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If you’re looking for helpful tips on managing your WordPress.com blog, look no further than lorelleteaches.com; it’s a fantastic WordPress resource for WordPress.com bloggers…

Learning from Lorelle

code wordle - group of words that are synonyms and types of code. In 2005, WordPress became modular separating the design and architecture from the core programming code.

Today, a WordPress Theme contains files called template files that hold the architecture of the site and template tags, code that initiates actions within the site and data from the database. The design is applied through a stylesheet, holding the instructions for the colors, images, and look and feel of the entire site.

This tutorial covers the basics of the structure of a WordPress Theme and standard customization options.

The Structure of a WordPress Site

Like all websites today, a WordPress site contains a background area, header, sidebar(s), content area, and footer.

The background area is considered the canvas that the site’s structural and design elements rest. It is usually a solid color, pattern, texture, or a design that does not overwhelm the rest of the content and design elements.

The header area…

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Why ALL are equal in front of the law & an apology from one Christian

I find this post from Mastin Kipp thought provoking:

“BUT, as a lover of Jesus, it breaks my heart to see so many “Christians” hate so many people. I believe to be a Christian simply means to try your best to be Christ-like, and all that means is to be as LOVING as possible. I have a tattoo of a cross on my left arm and it says on it only two words, “Be Love”. It’s my constant reminder that no matter what path we walk in the world, Love is always the bottom line. And Love has many different forms.

I believe that there is no stopping an idea whose time has come, and the time for marriage equality has come.

Jesus didn’t say, “Love the sinner, hate the sin” – he simply said above all else, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” So on behalf of all Christians, please accept my apology if any of us have made you feel hated, judged or criticized for who you were born to be – be it gay, straight or anything else.

You were made perfectly. You are perfect. And as so many stand in judgment, perhaps you could give them a little dose of Jesus and simply utter the prayer “Forgive them Father, they know not what they do.”

Go to the source of this quote to read his entire post: Why ALL are equal in front of the law & an apology from one Christian.“
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6 Reasons Someone Wishes They Were You

“We often take for granted the very things
that most deserve our gratitude.”
―Cynthia Ozick

How often do you pause to appreciate your life? How often do you stop dead in your tracks and think, “Goodness, I have it pretty darn good”?

Even when life is far from perfect, it’s important to keep things in perspective. Many people in this world wish they had what you have. Here’s why:

Go to the source of this quote: 6 Reasons Someone Wishes They Were You

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Lily and Light

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via Lily and Light.

My favorite photographer Bill Pevlor offers the penultimate Easter Lily image. For me, this is a reminder to buy my wife a big fragrant one — although I admit it’s for me, too — I love the fragrance…

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What the Internet Looked Like in 1995

The folks at MentalFloss share this:

In this episode of Computer Chronicles, the team goes in-depth on “The Internet,” a trendy topic in 1995. It starts with host Stewart Cheifet in a new-fangled “Internet Cafe,” complete with bulky CRT display and tiny espresso cup — and its datedness just gets more intense from there. Need to know the best FTP site to download the Mosaic Web browser? John Markoff of the NYT will tell you (he’ll also tell you how he gets email from Steve Jobs, and show you how he makes email filters in Eudora). Want to know the inside story of how the geek band Severe Tire Damage streamed (sorry, multicast over the Internet MBone) a concert online? It’s all here. Seriously, you guys, this made me guffaw so many times — not because it’s dumb, but because I lived all this stuff and it’s shocking to me just how amazing it all was and how extraordinarily dated it now seems. Enjoy:

Go to the source of this quote: What the Internet Looked Like in 1995 | Mental Floss

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Disconnect: A New Movie Sounds the Alarm About Our Hyper-Connected Lives

Arianna Huffington writes:

In the 1840s, Benjamin Disraeli, still a long way from being prime minister, wanted to wake people up to the plight of the British working class — and move them to act. The alarm he sounded wasn’t delivered in a speech, a pamphlet, or an article — but in a novel, Sybil, published in 1845. It had the desired effect — raising awareness, provoking outrage, and leading to the passage of several fundamental social reforms.

Disraeli knew that one of the most effective ways to touch people is through narrative — putting flesh and blood on raw facts and data. Ever since I read Sybil when I was at Cambridge, I’ve loved thinkers and writers and gadflies who use storytelling to reach people and get us to act. Of course, since Disraeli’s time, other powerful ways of telling those stories have emerged — including movies.

And so it was that I found myself moderating a panel discussion last week with the director and two cast members (Frank Grillo and Marc Jacobs — yes, that Marc Jacobs!) of a movie that uses storytelling to wake us up to one of the biggest problems of our modern age: the effect that being “connected” to technology 24/7 is having on our ability to connect with our lives, ourselves and the people we love.

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Sorry for double dipping, David! Love your blog…

Live & Learn

“…Work is love made visible.
And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger.
And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine.
And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.”

– Kahlil Gibran, (1883-1931) from The Prophet – “On Work”

Sources: Bakery Image – The Girl on the Moon; Quote – katsandogz

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Heh, heh, heh…

Live & Learn

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Forgiveness…

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Todd Lohenry‘s insight:

One artist’s perspective on forgiveness; "I refuse to amuse the lies"…

<3 this song!

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Angry young man…

As a father of 6 boys, I’ve seen 3 of them pass through this stage; some are still stuck. I’m pausing to reflect on what did I cause, how can I make amends and how can I help them get unstuck before more time is wasted…

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To forgive is divine…

Another lovely excerpt from Kristin Neff’s book Self-compassion…

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Do You Need to Forgive?

Ron Nikkel shares this excellent quote in the Huffington Post today:

When we don’t forgive, we drink the poison ourselves and then wait for the other person to die. And we take the knife that has hurt us and we stab ourselves with it again… But when we forgive, We pour out the poison of the enemy and of the devil and we don’t let the poison stay in us and we don’t let the poison make us into poisonous snakes! So that we don’t become like the person we despised and who persecuted and tortured us. (Iranian prisoner, Pastor Saeed Abedni in The Christian Post 22 March 2013)

Go to the source of this quote: Ron Nikkel: Do You Need to Forgive?

Follow the link for the rest of his article or stop here and ponder the wisdom of this quote. Your choice…

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Live & Learn

On How To Feel Better from Joshua Kang on Vimeo.

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Spring Clean Your Soul

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We all know that now is a great time to some spring cleaning: re-evaluate what we need and what we’re ready to let go of. But what about spring-cleaning our spirits? With each new season…

Todd Lohenry‘s insight:

It’s that time of year even if there is still snow on the ground…

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You are so right, Kristin; it’s all about the sacred pause and moving from fight or flight to tend and befriend…

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Thanks for sharing this story. It’s a great example of how mindfulness and acceptance work amidst deep suffering…

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This is just so incredibly beautiful:

Jessie Rees was diagnosed with an inoperable and incurable brain tumor at age 11. As part of an outpatient clinical trial, she was asked to undergo 30 days of radiation and chemotherapy. When she found out that some of the kids in the cancer ward did not get to go home everyday, she decided to do something to cheer them up and give them hope, and Jessie’s Joy Jars was born. Before Jessie died a little over 10 months later, she had distributed 3,000 Joy Jars. The Foundation set up in her name has continued her wish and has distributed more than 50,000 Joy Jars to children all over the world.

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