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RECOGNIZED: Weirton campus Dean Mike Koon has been cited as West Virginia Northern Community College's outstanding contributor to community college education for 2012.
Koon, who also is vice president of workforce development at Northern, received the award during the joint annual conference of the West Virginia Community College Association and the West Virginia Association for Developmental Education held Oct. 25-27 at Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center in Davis.
"During the past year Mike took the lead in a significant number of initiatives involving technical programs while also running the Weirton campus," Martin J. Olshinsky, Northern's president, said.
Koon helped formulate the pipefitter helper training program, the deckhand training classes and courses in welding. He also assisted with the college's new mechatronics program, already begun at Weirton and being readied for the Wheeling campus. Koon's vision for the Future program in partnership with ArcelorMittal Steel Corp. in Weirton and with a new licensed practical nurse to registered nurse transition program for locally laid off LPNs has seen success on the Weirton campus.
Koon's workforce development work has included partnerships with Williams Lea, the global leader in corporate information solutions; Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, international law firm; Cabela's; CertainTeed, Marshall County wallboard manufacturing company; and table gaming classes for Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center and Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort, Chester.
Koon started at the Weirton campus in 1975 as an instructor of biology and was the Weirton campus dean from 1985-92.
From 1992-94, he served as chairman, Science/Math/Technology Division, and in 1994 he was named vice president of economic and workforce development.
He has served as interim president and interim vice president of academic affairs.
DENTIST TRAINED: Dr. John Basil, a Wellsburg dentist, is one of the less than 300 dental practitioners worldwide to train in and practice the advanced techniques of bioesthetics.
This new model of dentistry was discovered more than 20 years ago by dentist and biologist Robert L. Lee. His observations and subsequent measurements became the foundation for today's bioesthetic dentistry, which follows nature's ideal to re-create teeth and bites that will support health for the life of the patient, according to officials.
The traditional dental practice has primarily been based on treating disease symptoms instead of their causes, and problems such as cracked teeth, gum disease, neck pain and severe headaches, as well as cosmetic repairs, have been considered separate issues.
This approach to dentistry is taught by OBI Foundation for Bioesthetic Dentistry.
Dentists travel from all over the world to participate in the post-doctoral program that is delivered in four-levels requiring nearly three years to complete.
HONORED: Freddie Allen of Steubenville was named employee of the month for October at Eastern Gateway Community College.
Allen has worked in the maintenance department since December 2003. Prior to joining the college he was a foreman at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and worked at BSI in Robinson Township.
Allen served in the U.S. Army from 1959-63.
FUNDRAISER: Members of the Richmond chapter of Modern Woodmen of America staged a spaghetti dinner recently to help raise money for Harrison County 4-H. The event raised $1,500, which included a $750 match from the organization's Matching Fund Program. The money will be used to support 4-H opportunities for the youth of Harrison County.
The Matching Fund Program offers Modern Woodmen members nationwide the chance to show their support for a community cause, organization or individual in need by holding fundraisers. The home office will then match the amount raised, up to $2,500. These fundraising projects contribute more than $6.5 million to community needs nationwide each year.


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STEUBENVILLE - McDonald's on Sunset Boulevard is celebrating its grand reopening with giveaways and special offers beginning Monday.
Manager Coleen Petrella said the first 100 customers through the door will get cards entitling them to one free Big Mac every week for a year.
Doors will open at 5 a.m. Monday.
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Store Manager Coleen Petrella shows off the twin drive-through lanes now at the newly renovated McDonald's on Sunset Boulevard in Steubenville. -- Linda Harris
"The biggest addition was changing from a tandem drive through to a dual lane drive through," she said. "Now we have two lanes for cars to pull into, so we can take more orders than we used to."
Petrella said the outside of the building was remodeled. Inside, she said the lobby was revamped.
"We've moved the registers to one side of the counter," she said. "So now we can take a customer's order at one end and give them a receipt with a number, then they'd move to the other side where we have a monitor hanging from the ceiling that will say, 'Now serving number ...' so you, as a customer, can see the monitor and know your order is coming up next."
The new system, she said, "seems to be working pretty good."
"We're very busy here," she said. "Very busy. And next week we'll be even busier with some of the specials we have."
Monday, they'll be selling 49 cent hamburgers and 59 cent cheeseburgers. Tuesday it will be $1 breakfast hotcakes. Wednesday's deal they'll sell Happy Meals for $1.99 each or Mighty Meals (geared to bigger kids) for $2.99 each from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday's special is a buy one quarterpounder with cheese and get a second one free. Friday they'll take $1 off the cost of any McCafe beverage. Saturday customers will get a free small coffee with the purchase of any small sandwich. And on Sunday, customers can buy one ice cream cone and get a second free.
"Those specials will run for two weeks," she said, adding that beginning Tuesday, they'll also have a VIP Key Tag special: Buy an extra value meal and get a free pie.
"Those we'll start giving out on Tuesday," Petrella said.
They'll also be giving away prizes, like boys and girls bicycles.
Store hours will be unchanged, Petrella said. The drive through will still be open around the clock, and the lobby will be closed from midnight to 5 a.m.
"This is a drive-through oriented store to begin with," she added. "With the drive-through we had before, we did all we could to get cars through (but) cars would get stacked up behind each other. Now, we'll take whoever finishes ordering first. We'll be able to do a lot more. If someone has a bigger order, the other lane can keep moving."
Petrella, a 30-year employee, said the restaurant moved into its current location in 2005.

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I am interested in starting a DK. Since DKs start @ level 55, I was wondering if there are higher DPS trinkets available in the AH than the heirloom trinkets available? I'm going to get all of the exp gain bonus heirloom, but if there's better gear that I can spend gold on, then I'd rather not farm justice to get things like heirloom and a 2H weapon for my Unholy DK.
There are very few BoE trinkets, so not much can be auctioned away.
Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom is the prime target, usable at level 60 and may last you a while. It can be acquired for quite cheaply if you're in luck as well.
Sonic Booster is awesome if you're an engineer, but is limited by that.
