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	<title>Florida Tour Guide</title>
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	<description>Florida travel guides, famous celebrities, spots, and more.</description>
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		<title>Daytona Beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&nbsp;Daytona Beach
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	 Daytona         Beach is world renowned for its beach. Daytona Beach achieved unique         fame from its 23-mile, 500-foot-wide beach which served as a speedway         in the early days of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2009/03/16/daytona-beach/</link>
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		<title>Florida Keys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&nbsp;Florida Keys
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	The Florida Keys have become a popular destination for Americans 			looking for a tropical vacation without leaving their own country. The Florida Keys can 			be considered the American Caribbean and features all the same amenities as other island 			destinations such as world class sport fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling, boating, 			sailing, kayaking and eco-tours. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2009/02/27/florida-keys/</link>
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		<title>Paris Hilton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Florida Famous Celebrities
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	Paris Hilton 
	
	Born in New York City, Paris Hilton  is the oldest of four children of Richard and Kathy Hilton (née Avanzino). She has a sister, Nicky, and brothers, Barron and Conrad.
	On the maternal side of her family, she is a niece of two child stars of the 1970s, Kim Richards and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2009/01/13/paris-hilton/</link>
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		<title>Jennifer Capriati</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Florida Famous Celebrities
	Jennifer Capriati 
	
	
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	Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976, in New York City) is a former World No. 1 women&#8217;s tennis player from the United States. Jennifer Capriat won three Grand Slam singles titles (2001 and 2002 Australian Open, 2001 French Open), and the women&#8217;s singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.
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		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/09/05/jennifer-capriati/</link>
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		<title>Larry Bird</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	 Florida Famous Celebrities
	 Larry Bird
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	Lawrence Joseph &quot;Larry&quot; Bird&quot; (born December 7, 1956) is an American retired NBA basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time, and one of the best clutch performers in the history of sports. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/09/05/larry-bird/</link>
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		<title>Bok Tower Gardens</title>
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Florida Landmarks
  
	
Bok Tower Gardens
 
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	Bok Tower Gardens (250 acres, 1 square kilometer) is the popular name for a site containing botanical gardens, a carillon tower, and several other facilities located on the grounds of the Historic Bok Sanctuary at 1151 Tower Boulevard, north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States. It is a National [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/09/05/bok-tower-gardens/</link>
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		<title>The Mary McLeod Bethune Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Florida Landmarks
	The Mary McLeod Bethune Home 
	
	The Mary McLeod Bethune Home (also known as the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation) is a historic home in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is located on the Bethune-Cookman University campus. It was designated a United States National Historic Landmark in 1974, for its association with the life of Mary McLeod [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/09/05/the-mary-mcleod-bethune-home/</link>
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		<title>South Beach Florida</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&nbsp;South Beach Florida
	The Best Beach in the World&nbsp;
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	South Beach is the section of Miami Beach, Florida that encompasses the southernmost 23 blocks of an island separating the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. This area was the first section of Miami Beach to be developed, starting in the 1910s, thanks to the development efforts of Carl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/09/01/south-beach-florida/</link>
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		<title>Florida Sports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&nbsp;
	Although Florida is the traditional home to Major League Baseball&#8217;s spring training, and nearly 2/3 of all MLB teams still have a spring training presence in the state, Florida did not have a permanent major-league-level professional sports team until the American Football League added the Miami Dolphins in 1966. The state now has three NFL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/14/florida-sports/</link>
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		<title>Florida Airports</title>
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	Major international airports in Florida which processed more than 15 million passengers each in 2006 are Orlando International Airport (34,128,048), Miami International Airport (32,533,974), Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport(21,369,577) and Tampa International Airport (18,867,541).  
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	Secondary airports, with annual passenger traffic exceeding 5 million each in 2006, include Southwest Florida International Airport (Fort Myers) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/13/florida-airports/</link>
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		<title>Florida Intercity rail</title>
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	Florida is served by Amtrak: Sanford, in Greater Orlando, is the southern terminus of the Amtrak Auto Train, which originates at Lorton, Virginia, south of Washington, DC. Orlando is also the eastern terminus of the Sunset Limited, which travels across the southern United States via New Orleans, Houston, and San Antonio to its western terminus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/12/florida-intercity-rail/</link>
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		<title>Florida Highways</title>
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	Florida&#8217;s interstates, state highways and U.S. Highways are maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation.
	  
