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		<title>&#8230;a killing in Trestle Glen&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I squeezed the neck tighter, hoping to stop the bleeding. I hate doing this&#8230;killing. I was afraid someone would hear, someone would come knocking at the door wondering what all the commotion was about. If she would just shut up! Shut her damn screaming! Now there is blood all over the bath in my basement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twelfth Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The San Francisco Shakespeare Company have been performing “Free Shakespeare in the Park” since 1983. It is now one of the major free Shakespeare programs in the nation. Produced every year in San Francisco, Oakland, Pleasanton, Cupertino, and San Mateo from July through September, Free Shakespeare in the Park provides an opportunity for everyone to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tempest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The San Francisco Shakespeare Company have been performing &#8220;Free Shakespeare in the Park&#8221; since 1983. It is now one of the major free Shakespeare programs in the nation. 
	Produced every year in San Francisco, Oakland, Pleasanton, Cupertino, and San Mateo from July through September, Free Shakespeare in the Park provides an opportunity for everyone to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/seamus/the-tempest/</link>
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		<title>STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Friday 21st July
	When I arrived home from school I staggered up the stairs to my bedroom and dumped my rucksack onto the bed. I was pleased that the summer holidays had finally come and that I didn’t have any more exams to do. Then I changed out of my school uniform and into my favourite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s latest concert!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Pardee Home Winter Concert 2006
	Joyce Whitelaw, a noted Oakland musical performer (who has an Organic City Featured Tour) and composer who has delighted local audiences in recent years with her topical, modern operas Il Giocatore and Casino (about golfing and gambling, respectively) and two works composed for the Chabot Space and Science Center, Saturn Symphony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Christmas Revels begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Tonight, the cast of this year&#8217;s Christmas Revels rehearses in the Scottish Rite Theater for the first time.  What&#8217;ll the set look like this  time?  I love the surprise that first night when I walk into the theater!
	The cast play people in a little Quebecois village, around 1810, just about the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three legged dog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I ride my bicycle along the east side of the lake several times a week. Until they get that promised wonderland of construction with bike lanes and narrower streets finished, I have to ride carefully along the sidewalk, bumping over tough turf and tree roots to go around people&#8217;s open car doors or mothers with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kingfisher and King Cobra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	9/22/2004
I left my bicycle and walked to the train today. Sometimes I do that for a change of view, a change of heart, a change of mind. The moon, that half circle cut of ice crystal I&#8217;d seen on my bike the night before, had already set, and the sun was just up. The lake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steve66/kingfisher-and-king-cobra/</link>
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		<title>A walk Down Adeline Street - 1927</title>
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	The night fog was a blanket laid over Adeline Street and the harbor district. Even with my collar up and hat pulled down, it collected on my eyebrows, lashes and clothes. Feeling my way down the middle of the slippery, unfamiliar pavement, gloved hands in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WalkAmerica 2003</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Saturday, April 26, 2003
	This morning Vic and I took part in the March of Dimes&#8217; WalkAmerica. We left bright and early, right on time (7:40) according to my plan and caught the 51 bus easily up the street from our house. Though wrangling the stroller between busses was mildly annoying, we also made our transfer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake of Humanity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[		Closing my eyes, I lay my head back down on the grass, visions of the three women I’d just seen moving through my head. Cloaked from head to toe in flowing dark cloth, their faces are left unveiled to reveal long straight noses, high cheekbones, caramel skin.  They walk in unison, a stealth search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/oakelle/lake-of-humanity/</link>
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		<title>Going</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The evening’s ocean-filled air breathes in to our small house, strumming the window shades open and closed.  My husband and I sit on our couch in the dark, the cats stretch out by our feet.  
	Moments of peace are brief, as each day the world outside clamors louder than the day before it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grapefruit Ed Live At The Metro</title>
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		<title>The Storykeeper&#8217;s Chair</title>
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		<title>Helen &#038; Hector</title>
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		<title>A House Called Listening</title>
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		<title>A Kind Of A Sad Story</title>
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		<title>Landmarks: Packard Building</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-packard-building/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Nature Rotary Center</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-nature-rotary-center/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Tribune Tower</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-tribune-tower/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Children&#8217;s Fairyland</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-childrens-fairyland/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Oakland City Hall</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-oakland-city-hall/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Kaiser Center</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-kaiser-center/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Bellevue-Staten Building</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-bellevue-staten-building/</link>
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		<title>Landmarks: Cameron Stanford House</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/landmarks-cameron-stanford-house/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: Broadway Auto Row</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-broadway-auto-row/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: Communication Workers Building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-communication-workers-building/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: Frank Ogawa Plaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-frank-ogawa-plaza/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: Malonga Casquelourd Arts Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-malonga-casquelourd-arts-center/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: County Clerk-Recorder&#8217;s Building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-county-clerk-recorders-building/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: Estuary Park Sculptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-estuary-park-sculptures/</link>
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		<title>Public Art: Sculpture Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Oakland Public Art Places, to be released in August 2006, will be a website and printed guidebook featuring public art as a portal for exploration of Oakland&#8217;s unique districts.  The website will offer a comprehensive catalog of Oakland&#8217;s public art, self-paced walking tours, links to Oakland cultural venues, history sites and literary sites, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/steven/public-art-sculpture-garden/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tours: 723 Webster St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This is the site of Author William Wong’s family’s restaurant, the Great China, from 1943 to 1961. It is where he and his older sisters and parents spent countless hours six or seven days a week, becoming part of Oakland and America. This site has been a restaurant for generations following the Great China. 