The final option, Mercurial Stone is a prime option from level 65 and on. You can use two of them as they are not unique, and hit rating is a great DPS boost as you level if you're fighting enemies the same or higher level than you.
After those, there are Darkmoon cards available at level 70 (some of them are a definite upgrade) and a fair few more at level 80.
Overall I would just use the heirlooms to be honest.
I am not aware of any heirloom trinkets that are good for DPS DKs. The best of the four Swfit Hand of Justice, only gives 17 haste at 55.
There aren't a lot of Bind on Equip trinkets that can be sold on AH in the first place, let alone that fact that it depends on which realm you are on.
The way to get good starting DPS trinkets is through running dungeon instances and completing quests in the Outland. For example, completing this quest (assuming you are Horde), will get you this and complete this quest will get you this. This is by far the best way.


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I have a set of scores $s \in[1;40]$, where $s$ is integer. I want to map each score to a index, like this:
$$1 \le s \le 5 \to 0 \\ 6 \le s \le 10 \to 1 \\ 11 \le s \le 20 \to2\\ 21 \le s \le 30 \to3\\ 31 \le s \le 40 \to4\\ $$
So basically I am looking for a function which would map the score to the index. I have tried with logs and algebraic functions (is that the term?) but since the intervals are not the same (5 for the first, 10 for the second, 10 for the third, &c.) I don't know how to get around this.


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Believe it or not, whining becomes less of a tactic and more of a habit as your child gets older. When your child begins to whine, call attention to it -- she might not even realize she is doing it.
If your child is younger, simply ask, "How do you ask nicely?" Reminding her of this will help get her out of the bad habit of always whining when she wants something.
If your child is older, address the whining by asking her how she can change the way she is speaking. By turning it into a learning experience, your child will begin realize when she is whining and will begin to change her habit.
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I've read that A/B testing and MVT are best for testing smaller scale changes (i.e. button color, headline copy, etc), but are they also suitable for testing two (or more) very different designs? What's the best practice in a situation like that?
I have a few significantly different layouts I want to test, is A/B or MVT testing the best approach?
AB testing is perfect for a situation in which you can relate the difference in responses to the thing that is different between the two versions.
With two very different versions you can only gauge an overall response but not attribute a better or worse response down to a particular detail, and that makes it harder to put forward a reasoned argument for ongoing design. You don't know which features should be kept or should consider removing at a later date for example.
So you need to ask yourself:
A good exercise is to walk through what will happen if your testing shows A to be the preferred version - and then do the same if B were to be preferred. Also consider what if there were no preference. This will help you determine what is important and to perhaps reconsider how your testing is done


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D7000 housing - ikelite or aluminium
Posted 19 December 2010 - 02:28 PM
The pictures were taken with an olympus PEN 14-42mm lens and s-2000 flash.
Posted 19 December 2010 - 02:40 PM
Posted 19 December 2010 - 03:03 PM
Posted 19 December 2010 - 05:01 PM
I would also recommend a magnifier and I believe that the INON magnifier now can be added to an Ikelite case also by a company called Backscatter.
My question: With a magnifier eye piece can you see the eye of a small fish like a blenny? If you cannot that I'd take the advice of Don and consider wide angle and purchase a second strobe. If you can i would take Lofus's advice and make a magnified viewfinder a primary goal and live with one strobe and one 60mm lens
My reasoning is that with macro you must be able to at least see the area you want in sharp focus. With a D-700 the autofocus will usually give you a sharp focus but you must at least put the critter's eye in the focus square.
If you can get where I am diving this year I'd lend you my rig for a dive so you can see. However, I don't usually go to the EU. Maybe a diver in that area can help you out.
Posted 19 December 2010 - 05:19 PM
I believe since you have reduced vision that it would be a major asset to have a enlarging Viewfinder like the Nauticam and Aquatica. But Unfortunately these VF do come at a cost which will affect your budget and also the housing you choose. Building your setup around the most important part of the setup, which is being able to see your subject.
I havnt seen the Ikelite D7000 housing yet but there has been some Ikelite housings like the Canon 7D which could not fit an external VF like the Nauticam. Which BTW makes an adapter for the Ikelite and also other housings manufacturers.
I believe backscatter provide adaptors for the Inon which I was quoted (July 2010) $900 for the Inon 180 VF with their adapter. I like the Nauticam VF as it also has Dioptre adjustment which might assist you more and a few of my friends have changed from the Inon Vf to the Nauticam because of this.
With this in mind my recommendation is that you look towards a Aluminium housing like the Nauticam, Aquatica for your D7000.
Since you have informed us that you do mostly local diving with a Red Sea trip once a year I suggest that you also have a good look at the 60mm macro lens either the AF-D or AF-S. You might save some $$$ on buying the older AF-D version if you shop around which might be more benficial than having a lens that is a faction of a second quicker (AF-S).
Housing wise the current and soon to be released models are Nauticam with RRP $3100usd and Aquatica with RRP $2500usd. As been mentioned before in other posts there is a $600 price difference but there has not be a direct comparison yet of the two housings to see what the differences are and how they reflected in the price difference. The $600 price difference might allow you maybe to purchase a second Z240...??
Strobe wise I believe your heading in the right direction with the Inon Z240's especially if your travelling a few times a year. Starting out with a single decent strobe like the Z240's does allow you to take alot of really good photos and provides you with a little creatativity with how you use the lighting from the strobe. Master using a single strobe and you have a very important skill which alot of people miss from going straight to dual strobes.
I hope this gives you some ideas which helps you out in choosing which way you go for your setup. It hard enough for those of us with excellent eye sight to get shots let alone someone who has reduced vision like yourself. Its a credit to you and all the best for future endevours.
Regards Mark
Edited by Aussiebyron, 19 December 2010 - 05:27 PM.
Posted 19 December 2010 - 06:33 PM
But anyway, I digress. I just think it's important to mention after you buy a $2500 or $3100 housing, if you have a tok 10-17 and Nikon 60mm you will be buying approximately $1000 in ports too. Since the OP mentioned cost is an issue, the cost of ports needs to be added in.
