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Padres News and Musings
I hope you guys all had a great Christmas!! I realized how much I've been missing blogging yesterday, so I decided to update you guys about the latest San Diego sports news.
Last week the Padres got catcher Dusty Ryan from the Detroit Tigers for cash or a player to be named later. What was really interesting to me is that this guy is only 25 years old. I thought that the Padres were looking for a more veteran catcher who would help Nick Hundley improve and maybe take a few starts, like Henry Blanco did last year. I even wonder if the Padres are going to have this guy on the roster out of Spring Training. Maybe they will still sign a veteran catcher and keep Ryan in the minors in case of emergency.
But if he was on the roster, it would seem that he would not have as much playing time as Nick Hundley. I think that's a given. Nick is our main catcher right now, and since he's been working with the pitchers for a full season, he will be our main guy. Ryan could get only one or two starts a week.
Ryan apparently has a very strong arm, which is probably what attracted the Padres the most. Nick's got a great arm too, but he has room to improve. Anyways, it will be very interesting to see where the Padres go with this young catcher.
The Chargers played an incredible game last night to get a first-round bye in the playoffs. I am so excited about the Chargers right now. I really, really think that they're going to get a World Series for San Diego. It's really exciting!
Now, the Padres need to get to work on locking up Kouz, Heath Bell, and Mike Adams for next year. Get it done, guys!!!!
Thanks to Hyun Young, I discovered the amazingness of Gaslamp Ball yesterday. It thrilled me to see that they link my blog there! Thanks so much guys!!
I do have to say, my reasons to keep Kevin Kouzmanoff entry was a little embarrassing. Sorry about that.
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A belated Merry Christmas, Kaybee. Here's hoping the Padres hang on to KOUZ!
Hope you had a great Christmas! Gaslampball=Awesomeness. I'm not so sure if I should approve Dusty Ryan this early. He seems like a great player but I expected a well-experienced vetran catcher as well. He should bring something for us. Personally, I want Nick catching most of the games rather than Ryan. Plus, Nick is pretty cute🙂 Talk about the Chargers! I watched the incredible game against the Titans and this club is on a roll. Will we win the Super Bowl? There's a possibility!
I got some time to watch Ryan in Detroit. A couple of things I noticed is that he has some power and struggles defensivley. He would actually make a better first basemen than a catcher but he probably never will make the move. Ryan was once a very promising young prospect that simply never lived up to his full potencial. I do think he will make the team in spring and perhaps be a starter. He does know a thing or two about catching though. He has been taught by the all-time best in Ivan Rodriguez and a few things from Gearld Laird. He will be a good learder/teacher and will give you 20-25 HR's if he starts. He just needs help to stop the running game. And the saying goes, if you can't do, teach. I think that is going to be the case for Dusty Ryan in San Diego.
Gosh, things are looking great for San Diego sports right now. The Chargers are amazing, and I hope you stay happy with any offseason decisions the Padres make. Good luck to them, and happy holiday season!
Hope you had a great holiday and now have a Happy New Year as well!
Hey Kaybee-
I like the Dusty Ryan pickup as well, it could be a low-risk, high reward move. Have a great new year and merry late Christmas!
Merry late Christmas! Have a very good new year, and good luck to the Padres


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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
#54 Chinese/Korean Herbal Medicine
Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Countless numbers of victims have been forced by Korean Moms to drink this cure all. A brown liquid that looks and tastes strangely like warm pureed horse manure or cat vomit. Admit it, you spent valuable moments of your childhood trying to figure out ways to dump it in the sink or flush it down the toilet without your Korean Mom noticing.
I am pretty sure all Korean Moms obtain Hahn-Yahk from the same type of old Korean man. The same old Korean man who will squeeze your mid section and ask you when you had your last period, while you seethingly contemplate molestation charges. All the while your Korean Mom is sitting in the 'exam' room/back of the deli, giving you the stank eye (see #5) and plotting how she will make you drink Hahn-Yahk for the rest of your life. Many of us were forced to drink this nasty concoction of mystery juice to cure ailments a simple Tylenol could have cured. Have a headache? Have some Hahn-Yahk. Oh, you're fat? Hahn-Yahk will cure that. A genital wart? Hahn-Yahk. You're short? Eat some spinach and wash it down with Hahn-Yahk. You're not married? Drink some Hahn-Yahk and pray to Jesus foo! This is why I never like to admit I am sick or am becoming sick. I am deathly afraid that my Korean Mom will find out and mail me a giant package of Hahn-Yahk. Guess what I have in my fridge at this very moment? An entire drawer full of Hahn-Yahk to cure pimples (see #19). Yeah. Pimples. The Hahn-Yahk should eventually cure me of my face. I love my Korean Mom.
It's been a while but I'm back! Did you miss me? :)
Thanks to The Hub of Sparkle and all my readers for the Golden Klog Award! I shall cherish it always while drinking my Hahn-Yahk.
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You're back! Hooray! Good luck with your apps.
Yes, yes, nasty brown juice medicine. I remember it well. And don't forget the prune juice!
- February 12, 2009 at 2:25 AM
- Sonhui said...
Yea, drank that stuff to prove a daughter was tougher than the older son, why the helll did I do THAT for?
- February 12, 2009 at 2:54 AM
- Tim said...
yes we missed you.
now where's the clip of the cbc radio interview thing you did?
- February 12, 2009 at 3:16 AM
i had to drink a big bowl of mystery juice while visiting my grandmother in the Motherland. Years later my KM told me it's "flavor" was from dried antlers. I'm not sure if she was kidding...
- February 12, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- Julie said...
I missed you!!!
Next time my mom hands me a mug, I'll tip a 40 (of han-yak) in your honor.
- February 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I cried with joy when I saw you had posted a new entry....then I remembered the horrors that you explain so well and I grew fearfully happy.
Welcome back!
- February 12, 2009 at 12:20 PM
you're back-yippy skippy I am delighted
- February 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM
I think the point of the "tea" was to get us to all stop our whining and grit through the pain like a tough warrior. In truth, we prefer the pain over another cup.
- February 12, 2009 at 6:17 PM
I think the point of the "tea" was to get us to all stop our whining and grit through the pain like a tough warrior. In truth, we prefer the pain over another cup.
- February 12, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- Wife and Mommy said...
Aaaaaack! I'd almost forgotten about hahn-yahk. Now that I've been reminded of it, I shall resume fearing all brown liquids.
Good to see you back. :)
- February 12, 2009 at 8:57 PM
i look at what is on the stove before asking what it is...
when someone isn't feeling well (generally flu season), it's time to stay away...(insert name) is sick, drink some of this too...bleh...
- February 13, 2009 at 1:13 AM
We missed you! Please write more often!!! ;)
- February 13, 2009 at 9:46 AM
I had the unfortunate experience of taking hahn-yahk with supplemental accupuncture sessions. A 10 yr old child should never have to endure this type of torture. The worst part of it all was when my mom started buying the "convenient" pouches of hahn-yahk instead of brewing it herself because then I could take it with me to school. =(
- February 13, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Awe Hahn Yak is nothing. Try drinking pureed bear guts!
- February 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- hmmm said...
omg. My mother in law is sending me some so I can get pregnant faster. argh!!!
- February 13, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- whyjennipi said...
omg we all missed youuuu !
and yes I suffered the same pain )*: oh the old days of tyranny
- February 15, 2009 at 3:50 AM
I was a frightfully skinny child who never liked to eat. So my mom and grandma boiled up some hanyak to induce appetite. Sure enough, it kicked up my appetite, and now I'm fat. This stuff works.
- February 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- Florsie G said...
Man, and I thought the purple onion with honey and lemon my grandma made as a cough medicine was disgusting enough..Then again, I have a mexican mom and a mexican granny.
