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CYBERSPACE EDUCATION SITES:

Tom's Hardware.com
Great site on computer Hardware

US Secret Service
About "4-1-9" OR "ADVANCE FEE FRAUD" SCHEMES

Wikipedia on Advance Fee Fraud
(Nigerian Money Transfer Fraud)

ScamBusters.org/
Protect Yourself From Clever Scams -- Online and Offline


Surfing the Net with Kids

GREAT Links source and weekly topics for Kids!

CyberAngels (link fixed)
Guide for Parents on how to manage your child's use of the Internet
Excellent information and resources!

F-Secure Hoax warnings
and...

University of Michigan Virus Busters
E-mail virus warnings that are clogging
everyone's In-boxes for no reason

An especially rampant virus going around shows a 'blank' e-mail
text and random subject lines and senders. The size is usually 120-140k. Suspicious! Learn more at:
Virus Busters W32/Klez@MM Virus Family

What to Do With Suspicious Email Attachments
If it's suspicious, not from someone you know
or asked to send you something -DELETE IT!

SPAM Primer
Information and Advice about the SPAM - E-mails clogging your mailbox

JunkBUSTERS
Reduce your Junk e-mail - Lots of info and tips

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Urban Legends
Urban Legends, chain letters and stories that are just that!
Microsoft isn't giving away money, nor is Disney, and that school isn't doing a class e-mail project either!

Snopes Urban Legends Pages
Search archives by category

Truth or Fiction.com
Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are TRUTH! or FICTION!

Hoax-Slayer
Latest Email Hoaxes - Current Internet Scams - Hoax-Slayer

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Internet Smileys and Emoticons
;-) Facial and other expressions just using your keyboard! ---<--{(@ <-Rose

More Smileys and Emoticons

Internet Acronyms Dictionary
What do they mean by ROFL or AFAIK ??

Khevron's Tag-line Collection
Tag-Lines, Sig-Lines, One-liners to place on your e-mails

Nancy Buttons
Large collection of tag-lines and riddles by Category.

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Netiquette Home page
The Complete guide to courtesy on the 'Net'


Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHO@)

When cyberstalkers and harassment occurs through SPAM, Chats, e-mail, etc


Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)

New Federal Agency related to the National White Collar Crime Center and the FBI
Started May, 2000
Includes a complaint filing method,
press releases, statistics and warnings.
Does "Nigerian Bank e-mail letter scam" ring a bell?

National Center for Victims of Crime
Cyberstalking Information page

Ratings for On-Line Shopping Sites
And Comparison Shopping Services

Alternatives to MS:Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox Web-Browser

Opera Web-Browser

Netscape Web-Browser


MORE SEARCH ENGINES
THAN YOU COULD EVER USE
AND FREE-MAIL SITES:

OTZ.net
OTZ Web-mail

Bing.com
Search Engine

Refdesk.com
HUGE Resource!!
- Search Engines, References, Translators, Headlines, Services -
-Really Incredible -

Fastmail
On-line or POP e-mail service; Featuring BOUNCE!

KartOO
Excellent NEW Search engine which shows it's results Graphically

Metacrawler
"Search the Search Engines"

Yahoo
E-mail and Web-searches

Hotmail
E-mail


Google

Search the 'Net' with this powerful search engine.
BuzzToolBox Blog
Tools for getting the most out of Google, Amazon and other searches.

AOL Search
Non-AOL Site Web-searches

AltaVista
Web-searches

Teoma
One Search Three responses

Excite
E-mail and Web-searches

FAST Search
Formerly "All the Web" Web-searches

iWON
Web-searches

Go.com
E-mail and Web-searches (Google)

Netscape
E-mail, Searches and Downloads

Lycos
E-mail and Web-searches (Tripod/Angelfire)

Hotbot
E-mail and Web-searches

Looksmart
Web-Directory

Netscape People-finder
Net White pages

MSN Search
Web-searches

dmoz
Open Directory Web-searches

Overture.com formerly 'GoTo'
Paid-for Web-searches

Netscape Business-finder
Net Yellow pages

Dogpile
Net Searches & Shopping (infospace)

Ask Jeeves
Q&A, Searches, etc

Divine Northern Light
Business Searches, etc

NBCi
Web-searches TV, Sports, News

WebCrawler
Esoteric Web-searches

WebTop
Web-searches with News


PHOTOGRAPHS & VIDEOS SITES:

Nostalgic, Scenic and Patriotic Mini-Movies

College Humor

Pandasmash

Kontraband

Yahoo Video

i-am-bored.com

Google Video


CC-Studios (was Atom Films)

Break.com

Homestar Runner
Games and downloads

YouTube.com

Funny or Die

Flickr.com
Kotzebue Photos

Cosmotions.com
www.cosmotions.com

Time-lapse Photo Animations of the Cosmos

Alaska Webcams
Web-cams around Alaska.