Blind Diver, do you need to buy right now? I saw in one of the threads here that Wetpixel is going to do a big comparison review of Ike, Nauticam, Aquatica, Subal and maybe SeaAndSea in February. I'm really looking forward to that comparison myself.
Edited by johnspierce, 19 December 2010 - 06:41 PM.
Nikon D800 | Aquatica Housing | Inon Z-240
Posted 19 December 2010 - 07:12 PM
Regarding the Aquatica AF flatport for the 60mm it only costs RRP $289 (backscatter). Compared with Ikelites modular ports which you pay RRP $200 for the flatport assembly and then RRP $175 for the extension port so that the 60mm can fit. So $289rrp for Aquatica, $310rrp Nauticam and then $375rrp Ikelite to have a port to house your 60mm Macro. BTW the Aquatica flat port is metal and glass compared with Ikelite plastic and glass modular port system.
Comparing Aquatica's 8 inch dome which is acrylic with metal body at $495rrp + $120 for the shade against Ikelite Acrylic with plastic body at $400. But you need an port extension for the Ikelite. So if we use the ever popular Tokina 10-17mm you can get away with just using the 8 inch dome without port extension with the Aquatica but with the Ikelite you need to buy the super wide extension at a cost of $125rrp. So at the end of the day your paying $615rrp for the Aquatica (with metal body port) vs $525rrp for the Ikelite (plastic body port).......which is $110rrp.
So we have $289rrp and $615rrp for Aquatica to house the 60mm Macro and Tokina 10-17mm with a total of $904rrp.
Then for Ikelite we have $375rrp and $525rrp for the same lenses for a total of $900rrp.
So for $4 more with Aquatica for example you have ports made out of metal compared to Ikelite plastic modular ports......?
Other options to maybe consider is that Aquatica and Nauticam also offer mini domes which Ikelite doesnt. Which might suit the OP requirements more.
Regards Mark
Edited by Aussiebyron, 19 December 2010 - 07:13 PM.
Posted 19 December 2010 - 08:44 PM
So for $4 more with Aquatica for example you have ports made out of metal compared to Ikelite plastic modular ports......?
Other options to maybe consider is that Aquatica and Nauticam also offer mini domes which Ikelite doesnt. Which might suit the OP requirements more.
Regards Mark
I think maybe I didn't phrase my post properly.... I was trying to say there will be almost $1000 in additional costs in ports beyond the $2500 (Aquatica) and $3100 (Nauticam). The original poster said cost was an issue, so my post goes directly to that point.
But since you mentioned, there must be some sort of big price difference in Australia compared to the states; I am looking at the Backscatter website in my second monitor as we speak and here are the prices they list:
Ike 8" Dome - $379
Ike dome port body - $139
Standard flat port for 60mm - $139
(BTW, there is no need to buy the modular port if you aren't getting other attachments, the regular 4" flat port works fine. These are the exact ports I have)
$560 in ports + $1424 for housing = $1984 total cost
Aquatica 8" Dome - $495
Aquatica 8" Dome shade - $130
Aquatica short port $329 (again, this is the price from Backscatter for Aquatica AF Macro Port for bayonet style housings)
$954 in ports + $2499 for housing = $3453 total cost
Nauticam 8" Dome - $520
Nauticam short port - $310
$830 in ports + $3100 for housing = $3930 total cost
I am not debating the quality of Aquatica vs. Nauticam vs. Ikelite, but I am stating unequivocally an Aquatica housing and ports is almost twice the cost of an Ikelite solution here in the United States. We'd all love to drive BMW M3's, but some of us can only afford Kia's
Oh, and BTW, you can buy a Zen mini dome for the Ike now. Pricey, but they are available at Reef Photo. To me, one of the really big buy-ins to the Nauticam is their compatibility with other manufacturer's ports. If I bought a Nauticam housing, I could buy their port adapters relatively cheaply and use my old Ike ports. And I could get it with an Ike bulkhead in addition to the two opticals. No TTL then, but still that's pretty sweet and helps blunt the cost of an upgrade significantly until I could afford some new optical strobes and that sweet mini-dome.
Also, Nice photos Mark!
Cheers, and have a great day!
Edited by johnspierce, 19 December 2010 - 09:39 PM.
Nikon D800 | Aquatica Housing | Inon Z-240
Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:03 AM
I agree with the suggestion that you have to look for a good viewfinder first and then look for a housing that will fit the viewfinder. As you live in Holland like me I would suggest looking for German brands like UK-Germany or Sealux wich have the same quality as the aquatica housings and also have nice viewfinders. If you should choose for these brands the porto costs for sending the housing for repair/service/adjustments is much lower and the time your housing is underway is also much lesser.
As for lenses I would start with the nikon 60 mm micro. It is perfekt for the Oosterschelde and Grevelingen. If you have money left I would advice like the others the Tokina 10-17mm FE.
Just my 2 cents
Nikon D800 in Seacam D800, Nikon 16mm, 16-35mm, , 60mm, 105mm,1.4 and 2x TC, 2x Sea&Sea 110a, 2x Seacam Seaflash 150
Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:41 AM
An Ikelite housing @ $1500, Ikelite flat port #5502.41 (for the 60mm lens) @ $140 and dome port #5503 (for the 60mm lens) @$190 (B & H's prices) and a used Ikelite DS125 strobe @ approximately $550. You can still buy a brand new 60mm D lens for $400 here http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item27b6c93192 and you can get a brand new Tokina 10-17 for $576 here http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item3f00ee50f9 I've bought several lenses from Hong Kong sellers, byy the way, and never had any problems. I've never had to pay duty and tax either.
