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The Cubs Trainer vs. The Secretive Nature of the Industry
Gordon Wittenmyer in his Sunday Sun-Times article extolled the virtues of Cubs trainer, Mark O'Neal. It's a really nice piece explaining how valuable an athletic trainer can be to the ballclub. Beyond the obvious treating of injured athletes, the job involves organizing effective treatment protocols, reviewing medical histories and records and something as simple as honest communication of his medical opinions to both the athlete and management after assessing all this medical input. It took some time but he's created a sense of trust of his judgement from athletes and management.
The line between keeping the manager and GM fully informed and not betraying a player's confidence is not a tough one to walk, O'Neal said, as long as it comes with honesty, straight talk and the confidence he and his staff know what they're doing.
I remember Baseball Prospectus' medical writer, Will Carroll, extolling the virtues of other orgainizations medical/training staffs dating back to October 2004 with him awarding Tampa the first Dick Martin/Best Medical Staff award. Subsequent winners were Milwaukee in 2005 and 2007, White Sox in 2006, and the Pirates in 2008. I wondered why the Cubs were never a part of that discussion? One component of that award was days on the disabled list. Ding, Chicago we've had some problems.
The Dick Martin award which is presented by Baseball Prospectus, honors the Major League Baseball medical staff that has proven itself best at preventing injuries, rehabilitating players who do get hurt, and for contributing to the overall baseball medicine, knowledge base. The award was named for now retired Minnesota Twins' trainer, that BP wanted to honor for his contributions to sports medicine over a 30-year career in baseball. In Will Carroll's inaugural description of the award, he mentioned that one reason trainers were previously unrecognized was because of "the secretive nature of the industry." From these secretive roots the Cubs are still working through some remaining issues.
Have the Cubs progressed from Carroll giving medical "news" like this in spring 2006? There was the explanation that Prior's poor velocity was because of his mysterious flu-like illness earlier in the off-season:
Mark Prior, on the other hand, is more worrisome. He's still missing his normal velocity in Arizona, making some wonder how an illness could continue to sap his strength. A shoulder injury would be an easier explanation, though sources with the team continue to insist there's no structural problem.
Things have changed in the O'Neal era to the point that his staff has
won the "Training Staff of the Year" at the recent winter meetings in
Las Vegas. Now, I've not previously read about this award and it's not to be confused with the Baseball Prospectus Award (for the best medical staff) but a hard earned trophy on the shelf is...something to show the grandkids someday.
Have we swapped the Kerry Wood/Mark Prior aching-breaking our hearts for the Rich Harden/Milton Bradley version? Assessment of health risk in athletes is a complex equation. I was recently skeptical about this lovefest of honesty on the part of the medical staff when the Cubs announced Harden's MRI/Arthrogram last October had subtle laxity and then at the Cubs Convention in January they said Harden had a (rotator cuff) tear, albeit partial thickness. I doubt Mark O'Neal was involved in that loopy pathway of information. Still, misinformation to the press has been the burden this orgainization has carried for quite some time. It's a big upgrade if the trainers aren't a part of such deceptions. Mr. O'Neal's got more work to do on the "culture" if the Cubs are going to vie for the Dick Martin award.
Maybe the Wittenmyer article is an attempt to make nice with the Cubs after he ripped them in his blog after all the diagnostic misinformation in mid February when Harden's slower-than-everyone-else-program for spring training was all the buzz:
Can anybody tell me what the advantage is in omitting those details and being vague about these things? It's not like the Cubs have to protect the information for the purposes of shopping Harden or for any on-the-field competitive reasons (scouts have eyes). I've covered three other teams in my career, and the ones that were most up front about these kinds of things had the fewest headaches with the way the information got out. And the fans stayed well informed, without the yo-yo effect.
Picking up Harden's $7M option as well as signing Milton Bradley to a $30M x 3 contract was weighed by Hendry after consulting head trainer O'Neal for his insight and hands on assessment as to how willing these athletes were to follow rehab protocols O'Neal was recommending. In Harden's case, a shoulder with a partial cuff tear or in Bradley's case preventative rehab for universal body-part breakdown. Certainly the transformation of Kerry Wood from broken down starter to reliable closer even with a partially torn rotator cuff happened on O'Neal's rehab watch (and Kerrry got there without the interference of a surgeon!). That's pretty convincing evidence from my viewpoint. Potentially award winning evidence of the value of an excellent trainer.
Having a good physician who makes correct diagnoses and can make good treatment decisions is just one facet of a patient/athlete's recovery from injury. As an orthopedic surgeon, I definitely rely on my physical therapists and ATC's to get the best outcomes for my patients. It's not just the rehab protocols but their insights into the specific medical problems and their judgement and feedback while treatment is ongoing. In the spotlight of professional baseball, it's the same but with Papparazzi. The Mark O'Neal era? It's not the same job as back in the day, taping Gabby Hartnett's ankles. It's a tough job getting the medical side of baseball right with all the noise from the media as a potential distraction from the task at hand. As a blog author (and die-hard fan), I guess that means myself included as noise-maker.
