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My question is watering seeds indoors to be planted outside in the summer. I have bought my seeds and would like to plant them next month. The unit I'm using was bought from any garden center and has cells. There is a tray and dome I know what the dome is for but the tray. Do I keep the tray full of water and let the plants just draw from it? Or is there a better way of doing it?
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- Posted by kdjoergensen z6b NJ (My Page) on Sun, Jan 30, 05 at 20:49
Start the impatiens seeds in mid to end march. February is way too early in your zone. Initially, moisten the seed growing medium with water in a plastic bag. Add water a bit at a time and work it into the mixture using your hands on the outside of the bag. Just add enough to moisten it without making it too wet. E.g. it should be wet so it hold together in a clump when squeezed, but no water should drip from it was you squeeze it. Take the pre-moisten media out of the bag, and fill the cells in the flat. Just put it in, and then tap the tray on the table to "settle" the mixture. Do not press it into the cells with your fingers. Just add mixture and tap to settle. Repeat by adding more mixture if it settles deeply. When the cells are filled in this way, you can gently - very gently - use your thumb to make a smooth surface on top of each cell. Don't depress the media too much (you don't want to squeeze the air out) but you want a firm surface. Then use a moist toothpick to transfer the seeds one-by-one from the bag into each cell (one seed per cell). Once the impatiens seeds are transferred, use your thumb again to gently push down the seeds into the mixture. As before, do not press too hard, just enough to squeeze the seeds into the mixture. You do not want to squeeze out the air in the mixture. Now we get to watering. Remove the cell cavity inserts from the tray, and then fill the tray 40-50% with water. This water should be room temperature or slightly warmer. Do not use cold water, but dont use very hot water either. Put the celled cavity inserts back into the tray and let the seed starting mixture wick (draw) up water from below. Do not water from the top. Let the mixture draw water up from below. Once the seed starting mixture start to turn dark brown or black on the surface, you can remove the celled cavities from the tray and put them aside temporarily. Then EMPTY the tray so that no water remain. When the celled cavity inserts have drained, put them back into the tray and cover with the dome. Now place the domed covered tray (w/ cavity inserts) about 30 cms below fluorescent lights. This distance will ensure that the seed starting mixture warm up slightly (to about 22-25C) without getting too hot. If you place the bulbs closer to the seed starting mixture (e.g. if the fluorescent lights are closer than 30 cms above the domed flat) the temperatures inside the dome may go too high and kill the seeds/seedlings. Keep the lights on 24/7 for the 7-10 days it takes for the seeds to germinate. You may find that it will take about 5 days for the first seeds to germinate. Once most of the seeds have germinated (e.g. sprouted) crack the lid (dome) open with a pencil for about 1 day. Then remove the lid (dome) all together. Once the dome has been removed, and the seeds have germinated, adjust the lights so that they are about 1-2" above the top of the green growth. As the seedlings grow, you may have to adjust the fluorescent lights above the tray. Note: after you have moisten the seed starting mixture originally, sowed seeds, watered from below and let drained, it should not be necerssary to water again until seeds germinate. From this time on you should water every few days. When the seedlings are very small, you may only need to water once per week, but as they grow bigger, it is necersarry to water every 2-3 days. When you water, follow the same procedure as above: Do not let the tray stand with water for a long time. Just enough so the top of the media surface start to turn black and glisten. You should not leave water in the tray overnight. A few key points: |
- Posted by Mandyvilla 7a No.VA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 16, 05 at 7:45
Ken, I have a question for you. Impatiens have re-seeded in many areas of our property. One area I want to increase the re-seeding look. I had hanging baskets and the little darlings seeded in the pea gravel below (on the edge of a private gravel road). This area will never be a proper planting bed. I recently bought bulk impatien seed. I was thinking of scattering seed in the pea gravel to increase the seeding. Any thoughts to the success of this idea. In Zone 7, what month would you attempt this. TIA, Suz |
- Posted by kdjoergensen z6b NJ (My Page) on Wed, Feb 16, 05 at 12:17
Do this on/around last frost date. I am not sure how long a growing period you get out of it in your zone (in our zone 6b, they would germinate in june and not flower until august). |
- Posted by Mandyvilla 7a No.VA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 16, 05 at 19:50
Thanks for the quick answer. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 10,000 seeds - have to give it a try. I'll let you know. Suz |
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Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), Bornakk says that Blizzard probably will make a change here soon to smooth everything out. But how they'll do that isn't quite clear -- they could leave the dailies (or some form of them) open even after you get the achievement, or they could beef up the achievement reward to make up for it. Not a hard fix either way. But yes, until then, you might want to rethink racing to the Crusader achievement, as there's more reward to be had by waiting.
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I used this for about a year, not the same bottle of course, but the formulation stopped blending well and I looked fake and made up.
LOL, this is like my third review on this foundation. I have decided I love this foundation. Really, its the best IMO. I had first given this 3 lippies, & think this is because I was color matched wrong. Also, I do not think I was removing it properly (breakouts!). I am a NC25...very seldomly I can bump that up to a NC30. I apply this with the MAC 187 (my favorite brush ever...). I love that it doesn't dry quickly & is easy to blend. It is pretty heavy coverage (something I like), so I wouldn't recommend this to someone looking for a natural look. It DOES oxidize, but I find that by applying MAC blot powder (I use Medium/Dark) through out the day helps this a lot because it keeps the oilies under control:). Make sure to throughly remove this before bed, because, like I said, it is a very heavy foundation & will clog pores.
If you are looking for a medium to very heavy coverage foundation, then I really recommend this. Even just to use on special occasions this is great, as it does hold up pretty well.
My skintype: Caucasian, cool (NC25 in MAC, Vanilla in Make Up Store).
The first thing you notice is the coverage - it covers up blemishes and spots amazingly well. The consistency is pretty fluid, and it doesn't seem too heavy on your skin. But because of the coverage; be certant to get the right color! With the wrong color, this foundation will look like a mask.
