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A one-skillet chicken supper, full-flavored chicken thighs cradled in a creamy gravy made with apple cider. Plus I share my favorite technique for pulling all the flavor from chicken skins without adding all the calories. It's brilliant if I may say so myself!
Republished in 2012, one of my favorite fall recipes, simple, savory, satisfying.
When we lose an old friend, we know the expressions of grief: we cry, we console, we deliver casseroles. But how should an old tree be mourned? Often, the gravestump remains, raw, harsh, ugly.
Here lie the roots of an old friend, an oak that shaded our lives in summer, dropped acorns for the squirrels, shed leaves to rake, cut craggly patterns into winter skies.
Gone but not Forgotten.
When I visit my family home in the north woods of Minnesota, I visit the trees, too. There's the clump in whose V the neighbor girls crafted doll beds of crimson poppy petals. There's the birch where family photographs were taken, recording new rings in both tree and children. After I cut a boy's initials into the trunk of the poplar by the road, my forester father sat me down for a serious talk. "Trees are living beings," he taught.
Kirkwood, Webster and all the 100 towns in my hometown of St. Louis are thick with trees. Flying into Lambert, a window seat gives evidence, vast tracts of green. Oaks and maples take a couple of generations to grow tall. A storm takes one down, or severs a limb, in seconds; a man with a chainsaw requires 15 minutes. Justice prevails it seems, when it takes the man and a chipper a day to remove the tree's roots, its marker, its grave, but no, never, not its memory.
CHICKEN with CREAMY APPLE CIDER GRAVY
10 to finish
Time to table: 50 minutes
Serves 4
- 1/2 tablespoon butter (for flavor)
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil (for its low smoke point)
- 1-1/4 pounds chicken thighs, preferably bones-in, skins-on
- Salt & pepper
- Dried sage
- 1 - 4 shallots (or 1 small onion), chopped small
- 3/4 cup apple cider, preferably unpasteurized
- 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 cup cream or 1 tablespoon butter
- Salt & pepper to taste
CHICKEN In a large well-seasoned or non-stick skillet, heat butter and oil on medium heat until shimmery. Remove chicken skins, discarding all but one. Place the one skin and thighs top-side down in skillet (they should sizzle). Season with salt, pepper and sage, then let cook without moving for 5 minutes. Turn over, season, cook another 5 minutes. Cover and let cook for 30 minutes. With tongs, transfer thighs to a plate, keep warm.
CREAMY APPLE CIDER GRAVY Add shallot, stir to coat and let cook 1 – 2 minutes. Add cider and soy sauce. Increase heat to medium high, bring liquid to a fast simmer with lots of bubbles. Stirring often, let cook until cider reduces by about half. Stir in the cream or butter, let cook, stirring often, until sauce turns mahogany and thickens.
Serve chicken with Creamy Apple Cider Gravy draped over the top.
Last month a reader wrote to sing praises of a pork chop version of Chicken Sybil using apple cider for the liquid. She was surprised, however, when the cider flamed up when added to the hot skillet, just like a flambé. I've never had this happen, but just in case, you might turn off the fire before adding the cider. Thanks for the tip, Sally!
This chicken is completely wonderful with fall's 'winter' squash like butternut, hubbard, acorn and more. In the photo is Acorn Squash Roasted Face Down but there are so many great ways to cook winter squash but here are My Favorite Winter Squash Recipes.
I wrote this column in 2007 when neighbors removed a small but healthy tree. And then in 2008, neighbors on the other side removed a healthy 100-year old oak tree. Some decisions, there's no understanding.
More Fast Chicken Recipes Perfect for Fall
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If you like Kitchen Parade's recipes, for more scratch cooking recipes using whole, healthful ingredients, visit A Veggie Venture, my food blog, home to the Alphabet of Vegetables where there's a vegetable in every recipe and vegetables in every course.
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Cider gravey, huh? I've never heard of such a thing, but it does sound delicious.
It's so horrible.
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Barb ~ Thank you for understanding. It's been four months since I watched it come down outside my office window, it still hurts to think about it.
We have gentlemen taking out wood from trees that have fallen, but not healthy ones.
I live in the country and like having some screening between me and my prolifically building (realtor) and new neighbors. What was once a clean field is now going to house 14 houses total in the field to my direct north, less than a football field away from my bathroom/bedroom window. Grrrrr. Had I known that field was up for sale, hubby and I would have bought it. The road is literally less than a football field, about half of one, from our bedroom window.
I hate curtains.
Trees work wonderfully for that aspect of decorating.
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October 08. 2013 8:00AM
Dave D'Onofrio's Sox Beat: Dubious decisions led to Rays' win in Game 3
By DAVE D'ONOFRIO
Special to the Union Leader
Three games into the American League Division Series between the Rays and the Red Sox, the pitchers pinned with losses have been Matt Moore, who went 17-4 during the regular season; David Price, who won the American League Cy Young Award last season; and Koji Uehara, who was enjoying one of the best seasons a reliever has ever had.
They are three of the game's elite, each a significant factor in getting his team to this point in the postseason, yet so far in these playoffs each justly has been held responsible for a defeat. It defies the expectations set by logical analysis. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
But, then, neither did much of what the Rays did after the seventh inning on Monday night – and still they staved off elimination by beating the Red Sox, 5-4, on a walk-off blast from backup catcher Jose Lobaton that moved Tampa Bay within 2-1 in the best-of-five series.
Game 4 is Tuesday at 8:37 p.m., sleep be damned.
Now, Boston's John Farrell and Co. weren't flawless in their decision-making Monday night, either. The Sox' choice to pitch to Evan Longoria with two aboard in the fifth cost them what was a 3-0 lead prior to his home run to left. Then the manager's decision to pinch run for David Ortiz in the eighth meant the club's most dangerous bat was out of the game when his spot in the lineup came up with the go-ahead run standing 90 feet from the plate in the ninth.