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-723-webster-st/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Chinese Nationalist Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Even Chinatown is firmly on U.S. soil, some of the elders remain tied to root country politics, which means the Nationalist Party (Kuo Min Tang) on Taiwan v. the Communist Party on the Chinese mainland. Most U.S. Chinatowns have leaders favoring the Nationalists, but pragmatic Chinese Americans in all Chinatowns also recognize the reality that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-chinese-nationalist-party/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Asian Health Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This is one of the model ethnic community clinics in the U.S. It began more than thirty years ago, when the Chinese and other Asian immigrant and indigent population was growing. Once housed at the Asian Resource Center at 310 8th Street, Asian Health Services needed more space and found it at this former restaurant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-asian-health-services/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Lincoln Square</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The main playground of Oakland’s Chinatown, Lincoln Square has been the place where generations of Chinese American young people have gathered to play Western style sports like baseball, basketball, and football, and to socialize. The junkboat, a project of the Wa Sung Community Service Club, is a favorite recreational spot for adjacent Lincoln School students.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-lincoln-square/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Chinese Community Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Since the mid-1950s, this building has been a beehive of activity, especially for Chinese language and culture classes for Chinese American youngsters. Joe Shoong, a rare Chinese American tycoon and philanthropist in his day (National Dollar Stores), financed a portion of the construction of this building, at the corner of 9th &#038; Harrison Streets.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-chinese-community-center/</link>
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		<title>Breakup Flashback</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Continued from Unforgettable Novel
	Its funny the thoughts that run through your head when you’re taken by surprise.
It wasn’t the sight of Cressida in the Bonsai Garden that shocked me. It was the fact that she was armed with a cluster of pink geraniums extruding from a shoddy plastic garbage can.
	My life flashed before me and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/breakup-flashback/</link>
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		<title>Looking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I’m back in the office early this morning, sipping coffee from a paper cup and peering briefly out the window to the street below.  I have a few more quiet moments before the streets will begin to stir, the doors to open, the phones to ring. 
	It used to amaze me that the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/alyss/looking/</link>
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		<title>Falling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It is quiet beside the lake today.  My usual bench is occupied when I come around to it, so I sit nearby on the sloping grass instead.  A young couple sits at the bench, completely immersed in each other.  I feel a pang of&#8211; not quite jealousy, but perhaps nostalgia.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/alyss/falling/</link>
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		<title>Looking for treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	(character names have been changed to protect the innocent)
	Yong Z. Ming is a Taiwanese immigrant from Taipei. Yong is a licensed Chinese medical doctor who came to the U.S. under a temporary tourist visa for 6 months. During this time he became involved in school as an international student and has been on the look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/quetzalin/looking-for-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Lunch time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s lunchtime and a bright, sunny day, lights up the high school patio in Oakland. 12:30 PM and the sudden ring of the bells has made way for unorganized chaos in the school&#8217;s halls. My ham, tomato, jalapeño and cheese sandwich slowly melts in my bag as I pack up. Unlike everyone else, I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/lee/lunch-time/</link>
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		<title>Oakland Art [dot] com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	1928 Telegraph was the site of Oakland Art [dot] com, a gallery, community arts center, entertainment venue and arts marketing facility.  Since the location of the Oakland Box and now the Uptown Bar, OA.com was opened in 1998 and housed a digital printing facity, frame shop, photo lab and gallery/exhibition space.  OA.com was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/randolph/oakland-art-dot-com/</link>
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		<title>Call-in show with no calls in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	When I was on the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of Oakland,  I convinced the city to televise our meetings and give me a call-in show which I entitled &#8220;Speak Up for Oakland Arts.  There were generally 2 or 3 people in the audience at CIty Hall, one of them being my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/randolph/call-in-show-with-no-calls-in/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tours: 301/303 8th St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Although not fancy or architecturally distinguished, this building has historical value. Downstairs, now a restaurant, was the barber shop of Fong Get Moo, the legendary first woman barber who gave out candy after haircuts. Upstairs is the Oakland lodge of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, the first Chinese American civil rights organization established in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-301303-8th-st/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7987576</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2703179</geo:long>
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		<title>Sweet&#8217;s Ballroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Home of the big bands during the 30&#8217;s and 40&#8217;s.
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	&#8220;Sweet&#8217;s Ballroom&#8221; is Track 5 on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.  A fourteen-year resident of Oakland, she chose local writers, also Oakland residents,  to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/sweets-ballroom/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8081481</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2685392</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Chinese Methodist Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This is one of four Christian churches that minister to the social and religious needs of Chinatown and other Oakland and East Bay Chinese residents. The others are the Baptist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. There is also a Buddhist temple on the edges of Chinatown. The Christian churches have played a role in Chinatown life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-chinese-methodist-church/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7989173</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2707626</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Asian Resource Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This former storage company building at 8th &#038; Harrison Streets houses a number of social service agencies that serve various needs and interests of low-income Chinese and other Asian immigrants. The East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. restored the building in the late 1970s and 1980s because of the growing need to serve the growing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-asian-resource-center/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7989652</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2702169</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Hall Of Pioneers II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The stories of 12 distinguished Oakland Chinese American pioneers are told in a display in the lobby of main building at 7th &#038; Harrison Streets. They include an industrialist, an herbalist, a dentist, a minister, a newspaper founder, and the first woman barber.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-hall-of-pioneers-ii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7975359</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2701006</geo:long>
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		<title>Oakland&#8217;s Foxy Lady</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A tribute to the Fox Theater. I used a Middle Eastern rhythm reminiscent of the architecture.
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	&#8220;Oakland&#8217;s Foxy Lady&#8221; is the sixth  track on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.  A fourteen-year resident of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/oaklands-foxy-lady/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8077807</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2700147</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Hall Of Pioneers I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Once called Harrison Railroad Park, the site of the Hall of Pioneers now has buildings designed by Chinatown political leader Henry Chang, a member of the Oakland City Council. The main building is used by Family Bridges, a Chinatown-based social service agency serving low-income seniors.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-hall-of-pioneers-i/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7978912</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2703988</geo:long>
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		<title>Key Route System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This slow repetitive jazz bass describes the final journey of the trolley cars in 1958.
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	&#8220;Key Route System&#8221; is the eight  track on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.  A fourteen-year resident of Oakland, she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/key-route-system/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7996759</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.263668</geo:long>
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		<title>Big BART Blue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Somehow the Blues rhythm accompanied the history of BART from 1964-1972 and who better to write the words but retired BART spokesman, Mike Healy!
