{"id":417,"date":"2015-06-08T22:53:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T02:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spearpeople.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2015-06-08T22:53:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T02:53:38","slug":"sylvans-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spearpeople.com\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"Sylvan&#8217;s Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-433-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='https:\/\/www.spearpeople.com\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=417'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spearpeople.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/sylvans-baptism\/baptism4.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               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