I used to apply it with a MAC sponge, but the 168 brush (ment for contouring) works much more well.
This is one of the foundations i've tried that i do not like. It does give the coverage, but all of MAC foundations make my face oily and it makes my face look fake, like it looks like i have alot of makeup on.
I love how this foundation makes my skin looks. some people claim that it makes your skin breakout, but I think it really depends on how you use it. this foundation is not a light weight foundation by any means, you only need a little bit to make your face look beautiful. if you put on too much, it does feel like it's gonna clog ur pores and i guess the only result from pore clogging is breaking out. if you prefer a lighter and more natural looking foundation, I suggest Clinique Superbalanced makeup foundation!
it provides a good coverage, i don't even need much concealer after putting it on. it makes ur skin flawless on its own. I will definetely buy again!
I actually like this foundation. Its one of the few from MAC that doesnt break me out. If you look on their website, it states that this foundation is OIL-FREE, which is a great thing. Will definitely buy again. ;-)
LOOOOVED this foundation the first time I wore it. It went on like silk buffed on with my 187 brush, and fix+ to set it. I got loads of compliments on my complexion, it evened out skin, concealed redness and made me look radiant and flawless. I woke up the next morning to the worst breakout I've had in a long time. I have heard all the horror stories about how MAC foundation makes you break out, but I went ahead and tried it. My skin is still trying to recover from the mess this has made of it. I will be sticking to my EL Double Wear. The search continues.....
I have been on a search for my HG liquid foundation. I used to use powder foundation, but felt that I need more coverages as I get older. So far, I've tried Chanel TI liquid (lasting power is just OK) and compact (feels heavy), GA LSF (probably my 2nd fav), MUFE Mat Velvet+ (can't get a good color match), and so far SFF is my favorite. I need more time before I can make it HG status.
Great coverage without looking too heavy, lasts a long time on my combo/oily skin, and color match is perfect! I dot on my face with my PX brush, then blend in with 188 brush. It looks airbrushed & my skin looks amazing.
My gripe with this product is that you have to buy the pump separately. My MAC store has been out of the pumps for a couple of weeks & it's a pain to get the product out of the bottle without it.
Other than that, I highly recommend this foundation. Hope this helps others with shade matches:
SFF - NC40, GA LSF #6.5, MUFE Mat Velvet+ #55 (it's a tad too pink, but this is the closest match), Chanel TI in Wheat (or 60 Hale for Asia & Europe).
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I wear this every single day and I just love it. It's doesn't look as if it gives much coverage since it's so lightweight, but somehow my skin looks much smoother and it gives a kind of glow as well. It never makes me break out, though my skin is kind of acne prone. I've been using it for a few months but it looks no where near running out! If it does I'm definitely repurchasing.
The longer I've used this foundation, the more obvious is the fact that my skin gets really oily within 2 hours of putting it on, and it hardly gives any coverage, even though I wear it with Prep+Prime. I unfortunately do not have nice, even skin and I think I'll have to look somewhere else for foundation with more coverage. I'm only halfway through the bottle but I don't think I want to finish it.
Oh God I'm never using this foundation again. I've finally learned to apply foundation properly and my, this foundation looks awful on me! Now I finally get what the glitter is about- I swipe a finger down my face and my entire fingertip is covered with glitter! Ugh! I'm switching to Shu Uemura and I'm never going to use MAC for foundations ever again!
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OH MAN was I not impressed by this foundation. I prefer to have that dewy, pale-ish glow and this was so orangey. It matched my skin tone, but it didn't look pretty... I don't know how else to describe it. I have a Revlon foundation that is actually BETTER than this stuff and for 8 bucks less. I wanted to be a MAC fan but I'd rather not spend 25 bucks on a so-so foundation. I was very dissapointed and I wish their foundations would be a little paler and more yellow-toned. And I thought MAC had all the shades anyone could need...


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Stop-motion animation may not have the glitz of a Pixar animated feature, but ParaNorman still tops Pixar's Brave with a whole lot of ghoulish heart, offbeat comedy and a dark-undead story that begs to be re-watched.
ParaNorman skews to a more mature audience than Brave. Laika Entertainment simply uses stop motion as its means of telling an untraditional story, which in this case is an excellent one filled with a few unique twists. From the moment we meet Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who talks to his deceased couch-potato grandma (voiced by Elaine Stritch), we see that this is a dark and somewhat morbid tale. How did his grandma die? We don't know, nor do we care. We only know that his grandma hangs out on the couch because she promised to look out for Norman and that everyone else in Norman's house believes that he is a little crazy. When Norman goes to school, he walks around greeting dead people that no one else can see – except his neurotic – borderline insane – uncle.
The movie starts off with a standard set of stereotypical suburban characters, including: the bully, the blond airhead sister, the dumb jock next door, the conservative parents and the dopey friend. However, these characters are far from typical, especially once the movie has a chance to spread its undead wings.
When Norman's uncle pops in on him in the bathroom, things start to shift in an unpredictable, yet startlingly enjoyable way. This small town has been plagued by a curse dating back to the days of the Salem witch-hunts and only Norman can stop it thanks to his special gift. Unfortunately, nobody believes he is telling the truth.
Cue the zombies.
ParaNorman is filled with pop culture references and laughs that creep up from the most bizarre places. Everything about this movie feels like a curve ball, and a smartly thrown one at that. In fact, the "para" ParaNorman is less about paranormal activities and more about the paranoid nature of human beings.
Although the story is a hero's tale at its core, there are several great moments for supporting characters. Stritch does a superb job as a wise grandma who gives lessons through cynicism. Alvin (voiced by Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the bully, gives Mintz-Plasse a chance to use his trademark voice in a role that would be atypical for him on camera. Courtney (voiced by Anna Kendrick) may seem like a bimbo, but she's just playing to her stereotype to try and bate the guy. Neil (voiced by Tucker Albrizzi), Norman's dopey friend, doesn't come off as Chunk from Goonies. Rather, he makes smart, likable choices. He's also great with animals, which makes for one of the more playful scenes in the movie.