Total cost of housing, ports and strobe (arm not included but there are plenty of good used arms for sale) $2380. Lenses $976. Total cost of rig less than $3500. I must add that although several people here have more or less written off Ikelite housings, they have important advantages, in my opinion, namely good TTL circuitry in combination with Ikelite strobes, the ability to check that the housing and port o-rings are properly seated and a foolproof port locking system with the new four locks. I have previously owned Sea & Sea housings and always needed help removing the ports after a dive as it was impossible to unscrew them without help. I much prefer Ikelite's locking system.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:55 AM
My reply was simply to point out that if you choose similar port package that there wasn't much difference in price. Agreed if you used the Ikelite standard port it would be alot cheaper but also at the cost of quality and also flexibilty. I still recomend if someone goes along the Ikelite path that they use the modular port system as the flat port assembly is made out of glass compared to Acrylic on the standard ports. The modular system makes sense especially for new users as you can simply add an extension to the flat port or dome for different setups. Just add an extension to the 60mm modular setup you have and you covered for your 105mm. It is also handy when your packing for overseas, instead of packing two or three standard ports you can pack the modular setup with extensions. This saves a fair bit of space.
The OP states that they are considering either an Aluminium setup with single strobe or Ikelite setup with dual strobes with extra lenses. Also states that they have really pooor vision. I believe that they should really base their decision around an external viewfinder which suits them. This blows out the budget by a further $1000 or so ($1050rrp Nauticam VF) and maybe the case that the external VF isnt suitable with ikelite D7000 housing like it was with the Canon 7D Ikelite.
I think the VF is a very important bit of kit for the OP. My grandfather told me that you can't shoot what you can't see. It might come to the case that yes the Ikelite setup is the cheapest option but is it the best option for the OP. Only they can answer that question.
In my reply i referred my pricing from Backscatter in regarding Aquatica (http://www.backscatt...s/aquatica.html) and I did see that there is a price difference on some of backascatters pages ie AF Flat port $289rrp on one page and other page has $329. I used Ikelites website to quote their RRP.
I laughed when you mention the BMW M3. Your lucky in the states as you can buy a new M3 coupe $65,000usd when they sell here in Australia for $170,000usd. If we had the same price here every man and his dog would be driving an BMW M3, M5 or a Mercedes AMG.
Unfortunately here in Australia we have such a small market compared to the USA. Australia's population is the about the same size of the population of Texas. We have to pay alot more for alot of things which you might take for granted. Cameras, dive gear, laptops, Cars......... just to name a few are alot cheaper.
Guess we are lucky that the Aussie dollar is at a 20 year high and on par almost with the USD?
Best regards Mark
Edited by Aussiebyron, 20 December 2010 - 04:08 AM.
Posted 20 December 2010 - 03:07 AM
Regards Mark
Posted 20 December 2010 - 03:56 AM
And you can also see the housing half filled with water when it floods.
the ability to check that the housing and port o-rings are properly seated
Sorry for being so cynical, I know any housing can flood, but I've just witnessed way too many Ikelite floods.
Edited by loftus, 20 December 2010 - 03:59 AM.
Posted 20 December 2010 - 04:29 AM
And you can also see the housing half filled with water when it floods.
Sorry for being so cynical, I know any housing can flood, but I've just witnessed way too many Ikelite floods.
You must have a lot of careless acquaintances! If the housing's and port's o-rings are properly seated and compressed there is no reason why anyone should flood their housing, unless the o-rings for the controls leak due to the owner's failure to send the housing to Ikelite for its annual service. Actually, I have two friends who are excellent photographers (one semipro) who choose to use Ikelite housings because they upgrade theeir cameras to the latest, most expensive, models every couple of years.
Edited by john70490, 20 December 2010 - 04:31 AM.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 04:48 AM
We can all agree that an Ikelite setup is well suited to those who are on a limited budget. But would you recommend an ikelite setup which hasnt got an external VF ( maybe a external VF can fit the Ikelite D7000 housing..????) to a person who states they have 10% vision???? Its hard enough at times looking through the Ikelite standard VF with 100% vision.
Regards Mark
I agree that Blind Diver would be well advised to get an external viewfinder. It should be easy enough to check whether an external viewfinder is compatible with the Ikelite D7000 housing. Why assume that it won't?
I don't agree re the modular port system. The Ikelite ports I suggested are very compact, much more compact than the Sea & Sea ports I previously owned. As regards the 105mm lens , it would be a long way down on my priorities list in Blind Diver's situation. I've never used mine here in Sweden, only on trips abroad, and BD only does one Red Sea trip a year. I used my 60mm and 105mm lenses about equally often on my recent Red Sea trip, so the 60mm lens will enable him to take lots of great shots there too. And even if he does eventually decide to get a 105mm lens, the Ikelite port isn't much bigger than the 60mm port, certainly a lot smaller than the Sea & Sea port with the extension ring. I have no difficulty packing all my three Ikelite ports for overseas trips. By the way, I quoted the prices for new ports in my previous post but I bought all my three ports used and they were all in perfect condition and a lot cheaper than new ones would have been. BD might be able to do the same if he puts a Want-to-Buy post in the Classifieds section of this forum.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 06:04 AM
I think an enlarged viewfinder would be a goods solution to see the image better.
I think the problem will be that I can't test the viewfinder and housing VF underwater.
If i buy something i would like to now if i can see it :-)
Because underwater is different then above water.
I rather thinking of going to aluminium housing because the enlarged viewfinders are a lot more choice.
But thats again a large cost !
I think i best buy my flashes and arms secondhand, so i can spend more on my housing.
I am also afraid that if i buy secondhand there will be something wrong with that things.
Posted 20 December 2010 - 06:20 AM
I think i best buy my flashes and arms secondhand, so i can spend more on my housing.
I am also afraid that if i buy secondhand there will be something wrong with that things.
I have bought most of my photo equipment used (but not my present housing) and have never been ripped off. If you buy from someone on this forum or Scubaboard, you are pretty safe. I have also bought (and sold) lots of photo stuff on E-bay without ever having had any problems. E-bay's buyer protection is very good these days and I find sellers describe their items very honestly and always mention any faults or blemishes. The feedback system ensures that anybody who tries to rip off a buyer will never be able to sell on E-bay again.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 07:20 AM
Posted 20 December 2010 - 08:39 AM
Oh, and BTW, you can buy a Zen mini dome for the Ike now. Pricey, but they are available at Reef Photo.