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	&#8220;Big BART Blue&#8221; is Track 8 on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/big-bart-blue/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7973043</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2667201</geo:long>
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		<title>UFO spotted over Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Yesterday, I decided to take my dog, Trixey for an afternoon stroll around the Lake. I brought my old pentax SLR camera. It was a gorgeous day so I  started snapping various landscapes around the Lake. This kept me occupied while Trixey went about her usual sniffing ritual.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/lappy/ufo-spotted-over-lake/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7989652</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2589181</geo:long>
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		<title>City By the Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A soft and dreamy ballad hinting how Oakland might look 100 years from now. &#8220;Just Imagine. . .&#8221;
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	&#8220;City By the Bay&#8221; is Track 9 on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.  A fourteen-year resident of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/city-by-the-bay/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8040996</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2606968</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Legendary Palace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Today a glittery Hong Kong-style dim sum and seafood restaurant, this building has had a colorful history since the early 20th century. It once was a night club. Then it served as a low-income housing facility. Its use sparked an internal Chinatown fight between property owners and social-service agencies. Such struggles are endemic to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-legendary-palace/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7990331</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2727131</geo:long>
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		<title>Oakland Chamber Song!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Every Chamber of Commerce needs a sales pitch and this is it! Lively syncopated rhythms breaking into a tango keeps the song on the move. &#8220;What do you want and Oakland&#8217;s got it.&#8221;
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	&#8220;Oakland Chamber Song!&#8221; is the final track on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed specially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/oakland-chamber-song/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7994643</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.261192</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: New Tin&#8217;s Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The first supermarket-style store was started by Tin Wah Yu, a Western-style doctor from Hong Kong in the late 1960s. He couldn’t practice medicine in the U.S., so he started a grocery business to feed his growing family. He and his family came along at a crucial time in Oakland Chinatown’s history, when it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-new-tins-market/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7982785</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2707121</geo:long>
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		<title>Oakland&#8217;s Famous People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Each individual song describes some of the city&#8217;s most famous personalities such as, Governor Pardee, Jack London, Julia Morgan, Henry Kaiser and C.L. Dellums.
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	&#8220;Oakland&#8217;s Famous People&#8221; is the fourth  track on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed specifically for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/oaklands-famous-people/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8045787</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2516871</geo:long>
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		<title>The People Of Oakland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I wanted to open with a song celebrating Oakland&#8217;s multicultural diversity &#8220;Bringing their songs and dance, their rhythm and blues. Their customs and traditions from far away lands&#8221;
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	&#8220;The People Of Oakland&#8221; is the opening track on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland,&#8221; composed for the 100th anniversary gala [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/the-people-of-oakland/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8080762</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2496406</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: 8th St. &#038; Webster St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The epicenter of Oakland’s Chinatown dates back to the 1870s. Chinese first came to Oakland in significant numbers in the early 1850s, after the discovery of gold in the California foothills. They settled at different places in Oakland in the early days, but 8th and Webster emerged as the commercial center in the late 1800s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-8th-st-webster-st/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7993685</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.271374</geo:long>
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		<title>March for Immigrant Rights (Part 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;The giant has risen.&#8221; Many use these words to describe the recent awake of immigrant rights gatherings across the country. Walks-outs, protests, and today&#8217;s boycott have brought the immigration issue to the forefront
of all Americans.
	Oakland had its share of immigrant rights protesters who filled the City Center in a matter of seconds during the lunch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/quetzalin/march-for-immigrant-rights-part-3/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7996759</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.261667</geo:long>
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		<title>Big Bang By The Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	One year after the Chamber opened, the 1906 earthquake of San Francisco hit and thousands of people fled to Oakland and settled. I deliberately kept the music upbeat and shifted keys higher in every verse to create tension.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/big-bang-by-the-bay/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8100924</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2611162</geo:long>
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		<title>Creation of the Festival of the Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Excerpt from an interview about the beginnings of Festival of the Lake in 1982.  Interview conducted by  Mills College student Claudia Rivas. Part of an oral history series on Lake Merritt, sponsored by  the Oakland Living History Program at Mills College. The complete interview is available at the Oakland Public Library, Oakland [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/olhp-mills-college/creation-of-the-festival-of-the-lake/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8062516</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2601106</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Pacific Plaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Pacific Renaissance Plaza has become a major hub of activity for Oakland’s Chinatown since its construction in the mid-1990s. It houses, among other things, the busy Asian Branch Library of the Oakland Public Library system, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, restaurants, shops, and offices, as well as condominiums and apartments. Its underground parking garage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/williamwong/walking-tours-pacific-plaza/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8005303</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2712881</geo:long>
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		<title>Necklace of Lights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Imagine the sun glinting off the water in the opening bars, setting the scene for the twinkling lights around Lake Merritt. 
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	&#8220;Necklace of Lights&#8221; is Track 3 on Joyce Whitelaw&#8217;s album &#8220;A Musical Celebration of Oakland&#8221; composed specially for the 100th anniversary gala of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/joycewhitelaw/necklace-of-lights/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8002548</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2552697</geo:long>
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		<title>Lewis Mahlmann speaks about Fairyland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Excerpts from an interview with Fairyland’s head puppeteer, Lewis Mahlmann on November 11, 2002. Mills College student Hazel Mottershead is the interviewer. Part of an oral history series on Lake Merritt, sponsored by  the Oakland Living History Program at  Mills College. The complete interview is available at the Oakland Public Library, Oakland History [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/olhp-mills-college/lewis-mahlmann-speaks-about-fairyland/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8076969</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2599691</geo:long>
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		<title>Dump Paint - Go To Jail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On August 26th, 2002, painters from the Five Star Painting company were observed dumping paint into Glen Echo creek about a mile upstream from Lake Merritt.  But these guys had picked the wrong place to dump.  Local resident Lizz M. was there, with her camera, and with her phone.   She called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/sammerritt/dump-paint-go-to-jail/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8202694</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2603127</geo:long>
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		<title>White Pelican</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	My grandmother used to say you would only see a white pelican if the world was in great need.