About your pimples, try pulse light and heat energy therapy (or LHE). They basically flash blue light on spots of your face. Sounds strange and like a racket but believe me, it works. I've been acne free for 4 months now.
It's wonderful to have you back.
- February 15, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- saejinnie said...
i moved to korea to teach english and when my first care package from the states came...guess what was included? yup!! Hahn yahk. Hahn yahk that I had "accidentally" forgotten in the states. Gotta love my KM.
- February 16, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- Girl Who Can't Cook said...
I'm not Korean but I remember being made to drink a black bitter liquid medicine (probably a close relative of hahn yak) and the equally-feared white cod-liver oil!! Blech...
- February 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM
- Joolsey said...
i've started following your blog just two weeks back, read the entire thing... and i'm hooked! i've already been itching for a new post! welcome back! :-)
- February 17, 2009 at 3:26 AM
We have two refrigerators at my house. A "K" fridge and a "Meegook" fridge. Somehow all of my mom's Hahn-Yahk (convenient pouch size) ended up in the "meegook" fridge and she's trying to get me to drink it to regulate my periods, get rid of any pimples, lose weight and make babies one day. Every time I ask her what it's made out of... I get the stank eye and an ambiguous answer followed by "it's natural!" What's worse is my emo is an acupunturist and really into herbal medicines... she supplies my mom with all the "Hahn-Yak" one would ever need in a lifetime. Glad that you are back!
- February 17, 2009 at 5:18 AM
- John Ji said...
mutant edamame pod...lol
my mom used to have a piece of ggak ddugi (pickled radish) in hand as she watched me drink it and after i swigged it down she'd put the ggak dduki right in my mouth.
- February 17, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Hooray you're back! So yes, i think the Chinese version is called Ho yan Hor or something like that. My mom/ grandma would try to get me to drink it when I wasn't feeling good. Smelling that did not make me feel better lol.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- justaLil said...
omg.. i hated this stuff
nightmares ::shudder::
my km always thought i was a little bishil bishil so she continually made me drink the nasty concoctions.
The only improvements it's made in my life was to increase gastrointestinal fortitude. heh.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- I'm Hani. said...
Oh you're back!!!! It has been the most painful/slow/boring two months ever. I always share your stories with my mom and she has been bugging me nonstop for updates from you. I hope grad school apps are going well. I will be sending good karma your way!!!
- February 18, 2009 at 12:36 AM
- Bryan said...
I once had a Korean friend try to force this on me when I was so sick I thought I was near death. She came to my house with all sorts of stuff in a mysterious bag and started mixing things on the stove. My poor Southern parents were baffled.
Eventually, I could smell it all the way in the living room. I prayed with my family that somehow God would intervene (even a small house fire would have been acceptable).
Our prayers were answered when it turns out she heated it up too much and when she poured it into the glass, it shattered (or maybe it just shattered from contact, not the heat). My mother soon thereafter ejected her for breaking one of the "good" glasses and holds a grudge to this day (maybe my Southern mom is part Korean mom).
- February 18, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- James said...
Every winter like clockwork, my mom would restore our depleted reserves of han-yahk and make my brother and I drink it. Only we couldn't sneak out and dump it. She stood there like a drill sergeant, waiting for us to finish it in her presence. I was surprised she didn't make us hold the empty cup upside down over our heads to prove we drank it all.
Our reward for each drink?
A stick of doublemint gum and more han-yahk.
I LOVE my Korean mom!
- February 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM
I get the Han Yak from my K-mom-in-law every day (when we're in Korea). It actually does grow on you. I may have been born in the states to a caucasian family, but I certainly identify with your blog.
We should all have a K-mom!
- February 21, 2009 at 12:02 AM
hahaha, my KM's older brother, my sam-chun, is a han-ee-won doctor, and each year, we literally get an enormous box of han-yak. my mom claims this is the reason we never get sick. i would drink it in one big gulp without breathing, rinse out my mouth immediately afterwards, and use some Listerine to get rid of the disgusting taste. XP
- February 21, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Michelle said...
When I was a kid, my mom put me on a strict Hanh Yahk regiment. As a bony kid she wanted me to gain some weight.
When I was a teenager and dealing with puberty fat, she fed me weight loss Hahn Yahk, along with daily doses of vinegar, lemon juice in water and bamboo rock salt.
Today, my mom thinks she was an early foremother to the "Well Being" craze.
She has now deemed herself the naturopath self healer extraordinaire and has graduated to concocting her own versions of "Hahn Yahk".
My sister's and my freezer has been stocked full of used 1 liter coke bottles filled with a miracle cure all prevent all vegetable elixir. It smells and tastes like rotting garbage on a humid hot city summer day.
What it's supposed to do for me, I don't know.
All I'm told is that "it is good for me".
- February 23, 2009 at 4:47 AM
- Mama Roe said...
My Caucasian friend called it "Korean Capri-Sun" because of the lovely pouches it came in.
Don't forget the solid version of the herbal medicine (wrapped in gold leaf). Eeewwwww!
Glad you're back!
- February 25, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Yes, I missed your posts! Welcome back! Good luck with your grad school apps - hope you hear good news soon.
- February 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Oh man, the hanyahk. My KM made me take this to school and drink it after lunch! All of my friends had to keep their distance from me while I consumed this vile drink and tried to get the taste out of my mouth with a whole bunch of chocolate (followed by numerous breath mints, of course).
I have been to this herbal medicine place so many times (NO MORE ACCUPUNCTURE PLEASE OH GOD) that I seem to know much more about this brew than I should... for one thing the ingredients may vary as well as the taste (and the shade of brown, even). However, it never fails to taste absolutely disgusting.
And it usually contains dried antlers, all sorts of dried roots, and maybe even some dead things we never want to find out about.
Now I finally know that I'm not the only one who's been suffering under the wrath and power that is uhm-ma....
- March 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Steph said...
My mom made me drink that nasty stuff so that I'll grow. Rather than growing upwards, I grew width-wise.
She also tries to get me hahn-yahk when I'm home for breaks, but so far, I've escaped it for a few semester!
- March 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- The Clam said...
My wife was sick last week and her mom came over with a big bag full of it. She convinced me that I should drink it because I was probably going to get sick this spring. I'm not sure why I listened to her, but a Korean Mother-in-Law is pretty damn hard to say 'no' to.
Now, I guess I'm cured until summer at least.
Welcome back!!!!
- March 2, 2009 at 2:42 AM
My sister suggests that you write about Korean moms' love of bidets and migun (aka torture back machine.) Or taking out moles.
- March 2, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Simon said...
You are an amazing person
- March 6, 2009 at 1:39 AM
- hub of sparkle said...
No problem, eh? And congrats on the award.
- March 7, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- generika. said...
oh hanyak.. the korean everyman's cureall. my mom made me take it last year, and the fallout was as follows: http://generika.blogspot.com/2008/06/spoonful-of-sugar.html
- March 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Janette said...
deer antler hahn-yak scares me the most. post more!
- March 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Oh yes, I know the hahnyak. "Drink, it medishin-ya," my mom would insist as I balked/gagged.
KMs like Zojirushi or Tiger brand appliances. Every old school Korean household I've entered has a 10-cup rice cooker and at least 90% has the hot water dispenser. Right next to the calendar from the grocery store.
- March 23, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- The eEditor said...
I am sure it has been stated in the comments here at least once before, but you should really send updates via Twitter, too. Just a thought.
- March 29, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Sonya said...
Oh man... My mom is taking me to get some today... to help me get pregnant~! I'm only going because she gave me the "Stank Eye" and she just got back from Korea yesterday and is all about the "Made in Korea" medicine is better... GAG!!