FYI, not has been released yet but Our Mini dome 100, made of original Schott BK-7 glass and treated with both BBAR and SIo2 coating will be available soon in the Ikelite mount (among other), it should normally be priced like our normal Aquatica mount version.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 08:49 AM
FYI, not has been released yet but Our Mini dome 100, made of original Schott BK-7 glass and treated with both BBAR and SIo2 coating will be available soon in the Ikelite mount (among other), it should normally be priced like our normal Aquatica mount version.
That's great to know, thanks for the information!
I am hoping ports of all types will start following the paradigm of having an adapter specific to the housing but the port itself being somewhat generic; this would make it much easier to change brands or own multiple housings of different brands/types.
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I'm writing my friend a horn solo (with piano accompaniment) and I asked her what her favorite scale was and she said harmonic minor, "because it sounds Egyptian". If I was trying to write a traditional Egyptian song what time signatures and melodic patterns (interval, rhythmic, etc) should be involved? (I've always wanted to do something in irregular time signatures.) I can rephrase this if it's not clear what I'm asking.
A harmonic minor sounds "Egyptian" or "Arabic" depending on how you use it.
Use of the scale is deeply woven into the European classical music tradition. Occurrences of the scale in, for instance, Baroque music are not strikingly "Arabic" in mood. Here is an exmaple. The "Allemande" from J. S. Bach's E minor suite for guitar (BWV 996) has a quick, descending run of 16th notes: B G F# E D# C B A. The harmonic minor arises out of the need to treat the minor key scales with trappings of the major key: the dominant harmony and its requirement for a leading tone (and the melodic minor scale then "closes the gap" formed by moving the seventh degree).
Your friend might be thinking of music based on the Phrygian mode of the harmonic minor, where the root node is the 5th degree (dominant harmony) of the minor. For instance rooted at E in A harmonic minor. Also, experiment with raising the fourth degree (D -> D#). This scale triggers an "exotic" mood in the ear accustomed to Western music because it contains a tritone as well as a major third, as well as a semitone above the root.
It seems that you are serious about wanting to write actual Egyptian music (which is, without a doubt, a huge category spanning from traditional to contemporary) which requires familiarity, rather than just "faking it" with certain approximate scales. Speaking of just scales alone, there are many in the Arabic world, and they are microtonal; equal temperament approximations make a farce out of them.
If you set a very high standard of authenticity for yourself, you could spend years studying before you produce something that ultimately won't be playable with conventionally built and tuned horns and pianos. I would weakly suggest embracing the watered down stereotype as an artform, and treating it honestly.
This question is a little difficult to address for a couple reasons:
1.) A harmonic minor scale is a Western-European approximation of eastern tonal characteristics - much in the same way a pentatonic scale stereo types Eastern-Asian culture.
2.) "Traditional" Egyptian tonal materials do not fit into Western notation, so if you were honestly going to write a traditional piece, you would need to use their notation.
3.) The same applies to rhythm as well - different divisions and phrase lengths that do not easily conform to European notation.
4.) I would strongly caution against trying to write something "traditional" unless you are very knowledgeable in stylistic and cultural characteristics. Otherwise it will immediately come across as a watered-down stereotype.
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Whatever you end up writing, remember that you're writing for horn and piano, which will never sound traditionally Egyptian.
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I'm working on setting up a routine workout schedule for myself and I'm in need of some input on whether this would work well. Basically I bike 8 miles a day and I want to just alternate pushups, situps and pullups with rest one day a week. I'm looking to get buffer and get a six pack. Right now I can do 25 pushups without stopping and I'm 160lb, so that gives you a sense of my current muscle mass. Does the above plan sound fine?
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If by gym you mean weights, then yes you do Not need weights to get Buffer.
Now i recommend that in addition you :
Squatting not only tones and builds legs muscles, but it empowers ur core, helps you build 6 pack muscles and produce much more growth hormones and thus help u add muscle mass.
Same for burpees, it is what i call "explosion" workout. Once you do it u will understand, you will get sore muscles even places where u never knew muscles existed.
However, please do these two exercises step by step, with good posture because if you don't take care you might injure urself.
As for variations i highly recommend mark Lauren's book, it has around 111 bodyweight exercises variations with full routines for different levels (beginner,intermediate,...)
I would replace the 8 mile biking with real-deal sprinting. Biking while allowing you to take on more resistance will be akin to distance running. Distance running is the enemy of getting buff. Sprinting on the other hand builds muscles in the legs. Things like the 100meter and 200 meter dash. You'll need to warm up and stretch though if you're going to sprint. 2x a week would be enough, and for the amount about 1/2 mile to 2miles of sprinting, obviously broken down into components no longer than 400 meters. Note 4x400meters=1mile. When you're strong enough and body-weight exercises done on the pull-up bar, it will add variation to pull-ups and work your abs at the same time. Stuff like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeOqM7zt3U
Why not try high interval running in which you sprint for 200m, rest for 30 seconds, and then sprint for another 200m. Do this about 6 times which will help pump your leg. You can do some bridging and leg raises to help build your six pack. A mixture of different pull-ups (wide pull-up, normal pull-up, and close grip pull-ups) of 10 repetitions for 4 sets will also help. After this you may want to pump your chest by doing push-ups (wide push-ups and normal push-ups) for 4 sets where you will push yourself to the maximum rep for every set.


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What is the smallest amount of things I need to survive (feed myself, build the majority of things) without ever seeing the light of day (or dark of night) in Minecraft? Could I start in a cave with just a pick (to make things easier; yes, I could tunnel through stone given enough time) and survive?
Having done the "nether only if not dead" experience, you at least have water - it'll be easier :)
The bare minimum, as James' answer states, is one sapling. If you want something resembling the "full" experience:
Tools - you need wood for nearly every tool (except shears). Need: at least one sapling, probably 4-5 just in case. At this point, you might as well chop up one tree. You can replant if you're adamant about not touching the landscape.