	When I was little there were no white pelicans, although there were plenty of brownish gray ones or grayish brown ones. We would ride our bikes over to the park and just watch them lumber themselves into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/aliki/white-pelican/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8050179</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2560681</geo:long>
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		<title>The Crow&#8217;s Secret</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I always thought I must have been a crow in a previous life. Another time I was a member of the crow tribe, I’m sure of it. Or maybe the crow was my totem, whatever tribe I was in. (Natalie says she can hypnotize me to find out, but I don’t think I really need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/carol/the-crows-secret/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8046905</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.271566</geo:long>
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		<title>Unforgettable novel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Continued from Transpire 
	I had forgotten how beautiful the lake was! I had lived here for five years and unfortunately had not utilized its oasis-like qualities to their  fullest potential. I reflected about  the many times that I had been in a place, that is, a place in my head, where I could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/unforgettable-novel/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8072218</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2569827</geo:long>
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		<title>Car Trouble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Years ago, my man and I were returning around midnight from one more attempt at supporting local little theater in Oakland. This had not been a success, with a group&#8217;s advertised avant garde effort being ptui garde instead. 
	My guy had left the headlights on in our Very Old Sidekick, so we were already past [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/leema/car-trouble/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8083716</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2631425</geo:long>
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		<title>Peace and Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A few years ago, just before the start of the first Gulf War, our church participated in the nation-wide Crop Walk, walking around Lake Merritt. 
	This annual event raises money for organizations that supply sustaining help to international communities, that is, livestock and/or grain rather than handouts. Individuals gather sponsors who support their walk with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/leema/peace-and-aid/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.80925</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2628393</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Old Oakland II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking tours of Oakland’s downtown. In addition to leading tours for schools and other groups, Annalee recruits and trains potential new volunteers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-old-oakland-ii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8009815</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2736884</geo:long>
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		<title>Bells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Bells……….
	In remembering things from the past, our strongest sense is our olfactory sense -  the sense of smell, it does truly bring back memories. The smell of home baking, ham boiling in the pot on Christmas Eve, roast on Sunday, hops from the local brewery, rubber from a hot water bottle, all bring back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/concepta/bells/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8138015</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2682108</geo:long>
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		<title>Earth Day 2006: Part IV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/seamus/earth-day-2006-part-iv/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8081161</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2589434</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Old Oakland I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking tours of Oakland’s downtown. In addition to leading tours for schools and other groups, Annalee recruits and trains potential new volunteers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-old-oakland-i/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8014566</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2744867</geo:long>
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		<title>Another Afternoon by the Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;It&#8217;s a pretty day, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;
	&#8220;I liked it better when we first came here.  There weren&#8217;t so many bad people.&#8221;
	&#8220;But, you&#8217;ve always liked people.&#8221;
	&#8220;Good people, not ones like these.&#8221;
	&#8220;They&#8217;re people, young people, still learning.&#8221;
	&#8220;Learning all the wrong things, you mean.&#8221;
	&#8220;Mother, don&#8217;t be so harsh.  Did we know everything?  Did we always do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/fantasist/another-afternoon-by-the-lake/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8056567</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2570788</geo:long>
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		<title>Lady in the Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Did you ever see that old lady who feeds the birds in the park?
	Sometimes I watch her when I don’t think she knows I’m there. 
	Who is she anyway, that lady. Does she have a big happy family and she brings the birds leftovers from their noisy dinner parties afterward? Or does she have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/carol/lady-in-the-park/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8067347</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2569928</geo:long>
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		<title>March for Immigrant Rights (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;The giant has risen.&#8221; Many use these words to describe the recent awake of immigrant rights gatherings across the country. Walks-outs, protests, and today&#8217;s boycott have brought the immigration issue to the forefront
of all Americans.
	Oakland had its share of immigrant rights protesters who filled the City Center in a matter of seconds during the lunch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/quetzalin/march-for-immigrant-rights-part-2/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8051297</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2718894</geo:long>
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		<title>March for Immigrant Rights (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;The giant has risen.&#8221; Many use these words to describe the recent awake of immigrant rights gatherings across the country. Walks-outs, protests, and today&#8217;s boycott have brought the immigration issue to the forefront
of all Americans.
	Oakland had its share of immigrant rights protesters who filled the City Center in a matter of seconds during the lunch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/quetzalin/march-for-immigrant-rights-part-1/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7988694</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2602521</geo:long>
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		<title>Concerts in the Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I remember going to concerts in the park in the summertime.  Summer nights in the park are not like anything in daylight.  There is still itchy grass and mosquitos, it’s true. But the light twinkles in little exclamations and there are mysterious shadows all around where the rocks and trees are in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/suki/concerts-in-the-park/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8064552</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2576851</geo:long>
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		<title>On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures (video) - Location 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Lake Merritt Channel:  This is the second of five locations in the video adaptation of  On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures.  The next location is near the  880 Overpass.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/christian/on-a-search-for-alien-sea-creatures-video-location-2/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7929605</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2614244</geo:long>
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		<title>Earth Day 2006: Part III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/seamus/earth-day-2006-part-iii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8063834</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2587817</geo:long>
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		<title>The Cleveland Cascade Story (Part 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Cleveland Cascade was a stunning Italian-inspired water feature on the shores of Lake Merritt, built in 1923. Its water cascaded 100 feet down a steep hill&#8211; pouring through a sequence of ornate bowls&#8211; from the Cleveland Heights hill above almost into Lake Merritt below. Two flights of steps flanked the Cascade and are heavily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/jimratliff/the-cleveland-cascade-story-part-3/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8060959</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2492666</geo:long>
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		<title>One Summer at the Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	When we were little and our (single) mother worked full time, we went to day care until we were old enough to start school. Then, after that we had to stay at home alone, after school and during the summer.
	But I can remember one summer when Granny came out from Chicago to take care of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/aliki/one-summer-at-the-park/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8081321</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2570788</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Swans Market Cohousing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking tours of Oakland’s downtown. In addition to leading tours for schools and other groups, Annalee recruits and trains potential new volunteers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-swans-market-cohousing/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8020954</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2748859</geo:long>
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		<title>Fairyland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I never went to Fairy Tale Land and I don’t want to, either. 
	Think about it. Fairy Tale Land. Isn’t that a great, amazing thing?