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon's choices were more questionable, more unconventional than those – yet somehow, someway, in the end they all seemed to intertwine in some crazy way, and they worked out.
The decisions began when rookie right fielder Wil Myers incurred a calf cramp while making the last out of the seventh inning and was forced to leave the game. At that point, Maddon had two outfielders on his bench. There was Delmon Young, who he was saving for a pinch-hitting situation. And there was New Hampshire's own Sam Fuld, who throughout the season has been used mostly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner.
Because Myers had made the final out in the previous inning, Maddon could have inserted Fuld into right and not had to worry about the .199 hitter coming to the plate for another nine batters. But instead, he took Matt Joyce out of the designated hitter slot and put him in right. That meant Tampa Bay's pitchers would be slotted into the cleanup spot in the batting order, right behind Longoria.
So instead of using Fuld there, Maddon was saving the speedster for a running situation. And, as it turned out, he got one after the Sox squandered a two-on, one-out threat in the top of the eighth.
Fuld was sent in to run after James Loney led off the bottom of that frame with a walk, and after the Sox botched their coverage on Desmond Jennings' bunt then couldn't make a play on Yunel Escobar's infield chopper up the middle, Fuld was at third when Tampa loaded the bases with one out.
If it had still been Loney there, maybe Mike Napoli would have tried throwing home when he gloved Young's grounder while moving to his left – but with Fuld going full blast on contact, Napoli instead decided he had no play at the plate, opting to hold on to the ball and dejectedly trudging toward first to take the out there.
Fuld's speed playing much more a factor than his glove would have, the Rays had a 4-3 lead.
They took that to the top of the ninth, which heart-attack closer Fernando Rodney started with a walk and a single. He ultimately had with the tying run on third, and the lead run on second with one out after Shane Victorino's sacrifice bunt. And that meant his manager had a couple of decisions to make.
With Ortiz out of the game, the safest probably would have been walking Dustin Pedroia with first base empty. That would have put Rodney against pinch-hitter Mike Carp, making his series debut, with the double play in order. Rather, Maddon decided to pitch to Pedroia, and furthermore, he decided to do so while keeping the left side of the infield back at regular depth despite the tying run standing at third.
Presented with that opportunity, Pedroia ripped a grounder right at the shortstop, and pinch-runner Xander Bogaerts scooted home from third. Suddenly the game was tied. But Maddon was OK with that.
"For me, it was just not about not losing the lead. At least if it's a tie, we've got a shot," the manager said. "That was a difficult choice right there, but I chose — normally we side on the side of aggressiveness or boldness. I thought right there under those circumstances, it was best to concede one run and live for the bottom of the ninth inning."
It was a decision he made knowing that awaiting his hitters in that frame would be Uehara – the Sox closer who retired 37 straight hitters at one point this season and came within a Myers foul tip of striking out the side on nine pitches Saturday night. The righty quickly took care of Ben Zobrist. Then Longoria.
But he couldn't do the same with Lobaton, who was sitting on "something soft," went down in the zone to get it, and golfed a 419-foot drive that landed in the stingray tank beyond right-center field. And, wouldn't you know it, he did that hitting out of the very cleanup spot into which Maddon had quizzically injected his pitcher by putting his DH into the field earlier.
Had Maddon instead gone to Fuld in the top of the eighth, maybe the Rays don't score the tying run without Fuld's New Hampshire-bred wheels. Maybe Lobaton doesn't get a chance to face Uehara. Maybe the Red Sox wind up showering in champagne Monday night while the Rays ready for winter.
Maybe Maddon's moves would have made more sense. But in October, being logical matters far less than ultimately being right.
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Summertime is beach time in Southern California, even at night. Locals gather around bonfires, roast marshmallows and enjoy each other's company. On some very special nights, there's even sex — at least for the fish.
The grunion run happens only in the spring and summer months. Late at night, under the full and new moons, thousands of tiny, silvery fish swim to shore for a very peculiar mating ritual.
"The grunions are basically spawning tonight," says Larry Fukuhara, the program director at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. "The females are coming out," he says. They'll burrow backwards into the sand about 2 or 3 inches. Then the males will "wrap around" and fertilize the eggs, Fukuhara adds.
Grunion look a lot like sardines, just a little bigger. They're native only to Southern California and the upper Baja Peninsula. On this night, the tiny, silvery fish are expected around 10:30 p.m. There is no guarantee of a grunion sighting, but Fukuhara stays positive.
It's a romantic evening for everyone involved, but especially for the grunion. Once fertilized, the eggs will wash back out to sea and become baby grunion that will soon come back ashore, just like their parents did.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium offers a special grunion program to teach kids and their parents about this summertime ritual. Once the lecture and educational filmstrip end, crowds of families march down to the beach to try to track down a few of the fish. Some aquarium staff stand by to assist with their curiosity.
Participants receive their instructions: As the wave recedes, look for anything wiggling in the wet sand.
Four young girls claim they have seen some grunion wiggling on the shore, and they have plans for any they catch. One suggests frying and eating them. Another warns not to keep them as pets — dogs might eat them.
A wave washes back into the ocean, and there is a dash from the sand into the water. Children and adults splash madly, scouring piles of seaweed and dark water with flashlights and lighted cellphones for any signs of the silvery fish — no doubt an intimidating crowd for any 3-inch creature, grunion included.
The crowd's bravery is challenged, as well. With every cold wave that washes up, there is a chorus of shrieks and a simultaneous race back to the sand, attempting to avoid the salty surge.
Many of the buckets brought from home for the big haul are empty, but Ryan Caruso proudly holds two squirmy creatures in his pail.
Lisa Cane brought her 4-, 8-, 10- and 12-year-old.
"We're in with the nature and learning and having fun," she says.
And it is fun for everyone, until it's time to go home.