67'N 159'W
Worldwide Confluence Navigator - Photographs of thousands of places around the world.
Featuring the Kobuk Dunes

Untraveled Road
Virtual Travel for the Hiker, the Traveler and the Outdoorsman.
Sitka, AK is on there, and many other destinations!

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Awesome photos from astronauts and telescopes - New and historical!

Hubble Top 100
Here's someone's Top 100 Hubble Pictures

Web-shots
Huge archive of great photos by category!
or download for daily screensavers.


HUMOROUS SITES:


9gag
Streaming funnies

Photos of vehicles in interesting positions

ICanHasCheezburger.com
Humorous Animal pics

Web-Comics Order of the Stick & Erfworld

Khevron's Heraldrydiculous
Bad or Punny examples of Heraldry

Cranky Customer
True Tales of Customer Service Incompetence

Jumbo Joke
Well-edited jokes and humorous stories - By Category

Fun Pic
Huge source of funny photos and videos

JibJab.com
Animations and e-cards - mostly political.

J.D. Buck Savage.com
Humorous police training videos, merchandise and newsletter


ELGOOG

Reverse version of Google Search
Remember to type your search backwards!

You can also use with Google in Bork! Bork! Bork!" which is like the Swedish Chef from the Muppets. They also have Elmer Fudd, Klingon, Hacker, and Pig-Latin.

Khevron's Tagline Pages
Tag-lines, Sig-lines, one-liners from various sources.
"I shouldn't have taken that left turn at Alber-you know where."

This Is True.com
Home of the "Get Out of Hell Free" cards, the Stella Awards,
and Heroic Stories
Positive and true stories and mailing lists!!

User Friendly.org
Great Cyber-Geek Comic Strip!


Humour.com
French Joke site

CELLMATES

Joe Cartoon
Hilarious games and visual humor

Funny Prizes
Terrific pictures, news and jokes

Pun of the Day
"For those who live in the land of ice it'snow problem."

Who would buy THAT!?
Strange items up for auction

Disturbing Auctions.com
More Strange items up for auction

What does your Phone Number Spell??
Help choosing your new phone number, or make words for your current one!

Dumb Laws Page
Silly Laws in the US and other countries
and links to other 'dumb' sites

Flowgo - Deb's Fun Pages
Visual humor (Lots!)


TUNDRA Comic strip site
Chad Carpenter's Alaskan Comic strip

Jason Love
"Snapshots" Cartoon & Commentary

The Brunching Shuttlecocks
Movie reviews, inciteful humor, commentary

Comics.com
Your favorite comics!

PythOnline
Monty Python's Flying Circus

Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool...
by removing themselves from it.


BOOKS & WRITING SITES:

Amazon.com
You know. Kindle books

Presidential-Candidates.org
Alerts you to limited-time free and discounted eBooks matching your interests.

Wattpad.com/
A library of free books and stories - sign up for authors, or post chapters of your writings

Barnes and Noble.com
Books and Nooks A library of free books and stories - sign up for authors, or post chapters of your writings

Abe Books
Need a book at a great price?


POLITICAL SITES:

Presidential-Candidates.org
Compare the Candidates

Climate Crisis
An Inconvenient Truth

Participate.net
Want to make a difference in your world? Take action!

Parents Action for Children
Formerly the I am your child foundation

MyBillOfRights.org
The Foundation Foundation

thegreenpapers.com
Basics on Alaska Election information

Alaska Division of Elections
On-line Voter Registration
Register high school students approaching their 18th birthday. 17-year-olds can register 90 days before their 18th birthday.

