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This is the way to roll. I'm playing PES6 at a crisp resolution on my wall. OK, so it's one of those woodchip-finish wallpapers, but that hardly matters when it's this bright and beautiful.
And bright and beautiful it is. Inevitably, the sunny day is the bane of the projected image, but the brightness and contrast ratio of the PJ258D, while fairly standard at this price point, are nonetheless effective.
Natively, it looks fine, and it even works well at 1280 x 1024, with only occasional issues in the text reading department. To test this, I obviously had to spend a little time playing Football Manager 2007 in giganto-screen mode. Y'know, for research purposes. It's not that I have a galloping addiction...
The PJ258D's iPod dock, allowing you to blow up iPod content to a ridiculous extent. We were expecting the low-res video to make us queasy, but it was better than we expected.
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Al Jourgensen Opens Up on Ministry, Buck Satan, Politics + Much More
Talking on the phone with legendary Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen is a strange experience. The incredibly energetic, political and thought-provoking outlaw never holds back in his music — nor in his conversation.
We've already shared Jourgensen's claim that the new Ministry album, 'Relapse' (due March 26), is one of the Top 50 albums of all time by any band and that the Republican party is made up of "knuckleheads." In the rest of our chat with Jourgensen, we spoke with him in-depth about the new Ministry and Buck Satan records, his current state of health after a near death experience and everything on the political spectrum including the Occupy movement, the Tea Party, Rick Perry, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and much more.
Check out Loudwire's exclusive interview with the legendary Ministry mastermind, Al Jourgensen.
First off, how are you feeling?
Oh yeah. I've got a clean bill of health and that's why I'm doing a tour this summer because my doctor gave me a clean bill of health. I haven't been bleeding [due to ulcers in his stomach and esophagus] for about a year, so it's all good man, it's all good. We did a couple good records when I was on the mend with Buck Satan and Ministry. Next week we're starting on the new Rigor Mortis album – the first album they've had in 15 years and I'm producing.
Then in March a band from Iraq called Acrassicauda are coming out to the studio. They're an Iraqi metal band. They're really heavy, they're really cool. Then I'll be hitting the studio with Plastilina Mosh who are like the Beastie Boys of Mexico – they've sold like two million records. Ministry will start rehearsals at the end of May and then we're out on the road by June, so I've got a pretty busy schedule coming up. I've got to be healthy to do that, man. [Laughs]
Sounds like you've got a lot of great things on your plate right now…
Yeah, I'm doing good. I'm just really happy with these last two records I've done. I'm just really happy to be above ground. [Laughs] That was kind of intense about a year-and-a-half ago when I went down to the emergency room. As soon as you hear the the word "clear!" you know you're not doing good. CLEAR! [makes defibrillator noise and laughs]
[Laughs] So how were you able to balance doing the new Ministry and Buck Satan records pretty much at the same time?
The thing with Buck Satan is that we did that first because after my near-death s—, I had promised to do a country record before I was "done" and that showed me that life is short. I got out and as soon as I could walk again I did this Buck Satan record, but Mikey Scaccia — we've been jamming on the bus with this Buck Satan stuff for years. Like 28 years I've been talking about this record. I called him up and he had some time off, so he came out and I couldn't have done it without him, man.
I mean I was pretty sick at this point with all this recording, but I wanted to get it done and Mikey really pulled up the slack – but what's funny is that it was such a seamless segue into Ministry from Buck Satan because in between country songs, me and Mikey would just jam on heavy riffs, which turned out to be the new Ministry record. We were just jamming, you know? Then later Mikey called up and goes, "You have to do this [Ministry] record. I know you said no more Ministry but you have to do this record because the riffs are so cool. So then we arranged it all, but it all spawned out of Buck Satan. That's all I really wanted to do – Buck Satan – but this Ministry thing is a real blessing in disguise because I really think it's the best Ministry record ever.
I've heard you talk about how you wrote so much of the Buck Satan record while you were on the road. Does the road inspire you in any specific way?
Well yeah, country music and the road go hand in hand. [Laughs] That's what these old country farts do, man. They get a bus – and that's what me and Mikey did for literally 17 years, man. Just sitting in the back of the bus. I had my pedal steel, he had an acoustic with an amp and we just jammed, jammed, jammed, jammed, jammed, jammed on country. Management, other band members, everyone said, "You're crazy, you can't do this, you can't pull this off," and we did. I really felt obligated – like I had to because I had already sold t-shirts, posters, everything from Buck Satan and I didn't even have an album yet after 28 years. [Laughs] We bought the cart before the horse, you know what I'm saying?
It was really cool during Buck Satan because we realized about two weeks into recording that nobody else had ever heard a f—ing country song. [Laughs] We tried to get country stars to play on this and either we couldn't get a hold of them, Buck Owens died. I had talked to him about doing this record and he was like, "Yeah, ok." He died and everyone else bailed on us so I got an industrial bass player, Tony Campos, Rick Neilsen from Cheap Trick and two girls from Houston that play in a symphony – they don't listen to country, they play classical stuff. So they had to adjust their style a little bit. Everyone had to adjust their style. I think me and Mikey were the only persons in this band that had ever even heard a country song before. I think that's what makes it cool to me, because it's not conventional country. I call it "heavy western."
So with Ministry, you're going on a very brief tour. Are there going to be any more dates announced in the future?
No, thats it! What you see is what you get. I think there are 20 shows in Europe and five shows in the States. We'll see about next summer, we'll see what my health is like. For right now, that's it. There's gonna be no add-ons – that's it. Either you snooze and lose or you go and go.
The new Ministry song '99%' – obviously you've always been very political and this is sort of the next era of politics in a certain way. What do you think of the evolution of "Occupy" and where it's at right now?
I think it's f—ing brilliant and amazing and I'm glad they don't have backing and a central message. It's just people being pissed off. It reminds me of when I was growing up in the '60s. There's grandfathers, grandmothers, businessmen and then crazy people, too. And that's what's great about it, it's so diverse, the message is diverse and the people are just pissed. To me, that is a movement – not like the Koch brothers funding the Tea Party. That's not a movement, that's like a bowel movement. [Laughs]
My engineer is from New York and we had flights booked to go to New York and go get pepper-sprayed and arrested, but we were like a week behind schedule for finishing the new Ministry record, so we had to stay and work. We were fully prepared to get pepper-sprayed, I don't care. I've been pepper-sprayed before. S—, I've tasered myself before just to see what it was like. So when the police taser me I know what it feels like so I can overcome the pain. [Laughs very hard] I actually got my first taser about 10-12 years ago and immediately tasered myself. We were going to go [to Occupy Wall St.] but since we couldn't, I've decided that the best thing to do is to write a song supporting this movement and let 'em chant this at Merrill-Lynch.
What are your views on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)?
That's bulls— I'm glad they shut everything down. I'm with them all the way. Pretty much all my views are left-wing except for guns, because I like my guns, I don't want to give them up. That's my only right-wing thing. The rest of it — you can pretty much rest assured that I'm a complete liberal.
Being from Texas, what are your thoughts on onetime presidential candidate Rick Perry?
I have no thoughts on him. You know why? Because he's got no thoughts in his head. Why should I listen to this f—ing guy? Him and Bush ruined this state. When Ann Richards was governor here, this state was the coolest f—ing place to be in the world. Now it's a s—hole, but I'm stuck here and I love it. I've got a really nice house and a recording studio and I'm more sequestered from the rest of the world. Not only that – we're in El Paso, which is not really part of Texas. New Mexico is two blocks away from my house and Mexico is eight blocks away from my house, so I'm right on that tip of Texas. Texans don't consider El Pasoans as Texans.