...and as quoted in the Wittenmyer article, Jim Hendry (I'm a GM, not a doctor) said:
''There are two or three relationships for a general manager that are most important to the success of the team. No. 1 is with the owner, No. 2 is with the manager and No. 3 is with your trainer. The successes and failures of a team rely a lot on the health of a team.''
I wish they would just give the press the correct information on diagnoses, medical tests and surgery results. Seems like a loophole that needs to be closed to complete the circle of honesty, integrity and truth...and someday (cue in the Laugh-In theme): The Dick Martin Award (oh, and a World Series trophy when you're putting presents in our post-season stockings Santa)
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Even in the NFL, where there are strict rules about disclosure, things get pretty murky.
Fuku's plate discipline looks awesome so far. Hopefully he remembers to bring it to America.
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"I remember Baseball Prospectus' medical writer, Will Carroll..."
sorry, i quit reading there. ptth. hehe...
i don't mind carroll, but that little niche he tried to carve out for himself was hamfisted even if he put a lotta work into it over the years.
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he tried to carve out for himself
I think he's still carving it...
Season Preview...
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They just wrote the same stuff we've been discussing for the last 3+ months.
Am I the only person in the Gregg for closer camp? Not that I think he'll be more effective than Marmolade, I just hate to limit Marmol to the 9th inning because he's so damn good and can get you outta any jam with 3 straight Ks.
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probably rather have Gregg as the closer myself for those reasons...but ultimately I don't think it'll make much of a difference.
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Another reason that closer is one of the most overrated 'positions' in baseball. I want Marmol in the closer role solely because he's 'earned' it. But for the Cubs, I agree that he's better suited in a more flexible role.
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It seemed like Lou used Marmol late in the game whenever he desperately needed an out. Or three.
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btw, nice piece Dr. Hecht...particularly revealing that O'Neal is partially responsible for keeping Harden and signing Bradley...
Re: Harden
Harden says he's on track for the season and should still get the customary 6 spring training starts.
Re: Harden
the customary 6 spring training starts, or the customary 6 regular season starts?
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Thanks, I like this article. Usually, I'm not into the medical info stuff; I'm more into faith healing, but this was an interesting read.
Still waiting for a team theologian for the real hardcore healings. I'm always available, as I'm currently doing pro bono work.
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"I'm currently doing pro bono work"
You're in the adult film business?!
/I'll leave now
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Anything that pays the bills, my friend.
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Harden says he's on track for the season and should still get the customary 6 spring training starts.
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okay okay i'll read it
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sorry for the double post, internet glitch
I guess at the end of the day, I wonder: What is the fight about? Why can I not enjoy baseball and baseball stats at the same time? Is it really that hard? Does it really wreck my understanding or appreciation of the game to know that Jose Guillen's lousy on-base percentage kills a ballclub or to put a little bit of stock in the PECOTA projections? Does it really hurt a team to give due consideration to the advanced numbers that get better every day and the subjective views of smart baseball people? I don't know. I don't think so.
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a big problem is the social aspect behind those numbers...especially for guys that get "cheated" in numbers by playing the game the way they're told.
these guys have worked hard...really hard...that crap on the field is the fruit of their work more than it is their work.
for us that is the work, though.
for us it's not spending 200+ days with a crew on planes, buses, and hotels...it's not paying your dues...
it's also frustrating as hell to some of these guys (i've heard this myself) that a manager can use a player's talents in a way that will hurt those numbers they're being judged by. this is your geoff blums of the world and other role players who hit to a certain part of a field to move a runner because that's what they were told to do...not to go out and get a hit or a walk, but to attempt to do something else at the manager's discretion.
your middle-lineup guys...that's a bit easier because they're there to do linear things for the most part...drive in what's set up or set themselves up. you're not going to see many #3/4/5 guys bunting a guy over or trying to hit to RF side when the pitch doesn't dictate it because the #4 guy is trying to move a guy on 2nd to 3rd.
barry larkin nailed it...and in the article it was immediately dismissed. barry larkin should understand, though.
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Which Larkin part did he dismiss?
Barry Larkin: "And (the scout) will tell you why. He'll tell you why.
The guy with the stats, the guy with the numbers, he will not be able
to tell you why. The straw hat guy? He certainly knows."
I didn't get that he dismissed it, just said that scouts rely quite a bit on stats themselves and this notion that they are all-knowing and can predict the future is a bit of a misnomer.
"If I know you're going to give me a quality at-bat, you might be
hitting .215, but there's a quality .215 that does not get translated
in those stats."
well that deserves to be dismissed because it's a dumb statement. There's a reason they're asking Geoff Blum to move the runner along, it's because he's probably not going to do something good if you let him hit for himself.
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well the "bullcrap" comment was pretty dismissive.