Alaska Democratic Party

Alaska Democratic Legislators

Alaska Republican Party

Alaska Republican Legislators

Alaska Green Party

Truth Uncovered.com
The Whole truth about the Iraq War

Move-On.org
MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics.

Bush in 30 seconds
150 political ads - requires Quicktime viewer.

Truth Uncovered.com
The Whole truth about the Iraq War

Give.com
BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Learn about charities how they use your money

NRDC
Natural Resources Defense Council

Politifact.com
Check your information!

Moby.com
Moby's journal, information and news


PRACTICAL SITES:

Recycling Links


Backdoor Survival
Many articles on practical and survival subjects

http://www.annualcreditreport.com
Once a year, you can get a REPORT from each of the three credit reporting service.

http://green.thefind.com/
Find Green, Environmentally Friendly and Organic Products

Alternative Energy Store

1 (800) FED-INFO
Ask Uncle Sam
Need to find out what immunizations are required for your African safari? Or how you can start a small business? Just dial up Uncle Sam at 1 (800) FED-INFO to get help with your questions. It’s the one-stop source for information about the agencies, programs, and activities of the Federal government. From purchasing surplus government property to preparing for emergency situations, 1 (800) FED-INFO can get you to the information you need.

Federal Citizen Information Center
Free (mostly) Publications on numerous subjects
by mail or many downloadable as pdf

Fuel Economy.org
Compare economy of cars, hybrids and alternative fuels.

Freecycle.org
A Network to exchange stuff you don't need that someone else can! Look in "US Pacific"


www.americarecyclesday.org

More and more people are recycling!

RBRC Rechargable Battery Recycling Corporation
Turn in your dead rechargable ni'cads, cordless drill, laptop, cell phone batteries.

Earth911
Excellent link to Recycling and conservation information!!

All Business
"One-stop resource for growing businesses"

Baby Names
What names are most popular now and in past years?

Alaska Center for the Environment

Recycling and Conservation, Products and News
Huge Link resource!!

Toner Buyer.com
Get $money for empty/used printer, copier and fax cartridges!!


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Treehugger.com
Great site for ideas and news about efficient uses of resources!

WAHM Work at Home Moms
Online Magazine - Job listings, scam warnings and reviews, articles

ScamBusters.org/
Protect Yourself From Clever Scams -- Online and Offline

Another Holland Page
Massive links to travel all over the world!

Carsdirect.com
Price used and new cars on-line!

Edmunds.com
Tools for new and used car buyers!

J-Track Spacecraft Tracking
Where are satellites, the Space Station, or the Space Shuttle at any given time.

ZIPdecode
Type in a zip code and see where in the country it is - but it's much cooler than that!

Suze Orman
Great financial advice and links

Saving for College.com
Financial advice on various plans

Resumania
How to NOT write a resume'

Discipline without Stress
A book offering a revolutionary way to reduce irresponsible behavior.

Grant Station
Grant-seeking process made much easier. Find Funding sources.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
YOU can add articles to this "Open Source" Encyclodedia!

National Do Not Call Registry
Take your phone off the Telemarketer's Lists!

www.timeday.org
A nationwide initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork

America's Library
Library of Congress Learning Site.

Make A Wish Foundation

FirstGov
Huge Government services and information site!

Parent Center.com
See news, tips, activities, and features geared to your child's age

JunkBUSTERS
Reduce your Junk USPS mail & Telemarketing calls

Earth911
Huge information site for recycling, water pollution and conservation,etc!

Aviation Safety Network

Alaska Weathercams!
Anaktuvik Pass
Live photos from points all over the state!

Time.gov
Computer clocks ain't exactly quartz crystal or Big Ben.. get the current time...

U-Build!
Home Projects and Repair instructions

Weather.com - Kotzebue, Alaska

Welcome to MapBlast!
Create a map of where you're going!

Arctic Sounder

ALASKA BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS:

Mt. McKinley Bank
Paypal
MyCheckFree.com
Wells Fargo Bank
Denali Alaskan FCU
First National Bank Alaska
Northrim Bank
Bank of America
AlaskaUSA FCU
MAC FCU
Spirit of Alaska CU
Chase
Key Bank
True North CU
Alaska Air Employees FCU
Credit Union 1


ANIMAL AND PET SITES:

Best Friends Animal Society
Lots of stories, photos and advice on all sorts of pets

What foods are toxic to your dog?
Informing quiz - All dog owners should read!

