| 2007 links |
| December 2006 |
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How Can I Lose Weight Safely? - TeensHealth offers a safe, private place to get information about health, growth, and emotions.
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Beat the Winter Bugs - How to hold your own against colds and flu.
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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The Sandbox is a military blog launched by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. Soldiers both at home and abroad are able to post stories and photos.
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Attention Shoppers: Watch Out for Gift Cards (ABC news)
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AskCity - find Businesses, Events, and Movies in St. Charles.
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The World Almanac and Book of Facts - Daily dose of fresh facts & Born This Day.
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Holiday Facts from the Census Bureau
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Holiday Rush at L.L. Bean article.
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Gift-Wrapping Tips
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Books Make Great Gifts - suggestions from our own staff.
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Christmas-Cookies - featuring traditional and modern Christmas cookie recipes, recommended cookbooks.
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Your Favorite Chicago Sounds - the eerie sound of the wolves at Lincoln Park Zoo howling at ambulances at night, the roar of Wrigley Field on game day, the clamor of Union Station.
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| November 2006 |
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The Wee Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor, Mich - all across the city, miniature openings into imagined fairy homes are popping up.
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International Lyrics Playground - Archived lyrics are from artists, composers who were established pre 1980.
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The Cozy Library - learn about cozy books you haven’t read or to get to know your favorite cozy authors.
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Butterball Turkey - the top ten most frequently asked questions on the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line.
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Black Friday - get ready now for the day after Thanksgiving shopping.
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Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
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Librarians' Internet Index |
| October 2006 |
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Librarians' Internet Index |
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Baseball History - The Spitball
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How to spitball, like a Pro - Wikipedia
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The Knuckleball - The basics of throwing a butterfly ball. Practice throwing one yourself online.
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The Baseball Index - search baseball literature; a guide to what has been written about baseball subjects.
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Baseball Basics: Lingo - A fan's guide to commonly-used terms and phrases.
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Halloween Crafts and Decorations
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Halloween Costume Ideas - make your own
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Anderson Animal Shelter - October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.
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World Food Day - theme for 2006 is "Investing in agriculture for food security".
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Frequently asked questions about Instant Messaging from the National Archives.
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The Biology of B-Movie Monsters - learn why Hollywood is hopelessly naïve from a biologist's perspective.
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Sleep Disorders - MedlinePlus offers excellent patient education sources.
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Matchstick Marvels - need a new hobby? See the new Matchstick Marvel version of Hogwarts.
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Animated Knots - essential knots with animated examples.
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| September 2006 |
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The Library of Congress: Hispanic Reading Room - Features exhibits and photo collections, genealogy resources, bibliographies and finding aids, and more.
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Let's Party: A Guide to Drug-free Parties for 5th-8th Graders -
a resource for parents to help their children as they begin to host and attend parties. Suggestions for party planning, rules, invitations, curfews, and more. Includes party game and food ideas. Also available in Spanish.
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What's Your Flood Risk? Everyone lives in a flood zone. Find out which zone your property is in and your risk.
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The World's Healthiest Foods List, A-Z. Information on 130 nutrient-rich foods.
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Watercolor painting - Learning Center: Look, read, learn to paint.
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In Focus: Special Report: Lucy's Baby - September 2006 Scientific American magazine feature about the discovery in Ethiopia's Afar region of a skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis child who lived 3.3 million years ago.
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Banned Books Week 2006 -
the twenty-fifth annual celebration of the freedom to read.
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Epicurious Holidays: Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, High-Holiday Feasts Recipes and cooking ideas for these Jewish holidays. A brief list of Jewish cookbooks, and kosher wine suggestions.
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Pirates! Collection of pirate activities for children, including a "High Seas Adventure" game, an illustrated article about Blackbeard and his crew of pirates, and reading suggestions. From the National Geographic Society.
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Blufr.com - an utterly addictive trivia game, at least as long as your score keeps going up.
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IDEA Photographic | After Modernism - A contemporary view of history from the from the photography collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, Princeton University Art Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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Autumn in the garden - how to be a gardner. The complete online guide.
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V&A Exploring Photography - Photographic Processes
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Inhabitat - Future-forward design for the world you inhabit.
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September 11 & Beyond - Librarians' Internet Index list of websites.
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| August 2006 |
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The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reads a short poem or two.
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Canon 3D Papercraft - you've made paper airplanes or tried origami. Now you can create cute animals, build your own town and add new vehicles and buildings.Dozens of 3D-Papercraft projects for free.
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Algebasics - bookmark this site for your students who have been away from their mathbooks for the entire summer. Text and audio explanations.
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Midwest Literary Festival - September 16, 17 in downtown Aurora, showcases some of the biggest, brightest and best literary talent from the Midwest and beyond.
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General Chemistry Online - provides a searchable database of compounds, a glossary, simulations, test prep help, and general chemistry notes, construction kits, and tutorials.
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Mirriam-Webster is celebrating the bicentennial of the first dictionary!
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Digital Photography Class - ten individual short courses on topics like choosing a digital camera, using your digital camera, and editing digital photos.
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Watch otters, sharks, penguins - Eight live web cameras of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's marine life exhibits.
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The Toymaker How would you like to create and color your own toys? Get out your paints, crayons and colored pencils!
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Science Bloggers on their Favorite Children's Books
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The Autobiography Project - Every life has a story. What's yours?
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Crime Time - British-based Web magazine offers mystery readers a series of reviews and articles on current books and authors as well as interviews and profiles for new and historic writers.
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Wild Grizzlies - web cam zooms in on where the bear hang out.
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| July 2006 |
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Teachers Cafe - free resources to make teachers lives easier and to improve their teaching.
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Take a trip without leaving your computer - view webcams in any state, or country.