"If I know you're going to give me a quality at-bat, you might be hitting .215, but there's a quality .215 that does not get translated in those stats."
and that is exactly the point i was making earlier. he probably shouldn't have aimed so low with the ".215" because it kinda buries his point under a shockingly low number, though.
im not even trying to defend h.reynolds weird jumble of statements or casey, but larkin's point was crystal clear to me.
a middle lineup guy's numbers are cut and dry, but not everyone is a superstar and they're out there doing the stuff that you don't see counted in stats and in some cases you don't see the stuff they have to do that counts as a negative.
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the myth of manufacturing runs has been disproven a 100 times over. It's easy to study (and there are plenty of stats for it) and has never shown to correlate to scoring runs or winning.
It's great when it works, and some writer can wax about how a team or players plays the game the right way, but it's generally insignificant.
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myth or not, when someone asks a role player to play his role it effects him.
...and barry larkin saying, in effect, "look beyond a number to how that number comes up" doesn't seem odd. it's sane.
we all know there's many ways to hit .280/.340 avg/ob%...someone who can tell why/how they're getting those numbers is more important. numbers don't care about divorces, injuries, drinking/drug problems, depression, etc...much less physical/skill limitations of the player being studied.
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Interesting Dempster/Lowe comparison from an ESPN.com fantasy baseball primer:
"If you're looking for an interesting comparison to Dempster with regards to increased workload moving from a closer to a starter, how about Derek Lowe? He had 24 saves in 91 2/3 innings in 2001, then went 21-8 with a 2.58 ERA and 0.974 WHIP over 219 2/3 innings in 2002. So what did he do in 2003? Well, he did win 17 games, but his ERA rocketed up to 4.47 and his WHIP soared to 1.416. It didn't get much better in 2004, but his fantasy value has improved since moving to the National League in 2005."
ESPN's MLB page also has the Cubs' newfound lefthandedness as its front-page story today.
You Don't Say...
Q. How would you rate this collection of coaches to Dusty Baker's staff?
Miles: First of all, this staff is a lot friendlier. Baker's staff seemed to have an us-against-them attitude when it came to the media, with Larry Rothschild being the lone exception.
Chris Speier was an outstanding third-base coach, and remember, GM Jim Hendry brought him in.
The current staff seems more intent on instruction and coaching than being friends with the players or defenders of the manager.
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"Baker's staff seemed to have an us-against-them attitude when it came to the media"
also, the sky is blue. baker not take media serious...never heard of such a thing.
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Ironic, isn't it, that Wittenmyer would have gone from the covering the club that employed Dick Martin to one so notorious for its inability to keep key players healthy and then under-reporting or outright misrepresenting the facts? If O'Neal is, in fact, able to affect a change in this part of the Chicago Cub culture, he should get an award named after him.
Well-done piece, Joe.
Just a Friendly Reminder
that you're not a major league baseball player...
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On a whole other note, I'm curious how Davey is going to play this with the US being off until Wednesday. Has anybody heard who is starting that game? I can't seem to find it.
I assume Lilly starts on Wednesday night in the final night of pool play and then Davey comes back with Peavy on Saturday & Oswalt on Sunday to begin the semifinal round. That's 6 days rest for both.
That would also put Ted on 5 days rest if the US went into the loser's bracket and had to play Tuesday. Maybe Guthrie pitches out of the pen, too, on Wednesday in case you need him to start the next Wednesday? Just thinking out loud, I guess.
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LF Alfonso Soriano, 2B Mike Fontenot, 1B Derrek Lee, DH Bradley, 3B Aramis Ramirez, RF Micah Hoffpauir, SS Aaron Miles, C Paul Bako, CF Joey Gathright.
Japan vs. Cubs on Thursday in an exhibition...
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if you change Hoffpauir, Miles, Bako, Gathright
Soto, Theriot, Fukudome, Zambrano
this lineup starts to shape out nicely
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I'm not sure if you're implying Z should be batting instead of Gath, or if you're saying "Z will be batting 9th because he's the pitcher"...but the first one is much funnier.
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John Beasley:
Fuku's plate discipline looks awesome so far. Hopefully he remembers to bring it to America.
He hit really well at the beginning of the year. He just got into a funk and looked out of control with that slap-foul thing he does. I don't know, maybe he just wasn't used to a 162 game season or maybe he just needed to warm up to the big leagues.
I've said all along Fuku will be fine and I stand by that. He won't be an Ichiro, but he won't be a dog, either.
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I agree with your assessment, but neither of us can see this guy's soul. If he hits .230 in April and becomes the butt of bleacher rage, who knows what'll happen next? Just ask LaTroy how that works.
Cubs have commented a lot this offseason that he's worked on his core conditioning, so hopefully that's true and he's ready to rock.
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Gaudin - 1 IP, 1 K, no hits....
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Lee doobles, God scores...
1-0 Cubs
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Fontegod walk, DLee rbi double
Gaudin 1-2-3 inning including a K.
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that should relax him...
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Soriano? Did he K?
Never mind... Looks like he flew out... As did all three outs in the first...
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Gaudin through 2 IP, 1 H... no runs...
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Gathright singles, the Hoff scores...
