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The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey is now open at:
The survey takes only a minute or two to complete, so we hope you'll
stop by and contribute.
We have made slight edits from last year including a much simpler
matrix of responses for IA related tasks, a more normalized breakdown
of salary ranges and a further refinement of job titles and experience
levels. I enjoyed reviewing last year's comments regarding medical
benefits especially in light of current debate over US healthcare,
but because we are an international organization, we went for simple
this year and made only a few minor changes.
As in previous years, the survey will remain open through October,
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La Salle Parish Tornado of December 9, 2008
A powerful storm system moved across northern Louisiana on Tuesday, 9 December 2008, triggering
a tornado which moved across portions of La Salle Parish during the early afternoon. A storm
survey was conducted by the National Weather Service in Shreveport the following day to
document the damage caused by this storm.
A funnel cloud was first observed just west of Pineview by staff members from the local hospital.
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NEW DELHI: Carmaker Ford India on Saturday reported an over three-fold jump in its April sales at 7,509 units on the back of its latest small car Figo getting a good response.
Figo already has over 15,000 bookings in the last seven weeks. The company now plans to start the second shift of production at its Chennai facility from June to meet the demand of the hatchback, Ford India said in a statement.


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Jaclyn Latessa (Class of 2013)
At GBLS, I was fortunate to be assigned to a supervisor with a small group of attorneys working on a project created as a response to the developing foreclosure crisis. Our focus was on postforeclosure evictions of both tenants and former homeowners, exposing me to what was and still is a quickly evolving area of the law. Rather than just studying this area via lectures or a textbook, at GBLS I was able to see its effects on people and communities, and to discuss it with some of the best housing attorneys in the state on a near daily basis. Furthermore, my certification under Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03 to practice as a student attorney allowed me to make arguments before the court under the supervision of staff attorneys.
An additional facet of my internship at GBLS was working with the grassroots organization City Life/Vida Urbana. It focuses on stabilizing communities via a "sword" and "shield" approach to housing rights. The "sword" denotes the activist portion of the organization whereas the "shield" is the legal component, which is supplemented by GBLS.
On Wednesday evenings I attended City Life/Vida Urbana meetings with GBLS attorneys, and I counseled attendees facing problems including conditions issues, evictions, and foreclosures. To serve as many clients as possible, we provided limited assistance representation where possible. These meetings allowed me to gain invaluable experience counseling clients from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
The following semester and during the summer of my 2L year I had an opportunity to partake in two separate judicial internships, both facilitated by New England Law. Working first at Essex Superior Court and then the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts deepened my understanding of the judicial process from both a state and federal perspective. It also enhanced not only my understanding of procedure but also the writing and research skills that are so essential to being a lawyer.
As a 3L, I enrolled in New England Law's Criminal Procedure II Clinic. Finally able to pursue my longstanding interest in indigent defense, I obtained a placement at the Roxbury Defenders Unit of the Committee for Public Counsel Services. Like the Public Interest Clinic, the Criminal Procedure II Clinic allowed me to be work under Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03. At Roxbury Defenders, Rule 3:03 allowed me not only to make arguments before the court but gave me access to areas of the court typically reserved for attorneys only.
Working under the mentorship of numerous experienced and inspiring criminal attorneys, I learned invaluable advocacy skills and how to provide for a variety of collateral needs that are often a component of indigent defense. Much like my experience at GBLS, I worked with clients from a variety of backgrounds and in spite of challenges like language and other communication barriers. Through numerous research and writing opportunities I learned many of the ins and outs of Massachusetts criminal procedure and intricacies of the law.
Although the clinic ended my passion for this area of law did not, and I was not only able but welcomed to continue this internship through the end of my last semester of law school. For this volunteer legal work, I earned the school's Public Service Transcript Notation.
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33 pounds of cocaine found in dashboard
33 pounds of cocaine hidden in dashboard seized at US-Mexico border
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP)—Border inspectors have seized a stash of cocaine hidden in a car dashboard at the Calexico crossing with Mexico.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a Chrysler 200 sedan Wednesday and recovered more than 33 pounds of cocaine.
The Imperial Valley Press (http://bit.ly/1fJDdDp ) reports the drug was wrapped in 14 packages and had an estimated street value of $331,000.
Jaime Lopez Jr., of San Ysidro, was arrested and booked into jail. According to a court complaint, Lopez was supposed to leave the car in a restaurant parking lot and then cross into Mexicali to deliver the keys and get paid.


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Running Your Organization
As a leader, you not only assist in leading an organization but also the individual members. Leading people brings with it different challenges than leading an organization. A leader should make sure that the group members have the following:
- a sense of belonging
- input in planning the group's goals
- a voice in establishing the rules of the group
a clear understanding of what is expected of them
You shouldn't do this alone! You will have an executive board of officers to help you.
In establishing an executive board, there are two basic organizational structures from which to choose.
After establishing an executive board, assemble officers, board members or anyone of decision-making importance to formulate a written set of goals and objectives to share with members. Always monitor progress toward the organization's goals.
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German June Industrial Production Fell on Construction Output
German industrial production declined in June, led by a drop in construction output.
Production fell 0.9 percent from May, when it gained a revised 1.7 percent, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said today. Economists had forecast a drop of 0.8 percent, the median of 34 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey showed. Production fell 0.3 percent from a year earlier when adjusted for working days.
Today's report is the third this week to signal Europe's largest economy is cooling as the sovereign debt crisis erodes demand for its goods. German factory orders declined twice as much as economists had forecast in June and exports dropped, data showed yesterday and today. While the Bundesbank last month estimated moderate growth in the second quarter, aided by domestic spending, the manufacturing industry is contracting and business confidence fell for a third straight month in July.
"The crisis has arrived in Germany," said Nick Kounis, head of macro research at ABN Amro in Amsterdam. "While the economy will continue to outperform the euro area, the crisis will continue to restrain business and household spending across Europe and the global economy is stop-and-go as well."
