Nr	Query	Num. rows	Took (ms)
1	db.towns.find( {"sef_url":"des-moines-ia"}, [] ).sort( [] ).limit( 1 ).skip( 0 )	1	4
2	db.pages.find( {"type":"town","slug":{"$in":["holiday-events-and-festivals"]},"site.hostname":"americantowns.com"}, [] ).sort( [] ).limit( 1 ).skip( 0 )	1	1
3	db.towns.find( {"sef_url":"des-moines-ia"}, [] ).sort( [] ).limit( 1 ).skip( 0 )	1	1
4	db.tokens.find( {"sef_url":{"$in":["usa","ia","polk-county-ia","des-moines-ia"]}}, [] ).sort( [] ).limit( 0 ).skip( 0 )	4	2
5	db.events_cache.find( {"_id":"508d3a14aae74e3b47889fcc95f92e51"}, [] ).sort( [] ).limit( 1 ).skip( 0 )	0	2
6	db.events.find( {"start":{"$gte":"MongoDate(0.00000000 1765692000)"},"tags":"holiday-event-guide","geo":{"$geoWithin":{"$center":[[-93.62030029296875,41.58879852294922],1.0869565217391304]}}}, ["location_string","event_id","partner_id","address","sef_tail","tags","title","start","end","date_string","time_string","image_url","group_id","group_name","group_sef_tail","venue_name"] ).sort( {"start":1} ).limit( 11 ).skip( 0 )	2	20
7	db.events_cache.count( {"_id":"508d3a14aae74e3b47889fcc95f92e51"} )	0	1
8	db.events_cache.insert( {"_id":"508d3a14aae74e3b47889fcc95f92e51","town_sef_url":"des-moines-ia","data_key":["69036adb4389be6be5f5e13f","69036ae04389be6be5f5ffee"],"sort_order":{"start":1},"params":"{\"show\":10,\"title\":\"Find Iowa 2025 Christmas & Holiday Events!\",\"tags\":\"holiday-event-guide\",\"radius\":75,\"keyword\":\"\",\"limit\":15,\"page\":1,\"sef\":\"\",\"tags_logical\":\"\",\"terms\":\"\",\"show_limit\":3,\"sort\":\"\",\"days\":\"\",\"images\":true,\"max-days\":365,\"max-miles\":45,\"message\":\"[message to follow]\",\"min\":50,\"prompt\":\"\",\"height\":\"\",\"width\":\"\",\"data_id\":\"\",\"more\":true,\"type\":\"\",\"autoshowmore\":false,\"link\":\"\",\"showdesc\":\"\",\"rankby\":\"\",\"empty-message\":\"\",\"ad_slots\":\"\",\"see-more-title\":\"\",\"searchdate\":\"\",\"searchenddate\":\"\",\"lat\":41.58879852294922,\"lng\":-93.62030029296875,\"latlng\":\"41.588798522949,-93.620300292969\",\"city\":\"Des Moines\",\"state\":\"IA\",\"theme\":\"\",\"page_type\":\"town\",\"grouped\":false,\"has_next_page\":false}","modified":"MongoDate(0.99400000 1765752105)","created":"MongoDate(0.99400000 1765752105)"} , true)	0	2
9	db.news.find( {"broadcast":{"$in":["usa","des-moines-ia","ia","polk-county-ia"]}}, [] ).sort( {"publish_date":-1} ).limit( 4 ).skip( 0 )	4	2

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