	The fairy tales&#8211;those stories of our childhood that somebody read to us when we were so small we could sit on their lap and fall asleep. The big white book with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/suki/fairyland/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8082119</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2599008</geo:long>
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		<title>Earth Day 2006: Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/seamus/earth-day-2006-part-ii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.809793</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2594436</geo:long>
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		<title>The Heron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	She sweeps out of the sparkling splashes,
Silver in the pale early light, with stealthy
Stabs into the satin cover of the lake.
	Shaking herself, she steadies on her long stilt legs
And flaps strong wet wings that take her into the air
With astonishing grace as she seeks out another sphere,
Soaring into the distant cloud of rain.
	Maybe she flies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/aliki/the-heron/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8058164</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2621319</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Swans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. In this installment Annalee tells us about the history of Swans and some other local buildings on Clay St. between 9th St. and 10th St.
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-swans/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8021433</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2753104</geo:long>
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		<title>The Cleveland Cascade Story (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Cleveland Cascade was a stunning Italian-inspired water feature on the shores of Lake Merritt, built in 1923. Its water cascaded 100 feet down a steep hill&#8211; pouring through a sequence of ornate bowls&#8211; from the Cleveland Heights hill above almost into Lake Merritt below. Two flights of steps flanked the Cascade and are heavily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/jimratliff/the-cleveland-cascade-story-part-2/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8062596</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2499033</geo:long>
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		<title>Earth Day 2006: Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/seamus/earth-day-2006-part-i/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8001071</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2566695</geo:long>
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		<title>Bird Haven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I love the place in the park where the birds are safe. Life is so hard for a bird. 
	Even though when they fly in the air they seem to be a part of another dimension, from someplace else, not of this earth, if you ever held one in your hands you know how frail [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/suki/bird-haven/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8067547</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2562399</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Restaurant Row</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. In this installment Annalee and her tour stop at the corner of 10th St. @ Clay St. to see the variety of restaurants and hear the history of an unassuming official Oakland landmark built with Red Bricks.
	Annalee has coordinated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-restaurant-row/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8025106</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2750476</geo:long>
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		<title>Transpire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Continued from Love Laced Larceny
	Some people spend every day worrying about every situation that they will be in before they even know what the situation is. I was one of those people, always imagining every potential outcome that could ever evolve from possible events that were not guaranteed to transpire.
	I used to be like that. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/transpire/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8071898</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2556437</geo:long>
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		<title>lucky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I was walking with my wife and two friends at Lake Merritt.  I made a comment about how much bird poop covered the ground.  I wondered out loud that many people must get pooped on.  Our Irish friend whom we were walking with responded that people in Ireland believe that being pooped [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/noelus/lucky/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8074933</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2549564</geo:long>
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		<title>The Cleveland Cascade Story (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Cleveland Cascade was a stunning Italian-inspired water feature on the shores of Lake Merritt, built in 1923. Its water cascaded 100 feet down a steep hill&#8211; pouring through a sequence of ornate bowls&#8211; from the Cleveland Heights hill above almost into Lake Merritt below. Two flights of steps flanked the Cascade and are heavily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/jimratliff/the-cleveland-cascade-story-part-1/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8061358</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2497012</geo:long>
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		<title>Chabot and the 1906 Earthquake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	As anyone who has been listening to the press recently knows, Today is the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake.
	
	The Chabot Observatory (which was at the time located in Lafayette Square Park) was one of the few locations in California with a seismograph and the record (see below) was included in the final report of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/oakland_ear/chabot-and-the-1906-earthquake/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8032931</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2764827</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Lafayette Square Park III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. This episode is the third of three storypoints featuring Lafayette Square Park on 11th St. @ Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking tours [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-lafayette-square-park-iii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8035726</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2764878</geo:long>
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		<title>I’m a cinephile!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Cinephilia is a term used to describe people that are fanatics of the movies. 
	Cinephiles are people who view this form of art as a religion, an experience that teaches you how to walk, gives you a reason to cry, and provides you with your first lesson in sexual education. 
	Going to the movies is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/julian/i%e2%80%99m-a-cinephile/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7994324</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2503632</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Lafayette Square Park II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. This episode is the second of three storypoints featuring Lafayette Square Park on 11th St. @ Martin Luther King Jr. Way. 
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-lafayette-square-park-ii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8038361</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2766242</geo:long>
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		<title>Mama, don&#8217;t go&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	(character names have been changed to protect the innocent)
	Friday afternoon, April 14th 2006. 
	Juana S. Gonzales is a 27 year old, mother of two, Jorge 9 and Ramiro 4. She is ironing her apron, as she gets ready to go to work at a local Italian restaurant by Lake Merritt, in the city of Oakland. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/quetzalin/mama-dont-go/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8158057</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2549564</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Lafayette Square Park I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. In this episode Annalee talks about Lafayette Square Park at 11th St. @ Martin Luther King Jr. Way. This is the first of three storypoints featuring Lafayette Park.
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-lafayette-square-park-i/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8040318</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2771851</geo:long>
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		<title>Blue Eyes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Watery blue eyes, reflecting a memory of clear skies, holding an open hope for spring.  We speak of her passion for this place.  She works hard to keep it pristine, weeding and removing debris.  She accepts that her labors are always in vain.  I wonder at her inspiration.  She is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/erma/blue-eyes/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.806579</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2502874</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Pardee Home Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. In this episode Annalee shows us the carraige house for the Pardee Home Museum and another, newer development on 12th St. 
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-pardee-home-museum/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8051097</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2775944</geo:long>
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		<title>The Great Rescue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	There is a tunnel under 12th Street through which tidal waters enter and leave Lake Merritt.  Consisting now of four large culverts, it is located right below the highrise building at 1200 Lakeshore Avenue. On the Lake side, these culverts are large enough for a boat to enter, but half way through, under the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/sammerritt/the-great-rescue/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7987097</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2596053</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: Preservation Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew on a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen.
In this episode Annalee talks about the history of the Preservation Park on 13th St. @ Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking tours of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-preservation-park/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8058763</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2762452</geo:long>
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		<title>Sharing Watershed: Honoring Birds, II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A Series of Programs in Honor of the Bay Area&#8217;s Shore Birds.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/patricia/sharing-watershed-honoring-birds-ii/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8091701</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2489331</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: African American Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew on a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen.
