{"id":26244,"date":"2023-11-09T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=26244"},"modified":"2023-11-09T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T13:51:00","slug":"09nov2023-ocf-update-our-long-national-nightmare-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/09\/09nov2023-ocf-update-our-long-national-nightmare-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"09NOV2023 &#8211; OCF Update &#8211; Our Long National Nightmare is Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2893\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4022\" height=\"1419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg 4022w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141-1024x361.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4022px) 100vw, 4022px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;photog Unbound,&#8221; 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