Web sites offer plenty of Halloween treats

A Web site devoted to horror, all horror and nothing but horror? Yup, Horrorfind.com is up and running all year round but gets its most hits this time of year when the Halloween decorations are up. It's a clearinghouse for all things creepy, with thousands of links to horror and Halloween sites worldwide.

www.horrorfind.com

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission offers Halloween safety tips on its Web site - covering safe costume designs, flame- resistant costumes, pedestrian safety and more. Includes a diagram illustrating safe Halloween costumes.

www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/hallow.html

Language

Created as a tool for the eternally curious, the software program Gurunet (formerly Atomica), allows you to research almost anything about a word or phrase with a single mouse click. The free download provides spell check, thesaurus, dictionary and translator, while the $39.95 full service program provides full reference capability in any area imaginable, including religion, business, science, people and geography.

www.gurunet.com

Activism

Youth Action Net connects young people who want to make the world a better place. Projects include environmental preservation, fighting for human rights, curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS and defending democracy. Volunteers welcome.

www.youthactionnet.org

Business

Any business person in need of information, counsel or ideas is advised to start the search at CeoExpress.com, which offers a mind- numbing array of links. Developed to organize the best resources on the Web for busy executives, CEOExpress.com now hosts over 1.8 million visits per month.

www.ceoexpress.com

Middle East

The Middle East Media and Research Institute offers a resource for examining that region "through its own media." These translations of Arab media reports can bring insight or merely incite. A recent story included a discussion of why "women must be trained to boobytrap cars, houses, luggage and children's toys."

www.memri.org

Reference

With more than 6 million words indexed in 957 online dictionaries, Onelook.com is all the spelling help you'll ever need. It not only gives you proper spelling and pronunciation but word origins and the option to search in specialty dictionaries (i.e. science, religion, business, medicine). It even has a reverse dictionary, to help with crossword puzzles if you're short on patience.

www.onelook.com

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