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[July, 2011]

<blockquote>The information you have provided is as follows:<br/><br/>

Form: Customer Comment<br/><br/>

Topic: Street and Highway Signs<br/><br/>

Message:<br/><br/>

please put on the 65 and 64 street signs. on riverside blvd. 63, 62 street signs the street signs.they are missing.thanks.sincerly, 4 year old mack.
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<blockquote>Dear MACK <br/><br/>

Thank you for contacting the City of New York. Your message has been forwarded to the appropriate agency for review and handling.<br/><br/>

For future reference, your service request number is 1-1-664568869.<br/><br/>

Sincerely,<br/><br/>

The City of New York</blockquote>

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[September, 2011]<br/><br/>
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                <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">kids write the darnedest things to Janette Sadik-Khan</category>
            
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:41:18 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Fresh From the Printer: Beijing Welcomes You</title>
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OK! Here begins the social-media campaign. Buy <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594487842,00.html?/Beijing_Welcomes_You_Tom_Scocca">this book</a>, please. <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/six-writers-tell-all-about-covers-and-blurbs">Recommended</a> by Gay Talese ("revealing and well-written") and Gene Weingarten ("brilliant insights about China, the United States, and the audacity of empire"). "He excels at straddling the line between the personal and sociopolitical," says <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59448-748-2">Publishers Weekly</a>. "Fun," says <a href="http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/non-fiction/tom-scocca/beijing-welcomes-you/">Kirkus Reviews</a>. 

On sale August 4, but feel free to pre-order it from your favorite bookseller. Reading events are planned for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. Tell a friend. Or five. Beijing Welcomes You!]]></description>
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                <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">these trees shall not have died in vain</category>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Slumberland</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:34:26 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Perspective, 2011</title>
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Galleys soon! Books<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beijing-Welcomes-You-Tom-Scocca/dp/1594487847/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281405159&sr=1-1"> next year</a>. ]]></description>
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            <title>Markakis Defends Terry Crowley, Makes Case for Firing Terry Crowley</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Orioles' hitters "have no idea what they're doing," right fielder Nick Markakis told The Sun yesterday, in <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-markakis-0618-20100617,0,1530282.story">an interview</a> grappling with the question of how a club that looked solidly mediocre and due for improvement on paper has become the worst team of 2010 and potentially the worst team of modern times:<br/><br/>

<blockquote>"You need guys in there who have a plan, who have a clue and who know how to execute that plan and get on base. We don't need every guy in this lineup trying to hit home runs. We're paid to get on base and figure out how to score and drive in runs. You look at the Yankees. They have guys who can hit home runs, but everybody in that lineup can get on base."<br/><br/>

Markakis said the team's offensive woes shouldn't be attributed to longtime hitting coach Terry Crowley, who is known for advocating an aggressive approach at the plate.<br/><br/>

Crowley "has 110 percent nothing to do with the way we are going about our business at the plate or on the field right now," Markakis said. "You can have anybody come here, and you still are going to have a couple of guys who are not going to change their approach and fix it. It's worthless. You can point your fingers here and there, but it is what it is. You're in the big leagues. You have to change your approach on your own. This is the best of the best, and if you go up there clueless, you're going to come back [to the dugout] clueless. It's that simple.</blockquote>

This is nice and diplomatic, but the Orioles are a stain on baseball, and Markakis' defense of the hitting coach makes no sense. Bless Terry Crowley for his years of service to the club as a player and coach, but he needs to have been fired weeks ago. The team is full of players, and especially young players, who are doing everything wrong at the plate, and are getting worse. <br/><br/>

Yes, the players are at fault. But if Terry Crowley is not also at fault, then <em>what is Terry Crowley's job, as hitting coach</em>? <br/><br/>

The Orioles are awful hitters. No one wants a baseball team to hit the way the Orioles hit. Suppose Markakis is right, and Crowley "has nothing to do with the way we are going about our business at the plate." That would mean Crowley is completely useless. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:11:27 -0500</pubDate>
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Dave Trembley had to go and deserved to go. He seemed nice, and I liked the idea of Dave Trembley--I always like a baseball manager who Never Played in the Big Leagues--but the Orioles should never have brought him back for this season. <br/><br/>

It was not Dave Trembley's fault that the Orioles are a lousy team this year. They are a lousy team because they have a lousy collection of players. A little over a week ago, this finally sank in, when they fielded the following lineup:  <br/><br/>

Corey Patterson, LF, .267 <br/><br/>
Julio Lugo, 2B, .229 <br/><br/>
Ty Wigginton, 1B, .281 <br/><br/>
Miguel Tejada, 3B, .260 <br/><br/>
Matt Wieters, C, .261 <br/><br/>
Adam Jones, CF, .259 <br/><br/>
Garrett Atkins, DH, .220 <br/><br/>
Lou Montanez, RF, .146 <br/><br/>
Cesar Izturis, SS, .226 <br/><br/>

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            <title>Three Statements From a Not-Quite-Three-Year-Old</title>
            <description><![CDATA[1. "Nothing happens. That's the first rule."<br/><br/>
2. "Woodpeckers don't peck on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongzhimen">Dongzhimen</a>. Because woodpeckers peck on wood."<br/><br/>
3. "When I was little, I ate a glass table in Silver Spring."<br/><br/>

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