Light - while you can make a small shaft that ensures that you're always under spawn distance until you find lava, it's much easier if you bring enough sticks once you find coal in order to be able to use them - but you will need a few to get started. Torches, probably half a stack (32).
Food - while harvesting apples will technically allow you to survive (and spiders encountered underground will give you string for fishing poles), apples and fish make for a rather rotten experience for food - you will end up with lots of wood just trying to stay fed or spend a lot of time fishing. Rotten flesh is better if you can convert a zombie spawner into a grinder. You're probably going to want either melons or wheat. Melon seeds are in abandoned mineshafts, which is an excellent place to start even if you're doing an above-ground experience. Seeds are only found above ground, unless you conduct grass down from the surface (which means you'll be opening a hole in the surface & covering it with glass, or hoping an Enderman comes to visit holding a grass block.) Seeds aren't strictly necessary, but they make your game easier. Bring along: seeds. I'd bring at least 4 just so you don't lose your entire crop to bad lighting.
Meat - you can bring chicken eggs if you want livestock. Cows & Pigs are going to have to be imported, but chickens are portable in item form. You should bring enough eggs that throwing your stash against the wall gives you the expected value of 1 chicken. I would assume 2 stacks (32) would be overkill.
Dye - Squid generally don't spawn underground, so black is out. Flowers can be generated much like seeds can - bone meal on grass. Getting grass down into the hole can be problematic, but Endermen can be helpful here. Otherwise you're going to have to make do with a lot of blue and light blue. If you want green dye, bring cactus. That opens up cyan, at least. You don't actually need wool, because you can spin it with string.
Metal - material for armor & better tools are all found underground. No leather? No problem! It's the weakest anyway.
Nether - you don't even need to find diamonds: you can at the bare minimum construct a portal with 4 iron, one piece of flint, a couple stacks of dirt, a lava lake of 14 blocks or larger, and patience.
Potions - sand (for glass) may be a bit difficult to find underground but it's possible to find it near the surface; you may end up breaking through to the surface if you are not careful, however. Sugarcane can only be found on the surface (but it'll grow underground.) Bring along: one sugarcane stalk. Slimeballs, water, blaze rods, spider eyes, redstone, melons, gold nuggets, glowstone, gunpowder, netherwart, and anything else I've missed can all be found in the nether or underground.
XP - if you build your zombie grinder right, you can stand near your burning zombies and hit them once with a stone sword or better. This gives you the XP, rare iron drops, and the rotten flesh. (This is also possible with skeletons, but you need to take care of the case that you may get shot with flaming arrows.)
TLDR: The 4 renewables you will want are: Sapling, seeds, sugarcane, cactus - but only the first one is strictly necessary; you will need torches to start your tree farm (glowstone is out of reach, and lava is too dangerous). You will need a renewable, infinite source of wood - it's very easy to exhaust an abandoned mineshaft.
All that you really need to bring with you to survive completely underground is going to be a sapling. Without wandering around aimlessly hoping you run into a mine shaft you will need a source of wood for tools and weapons. A single sapling, assuming you get at least one sapling from its leaves, will be enough to allow you to survive underground.
A secondary concern is going to be food. It's possible to survive on zombie meat and/or apples depending on the sapling you chose to bring underground with you. However, bringing a few wheat seeds or finding a pair of mushrooms will make this part a bit more under your control.
That is basically it for the bare minimum. Can you bring sheep, cows, pigs, or chickens? Yes. Can you survive without them? Yes.
Adding on to previous answers, I'd like to mention that seeds (melon, wheat) are needed. Also, bring some wool to make a bed. If you make a staircase of grass down into your dwelling, you might be able (granted that you have enough light) to grow grass underground and spawn animals. That will probably help in getting food, but it isn't a requirement. Either that, or lure a few farm animals down with wheat and then breed them.
Also, while torches are easy to make, they do not produce much light. If you can, use furnaces for light by smelting stone or other items. Leave furnaces around your house instead of torches. Glowstone, while difficult to procure, is probably the best solution in getting light underground. If you cannot make enough, then burning netherrack lamps may be your next best bet. Another option is lava lamps (made with glass and lava), but they are difficult to make without burning yourself, and can leak during creeper explosions.
Going back to the smelting idea. Mining for resources may seem easy, but after a while, you'll notice that you're going very far away from you home to just get a hold of coal. Once this happens, it's best to already have a large tree farm so that you can make charcoal. The more furnace action you have, the better: furnaces = light + smelted goods.
If you want to feed yourself, I'd advise using the following food sources in chronological order:


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In Sims 2 you could make Elixir of Life to stop Sims from aging. Is there any way to do this in Sims 3?
Making a Sim "Younger"
Life Fruit
You can reduce a Sim's age by a single day by eating a raw Life Fruit. However, they can only be planted by a level 7 Gardener and the "Unknown Special Seeds" or "Life Seeds" are only available under certain circumstances:
The better option is to cook Ambrosia, which resets the Sims age to a predefined value (adults eating it will reset to have 26 days until aging). It can also bring Ghost Sims back to life.
Ambrosia requires purchasing the recipe (§12000), a level 10 Cooking Skill and then one Life Fruit and one Deathfish as ingredients.
A deathfish can only be caught with level 10 Fishing skill, from the Graveyard between midnight and 5AM and needs angelfish bait. Note that if you catch enough deathfish you can stock a pond and have a supply of these available all day round.
Young Again potion
This potion requires the Generations pack and is created using a chemistry set, it resets a Sim who is older than a young adult back to day 1 of the young adult.
You will need a high Logic skill for this.
Prevent / slow down further aging
Age Freeze Potion
Another potion, so also requires the Generations pack. This is a lifetime reward that requires 65000 lifetime happiness to obtain. Drinking it will completely stop your Sim from aging further. Note that if you eat birthday cake after drinking the potion, your aging will start up again.
Change form
If you have the relevant expansion pack, you could also get the Sim converted to a Vampire or Mummy, as they have longer life spans.