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Soriano goes yard, wind-blown it sounds like...4-0.
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Fontenot doobies too...scores Gathright
5-1, bottom 5th
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now that's a proper spring boxscore...bos vs. pit
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A sighting of former Cub great Juan Mateo!
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my favorite ex-cub great of the spring...scott "omg he's still playing?" chiasson. ex closer prospect...
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received in trade for the great Eric Hinske.
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If it weren't for a few of the Pirates (McClouth, LaRoche, etc.) I legitimately would never have been able to guess the two teams.
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Eloy Jimenez grand slam tonight. Hoping Soler power returns and gets hot but future looks bright in the outfield regardless.
Finished the night 4-5, with two doubles - 32(!) on the season - along with the grand slam. Sick
Meanwhile, out West:
SF is 2-11 since the break, lead over LA is down to one game, and they are running out Cain and Peavy this weekend against the Nats. Challenging times by the Bay.
Thanks for the updates Phil. Too bad about Frazier.
The Cubs have released RHRP Scott Frazier (2013 7th round dfraft pick - Pepperdine).
A Cubs pitching coach told me in Spring Training 2014 that he thought Frazier had the best pure stuff in the organization. Absolutely electric fastball & breaking ball combo. Other pitchers would gather behind the screen just to watch him throw "live" BP. That's how amazing he was.
Got a chance to see Diamondbacks RHSP Zack Greinke (15-day DL - strained oblique) throw a rehab start at Sloan Park Friday night. Four of the first seven AZL Cubs hitters singled and the Cubs did score an unearned run in the bottom of the 1st inning, but then Greinke got serious and struck out five in a row.
ZACK GREINKE: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 4/0 GO/AO, 49 pitches (34 strikes)
Have fun - It may be good for Arrieta to be facing a team that doesn't know him as well as the NL teams. A nice shutout would do wonders for his confidence. He is confident in public but baseball is hard and he could use a boost, I'm sure.
Me too. I'll be at the game tomorrow and would love to see Good Arrieta.
Last few games have been the April version of the Cubs that disappeared completely the past two months.
Hope they can sustain it.
Don't sell yourself short, Judge.
I love this team.
Looks like Mother Nature is trying to call this fight.
Hey! I remember this team!
The key for Heyward's offense: get early leads. Heard a stat on Mike & Mike on the way to work that his avg/power much better this year when the Cubs have the lead. And true to form he gets the two run dinger with Cubs winning 3-0 ...
I'm sorry - I was probably not looking at the correct line, or spot, or...who knows!
I could blame it on the weed, but I stopped smoking many years ago.
Fortunately, I can rely on the rest of you sober and astute folks to bring the correct info forth.
Oh yeah! It just felt like one for some reason.
Agreed. I was not including Fowler or Heyward.
I'm just not a fan of 2016 Coghlan.....
@Dusty Contreras if it's a Lester or Arrieta start. TLS is good PH too. You also forgot about Heyward, assume Fowler is CF.


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I have confession to make…..
Don't think I'm weird ok? I've never made fudge before.
Ok, there it is. It's out there for the world to know. I'm a newbie in the fudge making world. I've always just enjoyed the holiday's when friends and family brought over their delicious fudgy treats and maybe I secretly wished that I too could be as awesome as them.
So what did I do… not only did I make fudge, but I made White Chocolate Fudge with delicious Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in them. In a round about sort of way I got the idea from Six Sisters Stuff. I saw a post for No Bake Reese's Fudge Bars and I couldn't believe how easy the directions were. But I didn't have chocolate chips in the house…. only white chocolate chips. Did that stop me? Nope!
I kind of feel like a dummy because I waited so long to try fudge making. Now I'm on a roll. Watch out friends and family, there's a new fudge maker in town, lol!
- You'll need about 16 Reese's Peanut Butter cups for the bottom of the baking dish and another 6 or so for the crumbly top. (I know, that's a lot of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!) About 22 total!
- 3 cups of white chocolate chips
- 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
- Line a 9x9 casserole dish with foil. Lightly spray it with cooking spray.
- Arrange your Peanut Butter Cups on the bottom (16 total)
- In a large sauce pan add your white chocolate chips & sweetened condensed milk and heat over medium low heat until all of the chocolate has melted.
- Once everything is well combined immediately pour the chocolate/milk mixture over your peanut butter cups.
- Chop the remaining 6 peanut butter cups into smaller pieces and spread evenly over the top of the mixture and press down slightly.
- Let cool on the counter for a while and then cover with plastic and put in the fridge to cool completely. We've actually just stored our fudge in the fridge to keep it longer since it made so much!
- Once it's cooled in the fridge for a couple of hours you can cut into bite sized pieces, or huge chunks... it's up to you :)
Here are some other recipes that you might enjoy while you're here today:

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A recent study reports that many Australian charities lose fundraising opportunities due to a lack of fundraising knowledge by their board members.