They always slander us and the state legislature never gives us enough money for our schools or anything like that. I mean, they totally look at us like a red-headed stepchild up in the attic or something, you know? But I like it here, man. Nobody asks questions, the weather is perfect, I've got a beautiful house and studio and like I said, nobody asks questions. It's a city of outlaws and people hiding out.
After the Clash split up, Paul Simonon came down here for four years because we had the world's largest Harley shop and he bought a Harley. He just spent four years driving around the desert on his bike. He loved it here and I love it here too. I've been here for 10 years and it's nothing but outlaws, man. That's why people don't ask questions, because they probably have a questionable past – so they don't wanna ask because they don't wanna tell. [Laughs very hard] I like it down here, it's nothing but bikers and outlaws. It's actually really safe here, man because the cartel bring their drugs up though Juarez and they don't want any problems in El Paso, they just want to make it through the border and get their drugs to Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles etc. So they cause no fuss here. Eight blocks away in Juarez, they're about five killings a day. It's worse than Baghdad, but it doesn't spill over into here because the cartel wants to make sure they can get their shipments out through the boarder without any kind of problems. There's a weird dichotomy here, but you get used to it.
What are your thoughts on the current state of industrial rock?
I don't even know what that is.
Are there any new bands from any genre that you're into or that you draw inspiration from?
I'm doing that Iraqi band Acrassicauda. I think they're my favorite new band, but they're not industrial, they're complete metal. I don't know. Trust me, after sitting in a studio for 20 hours a day, seven days a week, for six months and listening to industrial music done by me, the last thing I want to do is go listen to another industrial band. So I have no idea what's going on. I have no favorites or anything like that. The only reason I know Acrassicauda was because I saw them in a documentary as the first Iraqi punk band, but they've evolved into this really heavy thrash metal band. I mean, they sound like Slayer – only heavier. That's the only thing that's grabbed my attention recently. The rest of the stuff – I don't know what the hell is going on. I don't follow the industrial scene. I don't get dressed up with black fingernail polish and go out to bars any night or anything like that. I just stay home and get drunk here and record. [Laughs]
When George W. Bush finished his second Presidential term, were you worried for any reason that you may not have enough inspiration to draw from?
Well yeah, he was my muse for the last three records and I understand that, because he was such an easy target. The one thing that happened is when I was doing Buck Satan, there was no politics in it, it was all country stuff and based on personal life experience. I learned to be comfortable with singing about personal life experiences again instead of just bashing Bush, bashing Bush, bashing Bush. So Buck Satan was actually was a really good precursor to the Ministry record because the record is like half personal life stories and half politics, but without Bush. I got into a rut with the Bush thing because he is just such an easy target. Even by 'The Last Sucker' I didn't even hate him anymore, I just felt sorry for him because he was in over his head. I'm sure Bush just spent his day with his crayons and playing with Tonka trucks.
We've really got a long way to go not just as a country, but as a world. I've been around the world and I know that these problems are not indigenous to the United States. It's everywhere. There's complete racism in England against Pakistanis, Denmark against Muslims. The world is blowing up and I'm just watching it and trying to write songs about it.
Are there a lot of Tea Partyers around where you live?
I'm surrounded by Republicans in my neighborhood but they're not Tea Partyers. They just want to lower their taxes. Living in a nice neighborhood… well, the only nice neighborhood in El Paso, [Laughs] I'm the only Democrat on the block. They're not hostile Tea Party people. As a matter of fact I think I've even converted one of my neighbors to be a Democrat. [Laughs] So I'm doin' good! I'm behind enemy lines, remember. Somebody's gotta do it, you know? I'm like a Tokyo Rose, I'm behind enemy lines spouting off my liberal ideas amongst a bunch of rich Texans. Somebody's gotta do it – and that's my job.


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10 Things All 90s Kids Can Relate To
Whether you grew up in the 90s or not, there's a little 90s in all of us. From music by boy bands, girls bands and cult classics like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, to tasty snacks like Fruit by the Foot—the 90s had something special for everyone.
We're bringing it all back every Tuesday in the Melody Bar for 90s Kid Tuesdays launching this coming Tue July 11. Along with having Lego and Lagers set up (a childhood staple), we're pulling all the 90s kid stops including adult colouring, giant Jenga set up on the stage, 90s mixes all night, 90s shows playing on the TV (hi, Saved by the Bell) and snacks to take you back to better days (check out the Facebook event here).
Every Tuesday, kick back, relax and prepare to go way back.
In honour of the night, here are 10 things any 90s kid can relate to. Prepare for 90s Kid Tuesday to jog these memories…
1. How Zack and Kelly were the purest of relationship goals
2. When Jenga would go from 0 to 100 real quick
Verse your friends in our Melody Bar with a game of Jumbo Jenga!
3. Being the raddest kid at school whenever you brought your walkman
4. When the most painful thing in the world was stepping on a lego piece
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5. The amount of anxiety produced on N64's Rainbow Road
6. When the most expensive jewellery you owned was ALSO edible
7. Using Daria as inspo to channel out your deep, inner angst
8. Trading the swaggest of snap back bracelets with your bffls
9. Accidentally tracing over a freshly marked dark colour with a light-coloured marker
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10. And lastly, neglecting your Furby and then realizing it's now out to get you!!!


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Maryland Bonded Bridges
A Maryland bonded bridge is a minimally invasive alternative to a traditional dental bridge, as it does not require extensive modification to neighboring healthy teeth. Developed by researchers at the University of Maryland, this bridge features one or more artificial teeth (pontics) and two small wings. Wings are made of a tooth-colored resin material, so they can attach to the backside of adjacent teeth without affecting the aesthetics of your smile. Typically these restorations are used to replace a single missing tooth. However, Maryland bonded bridges can replace two or more teeth in qualifying cases.
Bridge Design and Placement
The Maryland bonded bridge traditionally featured metal wings and porcelain pontics. Although sturdy, the metal caused the enamel to appear darker and teeth to take on gray tint. Today, the wings are composed of a custom-colored composite resin for more realistic results. To secure the bridge, the supporting teeth are chemically etched to create a strong bond between the wings and teeth. The bridge is then secured with a biocompatible bonding agent.
Who Is a Candidate?
You may be a candidate for a Maryland bonded bridge if you have one to three consecutive missing teeth. To qualify, the teeth on either side of the gap should be healthy and sturdy enough to support the bridge. Your dentist will examine your teeth and gums using x-ray technology to determine whether this form of treatment is right for you.
Traditional Bridges vs. Maryland Bonded Bridges
A fixed bridge features one or more pontics nestled between two dental crowns. These restorations are secured to remaining healthy teeth, known as abutment teeth, on either side of the gap. To create sufficient space for a traditional crown, neighboring teeth must be reshaped. As abutment teeth are altered, this procedure is considered irreversible. If teeth are uncovered, patients can experience significant dental sensitivity and have difficulty eating properly.
With Maryland bonded bridges, remaining teeth are not extensively reshaped, so you can maintain more natural, healthy tissue.
Maryland bonded bridges, however, require minimal alteration to the enamel of adjacent teeth. If ever you want to remove the bridge, a dentist can do so without causing long-term damage.


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Simple extension that allows you to switch twitter accounts without having to signout/signin.
Any account you sign into is saved and can be switched to whenever you want, in super quick time.
