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		<title>When Shopping This Friday&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/11/24/when-shopping-this-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Try and remember the real reason for the day&#8217;s commemoration- forty-five years ago, to the day. And try to observe a moment of silence wherever you are, at 7:48 pm.
Thank you.
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		<title>Friday Facts: Narnia, Math, Linguistics, Lascivious Radios</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/11/20/friday-facts-narnia-math-linguistics-lascivious-radios/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/11/20/friday-facts-narnia-math-linguistics-lascivious-radios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Morris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Median age of mathematics texts used in city public schools:  18 years
:: Median tenure of mathematics teachers in city schools:  4.5 years
:: Median SAT mathematics score, city schools (2008):  485
:: Percentage of 12th graders in city schools who know how ‘median’ differs from ‘average’:  38%
:: A city ordinance passed in 1931 prohibited the hiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City&#8217;s First Subway Car Found</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/11/17/citys-first-subway-car-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CSTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Corridor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ostahanoc River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RJ White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper Carsonhurst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old city hall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second week of June 1901 saw the formal opening of the City&#8217;s first subway- what was to become today&#8217;s Brown Line- a modest straight line connecting the old Central Depot (across from Old City Hall, now Ludlow Plaza Station) and the Ostahanoc River, taking in the Downtown/Central Corridor areas, as well as the bustling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Board of Trusts and the City&#8217;s Generous Dead</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/08/03/the-board-of-trusts-and-the-citys-generous-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/08/03/the-board-of-trusts-and-the-citys-generous-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[RJ White]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current economic situation has given our already cash-strapped City a rough go of it, especially with regard to any funds tied into the stock market. Its pension fund alone has lost millions over the last two years and now officials are scrambling to work on ways to patch the gaping hole. There is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots: Col. Barstow&#8217;s Private Police Force, 1910</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/31/snapshots-col-barstows-private-police-force-1910/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/31/snapshots-col-barstows-private-police-force-1910/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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May 26, 1910- Caption from this Sun-Recorder photo: &#8220;Across from the Cathedral of St. Vitus on Lorimar Avenue, Col. Harrison Barstow demonstrates one of the new mechanical call boxes installed for his new police force, to begin operations Monday.&#8221;
Colonel Harrison Barstow was a wealthy man who had distinguished himself in the Spanish-American War. Upon returning home, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: The Honorable Harold Ramis, No Batmobiles</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/24/friday-facts-the-honorable-harold-ramis-no-batmobiles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Count Film-Ula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Ingraham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: On this day in 1889, boxer John Lawrence Sullivan punched Mayor John Overholt&#8217;s wife directly in the face, knocking her out instantly. No reason was ever given for the assault, and neither the mayor nor Sullivan ever chose to speak of it again.
:: A 1971 city ordinance prohibits the display of the Batmobile (from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The History of Barkay Bros. Funeral Home: Part II</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/13/the-history-of-barkay-bros-funeral-home-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/13/the-history-of-barkay-bros-funeral-home-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Micshcoon Lake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel and Isaac Barkay, proprietors of Barkay Bros. Funeral Home on East Folkim St., announced recently that they had accepted an undisclosed sell their business. The local funeral home had been run by the Barkay family for 72 years. Joel and Isaac, lifelong bachelors aged 69 and 67 respectively, agreed to sit for an interview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The History of Barkay Bros. Funeral Home: Part I</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/06/the-history-of-barkay-bros-funeral-home-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/07/06/the-history-of-barkay-bros-funeral-home-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel and Isaac Barkay, proprietors of Barkay Bros. Funeral Home on East Folkim St., announced last week that they had accepted an undisclosed offer from the giant mortuary services conglomerate ServLimited International to purchase their business. The local funeral home had been run by the Barkay family for 72 years. Joel and Isaac, lifelong bachelors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bridge Too Far: Stimulus funds to destroy city landmark</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/29/a-bridge-too-far-stimulus-funds-to-destroy-city-landmark/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/29/a-bridge-too-far-stimulus-funds-to-destroy-city-landmark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ostahanoc River]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[streets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current economic downturn and an infusion of $14 million from the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of  2009 (stimulus bill) passed by congress earlier this spring have brought back to life a controversial city project many believe should never be revived.
Since 1988, access to the 19th Street Bridge over the Ostahanoc River has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Shots, Sheep, Sno-Cones</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/25/the-blotter-shots-sheep-sno-cones/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/25/the-blotter-shots-sheep-sno-cones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hoyt Schermerhorn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RJ White]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from recent City police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.)
9:45 pm
Corner of Simcoe and Newbury Streets: Officers from the 27th Precinct respond to reports of shots [...]]]></description>
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