And, finally this hour, to the beaches of Southern California for our series, Summer Nights. When the moon is new or full and the tide is high, thousands of locals line the shores to watch small, silvery fish as they have sex on the beach. The fish are grunion and the event is the Grunion Run. The audience marvels at the mating ritual and then there's a free-for-all. Grab all the slimy little fish you can.
NPR's Amy Walters sent us this post card from San Pedro.
AMY WALTERS, BYLINE: So, it's Friday night. I've had a long week of work, as I'm sure a lot of you guys have, and no better in Southern California to let off a little steam than to head to the beach, which is where I've arrived to see the world famous Grunion Run.
There are people everywhere, big bonfires.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 1: Later this evening about 10, 10:30, we'll all be going out to the beach together.
LARRY FUKUHARA: I'm Larry Fukuhara and I'm the program director here at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN 1: On certain nights, (unintelligible) sandy California beaches are the scene of a spectacular display.
FUKUHARA: The grunions are basically spawning tonight. The females will come out and what they're going to be doing is burrow backwards into the sand about two to three inches. The male or males will wrap around and what they'll do is fertilize the eggs.
WALTERS: A romantic evening.
FUKUHARA: Oh, yes, yes. I'm glad you're here.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN 1: Now, kids, please ask your parents what fertilization means. OK? Do that on the drive home. They'll love it.
FUKUHARA: Then, afterwards, we're going to go out to the beach with the rest of the people and, hopefully, see grunion.
WALTERS: What do you think? Are our odds good tonight?
FUKUHARA: Always good. We're always positive. Heck, yeah. Yeah. We're going to see grunion.
ANTHONY: Fish, 10, 20, 30, 100.
WALTERS: What's your name?
ANTHONY: Anthony (unintelligible).
WALTERS: And I heard that you are 10 years old. Is that right?
ANTHONY: Nine (unintelligible).
WALTERS: OK. So should we go see if there's going to be fish out there?
ANTHONY: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 1: OK, folks, so what we're going to do is we're watching (unintelligible) wave recede, as it goes out, it leaves shiny, shimmery, wet sand and what you want to do is look for anything wiggling in that wet sand area. We're starting to get a couple reports that there's a couple fish here and there. Looks like we have a couple over to our left.
WALTERS: How long do we have to wait? Do you guys see any?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: Yeah. They were silver and they were wiggling.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 1: Sometimes, if you look in the waves, you can see them. As the wave curls up, you can see them in the waves.
WALTERS: What are you going to do with them once you catch them?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: You bring them home and fry them and eat them. You can't have them like pets. If you have dogs, your dogs are going to eat them.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN 2: Or we could fry them right there in the fire.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: Yeah. Or maybe in our house when we get there.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 1: Have fun.
WALTERS: I do think the most self-respecting grunion might be scared away by this tremendous Friday night crowd.
WALTERS: Rest assured, that was not a grunion attack. That was merely a small wave. Did you get one?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: I got two. When it first came in, I got one and then, right here, I got one.
WALTERS: Are you going to name it?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: I don't know.
WALTERS: (Unintelligible).
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: Oh, mine fell.
WALTERS: Oh, (unintelligible) flipping around. (Unintelligible).
LISA CANE: I have a four-year-old, a eight-year-old, 10-year-old and a 12-year-old.
WALTERS: Tell me your name.
CANE: Lisa Cane(ph). You know, we're in with the nature and learning and having fun.
WALTERS: So there's still some campfires burning. Still lots of folks in the water, but I've had a long week and it's Friday night and I'm headed home. How many s'mores did you eat?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN 2: Three.
BLOCK: That's NPR's Amy Walters enjoying the Grunion Run at the Cabrillo Aquarium in San Pedro, California. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I have run out of words to describe a movie like 2013's "Lizzie." Tired, uninspired, insipid, lazy, bland… they all cover this insipid piece of filmmaking. My thesaurus can't help me anymore, so let me just say this: "Lizzie" is a waste of 93 minutes. If you have a choice between this and any other movie, you're probably better off going with the latter.
Roland Emmerich, who directed "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012" and "Independence Day", has bought the rights to "Emergence", a new heart warming coming of age story about a young boy's struggle to reconnect with his father. I'm kidding, it's an alien invasion flick that I'm sure will have all kind of crap blowing up and whatnot. Good old Roland doesn't care about kids! He doesn't care about love. He cares about people getting their faces blow up by giant ships and crap. I don't know where I'm going with this.
Well good for them! "The Purge", which was released this past weekend went ahead and earned back its budget this past Thursday night thanks to late night and midnight showings. The film was made for about $3 million and pulled in close to $3.4 million Thursday night, eventually bringing in over $36 million over the weekend. I can't do the math on what kind of profit that is but I'm pretty sure it's a lot.
No real surprise here folks, "Halloween" will get a special 35th Anniversary release later this year from the good folks at Anchor Bay. What is a surprise though is that director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis will reunite for a new commentary track to be included with the release. A special special edition will also be made available with signed yogurt that helps ladies go BM regularly. I made that last part up.
Christina Ricci has been hand selected by the folks at Lifetime to play Lizzie Borden in an upcoming made for TV movie about the famous ax wielding daughter. I assume this means Ricci is only a couple years away from battling giant snakes with fish heads or something on Syfy so that really should be the news here. I'm pretty excited.


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Hi, I have a question about the $40 Line Follower circuit. In the picture you provided, you connected the joint of the two emitters of transistors to the track pin of the preset. But on the graphical diagram it show the connection of the joint of the two collectors of the transistor to the track pin of the preset. So, which one is correct?
1- I used L293NE instead of L293D. Does that matter?
2- I used 22k preset, instead of 20k preset. I could not find 20k preset. Is that OK?