- April 1, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Hehh, I actually think han-yak tastes pretty good, am I the only one?;-;
- April 4, 2009 at 6:01 PM
korean moms love gogoomah.
- April 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- Andrea said...
I love Korean food and have always loved eating at my Korean mother in law's house. However, a couple years after my husband and I got married she served me a HUGE serving of Hahn-Yahk. Apparently, she was getting impatient because she didn't have a grandchild yet... I was able to drink a little bit, but not the enormous glass full. I tried to be polite, but I really couldn't drink it all and made my husband drink most of it when she wasn't looking...
- April 10, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- Ello said...
Just had a whole bunch of readers of my blog recommend I check you out and so glad I did!
Lucky for me, my mom isn't the han yak pusher. It was my grandmother, rest her soul. But I still have nightmares about the stuff. The worst was the big ball of concentrated han yak that she made me chew. Just the smell of the stuff made me puke. shudder.
- April 14, 2009 at 11:20 AM
- Check said...
oh man all this stuff is so true
me and my older sister were reading and luaghing at this. then my mother stole a quick glance and we "x-ed" out the window and acted like we were just on Facebook. she gave us the stank eye and went back to making kimchi
- April 15, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- the_13th_redneck said...
I can totally relate to this. Actually Chinese/Korean Herbal medicine is the first topic in my new blog about explaining Korea.
Check it out if you want.
- April 16, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Bullshit Buster said...
The previous post was actually mine. I moved from xanga to blogger becuase I think xanga's got way too many teenagers trying stupid shit to be unique.
My first post is about Herbal medicine.
- April 16, 2009 at 11:44 PM
- Su Won said...
We used to say "yuck" for "yak", which got applied to every medicine aside from mixed fruit flavored Tylenol(a HUGE improvement in medication flavor and cooperation vs crushed up Tylenol w/sugar and water)
In fact, han yak was foul enough that my own K-parents wussed out and took the han yak that looked like teeny-tiny silver BBs(still smelled horrible) or nonpareils whereas my halmoni would chug it like a gansta wit a 40.
I once saw an acupuncturist for a bad UTI (& I did not have insurance & an ER visit was too expensive.) After some extensive pins, he had a han yak for me and gave me a liter. He wanted me to drink 1 cup twice a day until it was all gone, about 5 days worth. I cringed and asked how does it taste? The acupuncturist had a apologetic look on his face and said "Eh, it's not bad...but it's not good either. You'll survive."
I had doubts, but dang it, later that same day, I no longer had UTI pain.
- April 18, 2009 at 3:40 AM
- Generalissimo said...
한약이 마시없습니다! My yoja-chinga swears by it along with the required accupuncture theray. One time, I had some hand pain and my yoja-chinga (financee)'s imo-nim gave me this stuff. I had a religious experience, but not in a good way.
- April 24, 2009 at 8:09 AM
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Within the last several decades however, we have started to see a gradual transition back to the use of herbal medicines. And as the consciousness of our culture grows, we will see more and more people fade out their use of allopathic medicines in favor of herbal medicines exclusively
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- May 13, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Anhyoung haseyo....OMG - you are hilarious! I stumbled upon your blog as I was looking for korean food recipes. My husband and I are not Korean (but we are asians) but we've been "educating" ourselves on korean culture by watching K-dramas! No? Not a good way to learn? But being asian I can relate to all your KM postings being drama queens. After I gave birth to my daughter many many moons ago my mother wanted to send some nasty herbal roots thingy via my best friend. I was horrified. I saw what it did to my SIL. The smell alone will kill you. So I told her that the immigration officers at the airport know what those are and will not only take the stuff away but will put my best friend in jail. She decided not to send them. To mail them to me will be "waste money". Thanks for the laugh. Pls keep 'em coming.
Wish I have a KM to hug!
- May 15, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Janet said...
hysterical. so true. keep writing! I love your stuff.
- May 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- seitzk said...
I miss your blog! Selfishly, I hope your life calms down so you can post again...
- May 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM
- Natural Remedies said...
Nice Blog, hey please keep on writing.
- May 28, 2009 at 5:26 AM
YUCK! I remember my mom made me drink that to!!! horrible stuff!
I love reading your journal entries.....alot of the entries esp the Koreans I can relate =)
- May 28, 2009 at 9:26 PM
- Galbijim said...
I'm editor of an English magazine in Daegu, called Daegu Pockets (www.daegupockets.com). Would we be able to get your permission to publish some of your past posts in our mag?
- June 4, 2009 at 6:21 AM
My korean mom sent me a bunch of Han-yahk in Iraq while I was deployed. I had other things to worry about and so never got around to drinking it.
- June 25, 2009 at 12:44 AM
- Tammy said...
this is great! My drinks it too. i called it her witch doctor drink. and it was totally stank. i could smell it brewing up the block.
- June 25, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I lived next to a han yak brewery for a while in Ulsan. I generally enjoyed the smell, at least when it was herby and sweet. I also saw ingredients that went into some of the blends. Mostly, it was ginseng, roots, herbs, and pear juice. A friend of mine told me that oil from pressed cat was added to a kind of Han Yak, similar to kae-soju, and was used as a treatment for severe arthritis. I'm pretty sure I would have smelled that if it was going on next door, though.
- July 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- sol said...
not only han-yak, but she obsessed over vaseline too.
- July 25, 2009 at 7:24 PM
- Jaime said...
Wow! Nice to know that I'm not the only kid that poured precious, expensive pouches of han yak down the drain, or in planters... Now I'm a crazy KM myself and when my kids get sick or have nosebleeds, I have momentary lapses where I wonder if I should consult a han yak man to brew my girls up a batch to fix them up... God help me!
- August 20, 2009 at 6:56 AM
Went to Korea this summer and guess what took up a full carrier on the way back? Good ol' Hahn-yak. They could've made it taste better by adding Gam-cho but noooooooo pure bitter and nasty tasting liquid for me! And now my mom is thinking of getting my brother some. More brown liquid in pouches!
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- October 27, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- l0vedim0 said...
OMG I just threw up a little in my mouth...Oh how I tried to avoid drinking this stuff, but how can you when your KM is standing there in front of you giving you the stink eye until you downed it!! Even as a kid I knew there was something wrong with this stuff. The first time I had it was to cure a rash on my hand. My KM had me soak my hand in this concoction for 30mins and then I had to down a fresh cup of it...I was like wait what? I spent years burying my experiences with this elixir of Satan under layers and layers of mental barriers. Thank you for bringing this nightmare back to the forefront of my psyche ;)
- August 5, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Okay, am I the only crazy one that LOVED Hahn-Yahk?? My mom made the stuff in a giant crock pot and I would eagerly down my cup and ask for more. They would always deny my request, supposedly it's bad to drink more than one cup, which begs the question, is a Hahn-Yahk overdose possible?
- August 28, 2010 at 5:01 AM
- hakan altan said...
thank you
- September 13, 2010 at 9:02 AM
I don't know if the medicine ever cured my ills or helped me...but being quite possibly the nastiest thing I ever ate/drank, I was able to drink coffee, beer, hard liquor without flinching...and that includes tequila. None of that lick the salt and suck the lime crap...I drink it straight!
- November 19, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Daniel A Kim said...
HAHA THIS IS SOOOO FUNNY! i love your style of writing!
- May 25, 2011 at 12:03 AM
- Unknown said...
I like your blogs but I actually believe the effects of Eastern medicine, and I'm also a Nursing student. I had severe seasonal allergies as a child and I sneezed non stop, everyday for 3 months every spring. After going to a well-known Korean Traditional Medicine practitioner, I took his precribed Hanyak and my allergies only lasted 2 weeks the next year. A few years later and now, I only have about a week of allergic symptoms. It really depends on who you visit, and whether you are all that ill or not for the meds to take effect.
