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- ↑ 2008–09 CCLPEP Grant Recipients Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine pdf
- ↑ "JANM Calendar of Events for Feb. '10". Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-01-12.