3- I used 100uf 35v capacitor instead of 100uf 25v
6- I used a multimeter to check for any bad wiring and for the amount of voltage that is going into the motors.
hmmm I am new to these terms "needs external diodes to be added". So are you saying that my L293NE will not make my robot work?!! And what do you mean that I need an external diodes to be added, and where and how to be added?
As I am writing this, the battery is being charged for almost 6 hours, 7 more hours to go.
Datasheet is not provided with it. How do I get a datasheet for it?
I think that is because, as Soeren said to me on another thread, I was using 9v pp3 battery. I just bought a 9v NiMH battery with a charger. cost? about $8 for the battery and $16 for the charger. As I am writing this, the battery is being charged for almost 6 hours, 7 more hours to go.


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Plants can keep mosquitos at bay
Well … most everyone has them but no one likes them. Mosquitoes have been around forever, and will probably be here for a while longer. What can you do to cut down on your mosquito population? In addition to tips to keep areas dry, certain plants can be added to our yard that those pesky mosquitoes don't like. They don't like them at all.
Look for and empty any standing containers of water. Don't forget to look for hidden water areas like old tires, old buckets and wheelbarrows. You can add a few teaspoons of vinegar to watery areas to attack existing mosquitoes. Clean out rain gutters. Keep grass mowed and overgrown areas clipped.
Basil is available in several different colors and types. It is wonderful in your pasta dish, but it is also a mosquito repellant. Several planters of basil on your patio would be decorative, and you can clip those big anti-mosquito leaves to use in the kitchen. Add scented geraniums to the pot as it repels mosquitoes, too.
Lemongrass is cheap and another great deterrent for mosquitoes. It is a good-looking plant and in addition to keeping away these pesky bugs, it can be used to make tea and flavor lots of dishes. Horsemint, neem and lemon balm will also be effective in keeping the mosquitoes away.
Citronella is available in a candle form from your local discount store. The citronella or "mosquito plants" are also available at good nurseries, if you look around. Why not use this natural deterrent instead of a spray or candle? Tansies are a type of "mum" that will spread beautifully around your patio or backyard. Ageratum is another mosquito repellent plant. It generates coumarin, which is an offensive smell that will keep those pesky biters away.
Catnip isn't just for cat toys. Catnip is considered to be more powerful at repelling mosquitoes than DEET. Be sure to plant some in your patio area to keep these aggravating pests away. Marigolds have a smell that will chase away bugs. You can enjoy their blooms while they protect you. Garlic has been used to repel pests for years. It's another plant that you can clip and use in the kitchen.
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Joan Crawford, Medea and the Wicked Witch of the West combined have nothing on Hope, the monster-in-law who completely torpedoes "Be a Good Little Widow," the sincerely meant but structurally immature new play from Bekah Brunstetter that Collaboraction has brought to Chicago in Anthony Moseley's far-from-subtle production. As played with Machiavellian upper-class relish by Susan Fay — whose lips drip with passive-aggressive acidity with every nasty line — Hope's abuse of her young and needy daughter-in-law Melody (the nicely quirky Meghan Reardon) does not even miss a beat when the young lawyer Craig (Tommy Hicks), Melody's beloved husband and Hope's son, gets killed in a plane crash.
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With this mother, you can't blame him. Hope's relentless, snobby nastiness knows no bounds: pre-bereavement, post-bereavement. She goes after Melody's dress, manners and personal integrity (to name just a few of her endless progression of attacks) even as the poor young woman is in the throes of mourning. I suppose there are such people in the world, and it's clear that Brunstetter wants to paint a picture of a woman in a very deep kind of pain. I also suspect that a subtler treatment of this character might have had an ameliorative effect. But Monday night at the Flat Iron Building, you couldn't wait to get away from this toxic woman. Not to mention the rest of the flat, arch, slow-paced and indulgent show.
Hope is not the only thing that's tough to believe here. It's far from easy to track this play. In one perplexing sequence, we seem to see Melody and Hope planning Craig's funeral. But then Melody goes out to the crash site and actually sees bits of human bodies still laying around — apparently no one has cleared them up — which, as you can imagine, does not do her much good. It's just an impossible chronology, made worse by Brunstetter's wholly transparent invention of the device of a snowstorm, a really, really bad snowstorm, that keeps poor Melody's own loving parents from flying to Connecticut and their grieving daughter's side for several days. Days? It's just not credible.
Perchance you'll do better with this show than me, but when Melody starting seeing the ghost of her husband showing up in the window and waving sweetly, it was about all I could take to stay in my seat. There are a few honest moments when Brunstetter and Reardon combine to show us the very early moments of a relationship when your partner endlessly fascinates and entrances you, and it becomes easy to forget yourself. In those sections, there is some promise. But once the doorbell rings and mommy-in-law dearest enters, abandon all hope and flee for the stairs.
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Hannah Zinn added five points and a career-high 15 rebounds for the Cougars (1-1). Michelle Guindon had 10 points for Nute of Milton (0-2).
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I grew up in Fresno, a town that's sometimes called the armpit of California. It was there, in the wide-laned suburbs on the north side of town that I spent hours playing Street Fighter 2 against my older brother and his friends. I was always the worst of the group, fighting the slippery control pad and cursing every time quarter-circles and charge moves failed to trigger the specials I was trying for. Fifteen years later I was playing Street Fighter IV for the first time and was still cursing the quarter-circle that did what I wanted only a third of the time. Much had changed with the game. Ultras and Supers existed, animations and visuals were completely new, and there were bizarre new characters added to the roster. This is iteration, the process of repeating something old in a new context.
Of the twenty best-rated Xbox 360 games, only four are non-sequels (Braid, Gears of War, Mass Effect, and Batman: Arkham Asylum). On PlayStation 3 the number is only three. We live in an age of iteration, which is both a marker of great success and an omen of a creatively deadened future. In some cases, repeating something in a new context makes it easier to appreciate certain qualities that might have otherwise been elusive. In other cases, iteration is an unavoidable consequence of an industry solidifying its own traditions into a dense gravitational core, which has the lamentable side effect of slowing exploration at the medium's outer edges.