A lot of Koreans take the han-yak as a bo-yak (extra strengthening supplement) so of course you wouldn't really feel that much of a difference in your physical well being... eating someone else's prescription won't work either because the amount of the herbs that go in is totally catered towards your own body.
Just saying, Tylenol is hepatotoxic (toxic to liver cells) and is certainly more dangerous than hanyak if you have a weak liver or have screwed your liver with alcohol or liver-harming substance.
It's funny how people think western medicine is all the shiz when one of the top reasons for deaths in the US is due to western medicine treatments, which includes medicines as well as procedures.
They both have their ups and downs. It's just that Eastern Medicine is not very invasive and really depends on the person's belief and faith as well as the adherence of the medicine itself in order to work
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OverviewCustomExplorer™ provides a complete transistor-level analysis and debugging environment for pre-processing and post-processing SPICE and FastSPICE simulations. CustomExplorer is integrated with Synopsys' HSPICE® and CustomSim™ to streamline the debugging and analysis process for SPICE and FastSPICE simulation and increase design productivity. The combination of CustomExplorer with CustomSim and HSPICE simulators provides design teams with a high-performance, productive simulation debug and analysis environment for complex SoC design.
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IntroductionCustomExplorer™ is a netlist-based debugging environment for SPICE and FastSPICE simulators such as HSPICE and CustomSim. CustomExplorer is also tightly integrated with Custom WaveView™, enabling waveform cross-probing. Together, these tools aid designers in rapidly performing customized advanced analyses in a highly-productive design debugging and waveform analysis environment.
CustomExplorer Design BrowserThe CustomExplorer Design Browser allows quick access to the most complex hierarchy design data with complete design and file display. The Design Browser will import a netlist and allow traversing of the design hierarchy, display signal and element list, and tracing connections contained in the hierarchy. These views, shown in Figure 1, work in concert to provide rapid access to all of the contents of the design hierarchy. In addition to displaying the design hierarchy, the Design Browser will also display the associated file hierarchy containing the design.
Figure 1: CustomExplorer's main window concisely presents hierarchy, netlist,connection and linting data for easy analysis and debug
A powerful search function allows the user to find design components in the hierarchy based on string, signal, instance, and module names.
SourceView and ConnectionViewThe SourceView and ConnectionView shows the contents of the SPICE netlist and creates a visualization of the connections contained within the netlist (see Figure 1).
SourceViewThe SourceView displays the hierarchical content of the SPICE netlist, allowing the designer to query the contents of a design or cell. Selecting a subcircuit in the SourceView displays the contents of that subcircuit as well as displaying the interface pins and net names, and parameters in the ConnectionView.
ConnectionViewThe ConnectionView creates design connectivity visualization of the object selected in the Hierarchy Browser. Included in the diagram are the name of the object, its terminal names and the nets that connect to it. In the case of subcircuits, the internal net names are also displayed, making it easy to follow nets up and down the hierarchy through subcircuit boundaries. Custom Explorer's Net Tracer can also be used to follow changing net names with ease through the design's hierarchy.
Signal TracingSignal flow can be traced in both SourceView and ConnectionView. In SourceView, the statements representing a selected net are highlighted and can be traced subsequently. In ConnectionView, devices or subcircuits connecting a selected signal are displayed and new connections can be displayed for pins/ ports of the connected elements.
SPICE Lint ViewCustomExplorer's SPICE Lint View performs user-selected compatibility checks that can be used to verify that the netlists being simulated conform to the proper syntax before wasting time on a long simulation before finding a problem. These checks are performed automatically as the netlist is read in with all errors or warnings being flagged in the SPICE Lint Window as well as the corresponding net and device being displayed in the SourceView and ConnectionView.
SPICE Syntax RulesChecks for basic SPICE netlist syntax and structure errors such as: missing or redundant END statements, missing or mismatched model device names, missing ground nodes, invalid signal names, etc. Over 40 different syntax and structure checks are performed.
Connection RulesFinds and flags problems with floating nodes or blocks, global nodes that are not driven by any source, DC-floating MOS gate and nodes, dangling element terminals, and floating transient sources. This helps the designer to deliver a quality netlist to the simulator of choice.
Parameter Passing and Parameter Rule ChecksParameter passing rule checks verify that all passed parameters are properly defined before use and properly passed through the hierarchy. Parameters that are redefined or recursively defined are also found.
The parameter rule checks also finds and flags parameter values that are set above user definable thresholds. This includes looking for element parameter Negative capacitance/resistance, outof- range element values and sizes, nonpositive subcircuit multiplier and PWL stimuli statements with sharp slews.
Design Connectivity Rule ChecksLooks for static DC issues such as conducting device or path, leakage device or path, as well as pulse source errors and scale errors.
Custom WaveView IncludedThe Waveform Window is Custom WaveView (included with a CustomExplorer license), the industry standard for waveform analysis and measurement. Custom WaveView provides a host of capabilities for displaying, measuring, manipulating and saving simulation results. In addition to multiple panels containing waveforms, Custom WaveView also provides the ability to display more than one waveform tab allowing the designer to mix and match time and frequency domains in a single session. Custom WaveView is a full analog and mixedsignal display and analysis environment, reading simulation results from either analog or digital simulators and allowing complete conversion between views. For instance, Custom WaveView can read in the analog results of an HSPICE simulation, convert those waveforms to digital (single or multi-bit with user selectable thresholds) and export those results for use in a digital simulation.
Full cross-probing is supported between both CustomExplorer and Custom WaveView.
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Hierarchal Netlist Flatten and ExportHierarchal netlists can be flattened and exported to tools that require flat netlist views. The hierarchy information is preserved via net names in the flat netlist.
Source Waveform PreviewStimuli statements (Pulse, PWL, Sine, Exp or SFFM) statements can be extracted from netlists and displayed prior to simulations to verify their correctness.
Parameter ReportsA final report on all parameters in a netlist can be produced show their final values as passed to simulation.
Total Device Area ReportsThe widths and lengths of transistors in netlists can be extracted and reported to help verify correct netlist construction. This capability helps eliminate errors like missing unit values that would result in one-meter transistors (rather than 1 micron) or 10-Farad capacitors (rather than 10 femtoFarads).
HSPICE .Measure Statement Extraction and ReplayCustomExplorer contains the ability to scan a netlist and extract out all HSPICE .Measure statements and save them in a file. These statements retain their full design hierarchy and can be modified and replayed against existing simulation results. This capability eliminates lost simulation time when the designer determines, after a simulation, that an additional .Measure needs to be performed, or when a given .Measure was incorrect during the simulation. In the latter case, the simulation does not need to be rerun as the incorrect .Measure can be fixed and replayed against the results, saving time and effort.
Batch Waveform CompareA powerful capability in CustomExplorer is the Batch Waveform Compare utility. This utility allows designers to compare two sets of simulation runs in batch and produce a text report of the differences. The Batch Waveform Compare system uses a simple rules file that controls the comparisons. Users can define what signals are to be compared and the tolerances of the comparisons. Using sample-based comparison techniques, the Batch Waveform Compare utility compares golden-to-target simulation results and supports both analog and digital waveforms. This capability helps eliminate the vast majority of manual "eyeballing" of analog or digital signals. Users have reported reducing as much as one full week of manual effort to 15 minutes for analyzing 100 analog waveforms.
Extensible and OpenCustomExplorer is open and extensible and can be controlled in both GUI or Batch mode with scripting. The GUI is also extensible, allowing CAD teams to craft custom measurements and provide them across their organizations through the regular menu system.