ParaNorman reminds us that if we could only stop and speak to zombies, perhaps our culture wouldn't be so obsessed with them. But, of course, then we wouldn't have The Walking Dead to keep us glued to the TV like Norman's grandma.
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Screenplay by: Chris Butler
Studio: Focus Features
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Bring the player, not the class, except maybe healers {WoW}
Jun 23rd 2009 5:10PM In reply to my own post, I should be fair. You weren't saying they weren't needed and actually suggesting they were *nearly* required. For Mimiron, we roll with a disp priest, holy priest and resto druid (me) in 10-man with a prot warrior tank. I'm not sure what we'd do for the 3 plasma blasts in phase 1 if we didn't have their mitigating abilities. It's not IMPOSSIBLE to heal through it but you're probably going to lose a dps'er to napalm shells if all 3 healers have to spam on the tank. It sure feels like shaman and druids are at a disadvantage when it comes to plasma blasts.
Bring the player, not the class, except maybe healers {WoW}
Jun 23rd 2009 5:01PM Maybe not Pain Suppression or PW:Shield? Mimiron would like to have a word with you ;)
Totem Talk: Emblem of Heroism gear for Shamans {WoW}
Dec 12th 2008 2:32PM Chain heal is not Healing wave. It fits much better into the deficits and overheals much less.
I've got 1850 +healing on my shaman and with the health pools and group damage being significant in WOTLK encounters, I'm not overhealing anymore than I used to in BC. I had a group with health pools going from 36k on our druid tank to 17k on our rogue. As well, I have 500 mp5 while casting buffed... the size of my heals is much more critical than mana with the way the itemization is at the high end.
Totem Talk: Emblem of Heroism gear for Shamans {WoW}
Dec 11th 2008 5:46PM Happy B-day! Surprise! Totem of the Bay is at the very least on par with Totem of Forest Growth and arguably better. Save your 15 badges and go do 20 minutes of Venture Bay for it. It's at least worth holding off for other better pieces. Totem of Forest Growth is not a must.
BigRedKitty: Chimaeras {WoW}
Aug 18th 2008 1:03PM pffft. Dump that crap macro, go to fizzwidgets and get the feed-o-matic.
Project Lore aims to play WoW and get you to watch them {WoW}
Jul 15th 2008 12:28PM before someone flames me... honor hold quest. my bad.
Project Lore aims to play WoW and get you to watch them {WoW}
Jul 15th 2008 12:26PM How the hell is it fun to watch? They down the dragon in 15 seconds and then ooh-n-awww as one 70 with epics loots the letter for the lvl 60 thrallmar quest. One guy is yelling "link the loot" while sporting the triptych shield of the ancients from Chest. ??? I guess this makes for a wipe-free broadcast. I can't wait to see the Blackfathom Deeps run!
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Jul 15th 2008 11:12AM wtf? These guys run Ramparts as 70s and they're gushing over hellreaver? What a great concept. That was really entertaining.
Scare Beast Change: Does it make Hunters the new anti-Druid? {WoW}
Apr 25th 2008 5:52PM @65 Yeah, and gratz on the self-righteous attitude (the most elitist of QQ'ing, fyi).
Personally, I'm upset only because there are other classes who are worse off. I deleted my 70 shaman and rerolled druid out of frustration. That's right... deleted. 1900 +healing and 160 mp5. I rerolled the class I wanted my shaman to be, which is a druid. Why do shaman not get the love? It's because it's the least played class and the least obvious class in the game. Blizzard doesn't know what the hell it's supposed to be. Currently, IMO, it's only viable pve healer. Post 2.3, it's no longer viable in pvp even as a resto, and the dps specs have way too big of a threat issue to be remotely fun. When I was healing heroics, I absolutely hated having a dps shaman in the group. You have to throttle your dps a ridiculous amount.
With all that spewing out, my main point is that hunters are not the ones who need the buffing. Throw that utility to another class. They've got mortal strike, traps-n-snares, dispels, and a pet. I'm telling you... they're getting plate when WOTLK comes out.
Scare Beast Change: Does it make Hunters the new anti-Druid? {WoW}
Apr 25th 2008 5:37PM Are you kidding? All casters deal with that. Nothing worse than being a shaman against a demonology lock with the felhunter having every nature spell resisted. With the plethora of snares, traps, and shots, you were really bent out of shape because of the 1.5 second cast being resisted?


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The sisters admitted that this curious ennui hurt their feelings, but it couldn't dim their fondness for their hometown. The newspaper library is full of clips throughout the '40s and '50s, noting a visit by the famous Andrews girls, during which they invariably drove out to Mound to visit with their uncles at the little store near the shore of Lake Minnetonka. Maxene in particular seemed drawn, buying 13 acres on the west edge of Mound in 1951.
Twenty-five years later, Maxene had written her autobiography and planned a publicity tour.
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A couple driving around Kansas City looking at Christmas lights originally thought the glow coming from a particular house was holiday decorations. When they realized the house was actually on fire, the man jumped out and helped the family — trapped inside the house — to safety.
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Craig Hosmer, current Greene County Democratic chairman and former Springfield state representative, was elected as Missouri Democratic Party chairman.
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After an ex-employee's allegation of wrongful termination by Gov. Blunt spurred an investigation and lawsuits, taxpayers have been paying to defend both sides.
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After a year and a half in the U.S., a missionary and his wife return to his native country of Brazil.
Ribbon cutting to open Poplar Bluff supervision center
A new community supervision center is opening in Poplar Bluff to house those on probation or parole who need supervision.
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Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corp. was cleared to exit bankruptcy Friday.
Meth offender registry proposed in House.
Rep. David Sater of Cassville prefiled a bill to create a registry for methamphtamine offenders.