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Land Rover DC100 concept
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Who designed it: Gerry McGovern, Land Rover design director
What's cool: The concept is a peek at the new-generation Defender, which hasn't been sold in the United States since the 1997 model year. The Sport model has a canvas roof and fold-down windshield.
Will it be built: Probably in 2015 for Europe; no decision has been made on U.S. sales
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No, this is not a sales ad. This is a reminder to everyone, like me, who remembers that backing up precious files and photo libraries is crucial and yet rarely gets around to actually doing the job. Our mega-mighty, super-tera, infinite memory hard-drive died. Like a brilliant ER doctor, Geoff jumped on its chest and spent hours doing hard-drive memory resuscitation...HDMR. When he could get a pulse and small chunks of memory files were moved to the donor hard-drive, he would use his compassionate bedside manner to coax the feeble hard-drive into giving up just a few more bits and bytes... "Come on! You can do it. Hang on... hang on!" Hours and hours of guidance, coaching, monitoring and delicate, delicate operations.
My contribution? I was the grieving spouse... wailing, wringing her hands, pacing the floor, flipping through back issues of Sunset magazine from 1989, sipping lukewarm coffee from the vending machine, calling immediate family... I was a wreck.
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Internships are a great way to build new skills, boost your resume and explore different careers. Internships can also lead to a full-time job. In fact, 7 in 10 internships do!
During the summer, internships for college students are especially plentiful. Some internships are paid, like Exxon Mobil's Community Summer Jobs Program, while other internships are unpaid but prestigious, such as working for a senator or member of Congress.
Internships.com is a great resource for internship opportunities. You can refine your internship search based on your college major, location, desired company, compensation, etc. There are literally hundreds of postings in Dallas County alone.
The colleges of the DCCCD also offer online job banks for students, work study jobs on campus and career fairs every semester.
A career coach can help you with your internship or job search.
The colleges of DCCCD provide free career planning and job search services. This includes everything from resume help and interview practice to career assessment testing. These free services are open to students and community members.
The saying "you snooze, you lose" is common for a reason. If you wait too long to apply for an internship you will probably walk away empty-handed.
Many summer internship applications close in April and May. Also, some internships require a reference letter or writing sample with your application. These are the types of things you do not want to leave until the night before! If you want a summer job or internship, start your search today.
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In 2010, New England's groundfish fleet underwent a monumental shift in management systems. Where historically the fleet had been managed by the amount of effort they could put into fishing, measured by number of days at sea, the new system manages the industry by the amount of fish they actually catch. This system allocates a portion of the total annual harvest of cod, haddock, pollock, flounder, and other bottom-dwelling species to harvesting cooperatives called sectors.
The switch to sectors mandated changes in every aspect of the groundfish industry – requiring new data collecting and reporting systems, monitoring protocols, fiscal and legal bonds among fishermen, and fishing strategies. Throughout the transition we worked closely with sector fishermen to build individual, organizational, and structural resilience within the new management framework. Today, we are focused on helping the industry as it continues to adapt to the challenges and opportunities presented by the sector system.
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Higher rates of the air passenger duty (APD) airport departure tax have taken effect, hitting passengers with a ticket increase of around 8%.
Airline chiefs urged Chancellor George Osborne to re-examine plans for further APD hikes, while the British Air Transport Association (BATA) said APD was "a tax on tourism".
The increase will mean a family of four flying, say, to Florida, will have to pay a total of £260 in APD, while a family of four jetting off to Australia will be forking out a total of £368.
As the Treasury is intending to increase APD revenue up to 2016, air passengers are facing further increases which could push APD for a family of four travelling to Australia up to £500.
EasyJet chief executive Carolyn McCall, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway today joined Willie Walsh, boss of British Airways' parent company IAG, in condemning the latest rise. They said: "APD rises again on April Fool's Day but the public should not be fooled again by this tax and the damage it does to them, to jobs and to the wider economy.
"We urge George Osborne to make APD the first tax to be examined under the Treasury's new review of the wider impacts of taxation on the economy and to halt the proposed rise until this review is complete."
BATA chief executive Simon Buck said: "It beggars belief that APD is rising yet again and by such a vast amount. It has become a tax on tourism, making it increasingly difficult for ordinary families to afford their annual summer getaway.
"Here in Britain we already pay the highest aviation duty of any country in Europe. The Government must end its obsession with raising ever-increasing sums from air passengers, which is pricing ordinary families out of the skies."
A HM Treasury spokesperson said: "The Government took action by freezing Air Passenger Duty last year and we've always been clear that APD would go up this April. The majority of passengers will only pay an extra £1 as a result of the rise. As announced at the Autumn Statement, we are also extending APD to private business jets for the first time.
"It is also worth noting that unlike some other European countries, the UK does not levy VAT on domestic flights and aviation fuel is not taxed.The aviation industry will also benefit from the record low corporation tax that takes effect from today."


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Languedoc Outsiders Tasting in London
Just a quick update on the Languedoc Outsiders event we held in London. It went very well. I'm fond of this group. We filled the Maison du Languedoc Roussillon with some very interesting people who were really engaged and enjoying the discovery of some beautiful Languedoc wines.
Here's a video montage of a few people who finished their tasting near my table and allowed me to ambush them for the blog. Some constructive criticism and a lot of praise!
As they mention in the video, the tasting's success was largely due to the very good mix of winemakers and the organizational efforts of Languedoc powerhouse Louise Hurren.
I think the central unifying theme of all being weirdos worked out very well. Sometimes, when I go to themed tastings, I feel like everybody has the same type of wine or everybody has the same type of discourse, and that gets boring. With this group, I got along with everybody but genuinely disagreed with a lot of the winemakers on some pretty important issues. And that's a GOOD thing! It means you can walk around and taste with every winemaker without being bored to tears by yet another simplistic presentation that sounds like the guy you were just talking to.
Here's some live footage of the room. Again, not the most exciting live stream, but it gives you the chance to hear the buzz of the crowd in the beautiful Maison du Languedoc Roussillon provided by Sud de France.


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After graduating from the India he completed his residency at New York University in New York. He then completed pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and Brown university, Providence, Rhode Island. Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the few centers in United States specialized in Pediatric liver and bowel transplant.
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I couldn't wait to put my yoghurt to use and decided on this Prawn Curry that I have adapted in order to incorporate the 0% Total Greek yoghurt, which also made it low fat to suit my needs. This curry is mild, creamy and has a hint of mango sweetness from the chutney. A thoroughly enjoyable experience, although I will probably add a stronger curry powder next time as I only had mild. Watch this space for more recipes incorporating yogurt.
Serves 2
225g king prawns, rinsed
2 small onions, finely chopped
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp curry powder
1 tbsp plain flour
300ml chicken stock or fish stock
1 tsp tomato puree
1 tbsp mango chutney
½ lemon, juice only
3 tbsp 0% Total Greek Yoghurt
Fry half the onion in a little vegetable oil over a low heat for 2-3 minutes until transparent.
Stir in the curry powder and fry gently for 1 minute.
Blend in the flour and cook for 2-3 minutes more.
Gradually add the stock and stir until the sauce thickens and comes to the boil (3-5 minutes).
Add the tomato purée, chutney and lemon juice. Simmer for 5 minutes, then strain the sauce through a sieve.
Heat the other tbsp of oil in a frying pan and fry the remaining onion until soft, then add the prawns.
Blend in the curry sauce and bring to the boil.
Stir in the 0% Total Greek Yoghurt and remove from the heat.