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Any good volunteer board needs a tune up every now and then—and the boards of institutionally related foundations are no exception. A board's makeup should change as the institution's goals change, experts say, whether this means attracting members willing to take on a more proactive role in fundraising or bringing on higher-level executives who maintain invaluable professional networks.
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Bosch Compact During the Automechanika 2014, Bosch Presents Technologically Further Developed Spare Parts
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The Automotive Aftermarket division (AA) provides the aftermarket and repair shops worldwide with a complete range of diagnostic and repair shop equipment and a wide range of spare parts from new and exchange parts to repair solutions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Its product portfolio includes products made as Bosch original equipment, as well as aftermarket products and services developed and manufactured in-house. More than 18,000 associates in 150 countries, as well as a global logistics network, ensure that some 650,000 different spare parts reach customers quickly and on time. In its Automotive Service Solutions operations, AA supplies testing and repair-shop technology, diagnostic software, service training, and information services. In addition, the division is responsible for the Bosch Service repair-shop franchise, one of the worlds largest independent chains of repair-shops, with some 17,000 workshops. In addition, AA is responsible for more than 1,000 AutoCrew partners.
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The Purloined Letters
The Purloined Letters is a Travelers faction mission.
Grim Onwig will give you this mission once you find Maun's "treasure" in Snaketail Grotto. Head for Adessa and steal the Missives of Sable from those runt-like gnomes.
Don't bother talking to Argine - she will not have new dialogue for you to interact with. Meet the thief, Phasmer, at the Adessan Livarium and get a Shroud of Omission (to hide the Missives) and a one-way ticket to the Livarium's basement.
Play the "Metal Gear" stealth kill game (easy with Detect Hidden at level 3 or more - you can see which direction enemies are facing). Kill every gnome you can (experience points) just for the pleasure of it.
Once you grab the Missives of Sable, an alert will sound anyway - be prepared to sneak/fight your way back out (the exit is the lever-operated hidden wall at the northern-most area of the map). Leave by ladder to the Forum and go to the Hospitalis Quarters to meet Grim.
Warning: In the room that is unlocked with the key obtained from killing the key master,there is a lever operated door with a ladder leading up to the forum. DO NOT TAKE THE LADDER! Once you climb up into the forum, there is a bug that prevents you from going back down. This will prevent you from being able to finish the Travelers Storyline Quest! The only way to avoid this if you do climb the ladder is to have multiple saves.
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I am trying to find out what universal subroutines can I have in an email parsing library.
I know of two MIME fields that often take parameters:
Content-Type: application/x-stuff;
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Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=genome.jpeg;
modification-date="Wed, 12 Feb 1997 16:29:51 -0500";
(example from http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183)
Are they the only ones - or is this an universal mechanism? http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 only talks about 'structured' fields - the fields above are 'structured' for sure, but the example in rfc822 is about an address field - which is a different structure - list of addresses.


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Major Dad (1989–1993)
Episode List
Season 3
16 Sep. 1991The Shut Down
Defense budget cutbacks have Hollister targeted for possible shutdown. MacGillis is put in charge of firing civilian staff.
23 Sep. 1991Major Moonlighting
Needing a new washing machine and not having the money and refusing to put anything on credit, MacGillis moonlights with Holowachuk at a rest stop station, where Gene is the manager and John is the assistant manager.
30 Sep. 1991Polly's Pen Pal
Problems arise when a Marine pen pal Robin has been communicating with via mail for a while, shows up thinking Polly is Robin, since Robin sent him Polly's picture instead. After Craig and Holowachuk overhear the two at the officer's club, they think Polly and the pen pal are running away together, and set about trying to stop it.
7 Oct. 1991A Few Good Men
In order to promote a better image and keep Camp Hollister from closure, General Craig has invited over a photographer from the Men of the Military calendar makers to scout potential base talent.
14 Oct. 1991Poker Night
Worried about bickering in various departments because of budget cuts, General Craig tries to bolster camp comradery with games.
21 Oct. 1991Anything You Can Do I Can Do Perky
Due to budget cutbacks, General Craig assigns Gunny a temporary assistant, Sgt. Tammi Rae Perkins, whom immediately goes about undercutting Gunny and trying to win the staff's attention.
28 Oct. 1991Educating Casey
Casey has been selected to test for an accelerated-learning school, and both Polly and MacGillis unknowingly put too much pressure on her to get in.
4 Nov. 1991Lady in Waiting
Elizabeth gets her first job after only one day of looking, but when the family sees that the uniform is like that of a Playboy Bunny, they want her to quit.
11 Nov. 1991General Unrest
When General Craig forgets his wife's birthday, he takes MacGillis' advice and owns up to it, but Mimzy locks him out of the house, so they must take him in during the spat.
18 Nov. 1991Steel Magnolia
Polly befriends a city councilwoman who seems charming and polite, but chews MacGillis out and pokes him in the stomach over laying off civilians from Camp Hollister. Polly doesn't believe him.
25 Nov. 1991On the Line
Camp Hollister Marines must do double duty after the civilian workforce strikes over lay offs and budget cuts. After Polly finds a 900 number on the phone bill and the number is no longer in service, she tries to find out whom did it and why.
