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Remember, always remove batteries before disposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember, always remove batteries before disposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/14\/bloody-sundays\/","url_meta":{"origin":106,"position":0},"title":"Bloody Sundays","author":"Brian","date":"14 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"It's his right to say it, he is the ruler of a small country with agents in every other country, but it made to smile to read Pope says NZ far too secular today. 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