Super Street Fighter IV may well be the apotheosis of the series. The distance between it and the 1987 arcade game is extraordinary. From a conceptual point of view they are indistinguishable. It's a one-on-one fighting game with a haphazard array of characters and locations, presented in two-dimensions, and built on a fantasy of martial arts metaphysics. It's at its best when two familiar players fight each other. Capcom's Seth Killian, a former tournament player and namesake for the game's endboss, once compared it to poker. Experienced competitors stop playing their characters and start playing on their opponent's psyche. The best players no longer focus on getting their characters to do what they want, but rather earn victory by getting the other player to do what they want.
Iterating on a small roster of characters with paltry movesets, subsequent Street Fighter games added specials and combatants while smoothing and quickening the rigid animations from the original. But has the significance of the game really changed? Is it now about anything more than the original? Does the extra attention to variety and balance change the core experience? If Street Fighter can be compared to poker, then I think it's fair to say each subsequent iteration has been a variant using the same deck of cards. Street Fighter 2 was the No Limit Hold 'Em, Third Strike was the 7-Card Draw with wilds, and Super Street Fighter IV, with its customizable online options, is a kind of dealer's choice. Each sequel has been less a new work, and more a tweaking of the old rules on a reprinted deck of cards with increasingly more detailed artwork.
Mario sits on the other end of the iterative spectrum, having sprung to life as Nintendo's wandering fool. He bumbled his way from the industrial scaffoldings of Donkey Kong to become the everyman of the early NES library; all while making time to take a starring role in a new Super Mario Bros. every year or two. In his 2D form, Mario was a questing hero, set out on a linear odyssey to free a princess from a monster. The formula was repeated over the years much in the way the Street Fighter formula has repeated, adding variety and using new processing technology to excise old technical warts. With the move to 3D, the Mario pattern was shattered into a million pieces and reassembled into a non-linear jumble whose purpose was not travel but play in roughly circular pens.
Mario still jumped on Goomba heads, collected coins, could fly, and could go swimming, but each of these repeated mechanics were fundamentally changed when ripped out of their 2D frame. Jumping on enemies became exponentially more difficult in wide-open space, and the threat of an oncoming enemy was less immediate when you could just side-step them. The game was no longer about survival and traversal, but shifted to become about environmental reading and repeated returns to the same levels. It was a game without a final destination, a meandering dip into a series of toy boxes, each of which had their own varied rules. It's interesting to note that the shift to 3D had a depressive effect on sales. The first three 3D Mario games have sold less than a third of what the first three 2D Mario games did.
It begs the question, which should be asked during any iterative process: is there a genuine creative impulse at the center of the game or is it an act of repetition unto itself? This summer, Blizzard will finally release the yearned-for sequel to Starcraft, a game that's become a professional sport in South Korea and remains the popular touchstone for the real-time-strategy genre. It introduces a few new unit types (imagine introducing a couple of new pieces in Chess), has co-op play, and a clever tutorial mode to bridge the gap between single-player tactics and those necessary for online play. It has all the appearances of being a better, more approachable, and more visually enticing version of Starcraft.
Fans will rejoice in having so much money and creative attention given to the minutiae of the universe they love. I find there's something fundamentally disturbing in this approach, in that it makes game designers more like craftspeople or stewards than creators. This is gamemaking as product design rather than personal communication.
I sometimes ask myself if I'd really want to live in a world where Mario didn't move on after first saving the princess at the end of 8-4. Would the videogame world be diminished without Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, and Super Mario Galaxy? Those are the games I have to forgo if I stick with my logic. I abandon Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Half-Life 2, The Sims 2, Metal Gear Solid 2, and many, many more to the abortive trash bin of history. I think I would do that.


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The Metropolis of Chios (Gr:Χίος) is under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece.
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His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysios (Mpairaktaris) of Chios, Psaron and Inousson (born, Evoia, Greece) was elected in 1979.
- Municipality of Agios Minas
- Municipality of Amani
- Municipality of Ionia
- Municipality of Kambochora
- Municipality of Kardamyla
- Municipality of Mastichochoria
- Municipality of Inouses
- Municipality of Omiroupolis
- Municipality of Oinousses
- Municipality of Chios (town)
- Municipality of Psara
- Nea Moni of Chios an 11th century monastery protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Topical Saints
- St. Markella (July 22), patron saint of Chios
- St. Isidore of Chios (December 2)
- St. Matrona of Chios (October 20), the "Chiopolitissa"
- St. Nikiforos of Chios
- St. Pachomios of Chios (1840-1905)
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Setting a Senior example at the Granite State Senior Games
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— They run for a reason.
Each one is personal, from being affected by the Boston Marathon bombing to trying to beat the odds, the runners of the Granite State Senior Games have their motivations.
A dozen runners and walkers turned out for the GSSG 5k and 10k road races and 5,000 meter race walk Sunday morning.
Elizabeth Bunce is 73 years old, lives in Nelson and has a pair of gold medals around her neck for winning the 5k and 10k in her age bracket, Bunce's eyes tear up as she recounts the bombing in Boston.
"I've volunteered for 11 years. I get the best job in the world; I hand out the medals," Bunce said. "We were situated two and a half blocks away. I heard the bomb and then I saw the puff of white smoke."
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For 67-year-old Larry Flint, a former chairman of the GSSG who won the race-walk with a time of 43:11, every day he competes is another chance he wasn't sure he'd ever have.
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"If you rest, you rust. That's my motto," Flint said. "I try to be a role model. I was given the gift of life so I give back."
George Tosatti, 77, is another runner who came to the sport later in life.
"I picked it up at 50. It's more of a challenge physically now, but mentally it's easier," he said. "I meet all these people. They're great people."
