{"id":2340,"date":"2009-01-19T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T02:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2009-01-20T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T21:32:52","slug":"we-are-one-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/01\/19\/we-are-one-really\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are One?  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