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E2 SOURCE STAR TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006 web search BY RANDY A. SALAS 612-673-4542 Keeping track WebSearch was createdtotrackthingsonthe Web. So werethese websites, butinadifferent way. www.wheresgeorge.com Wheredidthatdollarin Washington, you. The paper U.S.

Enterthedenomination, seriesandserial numberofabilland yourZIPcodetofindout where aparticularbill hasbeen. haveahistory, itmight now, because yourcuriosity has createdadatabaseentryfor it. Register forfree atthesitetofindout wherethemoneygoesafter youspend it. www.bookcrossing.com Bookcrossing is practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do Sounds cool, right? After you read a good book, share it with others by registering it at BookCrossing.com (offer comments, get an ID number and label the book). Then leave the book somewhere for someone to find, or give it away.

You also can hunt for a released book using directions left at the site. Nearly 500 books are awaiting new owners to chance upon them in Minnesota, for example, more than 300 in just Minneapolis and St. Paul. www.learner.org/jnorth The first robin heard singing in our neck of the woods was between Feb. 22 and March 7, according to entries posted at Journey North.

Bald eagles were spotted in these parts before March 15. The migration and status of these and other birds and mammals are tracked by this full-featured website for school kids. The spring migration has peaked, but not too early to get ready for fall. There are printable journal pages and maps to help you get started. www.packtrack.com UPS ww.ups.com FedEx www.fedex.com and DHL www.dhl.com allow senders and receivers to track packages via their websites.

Or you can bookmark PackTrack.com to check the status of deliveries from them and dozens of other carriers using one handy search form. Sign up free to maintain a personal tracking history. www.noradsanta.org Sure, a little early in the year for Santa Claus-tracking website, but a little one in your household might be happier if you bookmark it now and remember to check back at Christmastime. FILE adjectivetogiveitAttitude! beverages. DAILY QUIRK JAMES LILEKS The latest innovation in youth-aimed beverages is Waters which, despite the name, does not contain excess carbonation.

Waters comes in those squishy foil packs you pierce the skin with a pointy straw (first promising that it hurt, and that it will get a toy afterward and hand it to the kid, who squeezes it and shoots a geyser of sticky fluid up the straw. different? you ask. Who cares? the deal: a water which is a crafty way of saying it contains ZERO juice. Why, a health-conscious dream come true. Really.

Parents like juice, because better than soda. So is diluted battery acid, of course. But parents knowmostjuicehas toomuchsug- ar, and sucking down the juice all day turns little molars into tingly nubbins and expandeth the britches, as Shakespeare said. nice that juice has 100 percent of your daily facing American children is not scurvy. Kids probably get so much vitaminCthatif yousqueezethem hard enough, small oranges pop out oftheirnostrils.

Oh, it has some sugar, but only 35 calories. It comes in Kiwi Strawberry, Tropical Twist and Wild Cherry why the feral, undomesticated cherry has fallen from favor, I say, nor can I describe the industrial process by which tropical flavors are twisted. All I know is that Child finds the kiwi-strawberry blend barftastic. tastes like Easy Is it better than plain old water? No, but she gets enough water. Usually in swimming class.

One class gives her 100 percent of her daily chlorine. Moredailyatlileks.com. Evenmore progress! Mumps is such a strange name for an illness. How did it get its name? Also, what are the symptoms? If I remember correctly, when I had it feltsick. A The origin of the word is unclear.

It could derive from an obsolete English word which meant referring to the face made due to swelling of the salivary glands. However, some say more likely to have come from the Icelandic word which means to fill the mouth too full, referring to the chipmunk-like appearance of people with mumps. (See photos of the facial swelling associated with mumps at www.vaccineinformation.org/mumps/ photos.asp. Mumps is caused by a virus spread by coughing and sneezing. The most common symptomsare swollen sali- varyglandsunderthe jaw.

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