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Secret Santas will be handing out $100 bills to those in need Friday in St. Louis.
Fenton Chrysler workers agree to buyouts
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Noranda announces layoffs at New Madrid plant
Fifty salaried workers learned they would be losing their jobs in this third round of layoffs for the aluminum plant.
Nixon wants 100 residents to recruit Missouri officials
The "citizen advisers" will look in their own neighborhoods for candidates to serve in the governor's administration.
Former St. Louis police officer charged with aggravated battery
An Illinois grand jury indicted a former St. Louis police officer and cleared a Pontoon Beach officer after two people were shot outside a bar.
K.C. mayor settles his portion of lawsuit
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser paid former aide Ruth Bates a $30,000 settlement. Bates sued the mayor, his wife and the city, alleging racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Fenton officials support auto industry bailout
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Will Wisconsin primary build Obama streak?
Clinton needs a Dairy State win to prevent him from winning nine primaries in a row.
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Kenosha and Milwaukee, Wis.,
According to conventional wisdom, Wisconsin should be Clinton country.
It's full of blue-collar voters who have been the stalwarts of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and the black vote, which has been so strong for rival Sen. Barack Obama, is relatively minuscule here.
Yet Senator Clinton has cast herself as the underdog and, right now, signs point to a victory for Senator Obama in the state's Tuesday primary.
Observers are watching closely to see if he can not only fuel the perception of an Obama juggernaut by heading into the crucial Ohio and Texas primaries with a 10-0 winning streak, but also if he can continue to make inroads into some of Clinton's core supporters, including women and senior citizens.
"If she gets blown out, it would put her in a very weak position for the nomination," says Darrell West, a political science professor at Brown University in Providence, RI. "Wisconsin is a state where she should run well, so everybody will be watching to see if she can actually pull it off."
Given that importance and polls that have tended to show only a slight Obama lead, it's surprised some observers that Clinton has spent so little time in the state. While Obama campaigned here to packed crowds for four days last week, Clinton didn't put in an appearance until Saturday afternoon.
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Durkan tells citizens panel that its police-reform role is limited
U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan tells the Community Police Commission to focus on its own duties as the Department of Justice and the city of Seattle move to adopt court-ordered police reforms.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Two weeks after a federal judge denied a citizens commission's request to intervene in Seattle's court-ordered police reforms, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan apologized to its members if they have felt steamrollered and said reform efforts cannot succeed without their work.
But Durkan, in a no-nonsense exchange with Community Police Commission (CPC) co-chairs Lisa Daugaard and Diane Narasaki, reminded them Wednesday that they are not a party to the civil-rights settlement between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over findings of police abuses, and that the process will move forward.
She suggested the commission focus on its own duties under the consent decree.
"What you say matters," Durkan told the commission. "But it's important to know where and when to push. We will take the pushing and shoving, but as the Department of Justice we will fight to maintain a two-party agreement."
Durkan urged the commission to refocus on its mission of community engagement and reviewing the Seattle Police Department's accountability system as outlined in the memorandum of understanding between the DOJ and the city that established the CPC.
Daugaard and Narasaki have both complained that that role is too limiting and have adopted a broader view of CPC's job to include providing suggestions and input in areas where the DOJ does not believe it should have a voice.
The CPC, for example, has urged the court to push back a number of deadlines so it could have additional say in policies addressing police use of force and biased policing — the issues that led to the DOJ's investigation into the Police Department in the first place.
The DOJ opposed that effort, and last month U.S. District Judge James Robart denied the CPC's motion to formally intervene in the case, citing concerns that it might slow the process of reforms. He invited them to participate, however, as a "friend of the court."
Durkan — who was accompanied by two attorneys from the DOJ's Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C. — said implementing the court-ordered reforms does not lend itself to the often soul-searching process embraced by Seattle officials.
Daugaard argued that the CPC's role is "crucial" to ensuring community "buy-in" to the reforms. She said that, without CPC involvement, the communities aren't being adequately heard.
That brought a sharp response from Durkan: "You don't own the community," she said. "And you are not the only people getting community input."
Daugaard pointed out that the DOJ, the city and the court-appointed monitor were meeting Wednesday to discuss biased-policing and in-car video policies — both of vital importance to the CPC — and that the CPC was not invited.
The monitor, Merrick Bobb, has commissioned a survey of public perceptions of the Police Department.
Narisaki reminded Durkan that the commission was late being set up and that many of the deadlines in the settlement agreement were established before the CPC ever met. After decades of complaints over police abuses, she said, the communities "are hungry" for reforms.
"But there is cynicism, too," that is being fed by a perception that the communities aren't being given an opportunity to be heard.
"We are going to demand some recognition and respect," Narisaki told Durkan, and that should include the courtesy of extending some deadlines.
"We were told to be independent, and maybe we've taken that to heart more than some people are comfortable with," Narasaki said.
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I know it's a little early in my zone to be thinking about frost, but I am wondering if trimming off any new flowers and flower buds really does make the remaining fruits ripen faster.
