{"id":839,"date":"2012-01-17T07:48:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2012-01-17T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T19:48:10","slug":"the-sons-of-khan-and-the-pascal-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/839\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sons of Khan and the Pascal Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes]<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2012\/01\/16\/verity_stob_sons_of_khan_2011\/\">Ms Stob has blessed us with another chapter in the Book of Khan<\/a>.  A great start to 2012.  Thank you Ms Stob.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes]<\/span><\/span> Ms Stob has blessed us with another chapter in the Book of Khan. A great start to 2012. 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