{"id":2763,"date":"2019-05-13T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:02:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:02:24","slug":"may-13-newsletter-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/13\/may-13-newsletter-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"May 13 newsletter now available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s new&nbsp;<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em> newsletter is being posted now, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\"><strong>read it for free, here<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>WOODY\u2019S WINDOWS WATCH:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/sticking-with-win7-you-arent-alone\/#woodys-windows-0\"><strong>Sticking with Win7? 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