I've read the posts about just letting the green tomatoes ripen on the counter, but that didn't seem to work for me last year. I tried to let a completely green tomato ripen on the counter and it looked wonderful, but tasted bland. So I am willing to sacrifice any new tomatoes if it would allow the older tomatoes to at least get to blush stage before I have to harvest. |
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- Posted by PunkRotten 9b (My Page) on Sun, Aug 28, 11 at 15:48
I have heard heavy pruning or even taking a knife or shovel and cutting in a half circle by the base of the plant and destroying some of the roots will cause them to ripen sooner. Supposedly puts the plant into a survival move and the plant will focus its energy on ripening the remaining fruit before dying. Not really sure if this is a proven method or not. |
Removing flowers, no. Trimming off new growth, maybe. Some advocate topping the plants at season's end to force ripen the remaining fruit. I've never tried it personally since my season is so long here. Same goes for spade pruning roots on one side of the plant - some swear by it. Logically it has the best chance of working. What works best for me if needed is just to pull up the whole plant and hang it upside down in the basement, barn or greenhouse where it won't freeze. The fruit ripen nicely. Dave |
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If shovel pruning you do it all the way around the main stem, about one foot out from the main stem, not just halfway around the plant. What it does is to cut the top feeder roots, the other roots are depper so you aren't killing the plant. And yes, for many is does work. The temps for September here where I live in NYS are supposed to be much warmer and drier than normal, so I'm not doing anything to my plants well, not much to do after the devastation due to Irene today. Carolyn |
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Easy and very tasty - although it needed some salt and pepper. It was a bit on the bland side for my taste so I added a can of green chiles and some chipotle pepper flakes and topped it with a little cheese on serving. (It probably would have benefited from some cumin as well but I didn't have any.) I will definitely make it again.
Cowboy Chicken
Photo: LisaRoe
Easy Slow Cooker recipe with southwestern flare. Pulled chicken recipe that can be eaten over rice. Great with corn bread! Family favorite. Found on http://www.momswhothink.com/crock-pot-recipes/slow-cooker-cowboy-chicken.html
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- 4-6 chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoon(s) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon(s) Dijon mustard
- 2 cup(s) Salsa
- 15 ounce(s) canned corn
- 15 ounce(s) canned black beans
- 1/2 cup(s) sour cream
- 1 package(s) Near East Spanish Rice
- Directions:
- 1. Place chicken in a 5-6 quart greased slow cooker.
- 2. In medium bowl mix brown sugar, mustard, and salsa.
- 3. Pour mixture over chicken. Add water to cover chicken, if needed. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours.
- 4. With 30 minutes of cook time remaining remove the lid and shred the chicken using two forks.
- 5. Add the beans, corn, and sour cream to the slow cooker and mix together with the chicken. Replace lid and cook for remaining 30 minutes.
- 6. Serve over rice with sour cream.
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So, I only play dota on garena nowadays. I only play in either "Sweden room" or "Europe room". I remember on Battle.net, I would have to join games with names like "nordic dota arem", to avoid the whiners that wont speak english. I REALLY don't like to play with people from europe that cant speak english, it wasn't unusual on bnet to see for example germans or french people flaming me in their own language, and wouldnt hear what i said. It might sound picky, but the rooms in garena and the "nordic only" games on bnet that separate the countries and the mother tounges really helped in my opinion. I'm not sure if this is what you want or are aiming for, but i'd like for an option in matchmaking to try and team up people of the same country/neighbour countries if possible (i actually have no idea how many would be searching for games at one time, so if this is even remotely possible i do not know..). I'm not being a swedish elitist im just thinking of how the game is more fun this way, especially if you're targeting a wider age group than dota. This is, of course not a problem with the beta, since there are only american servers and if you cant speak english you wouldnt be playing.
... Got to love playing with someone that doesn't even speak your language . It really hurts team work and team functioning, All I have to say is thank god for pings, it helped greatly in warcraft 3 at times. It would be nice if most of the time you got on a team with people who speak the same language as one self but it's not bad if you play with someone near your own skill level. As well having the other team not speak your language is no problem. However I truely don't mind grouping with foreigners in practice/normal games as long as they don't spam there language over chat and I keep trying to read it .
I agree, What i think would be a good add would be if people from the same country would be puted into the same team as much as possible, without disturbing the balance to much of course. This would be very appreciated by players and make better games, as teammates can communicate and understand each other so much better (not always of course, but more often). I can't see how this would affect the matchmakingin any negative effect at all. Anyone else got an opinion about this?
Probably a good idea about trying to match like-regions as much as possible. Might also be cool to have as many common communication commands and game phrases as possible in word bank. I think Final Fantasy XI (MMO) did this to fairly good success. You could also have command lists like in CS or TF2 that would be localized for the different languages?
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Like so many other college students, Shane Saginak came to school searching for the right major and career. Luckily, once he arrived at Fort Lewis College from New York, a little bit of advice helped him find his way.
"My advisors told me: 'You're organized. You're smart. Do you want to have a job after school?'" the senior accounting major recalls. "I'm like, 'Well, yeah.' So I went into accounting, and I have an offer for an internship coming up this summer and hopefully following that I'll have a job offer."
There is no need to be hopeful for Autumn Miller, a 2014 accounting graduate from Arizona. She already had a job with national accounting firm BKD lined up before she even graduated.
Autumn and Shane's experiences are not unusual for students studying accounting at Fort Lewis College. Accounting graduates are putting their education to work from Seattle to Washington, D.C., as well as abroad in places like Paris, London, Stockholm, and Brussels. Often students have job offers before they graduate.
"One of the firms up in Denver recently hired five of our students: two of them full time and three of them as interns [update: today all five are employed full time]," says Dr. Doug Lyon, dean of the FLC School of Business Administration. "When the [firm's] partner wrote us an email talking to us about that outcome, he mentioned that they make offers to approximately half of the students that come into their office, and it was remarkable that all five of the students from Fort Lewis College got offers. It speaks very highly to their training and the professional development experiences they've had here."
So, why the success? How does a smaller college in a small town do such a great job of preparing their accounting students for amazing careers? One reason is the accounting roadshow, an organized trip the professors take with their students to Denver and other big cities to visit top accounting firms and organizations.
The roadshow is an opportunity to bridge the gap between students who want to study in small, beautiful Durango, but also have a career in the high powered accounting firms that typically reside in big cities.
That can be said for FLC alumnus John Allen ('07) who went on a roadshow while he was a student. During that trip, one of the firms he visited was BKD. Today, John is more than six years into his career at the company.
"What an experience," he says of his roadshow trip while sitting in BKD's Denver office. "We toured a lot of the larger firms, including this one, and we did a couple of the general commercial businesses."