Regression Scripting with the Analysis Command Environment (ACE)The Analysis Command Environment (ACE) is a Tcl-based extension language that provides near-complete control of CustomExplorer. The ACE scripting environment contains hundreds of functions and can control the GUI, the waveform panels, the menu system or the measurement capabilities of either tool. Often used by CAD teams to extend the tools, the ACE scripting capability can also be used to perform Regression Scripting allowing designers to make changes to their design and then replay a wide variety of analyses in batch mode, freeing the designer to work on other aspects of the design. Encapsulating these analyses also means sharing best design practices across an organization improving quality and simplifying the collection of data for design reviews.
Industry Standard Design Platform IntegrationsCustomExplorer is also integrated into industry-standard design platforms to help maximize designer productivity during the design phase. A native integration of this tool into Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer® system helps form a complete environment for analog block authoring in a single platform for both cell-based and custom design. Other design platform integrations include:
Supported File FormatsCustomExplorer provides support for over 45 different file formats giving it the highest support of simulation file formats in the industry.
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The board first perused the proposed budget at a Beeville Country Club workshop May 31; approval on Monday was with no changes.
With $24.6 million in expenses, the surplus will be allocated to the facility's depleted reserve fund — one of three payments of $1.5 million.
Unlike previous budgets, based on inflated enrollment estimates, the 2013-2014 budget, according to CBC President Dr. Beatriz Espinoza, is based on an average of the enrollment of the last three years.
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Espinoza also is grappling with declining revenue caused by lower enrollment — which has steadily dropped since she assumed the presidency last year.
The trend continues.
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The declines were registered at the Alice and Kingsville sites and, surprisingly, on Internet-only courses which recently had shown increased growth.
The Beeville campus enjoyed a 5 percent gain this summer.
In addition to a more stringent budget next year, 2013-2014 will see be another cost-saving measure: lengthening the instruction week from four days to five.
The extra day was championed by CBC Board Chairman Paul Jaure, who first suggested it at the May 31 workshop, when he decried the evaporation of what he terms "college life."
"This certainly would allow students to be engaged every day in school," he said. "I think that if we are going to have that good old community college where all the students are involved in all sorts of activities, we could certainly do a lot more with the students to help them be a success. I'm talking about college life."
A five-day week, he added, would help increase enrollment, with a resultant increase in revenue.
The college adopted a four-day instruction week in 2008.
Under the current schedule, instructors do not teach on Friday in order to have time for professional development and class preparation duties.
But many instructors, Espinoza says, simply took that day off. "We don't want students to think the college is closed on a Friday when it isn't," she told the board.
The board approved the idea unanimously despite being reminded that the four-day week had been adopted to save the price of gasoline and that many students preferred taking classes only on Tuesday and Thursday.
"That's what I liked when I was in college," Trustee Laura Fischer said. "But I did not do as well in those courses."
"It is our responsibility not to have a dorm full of students with nothing to do because we don't have classes on Friday," Jaure said. "We're supposed to be here for the students."
Jaure asked Espinoza what other schools were doing. Espinoza said those with a five-day week vs. a four-day week were about even.
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"I've seen that time and again. When you increase student engagement, you increase student success," said Mark Secord, CBC's vice president of instruction.
"This is in keeping with our goals of looking for ways to reduce costs, build revenue, streamline services and still keep our focus on student success," Espinoza told the board.
Board members asked Espinoza to poll students this summer and this fall and to report those findings to them about the change — which cannot take effect until the fall semester of 2014 because to change the college catalog and the academic calendar requires six to nine months.
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Asheville is relatively new to the beer scene, but with 11 breweries yielding the highest per-capita total in the country, it's already building a global rep. A day trip to Asheville offers a chance to try roughly 50 local beers, almost all of which can be tasted at The Thirsty Monk, a must-see on any Ashevillian beer pilgrimage. Top Draws: Top Draws: Asheville Shiva IPA, French Broad Ryehopper
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With one brewery for every 9,111 people, descriptors for Bend include "beervana" and "Beer City, USA." Already cemented into Bend beer culture is Deschutes, the godfather of local craft brewing, which recently expanded its flagship location, and there are plenty of newer options. If you visit, your itinerary is bound to overlap with one of Bend's many annual beer celebrations. Top Draws: Deschutes Inversion IPA, Silver Moon Hound's Tooth Amber
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Philadelphia outfits like Victory, Sly Fox, Nodding Head, Yards and Flying Fish have been vanguards of local brewing since the city's barley rush of the 1990s. And since 1860, McGillin's Olde Ale House has been a beloved showcase for those and other local brews longer than any in Philly. Top Draws: Yards Philadelphia Pale Ale, Victoria Hop Devil IPA
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Colorado is fourth out of 50 states in breweries per capita, and while there are only a handful in Denver proper, there are loads of notable breweries outside town and in nearby Boulder. The Mile-High City also stages what is widely regarded the largest, most prestigious beer festival in the country, the annual Great American Beer Festival, drawing sudsmeliers from all over the world to taste more than 2,200 brews. Top Draws: Denver Graham Cracker Porter, Renegade Hammer and Sickle
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SHOHOLA, PA — Bat researchers based in Shohola are employing an unconventional tool—ultraviolet light—in efforts to unlock another piece of the puzzle that is white nose syndrome (WNS), the mysterious disease that started in the Albany, NY area in 2005-06 that has killed millions of bats and continues to spread. One potential outcome of the research could be clues to a precursor condition that sets the stage for further development of the fungal phase that typically leads to a bat's death.
So named for the white ring of Geomyces destructans (Gd), a cold-loving fungus that develops on an afflicted bat, WNS causes a hibernating bat to wake too early, resulting in starvation through excess activity and inadequate insect availability. Unusual behavior, loss of body fat and damaged wing membranes are other symptoms of the deadly disease. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, WNS has killed at least 6.7 million bats in 16 states and four Canadian provinces.
The high bat mortality and rapid spread of the disease has raised global concerns about the future viability of many bat species. While some species could be facing extinction, it is estimated that bat populations in the Northeast could take centuries to rebound.
Principal researcher John Gumbs and his wife, Mitzi Kaiura, have teamed up with scientists and state agency professionals from Pennsylvania and New Jersey in using ultraviolet light to identify fluorescent lesions associated with Gd as a non-lethal method of rapid field detection.
Initial observations and laboratory results from UV research during 2009-10 winter bat surveys in New Jersey and Pennsylvania demonstrated that WNS-positive bat tissue fluoresces when exposed to a narrow spectrum of long-wave UV light. Results of the research so far support the use of UV light as a tool to suggest the presence of Gd before the fungus is visible.
Gumbs brings an interesting set of skills and experience, along with an open-minded approach, to the puzzle. A search and rescue professional, former wildlife rehabilitator and an aircraft mechanic who also flew corporate jets, Gumbs sports an inventive mind that seldom stops looking for ways to improve a tool, solve a problem or innovate an unconventional solution.
"When you're going into a new frontier, you don't know where you're headed and you don't know how to get there," he said. "You don't know what's relevant and what isn't. That's why you need to keep an open mind."
Gumbs likens the process to that used in search and rescue. "When you're dealing with a new pathogen like this, it's as if somebody dumped a jigsaw puzzle on the ground and never showed you what the picture was. A search manager takes the clues and puts them together to organize how the search runs. You don't know where you're going, but you use the clues to develop a methodology to get there.
"We took a light used for mineralogy and played with it until we tripped across a connection," he said. "We were told not to bother with this research. But we persevered, and it's since been supported by laboratory diagnosis."
In addition, Gumbs points out that bats are still misunderstood. Integral partners in agriculture who help to pollinate crops and consume billions of destructive insects, many of us fail to recognize their importance. "Bats have gotten a bad rap, due to fear and misinformation," said Gumbs. "With the death of so many bats, we've got to get people who have bats in their vicinity to be supportive and not try to eradicate those bats that still exist.