Manufacturing output fell 1 percent in June, today's report showed. Capital goods production fell 1.6 percent and construction activity was down 2 percent, after jumping 2.6 percent last month.
'Quite Robust'
Even though industrial production was "quite robust" over the last quarter, the outlook is "more restrained for now," the ministry said in the statement.
The Bundesbank in June raised its 2012 growth forecast to 1 percent from 0.6 percent on domestic consumption. The European Commission forecasts a 0.3 percent contraction for the 17-nation euro economy as a whole.
With the global economy cooling and the debt crisis hurting spending in the euro region, German companies are noticing the slowdown.
Daimler AG, the world's third-largest maker of luxury vehicles, last month reported a 13 percent decline in second-quarter operating profit. Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest car maker and owner of the Audi brand, on July 26 reported slowing earnings growth as the impact of the debt crisis weighed on demand in its home region.
Still, rising wages and unemployment at a two-decade low are supporting domestic spending, helping to offset waning export demand.
"It's the domestic economy that's holding up the German economy," said Andreas Rees, chief Germany economist at Unicredit Bank AG in Munich. "Yes, the outlook is deteriorating, particularly for exporters, but consumer spending will remain stable and help avert a recession."


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BANGALORE: Hero Motors has plans to undertake a Rs 200-crore capacity expansion project and launch new products this year. Pankaj Munjal, the company's managing director, told reporters here on Thursday that through its strategic alliance with Aprilia, the Italian two-wheeler maker, it proposes to roll out three automatic scooters — code named Sonic, SR and Twister — in the 100 cc plus category. It is also targeting a near three-fold increase in exports, from 26,000 to 70,000 units, in 2004-05, with Brazil, North Africa, Iran, Thailand as the key markets.
Mr Munjal also unveiled Hero Sting, the first of three step-thrus (50 cc plus two wheelers) planned for the Indian roads this year. The other two will follow by August. Powered by a 92 cc engine developed by the company in collaboration with Briggs and Stratton of the US, Hero Sting is priced at just under Rs 24,000. The company proposes to retail 85,000 of these step-thrus in the first year.


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More Than A Fu Manchu
Friday, 09.24.2010 / 4:10 PM ET / Mike Ulmer's Blog
By Mike Ulmer - Mapleleafs.com commentator
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Mike Brown has a Fu Manchu as well as nine goals and 306 penalty minutes in 142 NHL games.
He is, in the estimation of Leafs coach Ron Wilson, absolutely perfect.
When GM Brian Burke landed Brown from Anaheim for a fifth-rounder this summer, people barely looked up. All you need know about Mike Brown, a 25-year-old native of the Chicago suburb of Northrbook, is that he isn't even listed on Wikipedia but he gives the Leafs a backup puncher to Colton Orr.
"I never really scored too many goals, maybe when I was younger I scored a couple," Brown said. "I was always a physical player. I just developed the hitting part of the game and as soon as I got pro the hitting turned into the fighting."
Brown's career has been a study in unimpressive statistics. He likes to fight, but at less than six feet and 210 pounds he is dwarfed by the true heavyweights. He is a very good skater but his goal totals usually correspond with the fingers on one hand.
Brown's gift is havoc. He gets about 10 minutes a night to either keep things going well or try to knock the train off the track.
"My job is to bang the body, disrupt their D man and play a good penalty kill game. I want to wear down their line, beat them down, play well in the offensive zone and play well defensively."
Wilson believes Brown can help bolster one of the team's biggest shortfalls from last year.
"Obviously one of our big concerns last year was penalty killing. He's a guy who has done a little bit, not always a primary penalty killer, but in the couple of games we have played so far he has nailed what we are trying to do."
The tricky thing for Brown will be how to do all of the above and still be on the ice when it comes time to kill a penalty in the eight to 10 minutes he will see a night.
"He's got to bring the hitting and starting things and then hopefully not be sitting in the box when we are going to kill penalties," Wilson said.
"He understands that. He'll probably be a nine or 10-minute guy which is probably more than he's had in the past."
Brown did in fact average 8:21 a game last season. Gaining a little more time to practice his unique craft, he said, is fine with him.
"I like going out and giving it everything I have, especially the PK. I love trying really hard and outworking their guy."


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This morning Haley signed an order appointing Luther Harris Nossett Jr. of Batesburg-Leesville to the post.
Booth resigned Thursday after a state grand jury indicted him on one charge of misconduct in office.
Booth was charged with using an inmate to work on his private property. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if he is convicted.
A resume released by Haley's office says Nossett is retired, but has been certified as a reserve deputy by the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy.


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Its collection of over 7,000 pieces ranges from sculptures to fabrics from different primitive civilizations around the world, mostly African, Pre-Americans and tribal Asia, which led the museum to achieve great international recognition, having exhibited its collection in 85 museums in the past 25 years.
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Cheney Rejects Broader Access To Terror Brief
By ALISON MITCHELL
Published: May 20, 2002
WASHINGTON, May 19— Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he would advise President Bush not to turn over to Congress the August intelligence briefing that warned that terrorists were interested in hijacking airplanes, and he insisted that the investigation into Sept. 11 should be handled by the Congressional intelligence committees, not an independent commission.
In appearances on several television news programs, Mr. Cheney said ''it would be a mistake'' to give broad Congressional access to the Aug. 6 memorandum to the president, which ignited a political uproar over whether the nation could have anticipated the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
''That presidential daily brief is developed from some of our most secret operations and it has to be treated that way,'' Mr. Cheney said on ''Meet the Press'' on NBC. ''It's never been provided to the Congress before, to my knowledge.''
Mr. Cheney acknowledged a need for a Congressional inquiry to examine the workings of the intelligence agencies, saying, ''There are lessons to be learned'' from Sept. 11.
But in opposing a special commission or multiple investigations, the vice president said, ''most of what we need to talk about here should not be talked about in open hearings.''
