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Post by howard lee on May 22, 2020 7:03:54 GMT -5
I listened to the entire "For Christine with Love" CD last night. There were so many good performances, some from people who had wandered away from here, like, where goest thou, Dan Brown?
major minor's cover of this song was excellent.
Wishing all a peaceful day.
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Post by drlj on May 22, 2020 7:10:48 GMT -5
Looks like rain. How unusual.
Coffee looks good. Time to find out.
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Post by dradtke on May 22, 2020 7:25:37 GMT -5
I have the Knobtwister CD but not Christine's.
Today I am finishing the drawings for a horseshoe crab display to submit to a client.
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Post by brucemacneill on May 22, 2020 7:47:14 GMT -5
Good morning.
Crappy day here so far, warmer but drizzly. Might see the sun later for awhile before more rain moves in.
My neighbor and a friend of his wondered over for Scotch O'clock yesterday. Apparently I must have impressed him at some point because he wanted me to do a few songs so his friend could see me play so I did a few songs. His friend might be looking for a guitar teacher for his son. I'm not sure I'd want to try to do that now so I didn't volunteer really. Don't know if anything will come of it. I suppose I could try and at least get the kid started. We'll see. It might give me incentive to practice.
Have a safe Friday.
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Post by majorminor on May 22, 2020 7:59:59 GMT -5
Morning - looks like partly cloudy on tap. Be a good day for a hike.
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Post by Cornflake on May 22, 2020 8:06:18 GMT -5
Good morning.
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Post by Marshall on May 22, 2020 8:42:56 GMT -5
Looks like rain. How unusual. Coffee looks good. Time to find out. We'll surely set another May Rainfall record. Forecast has rain in it every day for the nextweek. And we're only .20 inches off the record set last hear. This will make the 4the record May rainfall in a row. Almost twice the may average of 4.5 inch for each of the 4 years. Keep your powder dry and your sump pump oiled. |
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Post by billhammond on May 22, 2020 8:56:22 GMT -5
Working a four-hour shift that starts momentarily, then off until Tuesday -- no real plans for the long weekend, which looks pretty rainy. I've already been to Trader Joe's for Fossil Hour, picked up goods for Babzi and a few for myself, then hit Mac & Don's for a Sausage McMuffin and 16-oz coffee, change back from my fiver. Wotta country!
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Post by kenlarsson on May 22, 2020 9:14:27 GMT -5
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Post by mnhermit on May 22, 2020 9:29:46 GMT -5
Looking like we'll get the rain predicted all week, may get a break from mowing.
Better days y'all
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on May 22, 2020 10:05:03 GMT -5
Have good ones.
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Post by t-bob on May 22, 2020 10:10:31 GMT -5
morning
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Post by billhammond on May 22, 2020 10:22:38 GMT -5
Interesting note from our publisher:
At 8:46 a.m. Wednesday, the Star Tribune reached a significant milestone: we acquired our 100,000th digital subscriber. In the middle of this trying time, when most of our company-wide communication is about navigating the pandemic, it’s a pleasure to take a moment and reflect on such a positive development.
We began our digital subscription journey in November 2011. At that time, there were no major-metro newspapers charging for digital access, and even The New York Times had only begun earlier that year. We were entering largely uncharted territory.
We launched with a metered paywall set at 20 (!) stories per month. One MinnPost reader, commenting on a story about our impending launch, wrote, “I firmly believe that only one or two news sources in the world will have the ability to successfully charge for access to their content. No local newspaper anywhere will ever have that ability.” That prediction didn’t hold up well, as readers have rewarded our efforts with multiple years of double-digit growth in digital subscriptions.
Our success has been built on eight and a half years of testing and learning, as well as constant collaboration between our Digital team, the Newsroom, Circulation and Marketing, and even Advertising, which has a stake in how effectively we can grow and monetize our audience. I’m convinced that of all the factors that have gone into achieving this milestone, it’s the shared sense of purpose across our company that has driven our success.
What does the future hold? Many more years of a successful digital and print franchise, where digital subscriptions, print subscriptions, single-copy sales, and advertising all contribute revenue in support of our newsgathering mission. We’ll keep defying predictions about the strength of print, too. The same year we launched digital subscriptions, Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC, predicted that “Almost all printed newspapers would disappear in the United States in the next five years and that the country would be left with three or four ‘national’ newspapers that would continue to print physical editions somewhat longer than five years.” Yet here we are again with an increasingly loyal base of print subscribers enjoying our newspaper each week, many in combination with digital, and a healthy single-copy business.
