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		<title>A Letter From the Scientific Front- Mind Games</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/23/a-letter-from-the-scientific-front-mind-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vague new academic discipline creates a bonafide new-media star. When Jack Arkush was a child, he would sometimes accompany his father downtown, where William Arkush was a mid-level advertising executive for the Kenner Agency. &#8220;He worked on campaigns for sporting goods, for eyewear,&#8221; Arkush says. &#8220;General-interest stuff that didn&#8217;t interest me.&#8221; What interested the younger Arkush, as it turned out, were the elevators in his father&#8217;s office building. &#8220;The first time he took me to work, we walked into the lobby, and there were two elevators waiting,&#8221; Arkush says. &#8220;We stepped into one. As the doors closed, I saw people filing into the one across the way. We started to rise first, but when we got to the twentieth floor, where he worked, the people who took that other elevator were already there.&#8221; Most people would accept that outcome with equanimity, if not indifference. Jack Arkush was different. He felt it as an injustice. &#8220;It didn&#8217;t bother me that we didn&#8217;t get to the twentieth floor first,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It bothered me that I didn&#8217;t understand exactly why we didn&#8217;t get there first.&#8221; Today, Arkush—a portly, bearded man of fifty-eight—doesn&#8217;t have that problem. He works on the second floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: That Which Rests On One&#8217;s Shoulders</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/02/01/friday-facts-that-which-rests-on-ones-shoulders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Number of police districts which accounted for 65% of the city&#8217;s violent crimes in 2007, according to a report released this week: 7 :: Total number of police districts in the city: 21 :: Channel 8 weather report reader Destiny Edwards returns on Monday morning&#8217;s program, which will also feature the winner of the &#8220;Guess the Weight of Destiny&#8221; contest. Viewers were invited to take a stab at guessing how much more svelte she would be after her 4-week stay at a &#8220;nutrition camp.&#8221; :: Fire engine numbers which have been &#8220;retired&#8221; over the years: 23, 8, 39, 2, 10 :: Number of these which were retired due to their association with a horrible tragedy: 1 (No. 23) :: Popular rock act R.E.M. has not visited this city in its last 11 tours. :: Number of Hindu temples offering a car blessing service: 2 :: From 1889 to 1973 tobacconists were prohibited from also selling men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s fragrances. - RJ White]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Light the Tree, Sell the Books</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/30/friday-facts-light-the-tree-sell-the-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Number of variations on &#8220;LED&#8221; used by various speakers during Thursday&#8217;s municipal Holiday Fest tree-lighting ceremony at Old City Hall: 7 (&#8220;LDE,&#8221; &#8220;LDD,&#8221; &#8220;LLD,&#8221; &#8220;Lead,&#8221; &#8220;DL,&#8221; &#8220;Leed,&#8221; and &#8220;Magic bulbs.&#8221;) :: Number of killowatt hours saved by the widely-touted switching of the tree&#8217;s lights to energy-efficient LEDs: 1,000/day :: And what of the old energy-inefficient strings of tree lights?: They are decorating the outside of the Faulkner Municipal Maintenance Facility, on Park Street. :: According to the local records, the Ostahanoc River froze over every winter prior to 1979. Crossing the river on the ice was a popular winter short-cut, particularly at Bender’s Bend, near the city limits on the North Side. This was made illegal in 1985, after the Plesser’s Day-Care debacle. The law is still in force, though the river froze over completely only once (1988) since it passed. :: The latest recorded ‘first snowfall’ in the city was December 10th, 1999. :: Number of books released this week by local television weather people: 2 (&#8220;Stormy Weather,&#8221; by NBC12&#8242;s Teri Park and &#8220;I Love the Winter Weather,&#8221; by channel 6&#8242;s Rick Mellers) :: Number of people who showed up for Park&#8217;s book signing Monday evening at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: 311 is Not a Joke</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/09/311-is-not-a-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Today, at 5pm, the city&#8217;s Office for Information and Complaints hotline will shut down after 33 years of service. It will be subsumed into the city&#8217;s new 311 information service. :: Number of staffers for the hotline in 1974: 1 :: Number today: 28 :: Number to be staffing the new 311 line: 35 :: Former Channel 6 local horror show host Count Film-Ula will no longer be participating in next season&#8217;s broadcast of the CBS reality-based game show, The Amazing Race, as previously announced. The Count&#8217;s scheduled Amazing Race partner, nephew and publicist, Anthony Reno, cited the Count&#8217;s declining health as the reason behind the pullout, although he added that his uncle continues to be very dedicated to his hobby of creating chainsaw sculptures. :: Due to pressure from the AARP and local advocates for the aged, the Geriatriclympics has been canceled. The second annual event, which was to be held this weekend in the parking lot of the Sunny Tomorrows Assisted Living Center on 117th and Carrey St, had come under fire as not being particularly sensitive. Among last year&#8217;s events were a colostomy bag toss, a 100-meter shuffle and the Rascal demolition derby. :: Funeral services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: &#8220;Bleeping Kids, Bleeping Bleep Ducks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/06/22/friday-facts-bleeping-kids-bleeping-bleep-ducks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Number of times that there have been cited (by the FCC) instances of accidental profanity on local newscasts- 31 :: Number of these which have resulted in the firing of a local anchor/reporter- 1 (Arthur Stevens, in what has come to be known as the &#8220;4-H Incident,&#8221; 1983) :: Advertising on public transit, by type- 45% Health Care/Rehabilitation Facilities, 30% Legal Services, 12% Fast Food, 5% Entertainment/Movies, 2% Public Transit, 6% Other. :: Number of restaurants classified specifically under the &#8220;Chop Suey&#8221; catrgory in local directories: 1, University Chop Suey :: Years that Sparman&#8217;s Records (closing for good this Sunday at 10pm) has been in business- 58 :: Years Sparman&#8217;s has been in their current University Center location- 56 :: Starting Monday, the City News Vendors Association (CNVA), a loose conglomeration of 213 newsstand operators enacts a new regulation &#8220;to obscure excessive cleavage and/or sexually suggestive content on the covers of periodicals within plain view of the public.&#8221; As a compromise, judgment on what should be covered will be left to individual CNVA vendors. - R. White]]></description>