"The roadshow gave me an idea of, okay, there are quite a few public accounting firms out there and they do want to recruit us. They want good talent, especially students from Fort Lewis College," he says.
"I think it really helps to show students what there is after college," Autumn says of her roadshow experience. "We're all taking these classes; we don't really know what we're going to do when we graduate. So I think going on this roadshow, we kind of see how it is in the business world and we get to meet people there. So we know it's not a scary thing."
In a world where even college graduates sometimes struggle to find good jobs, Fort Lewis College accounting graduates are finding great careers.
"If you major in accounting at Fort Lewis College, and perform well," says Dean Lyon, "it is highly likely that you'll have a good job upon graduation."
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Ten to watch in 2013/14 - 9. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff city)
There's many a player that fails to cut it with their original team, but drops down a division and then flourishes. It's not quite a 'riches-to-rags-to-riches' story, but the career of Peter Whittingham has followed something of a similar trail to date.
A member of Aston Villa's 2002 FA Youth Cup winning team, he seemed destined for a distinguished career with the Birmingham club. He made his first team debut towards the end of the 2003/04 season and followed up the following season with 32 appearances, netting his first goal in the , September of that year. Villa secured him on a four year deal and his future seemed bright. As is often the way however, Whittingham seemed to slip out of then manager David O'Leary's plans, and was loaned out to then Burnley and then Derby County to seek first team football.
In January of 2007, after a mere handful of games for Villa, with Whittingham's contract running down, the club decided to take brass on offer and agreed a cut price £350,000 to take Whittingham to Cardiff City. In the six years since, he has made over 270 appearances for the Welsh club, scoring 63 goals, but contributing to far more than that with assists from his wand of a left foot.
With Cardiff now back in the top league, Whittingham will a renewed opportunity to strut his stuff on the big stage. Almost always the nominated dead ball specialist for Cardiff Whittingham's astute football brain and ability to deliver the ball where and when he can cause maximum effect is a rare talent.
It's probably not too big a link to say that if Whittingham has a good season, then so will Cardiff, and whilst he may not score too many goals himself, it's pretty safe to say that a good proportion of the team's goals will have a Whittingham involvement.
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Is the origin of religion rooted in some deep and dark psychological need within the human heart? Dr. Sproul discusses the destructive thought of Professor Sigmund Freud, the atheistic philosopher, and how it has influenced the way people think of …
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In the previous lecture, Dr. Sproul stated four reasons why intelligent people come to differing conclusions about major issues such as the existence of God. In this message, Dr. Sproul discusses why we are prone to making errors in reasoning …
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Dr. Sproul talks briefly about why it is that people of great and impeccable academic and scientific credentials will disagree on very important issues. Of these, none is more important then the question of the existence of God.
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Do you have what is required for true biblical repentance? Repentance is essential, and not just repentance, but genuine repentance. Now that the ultimate sacrifice has been offered, what prevents us from genuine repentance today? In this message, Dr. Sproul …
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Continuing the discussion on why people come to different conclusions about very serious matters, we now come to the fourth reason Dr. Sproul has discussed in previous lectures. The fourth reason: the root of psychological pressure or prejudice and how …
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Jacob Zarobsky, a senior at Bremen High School in Midlothian, develops computer applications and sells them online. | Supplied photo by Jasmine Silva
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Many smartphone applications are developed by software geniuses in the workplace.
But sometimes a software wizard who is still in high school already has developed and is selling computer apps online.
Jacob Zarobsky, a senior at Bremen High School in Midlothian, is just that kind of computer wizard.
"Jacob is brilliant at creating [computer] programs," Bremen Assistant Principal Joseph A. Simone said. "He created several programs/applications that are currently utilized by Bremen staff and students in the areas of activity recruitment, math support and coaching resources."
Zarobsky offers an app called SplitKeeper for free in the iTunes App Store. It keeps track of times for cross country races. In April, he launched a program called Simplify, which he developed for trigonometry students and which sells in the App Store for 99 cents.
Zarobsky, 17, inherited his love of computers from his parents, Karen and Dennis Zarobsky, of Posen, who both work in information technology.
"But I was the first to learn how to program," said Zarobsky, who taught himself the skill from various online tutorials.
As a sophomore at Bremen, he took a computer science class and followed up with a second class as a junior.
The Simplify app calculates square roots into their simplest terms.
"I wrote it so that students in basic algebra classes can easily find a square root and provide the number in the simplest terms. The app shows them the work, not just the answer, so that students can learn from it," said Zarobsky, who admits it was difficult trying to figure out how to do it. "When I started programming I thought it would be a fun puzzle to figure it out. Once I figured out the algorithm, it was a pretty straightforward process."
Based on Zarobsky's course load and activities, it might be difficult to believe he has any time to develop apps. He is president of the National Honor Society and the computer club as well as captain of the Scholastic Bowl team. He is also a member of the cross country team, the Braves tutoring program, the freshman mentor program, mathletes and photography club.
Outside the classroom, Zarobsky spearheads the annual Bremen Food Drive. He recently was awarded with the prestigious Vicariate V Youth Leadership award from the Archdiocese of Chicago for his service to the community.
Zarobsky plans to pursue a computer science degree in college. He said he has received scholarship offers of $25,000 per year from Illinois Institute of Technology and a full ride from the University of Alabama. He also has applied to the University of Illinois.
He is considering attending graduate school after college, where he can work with "more complex mathematics in computer science with researchers and trying to figure out problems," he said.
"[Jacob] relishes the opportunity to provide solutions to problems by reducing them down to nothing," said Simone, noting that Zarobsky scored a 33 on his ACT exam and recently was named an Illinois State Scholar. "Jacob is a great asset to Bremen as he is to the greater community for his commitment to service and problem-solving."
Zarobsky said he derives plenty of inspiration and support from his parents.
"Both my parents have excellent work ethics," he said. "I have a very good relationship with them. I talk with them and they tell me what they think I should do and it keeps me focused on what I should be doing."