9 Dec. 1991The Shell Game
A land developer has its eye on Camp Hollister so a mall can be built, but the Major discovers a turtle living under the house which may be endangered, thus preventing Hollister from closure.
16 Dec. 1991Who's That Blonde?
Depressed over a failed bill in congress that would have allowed women to serve in combat -- a life-long dream of her's, Gunny makes some drastic changes in her life, including dying her hair bright blonde.
6 Jan. 1992We've Got Trouble
Holowachuk wins the officer's tournament and gloats until he finds out Gunny won it so often she stopped playing to give other people a chance at winning, and it promptly drives him mad at who is a better pool player.
13 Jan. 1992Three's a Crowd
The Major unintentionally steals the boy Casey likes, causing trouble. There's a big rat on the loose in the office.
20 Jan. 1992Three Angry Marines
The Major, Gunny and Holowachuk are on a court martial-panel who are suppose to decide whether the marine on trial is guilty or not. It seems the man deserted his post when he learned that something happened to someone in his family. And the Major and Gunny are on opposite sides, so it's Holowahcuk who's the decider. So he spends countless time looking at both sides.
3 Feb. 1992Close Encounters
In order to research for an article on group therapy she is doing, Polly takes along MacGillis to a group therapy weekend where in order to write the article, they are required to participate. Elizabeth holds a small party while the two are out of the house, which gets out of control.
24 Feb. 1992Base Desires
After being unknowingly entered into the Outstanding Armed Services Family of the Year competition and getting picked, the Major refuses to do it, but the family wants to. Things get heated as a rude family is competing against them.
2 Mar. 1992When Gunny Talks
Elizabeth gets Gunny to teach her the investment system she uses, since Gunny makes so much money in the commodities market, but after some unexpected weather, they all loose the money.
9 Mar. 1992The 'L' Word
Elizabeth falls for her tutor. Gunny's new boyfriend says something that puts the relationship in trouble.
16 Mar. 1992Sick Bay
Polly and Robin are sick and the Major and kids must take care of them. On top of that he must also try to write her new article, which is riddled with errors from her being sick and tired when written. Holowachuk accidentally crumples up and ruins General Craig's photo of the Rat Pack, signed by all the members.
27 Apr. 1992Charlotte's Web
Polly is out of town for a writing conference and the Major must pull double parenting duty. Holowachuk, out of loneliness, joins the Adopt-a-Marine program, but the woman whom adopts him turns out to be possessive.
4 May 1992The Noisy Drill Team
A closure committee is coming to inspect the base to determine possible closure and worried about what may happen, General Craig orders the staff to kiss up to them.
11 May 1992In the Brick of Time
Polly makes a video documentary of the staff in lieu of the decision to close Camp Hollsiter. Everybody is mourning the closure until Polly thinks she may have discovered something that may keep it open, and it's not a turtle.


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Doug Robinson: Menlove doesn't believe in career politicians — so she's leaving after 10 years in the house
A self-described policy wonk, she discovered that she enjoyed learning of problems in the community and finding ways to address them with good policy. She ran many bills each session, but she names three causes that were among her favorites — aiding autistic children and their families, a job-training program for the disabled, and the nation's first public education initiative to educate medical and daycare providers on prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV). All three causes drew from her background in education. The latter cause hit close to home — she has a granddaughter who is deaf as a result of CMV.
"It became really personal," she says.
Though her work has drawn her into the city, the former farm hand has never quite left her roots behind. She likes to wear her cowboy boots — red or black — to the Legislature and she credits the farm for her work ethic.
A shy youth, she depended on reading and the bookmobile for her entertainment, and she embraced the solace of the farm while changing siphon tubes in the wee hours and working in the fields.
"I loved being out in the middle of the night irrigating," she says. "It was peaceful and beautiful. That, and the long hours in the hayfield gave me lots of time to think."
She graduated magma cum laude from Utah State in 1973 with a degree in Spanish and a minor in history. Later she earned a master's degree in secondary ed at Indiana University. A friend introduced her to Martell at church, after telling her privately that he wasn't her type. They married and went to work as educators before deciding they needed more education. They used a tag-team routine to pursue Ph.D.s at Utah State. While she worked, he went to class and then they switched places. It took eight years to complete both degrees, and they lived three of those years in a single-wide trailer with five children on the USU campus.
It can't be surprising that four of the Menlove's five children have careers in education — Megan, an assistant principal; Ross, an elementary school teacher; Sara and Rebecca (special ed teachers), although two of them have scaled back to be at home with their children (their other child, Taylor, is an attorney).
Now Menlove is also scaling back her work load, although she will continue as a senior vice provost at USU. As she tells it, when she grew up on the farm her grandmother lived next door and was her best friend.
"I want to feel like my grandkids have a great relationship with me," she says.
