{"id":314,"date":"2015-07-20T16:45:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2015-07-20T16:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:45:25","slug":"first-computer-in-any-canadian-arctic-classroom-was-mine-1982-then-eskimo-point-nwt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"First Computer in Any Canadian Arctic Classroom Was Mine! -1982 (then) Eskimo Point, NWT"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F314&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a 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