Mr. Cheney did, however, leave open the possibility of some kind of ''conversation'' with senior members of the intelligence committees ''to satisfy their concerns'' about the details of the Aug. 6 memorandum to the president.
The debate over how to investigate Sept. 11 is unique because it involves secret intelligence and a devastating loss of life, and comes against a backdrop of further terror threats. Yet in some ways it is part of a broader battle being waged day by day between a Congress eager for oversight and an administration that believes that presidential authority and prerogatives have been eroded since the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal.
The struggle is on an array of fronts, including the dispute over whether Tom Ridge, the homeland security director, will testify before Congress, the lawsuit by the General Accounting Office to get information about Mr. Cheney's energy task force, and the latest threats by a Senate committee to subpoena the Bush administration for information about its contacts with Enron, the collapsed energy trading company.
At the same time, Mr. Bush has been aggressive about using his unilateral powers -- creating military tribunals, for example, through a presidential order rather than seeking legislation from Congress.
Some scholars see the conflict as a significant new chapter in the struggle over the balance of powers.
''I think this is another swing of the cycle,'' Robert Dallek, a presidential historian, said.
''After Watergate and after the end of the cold war, I think Congress reasserted itself,'' he said. ''I think that, in fact, Bill Clinton's impeachment will be remembered by historians as the high point of post-cold-war Congressional assertiveness. No elected president had ever been impeached.''
Some members of the administration are blunt about their view that Congress in recent decades has overstepped its bounds.
''There's no question that there's a recognition within the administration that the presidential authority has eroded over the years beyond the proper constitutional separation of powers,'' one senior administration official said. ''And this is a matter of principle for the presidency.''
Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel, said in a recent interview that Mr. Bush was determined to make maximum use of presidential powers.
''The framers of the Constitution, I think, intended there to be a strong presidency in order to carry out certain functions,'' Mr. Gonzales said, ''and he feels an obligation to leave the office in better shape than when he came in.''
Congressional Democrats have bridled at assertions that the administration is protecting the institution of the presidency. They say the White House is trying to avoid scrutiny.
''Look, this administration, as I found in some of my other work in Congress, has a real penchant for secrecy,'' Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, a sponsor of legislation to create an independent commission to examine Sept. 11, said today.
''I found that in the investigation my committee is doing of Enron, where I think we're asking for some very reasonable information,'' Mr. Lieberman said on the ABC News program ''This Week.'' ''And the White House has so far stonewalled us.'' He has threatened to subpoena the Bush administration about its contacts with the company.
The struggle over the balance of powers comes after a long period in which Congress -- in reaction to abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency, to the escalation of the Vietnam War and to Watergate -- became more fierce about its involvement in foreign policy, more aggressive about oversight and investigations, and more protective of its powers of the purse.
Mr. Cheney recently spoke of 30 years of ''continual encroachment by Congress in the executive branch, a weakening of the presidency.''


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WILLIAMSTOWN - Beginning on the groundfloor isn't something Lane Knost was accustomed to as a member of the Williamstown High School football program.
The Yellowjackets had an established winning tradition and that is something the senior hopes to instill amongst his teammates next season at Kentucky Christian University.
Knost recently declared his intention to attend the school located in Grayson, Ky. The Knights, who began competing at the varsity level in 2008, are coming off an 0-11 season.
"They have a new coaching staff and I liked what they had to say," Knost said. "Hopefully, our class can be the one that starts the tradition of winning some games."
Knost was recruited by first-year coach Mike Furrey at the same position - wide receiver - in which Furrey played seven years in the National Football League. As a member of the Detroit Lions in 2006, Furrey led the NFC with 98 receptions.
"Coach Furrey will be my positions coach, so that will be a great experience," Knost said. "Obviously, he knows what he is talking about and I will be getting a lot of help from him.
"He made some jokes telling me I better go up one-handed and grab some catches. It's cool to get recruited by a former NFL player."
Knost, who is the son of Brian and Angie Knost, carries a 3.18 grade-point average. He will receive a partial academic and athletic scholarship to play for the NAIA program. During his junior year at Williamstown, Lane Knost set school records for receptions and touchdown catches.
At the beginning of his senior year, Knost switched to the club's starting quarterback and finished the year completing 99-of-160 passes for 1,307 yards and 16 touchdowns as the Yellowjackets finished with their second consecutive 9-3 season. Making the switch back to receiver should be like riding a bike for the 6-foot-4, 191-pounder.
"The coaches at KCU actually asked me what I would rather do," admitted Knost, who also doubled at defensive back. "I thought about it for a while and felt receiver would be the best position for me.
"I just need to run good routes and the quarterback will get me the ball - that's what coach Furrey told me. As long as you have good hands, the quarterback will find a way to get you the ball."
Knost also contemplated offers from Glenville State College and Oberlin College (Ohio).
Even though his athletic career also involved basketball and baseball, he was intent on pursuing a career at the next level in football.
"Football has always been my No. 1 sport - it's always been a dream to play college football," Knost said. "I watch those guys on TV and think I could do that. I'm truly blessed to have that opportunity."


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by Isaac Asimov
Foundation Resources
A website with all the Asimov you could want, and then, for fun, just a little more Asimov.
A guy named Johnny Pez actually took the time to find every short story and novel in Asimov's gigantic meta-series. Then he put them in chronological order. Warning: only the brave and crazy should venture forth.
The Science Channel produced a series called "The Prophets of Science Fiction." Care to guess who received the honor? Yep, Isaac Asimov.
Named after the one, the only, Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Science Fiction continues to publish the best science fiction to this day.
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Foundation becomes a film, and the fanboys rejoiced.
Articles and Interviews
Sounds like a devastating wrestling move, but it's not. Asimov was just nice enough to give an interview to one of his Polish fans.
io9's series "Blogging the Hugos" finally reaches Foundation. To celebrate, they discuss not one, not two, but all three novels in the trilogy.
A critic at the New Yorker compares Asimov's Galactic Empire to George Lucas's. In Round 1, Lucas goes down on a TKO.