Stan Garrity, 60, is a retired captain with the Manchester Fire Department who retired last year and began running. He agrees with Tosatti's assessment of the running community.
"Runners are so supportive of everybody. No matter how fast you run or who you are or where you're from. People support everyone. There's no slow runners, just some that are faster than others," Garrity said. "I feel great. It feels good to feel good. What you're doing is you're challenging yourself. Can I do this? It makes you feel better."
Garrity won the gold medal in the 60-64 age group with a time of 26:09 in the 5k. Tosatti took gold in the 75-79 bracket for the 5k in 35:09.
Steve Horton, 57, won the 5k and 10k gold medals for the 55-59 age groups, finishing in 21:41 and 46:39. Peter Bobryk, 53, won the gold in the 5k and 10k for the 50-54 men's category in 24:08 and 49:54.
Karen Franks, 53, won the gold in the 50-54 female bracket of the 5k in 32:24. Hazel Palmer, 78, won gold in the 75-79 female bracket in 1:13:20 for the 10k.
Dwight Barclay, 64, won the silver medal in the 60-64 bracket in 30:29 of the 5k. Dennis Towle, 55, won silver in the 55-59 category in 21:42 for the 5k. Steven Snow, 59, won the 10k silver in 55:02 for the 55-59 bracket.
Other participants included Thomas Duyette, 55, who completed the 5k in 26:06, and Jerome McDougle, 59, who ran the 5k in 22:46.
The games continue through Aug. 25. There will be a dinner at the Puritan Back Room on Friday and tickets are still available. Check nhseniorgames.org for information.
Bunce said she hopes to be able to speak at the dinner to impart the importance of being a role model.
"I want to remind people that we are not just athletes but we are elderly athletes," Bunce said. "When I was 16 (to think) 'she's 70 years old and she's running?' We set an example for all those young people."


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HIV, Ecstasy, and Hallucinations
Jun 2, 2011
When a person gets HIV, depending on the stage, do they trip out like they are on acid or mushrooms if they have not been treated and smoke/ drink?? I was in jail and I just started tripping out and feeling like I was out of my body. Then I started seeing things in the mirror, and hallucinating. I also had a really bad trip out at my house as well, where my ex boyfriend was climbing through the bottom of bed and there were nurses and doctors trying to revive him. When I went to the hospital for it I started to have flashbacks of the kids from my school and I was still seeing things in the mirror. My exposure to the virus was in early October. I got tested in December and was negative (rapid hiv test). I took one ecstasy pill in January on Jan 1st. I was arrested in February and while I was locked up i started to see things in the mirrors and started feeling out of my body. I also had another HIV test in there too that was also negative. Anyway, I am really worried about myself and I don't know what's going on or why I keep tripping out. Do people with HIV or AIDS trip out like this after they have taken an ecstasy pill?
Response from Dr. Fawcett
Hallucinations, although rare, can occur as a result of neurological conditions at advanced states of AIDS. However, it is extremely unlikely that your hallucinations are caused by the HIV virus as your exposure was in October and you have continued to test negative. A negative test six months after exposure is considered conclusive. It is much more likely that the hallucinations were caused by taking ecstasy, or what you thought was ecstasy. A significant amount of the drug is adulterated with other chemicals that can cause adverse reactions. In a small minority of people, even a small amount of these psychotropic drugs can cause symptoms that persist over time. You should get a psychiatric consult to determine the cause of the hallucinations and obtain treatment.
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We asked readers, Now that Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency, should Southern California start rationing water?
Water can be saved in many ways — voluntarily
Cutting back on water usage is a great idea. Many people on our street already do that, but there is the one who waters more than three times a week, and most of the water runs down the gutter instead of on the lawn. Different sprinkler heads would help that situation.
What am I doing to save water? Presently my water bill is about $2.50 a month, so I think I am doing OK. I have 10 32-gallon barrels that I catch rain in. I use that water for the outdoor plants until it's gone or replenished by rain or heavy nighttime dew. Shorter showers help, and I think the suggestion of catching the cold water in a bucket for watering is also a good idea that I might consider trying.
The South Bay Environmental Services Center has some excellent classes on ways to save water. Everyone should get in on that and discover more ways to save, including changing sprinkler heads and using drought-tolerant plants.
— Kathy Bena, Torrance
This effort is overdue
At our home, we do all of the usual things to conserve water (drip irrigation, rain barrels, etc.), but there are a few more things we do that are a little more unusual. We keep a bucket in our shower to capture the cold water while it is heating. We then put it in a container on our deck to water all of our potted plants.
I also use a spray-on conditioner after showering so that I do not use gallons of water rinsing conditioner out of my hair. We lowered the water pressure coming into our home. We have added many native plants that (almost) hate water but are green year-round. After getting rid of a large percentage of our lawn, you will notice that our remaining lawn is mostly brown.
I hand-wash our dishes 99 percent of the time because it really does save water. Scientists have been predicting these droughts for years. We should have started adapting to these conditions a long time ago.
— Eileen Thomas, Redlands
Use financial incentives
A big yes for rationing water. Water is precious, and we need to conserve now. So far there is no snow pack this year and that is serious. Being a conservative person, I was ahead of the curve in eliminating the traditional grass yard and going for drought-resistant plants and bark covering.
I was in North Carolina a few years ago when they had a severe water shortage. Not only did you have to ask for water in a restaurant (which is a good thing), but they were using paper plates and cups in restaurants, hotels and resorts to save on the water used in dishwashing, and bed sheets weren't changed every day in the hotels.
Unfortunately, lots of people ignore requests to conserve and only respond to higher prices, so maybe one part of the solution is to charge more to those who use over a certain amount of water per month.
— Dorothy Kistler, Long Beach
No need for forced limits
Forced water rationing is not necessary yet.
