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	<description>A blog about life at the continents&#039; edge.</description>
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		<title>New Toys</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/new-toys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beach Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayport Ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beach Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[But this is serious, too. I like to stay in touch with beaches issues, which brought me to this. There’s not a lot you can do in a minute, but rather than always writing, I thought “why not leverage YouTube &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/new-toys/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3420&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayport Ferry Update</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/mayport-ferry-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A1A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beach Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayport]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We heard from Councilman Bill Gulliford Monday night at our First Coast Republican Club meeting on the status of the Mayport ferry. While nothing’s been resolved just yet, Councilman Gulliford said there is a great deal of activity going on &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/mayport-ferry-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3418&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ferry Docking</media:title>
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		<title>South Carolina Shocker</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/south-carolina-shocker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primarys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary Elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://tcpatton.wordpress.com/?p=3408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to wake up this morning to see that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich had won the South Carolina primary. And won it convincingly. The final tally showed Gingrich winning the primary by 12 points over &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/south-carolina-shocker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3408&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s A Plane On The Beach</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/thats-a-plane-on-the-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Airplanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Landing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call from a friend today that a plane had landed on Atlantic Beach. I almost didn’t go down there, but then how often do you get to see an airplane on the beach. iPhone video of a &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/thats-a-plane-on-the-beach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3401&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End Of The Road For The Mayport Ferry?</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/end-of-the-road-for-the-mayport-ferry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beach Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayport Ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Changing Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was not a huge surprise when the Jacksonville Port Authority this week announced that it could no longer subsidize the Mayport Ferry. Short of an extraordinary rescue effort, the shortest distance between two points connecting Florida A1A may be &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/end-of-the-road-for-the-mayport-ferry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3390&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Not A Moderate?</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/why-not-a-moderate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moderates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moderate voter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the New Hampshire primary today (Tuesday), South Carolina on the 21st and Florida on the 31st, the nation is deep into its quadrennial process of selecting a President. With only token opposition to President Obama’s reelection (sorry, Darcy), even &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/why-not-a-moderate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3380&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Tom</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">I Voted</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Sig</media:title>
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		<title>I Love &#8216;Ya, Jacksonville</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/i-love-ya-jacksonville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary and Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacksonville]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a 1955 episode of “The Honeymooners” titled “Better Living Through TV”, Jackie Gleasons’ Ralph Kramden and his comic foil Art Carney playing Ed Norton discuss one of Ralph’s endless “get rich quick” schemes. “We spend $200, we make $2000 &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/i-love-ya-jacksonville/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3368&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Tom</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Sig</media:title>
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		<title>The Shot Heard &#8216;Round The Basketball World</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/the-shot-heard-round-the-basketball-world/</link>
		<comments>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/the-shot-heard-round-the-basketball-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beach Living]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was a student at Indiana University during its roundball glory days. Coach Robert Montgomery Knight roamed the sidelines in a plaid jacket, and it seemed there was never a college basketball discussion that didn’t include a mention of the &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/the-shot-heard-round-the-basketball-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3350&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rest Of The Airshow</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/the-rest-of-the-airshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Air Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As is often the case, the focus of the local media coverage of the NAS Jacksonville Airshow this weekend was on the Blue Angels. That’s appropriate, given the celebration this year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Naval &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/the-rest-of-the-airshow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3342&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AirVenture</title>
		<link>http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/airventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tcpatton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oshkosh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m in Wisconsin. “What in the world are you doing in Wisconsin?”, I hear you ask. Well, here at the end of the day, I’m enjoying a Rocky Patel 1990 and getting set for a long day tomorrow, the first &#8230; <a href="http://tcpatton.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/airventure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tcpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1523555&amp;post=3337&amp;subd=tcpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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