Pets911.org

Puppy Dog Web
An excellent source of information on choosing a dog, and the care/health/naming of.

Purebred Dog Breed Profiles
Specific Breed Information & Resources

Siberian Husky Breed Profile

Dog Owner's Guide
On-line magazine for pet and show-dog owners

More Siberian Husky Breed care information

Mushing Magazine
The Magazine of Dog-powered Sports

Working Dog Web
Lots of info on Working Dogs

Working Dog Web Iditarod page

Kotzebue Animal Control page


TELEVISION AND RADIO SITES:

KOTZ Radio 89.9FM 720AM
KOTZ now available world-wide on the internet with Streaming Audio!

Air America radio
Current shows featuring Al Franken

BBC radio
Current shows and archives

Rock.com internet radio

LIVE365 Internet Radio
Huge list of excellent on-line radio stations

E-Lyrics.com
Song Lyrics Archive

Alaska Radio.org

Earth and Sky.org

NAC Native America Calling

Public Radio Music Source

NPR National Public Radio

WRN World Radio Network

Prairie Home Companion

Click TV listings for GCI - Kotzebue

KTUU.com Channel 2

GCI

CNN.com

Sci-fi.com

Biography.com

A&E.com

HistoryChannel.com

FOX

ESPN

TNT.com


NATIVE ALASKAN / INUIT SITES:

Eskimo Art
Aakatchaq Schaeffer's Art Blog

Free Spirit Gallery
Inuit Art - Carvings, Prints and e-cards!

Inuit and Indian Art Yahoo e-mail Group

Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Inuit

Inupiat of Arctic Alaska

Arctic Alaska

Alaska Native Language Center

Alaska Native Knowledge Network

Native Alaskan Graphic Arts: Founding Artists

Inupiaq [Inupiat] - Alaska Native Cultural Profile

Alaska Native Heritage Center

Prehistory of Alaska

Writing on Ice
the Ethnographic Notebooks of Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Chester Asakak Seveck - Reindeer Herder
(who retired and became a tour guide in Fairbanks "Same thing")

Inuit Games

World Eskimo-Indian Olympics

Why Polar Bears Are White

Nunavut Edition Headline News July 27, 1998
ICC looks at common writing system for Inuit language

Inuit Gallery

Alaska Native Curriculum
and Teacher Development Project

Alaska Native Languages
Inupiaq Font, Dictionary, Phrasebook and Spellchecker! (New URL)


ALASKAN SITES OF INTEREST:

Big Game, Alaska Wildlife Center
At Turnagain Arm - Injured or Orphaned Wildlife and Education Center

Ice Art Championships - Fairbanks
The Joust - Photo by Sculpter Craig Cheledinas

Web cam, many photos! Photos from previous years and more!

Chena Hot Springs Ice Museum


GREENLAND/NORTHERN/ARCTIC:

Gaisma
Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times

ExploreNorth: Northern Communities Links
Greenland, Russia, Alaska, Canada, Finland, and web-cam links

ExploreNorth: Uummannaq District, Greenland

Troovel- Greenland
Weather, Pictures, Links


AUCTION SITES:

Goth Auctions

Good Will Auctions

e-bang Gun Show Auctions

Ebay On-line Marketplace

Ubid.com

Bidz.com Jewelry Auctions

Just Beads Auctions


SHOPPING SITES:

ThirdAveKotz -Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic and Beyond
SnorgTees
5stardeal.com Wholesale
NextTag.com Compare Prices!
Shop.com web-mall
Invention Channel.tv
TolkienTown.com
Abercrombie & Fitch
Overstock.com
MSN Shopping
Gilligaskins Alaskan Products
Entertainment Earth Action Toys
Fun For All Toys
Side Show Toys
C|Net Clearance Center
Crucial.com Computer Memory
Galaplaza.com
As Seen on TV.com
Alaska Wild Berry Products
Calendars.com
Drugstore.com
SAVAGE.COM
Oriental Trading Company
C|NET Shopping
Amazon.com
Wicked Jester T-Shirts
DVD Rental
Half.com
Tshirtsthatsuck.com
Tower Records (and Video/DVD's)
CheaperByTheDozen
DVD Planet
Drug Store.com
DVD Empire
DVD City
Image Entertainment
CD-DVD Supplies
Virtual Emporium
Fire Mountain Gems
Sam's Club
Simply Discount
Price SCAN it!
JCPenney
Spencer Gifts
My Simon
Pet Smart
Sports Authority
NetFlix.com
Woot.com Daily Bargains
RushOrderTees.com
marcopolodesigns.com
Tee Fury - Tee today Gone tomorrow
Primabead.com/
Ravenswood Leather