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	Florida&#8217;s interstate highway system contains 1,473 miles (2,371 km) of highway, and there are 9,934 miles (15,987 km) of non-interstate highway in the state, such as Florida state highways and U.S. Highways. 
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	Florida&#8217;s primary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/11/florida-highways/</link>
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		<title>Florida Education</title>
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Florida&#8217;s public primary and secondary schools are administered by the Florida Department of Education.
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	State University System of Florida
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	The State University System of Florida manages and funds Florida&#8217;s eleven public universities:
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Florida A&amp;M University
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Florida Atlantic University
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Florida  Gulf Coast  University
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Florida International University
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Florida State University
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/10/florida-education/</link>
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		<title>Florida Economy</title>
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	The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Florida in 2006 was $713.5 billion. Its GDP is the fourth largest economy in the United States. Personal income was $36,665 per capita, ranking 20th in the nation. Tourism makes up the largest sector of the state economy. Warm weather and hundreds of miles of beaches attract about 60 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/09/florida-economy/</link>
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		<title>Florida Politics</title>
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	After Reconstruction, white-elite Democrats wrestled for power until they regained it in 1877, partly through violent paramilitary tactics targeting freedmen and allies to reduce their voting. From 1885 to 1889, the state legislature passed statutes with provisions to reduce voting by blacks and poor whites, which had threatened white Democratic power with a populist coalition. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/09/florida-politics/</link>
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		<title>Florida Government</title>
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	The basic structure, duties, function, and operations of the government of the State of Florida are defined and established by the Florida Constitution, which establishes the basic law of the state and guarantees various rights and freedoms of the people. The state government consists of three separate branches: judicial, executive, and legislative. The legislature enacts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/08/florida-government/</link>
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		<title>Florida Religion</title>
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	Florida is mostly Protestant, but Roman Catholicism is the single largest denomination in the state. There is also a sizable Jewish community, located mainly in South Florida; no other Southern state has such a large Jewish population. Florida&#8217;s current religious affiliations are shown in the table below:  
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Roman Catholic, 26%
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		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/07/florida-religion/</link>
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		<title>Florida Languages</title>
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	As of 2000, 76.91 percent of Florida residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home as a first language, while 16.46 percent spoke Spanish, and French-based creole languages (predominantly Haitian Creole) was spoken by 1.38 percent of the population. French was spoken by 0.83 percent, followed by German at 0.59 percent, and Italian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/06/florida-languages/</link>
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		<title>Florida Metropolitan Areas</title>
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; See also: List of urbanized areas in Florida (by population) and Florida census statistical areas
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	Distribution of Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Florida
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	Florida has twenty Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) defined by the United   States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Thirty-nine of Florida&#8217;s sixty-seven counties are in an MSA. Reflecting the distribution of population [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-metropolitan-areas/</link>
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		<title>Florida Demographics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	  
	Florida has the 4th highest state population in the United States. The center of population of Florida is located in Polk County, in the town of Lake Wales. As of 2007, Florida&#8217;s population was 18,251,243. The state grew 321,647, or 1.8% from 2005. Florida grows an average of 26,803 every month, 6700 every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-demographics/</link>
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		<title>Florida Environmental issues</title>
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	Florida ranks forty-fifth in total energy consumption per capita, despite the heavy reliance on air conditioners and pool pumps. This includes coal, natural gas, petroleum, and retail electricity sales. It is estimated that approximately 4% of energy in the state is generated through renewable resources. Florida&#8217;s energy production is 6 percent of the nation&#8217;s total [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-environmental-issues/</link>
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		<title>Florida Fauna</title>
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	Alligator in the Florida Everglades
	  
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	Florida is host to many types of wildlife including:
	  
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Marine Mammals: Bottlenose Dolphin, Pilot Whale, Northern Right Whale, Manatee
	  
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Reptiles: Alligator, Crocodile, Eastern Diamondback and Pygmy Rattlesnakes, Gopher Tortoise, Green &amp; Leatherback  Sea Turtles, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-fauna/</link>
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		<title>Florida Climate</title>
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	Debris from houseboats destroyed by Hurricane Georges, Key West, Florida, September 1998. 
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	The climate of Florida is tempered somewhat by its proximity to water. The state has a humid subtropical climate, except for the southern part below Lake Okeechobee, which has a true tropical climate. Cold fronts can occasionally bring high winds and cool to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-climate/</link>
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		<title>Florida Boundaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&nbsp;
	The state line begins in the Atlantic  Ocean, traveling west, south, and north up the thalweg of the Saint Mary&#8217;s River. At the origin of that river, it then follows a straight line nearly due west and slightly north, to the point where the confluence of the Flint River (from Georgia) and the Chattahoochee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-boundaries/</link>
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		<title>Florida Geography</title>
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	A map of Florida showing county names and boundaries.
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	Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. It extends to the northwest into a panhandle, extending along the northern Gulf  of Mexico. It is bordered on the north by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/florida-geography/</link>
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s History</title>
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	Archaeological research indicates that Florida had been inhabited for thousands of years before any European settlements. Of the many indigenous peoples, the largest known were the Ais, the Apalachee, the Calusa, the Timucua and the Tocobago tribes. Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish conquistador, named Florida in honor of his discovery of the land on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/03/floridas-history/</link>
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		<title>Florida Introduction</title>
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	Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast. Much of the land mass of the state is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Most of Florida has a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridatourguide.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/florida-introduction/</link>
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