"We need to support every bat, because they only have one pup per year. With mortality figures running 95 to 98%, the populations have taken such a beating. The genetic pool is down, and their ability to bounce back is severely hampered. It will be many decades before we see any kind of rebound, if at all."
Gumbs can be reached at email@example.com [1] or 570/409-0395. Visit www.SaveLucytheBat.org [2] and www.batmanagement.com [3] for resources supporting bats. Visit www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome/ [4] to learn more about WNS.


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It all started a few weeks ago, when my neighbor, Don Meynig, called to ask me what these ugly grasshopper-like insects he'd been seeing were called. He said he had picked one up and it bit him – hard! It even drew blood! I told Don that I'd try to find out.
My field guide to the insects was almost worthless for identifying these guys. It had just one page for grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches. Ugh! I didn't like looking at that page. But I did find out that they were sometimes called long-horned grasshoppers because of their super-long antennae.
I let it go at that for a couple of days and would have forgotten all about these creatures. But then, Lori, Don Meynig's daughter-in-law, brought over a jar with one of the grasshoppers she had caught.
This bug was much more striking than the ones I had been seeing. He was bright green with long, golden antennae arched over his back. His long legs were edged with wicked-looking spines. And his eyes were bright red! He stared malevolently at me out of the jar.
I told Lori Meynig I would try to find out what this monstrous creature was. I should have asked her how she got him into the jar. Did she pick him up with her bare hands? I think she must have. What a brave, brave woman!
For two days, I watched him inside his jar. He was beginning to grow on me. He was indeed quite a handsome bug. I figured he might be hungry, so I gave him a grass leaf and a cherry tomato cut in half. He made short work of the juicy insides of the tomato, but ignored the grass. I was beginning to wonder if he was a grasshopper; aren't they supposed to eat grass?
I asked my fellow Master Naturalists what they knew about this creature. Word came back from Claire Barnhart's entomologist friend, Dick Klopshinske, that the insect was not a grasshopper, but a Greater Arid-land Katydid. Internet searches turned up all sorts of information. They were "voraciously omnivorous" and would happily eat insects as well as vegetation. They were aggressive and had a special display to scare you off. They would bite to protect themselves. They sang at night. And my favorite fact: the entomologist who had studied them in the 1960s preferred the name "Red-Eyed Devil" for these katydids.
Now my interest was really piqued. I decided to take him out of the jar to photograph him. Not as brave as Lori, I shook him out of the jar onto a kitchen towel. He swiveled his head and looked at me. He walked a step or two towards me. He lifted his forewings and unfurled his turquoise-tinted hind wings. I got my camera ready. This was going to be easier than I thought. And then he hopped.
I squealed and jumped back. My two cats, which had been looking on, skittered away with claws scraping the tile floor. I thought at first they were going for the katydid, but no. They were running away from it! Half a room away they regained their feline composure and watched with great interest (but they didn't come any closer!)
I grabbed a pair of tongs and recaptured the Red-Eyed Devil. The photos of him in the tongs didn't do him justice, but my heart was beating too fast to let him go for more pictures. (Some naturalist I am, right?) So I placed him in a tall vase with a cloth fastened over the top. He looked out sadly.
Sorry for him, I went out to get him a bug to eat. I found a dung beetle pushing a ball of manure uphill, but I didn't want to sacrifice him. Dung beetles have a hard enough life as it is. I caught a small moth and dropped it in the vase instead. It flew around and the devil backed away from it. I guess it wasn't much of a meal even if he could have caught it.
I went out with a net and caught a grasshopper. I had a few misgivings. Was it cannibalism to feed a grasshopper to a katydid? The internet sources said it was normal, so I tossed the bug in.
The Red-Eyed Devil braced himself on the slick wall of the vase. Then he did a curious thing. He lifted up each one of his heart-shaped feet in turn and licked the bottoms of them. Maybe this gave him more traction. He walked toward the grasshopper and soon dispatched it.
After eating about half of his prey, the devil walked around carrying the rest of the carcass in the crooks of his left arms. He looked rather like a person (a four-armed person) carrying a large book. Maybe it was more like a large loaf of French bread, because, periodically, he would lean down and take a bite out of his leftover lunch.
That night, I heard him sing for the first time. It wasn't much of a song, just a buzzy "skritch" repeated at one-second intervals. But he never called more than three or four times in a row. He made this sound with his wings. I read that katydids have stridulatory organs on the forewings. The right wing has a row of little ridges on its underside, and the left wing, lying under the right wing's edge, has a single raised "scraper." The insect rubs the scraper against the little ridges, called a "file", to produce the sound.
He soon began stridulating his song night and day. He had become a household pet. I showed him to friends and family who came to visit. A blog on BugGuide.net described a pet devil that was hand-fed bits of fruit. Encouraged, I decided to let him out. Tammy Benson, my brave daughter-in-law, lured him out of his vase with a blueberry. He accepted the blueberry and delicately ate it, all the while wiggling his four little palpi (mouth legs). He decided to walk out on Tammy's hand. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and let him walk along her arm. He liked her. He never even looked like he might bite. I think all three of us were charmed.
And that's how a Red-Eyed Devil became a "person" to me. I have since released him in the brush near our pond. I want him to call up a female and have lots of little devils. I look forward to seeing them year after year. Maybe you will too!


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Unemployment remains stubbornly high with almost any job hard to come by. But if you could choose any job or profession, what would it be?
With rapid changes in the economy, some jobs are valued more than others, meaning if you can land one, there's usually higher pay and more perks. Meanwhile, some jobs that have traditionally been considered desirable have slipped toward the bottom of the heap.
With growing concern that the U.S. labor force is deficient in workers with science and technology skills, education now emphasizes what is known as STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students are encouraged to choose a STEM field of study and the job market is currently rewarding those who do.
A recent Wall Street Journal report found that petroleum engineers can earn $93,500 a year as a starting salary. Computer engineers can start at $71,700. For chemical engineers, the starting pay can be as high as $67,600.
Compare that to new hires in educational services. In that industry starting employees earn an average of just under $40,000 a year.
The best to the worst
CareerCast.com recently released its list of the best and worst jobs in America, taking into account not only pay and benefits but working conditions as well. Topping the list is actuary, a numbers cruncher who measures the financial impact of risk and uncertainty – two things very prevalent in today's economy.
Want to be an actuary? The Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society has an informative website that tells you not only what actuaries do but provides quite a bit of useful information for those seeking to enter this rather esoteric line of work. They even have a video.
The list also includes biomedical engineer, software engineer, audiologist, financial planner, dental hygienist, occupational therapist, optometrist, and computer systems analyst.
The worst job in America? According to the list, it's newspaper reporter, a profession once glamorized by movies, books and the Watergate scandal.
The job of newspaper reporter has been on the decline in the CareerCast list for a number of years, because of relatively low pay, tight deadlines and poor working conditions. With shrinking newsrooms, reporters now have to worry about losing this least-valued job.
Tony Lee, CareerCast.com's publisher, says journalism itself isn't so bad – it's just the fact that newspapers appear to be a dying industry.
As far as we know, there's no chirpy video that tells you all about becoming a newspaper reporter, but there is a satirical job listing for the Chicago Sun-Times that was put together by The Newspaper Guild, the union that represents reporters. It includes such qualifications as:
-Ability to interview subjects anytime, anywhere as there is no newsroom. Candidate should have a car, as it may be your office. Familiarity with locations offering free WiFi a plus
-Must be willing to file stories from public locations such as coffee shops/libraries that will tolerate your presence. Candidate must be comfortable using public restrooms
Change with the times
"People who love to write can consider working for online publications or transition to advertising or public relations," Lee said. "Many jobs in communications offer better hours, greater stability, a work/life balance and a healthier hiring outlook than being a newspaper reporter."