Bigwords.com
New and used Textbooks, DVDs, everything else.


TRAVEL SITES:

Air B&B
Air Bed & Breakfast - stay with local folk around the world!

Couchsurfing.org
Crash with people - great community - around the world!

Outpost Travel
Find accommodations, Rideshares or Tour experiences!

Home Exchange
Swap houses with vacationers around the world!

Flipkey
Vacation Rentals around the world!

Alaska Tour & Travel
Information and reservations for Alaska vacation packages, hotels, tours, cruises and railroad trips

Alaska Wildland Adventures
Wilderness Lodges and small group eco-tours.


EcoIndia.com

Eco-Tours in India


Fodors.com

Travel Guidebooks and Information


TravelAlaska.com

Alaska Travel and Planning


AlaskaTravel.com

The Alaska Travel Experts

Reservations Services and Airlines, Etc:

Priceline.com

Flights, Hotels, Cars, Packages, Cruises - Bid your own Price


Orbitz.com/

Flights, Hotels, Flight+Hotel, Rail, Cruises, Cars


Expedia.com/

Flights, Hotels, Flight+Hotel, Rail, Cruises, Cars - The Roaming Gnome


Travelocity.com/

Flights, Hotels, Flight+Hotel, Rail, Cruises, Cars - The Roaming Gnome

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Alaska Airlines


ERA/Frontier

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Alaska Railroad


CRIME/LEGAL INFO SITES:

N.I.C.S.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Alaska Statutes

Anchorage Police Department Most Wanted


SPORTS & GAMES SITES:

Web Sudoku
Some people don't care for Free-Cell or Solitaire...

Alaska State Snowmobile Association

Mushing Magazine

Computer Card Games


FIREARMS SITES:

Kotzebue Gun & Ammo
Guns, Ammo & Gunsmithing in Kotzebue

AssaultWeb.net Links
Massive Weapons makers, parts, tactics, forums, Tactics and Survival Links

American Derringer
Armalite
Beretta Inc.
Briley Manufacturing, Inc.
Browning Worldwide
Caspian Arms
Colt Inc.
Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services, Inc (DPMS)
Ed Brown Products, Inc.
FN Manufacturing, Inc
Glock
H&K Inc.
Kahr Arms
Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc.
Les Baer Custom, Inc.
Magnum Research
North American Arms, Inc.
Para-Ordnance
Remington Country
RESCOMP Handgun Technologies
Ruger Firearms
Sako Finland
SIG Arms
Smith & Wesson
Springfield Armory
Strayer Voigt Inc.
Taurus Firearms
Wilson Combat
Winchester Rifles & Shotguns


SOFTWARE SITES:

T-ShirtNews.com Free Software

C|Net Downloads


WEB/HTML HELP & GRAPHICS SITES:

Virtual Shingle Web Design
& Three-Headed Dog Graphics

Kotzebue & Fairbanks

DNS Stuff
What's your IP Address? Test DNS and e-mails- where are they coming from?!

GIFworks Image editor
Great little free on-line gif toolbox!

HTML Color Chart

Animation Factory graphics

Free Sitemeter web counter

Ask Doctor Web - HTML help

How do they do that with HTML?

GREAT GRAPHICS VAULT INDEX

Julianne's Background Textures

Absolute Background Textures Archive

Realm Graphics Backgrounds

Background Mania


Also on this site:

Virtual Shingle Links

Virtual Shingle Start Page

Virtual Shingle Web Design
& Three-Headed Dog Graphics

Kotzebue & Fairbanks

Requesting or suggesting of additional links strongly encouraged! Please contact the Web-Designer
Thanks in advance!
Let me know about broken links too!