In this episode Annalee talks about the history of the African American Museum &#038; Library on 14th St. @ Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
	Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-african-american-museum/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8061318</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2761947</geo:long>
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		<title>Interview with Dr. Bailey, Director of the Lake Merritt Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Excerpted from an interview of Dr. Richard Bailey, Executive Director of the Lake Merritt Institute.  The interview was conducted October 18, 2002 by Jennifer Myronuk as part of the Mills College Oakland Living History Program.  The complete interview is available at the Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room.  For more information on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/olhp-mills-college/interview-with-dr-bailey-director-of-the-lake-merritt-institute/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8076011</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2552596</geo:long>
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		<title>Walking Tours: 1st Unitarian Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Join The Organic City film crew in a tour of Old Oakland led by Annalee Allen. Annalee has coordinated the city sponsored Oakland Tours Program, promoting the efforts of volunteer guides who lead walking tours of Oakland’s downtown. In addition to leading tours for schools and other groups, Annalee recruits and trains potential new volunteers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/annalee/walking-tours-1st-unitarian-church/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8065391</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2769476</geo:long>
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		<title>And Justice By All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A JURY TRIAL is a constitutional right and the best way we’ve come up with to approximate justice in an imperfect world.  But sometimes a jury trail is also an index to where we are in the great American experiment in race relations.  At least, that’s what I was thinking while I spent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/celestial/and-justice-by-all/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7998995</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2630263</geo:long>
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		<title>Love Laced Larceny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Continued from Burnin’ fevah!
	By the time we sat down at the Pizza place, I had really gotten to know Ruby, the girl from the band. It was her suggestion to escape the anarchy at the bar, that ensued when I punched Garok in the face to stop his persistent insistence for me to leave the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/love-laced-larceny/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8046426</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2497113</geo:long>
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		<title>The Smell of Oakland (It&#8217;s Not Just About the Lake)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I like when it feels like I imagine East Coast hot feels like and they are roasting coffee down the street so it smells like slightly burnt toast everywhere. And driving by the Rainbo bread place down along 880, mmmmmmmm. Also, this girl I know? Her building is back-to-back with the Entemann&#8217;s bakery! MMMMMMMMMMMMMICINGCINNAMONYGOODNESS! So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/gwen/the-smell-of-oakland-its-not-just-about-the-lake/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8034209</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2766848</geo:long>
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		<title>Grand Lake Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Grand Lake Farmers Market is adjacent to Highway 580 at the corner of Grand and Lake Park Avenues directly across from the Grand Lake Theatre .  Hours are 9 AM to 2 PM each and every Saturday.  Four hours of free parking is available in the parking lot under the freeway with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/julian/grand-lake-market/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8107751</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2478417</geo:long>
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		<title>Boat Outing</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/jenny/boat-outing/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8056567</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2538448</geo:long>
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		<title>Feeding the Birds</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/jenny/feeding-the-birds/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8074134</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2532131</geo:long>
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		<title>On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures (video) - Location 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Chinatown:  This is the fifth and final location in the video adaptation of  On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/christian/on-a-search-for-alien-sea-creatures-video-location-5/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7989173</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2714397</geo:long>
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		<title>On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures (video) - Location 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Old Railroad Bridge:  This is the fourth of five locations in the video adaptation of  On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures.  The next location is in Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/christian/on-a-search-for-alien-sea-creatures-video-location-4/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7917028</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2625664</geo:long>
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		<title>On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures (video) - Location 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	880 Overpass:  This is the third of five locations in the video adaptation of  On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures.  The next location is on the old railroad bridge.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/christian/on-a-search-for-alien-sea-creatures-video-location-3/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.792122</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2619399</geo:long>
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		<title>On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures (video) - Location 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	8th Street Bridge:  This is the first of five locations in the video adaptation of  On a Search for Alien Sea Creatures.  The next location is beside the Lake Merritt Channel.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/christian/on-a-search-for-alien-sea-creatures-video-location-1/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.793763</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2614295</geo:long>
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		<title>A Constant&#8230;.</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/concepta/a-constant/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8108989</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2600904</geo:long>
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		<title>There There! E12th St. @ 5th Ave.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Marc&#8217;s journey around Oakland comes to an end, at least for now. His final stop the site of Gertrude Stein&#8217;s home that inspired her famous &#8220;There, there&#8221; quote.
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	Marc&#8217;s story can be experienced in a non-linear order through his different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-there-e12th-st-5th-ave/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7954119</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2550373</geo:long>
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		<title>There! 6th Ave. @ E18th St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Place has a very important influence on our identity. Join Marc as he ventures around Oakland revisiting the different homes that he lived in during the Eighty’s and Ninety’s.
This episode, Marc reveals the hard times he experienced on 6th Ave.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-6th-ave-e18th-st/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7975359</geo:lat>
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		<title>There! Fairmount Ave. @ 29th St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Place has a very important influence on our identity. Join Marc as he ventures around Oakland revisiting the different homes that he lived in during the Eighty’s and Ninety’s.
Today, Marc visits his old home on Fairmount Ave and explores another aspect about memory.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-fairmount-ave-29th-st/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8170474</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2603127</geo:long>
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		<title>There! 26th St. @ Union St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Place has a very important influence on our identity. Join Marc as he ventures around Oakland revisiting the different homes that he lived in during the Eighty’s and Ninety’s.
In this installment Marc shares his memories about the giant loft he lived in on 26th St. 
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-26th-st-union-st/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8186285</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2817531</geo:long>
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		<title>There! E22nd St. @ 5th Ave.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Place has a very important influence on our identity. Join Marc as he ventures around Oakland revisiting the different homes that he lived in during the Eighty’s and Ninety’s.
In this installment Mark recalls his time spent on East 22nd St. in his first home in Oakland.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-e22nd-st-5th-ave/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8009016</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2462297</geo:long>
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		<title>There! Introduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Place has a very important influence on our identity. Join Marc as he ventures around Oakland revisiting the different homes that he lived in during the Eightys and Ninetys. Marc has a story to tell about each location. He shares his memories, some good and some bad. 
