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	<title>f o c a l m a t t e r &#187; the country</title>
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	<description>photos that aren&#039;t entirely crap</description>
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		<title>boracay</title>
		<link>http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/boracay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the country]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boracay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In all the years I lived in the Philippines, I'd never been to Boracay—considered by many to be one of the most beautiful beaches in the Philippines. Between the airfare to get there and the cost of lodging and food for your stay (plus other things), I never really had the money for it.]]></description>
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		<title>the campaign trail</title>
		<link>http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/the-campaign-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[the country]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[balayan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As though in testament to just how small Manila really is and how bizarrely interconnected Manileños tend to be, the brother-in-law of my good friend and stalwart traveling companion, Iñigo, is running for president.

Of the Philippines.]]></description>
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		<title>all they surveyed</title>
		<link>http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/all-they-surveyed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[places]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wilderness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An older photo, stumbled upon while working on my portfolio. It was taken on the same camping trip that this photo came from. In fact, that cross was only a hundred or so feet away from where we were standing.]]></description>
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		<title>warming hut</title>
		<link>http://focalmatter.com/2010/01/warming-hut/</link>
		<comments>http://focalmatter.com/2010/01/warming-hut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[huts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowshoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tahoe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The day after Christmas, I went up to Reno with some friends. I'm not much of a snowboarder (after photography, who has the money for snowboarding?) so while my friends were out hitting the slopes, I went snowshoeing. ]]></description>
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		<title>wooden cross</title>
		<link>http://focalmatter.com/2009/05/wooden-cross/</link>
		<comments>http://focalmatter.com/2009/05/wooden-cross/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 04:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://focalmatter.com/2009/05/wooden-cross/" title="wooden cross"><img src="http://focalmatter.com/blah/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/YapbThumbnailer.php?post_id=311&amp;w=180" width="180" height="119" alt="wooden cross" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 10px 0;" ></a>While camping in West Virginia, we spent one of the days hiking a small mountain. It's hard to tell from the photo, but we're actually at a summit a few hundred (maybe even a thousand) feet up. After eating our lunches on and enjoying the view from the summit, we decided to make our way [...]]]></description>
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