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GasPriceWatch - find the lowest price of gas in your neighborhood.
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TurnHere - view short films about travel destinations, local neighborhoods, restaurants, shops & nightclubs, created by talented indy filmmakers.
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Subway Navigator - subway maps for more than 100 cities worldwide, showing best routes, transfers, and an estimate of time required for travel.
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Geezer Jock - magazine and online community for Master athletes.
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English-to-Pirate translator - Arrr, so ye be wantin' t' go to sea an' ye don't be wantin' t' end up in Davy Jones' Locker. Then ye best be learnin' t' be talkin' like a buccaneer.
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| June 2006 |
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TeensHealth! for teens looking for honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships, and growing up.
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Make a Blondie/Dagwood Comic - you are an artist! Drag characters from the bottom gallery up to the strip frame.
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Going Coastal:
Mysteries Set on Beaches and Islands - Looking for a Beach Book? Try our booklist.
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The Thomas Hardy Association - features a chronology, information about editions of his works, maps of the fictional Wessex where his stories take place, and links to related sites.
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Five Ways to a Cheap Last-Minute Vacation - Still no plans for your summer vacation? Kiplinger.com
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Kolb Brothers: Grand Canyon Pioneers - Companion Website for the documentary film about the brothers and the Canyon.
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Postcards from the Past - a Brief History of Elgin Illinois
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Ocean Beaches in Washington State - describes the various beaches along the Western coast. Provides info and links to the State Parks that line these beaches. Maps and details about the various lodgings available near the parks.
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| May 2006 |
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llinois state parks - hundreds of great ideas for places to visit and things to do in outdoor Illinois.
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Based on the Book - read the book before the movie is released! Database.
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New Entertainment DVDs - at our Library
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Mathematical Fiction - Beyond the Da Vinci Code,
a list of fiction that involves mathematics or mathematicians.
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Bicycle repair tips and tricks by cycling technical writer and expert mechanic, Jim Langley.
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Summer Job How To Help Your Teen Get One
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Summer Movies for 2006.
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The Stuttering Foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
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St. Charles Police Dept - newly upgraded web site: traffic and parking info, crime prevention, bulletins, etc.
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Garden Girl -
solutions to common garden problems.
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How-To Projects - Inspiration and instructions for gardening techniques, projects, and crafts from National Gardening Association.
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Fiction for "Gardeners" booklist
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Magic In The Soil…
Gardeners And Their Gardens booklist
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Gardening/Horticulture - internet sites
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Wildflower Color Chart - click on a color, and each flower listed has a detailed description of both the shades of color and the flower itself; the link takes you to a picture and information about the plant.
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Mother’s Day: May 14, 2006 US Census Bureau Facts
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History of Mother's Day
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| April 2006 |
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Amazon.com Top Sellers - Updated hourly.
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Good Stuff? - Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from, if antibacterial soap is good for your family, or how to recycle an old computer? If you've had questions about the environmental and social impacts of the products you buy and use, Good Stuff is for you.
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Mumps - Details about immunization (the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine), the 2005-2006 mumps outbreaks, alerts for travelers, and resources for health care professionals. From the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Next Chapter Book Club (NCBC) provides adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to read and learn to read, talk about books, and make friends in a fun, community setting.
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The Poetry Archive -
This British site offers audio files of English-language poets reading their own work. Browse by poet or name of poem. Includes videos of interviews with selected poets, lesson plans, access to the "Children's Poetry Archive," and links to poetry sites for students and to other material.
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The Academy of American Poets
Poems, biographies of poets, historical and thematic poetry exhibits, events calendars, discussion forums, contest information, and much more.
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Poet at Work - In these typical writer's notebooks, Walt Whitman jotted down thoughts in prose and expressions in poetry. Read about the conservation of the Walt Whitman Notebooks.
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| March 2006 |
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my ideal garden - your guide to the home garden you'll always love.
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Juvenile Series and Sequels search for over 20,000 books in series titles that are classified into three audiences: Young Adult, Juvenile and Juvenile Easy.
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Famous Firsts by American Women - Fact Monster's major milestones achieved by women throughout history.
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The Kane County Cougars will be celebrating their 15th season in Kane County all summer long.
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The Iditarod starts on March 4, 2006 in Anchorage, Alaska. Go mushers! Go dogs!
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| February 2006 |
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Chessworld.net - online chess club where you can play chess with players from all over the World.
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Oscar.com - The official site presents nominee list, past winners, red carpet photograph gallery, press room video clips, and voting ballot.
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The Grammy Awards
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Golden Globe Awards 2006
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Black History Month
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US Olympic Team - find out more about our athletes. Bios, events, features.
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Ted Ligety - Olympic skiier, gold medal winner.
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Daron Rahlves - US skier.
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Angela Ruggiero - Olympic women’s hockey player.
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U.S. women's curling team blog
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Valentine cards to make - inspired but simple Valentine crafts and gift ideas.
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Groundhog .org - the Official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog |
| January 2006 |
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Red Gate Bridge - This site has been created to facilitate public input and provide information about the study process and schedule
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Digitized version of Mozart's musical diary posted by the British Library in honor of the composer's 250th birthday. Audio clips for many of the works.
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Best Children's Books of 2005 - Family Fun's list of their top 34 picks.
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I want to: Is there something you need or want to do? This site leads you to helpful websites.
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Author Pseudonyms (a.k.a.) "author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names... etc."
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Sign Language - A collection of photos containing humorous, bizarre, and or confusing signs from around the world.
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Ski Illinois - where can you ski close to home?
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GettingAroundIllinois.com - up-to-date road conditions, construction information, daily traffic counts, as well as the ability to map travel destinations.
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