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-introduction/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8209881</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2474778</geo:long>
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		<title>There! Mira Vista Ave. @ Alta Vista Ave.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Place has a very important influence on our identity. Join Marc as he ventures around Oakland revisiting the different homes that he lived in during the Eighty&#8217;s and Ninety&#8217;s.
In this installment Mark recalls his time spent on Mira Vista Ave. 
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/marc/there-mira-vista-ave-alta-vista-ave/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8164889097408</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.247787771856</geo:long>
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		<title>Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	An audio interview with Stephanie Benavidez (naturalist).
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	Interview conducted by journalist Michael Fitzhugh.
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/oakland_ear/lake-merritt-wildlife-refuge/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8067826</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2562197</geo:long>
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		<title>A Walk Around Lake Merritt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A middle-aged woman has settled in on the grass along the shore of Oakland’s Lake Merritt to enjoy the afternoon sun. She is wearing a large-brimmed hat and leaning against a lime-green shag bedrest pillow, a large bag of fried pork rinds on her lap. She is surrounded by an enormous boombox with two speakers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/drjodi/a-walk-around-lake-merritt/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8027821</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2586958</geo:long>
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		<title>30 (&#8221;Illegal&#8221;) Minutes in Lake Merritt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In the early 80&#8217;s, when I first moved to Berkeley, my roommate and I decided
to take my 2-man raft to Lake Merritt.  We launched it on the west side of the
lake, jumping in so as to not get wet.  We were paddling around for around
30 minutes when someone of authority in a small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/billybuggy/30-illegal-minutes-in-lake-merritt/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8016642</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2611212</geo:long>
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		<title>Womens Rowing ~ 1950</title>
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/oakland_ear/womens-rowing-1950/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8043791</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2580591</geo:long>
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		<title>Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	View This Video on You Tube
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/oakland_ear/lake-merritt-neighbors-organized-for-peace/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8085832</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2497821</geo:long>
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		<title>St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
2624 West St. at 27th Street
(now St. Andrew’s Baptist Church)
	Beginning Jan 20, 1969, the Black Panther Party initiated a free
breakfast for children program here, the first in a
series of community “survival programs.”
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/black_panther/st-augustine%e2%80%99s-episcopal-church/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8177701</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.274224</geo:long>
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		<title>My Lake Merritt Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In the mid 1970&#8217;s I rented a small apartment by Lake Merritt in Oakland.  My tiny daughter, Song, was just around the age of two.  On Bellevue Avenue with a large open window facing the lake, our little place offered shelter with a wonderful view of trees, lawn, water, sky, birds, and an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/jenny/my-lake-merritt-story/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8077528</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2532738</geo:long>
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		<title>Calm Lake to Combat Crazy Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Intense and concentrated work with a team of mostly men who seem to love working 24 hours a day &#8230; flying in from Atlanta, Georgia &#8230; a $200 million project that is critical to the survival of the two companies competing for the work.   Excitement to be part of something important while knowing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/miriam/calm-lake-to-combat-crazy-office-2/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8042194</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2585947</geo:long>
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		<title>The Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It was 2 am, a damp morning.  For most of the night, brittle fusillades had assailed our windows.  It was a night in the first week of the Chinese New Year.  A night of a thousand little firecrackers.
	So when the first loud bang came, I slept through it.  &#8220;What was that?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/limothy/the-fire/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8042394</geo:lat>
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		<title>Burnin&#8217; fevah!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Continued from Cold Pizza

It was a stroke of luck that I had heard of the 5th amendment before, as to my dismay, when I arrived at Lakeshore, I found out rather quickly that it did not sell pizza. The sound of live R &#038; B emanated from the overwhelmingly bland exterior. Garok better have got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/burnin-fevah/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8104278</geo:lat>
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		<title>Just a Reminiscence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A few years ago we stayed at the hotel on the lake. We shared a room and had a nice dinner with a view of the water. 
	There was a meeting going on at the hotel and we found ourselves in the middle of a lot of business activity&#8211;there were talks and meetings in all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/aleximou/just-a-reminiscence/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8035007</geo:lat>
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		<title>In Praise of Oakland Wildlife.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Squirrel oh squirrel high in a tree.
From joggers and children you constantly flee.
You’ve suffered through heartache bruises and cuts;
all in the name of saving your nuts.
	Pigeon oh pigeon from darkest to lightest!
When speaking of fowl your kind aren’t the brightest.
What a moth is to moonlight you are to stink.
If not for garbage you’d all be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/shiloh/in-praise-of-oakland-wildlife/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8027022</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2577862</geo:long>
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		<title>Into the City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	We meet at the small Israeli restaurant on Rand Street.  We haven’t seen each other for months, but talk and laughter come easily.  
	When we were young, we were inseparable.  I always thought we’d be the best of friends.  But we have trouble with even the smallest distances between us.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/erma/into-the-city/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8111185</geo:lat>
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		<title>Inclement Weather</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The grayish hues, banish the blues
To further places and unfamiliar faces
A haunting breeze, connects the leaves
To waters rough and tougher stuff
	Where are all the people gone?
Why did all the people run?
The regulars all hide in their pockets
To safer ground, the wise ones sound
	But the few who sneak,
Through this violent peak
To embrace the range
Of natures strange [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/lee/inclement-weather/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8020275</geo:lat>
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		<title>Cold Pizza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Continued from Perpetual state of disbelief
	It’s funny how the taste of cold pizza generates feelings of nostalgia towards the inciting initial introduction. The event when the pizza was hot, when the taste was fresh and the company was moderately above average. 
