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	<description>A very loose interpretation of the news and happenings in and around Tampa</description>
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		<title>tampa pro this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cats over at SkatePark of Tampa are gearing up for the 2010 Tampa Pro, which runs this weekend.

Skaters from all over the world will be here, showing off skills and winning cash prizes.  But the event is so much more than a skateboarding contest.  The Tampa Pro is considered a must-be-there event [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/03/11/tampa-pro-this-weekend/</link>
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		<title>hillsborough county neighborhood conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Would you like to become more involved in your neighborhood?  Hillsborough County can help.
	Hillsborough County&#8217;s Office of Neighborhood Relations is gearing up for the 7th Annual Hillsborough County Neighborhood Conference.
	The one-day conference is scheduled for March 27, 2010, from 8am to 2:30, and features a variety of educational workshops for homeowners and neighborhood leaders.
	The goal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/03/10/hillsborough-county-neighborhood-conference/</link>
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		<title>what is westchase?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	An unincorporated area, Westchase is in northwest Hillsborough County, smack in the middle of Town &#8216;n&#8217; Country, Oldsmar, and Citrus Park.
	Developed out of scrubland in 1991, it has virtually no history, and it can be assumed that the name was just something a (not very creative) marketer came up with.  Here are parts of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/22/what-is-westchase/</link>
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		<title>exploding chicken to cross downtown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because her owners thought she had outlived her usefulness, and want her gone.

The untitled sculpture widely known as &#8216;the exploding chicken&#8217; will soon make it&#8217;s home in Channelside in the middle of a roundabout.]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/21/exploding-chicken-to-cross-downtown/</link>
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		<title>four alarm fun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	While I continue to deny it to myself, it&#8217;s looking less and less likely that I will ever fulfill my childhood dreams of owning my own dinosaur or robot.  But I can still buy a fire engine of my very own some day.
	There are people who have done exactly that and they&#8217;re in Tampa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/19/four-alarm-fun/</link>
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		<title>info is there if you look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Tampa City Council member Linda Saul-Sena wants a map with the best routes for biking to the new Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, so she asked the transportation staff to come up with one. 
	Transportation manager Jean Dorzbackof said that they ain&#8217;t got no money, are swamped with other things, and they will &#8220;get to it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/17/info-is-there-if-you-look/</link>
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		<title>what to do with st pete&#8217;s pier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Wifey &#038; I love to head across the bay in our little boat.  At a distance, The Pier beckons us from the water, inviting us to visit downtown St. Petersburg for shopping, a bite to eat, or just a nice walk.  But the docks at the pier are in terrible shape.  Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/15/what-to-do-with-st-petes-pier/</link>
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		<title>tampa bay dangerous for pedestrians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Walkable Tampa
	The Tampa Bay area is not a very safe for pedestrians.  According to a recent report, the bay area ranks second in pedestrian danger.  Check out the Transportation For America » Dangerous By Design report:
	The most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/12/tampa-bay-dangerous-for-pedestrians/</link>
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		<title>gasparilla arrests nearly outnumber attendance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The rain put a big damper on Tampa&#8217;s signature event.  Organizers estimate that the crowd was far less than half of last year&#8217;s 350,000. 
	With 50 extra officers, and twice the number of portable toilets, you would think this small crowd would be manageable.
	But police were doing a bit more than just trading beads. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/02/02/gasparilla-arrests-nearly-outnumber-attendance/</link>
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		<title>ybor city &#8211; perception vs. reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Creative Loafing suggests that it is just perceptions that are hurting Ybor City, and says that the neighborhood may be ready for a revival.
	Ybor City Chamber of Commerce president Tom Keating blames the media for Ybor City&#8217;s bad reputation (I added the links below).  Keating says&#8230;
	
	Crime is down nearly 70 percent in Ybor, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sticksoffire.com/2010/01/25/ybor-city-perception-vs-reality/</link>
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