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The Washington Capitals are the league's best team and lead the Eastern Conference by 16 points halfway through the season. They are dominating for a lot of reasons. You could point to the Caps' league-leading power play and fifth-rated penalty kill, Braden Holtby and Alex Ovechkin being Braden Holtby and Alex Ovechkin, the rise of Evgeny Kuznetsov, or Brian MacLellan's ace offseason acquisitions of Justin Williams and TJ Oshie.
I think one thing that sets this Caps team a part is the selfless brand of hockey they play.
We got another glimpse of this Tuesday during the second period of the Caps-Blue Jackets game. With the Caps up 5-2, future Lady Byng candidate Marcus Johansson forechecked in the corner with Blue Jackets defenseman Justin Falk. Falk, potentially trying to spark his terrible team in a hopeless game, began mauling the peaceful Swede. Then suddenly, Falk's gloves were off. He wanted to fight Johansson. I'm not sure why. Johansson has zero career fights.
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3. Formality Thus the absence of all mention of particular things or properties in logic or pure mathematics is a necessary result of the fact that this study is, as we say, "purely formal".
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Source: Chapter XVIII of Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, Russell
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Source: Marriage and Morals
Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you'll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!"
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965)
Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
To me it seems basic to the getting rid of fear to know that our trials, of whatever nature, are not motiveless. In our present stage of development we could hardly do without them. So often looking . . . ugly . . . they are in reality the branches by we which we catch on and climb. They are not obstacles to happiness. . . . Every call of duty has its place in this ideal; every irksome job, every wearisome responsibility. The fact that we are not always aware of it in no way annuls the other fact that it is so. . . .
Basil King (1859 - 1928)
No "revisionist" historian of recent decades has excoriated the Spanish Conquest more thoroughly than Bartolomé de Las Casas, a contemporary of Columbus and the first priest to be ordained in the Americas: "The reason the Christians have murdered on such a vast scale and killed anyone and everyone in their way is purely and simply greed. . . . Their insatiable greed and overweening ambition know no bounds; the land is fertile and rich, the inhabitants simple, forbearing and submissive. The Spaniards have shown not the slightest consideration for these people, treating them (and I speak from first-hand experience, having been there from the outset) not as brute animals - indeed, I would to God they had done and had shown them the consideration they afford their animals - so much as piles of dung in the middle of the road. They have had as little concern for their souls as for their bodies, all the millions that perished having gone to their deaths with no knowledge of God and without the benefit of the Sacraments. One fact in all this is widely known and beyond dispute, for even the tyrannical murderers themselves acknowledge the truth of it: the indigenous peoples never did the Europeans any harm whatever; on the contrary, they believed them to have descended from the heavens, at least until they or their fellow citizens had tasted, at the hands of these oppressors, a diet of robbery, murder, violence, and all other manner of trials and tribulations."
Bartolome de Las Casas (1474 - 1566)
Source: Historia de las Indias, written 1550-1563
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
Barbara Bush (1925 -)
If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose . . . the fact that they were the people who created the phrase "to make money." No other language or nation had ever used these words before. . . . Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created.
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
Source: Atlas Shrugged,
Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore our certainty. Don't be tempted to substitute our judgment for your own.
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Hi Sanjiv, Really love your theme, Its awesome.
I have a problem. I have added Footer links using the Appearence > Menu option but they have the same style as the header links. I want the footer links to appear as simple text links and not inherit the style of the header links. I have tried out different options but no luck so far. Please suggest a solution.


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Howdy all,
I'm in the process of moving my domain to a new server in order to upgrade to WordPress 2.5 (old server has old MySQL, so stuck at WP 2.0.9). I was able to migrate everything over ok, but can't seem to get Permalinks to resolve correctly. I can see in the database that all the posts and comments are there, and if I enter the "ugly" permalink, it resolves correctly to the "pretty" permalink address; for example,
resolves correctly to
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I changed the
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West Virginia WIC Program Locations
Find local WIC offices to apply for WIC below. We have listed all of the WIC offices that we have located in West Virginia on the right. Find your local WIC location using our West Virginia search below.
West Virginia WIC Further Benefits
Research has shown that there is no better food than breast milk for a baby's first year of life. Breastfeeding provides many health, nutritional, economical and emotional benefits to mother and baby. Since a major goal of the WIC Program is to improve the nutritional status of infants, WIC mothers are encouraged to breastfeed their infants. WIC has historically promoted breastfeeding to all pregnant women as the optimal infant feeding choice, unless medically contraindicated.
WIC mothers choosing to breastfeed are provided information through counseling and breastfeeding educational materials.
Breastfeeding mothers receive follow-up support through peer counselors.
Breastfeeding mothers are eligible to participate in WIC longer than non-breastfeeding mothers.
Mothers who exclusively breastfeed their infants receive an enhanced food package.
Breastfeeding mothers can receive breast pumps, breast shells or nursing supplementers to help support the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.
