{"id":38,"date":"2011-06-30T17:38:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.richmond.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2012-11-08T12:22:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T12:22:21","slug":"topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richmond.wordcamp.org\/2011\/topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We rounded up some of the area&#8217;s top WP gurus, developers, and writers. Then we took off their blindfolds and made them agree to give a presentation. 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