If you enable the "god mode" cheat (testingcheatsenabled true) in the cheat console, which is activated by pressing control, shift and c in unison, you can decrease the sim's age, but only in the given stage of life. By shift clicking the sim, and editing them (you don't even have to change anything) in create a sim, the game will set their life back to the first day of whatever stage they are in.
You can stop (not reverse) the aging process via the general menu.
There is a checkbox for "Enable Aging".
You can adjust the lifespan.
Here's a screenshot:
Look under Options -> Game Options for the option 'No aging'.
Sort of. There is the Ambrosia, which you can make yourself, although it is a little tricky.
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I hope that helps.
Assuming you have the generations expansion, there are two aspiration rewards: The Anti Aging Potion and the Young Again Potion.
They are both pretty pricey, but less so than Ambrosia, which is, comparatively, underpowered and overpriced.
On closer reflection, these two might actually be available in the base game patched up to full, but I'm not certain on this point.
To reverse your sims age just press ctrl+shift+c then type testingcheatsenabled true then shift click your sim and click edit sim in create a sim (This doesn't work on vampires, but it does on ghosts) then press the desired age (Note: it may messup the sims clothes but nothing to major happens)
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I have been doing some experiments on classes of random matrices, and it seems (visually) that the distribution of eigenvalue spacings is consistent with GOE or GUE or GSE. Unfortunately, to test this, I would like to (a) be able to generate GOE/GUE/GSE spacing variates (I suppose I COULD generate very large Gaussian matrices and compute their eigenvalues, but this seems not very fast...), or even have some formula for the distribution function (there is the Wigner surmise, but it is not quite accurate). There are horrible-looking formulas in Mehta's book, but they don't seem usable, somehow. Algorithms/code must exist somewhere -- any pointers would be appreciated.
I suggest you to take a look at the paper "How to Generate Random Matrices from the Classical Compact Groups" by F. Mezzadri, Notices AMS 54 (5), 592-604 (2007). Can be downloaded freely from here: http://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.org%2Fnotices%2F200705%2Ffea-mezzadri-web.pdf&rct=j&q=How%20to%20Generate%20Random%20Matrices%20from%20the%20Classical%20Compact%20Groups&ei=W-BNTb6nFZaShAfS2bWTDw&usg=AFQjCNESHv00uIyATuY1NETwTfH5IO1fhQ&cad=rja
If 2% accuracy is sufficient, then you can just use Wigner's surmise. It is unlikely you will be able to beat that accuracy by generating random matrices and sampling the eigenvalue spacing. If higher accuracy is needed, you can find the spacing distribution by numerical integration of a Painleve differential equation, see Forrester & Witte arXiv:math-ph/0009023
A tabulated solution is in Haake's book "Quantum Signatures of Chaos", that is probably the easiest way to go.


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Is a quotient of a reductive group reductive?
Edit [Pete L. Clark]: As Minhyong Kim points out below, a more precise statement of the question is:
Is the quotient of a reductive linear group by a Zariski-closed normal subgroup reductive?
Is a quotient of a reductive group reductive?
Edit [Pete L. Clark]: As Minhyong Kim points out below, a more precise statement of the question is:
Is the quotient of a reductive linear group by a Zariski-closed normal subgroup reductive?
For a linearly reductive (i.e. all representations are completely redudible) group G, any quotient G/H is also linearly reductive. Given a representation V of G/H, you get an induced representation of G (with the same underlying vector space). Then any decomposition of V as a representation of G is also a decomposition as a representation of G/H. Since G-invariant subspaces of V are the same thing as G/H-invariant subspace of V, the notions of irreducible subrepresentations agree. So you get a complete decomposition of V as a representation of G/H.
In characteristic zero, reductive is equivalent to linearly reductive, so you have your answer. In general, a group is reductive if its unipotent radical is trivial. I feel like you should be able to argue that an element of the unipotent radical of G/H lifts to give you an element of the unipotent radical of G, but I'm not sure.
It is important in answering this question that one can extend scalars to a perfect (e.g., algebraically closed) ground field, as was implicit in many of the other answers even if not said explicitly. Indeed, if $k$ is an imperfect field then it always happens that there exist many examples of pairs $(G,H)$ with $G$ a smooth connected affine $k$-group containing no nontrivial smooth connected unipotent normal $k$-subgroup and $H$ a smooth connected normal $k$-subgroup in $G$ such that $G/H$ contains a non-trivial smooth connected unipotent normal $k$-subgroup. This can even happen when $G$ and $H$ are perfect (i.e., equal to their own derived groups), which is really disorienting if one is accustomed to working with reductive groups.
For a simple commutative example, let $k'/k$ be a purely inseparable extension of degree $p = {\rm{char}}(k)$ and let $G$ be the Weil restriction ${\rm{Res}} _{k'/k}(\mathbf{G} _m)$, which is just "${k'}^{\times}$ viewed as a $k$-group". This contains a natural copy of $\mathbf{G}_m$, and since $k'/k$ is purely inseparable this $k$-subgroup $H$ is the unique maximal $k$-torus and the quotient $G/H$ is unipotent of dimension $p-1$ (over $\overline{k}$ it is a power of $\mathbf{G} _a$ via truncation of $\log(1+x)$ in degrees $< p$, as one sees using the structure of the $\overline{k}$-algebra $\overline{k} \otimes_k k'$). The main point then is that $G$ itself contains no nontrivial smooth connected unipotent $k$-subgroups, which is true because we are in characteristic $p > 0$ and $G$ is commutative with $G(k_s)[p] = {k'_s}^{\times}[p] = 1$! Note: the unipotent quotient $G/H$ is an example of a smooth connected unipotent $k$-group (even commutative and $p$-torsion) which contains no $\mathbf{G}_a$ as a $k$-subgroup (proof: commutative extensions of $\mathbf{G}_a$ by $\mathbf{G}_m$ split over any field, due to the structure of ${\rm{Pic}}(\mathbf{G}_a)$ and a small calculation); that is, $G/H$ is a "twisted form" of a (nonzero) vector group, which never happens over perfect fields.
