard of such as African violets, Christmas cactus and peace lily, as well as a few you may not have including devil’s ivy, English … Continue reading

Learning, Misc, Tech

Nanotechnology Sites – Top Ten

Interested in nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is a hot topic and there is much debate over what the rewards could be verses the potential dangers. There are few industries that would not benefit in some way through nanotechnological advances, but all it takes is something to go horribly wrong and we could wipe out mankind faster than any nuclear war ever could. If you look upon nanotechnology with awe or fear, you will find useful information on the following ten websites. They … Continue reading

Learning, Misc, Science

Schizophrenia Sites – Top Ten

Interested in schizophrenia? Getting the diagnosis of schizophrenia for yourself or a loved one is frightening. There are simply so many unknowns about this disease and plenty of misconceptions about it. The first thing to do is learn about the myths and misconceptions. An article found on the Caring.com website will help with that: http://www.caring.com/articles/schizophrenia-myths. Once you’ve put that information to work, you can proceed to find out more and gain support from the following ten websites. The sites are … Continue reading

Current Affairs, History, Learning

United States Presidents Sites – Top Ten

Interested in United States Presidents? One thing that very few Americans can do is recite the names of the presidents – all 44 of them so far. It is likely that there are some names that you may not even recognize. If you want to change that, want to learn more about our many presidents, want to know about presidential travel sites or are a teacher looking to instruct students about our presidents, you will want to check out the … Continue reading

Entertainment, Learning, Lifestyle

Baking Sites – Top Ten

Baking at its best! If you have ever looked at the ingredient list on baked goods in the grocery store, you may have become dismayed at the unrecognizable and unpronounceable items they use. This alone is enough to spur many people on to doing their own baking. Another reason is that you can make most things for far less money that the packaged items or even boxed mixes. The satisfaction of baking knowing you’ve saved money, saved your family from … Continue reading

Entertainment, Learning, Nature

Beekeeping Sites – Top Ten

Fascinated about beekeeping? Mention bees and most people cringe at the thought of being stung, but every single day everyone in the human race reaps the benefits of these tiny, yet productive and necessary little winged insects. In fact, scientists tell us that if bees all disappeared tomorrow, the human race would soon follow. We need them for pollination or most of what we eat could not be produced. Thankfully, there are those hard at work keeping bee populations protected. … Continue reading

Entertainment, Learning, Lifestyle

Home Beer Brewers Sites – Top Ten

Beer brewing at it’s finest! If you enjoy beer, you may have wondered just how much is involved in brewing beer. You may even have seen the beer brewing kits for sale and been tempted. The thing to realize is that like crafting most anything, there is a learning curve so don’t expect your first attempt to be perfect. You should definitely give it a try though because it’s fun! If you do it regularly, in time you’ll even find … Continue reading

Entertainment, Learning, Misc

Model Railroad Enthusiast Sites – Top Ten

Interested in model railroads? Did you know that model railroading became more popular after store owners used them for their display windows? After that children almost always included a train set on their list to Santa. What may have begun as a childhood toy has become a hobby of many. The following ten websites are great resources for those that are either vintage model train collectors or those working on creating realistic towns to scale. They are listed in order … Continue reading