Zarobsky also has an idol.
"I was always fascinated with Steve Jobs, who inspired me to try and make things better, and he changed the world by doing it," Zarobsky said.


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BENTON – Former Benton Panther second baseman Jack James will be joining Panther teammate Justin Vincent at Arkansas Baptist College next baseball season as James signed his letter of intent to play for the Buffaloes on Tuesday afternoon at Benton Arena.
BRYANT – The Benton McClendon's Appliances and Bryant Black Sox finished up their respective regular seasons on Tuesday night at Hornets Field in Bryant, with the Sox coming away with an 8-1 victory. Bryant starter Tryce Schalchlin and reliever Ozzie Hurt combined on a one-hitter against the McClendon's. "It's been like that all year," Bryant Coach Darren Hurt said. "Our pitching has just been solid. No matter who we throw up there, we're six deep. They all give us quality innings and it wasn't any different [Tuesday] night."
HOT SPRINGS – After suffering their lone loss on the season and scoring just four runs in two games on Sunday, the Bryant Everett Black Sox made up for their lack of scoring with a 19-0 win over host Lakeside – advancing them to the State Tournament in Cabot – and an 11-2 win over the team which gave Everett its only loss, the Little Rock Cobras, in the Zone 4 Tournament at Lakeside High School.


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Switching Time is a nonfiction book written by a psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Baer, about his patient Karen. Initially, Karen appears to be a depressed and sometimes suicidal individual, showing little interest in life or in helping herself. Through repeated sessions with Karen, Dr. Baer begins to discover her history of abuse, as well as the presence of a strange phenomenon they call "losing time." When Karen loses time, she suddenly finds herself in places she doesn't remember getting to, doing things she doesn't remember doing.
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A word of caution to the reader - Karen's personalities were "born" to contain pain and trauma that Karen herself could not handle at a young age. The events that she recalls from her childhood are truly horrific, including ritual physical and sexual abuse, and self-mutilation behaviors. This is not a book to be taken lightly, but it's intensity, depth, and content will blow your mind.
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With a pair of friendlies against Mexico on the horizon, U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis has called in an experienced group for the head coach's first extended training camp.
Ellis has called in a group of 28 players for a training camp set to take place ahead of the team's scheduled friendlies with MexicoSept.
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By CAITLIN MURRAY
The Jill Ellis era is off to a soaring start for the U.S. Women's National Team, with the U.S. women posting a dominant victory against Switzerland on Wednesday night.
Ellis continued to put a new, somewhat experimental stamp on the team and the changes produced positive results, with the U.
El primero de dos partidos amistosos programados entre Estados Unidos y Francia se llevó a cabo este sábado en Tampa, Florida. Debido a un tormenta eléctrica que caía en esos momentos el partido tuvo un retraso de 45 minutos. Los titulares de USWNT mostraron la ausencia de Alex Morgan y Abby Wambach.
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By DAN KARELL
Jill Ellis has named her first roster as the full-time U.S. Women's National Team head coach and there are plenty of surprises.
Twenty-six players have been called in by Ellis for a training camp prior to two friendly matches this month against France and returning are two players who have missed considerable time recently: Forward Alex Morgan and midfielder Shannon Boxx.
It's safe to say the 2014 Algarve Cup probably hasn't been what the U.S. Women's National Team expected.
As if a 1-0 loss to Sweden to break the USWNT's 43-game unbeaten streak wasn't uncomfortable enough, the No. 1 FIFA-ranked Americans got crushed in a 5-3 rout by No.
U.S. Women's National Team head coach Tom Sermanni has selected a veteran squad to feature at the Algarve Cup in Portugal next month.
Though he's still far from decidingwhat his potential World Cup 2015 squad will be, Sermanni on Monday named a 24-player squad for the annual international competition featuring a number of regulars in the team such as Abby Wambach, Christie Rampone, and Hope Solo.
U.S. Women's National Team coach Tom Sermanni has called up 28 players for a camp next week – but superstar striker Alex Morgan won't be there, due to an injury of growing concern.
Morgan had injured her left ankle during training in October, but returned to play as a sub in a Nov.
What if you threw a Lampardy and no one came? What if Alex Morgan married someone who is not you? What if Orlando City makes the 2015 playoffs? A shaky start to the new year!
Whew, boy! Freedom Kicks today is all aflutter with the fallout from the Frank Lampard drama. It is an absolute trainwreck for NYCFC and MLS.
Will Zlatan Ibrahimovic condescend to join MLS? Will Alex Morgan play tomorrow? Will Columbus stop talking trash about El Salvador? All of these questions and more are pondered, if not definitively answered, in your Friday Freedom Kicks!
If a player is offside, can the human eye see it? The answer isno.
U.S. Women's National Team star Abby Wambach wasn't kidding when she threatened legal action against FIFA for forcing the world's top female stars to play a World Cup on artificial turf.
After weeks of threats, attorneys representing some of the world's most high-profile women's soccer playershave filed an anti-discrimination lawsuit against both FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association due to plans for artificial turf will be used at the 2015 Women's World Cup.
After a combined score of 12-0 in a two game friendly series with Mexico, the United States Women's National Team seems to be sitting in prime position heading into CONCACAF qualifying. There is little question on the American's ability to perform at the tournament, sitting as heavy favorites to take first, the question centers around which players head coach Jill Ellis will choose to fill her 20 women roster.
Portland Thorns visitó a Washington Spirit que rescató un empate de 1-1. Las locales se mostraron más activas, por lo menos buscando más el ataque y causando problemas a las zagueras de Portland. Sin embargo, las visitantes abrirían el marcador al minuto 8 con un balón largo de Stephanie Catley al que Alex Morgan llegó de espaldas y controló, Harris salió a encararla pero Morgan le pasó el balón por encima y terminó en el fondo de su arco.