Arrange the prawns in the sauce on top of boiled rice and serve with naan or poppadums.


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Some people - a sizeable minority - prefer to avoid the limelight, tend to listen more than they speak, feel alone in large groups, and require lots of private time to restore their energy. Often they feel different, not right, less than. But as Marti Olsen Laney proves, that is far from the truth.
The Introvert Advantage dispels common myths about introverts - they're not necessarily shy, aloof, or antisocial - and explains how they are hardwired from birth to focus inward, so outside stimulation such as chitchat, phone calls, parties, or office meetings can easily become "too much". Most importantly, it thoroughly refutes many introverts' belief that something is wrong with them. Instead, it helps them recognize their inner strengths - their analytical skills, ability to think outside the box, and strong powers of concentration. It provides tools to improve relationships with partners, kids, colleagues, and friends, while offering dozens of tips, including eight ways to showcase their abilities at work and strategies for socializing. In short, The Introvert Advantage shows introverts how to take advantage of their special qualities not only to survive in an extrovert-oriented world, but to thrive.
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- Nat
- 14-02-19
All introverts have to read this book.
So enlightening understanding the introvert and extrovert differences more than the traditional where you get your energy from.
Understanding how the brain works, what the differences are and what typical introverts and extroverts reactions are was so eye opening.
Would be just as useful for extroverts to read as well to understand how they think too.
Was so good I will be listening to it again
- Russ Coupe
- 05-06-17
Could see myself in so many of the areas discussed and picked up some useful strategies to help me in the workplace
- Amazon Customer
- 13-01-17
Not very informative
If you ready have a somewhat good understanding of introversion, DO NOT READ THIS. The only reason I'm not giving a 1 star is because of the fantastic voice over.
- Mr V Finnegan
- 21-09-16
Hit the mark!
Thoroughly enjoy this. As an introvert myself found it helped me greatly in my journey to understand how to live my life in a more fulfilled way now that I am in my late fortys.
- Raul
- 07-12-13
If you're an Introvert or not sure, you must read.
Would you listen to The Introvert Advantage again? Why?
I just started listening to the book again. So much information and I've learned so much about myself that I need to listen so that I can explore the reason for my low energy after a long day of meetings and technical support calls.
What insight do you think you'll apply from The Introvert Advantage?
I will definitely be applying new and better ways to recharge between the the overload of support calls and meetings throughout the day.
Any additional comments?
After getting an introduction to the Power of Introverts in "Quiet" by Susan Cain. I have read several books on the topic and this book offers the most comprehensive view on my varying levels of energy and the feeling/sound of static and overwhelming thoughts and ideas in my brain throughout the day.
48 people found this helpful
- Amazon Customer
- 09-10-13
details are new for me.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
this book gives me insight and awareness of how introvert gets their energy. And examples of what can bother introvert or consume their energy. Also tips of what we can do and what to care about and to be careful of. It's filled with reasons to support explanation and i love to listen to it. It makes sense to me and it do me good. It makes me know how i should put myself in my social and everyday life. It answers most of the why in my head and gives out reasons that made me understand myself.
ex: i want to sit in mcdonald restaurant be surrounded by ppl and not talking to them but listen to audiobook. When actually i don't really like to sit out, i rather stay home. But i need reason to be in a restaurant/ in a certain atmosphere. Because sometimes i get lonely but i don't need interaction or worry about my companion feelings.
i love how am being able to reason my act. and what i want and what not and why.
as before i discovered this audio book i'd been having much trouble with myself.
just few more example of how not knowing oneself is an introvert can give trouble
in life. I never know that i was pushing myself into a wrong direction in a fast fwd speed.
I am an introverted artist. I kindda know i am introverted but i never looked it up. I did not understand why i feel like crying and storm only because my dad popped in and start talking to me while i was drawing. I didn't now why i feel that he was very very rude. And why i have to get so emotional about such a simple thing. i hate to react and feel that way.
I have to give up drawing and help out my family business where i have to interact with client and people all day. And i got a friend who literally cry in the phone to get my attention and sometimes took photo of herself with tears and email it to me (people around me find me very comforting to rely onto me over emotional stuffs that's too much that it flat me out most of the time)<< now i learn to be more careful and put limit to it.
My dad loves us to be more open and mingling more with people means more successful opportunity in business to him which i don't have a problem with his thought but i find it hard to swallow. i turned to my parents for emotional fuel which they can never fulfill and i get frustrated and feel betrayed. =='' ( sounds silly but honestly i just have no idea what a better way i can do or even what happened to me and how to put a stop to it.)
i was frustrated i didn't know why i only knew working for people i love (my parents)makes me feel like I'm in hell. But i care so much about work that i have to experience all the details because i am quite a perfectionist. That expose me more to people and clients. And it also tore me more at the same time. By the end of the day i feel like i am less of a human. I didn't know why i exist. I cannot reconnect to my art work coz switching modes seems to be too hard to manage ( but after listening to this book i know how i can do it by sitting silently among people in restaurant with that i don't feel lonely and i can cool down feeling sure that i need no more interaction without feeling guilty after that getting reconnect to my own artistic world just turn on itself like a magic).
I lost everything when I didn't know my limit. I didn't know where to watch for the sign or indicator that i am overly stimulated now and my power dropped. I was disappointed with myself and my life.
appreciation is what i got out of this audio.
thank you for such a great audio.
What did you like best about this story?
knowing how i lost my energy and how to refuel it. with tips to do it professionally.
What does Tamara Marston bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
it's more of a rest to sit and listen than reading. coz i need to rest my eyes. and i want to relax seeing people walking around in my free time rather than having my whole waking hours looking at text.
What's an idea from the book that you will remember?
i love the whole thing. it's all so vivid and important and valuable that i want to have them all carefully heard.
Any additional comments?
thank you very much.
64 people found this helpful
- Jared
- 11-09-13
Any additional comments?
This audiobook gave me some explanations and insight into some of my behavior and feelings that I have wondered about for many years. It is very reassuring that I am not the only one who is wired this way and that there is nothing wrong with not wanting to be as social as society infers.
20 people found this helpful
- Robert
- 01-04-14
Read the book Quiet instead
If you were to read one book on the subject of introversion, I would highly recommend Quiet. The book was superlative. The Introvert Advantage communicates many of the same tenets as Quiet just not as completely or entertainingly.
84 people found this helpful
- LillyO
- 09-09-13
What a Gift!
Where does The Introvert Advantage rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
WAY up there. REALLY helped me understand myself and my hubby more.
Which scene was your favorite?
When I understood why we get "overwhelmed" and how easy it is to pause to recharge the old batteries.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This book did such a great job of letting me "off the hook." Hubby is an extreme introvert and I am mostly an introvert with a couple extroverted veins. It helped me understand why we work so well together as well as why we don't enjoy socializing. We already knew we didn't enjoy it, but now we know why...and that although we are different, we are not "wrong." Hubby has thanked me several times for downloading it and we are each on our second listen.
Any additional comments?
I didn't see that the "tests" were available in a supplemental pdf. I might be wrong about that, but consider adding them! ;oP
9 people found this helpful
- Troy
- 24-08-13
A Public Service for All
I truly believe this book should be required reading for both introverts and extroverts. More than that, I wish it could be downloaded directly in the minds of many people for maximum effectiveness. Many signals and assumptions that introverts take for granted in an extroverted world are spelled out, analyzed, and made accessible for immediate understanding and integration. For extroverts, the assumptions of the world they've made are challenged, and a new perspectives are offered. The result is genius cleverly disguised as good old common sense. The playing field has been leveled quite effectively, and now the introvert has a fighting chance to proceed in everyday situations according to natural inclination without being subjected to the challenges of misunderstanding, ridicule, or low self-esteem. This book is a bridge. All that remains is for it to be utilized.