Each year I work with most of the water agencies in San Bernardino County and surrounding areas to plan the San Bernardino County Water Conference, and it's apparent that Southern Californians are doing a good job of reducing their water consumption.
Most water agencies are at or above the halfway mark of meeting the mandated 20 percent reduction in water use by 2020. Water providers have spent billions to increase storage capacity while still encouraging conservation.
Despite increasing population, water demand has remained flat. Homeowners are installing drought-tolerant landscaping, high-efficiency sprinklers, moisture sensors and smart controllers.
We still have a long way to go to protect our water supply, but if we continue to make changes at the same pace and find new solutions to resolve our dependency on imported water, we can avoid forced rationing.
— Nicole Desmond, Yucaipa
Is Sacramento helping?
I have replaced my sprinkler heads with more efficient ones, and taken some sprinklers off line. I also changed my water time per station and the number of days per week to water. I am not bragging about it being for conservation reasons. I do it to keep my cost down and keep my lawns green with a minimum amount of water used.
A better question would be: "What is Sacramento doing to encourage a different water system supply?"
To continue Los Angeles' growth, which is limited because of its semi-arid climate with unreliable rainfall, we need a new system. You can see the last L.A. Aqueduct, completed in November 1913, cascading near Sylmar; so what has happened since?
Gov. Jerry Brown and friends have prioritized the bullet train, a high-speed rail line from the Los Angeles area to the San Francisco area, over desalination. The one bright spot is the desalination project located in Carlsbad in north San Diego County. This project is due to open in 2016; it will be locally controlled, high-quality drought-proof water that will meet the needs of San Diego.
So where is Los Angeles?
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Carpets will be one of the most expensive items to purchase when furnishing your home, business or office. So naturally you will have to preserve the quality of your carpets to ensure their life expectancy. Carpets act as the first defense against dust, grit and soil and while vacuuming on a regular basis will alleviate some of these problems. There is no substitute for the Best Carpet Cleaning Service in Rancho Villa Sacramento CA, which will remove the deeper soils and maintain the freshness of your carpet.
By having your carpets cleaned professionally you will ensure a far greater level of hygiene than normal vacuuming. Carpets naturally soak up airborne dust allergies, which settle deep among the fibers of the carpet but these allergies can be easily prevented with professional cleaning. Having your carpets cleaned by Sacramento Carpet Cleaning professionals will extend their life expectancy and ensure they retain their freshness. By not cleaning properly you will reduce its life expectancy and risk having to replace them with new carpets in the future.
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Carpet manufacturers design their products to disguise dirt and what might appear to be a clean carpet will often be laden with dirt. Sand and grit can cause considerable damage to your carpet if they are left in the fibers. By hiring professional cleaners you can ensure the invisible deeper soils are thoroughly removed and disposed of safely. The benefits of having your carpets professionally cleaned is to ensure your investment appears as fresh and bright as when you first laid them. Steam cleaning is highly recommended by carpet cleaning companies in Rancho Villa Sacramento because it will provide your carpet with a much deeper clean. Regular vacuuming might work on the surface but only steam cleaning can remove the deepest dirt from the carpet. Steam cleaning is far superior to shampoo cleaning because the process ensures there is no chemical residue left behind. Sacramento Carpet Cleaning Services are also able to help assess your carpet and take proper care of your investment. Another welcome aspect of steam cleaning is that any undesirable stains will be removed and are less likely to remain as a dirty residue. The removal of sticky residues is very important because otherwise they attract dust that will give your carpet an unattractive appearance.
Studies also show that there are many health benefits of carpet cleaning in Rancho Villa Sacramento CA. Having clean carpets can prevent young children and adults with asthma, eczema and other allegories suffering from excessive dust, germs or pet hair. As health concerns grow it becomes increasingly important for carpets to be maintained to ensure their well-being and appearance. When properly maintained, a carpet can improve your health, air quality and act as a filter absorbing soil, debris, and other contaminants such as hair and sand. Routine carpet cleaning should be considered part of a healthy lifestyle. By having your carpets steam cleaned and deodorized, this will keep outdoor contaminants such as dirt, sand and other pollutants from under control throughout the year. Some of the other benefits of extracting pollutants from carpets include reducing health problems such as cancers and other respiratory illnesses. The absence of dust particles in your carpet is almost certainly beneficial to your lungs, and this will subsequently improve the lives of young children or anyone with asthma or dust allergies.
Any home with young children will enjoy the benefit of having steam cleaned carpets because a fresh voluminous carpet will minimize cuts and injuries from accidental falls. If you receive a professional clean then the natural freshness of the carpet will ensure a cushioning surface for young children. Even if your home or office does not have any young children, everyone instinctively notices the difference between a dirty carpet and a clean surface maintained by professionals. Cleaning your carpet on your own requires time, money and effort. By allowing professionals the opportunity to clean your carpets from germs, you will save yourself a considerable amount of time and effort. Some of the added benefits who hire professional Sacramento carpet cleaners are that any heavy lifting will be carried out by the respective carpet company, saving you the initial trouble, and they will also lay down protective padding underneath the furniture to help protect your carpet while it dries.
Another financial benefit of getting your carpets cleaned by Carpet Cleaning Sacramento CA professionals is that if you rent a home then getting your carpets cleaned can save you serious money in the long term. Anyone renting for a considerable period of time will have paid out at least one month's rent to ensure their tenancy. By allowing your carpets to deteriorate will present an unforgiving landlord the ideal opportunity to claim all or some of your deposit for cleaning expenses. By having your carpets professionally cleaned before the end of tenancy will be far most cost effective and reassuring in the long term. If you own a property then you can save money with professional cleaning than replacing carpets with nasty stains. With children and pets running amok on carpet areas, the high traffic areas are inevitably going to get damaged through excessive use, spillages, dirt and exposure to sunlight. Having your carpets cleaned every 6 months can make enormous difference to your lifestyle, health and long-term finances.