Only, we imagine no degrees would be better. In this Guardian article, Giles Foden suggests a possible connect between Asimov's Foundation and the forming of al-Qaida. You'll have to read it to find out more.
An essay suggesting that psychohistory might be Seldon's grand April Fool's joke.
Asimov discusses the birth of the Golden Age of science fiction.
Unless it's Bill Moyer's World of Ideas. Some big stuff brews in there. Here's his interview with a pair of mutton chops named Asimov. Here's Part Two.
Remember the 80s? When we thought the world of the robots was right around the corner? This Asimov interview from the 80s takes place in the 80s. Guess what they talk about? (Links to the other parts are in the sidebar.)
There was radio, and the radio drama ruled the airways. Here, you'll find Foundation done to the tune of a radio drama, complete with old-timey sound fxs.
A young Isaac Asimov. Even in his youth, the man wore a bow tie.
An artist rendition of Asimov looking rather, um, godly.
Old man Asimov straight up rocking the mutton chops and bolo tie.
Hari Seldon managing to look regal in a wheelchair and blanket.
The Foundation trilogy meets cubism for these spectacular covers.
Seldon's projective persona adorns this contemporary cover.
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Definition of invisible in English:
1Unable to be seen: this invisible gas is present to some extent in every home
More example sentences
- Gas-detecting devices currently used by investigators can detect the presence of gas which is invisible to the naked eye but not the source of the leak.
- The gas was invisible, and without taste, without smell.
- Radon is an invisible gas found in certain types of rock and soil, which can cause cancer if it seeps into houses and is breathed in over prolonged periods.
1.1Concealed from sight; hidden: he lounged in a doorway, invisible in the dark
More example sentences
- Alex had been found hiding in the boys changing rooms rambling on about something invisible in the dark, something that had killed Lizzie and he couldn't stop it.
- Rine muttered under her breath and waved her hand, and the orange flames turned a dark blue, almost invisible against the dark tree roots and casting no light at all.
- Against a dark backdrop, invisible footlights pick out Paganini's lithe silhouette, sheathed in a formal black suit.
not visible, unseeable;
undetectable, indiscernible, indistinguishable, inconspicuous, unnoticeable, imperceptible;
1.2Treated as if unable to be seen; ignored or not taken into consideration: before 1971 women artists were pretty well invisible
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- It's hard to take being treated like invisible people, or people who simply don't count.
- The feeling that they are invisible, forgotten and ignored runs deep.
- Folks don't like to be ignored or treated as if they are invisible.
2 Economics Relating to or denoting earnings which a country makes from the sale of services or other items not constituting tangible commodities: invisible exports
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- It is much easier and can be highly profitable to transmit invisible commodities.
- Overseas construction is a critical source of foreign currency and invisible export earnings.
- Pragmatically it was also an attempt to assure the retention of London as a key international financial centre, with consequent invisible earnings accruing to the country.
Invisible exports and imports.
Example sentences
- Our balance of payments got progressively worse and NZ started to borrow overseas to bridge the gap between our imports plus invisibles, and falling exports.
- Substantial invisible earnings meant that Britain could sustain a trade deficit, the value of exports being less than imports, without experiencing a balance of payments deficit because invisibles added to exports exceeded imports.
- This data does not include software exports which are shown under invisibles.
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin invisibilis, from in- 'not' + visibilis (see visible).
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ottishen, on 19 July 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:
I honestly have no idea because it's in BETA. If they remove Scatter Shot and who knows what else, my pet or how the fuck could I possibly know?
Well as a gladiator player, can you explain how unavoidable cc on a 12 second cooldown is good for the game? And no, mages being op does not justify it.
I know that it's going to be a different game. I know that instantly arming traps are not unavoidable because they have been in the game before. You had to use Scatter Shot to hit it. Barov's Peasant Caller? C'thun Tentacle? Mirror Images?
It isn't as easy as you think it is, especially if we're losing a core ability like Scatter Shot. That's like Warrior losing Charge or Mage losing Frost Nova. It's a huge deal.
Even if it was unavoidable, if that was the only CC a Hunter had that means you're potentially CC'd for 8 of every 30 seconds. As a Gladiator player I can easily explain to you that 8 seconds of CC plus "Counter Shot" pressure is much less than has been possible for the entire rest of the game.
And, is MUCH less than is possible by Mage on beta right now. Because you can CHAIN Polymorph so 8-4-2 instead of 8, free for 30 unless he wants to lose his pressure, 8, free for 30 etc.
How hard is it going to be to juke Counter Shot? Meanwhile, removing Imp CS probably isn't even being considered. And Deep Freeze is basically like a superior version of Scatter Shot which you get to keep. And Ring of Frost, Frostjaw, Frost Nova, Pet Nova, and oh yeah, Polymorph.
Do you understand how hunter CC works? Like, who cares if you're a Gladiator or not. If it has a 12 second cooldown, even if it's unavoidable do you honestly not grasp how much different that is than.. anything previous?
No season has someone been capable of only 8 seconds of CC plus an interrupt. Rogues have always had longer than that comboing stuns, Warrior even has shout, Death Knight is.. a hero class aaaand even Priests have always had the threat of mind control or whatever.
Hunter as you morons are describing it would literally have the lowest CC I can think of in arena history. Meanwhile, you're complaining about it being excessive.
That's just ignorant. You guys don't even have arguments, you're just Mages who are mad. Again, grats on access playing a Mage in whatever season this is. Really fantastic work.


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There are four basic classes, or varnas, in Hindu society: Brahman (priest), Kshatriya (warrior), Vaishya (merchant or farmer), and Shudra (laborer).
Mid 16th century (in the general sense 'race, breed'): from Spanish and Portuguese casta 'lineage, race, breed', feminine of casto 'pure, unmixed', from Latin castus 'chaste'.