24 people found this helpful
- Jami
- 03-05-17
Introversion Explained!
This book was an excellent resource to learn about the introvert and extrovert personality types. It is well researched, easy to follow and provides tools on how to work with your personality type and deal more effectively with those of the opposite type. I felt like I learned a lot about people in general, and it also helped to explain some of my personality traits and reactions to others. The practical advice on various topics, such as interactions with others, dealing with children of different personality types, and coping strategies, was useful. I had also previously listened to Quiet, and while some of the information presented was similar, the authors approach the topic in two different ways; thus, I wasn't bored and I didn't feel like I had already read the same book. I listened to this on audio, and the narration was well done.
3 people found this helpful
- Shane
- 30-09-13
Nice Insight on Introverts and Extroverts
What made the experience of listening to The Introvert Advantage the most enjoyable?
The book puts words to thoughts surrounding the polar opposites of Introvert and Extrovert personalities I've often thought about. The book is written in a familiar tone, making it easy to follow along and the narrator does a nice job carrying that ease of format into her performance.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Introvert Advantage?
The book has some nice thought provoking moments where you can actually visualize people you know fitting one or more of the examples given to illustrate specific topics.
What does Tamara Marston bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
Tamara has a good voice for books like this - since this is the first book on this topic I have purchased her narration made it easy to follow along.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
No, but again it did provoke thought, which is what I had expected it would.
Any additional comments?
Good book about a topic often misunderstood.
7 people found this helpful
- J and M
- 17-08-13
Love this book
Having a psych degree myself I was very familiar with Jung, introverts and extroverts so usually I don't really get anything new out of these books. And being an introvert myself I was really surprised at this book. I hadn't realized the impact on energy. Or rather when she gave more examples of day to day that put it in different perspective. Usually the discussion is more abstract rather than practical daily application.
it really brought home to me my current chronic fatigue. I have an extremely extroverted son and husband. My husband was never a problem because he was independent. Her description of her Vegas trip with her extrovert husband was EXACTLY like mine. I slept while he won money at the casino.
I never really thought about the energy factor though and how it's draining to keep up with an extrovert. My son was highly active even in the womb. And if I didn't wear him out he would not sleep. He and his dad can get about 5 hours of sleep and be bright eyed and bushy tailed. My other son and I need at least 7-8 hours and more alone and quiet time. I was pondering what was wrong with me as we were ending this 7 day a week summer as I allowed my son to be on the swim team, which is 6 days a week, plus work as a life guard, plus volunteer at the zoo. I made him give up his Martial Arts class and drama club until after swim season. But we still ended up with a 7 day a week schedule, with multiple activities some days for the last 5 months. I literally felt like I was going crazy, being tortured and slowly killed all at the same time. If I'd had some time to reflect and recharge I would have realized sooner that I'd never before tried to keep up with an extrovert. My son is only 15 so I have been the mom taxi and have to socialize and be out and about far more than I would have ever dreamed and he is in seventh heaven. He does not feel over scheduled. This is the first time I've let him do so many activities at once. I was sure he'd be overwhelmed by now. Now I realize why he is always so ready to go and he cannot sleep at night if he doesn't swim, work out at the gym or do several hours of his martial arts class. He is the reason he and his brother started swimming on at team at age 5. It was the only sport that had practice 5 days a week and twice in the summer. But, without it he would not sleep.
overall, it was very insightful.
29 people found this helpful
- Maurice
- 24-10-13
Gained A Greater Understanding
For most of my life until recently reading this book I thought that I was an introvert, it seems I had a misunderstanding of what those character traits really were in a person. One of the major clues of my misunderstanding was the fact that I could just go up to anyone to start a conversation just because they were there. A second is my spontaneity to offer up a little humor off the cuff and out of the blue in a slight devilish way to see a person's reaction.
I grew up in the household of a pastor going to church several days a week while also attending numerous formal gatherings through out the year where I was expected as a child to be very mannerly in my conduct, and was always taught to be reserved with the tongue. So (no pun intended here) I had to contain that devilish side of me which was a learned trait that I had unknowingly carried over into my adult years. It seems according to this book I am really a Right Brained middle of the road Extrovert; you will have to read through the book to know what that means. This book was an eye opener for me into what really defines both groups of people.
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If anyone reading this owns a ZTE Score M Android smartphone, your device has been found to include a backdoor allowing root access without user authentication.
The discovery of the backdoor comes via a post on the text storage website Pastebin. It has since been confirmed via Reddit by Justin Case of Cunning Logic and TeamAndIRC. He has confirmed with someone at ZTE that the backdoor does indeed exist and that a fix is in the works.
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The recently-withdrawn chemical had been spread on many New Zealand paddocks to block high rates of microbial nitrification thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions and nitrate leaching into waters.
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|Arboreal. Typically found in trees in cattle fields and such.Avicularia purpurea are known to be communal in the wild, and some claim they can be kept as communals in captivity. They live in the trees with vertical tube webs under bark with the entrances at the bottom, often in solitary trees in cattle fields.
|This species is considered to be docile. Please keep in mind that although each species have their stereotype temperament, individual spiders can exhibit temperaments that vary significantly from the norm. I have never seen my girl flick hairs, throw a threat pose, much less bite me or try. I do understand that these, and most Avicularia species, do not flick hairs so much as rub them into predators. As slings, they can be fast-moving and mine would readily jump. This is one of only two spiders in my collection (over 50 through the years) that will drink out of the palm of my hand.
|Classified as medium to fast growth rate. Reach 4.5.
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|Intermediate (due to its delicate requirements of humidity and ventilation).
|75°- 86°F according to their native climate. I keep mine between 80° and 85°F.
|High humidity. These are tropical species so they need higher humidity. I have been told they should not be allowed to have humidity lower than 80%. I mist my girl's tank walls a few times a week. As slings, these are particularly delicate spiders, and have a reputation (even more than the general Avicularia genus) to die without warning or reason. In my experience, they need a tricky balance of high humidity and ventilation, especially as slings. The ventilation is to prevent molds from growing in the tank (as big a killer as dehydration with this species). Older juvies and adults are more hardy, but definitely still need humidity in the cage.
|As an arboreal species these need more vertical space than horizontal. I house mine in a home-made plexi tank that is 8x8 floor space and 12 vertical. This is likely the smallest size tank (I should upgrade to a larger tank). Provide a branch or something to climb on, though they may take to the walls of the enclosure. A vertical corkbark leaned against the cage offers a location for purpureas to make their tube webs behind. Mine readily makes a tube web in the top corner of the tank that she spends more time in as she gets closer to a molt, usually sealing off the two or three entrances a few weeks before molting.
|EcoEarth (coconut husk). You may make a mix of Vermiculite and Eco Earth (75/25). From my experience, Peat Moss does cultivate molds very easily, and thus would not be recommended for this species. Avoid any Evergreen woods (Cypress, Reptile Bark) inside of the enclosure. Evergreens contain natural insecticidal oils that can harm your tarantula if exposed long enough. Isopods (rolly-polies, or pillbugs) are a good cleaner to keep in the substrate that will help reduce the risk of mold, but they require moisture. You need to watch out for mold in the tank as purpureas do not handle mold well.