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As teams move into the second half of the National Women's Soccer League, the same question remains but it comes much more urgent: Who can catch up to undefeated Seattle Reign FC?
Second-placed FC Kansas City will be looking to find three points and close that gap as they play host to the Portland Thorns FC this weekend.
At the halfway point of the National Women's Soccer League, some teams are making big statements that they have their sights set on the playoffs while others fall away.
The Portland Thorns FC have moved up to fourth place after a huge win against the Washington Spirit, buoyed by an Alex Morgan brace.
Washington (6-7-1, 19 points) now sits in fifth place in the NWSL, while Portland (6-4-2, 20 points) jumped ahead of the Spirit after the win, and looks to be hitting its stride at just the right time this season.
The Thorns offensive firepower, featuring Alex Morgan, Christine Sinclair, and new addition Vero Boquete was simply too much for Washington Saturday night at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
The biggest stars of National Women's Soccer League return from national team duty just in time for some must-watch games that will set up some important face-offs over the league standings.
As the Portland Thorns FC face Washington Spirit on Saturday, Alex Morgan is fresh off two goals on Thursday night for the U.
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It was a week to set records in the National Women's Soccer League and for the best teams to continue to march their way up in the standings.
But the long-awaited return of Alex Morgan did not turn out the way the Portland Thorns had hoped.
La Jornada 9 se llenó de expectativas para los seguidores de la NWSL pues se había anunciado por fin el regreso de Alex Morgan y el debut de Verónica Boquete en Portland Thorns. También Christen Press haría su debut en la liga, pero con Chicago Red Stars. Desafortunadamente, aunque si hubo debut, ninguna de las tres jugadoras tuvo un buen comienzo.
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The stage has been set and the ninth week of the National Women's Soccer League is ready for a high profile return and a top-of-the-table clash.
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Nobody knows what kind of rating it gets, but that's not the point, at least not yet. Experimentation is the thing for WBTV's (Channel 3) latest newscast, broadcast at 8 p.m. weekdays on its secondary digital channel, 3.2.
Anchored by Brigida Mack and Delano Little, the hourlong show debuted this month on the station's auxiliary channel that carries Bounce TV, a movie and entertainment network launched in 2011 and targeted at African-America adults.
WBTV general manager Nick Simonette says executives at the station have been thinking about launching the newscast since last year, when WJZY (Channel 46) launched its own news department, dropping the 10 p.m. newscast produced by WBTV that it had carried for about a decade.
News director Dennis Milligan says the staff was already available for a second evening newscast. Beyond providing a laboratory for new approaches, the show also meets the station's goal of better serving the region's black audience, he says.
"It's something of a playground for us, trying out things we might not feel comfortable with on the mother ship."
One of the quirks of the newscast comes at the beginning as a clock ticks down the three minutes for "Rapid Rundown," a summary of the top stories of the day. Social media connections with viewers are promoted throughout the newscast, and Mack and Little are freed up to interact in a more casual, ad-lib nature than standard newscasts allow.
"It doesn't drag," says Mack. "We have great rapport. We bounce well off each other."
A nightly pop-culture segment is part of the mix, and it has an edge. "We take a cheeky look at the world of entertainment and say snarky things, things the viewers are already thinking at home," says Mack. Yasmin Young of WPEG-FM's ("Power 98" 97.9) "Morning Maddhouse" co-hosts the segment Mondays, when Little is usually off.
With an hourlong format, the 8 p.m. broadcast also allows more time to bring in people from the community for interviews, ranging from a Davidson College historian who talked about the genesis of the movie "12 Years a Slave" to Little's ballroom dance teacher. (Yes, Little does ballroom dance and says it's great exercise.)
Perhaps most unconventional is the Tuesday night parenting-advice segment, "Ask Mama Mack," featuring Brigida's ball-of-fire, hold-nothing-back mom, Stella Mack. At 60, Mrs. Mack has raised three children with tough-love charm. Her segment was the idea of executive producer Kim Saxon, who knew Mrs. Mack through her daughter.
Little, a native of Georgia who holds a biology degree from Georgia Southern University, joined WBTV's sports department 25 years ago and still holds sports anchoring duties apart from his role on the 8 p.m. newscast. Mack, a Charlotte native who graduated from Myers Park High School and got her broadcasting degree at UNC Chapel Hill, left WSOC (Channel 9) five years ago for WBTV and has been mostly reporting for late newscasts.
Ratings on WBTV's sub-channel are not measured by Nielsen, but Mack says they know they are attracting viewers through the interaction the show receives on Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. Milligan, the news director, says that advertising sales appear to be picking up for the show, too. "There seems to be an appetite for reaching out to the minority community," he says.
Earlier this winter, WBTV extended its morning newscast with John Carter, Christine Nelson, meteorologist Al Conklin and traffic reporter Sammi Jo Francis by two hours, 7 to 9 a.m., by carrying it on Bounce when the main channel switches to "CBS This Morning."
Media Movers
Katie Killen leaves the WCNC (Channel 36) early news team after two years to join the CBS affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colo., as morning anchor. … Joining the board of directors of the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas are news directors Julie Szulczewski of WSOC (Channel 9) and Dennis Milligan of WBTV (Channel 3). …
A new social media quiz popular on Facebook – "What Public Radio Host are You?" – is the brainchild of WFAE-FM's (NPR, 90.7) new social media producer Katie Herzog, who became notable in public radio circles when she did a blog called "Babes of NPR." … Kim McMillan, director of communications for the city of Charlotte for the last seven years, joins Cardinal Innovations of Kannapolis as senior vice president of communications. …
Marking five years of its popular Sunday morning "Biscuits & Bach" program, WDAV-FM (89.9) will hold an open house for listeners at the classical station's studios, 423 N. Main Street, Davidson, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 30. "Biscuits & Bach" host Rachel Stewart will preside and a performance of Baroque music with cellist Tanja Bechtler and pianist Cynthia Lawing will be held.
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