The general sense in early use was 'race, breed'. It is from Spanish and Portuguese casta 'lineage, race, breed', feminine of casto 'pure, unmixed', from Latin castus 'chaste', also the source of castigate (early 17th century), and chasten (mid 16th century) 'make chaste', and chaste (Middle English) itself. The common current use is to refer to the hereditary classes of Hindu society: Brahman (priest), Kshatriya (warrior), Vaisya (merchant or farmer), and Sudra (labourer).
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When you are retouching a face, you can do more than just cover up imperfections and emphasize the good points. You can actually change the shape of the face, and that's what I want to show you how to do in this movie. I'm working this time with face_6.psd and you can see that I've done quite a bit of retouching to this image already. I've used the Healing, Patch, and Clone tools to reduce some imperfections, and then I've used a combination of techniques to make the eyes look better, and I've tried to do all of this on separate layers, so that anything can be changed or deleted if necessary.
To change the shape of the face I'm going to use the Liquify filter. The Liquify filter applies to a single layer only. So I need to make a composite of all of these changes and the original image on one single layer. To do that, I'll select the top layer in layers stack, I'll hold down the Option key on a Mac or the Alt key on a PC, and I'll click the panel menu in the Layers panel, and I'll choose Merge Visible, and that gives me this composite layer. If I hold the Option key on the Mac or the Alt key on a PC and click the eye icon to the left of this in new layer, you'll see all the other layers turned off temporarily, but I still have all of my changes on this one layer that's showing.
So I'll Option or Alt+click again on there eye icon to bring the other layers back, and I'm going to name the new layer by double-clicking its name and I'll call this one reshape. With the new reshape layer selected, I'm going to go to the Filter menu at the top of the screen and I'm going to choose Liquify. Liquify is actually more than just a filter. It's an entire interface as you see here, and for the most part, you don't have to use all these controls. Pretty much I everything I do in this dialog box is limited to using a few tools from the toolbox on the left.
The first of those is the Forward Warp tool here. I'm going to select that one and then I'm going to come into the image and I'm going to change the shape of the face over here. I've got to zoom in so I can see more clearly what I'm doing. So I get the Zoom tool, and I'll click on the image, and then with that Forward Warp tool, I'll move next to the image and I'll reduce my brush size by pressing the left bracket key. Now what I'm going to do here is just very carefully push on the pixels of the face. Pushing them in just a little bit. I can't go very far or it won't look real and the hair will get all tangled up, and I have to be very careful to keep relatively straight line there.
I already see a little bit of a problem with the hair, but I'm just going to ignore that for now because I don't want take your time as you watch me fixing this. So I've changed the line of the face there. I can even push in this area of the jaw. Now I can go over to the other side and do something similar there. On an older person, you can use the same technique to lift up the chin. We can also push in her ear here and I see just a couple of more spots that I might want to make a little narrower. But that's not all I can do.
Her mouth is turning down at the corners quite a bit, so I'm going to use this very same tool to push the edges of the mouth up. I'm pressing the left bracket key to make my brush smaller and then I'm going to come in and I'm just going to push those pixels up a bit. Again, you have to be careful that you don't make it look unreal. If I go too far, I'll press the Command and Z key on the Mac that's Ctrl+Z key on a PC and to go back more than one step I'll hold the Option key and press Command+Z on the Mac, Ctrl+Z on the PC. So I'm going to try that right side again.
I think I am going to make my brush bigger this time and give it a push with a little bigger brush and that looks better. I'm also going to try to push up this area of her nose. This time I'll need a smaller brush and I'm just going to push a little, and then I'm going to take another tool, which is the tool right here, the Pucker tool, and with the Pucker tool, I'll move my cursor over the tip of her nose and I'll make the cursor bigger this time by pressing up the right bracket key several times, and then I'm going to click to bring in the pixels right at the tip of her nose, just to firm it up a little bit, and I can do the same as I move back along the nose here.
I could try the same technique on the nostrils, trying to bring them in a little, but again I don't want to go too far or it won't look real. Good! So now I'm going to click OK and that takes us back out at the Liquify filter and into our image and we can see how it looks. It's very subtle, if I turn that reshape layer off temporarily by clicking its eye icon, you can compare how things are now with the way they were a moment ago. You can see that the face was wider and the mouth down turned, and the nose a little more blunt than it currently is.
Now I don't know if you agree with these changes, but I just wanted to show you the kind thing you can do, and the key is to use a light hand and only change things in a subtle manner to make the model look better.


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SWANSEA — The Swansea Independent Baseball League will play host this weekend to the North Region Tournament of the Bronco League-11 division (11-year-old and younger players) of PONY Baseball at its Nike Site Playing Complex on Nike Site Road.
According to President Andy Fyfe, two SIBL entries along with Section Tournament champions from Metro New York City and Eastern New York will compete in the four-team, double-elimination tournament which runs Friday through Sunday. The tournament champion will earn a berth in the East Zone Tournament to be staged July 17 through 20 in Cranberry Township, Penn., and will keep alive its hopes of qualifying for the 2014 Bronco League-11 World Series to be contested July 24 through 27 in Chesterfield, Virg.
Tournament action in Swansea commences at 5 p.m. Friday when the Swansea Nationals battle the Capital Renegades of Halfmoon, N.Y. At 7:30 p.m., the Swansea Americans will test the Bonnie Seals of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Tourney games will be played Saturday at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. The event will conclude Sunday with either one or two contests starting at 10 a.m.
According to Fyfe, all tournament games will be played on a diamond where bases are 70 feet apart, the pitching mound is 48 feet from home plate, and Major League Baseball rules are utilized. Pitchers will frequently be required to work from the stretch position and to execute pick-off throws, while runners will be permitted to take leads off bases and to attempt steals whenever action is live.
Further information about the North Region Tournament is accessible on the SIBL's Web site at www.sibl.net.
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One morning, while on my honeymoon, I decided to take photos of the lush and exotic gardens at our resort. I was about to capture an image of what I thought was just a beautiful flower until I spotted the lizard perched amongst the petals. I checked my camera settings and started snapping like crazy as I moved in. Having only a 55mm focal length, I had my doubts as to whether the little guy would allow me to get close enough for a decent image. Incredibly, he was quite tolerant! I love the depth of field in this image, and how the vibrant colors almost vibrate where they meet!
