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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frogs redefine my thoughts about amphibians annually. As a child, spring was for tadpoles and summers were for frogs in the swamps, ponds, and ditches around my country ranch in the Pacific Northwest. Moving to Oregon&#8217;s Coastal Mountain range west of Portland, my winters are spent driving up the foothills like a crazy person, avoiding [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8690&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Exercise: Inspired by Photography</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all inspired by photography, a picture that motivates and inspires, that moves us, sometimes to the point of changing our perspective on a subject or on our life. With all of the power found in photography, over the next few weeks I will be offering Blog Exercises with the emphasis on getting you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8687&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Exercises: May Random Editing Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May. It&#8217;s starting to warm up outside in the north, and growing a bit chilly down under, but it&#8217;s that time again. It&#8217;s the May Random Editing Day. In this Blog Exercise you will need to edit five random posts from among your thousands &#8211; okay, maybe dozens of published articles. What should you look [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8685&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Exercises: Backups and Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/blog-exercises-backups-and-alternatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Editorial Calender check-in and check up time. May is the shift from spring to summer. From blossoming flowers to green leafed trees casting shade, the weather is changing, bringing warmer days to the northern hemisphere and colder temperatures down under. For those of us living in the Pacific Northwestern United States, we are experiencing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8658&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Blog Exercises: Excerpts and Continue Reading</title>
		<link>http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/blog-exercises-excerpts-and-continue-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encountered the front page of a blog where the posts ran on and on and on and on, stretching across the length of the page? Do you ever wish you had more control over the length of your posts on the front page of your site? This Blog Exercise explores the use of the &#8220;more&#8221; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8644&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Exercises: How Long Are Your Paragraphs?</title>
		<link>http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/blog-exercises-how-long-are-your-paragraphs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long are your paragraphs? Have you measured them lately? One of the telling differences between traditional writing and writing for the web is the length of the paragraph. Look at the example below. Which is easier to read? On the left, the paragraphs are huge, long blocks of text. On the right, the paragraphs [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8639&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Exercises: Dissecting Post Categories</title>
		<link>http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/blog-exercises-dissecting-post-categories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article, Noah Weiss shared his struggle to figure out categories and tags on his personal site. I know many of you following these Blog Exercises have also struggled to figure out your categories, so I thought Noah&#8217;s site would be a perfect example, He has gratefully given me permission to rip his [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8624&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Anniversary: Comment Spam Lessons</title>
		<link>http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/wordpress-anniversary-comment-spam-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 05:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that I&#8217;ve learned much from comment spammers over the years. I&#8217;ve learned that they are among the most hated folks in the world, yet you have to respect them as well. As I look back on ten years of blogging with WordPress on this 10th Anniversary year, I realized that comment [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&#038;blog=72&#038;post=8618&#038;subd=lorelle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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