Making examples with perfect $G$ and $H$ is less straightforward; see Example 1.6.4 in the book "Pseudo-reductive groups".
As for the suggestion to use Haboush's theorem (whose proof I have never read), I wonder if that is circular; it is hard to imagine getting very far into the theory of reductive groups (certainly to the point of proving Haboush's theorem) without needing to already know that reductivity is preserved under quotients (a fact that is far more elementary than Haboush's theorem, so at the very least it seems like killing a fly with a sledgehammer even if it is not circular).
Finally, since nobody else has mentioned it, look in any textbook on linear algebraic groups (Borel, Springer, etc.) for a proof of the affirmative answer to the original question. For example, 14.11 in Borel's book. Equally important in the theory is that for arbitrary smooth connected affine groups, formation of images also commutes with formation of maximal tori and especially (scheme-theoretic) torus centralizers; see corollaries to 11.14 in Borel's book.
Allow me to insert a trivial word of caution: If analytic quotients are allowed, then the assertion is false even in characteristic zero, as the expression $$\mathbb{G}_m/q^{\mathbb{Z}}$$ for an elliptic curve will show.
Yes, I believe the quotient of a reductive group scheme is reductive. Perhaps it's possible to show directly as Anton was suggesting. I have an argument that shows that if G is geometrically reductive then G/H is geometrically reductive. The statement that G reductive implies G/H reductive follows from Haboush's theorem (ie. G is reductive if and only if G is geometrically reductive).
Presumably the argument ilya was driving at is this: If one had a surjective map of group schemes $G \to H$, then consider the preimage of the nilradical of $H$. This is an algebraic group with a surjective map to a unipotent group. Since there are no group homomorphisms from reductive groups to unipotent ones, the nilradical of this preimage (which is contained in the nilradical of $G$) must surject onto the nilradical of $H$. So if the former is trivial, so is the latter.
I'm kind of late to the party, but anyway: being reductive means having no nilradical. Now nilradical cannot become larger as you take quotient, ergo your question has a positive answer.


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Categories: Christmas, Entertaining, New Year's, Quick to fix
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This simple dessert features chestnut puree and would be great on Christmas or another special occasion.
Serves: serves 4
- 1-lb (500-g) can unsweetened chestnut purée
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- zest and juice of 1 orange
- 6 tbsp heavy cream or crème fraîche
- 1 tbsp grated bitter chocolate to garnish
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- Put the chestnut purée, sugar, and orange juice and zest in a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Add 4 tablespoons of the cream or crème fraîche and blend again.
- Serve heaped in a mound on a pretty dish, topped with the rest of the cream or crème fraîche, and sprinkle the grated chocolate on top.
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Let $A, B, C$ be algebras. Suppose that $D^b(A)$ (the bounded derived category of $A$) admits a recollement relative to $D^b(B)$ and $D^b(C)$.
Then, by a result of Alfred Wiedemann's paper "On stratifications of derived module categories," the algebra $A$ has a finite global dimension if and only if so are $B$ and $C$.
Now, suppose that the bounded derived categories of $A$ and $B$ are equivalent. By Rickard's result, $D^b(A)$ admits a recollement relative to $D^b(B)$ and 0. Hence, the global dimension is a derived invariant.
But, BGS's Koszul duality give an equivalent between the bounded derived categories of the symmetric algebra and the exterior algebra. Obviously, their global dimension are quite different. So, what's the reason?


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This has happened ever since the dawn of updates.
What do people expect? Gamma comes after beta, and gamma testing always turns our users into The Incredible Hulks...
Perhaps you've never heard this from a client, perhaps you're in college or a FLOSS Dev who can spread the blame around more than 5 or 6 guys, perhaps you unit test your code, perhaps you're not in that interesting situation where customers actually call you requesting the exact time of day you'll be releasing today's patch (I'd love to do that to Microsoft) or perhaps you're a sorry son-of-a-biscuit like me who just shipped a new update and went home and is dreading going back to work tomorrow.
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The 5:30 and 8 p.m. programs — the wolves' only Connecticut program — will be held at Kennedy Middle School on Route 10 in Plantsville.
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The presentation will focus on the return of wild wolves across the U.S. Presenters will answer questions and provide educational material regarding the return of wild wolves and captive wolf/wolf-dog cross ownership.
The ambassador wolf pack returns for its fifth area visit with alpha Magpie; her companion Abraham, a wolf/dog cross; and gray wolf Zeab.
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This easy-to-make roasted beet and horseradish relish recipe is a great sandwich topper, burger cond…View slide
Herbed Cornbread Stuffing
This healthy cornbread stuffing recipe is a favorite, thanks to the flavor from herbs, shallots, cel…View slide
Garlic-Parmesan Roasted Bru…
Speed up roasting vegetables, like these lemon-and-thyme-infused Brussels sprouts, by cooking them o…View slide
Jalapeño-Cranberry Relish
Give some zing to your traditional cranberry sauce recipe by adding jalapeño and lime. This healthy…View slide
Green Beans & Pancetta with…
In this easy vegetable side recipe, green beans are tossed with crispy bits of pancetta, shallot and…View slide
Roasted Rainbow Carrots wit…
Wow your guests with multicolored carrots dressed in a brown butter and sage sauce. They only take 1…View slide
Frisée & Fingerling Potato…
Add roast potatoes to your greens in this healthy salad recipe. Frisée holds up well to the warm ol…View slide
Rutabaga Puree with Goat Ch…
Buttery rutabaga and creamy goat cheese team up in this lower-carb recipe that's an alternative to…View slide
Sautéed Broccoli & Kale wi…
In this easy vegetable side dish, broccoli and kale are drizzled with a butter, garlic and crushed r…View slide
Beer-Braised Cipollini Onions
Creamed pearl onions have long been a staple Thanksgiving side dish, but this lighter, sweet-and-sav…View slide
Honey-Glazed Roasted Delica…
Tangy cider vinegar, sweet honey, crunchy pine nuts and fresh mint come together to make an amazing …View slide