Buying a new carpet is a considerable investment for any household or business. By having your carpets cleaned professionally you will ensure comfortable living, clean health and financial benefits, which cannot be obtained through regular vacuuming. Rancho Villa Carpet Cleaners in Sacramento provides enormous benefits and will ultimately preserve the quality of your carpet for years to come.
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When was the last time you had your carpets professionally cleaned? If you're like the average American household, it was probably some time in the last year - and you will probably wait at least another year to get them cleaned again. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends carpets in residential homes are cleaned every 6-12 months if 2 or fewer people live in the home who is non smokers. For larger families with both kids and pets, the EPA recommends a professional carpet cleaning every 3 months [U.S. EPA letter, January 1989].
Recommendations like this are based on the indoor air quality in homes. Dust, dander and a multitude of soils collect on carpet, which acts as filter as air circulates through vent systems in a home. For persons with allergies, asthma, and even pregnant women and the elderly, having clean carpets can make a big difference in their quality of life indoors.
Having your carpet cleaned every 3 months can be very expensive. A market check of professional carpet cleaning prices showed that among both national brand names and smaller local carpet cleaning companies, the average cost for a 3 room, two hallway carpets cleaning at about $125 after coupons and specials were applied. If a homeowner has a carpet cleaner visit 3 times a year, the total cost of carpet cleanings can really add up.
Some families are choosing the do-it-yourself route to cleaning their carpets. Depending on where you live, grocery stores are offering cleaning machines and a multitude of carpet cleaning solutions for purchase. This may be another good way to keep your carpets cleaned. The drawback is that homeowners must do all then tough work themselves - lugging the machine to their cars and moving their own furniture. There are also some inherent risks with do-it-yourself methods that include:
- Over saturation of the carpet. If too much water or solution is applied, the glue that holds carpet fibers together can separate and ruin carpet
- Misapplication of cleaners. The incorrect cleaning solution applied to certain stains can permanently bleach or discolor carpet.
One thing is clear, indoor air quality is affected by the frequency with which your home's carpets are cleaned, so professional carpet cleaning companies are finding unique ways of providing less expensive cleanings. Some offer new and improved package pricing to their customers. Customers who combine carpet cleaning with other services like Oriental rug cleaning can sometimes save upwards of 60% off their total bill. This allows homeowners to save some money and gets both carpet cleaning and rug cleaning taken care of in one visit. Other carpet cleaning companies are selling professional-grade carpet cleaning sprays and solvents, so that customers wanting to take care of their carpets themselves can do so without some of the risks associated with over-the-counter products. Another unique approach by professional carpet cleaning companies is to offer a stain removal only service. Here, customers pay only for the stain removal and not an entire carpet cleaning. Kiwi Carpet Cleaning offers this with a One Year Carpet Cleaning Warranty, where entire rooms are cleaned at a low price throughout the year. While you might have to move furniture yourself and vacuum before the carpet cleaning technician arrives, the low price may offset any minor hassles.
With all the dust, dander, dirt and soot collecting on the surfaces in your home, it is important to remind yourself that what you collect on a dust towel is just a small fraction of what ends up in your carpet. Take inventory of how often your carpets are walked on in your home and make carpet cleaning decisions that help you and your family breathe easier this year.
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Keeping carpets clean is quite simple if you follow a regular maintenance schedule for vacuuming and deep cleaning, and ensuring that all spills are blotted up and stains attended to immediately. If you have bought a new carpet, you are more fortunate than old carpet owners, as the new fibres have the ability to reflect light rays and to offer resistance to soiling and staining.
If you follow a strict vacuuming schedule, you can easily retain the original look of the carpet and also extend its life by quite a few years. Some manufacturers recommend that the number of times you clean your carpet in a week should be equal to the number of persons residing in your home. For example, if you have three persons staying in your home, you need to vacuum your carpet at least thrice a week. Vacuuming at least twice a week is the least you can afford if you want to safeguard your carpet.
Using doormats and rugs in strategic spots like entry and exit doors, entrance to corridors, bottom of stairs, etc, can reduce the amount of soil brought into the house. Use pads or rugs for resting feet near desks and sofas. Dry soil has an abrasive quality that can badly damage carpets if it is allowed to be ground into the carpet. Try to remove the soil when it is still on top of the carpet instead of letting it be walked on.
Buy a vacuum cleaner that has a dual motor to power the suction and the rotation brush. A good rotation brush can loosen up soil that has been ground into the carpet, and can suck out all particles even from the backing. Also check that the brush height can be correctly adjusted to the height of your carpet fibres. It should have good filtration and a top loading bag is preferable to a bottom loading bag for ease of use. And make sure you change the bag when it is half full, as the efficiency of the cleaner reduces as the dust bag gets fuller.
Using a rotation brush whenever you vacuum easily brings out the soil so it can be sucked up by the vacuum cleaner. Slowly push the vacuum cleaner forward in the direction of the pile and then in reverse as many times as needed. But, if you have a thick pile carpet, do not use the rotation brush as it can damage the fibres. Instead use only suction. Run the vacuum at least three times over heavily trafficked areas, in slow, deliberate back and forth strokes.
Sprinkling salt one hour before vacuuming will make the carpet look brighter. If there are indentations in the carpet, fill them with ice cubes. Once the ice has melted, the fibres of the carpet will stand upright again. After vacuuming, you will notice that your carpet has a flat look. To revive the fibres, hold a hot steam iron just over the carpet taking care not to let it touch the carpet. This should bring the fibres up.
Keeping your vacuum cleaner in good shape is also very important. Clean the brushes, hoses, and other attachments on a regular basis and replace all worn out parts immediately. Change the dust bag frequently.
With these measures, and calling in professional carpet cleaners at least once in three months for deep cleaning through hot water extraction, you can keep your carpet looking as good as new.
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1618 Alhambra Blvd Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 706-3211