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Post by Marty on May 22, 2020 10:43:06 GMT -5
Interesting note from our publisher: At 8:46 a.m. Wednesday, the Star Tribune reached a significant milestone: we acquired our 100,000th digital subscriber. In the middle of this trying time, when most of our company-wide communication is about navigating the pandemic, it’s a pleasure to take a moment and reflect on such a positive development. We began our digital subscription journey in November 2011. At that time, there were no major-metro newspapers charging for digital access, and even The New York Times had only begun earlier that year. We were entering largely uncharted territory. We launched with a metered paywall set at 20 (!) stories per month. One MinnPost reader, commenting on a story about our impending launch, wrote, “I firmly believe that only one or two news sources in the world will have the ability to successfully charge for access to their content. No local newspaper anywhere will ever have that ability.” That prediction didn’t hold up well, as readers have rewarded our efforts with multiple years of double-digit growth in digital subscriptions. Our success has been built on eight and a half years of testing and learning, as well as constant collaboration between our Digital team, the Newsroom, Circulation and Marketing, and even Advertising, which has a stake in how effectively we can grow and monetize our audience. I’m convinced that of all the factors that have gone into achieving this milestone, it’s the shared sense of purpose across our company that has driven our success. What does the future hold? Many more years of a successful digital and print franchise, where digital subscriptions, print subscriptions, single-copy sales, and advertising all contribute revenue in support of our newsgathering mission. We’ll keep defying predictions about the strength of print, too. The same year we launched digital subscriptions, Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC, predicted that “Almost all printed newspapers would disappear in the United States in the next five years and that the country would be left with three or four ‘national’ newspapers that would continue to print physical editions somewhat longer than five years.” Yet here we are again with an increasingly loyal base of print subscribers enjoying our newspaper each week, many in combination with digital, and a healthy single-copy business. I doubt there is, but,If there is anything that needs editing in that statement you should do so and send it back.  |
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Post by billhammond on May 22, 2020 10:47:08 GMT -5
Interesting note from our publisher: At 8:46 a.m. Wednesday, the Star Tribune reached a significant milestone: we acquired our 100,000th digital subscriber. In the middle of this trying time, when most of our company-wide communication is about navigating the pandemic, it’s a pleasure to take a moment and reflect on such a positive development. We began our digital subscription journey in November 2011. At that time, there were no major-metro newspapers charging for digital access, and even The New York Times had only begun earlier that year. We were entering largely uncharted territory. We launched with a metered paywall set at 20 (!) stories per month. One MinnPost reader, commenting on a story about our impending launch, wrote, “I firmly believe that only one or two news sources in the world will have the ability to successfully charge for access to their content. No local newspaper anywhere will ever have that ability.” That prediction didn’t hold up well, as readers have rewarded our efforts with multiple years of double-digit growth in digital subscriptions. Our success has been built on eight and a half years of testing and learning, as well as constant collaboration between our Digital team, the Newsroom, Circulation and Marketing, and even Advertising, which has a stake in how effectively we can grow and monetize our audience. I’m convinced that of all the factors that have gone into achieving this milestone, it’s the shared sense of purpose across our company that has driven our success. What does the future hold? Many more years of a successful digital and print franchise, where digital subscriptions, print subscriptions, single-copy sales, and advertising all contribute revenue in support of our newsgathering mission. We’ll keep defying predictions about the strength of print, too. The same year we launched digital subscriptions, Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC, predicted that “Almost all printed newspapers would disappear in the United States in the next five years and that the country would be left with three or four ‘national’ newspapers that would continue to print physical editions somewhat longer than five years.” Yet here we are again with an increasingly loyal base of print subscribers enjoying our newspaper each week, many in combination with digital, and a healthy single-copy business. I doubt there is, but,If there is anything that needs editing in that statement you should do so and send it back. There actually WAS one typo -- he had "three of four" when he meant "three or four." I fixed it for the Soundhole post, of course. |
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Post by epaul on May 22, 2020 10:49:59 GMT -5
Everything is Green, Green, Green. Green.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on May 22, 2020 10:54:34 GMT -5
Interesting note from our publisher: At 8:46 a.m. Wednesday, the Star Tribune reached a significant milestone: we acquired our 100,000th digital subscriber. In the middle of this trying time, when most of our company-wide communication is about navigating the pandemic, it’s a pleasure to take a moment and reflect on such a positive development. We began our digital subscription journey in November 2011. At that time, there were no major-metro newspapers charging for digital access, and even The New York Times had only begun earlier that year. We were entering largely uncharted territory. We launched with a metered paywall set at 20 (!) stories per month. One MinnPost reader, commenting on a story about our impending launch, wrote, “I firmly believe that only one or two news sources in the world will have the ability to successfully charge for access to their content. No local newspaper anywhere will ever have that ability.” That prediction didn’t hold up well, as readers have rewarded our efforts with multiple years of double-digit growth in digital subscriptions. Our success has been built on eight and a half years of testing and learning, as well as constant collaboration between our Digital team, the Newsroom, Circulation and Marketing, and even Advertising, which has a stake in how effectively we can grow and monetize our audience. I’m convinced that of all the factors that have gone into achieving this milestone, it’s the shared sense of purpose across our company that has driven our success. What does the future hold? Many more years of a successful digital and print franchise, where digital subscriptions, print subscriptions, single-copy sales, and advertising all contribute revenue in support of our newsgathering mission. We’ll keep defying predictions about the strength of print, too. The same year we launched digital subscriptions, Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC, predicted that “Almost all printed newspapers would disappear in the United States in the next five years and that the country would be left with three or four ‘national’ newspapers that would continue to print physical editions somewhat longer than five years.” Yet here we are again with an increasingly loyal base of print subscribers enjoying our newspaper each week, many in combination with digital, and a healthy single-copy business. I get printed copies of the Indianapolis Star on Thursday and Sunday. The rest of the week I can read on line. I prefer all print, but at $94/month that's not going to happen. One weekday I did stop by CVS for a print copy. It cost $2.50. I won't be doing that again. I am sure the STrib is a much better paper than the Star has become. It would have to be. I would do a digital subscription to it but I have to limit myself. I am on a fixed income, ya'know. I do subscribe to WaPo digitally since the Star dropped almost all syndicated content, including opinion pieces. Wishing the STrib continued good health. |
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Post by Marty on May 22, 2020 10:54:39 GMT -5
Good morning
DaWife has the day off so she can have a long weekend. We might go shopping.
As for myself I'm having vertigo problems again but the therapists showed me how to deal with that so I'll give it a try later today.
Pine Island 91F.
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Post by billhammond on May 22, 2020 11:24:12 GMT -5
I can't say it's a shock, but it's still pretty heartbreaking to learn that the decision has been made: No Minnesota State Fair this year.
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Post by millring on May 22, 2020 11:28:51 GMT -5
I am finishing the drawings for a horseshoe crab display to submit to a client. Must be nice to have such a low-pressure project. No exacting specifications. You only have to come close. |
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