Of course, there's more to being a reporter than writing. You have to cover events and try to pry information out of people who strongly dislike you. Almost everyone will tell you they could do your job better than you.
Also making the list of worst jobs in today's economy, just one notch above newspaper reporter, is lumberjack. Mail carrier, flight attendant, actor and enlisted military personnel are also on that rather eclectic list of worst jobs.
Of course, all of this is subjective. Some measure jobs differently. For example, U.S. News says being a dentist is the best job in 2013, citing a median salary of over $142,000. Last, on its list of 100 jobs, is telemarketer. No argument there.
If you are considering a career change, this information might prove useful. But if you are young, and headed off to college, it may help you choose a promising field. But be sure the craft you choose is one for which you have aptitude and one you think you'll enjoy.
You won't enjoy being an actuary if you really have your heart set on being a lumberjack.


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I think by now we've all seen the Jimmy Dean breakfast commercials at least once with the "Sun" in them. I've kind of grown fond of them over time. Of course, we love sausage, especially Jimmy Dean, in my family, so that helps. I like that there are fun ways to remind us how important breakfast is- and how much it is part of our day. I used to be a breakfast skipper. Years and years I went without breakfast. Not smart, not healthy, but there you go. I can't say I'd have been better had we had Jimmy Dean Delights around, but maybe. I know that since having children I've become more conscious of needing breakfast and I've grown to love breakfast foods.
As this new year begins, I've decided I'm going to jump in and take the Jimmy Dean and 100% Florida Orange Juice 30 Day Breakfast Challenge by taking a pledge each day. I need to get back into exercise so I think having a small manageable goal will help. A mile run- I can do that. I've done it before. Pledging things online seems to keep many of us on track so here's hoping!
Of course, getting a free tumbler (while supplies last) for signing up is a fun extra (You can get one too!) and I have found that having a "fun" cup really helps me to be more likely to drink water throughout the day- it's a silly thing, but add a fun design and a straw and I'm more likely to use a cup. If it helps me to be healthier, I don't see harm. Plus, who doesn't love freebies?
Once you've signed up for the 30 Day Breakfast Challenge, you can enter the daily sweepstakes for a chance to win a $250 Walmart gift card. There will be 30 winners in 30 days, so you have a better chance of winning if you enter daily. Who doesn't want an extra $250 to start the new year? You could get yourself some new clothes to workout in !
Save $1.25 on Jimmy Dean Delights when you buy 100% Florida Orange Juice. The coupon will be updated weekly and may change to visit frequently!
In honor of the 30 Day Breakfast Challenge, one reader will win a prize pack that includes the following:
- $50 Walmart Gift Card
- Yoga Mat
- 32 oz. Water Bottle
- Pedometer
- Watch (to get to work on time)
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Make a pledge and let me know which one you made today. Gain multiple entries by coming back everyday to leave a comment saying what pledge you made (can do one pledge per day)
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2012/12/10 Minutes Economics Working Group
1. Minutes from 3rd and 7th December meetings – approved but amplification would help
2. a) GIRO Post office no progress but strategic objective; b) the Map and Roadmap in progress; c) LBOI no developments other than OWS are translating it for US relevance; d) Website – Vica wants emails of things we've done to collate into folders one topic per email e) Social housing: needs to be explored in more depth – possible theme topic? f) FOI Localism – with Mike g) Commoning: Book by David Bollier, the Wealth of Commons; schoolofcommoning.com, and commonsrising.com have information and details of future meetings; James Quilligan interview on Occupy Radio h) statistics – no development; I) e-petition on George Osborne's sacking – Sean initiative j) Social Useful investing at Mansion House – Triple A status in jeopardy; Cheadle Hume School visited by Dave for a talk to the 6th form – had an Occupy banner; Ian Duncan Smith talking about social credit – simplification of welfare system byut not a citizen's income; FT US/UK plan to deal with failed banks
3. Themed meetings – 14th December Nelio – financialisation; 21st – Social Housing; Fred Harrison – 4th January tbc?
4. The Rules website – attacking tax havens and evasion – Alnoor Ladha;
5. Future strategy: it has been a long time since strategy has been discussed; Friday was a good introduction but we need to the expand the discussion; connecting economy and environment; campaigns – GIRO was the only one approved; outreach to all London boroughs; national focus from Occupy London; education and ideas; SWOT analysis required which was missing on Friday; economic, environmental and political;
establish where Occupy is;
EWG role in Occupy;
support in UK;
activities which work;
No longer centralised through GA mechanism but website is central; split between press team and OT; autonomy or engagement – alternative or mainstream media; difference between being united and being able to work together; lost the ability to communicate between the various factions in Occupy; liberal wing versus more radical elements; original statement was "this is where we work towards alternatives"; start in one borough and build from there; need to engage with other parts of occupy which are working on strategy; don't need to provide a menu of policies; need to communicate on our terms on those of the establishment; EWG could be an autonomous entity? Occupy is a network of semi-autonomous groups; support in the UK – we are the 99% – is that the correct analysis; lack of structural analysis; too busy attacking symptoms to properly analyse the systemic problems; remobilise and rethink; new kind of politics; preaching to the converted; we can't tell people how to act; 99% are not anti-austerity policies; live within our limitations – fight enclosures of the commons; organising around real resources;
unresolved issues on zero growth, global warming; what's worked? LBoI, Putney Debates; Occupy is mentioned in the City; tax havens are much more of a target; think tank/monitoring role; EWG linkage between TJN and UK Uncut; interest paid by the 80% to the 10% etc.; reformist but looking at structural issues;
Need to devote days to think properly about these things. What is the purpose of EWG and Occupy; strategy with stated objectives within a time frame; Occupy is about a paradigm shift; what counts as economic – environment, society, etc. undo neo-liberal and classical; bifurcation point; neo-liberal world (which makes sense) v different paradigm which makes sense of all we talk about; huge amount of literature on the 99% concept – eg Quilligan; needs to include technological aspects; mustn't fall for the Frankenstein analogy; we are together in spite of differences; one meeting and one action; choose a menu and develop a strategy – let's review the statement; austerity – people live in denial and accept it; Occupy is to provide an alternative; put it down on paper; strategy papers required; imbalance;
We do have strength and a global dimension; generate our own perspective on economics – world view; difference in expression; framing the language; desiring our own slavery; bigger than economic exploitation; policy or action to answer questions; eg. Transition societies to answer these questions; differences are not mutually exclusive; unions – organise, educate, agitate; attack is the best form of defence – responding to what has been done; set our own agenda; strength of the Occupy brand – created an umbrella effect where sectarian groups are prepared to work together; PEO political education officer – speakers, teachers to educate etc. Basic banking; tax avoidance; housing; NHS; meeting to launch national GIRO; 10 mins to discuss how we go forward on specific issues; a lot of the ground work has been done; publicity for a public meeting in January;
6. Fred Harrison interview link to be circulated


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OCLC Symposium at ALA Annual Conference 2009
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Leadership Beyond the Recession
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Over the last year, countless news stories have featured the library as an important source for job-seeking assistance, Internet access, research and entertainment—and for staying connected during uncertain times. While public and academic library use is surging, budget pressures also continue to escalate. How does a library deliver a great customer experience, keep the lights on—and keep users coming back during better economic times?
Keynote speaker Joseph A. Michelli, PhD, will engage the audience in a conversation that explores ways to bring unique customer service to the library. We'll learn about how a positive, effective customer experience can provide an anchor during tough economic times and protect a brand from attrition. Leaders who consider the entire customer life cycle as part of a long-term strategy will be better able to help their organizations thrive than those who focus exclusively on "what we must do to survive today."