|Crickets, meal worms, waxworms, super worms, Blaptica dubia or Blatta lateralis roaches. Please do not offer wild caught prey, as it may contain pesticides (and potential parasites) which can harm or kill your Tarantula. Also never feed your tarantula kingworms (giant meal worms) as these are mealvworms that have been fed juvenile growth hormones to prevent them from maturing so they grow bigger. JGH are a common insecticide and would not be good for your invertebrate tarantula! (I received this from a personal conversation with a cricket/worm breeder near me). Furthermore, crickets and roaches are the best nutrition for tarantulas, and mealworms and superworms should be fed as treats, not as a staple.
|Make sure to offer a water bowl, the size should be half the size of the species. Do not use any sponges, cotton balls or paper towel or water crystals inside of water bowl, just clean water. Small rocks may be added. If possible, mount the bowl higher in the tank rather than sitting it on the floor. I have hot-glued the bowl onto a branch halfway up the tank. Clean the water bowl once a week or when you feel it is necessary. Crickets or roaches may end up dead in the water, in which case you should clean it right away. Spiderlings are too small to have a water bowl, misting one side of the enclosure wall 1-2 times a week, should be plenty enough. Your tarantula will often fill the dish with substrate, or even poop in it, but continue to provide clean water. Also I periodically wet the substrate, allowing that to dry out completely to prevent mold growth. Moisture and humidity is important for this species.
|Females can live up to 12 years, while males may live 3 years.
Maturity female:
|2-4 years depending on how often they are fed and how warm their enclosure is kept.
Maturity male/ Tibial Apophysis:
|1-2 years, which is only an estimate. / Yes, on first set of leg.
Communal Setup:
|Not recommended for this species, though this has been done with little cannibalism.
Color Markings:
|The Avicularia purpurea tarantula is one of the most colorful tarantulas in the world. Slings look like a colorless version of the A. versicolor slings,while adults are a deep black that shows up a deep purple in bright light.This is a striking and beautiful tarantula. Colors are most vivid immediately after a molt.
Special Note:
|These tarantulas are moderately difficult to breed. Females lay egg sacs containing roughly 50 to 100 eggs a few months after mating. Nymphs hatch 68 weeks later. There is a low risk of males being eaten by the females during pairings. Make sure never to keep a tarantula enclosure directly in the sun. No light is necessary for your tarantula's habitat. Natural lighting is perfectly fine.
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|These are not on the CITES II list (as far as I can see), but captive-bred specimens are available.
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My college class is trying to get some money in to use for a trip to Greece next year and i'm one of the guys set in charge of a LAN party idea... So I wanted to ask if anyone here has tried this before or something like it, and has any tips?
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Children's art gallery and competitions now closed
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018. The GDPR contains precise rules about the consents required for use of a child's personal data (eg his/her name). In particular, it makes it necessary to have explicit and verifiable parental consent for children to participate in an Information Society Service (ISS), like the Look and Learn children's art gallery.
In the past we relied on teachers to act in children's best interests, and we have assumed that children over the age of 12 were capable of understanding the risks of having their name associated with their artworks online. Under the GDPR the administrative burden on us and teachers would be much heavier.
It is therefore with the greatest regret that we decided to close the Look and Learn children's art gallery on 24 May 2018.
Thank you to all the thousands of parents, teachers and children who have helped make the Look and Learn children's art gallery such an inspiration – and best wishes to you all for the future!
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Top 10 new restaurants of 2011
In the fall, when I began to think about assembling my Top 10 new restaurants of 2011, I thought the dining scene had stagnated. Yet when I actually started looking at the new restaurants I had reviewed, it turned out that 2011 was a pretty good year after all.
The problem was that I had been comparing 2011 to 2010, which was the best in my 25 years at The Chronicle. That's not to say there weren't a few slow periods in 2011, but those were few and far between. And 2012 is looking much brighter.
Many potentially great restaurants opened in November and December, but since I wait a month before I make the first of my three visits, I couldn't review them before the ball dropped in Times Square.
That means early next year you'll have some exciting places to check out, such as AQ, an urban restaurant on Mission near Sixth Street from chef Mark Liberman, who worked for La Folie and other top-notch places.
There's also Keiko from Keiko Takahashi, the chef-owner of the old El Paseo in Mill Valley; Parallel 37, the redo of the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton under Ron Siegel; and Haven, Daniel Patterson's long-delayed new place at Jack London Square in Oakland.
In addition, many places that were good when I initially reviewed them last year will continue to draw crowds and hone their menus, including Locanda, Boxing Room, Chambers Eat + Drink, Atelier Crenn and Cupola, all in San Francisco; All Spice in San Mateo; Hawker Fare in Oakland; Kitchen Door in Napa; and Brassica in St. Helena.
In fact, one of these, El Paseo in Mill Valley, has moved into the three-star category since my initial review.
What follows is a rundown of my top 10 new restaurants of the year. Some places actually opened in 2010, but weren't reviewed until 2011.
Since opening late in 2010, Cotogna has become my favorite go-to Italian restaurant. Owned by Michael and Lindsay Tusk, the restaurant is connected by a hallway to their grander Quince. While the food is more rustic, with much of it cooked in a wood-burning oven (right), it's just as dynamic.
Here's the place for pizza and great pasta, whether it's the ravioli with ricotta and a farm egg in brown butter sauce or a rustic pappardelle with braised oxtail.
For bargain hunters, there's a daily $24 three-course menu. Recently it was a bean soup, petrale sole with fennel and winter citrus, and sour cream cheesecake with huckleberries.
The menu format is also innovative: Pastas are all $16; antipasti, $12; main courses, $24; and desserts, $8. Every bottle of wine is $40 ($10 a glass).
Given the impeccable service and stylish surroundings, with large windows overlooking the tree-lined streets, it's one of the best deals in the city.
490 Pacific Ave. (near Montgomery Street), San Francisco; (415) 775-8508. Lunch and dinner continuously Monday-Saturday; dinner Sunday. Full bar. Reservations and credit cards accepted. San Francisco service charge 4 percent.
Mission Chinese
Few local restaurants have received more national publicity as this restaurant, which shares space with Lung Shan. It's become the poster child for alternative dining, like a pop-up with a permanent location.
It's also a model of philanthropy. The restaurant donates 75 cents from each main course to the San Francisco Food Bank. Since July, it has given more than $96,000.
When you enter the dour surroundings, you've given two menus; stay with the one that says Mission Chinese so you can taste Danny Bowien's handiwork.
Many dishes are worth ordering - kung pao pastrami ($11); Westlake rice porridge ($11), a cross between Vietnamese pho and Chinese jook; tingly lamb noodle soup ($11) with loads of Sichuan peppercorns; ma po tofu ($11); salt cod fried rice ($10); and a warm silken egg custard ($9) with chicken confit, Hokkaido scallops and a glaze of winter melon consomme.
One word of warning: Even though the food is three stars, the surroundings definitely are not; if cleanliness is next to godliness, this place is hell.
2234 Mission St. (at 18th Street, in Lung Shan restaurant), San Francisco; (415) 863-2800. Missionchinesefood.com. Lunch and dinner Thursday-Tuesday. Beer and wine. No reservations. Credit cards accepted. No San Francisco service charge.
Fifth Floor
David Bazirgan (pictured, right) revitalized this once top-rated hotel restaurant with his New American food. He produces three menus: a casual bar menu, an a la carte menu and a six-course tasting menu ($85), which offers a beautifully executed progression of dishes, balancing tradition with cutting-edge techniques. His cooking incorporates those seemingly contradictory rustic and refined elements that only those creating at the highest level can achieve.