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By 2004 the student involvement at Pres House, the Presbyterian ministry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, had been dwindling for some time. When clergy couple Erica Liu (M.Div., 2005) and Mark Elsdon (M.Div. 2004) visited the campus during their senior year at Princeton to interview for positions as campus copastors, they were intimidated. "The ministry wasn't just stagnating, it was dead," says Elsdon. "There wasn't a single student. Zero." Now, just five years since they accepted the call, Liu and Elsdon have witnessed the revitalization of Pres House, in part through the completion of a seven-story residential facility. The story of Pres House's growth and decline is familiar. According to the Pres House web site, the Presbyterian campus ministry began in a house in the early 1900s, but soon demand arose for a church building, and the congregation grew dramatically. In the 1950s several hundred college students worshipped in Sunday services each week as congregants, deacons, and elders of what by then was called University Presbyterian Church. Then came the 1960s, and the decline in institutional religion. The congregation was dissolved in 1969, and in the late 1990s the Presbyterian synod planned to sell the property that held both the church building and the residence that served as a Presbyterian student center. But students and local pastors made their case to save Pres House. Now the church building is being refurbished, Pres House Residence is home to more than 250 students, and Liu and Elsdon are bringing Pres House campus ministry back to life. Though they share the work of campus pastor, Elsdon has taken over the responsibilities and title of executive director, and Liu focuses her energy on planning the weekly worship services. A large part of their ministry is the housing. The students who choose to live at Pres House Residence represent the campus at large; faith is not a requirement for living at the residence, but Elsdon and Liu offer opportunities to pursue faith and spirituality to all. "We're just trying to be faithful…and create space for students to explore and journey," Liu says. The shape ministry takes in the residence varies, from baking cookies for students or creating small groups, to watching a Packers football game together, or simply meeting for coffee—the ministry of presence. To help build relationships among students, Liu oversees two interns who live and work in the residence. Recent PTS graduate Sarah Iliff (M.Div., 2009) begins a two-year internship with Pres House this fall. Liu and Elsdon envision apartments set aside for intentional communities, whether returning vets, interfaith groups, or for people interested in social justice. Only two other similar housing opportunities exist through the PCUSA—Westminster House at the University of California, Berkeley, where Carol Antablin Miles (M.Div., 1991; Ph.D., 2000) is executive director and Presbyterian campus pastor, and Presby Hall at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "There's no conference on this yet, no models," says Elsdon of combining traditional campus ministry with student housing. "We're just scratching a tiny surface of what I think can happen with a residential option." College chaplaincy requires fluidity. These pastors try to stay light on their feet, and unlike ministering in a traditional setting, where much of the congregation has been worshipping together for years, Liu and Elsdon react each year to changing dynamics of student matriculation. No year is the same: Their "congregation" evolves with the personalities, gifts, and interests of the student body. "Five years feels like orientation to me," Liu says of her tenure as a copastor at Pres House, "but it's long enough to know that God will bring people." Liu and Elsdon are passionate about the impact that ministries on college campuses can make on the future vitality of the church. "[College] is where people are making life choices" on issues from vocation to how they approach money, tithing, relationships, and habits in their spiritual lives, says Elsdon. "If [students] have no relevant church experience in college, they may come back [to the church] when they have kids, but that won't sustain us as a denomination," he says."Out of seminary you kind of expect your first call to just be putting in your time," says Liu. "We thought about doing ministry together but assumed it would be down the road. Then we found this exciting copastor position. I couldn't have dreamed this…. It's been an incredible opportunity." Photo: Barry Sherbeck, Vivid MediaWatch a brief news clip about the Pres House, including an interview with Mark Esldon.
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Hospital Authority
Logo of the Hospital Authority
|1 December 1990
|Legal status
|Statutory body
|Hospital Authority Building, 147B Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
|22°19′28″N 114°11′00″E / 22.3244°N 114.1833°ECoordinates: 22°19′28″N 114°11′00″E / 22.3244°N 114.1833°E
|Hong Kong
|John Leong Chi-yan
Chief Executive
|Leung Pak-yin
The Hospital Authority (Chinese: 醫院管理局) is a statutory body managing all the public hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Food and Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is John Leong Chi-yan.
- 1 History
- 2 Hospital clusters
- 3 Corporate governance
- 4 Funding
- 5 Controversies
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Before the establishment of the authority, all health and medical issues were under the management of the Medical and Health Department. In 1990, a new health administration system was introduced. The department became the Department of Health and in 1991, the management of all the public hospitals was passed to a new statutory body, the Hospital Authority, which was established in 1990 under the Hospital Authority Ordinance. In 2003, the General Outpatient Clinics of Department of Health were transferred to the authority.