Dr. Michelli is an international speaker, author and organizational consultant who has been described as "catching what is right in the world and playfully sparking people and businesses to grow toward the extraordinary." His best-selling books about enduring business principles are applicable to any organization seeking to understand and improve the customer experience.
Dr. Michelli's book, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary, published by McGraw-Hill, achieved best-seller status on the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek Magazine and USA Today lists. He has been featured on television programs such as The Glenn Beck Show and CNBC's On the Money, and has conducted hundreds of radio and print interviews.
Dr. Michelli's other books include The New Gold Standard about service excellence at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace, which was co-authored with the owner of the "World Famous" Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle.
Dr. Michelli believes his greatest accomplishment is his ability to learn from the laughter and humor of his children, Andrew and Fiona.
Stories and discussion
View this session (Streaming video, 55 minutes)
After Dr. Michelli's presentation, stories and discussion from a panel of library leaders were moderated by Cathy De Rosa. The panel members are:
- Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian at Temple University
- Charles Brown, Director of Libraries, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
- Ed Rivenburgh, Director of College Libraries at the State University of New York at Geneseo
Cathy De Rosa is Vice President for the Americas and Global Vice President of Marketing for OCLC. Cathy joined OCLC in 2001. Prior to joining OCLC, she served on the faculty of the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. From 1994 to 2000, she was a vice president at Symix Systems, an enterprise technology company serving manufacturing and service companies. Cathy has authored several OCLC membership reports, including From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support
in America (2008), and Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World (2007). The research findings in From Awareness to Funding, based on a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have now been transformed into the pilot campaign, Geek The Library, which seeks to spread the word about the role of public libraries and raise awareness about critical funding issues many U.S. public libraries face.
Steven Bell, EdD is Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University. Prior to that he was the Director of the Library at Philadelphia University and the Assistant Director of the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his EdD in education in 1997 from the University of Pennsylvania, and his MSLS from Drexel University in 1977. An adjunct professor at the Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology, he teaches, writes and speaks frequently on topics such as online searching, academic librarianship and business information resources. He is co-author of the book, Academic Librarianship by Design and lead blogger for Designing Better Libraries ( http://dbl.lishost.org), a blog about design thinking and user experience.
Charles Brown has served as the Director of Libraries for the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County since 2004. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Charles received his MLS from Columbia University in New York City. He has extensive experience in library leadership from across the country, having worked at public libraries in California, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, Minnesota and Washington DC. He has served as president of the Public Library Association (1991); member of the Executive Board of the American Library Association (1995–1999); and member of the Board of Directors of SOLINET (now Lyrasis) until earlier this year. Charles received the 2005 Newcomer of the Year award from Leadership Charlotte, given to those who have sought opportunities to improve the quality of life in the community.
Ed Rivenburgh has been an academic library director within the State University of New York (SUNY) system for over 30 years. He was Director of the Library and Instructional Services at Finger Lakes Community College from 1978 to 1995. For the past 12 years he has served as Director of Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo. Ed has given numerous presentations on library technology, information literacy programs, staff development, and the required dramatic transformation of academic libraries. Another frequent presentation topic, and one of Ed's passionate interests, is "Critical Issues Surrounding Library As Place." He was a featured speaker on this topic on the College of DuPage's national satellite teleconference series, Library Challenges & Opportunities. In 2004, Ed initiated, and has since directed, the Information Delivery Services (IDS) Project, (IDSProject.org), an innovative resource sharing system for New York State academic and research libraries.
Prior to the symposium, we asked Dr. Michelli for some thoughts on leadership, customer experience and the recession.
Question: What are the most important links between leadership and customer experience?
Dr. Michelli: Unless leadership is invested, "customer experience" ultimately turns into a trendy, failed, positive-sounding initiative. Real user experience is the result of a culture that has accepted the long-term value of exceeding expectations. To achieve this, the leadership must weave the "voice of all stakeholders" into the way things get done throughout the organization. Customer-centric organizations understand that "service serves them." By offering service excellence in an evolving and relevant way they guarantee their own sustainability. Leaders of these organizations leave a legacy for future generations and elevate the communities they serve.
Question: Do the rules for good customer service change during a recession (or other period of widespread hardship)?
Dr. Michelli: Yes, the rules become more important! Recent studies show customers have changed dramatically in the recent past. But three things have not changed:
While increasingly frugal, most people still don't want the cheapest product. Instead, they want the best value. Great service is a critical component in value perception and it is often the easiest, most cost-effective way to differentiate your organization.
Customers also continue to acknowledge that the main reason for abandoning a business or organization is the failed service they receive. This presents a strategic advantage and opportunity to serve those who have been dissatisfied with other options during recessionary times.
Finally, customers whose needs are fulfilled and who feel cared about are four times more likely to return and engage with that organization again.
For retail businesses, concentrating on existing customers is more effective than trying to attract absolute strangers. For libraries, exceptional customer service may be essential to developing long term support.
Question: What tools (authors? blogs?) do you suggest leaders use to help improve customer experience?
Dr. Michelli: I am a big fan of the Web site www.customerexperienceboard.org. I am on their advisory board and believe they have assembled great contributors like professor Adrian Payne, Chip Bell and Shaun Smith. I continue to work on blogs for both corporate and small business audiences. While Stephanie Weaver of www.experienceology.com primarily focuses on the museum experience, she works a lot with other nonprofit organizations. As such, she is a strong resource for experiential design services.
Question: What one thing can a leader do today to make a positive difference for its customers?
Dr. Michelli: Heed the words of Peter Drucker: "Businesses exist to create a customer." All benefits come through your users. Organizations are sustainable when we secure value for people through people. Take a moment today to ask and listen to your team and your users. Ask, "How can we make this transaction, this moment more meaningful for you?" Ask, "What needs could we meet that we have not yet met for you?" Look for cost-efficient ways to meet and exceed the stated and unstated wants, needs and desires of your staff and users.
Question: Do you have any broad-stroke suggestions for library leaders?
Dr. Michelli: I would consistently communicate my vision of what user service looks like. When I think I have communicated that message enough, I would communicate it more. The message should be simple something on the order of "knowledge delivered with care to make life easy for the user." That message then must become the way things are done at your library. Ultimately turning your staff, users and community partners into experience designers to assure that in reality your library continues to offer "knowledge delivered with care to make life easier for users."
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10 July 2009
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The mammoth face off!
Basically I bought a couple of books by OWC. But then also bought a few more recently which are Penguin Classics (if you must know the Last Days of Socrates and Descartes' Meditations - well recommended).
I know I'm going to be a buying a few more - even literature ones as I quite fancy delving into the old British classics - the likes of Dickens I'm sad to say I've never actually read before.
So yes I'm wondering from experience whats best? Obviously the series with the most books (biggest range), generally the cheapest, the most extra information etc would be the best for me. Particularly the range concerning non-fiction.
Or is it a case that it depends on each individual book. Or are they even that significantly different?! Anyone with an extensive knowledge picked up quite a few so could tell me?
The Rugby League World forums are such an intelligent, intellectual community that surely some (or most?) of you guys have picked up a range of these books and could tell me their thoughts.
Thanks guys!!
Also any book recommendations: like must read before you die, very much appreciated.
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The history of the truck is a very exciting one, especially as the importance of truck transportation continues to grow.
When Volvo produced its first truck, back in the late 1920s, trucks were regarded as being just a complement to horse-drawn wagons, the railways and sea transportation. Today, the truck has become the main tool for transportation of goods, essential if modern society is to function properly.
Go to the "History" section on the Volvo Trucks corporate site (in english).


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