{"id":33595,"date":"2009-09-22T19:37:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T00:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=33595"},"modified":"2009-09-22T19:37:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T00:37:19","slug":"happy-birthday-sala-baker-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/09\/22\/33595-happy-birthday-sala-baker-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Sala Baker!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><figure id=\"attachment_29978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29978\" style=\"width: 95px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sala-baker.jpg\" alt=\"Sala Baker\" title=\"Sala Baker\" width=\"95\" height=\"128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29978 no-lazyload\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sala Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>Sala Baker (born September 22, 1976) is an actor and stuntman from Wellington, New Zealand. 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