Hospital clusters[edit]
Hospital Authority has been providing services to the public under a cluster-based structure since 1993.[1] It currently manages 42 public hospitals and institutions, 48 specialist outpatient clinics and 73 general outpatient clinics. These facilities are organised into seven hospital clusters according to their geographical locations, as shown in the table below. Each hospital cluster comprises a mix of acute and convalescent or rehabilitation hospitals to provide a full range of healthcare services.[2]
|Hospital cluster
|Service area
|Population of the area in mid-2012
|Hong Kong East Cluster
|Eastern, Wanchai and Islands (apart from North Lantau) areas
|Hong Kong West Cluster
|Central and Western, and Southern districts of the Hong Kong Island
|Kowloon Central Cluster
|Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City districts
|Kowloon East Cluster
|Kwun Tung, Tseung Kwan O and part of the Sai Kung districts
|Kowloon West Cluster
|Districts of Wong Tai Sin, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan and North Lantau
|New Territories East Cluster
|Sha Tin, Tai Po, North and part of the Sai Kung districts
|New Territories West Cluster
|Tuen Mun and Yuen Long districts
Corporate governance[edit]
Hospital Authority Board[edit]
According to the Hospital Authority Ordinance (Cap 113), the Chief Executive of Hong Kong appoints members of the Hospital Authority Board governing the authority. The present board consists of 27 members, including the chairman. Membership of the authority comprises 23 non-public officers, three public officers and the chief executive of the authority. Apart from the chief executive of the authority, other members are not remunerated in the capacity as board members.[3]
Current and former chairmen[edit]
- Sir Chung Sze-yuen, GBM, GBE, JP (1 December 1990 – 31 March 1995)
- Peter Woo Kwong-ching, GBM, GBS, JP (1 April 1995 – 30 September 2000)
- Lo Ka-shui, GBS, JP (1 October 2000 – 30 September 2002)
- Edward Leong Che-hung, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP (1 October 2002 – 8 July 2004)
- Anthony Wu Ting-yuk, GBS, JP (7 October 2004 – 30 November 2013)
- John Leong Chi-yan, SBS, JP (1 December 2013 – present)
Current and former chief executives[edit]
- Yeoh Eng-kiong, OBE, JP (January 1994 – September 1999)[4]
- William Ho Shiu-wei, JP (20 September 1999 – 19 September 2005)[5]
- Ko Wing-man, JP (acting, 24 March 2003 – ?)[6]
- Vivian Wong Taam Chi-woon, JP (acting, 20 September 2005 – 28 February 2006)[7]
- Shane Solomon (1 March 2006 – 23 July 2010)[8][9]
- Leung Pak-yin, JP (8 November 2010 – present)[10]
Board Committees[edit]
To perform its roles and exercise its powers, the board has established 11 functional committees:
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Emergency Executive Committee
- Executive Committee
- Finance Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- Information Technology Services Governing Committee
- Main Tender Board
- Medical Services Development Committee
- Public Complaints Committee
- Staff Appeals Committee, and
- Supporting Services Development Committee.[3]
Hospital Governing Committees[edit]
To enhance community participation and governance of public hospitals, the authority has established 31 Hospital Governing Committees in 38 hospitals and institutions. These committees received regular management reports from the hospital chief executives, monitored operational and financial performance of the hospitals, participated in human resources and procurement functions, as well as hospital and community partnership activities.[3]
Regional Advisory Committees[edit]
To provide the authority with advice on the healthcare needs for specific regions of Hong Kong, the authority has established three Regional Advisory Committees. Each of the committees meets four times a year.[3]
The authority is funded primarily by Hong Kong Government subvention, which amounted to HK$42.5 billion for 2012–2013, equating to over 90% of the authority's total income. Its other incomes include hospital and clinic fees and charges, donations, and investment.[3]
The authority's total expenditure was HK$46.1 billion for 2012–2013, with 70% used to pay staff, and 14% to pay for drugs and other supplies.[3]
2008 milk contamination[edit]
On the day when a Hong Kong girl was diagnosed as the territory's first victim of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, anxious parents were frustrated to discover that doctors at the special unit set up at the Princess Margaret Hospital were taking the day off. Deputy Director of Health Gloria Tam said that it was "not something so urgent that it needs to be dealt with in 24 hours... They can go during office hours tomorrow". Medical sector legislator Leung Ka-lau said the lack of daily cover during the crisis was "insensitive".[11] While the first victim left hospital after successful treatment one day later, two more children were admitted to hospital on 22 September; the Hospital Authority was reportedly overwhelmed when over 100 parents demanding check-ups for their children at Princess Margaret amids confusion about referrals and registration procedures, causing Secretary for Food and Health, York Chow to grovel for having underestimated the problem.[12] Chow pledged 18 additional facilities around Hong Kong would be operational the next day.[13]
Waiting times[edit]
Waiting time for elective treatment is quite high. The average waiting time for cataract surgery in 2014 was 22 months.[14]
See also[edit]
- ^ "A General Brief about the Hospital Authority" (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. June 2013.
- ^ "Resources allocation among hospital clusters by the Hospital Authority" (PDF). Hong Kong: Legislative Council. 16 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012-2013" (PDF). Hospital Authority.
- ^ Wan, Mariana (19 December 1993). "Yeoh to get top post in Hospital Authority". South China Sunday Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. 4.
- ^ Hospital Authority Annual Report 2005–2006 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. p. 3.
- ^ "Press statement after HA Chairman's interview" (PDF) (Press release). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. 24 March 2003.
- ^ Hospital Authority Annual Report 2005–2006 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. p. 5.
- ^ "Minutes of Hospital Authority Board Meeting held on 30 March 2006" (PDF). Hospital Authority. Hong Kong. 3 April 2006.
- ^ "Hospital Authority announces resignation of Chief Executive" (PDF) (Press release). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Hospital Authority Announces Appointment of Chief Executive" (Press release). Hong Kong Government. 4 November 2010.
- ^ Ng, Kang-chung (22 September 2008). "HK parents frustrated as doctors take day off". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. A5.
- ^ Nickkita Lau & Diana Lee, "Fall guys - Sorry", The Standard (23 September 2008)
- ^ Lee, Colleen; Chong, Dennis (23 September 2008). "Frustrated parents clamour for help as hospital battles to cope". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. A3.
- ^ Britnell, Mark (2015). In Search of the Perfect Health System. London: Palgrave. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-137-49661-4.
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As the sale of the Buffalo Athletic Club's co-ed gyms to California-based L.A. Fitness was made final Monday, anxious members got some new details, but several questions still remain unanswered.
Buffalo Athletic Club members who enrolled at co-ed locations have had their memberships sold to L.A. Fitness, while memberships of those who enrolled at BAC for Women locations are still under the Buffalo Athletic Club umbrella.
Among the developments:
• L.A. Fitness will honor all active, co-ed BAC memberships and personal training agreements.
• BAC and BAC for Women members with multi-club privileges will have access to all co-ed BAC and L.A. Fitness health clubs if they sign agreements with L.A. Fitness. Members who decline to sign the agreement will be restricted to using the co-ed clubs formerly owned by the BAC.