For a more casual meal, the bar menu includes an excellent hamburger served with a shot of bourbon and a pint of artisan beer for $25.
The restaurant was remodeled to make it more casual and contemporary, with hardwood floors, dark wood tables and comfortable chrome-footed light beige leather chairs. The dark wood paneled walls and glass-fronted wine cellar offer a contrast to the large windows overlooking a rooftop garden.
12 Fourth St. (at Market), San Francisco; (415) 348-1555. fifthfloorrestaurant.com. Dinner Tuesday-Saturday (bar open Monday-Saturday). Full bar. Reservations and credit cards accepted. No San Francisco service charge.
Sharon Ardiana (pictured, below) followed up her wildly popular Gialina with this Divisadero Street pizzeria featuring an expanded menu.
Entrees - called "roasts" - can include a braised chicken leg with a Moroccan-inspired vegetable stew ($17). Salads (pictured) are California-fresh, whether it's orange with mint, fennel and black olives ($8) or mixed chicories with avocado, hazelnuts and dolce Gorgonzola ($9/$18).
Still, pizza ($13-$19) is at the heart of the menu. Ten are offered, and the crust is thin and puffy at the edges, sometimes with bubbles the size of golf balls. They're baked in a Woodstone Fire Deck oven at 600 degrees, so they're ready in five minutes.
The long narrow restaurant overlooks Divisadero and seats only 38, with an open kitchen in back. Ardiana continues the familial theme introduced at Gialina with billboard-size family pictures.
311 Divisadero St. (at Page), San Francisco; (415) 255-1133. ragazzasf.com. Dinner nightly. Beer and wine. No reservations. Credit cards accepted. San Francisco service charge: $1 per person.
El Paseo
It took more than two years for Tyler Florence and Sammy Hagar to reopen this restaurant that dates back to 1947. It was worth the wait.
In my original review, I wrote that El Paseo solidifies Florence's intent as a chef. Plus, it feels personal - partly because his wife, Tolan Florence, was raised in Mill Valley, and her parents are often at the restaurant.
While it took a while for the place to find its groove, a recent revisit showed the kitchen is cooking on all burners under chef Preston Clark (pictured, right). My original rating was 2 1/2 stars; now it's worthy of three.
The 140-seat restaurant resembles a string of cottages with brick-walled rooms on both sides connected by patio spaces that can be used much of the year, creating a magical setting.
The straightforward menu has been pared down since opening and is now very focused: simple salads, chops and homey desserts. It all hits a perfect note, including butter lettuce salad ($9) with avocado, Green Goddess dressing and the brilliant addition of grapefruit supremes. The oysters Rockefeller ($15) are probably the best I've had. Main courses include a beautifully seared New York steak ($40), sliced and napped in a sauce with sherry-braised onions and meaty Royal Trumpet mushrooms.
17 Throckmorton Ave. (near East Blithedale), Mill Valley; (415) 388-0741. www.elpaseomillvalley.com. Dinner nightly. Wine. Reservations and credit cards accepted.
Greg Dunmore was the chef at the high-end Ame before opening this 45-seat izakaya. His food is so good it will make even frequent travelers to Japan take note.
The cooks work calmly in an open kitchen set off from the main dining area by a small dining counter. Leather chairs are arranged around small bamboo tables, and large windows overlook the constant zoom of traffic on Franklin Street.
Just about everything shines on the 30-item menu, particularly the skewers (pictured, right) that include just about every part of the chicken ($3.40-$5.60).
I can't walk through the door without a Pavlovian response to the chawan mushi ($14.50), the delicate egg custard filled with crab and chives and glazed in a smoky dashi broth. I also love the almond pork rice ball ($5.75), crusty on the outside and filled with almonds and pork accented with miso mustard. The few larger plates include chicken katsu ($14.75) and miso-glazed trout ($15.75) propped on butter-infused mushrooms.
231 Franklin St. (near Hayes), San Francisco; (415) 896-458. www.nojosf.com. Dinner Wednesday-Monday; brunch Sunday. Beer, wine and sake. Reservations accepted for parties of six or more. Credit cards accepted. No San Francisco service charge.
Piccino is following the path blazed by Nopa, where a restaurant is so in tune with an emerging area - in this case, Dogpatch - that it puts a face on the neighborhood. The room has a high open ceiling, an open kitchen and windows that flood the 50-seat restaurant with light.
Owners Sher Rogat and Margherita Stewart Sagan moved their original restaurant to this larger space, which also houses Dig wine store and bar, a branch of MAC clothing, and Piccino coffee bar.
Rachel Sillcocks (pictured, right), who has worked at Nopa and at Cyrus in Healdsburg, is in charge of the kitchen and oversees the stellar pizzas that range from a simple margherita ($10) to an elaborate Rosmarino ($17) with Delicata squash, Gorgonzola, fennel and pickled onions.
Appetizers such as mixed chicories with creamy pecorino vinaigrette ($11) and pork and beef meatballs ($14) are as good as the pizza. The menu also contains a regularly changing pasta and main course such as pan-seared black cod ($23) with purple cauliflower, tomato and caper berries.
1001 Minnesota St. (at 22nd Street), San Francisco; (415) 824-4224. piccinocafe.com. Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Beer and wine. Reservations and credit cards accepted. No San Francisco service charge.
Bar Terra
Lissa and Hiro Doumani made a brilliant move when they divided Terra restaurant and tapped into the cocktail culture by turning one side into Bar Terra. You have the benefit of Kris Schram's and Hiro Sone's cooking, but at better prices in a more relaxed environment.
Terra, the more formal dining room, features a fixed-price menu where diners can choose among about 20 savory dishes to compose a four- to six-course meal ($67-$94).
Bar Terra features its own menu, more than 30 wines under $50, and 10 or so signature cocktails. You can also order items off the Terra menu.
The menu is divided into four sections - snacks such as chicharrones dusted with lime and chile zest ($8); jarred items such as incredible rillettes ($9) and duck liver mousse ($9); savories including a terrific radicchio salad ($11), fried rock shrimp ($15), tripe stew ($13), grilled New York steak (pictured above, $36) and some of the best ramen ($13.50) in the Bay Area. The sweets aren't to be missed, either.
1345 Railroad Ave (at Adams), St. Helena; (707) 963-8931. terrarestaurant.com. Dinner Wednesday-Monday. Full bar. No reservations. Credit cards accepted.
Park Tavern
If there could ever be a replacement for the long gone but lamented Stars, which defined San Francisco dining in the 1980s, it is Park Tavern. Open only since September, it's already become a coveted gathering place attracting a wide range of diners from the 20s to the 90s.
The 115-seat room, where Ed Moose once held court at his self-named restaurant, has a handsome brasserie vibe with a lively, but not deafening, noise level.
The cocktails and food, crafted by Jennifer Puccio, are also a major draw. I could have the Country Lawyer ($13) at least once a week, a masterful blend of Bourbon, amaro, vermouth Benedictine and a dash of chocolate bitters. I'd follow that with smoked deviled eggs (pictured at right, $1.50 each), fried Brussels sprout chips ($6) and heirloom carrot salad ($9) on a swipe of pesto.
For main courses, I can't pass up the small chicken ($24) standing straight up on a cast-iron plate, surrounded by chopped spinach with tiny potatoes looking like eggs in grass.