	I had been out on the fringes for quite some time. I hadn’t felt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/cold-pizza/</link>
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		<title>Perpetual state of disbelief!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Waking up every morning with a sore head from the night before wore thin after a while. Strangers were beginning to cross the street when they caught sight of my scruffy demeanor. The stable light of Cresida had been extinguished from my life when she left me for a man who gambled for a living. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/eassum/perpetual-state-of-disbelief/</link>
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		<title>10 Years Old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Billy Flanagan, Tommy Feeney; names embedded in my mind; as well as Carmella Vasenelli too – although Carmella, once she got in high school, changed her name to Marie, less ethnic, though ethnic wasn&#8217;t a word we even knew. So did Sissy Brenchley. She changed her nickname to Teri. But in fifth grade we didn&#8217;t care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/kmleahey/10-years-old/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8078127</geo:lat>
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		<title>Seventh grade, 1965</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In 1965, seventh grade students didn’t question their teachers like they do today. So when Mr. Del Argo asked me and my fellow student if we wanted to go on a special Saturday field trip with him, we went.
	Mr. Del Argo, the Science and Math teacher at Walnut Creek Intermediate School was about 9 feet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/cccorlew/seventh-grade-1965/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8072058</geo:lat>
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		<title>North Lake Merritt Bench Crone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Whenever you get there, she sits on her bench
surrounded by a shopping cart and black garbage bag
filled with acorns, eucalyptus leaves, her flesh-colored bandages—
	whatever she finds gets stuffed into a hotch-potch pot,
water bottles thrown at her feet after a three-mile run—
she always dyes her hair red and bleaches her teeth in the sun 
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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/writergrll/north-lake-merritt-bench-crone/</link>
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		<title>a bench</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Once, when the Parkway was sold out, my wife and I took a walk into the night instead. We found a bench by the lake. It was on the edge of many things. The lake. The urban world. Between the rhythm of the city and the small waves the wakeful breeze was sending against the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/profr/a-bench/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8019037</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2544511</geo:long>
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		<title>ON A SEARCH FOR ALIEN SEA CREATURES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	on a sunday morning, i set out to find sting rays in a stream that connects the bay to lake merritt with my friend m. a week earlier he came upon an enormous mutant fish swimming along the grill of a filter that guards a levee that keeps the stream at a safe level. it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/christian/on-a-search-for-alien-sea-creatures/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.7928646</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2615558</geo:long>
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		<title>The Tragic History of Harrison Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In the early 1700&#8217;s, a far flung outpost of the (some would say rag-tag) Carolingine army was stationed on Lake Merrit. Fort Entrepid faced the lake and was located roughly where Harrison and 20th street is today. 
	In 1724, the commander of the outpost, Lieutenant Buckley, was expecting the arrival of a British officer, Captain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/mikee/the-tragic-history-of-harrison-street/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8072537</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2650627</geo:long>
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		<title>My Favorite Squirrel&#8230;a real tail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Squirrels are plentiful around the lake. I think it is because they are so darn cute. People like me just can&#8217;t help going back week after week to feed them. At least this was the truth in my case. I used to feed the duck and geese in the park, but only when I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/song/my-favorite-squirrela-real-tail/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8080243</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2526067</geo:long>
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		<title>Birthday Wishes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On December 2nd, a group of friends gathered at the boathouse for a friendly birthday get together.  It was dark. Spirits appeared high and were accentuated by the lights of the surrounding city sparkling off the water of the lake.  The peace and merriment were disturbed however by the loud, ringing sound of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/sbarker/birthday-wishes/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8019676</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2614244</geo:long>
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		<title>Driving Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I drive home from the hospital alone, with my CT scans on the seat beside me.  The world begins to take on a new form. People in the other cars on the road become partners in this momentary experience—and whatever comes after it.  Our tangible possessions, our imaginary constructs, our faulty connections with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/erma/driving-home/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8214751</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2506815</geo:long>
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		<title>Delicately Horrifying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s a late Friday night on a full moon October the 13th. I find myself drunk-walking and stumbling upon a bench by the edge of the lake. Out of the corner of my lazy and slow-reacting left eye, I notice the silhouette of a person sitting next to me that apparently was there before I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/quetzalin/delicately-horrifying/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8005622</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.254532</geo:long>
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		<title>Snowfall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I was playing in the park one night with my girlfriend and there was a late bloom of cherry blossoms.  She was standing with her back to me under a low tree branch that I could reach.  I grabbed it and shaked it gently to create a snow fall of blossoms.  She [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/msp/snowfall/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8066628</geo:lat>
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		<title>Dimensional Crossing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Not many people know this, but the Vortex Vyciveus falls within a palpable range of the earthly 9th plane here. I know this because Zerok who has revealed himself to me on three occasions cleansed my bioforce at this broken point in the Lebulon Bi-Nexus. 
	FLEURRY FLEURRY FLEURRY


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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/shambo/dimensional-crossing/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8107632</geo:lat>
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		<title>Bruce Lee&#8217;s Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Just North of here, I mean like not more than 20 blocks away lies Bruce Lee’s original studio. Thats right- the Bruce Lee!. Its no longer there, its been torn down. Things like that should be preserved its a shame!!!
More people know about this! Maybe a magical historical tour is in order.

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		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/shambo/bruce-lees-studio/</link>
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		<geo:long>-122.2602572</geo:long>
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		<title>The Rock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Sitting in the park, right about here, is a large grey rock, One sunny Sunday I was taking a walk, feeling a little blue and introspective, and I came upon this rock. I sat on it (it’s quite big) and ate my sandwich, which I had stashed in my backpack before I left the apartment. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/aleximou/the-rock/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8075731</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2531373</geo:long>
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		<title>Grand Avenue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Lake Merritt is especially beautiful at night time, when all of the lights from the homes and apartments which surround the lake are sparkling.  There are so many hidden treasures in the bay area that people are not aware of, and Lake Merritt is one of those treasures. When people think about the bay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/lexawalsh/grand-avenue/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.808735</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2526067</geo:long>
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		<title>Tree of my life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This tree towers above our path as we wander our way along in life. It stands firm, bearing witness to the drama of our days; silent and steadfast, rooted in its own history, absorbed in its own sense of timelessness.
	This fine tree has sheltered wanderers for decades, spreading its limbs, encompassing us in its generousity, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/aleximou/tree-of-my-life/</link>
		<geo:lat>37.8067467</geo:lat>
		<geo:long>-122.2589989</geo:long>
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