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		<title>At Home With&#8230; Carla Perry</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/05/21/at-home-with-carla-perry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 11:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Desk introduces a new feature which gives you a glimpse into the domestic side of our city’s movers and shakers. What happens when they leave the council chambers, newsroom, office, stadium, community center, playhouse, studio, or classroom? What do they do to unwind? What are their passions? We’ll show you how these luminaries approach a little thing we like to call “life.” At Home With … Carla Perry, Host of NewsCenter 7’s It’s Morning in the City! Most of the city wakes up with Carla Perry in their homes, but that’s not an indictment of her reputation! Perry, who’s been hosting the city’s No. 1 TV morning show for three years, brings her viewers a blend of news, lifestyle features and entertaining interviews five days a week. Perry — who’s known for her catch phrase, “I like it! Really, I do!” — lives with her husband, Barry, a partner at the law firm Goldwater, Goldwater &#38; Perry LLC, in a four-bed, five-and-a-half-bath Tudor/Greek revival manor on Rose Hill. Perry sat down with The City Desk recently to discuss gardening, her image, and how she’s changing the world one day at a time. How do you unwind? I’m a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Slaughterhouse, Partridge, Megatron</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/03/23/friday-facts-slaughterhouse-partridge-megatron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: On Monday, Chief Health Commissioner Rudolph “Guy” Fenimore sent a press release reminding hungry citizens that the city’s three-year long ban on open air barbecue restaurants ends this Saturday. Blowout celebrations are currently planned at Roy’s BBQ, Captain Jack’s Rib Shack, Shiney’s, the Thai Barbecue House (which will be removing its temporary tarpaulin after closing time on Friday evening), and South Street Jimmy’s, among others. :: Think you know which building has the greatest number of floors on the west side? If you said the First National Bank building, think again! It&#8217;s actually the Richards Center at the corner of Willow Avenue and 5th. Despite its stunted appearance the building, a former slaughterhouse, has five sub-basements! :: According to a 2006 poll, more residents of the city are worried about red ant infestations than possible corruption at City Hall. :: Charles Medfield has run Medfield&#8217;s 24-Hour Cheesery continuously for over 60 years. It has been closed only once, during the birth of his third child, Marilyn. :: Animal Planet filmed 3 episodes of the series Animal Cops in the city in the summer of 2006, but the project was canceled and the footage never aired due to the death [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Legends: Kiddie TV Murder, Satanists in the City</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/02/05/urban-legends-kiddie-tv-murder-satanists-in-the-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an overview of some of the most well-known urban legends to haunt our city—none are true, but they reflect the fears and excitement of bygone times. Kiddie TV Murder (1957) Mystery has long swirled around the death of children’s TV personality Samantha Smith, who was found murdered in her home on June 28th, 1957. Smith was the host of the smash hit Dominick and Doofus, which featured two feuding puppets and poorly animated cartoons. After missing that morning’s broadcast, Smith was discovered in her bedroom nude, with marionette strings wrapped around her throat. The lurid details of her death quickly found their way to the front page of every paper in town. The police investigation was soon stymied, and rumors about the identity of her killer ran rampant. One often repeated allegation featured &#8220;happily&#8221; married Sen. Phinneas DeMink, a state legislator who had been linked romantically to Smith. It was believed that she had been killed because she was about to go public with their affair, thus ruining DeMink’s political career. There was no truth to this rumor, and DeMink was eventually cleared, but the incident did end his career in politics. Another scenario circulated involving the producers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something that you should watch</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/01/18/something-that-you-should-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invisible City (Supermasterpiece.com) A 5-minute black and white noir-ish television program about a city in which everyone is invisible. Sadly, it only lasted two episodes. Of course (as we&#8217;re always looking on the bright side at The City Desk), this means it won&#8217;t take you very long to see how wonderful it was. &#8220;Fun&#8221; Fact: The City Desk contributor Shek Baker provides some of the voices.]]></description>
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		<title>More Christmastime in the City</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2006/12/18/more-christmastime-in-the-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Friday night saw the lighting of the annual Energonistics (formerly Municipal Gas Works) &#8220;Eternaflame&#8221; menorah, a ten-foot tall structure which consists of a stainless steel set of nine candles, each topped with what will be a constantly burning gas flame as each is lighted over the next week. It joins the &#8220;Eternaflame&#8221; Christmas tree and the &#8220;Eternaflame&#8221; Kwanzaa giant ear of corn in casting an eerie bluish-white light over the plaza of the Energonistics headquarters on East Main Street. :: An article in Sunday&#8217;s Journal-Clarion on the history of local Toys for Tots efforts cleared up something about which I&#8217;ve been wondering for quite awhile. Apparently, one of the largest single donations in the program&#8217;s history came from the Atari Corporation in 1983- 200,000 copies of the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game, released the previous year. This explains why a disproportionate number of these typically can be found in area thrift shops. :: A class-action lawsuit was finally settled last week between 12 families and the Cranston Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT), owners of the Galleria at Woldman Heights, over an incident in 2000. On December 14 of that holiday season, the families were angered and disgusted to find [...]]]></description>
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