Part of the attraction is the staff led by Anna Weinberg, who also owns Marlowe and seems to live to make people happy. And they are; they really are.
1652 Stockton St. (near Filbert), San Francisco; (415) 989-7300. parktavernsf.com. Dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Full bar. Reservations and credit cards accepted. San Francisco service charge: 4 percent.
Mateo's Cocina Latina
Mateo Granados started his restaurant career as a dishwasher, worked his way up to become a chef at Masa's and then executive chef at Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg. He's now turning his attention to the foods of his homeland, creating a Yucatan-inspired menu that comes straight from his heart.
The 52-seat restaurant has a simple, artisan appeal and features a whitewashed open-beam ceiling and tables made from salvaged industrial light covers.
The food is very personal, too. I adore Granados' beef tostada ($9) seasoned with garlic, celery, onions, carrots, bits of olives and avocado wedges, topped with purslane and house-cured cabbage. He uses olive oil instead of lard to make some of the best tamales ($10) I've had. They're wide and flat, like an envelope, with masa so light and tender it barely holds the filling - suckling pig, chicken or seasonal vegetables.
The five main courses include a stewy slow-roasted suckling pig ($17) marinated in annatto seed and accented with cinnamon-cured onions; and chicken (pictured below, $17) marinated in achiote and roasted in a banana leaf.
214 Healdsburg Ave. (at Madison), Healdsburg; (707) 433-1520. mateoscocinalatina.com. Lunch and dinner daily. Full bar. No reservations, but call ahead to put your name on the same-day list. Credit cards accepted.
This article has been corrected since it appeared in print.
Michael Bauer is The Chronicle's restaurant critic. E-mail him at email@example.com, and go to sfgate.com/food to read his previous reviews. Find his blog daily at insidescoopsf.com, and follow him on Twitter at @michaelbauer1.


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Flu has killed 20 children already this season
While this year's flu season may not turn out to be as bad as previous nasty ones, it's still overwhelming hospitals and doctor's offices.
The United States is at the peak of one of the more active flu seasons in recent years, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials announced Friday.
Dan Jernigan, the director of the Influenza Division of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said the season is "very active," and there are early indicators it may be severe. In the 13 years his office has tracked flu maps, this year is the first the entire continental United States has experienced a widespread flu outbreak.
"Flu is everywhere in the U.S. right now," Jernigan said.
He said the season started early and is "probably peaking right about now," causing a rapid increase in flu-related doctor visits and hospitalizations.
Jernigan and CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald attribute the high flu activity to the prevalence of the H3N2 flu, this year's most common form of flu. H3N2 is associated with more severe illness, especially among children and the elderly. Flu seasons during which H3 viruses are prevalent are usually worse and come with more hospitalizations and deaths.
Read more: Deaths and hospitalizations rise as flu season hits full swing
In the last week, doctors have seen an uptick in flu-related doctors visits while the rate of flu hospitalizations nearly doubled. The most recent hospitalization rate for flu was 22.7 per 100,000 people, up from 13.7 per 100,000 last week.
Flu cases have spread to 46 states with a sharp increase during the last week of December, according to the most recent statistics available from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Jan. 9)
The strain is taking its worst toll on the elderly, but is also causing complications for Baby Boomers and young children. Those older than age 65 are experiencing the highest hospitalization rates, but those age 50 to 64 also have seen high numbers. In the last week, hospitalizations of children under five have almost doubled and there were seven more pediatric deaths, bringing the season total to 20.
Jernigan projected this year will be worse than the 2012-13 flu season, during which H3N2 was prevalent and there were about 56,000 estimated deaths. But the severity of this flu season isn't expected to be quite as bad as the 2014-15 season, during which vaccine effectiveness was very low and there were about 700,000 hospitalizations.
Read more: State emergency issued as result of flu outbreak in Alabama
Since 2010, the CDC estimates there have been between 9.2 and 60.8 million flu cases each year. Annual hospitalizations range from 140,000 to 710,000 and deaths are estimated between 12,000 and 56,000 each year.
Even though we're at the peak, we likely have 11 to 13 more weeks left in the flu season.
"Even if we have hit the top of the curve or the peak of the seasonal activity, it still means we have a lot more flu to go," he said.
The best way to prevent the flu is to get the vaccine, said Fitzgerald, the CDC director. She said there's still time.
But, the vaccines are "far from perfect," Fitzgerald said. Jernigan said the effectiveness rate of this year's vaccines against the predominant H3 virus will be about 30%.
"We are very well aware that we need to have better flu vaccines," Jernigan said.
Aside from the vaccine, the CDC recommends people take their own steps to avoid the flu. This includes avoiding people who are sick, staying home when sick, cover your cough and frequently wash your hands.
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Brian Ching was set to take a long break after calling time on a 13-year MLS career.
An unexpected opportunity, however, has changed all of that when he when he was named managing director of the Dynamo-run National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchise, the Houston Dash.
Ching will have control of the NWSL franchise from both the business and technical aspects in his new role. In conjunction with club president Chris Canetti, Ching is already working towards getting the Dash up and running.
"This is a huge opportunity for me and the Dynamo to grow the brand and create a new brand in the Dash," Ching told MLSsoccer.com by phone Monday. "When I was looking at the offseason I felt I was really burned out from soccer, but with this opportunity I was so excited that I was in the office last week working on things and looking forward to it."
The new position provides Ching with a new adventure that has done away with any notions of a post-career vacation. According to Ching, he was not sure what would happen and how enthused he would be to jump right into a new project. But as the Dash opportunity surfaced along with a chance to get into a decision-making role presented itself, Ching was ready to jump in.
"I told Chris from the beginning I didn't want to start until February, but with the excitement of this role that's not possible and I'm OK with it," Ching said. "I don't feel like I need that break to be motivated to jump into this."
Now Ching will have to get his bearing on the women's side, which will carry its fair share of challenges; that includes identifying players and naming a coach, a process that both he and Canetti said is ongoing.
"There's going to be a huge learning curve in that I haven't followed the women's game outside of the national team," Ching said. "It's something I'm going to have to get into very quickly seeing as we have a college draft coming up and an allocation draft. I don't think identifying a good women's soccer player will be hard because I have that skill, but finding out what's out there is what I'm going to need a lot of help with."
- Get more Dynamo news and notes at HoustonDynamo.com
Canetti will still have a hand in the Dash. The Dynamo president will serve the same role with the Dash and will work closely with Ching as the organization starts to take shape.
"We've got a very well-known, well-respected individual within our sport and the soccer community at the forefront of our expansion franchise," Canetti told MLSsoccer.com by phone. "It made sense to make him the face of this organization and he'll work very closely with me on this."
While the Dash becomes his number one priority, the Dynamo will still be a prominent part of Ching's new role. That role is much less defined, but Ching will still provide assistance to the Dynamo when needed. Whether on the business or technical side, including his upcoming trip to join head coach Dominic Kinnear and the coaching staff at the upcoming MLS Player Combine, Ching is ready to put in the work to make his mark on both of Houston's soccer franchises.
"I told Chris I do want to be able to help on the male side and help the Dynamo be successful," Ching said. "Balancing the two is going to be something I'm going have to deal with this year and something Chris is really going to help me out with. That's something that will play out through the year."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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I'd like to connect 2 Yongnuo i-TTL Speedlite Flash units to a Nikon D5100. I'm fine with a wired connection. I only want to operate the flash units in manual mode. I do not want to use the camera's flash.
What cables would I need? Would I need some sort of splitter?