• BAC members with single-club privileges will have access to the same club they were assigned before the sale closed.
• Members of the BAC for Women may continue to use co-ed clubs through Jan. 31.
• After Jan. 31, female members must choose whether to transfer to L.A. Fitness or remain with BAC for Women.
• Female co-ed members can make a request through L.A. Fitness to transfer their membership to BAC for Women.
• BAC for Women members can request to transfer their memberships to L.A. Fitness.
• No special cancellation terms are being offered as a result of the sale. Cancellations are subject to the original terms of the membership agreement.
• Consumers who paid for CrossFit or tanning sessions will have unused sessions automatically refunded. If that does not happen within seven days, customers should call 204-8880.
• Contrary to earlier reports, the BAC EXTREME Cross-fit training facility on Union Road in Cheektowaga was not included in the sale to L.A. Fitness. The company has considered converting it to a female-only club, but "as of right now, it will remain co-ed," said Jeremy Heim, operating partner of the Buffalo Athletic Club.
Questions about co-ed members who have had their memberships sold to L.A. Fitness were deferred to the California-based company, but calls to L.A. Fitness were not returned.
The Buffalo Athletic Club said the Buffalo and Rochester markets have become saturated with co-ed clubs over the last 10 years, so it decided to focus on its female-only clubs.
"The women's clubs are certainly the core of our business. It's our niche in the market," Heim said.
The sale has enabled the company to move forward with a $2 million expansion and improvement at its Colvin and Eggert BAC for Women location, which is set to begin in spring.
That location will get a 10,000-square-foot addition and improvements including a vastly expanded, 5,000-square-foot aerobics "mega arena" to accommodate fitness classes.
There will also be additional space for group personal training.
"Group personal training has grown immensely over the past three to five years so we wanted to look at an area dedicated solely to that," Heim said.
The Buffalo Athletic Club was founded by Rick Rugg and Bob Schiffhauer in 1980.
L.A. Fitness has more than 500 gyms throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to the former BAC locations it has added to its portfolio, L.A. Fitness has three locations in Western New York at 1893 Elmwood Ave., on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Niagara Falls and on Transit Road in Clarence.
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Jun-Ching Lin has been Assistant Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) since 1988.
Mr. Lin has performed violin concertos and solos by Barber, Beethoven, Vivaldi, and Tchaikovsky with the ASO. In addition to being an affiliate artist faculty member at Emory University in violin and chamber music, he coaches the first violins of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and spends part of each summer teaching at Encore School for Strings and Franklin Pond Chamber Music. As an active as a chamber musician, Mr. Lin has participated in festivals in Highlands-Cashiers, North Carolina, in California at La Jolla, Palm Beach, and San Diego.
While born in Taipei, Taiwan, Mr. Lin grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. As a high-school senior, he was one of the first Presidential Scholars in the Arts. He earned degrees at the Curtis and Cleveland Institutes of Music, studying with Ivan Galamian, Jascha Brodsky, and David Cerone. He was a semi-finalist in both the Montreal Competition and the Naumburg Violin Competition. Prior to his position in Atlanta, Mr. Lin was concertmaster of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra.


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Yesterday, at the Salvation Army thrift store, I picked up a box of 3 baking tubes. It did not contain any instructions on the use of these tin shapes or recipes to go with them.
Have any of you fine folks ever used this type of baking tubes? If so, would you mind posting any advice, tips, baking times, how to's for me"
I got mind at the Goodwill store...no instructions. I just got the heart & the scallop one-no star. I think you're supposed to bake a firmer yeast dough in them...I have made banana bread in them. My 1st attempt was when I discovered the runny dough was dribbling out the bottom as I was pouring it in the top. So, the next time I used heavy-duty aluminum foil pressed around the bottom & then capped it...that worked...think I baked it about 45 min. Maybe someone here got them new w/the instructions. I've just made the quick breads in them...just make sure the bottom is firmly covered. Mine don't have any kind of a vent.
They are Pampered Chef products. Maybe you could go online to see of they have recipes. I seem to remember baking a refrigerated tube of French Bread in one. I think you can use them for 'can breads.' I used mine ofr cookie cutters and sandwich cutters moe than anything else.
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NORTH STARS1 package (10 ounces) refrigerated dough1 cup shredded Swiss cheese1//2 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup sour cream1 package (0.7 ounce) dry Italian salad dressing mix1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper1/2 cup chopped green bell pepperPreheat the oven to 375 degrees F.Spray Star Valtrompia Bread Tube with vegetable oil spray.Place bread dough in tube and bake 50 minutes. Let cool before thinly slicing with Serrated Bread Knife.Combine cheese, mayo, sour cream and Italian dressing in Batter Bowl. Drop about 1 teaspoon of cheese mixture on bread slices with Stainless Steel Scoop. Sprinkle with peppers. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or till slightly crisp.Yield: 28 to 32 appetizers. Source: Pampered ChefSubmitted by Mary de Frank
red_savage1...I'm so glad you asked this question....I've been using mine wrong. I can say that capping the bottom w/foil + the cap has allowed me to bake nut breads...I've made them for dessert platters at a bridal shower & were pretty sliced into flowers & hearts. But now I've gotten lots more information & ideas for using them.
I remember years ago I bought Rhode's frozen dough loaves and baked them in those tubes. I think they were put in frozen, then when they rose they filled up pretty much the whole tube (but make sure you grease the inside really good).
Here's a couple of sites that give you hints.
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Wow!! Post a question. Go do laundry and tend a sick kid, come back and you folks gave me all kinds of tips, recipes.
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Yesterday, at the Salvation Army thrift store, I picked up a box of 3 baking tubes. It did not contain any instructions on the use of these tin shapes or recipes to go with them.
Have any of you fine folks ever used this type of baking tubes? If so, would you mind posting any advice, tips, baking times, how to's for me"
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