23 Wabash Street
Philippi, WV - 26416
The Barbour County WIC Office is located at 23 Wabash Street, Philippi . The office is open on Wednesday and select Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call 304-457-3733.WIC Helps YOU Help Your FAMILY by: providing health screenings and nutritional counselView Full Details
213 Kenmore Drive
Martinsburg, WV - 25053
Office located in the Boone County Health Department on 213 Kenmore Drive, Danville, WV 25053. Phone: 369-7970. The office is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30 - 3:30.Sign Up for WIC at the Boone County Office and Take Home a Reading BookWIC Helps YOU Help Your FAMILY by: providingView Full Details
537 Enterprise Drive
Gassaway, WV - 26624
The Braxton County WIC office is now located at 537 Enterprise Dr, Gassaway, WV 26624.The WIC hours are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:00 am. to 4:00 p.m.The Breastfeeding Peer Counselor is available Tuesday, Thursday and FridayView Full Details
192 Industrial Park Lane
Beech Bottom, WV - 26030
The Brooke County WIC office is located at 192 Industrial Park Lane, Beech Bottom. Our phone number is 394-5090. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Wednesday. Closed 12:00 - 1:00p.m for lunch. We are now offering Nutrition Education Online! Please ask us about this at your next appointmView Full Details
5187 US Rt 60 East, Suite 12
Huntington, WV - 25705
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM M-FEvening 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM. 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month..WIC Helps YOU Help Your FAMILY by: providing health screenings and nutritional counseling to help you, your baby and your children stay healthy, food packages to help you purchase healthy nutritious food,View Full Details
2 B Hospital Drive
Grantsville, WV - 26147
The Calhoun County WIC Office is located in the lower level of the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center on Hospital Drive in Grantsville, WV. The WIC office is located in the same area as the health department. The Rainbow Day Care Center is also nearby.The WIC office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.View Full Details
Route 2, Box 54
West Union, WV - 26456
The Doddridge County WIC clinic is held at the Doddridge County Health Department. The clinic is held during the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.An Immunization nurse is also available by appointment. Eligible children participating in the WIC Program may receive their immunizations free oView Full Details
212- 1 East Main Street
Glenville, WV - 26351
The Gilmer County WIC office is located at 212 East Main Street in Glenville, West Virginia. Parking is located directly behind the building, and the office door is on the side.The WIC office is open from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. every Friday.WIC is more than just a supplemental food program. We alsoView Full Details
23 Hospital Drive
Petersburg, WV - 26847
Additional Counties Served: Hardy & PendletonThe Grant County WIC office is located in Petersburg, WV, on Hospital Drive near Grant Memorial Hospital off Routes 55 & 28. We are a one-story brick building with brown trim located in the first parking lot on your left as you turn onto HospitalView Full Details
2619 Pennsylvania Av, Suite 1
Weirton, WV - 26062
The Hancock County WIC Program is located at 2619 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 1 in Weirton, WV. Call us at 304-723-3153 to make an appointment. Our friendly staff is here to help you.We are open Monday - Thursday from 8:30 - 4:30, closed from 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch. Friday 8:00-12:00WIC Helps YOU HelView Full Details


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Hello and Thanks for the plugin.
Please, is there a way to show html meta tag "description" instead of excerpt?
Thanks a lot.
Hello and Thanks for the plugin.
Please, is there a way to show html meta tag "description" instead of excerpt?
Thanks a lot.
Right now there's not a real good way to handle that... it'll look for an excerpt then pull body content.
In the nearish future I'm going to be integrating seo plugin's info but it's a crazy big step to get working right. For now just use an excerpt or let it pull the content but it's definitely on my to do list when I have time.
Man, now is running that way right?
Hi janolima in the newest versions of the plugin (2.0 and beyond), it will pull from an existing HTML meta description tag. Let me know if it's working for you. Thanks!
Yes!! It works like a charm.
Five stars plugin...
Thanks to you!!
Cool... glad we got it... feel free to rate it :)
Thx for hangin in there.
Is there a way to set a "fallback description" for the index page? If i specify the og:description in the header.php file it will always use that. I want the index to have it's own unique description and the other pages to pick it from the post.
Is there an easy way to do this? I'm stumped.
@WarriorTom not w/ the plugin. Use an seo plugin like yoasts or all in one seo if you want that type of control.
I think I found a way! In Administration > Settings > General, I had not filled out the "Tagline" field. Now that it's filled out, the index page displays the og:description that I want and the posts display the og:description of their own. Yay.
ah right... yeah if there's nothing thrown to the desc via filters it will look for that :) *forgot/tired
That's ok. I just got lucky. Your og plugin helped me tremendously. Thank you so much!
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Phylogenetic comparative approaches for studying niche conservatism
Version of Record online: 21 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02144.x
© 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 European Society For Evolutionary Biology
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Volume 23, Issue 12, pages 2529–2539, December 2010
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How to Cite
COOPER, N., JETZ, W. and FRECKLETON, R. P. (2010), Phylogenetic comparative approaches for studying niche conservatism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23: 2529–2539. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02144.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 15 NOV 2010
- Version of Record online: 21 OCT 2010
- Received 30 August 2010; revised 10 September 2010; accepted 13 September 2010
- Abstract
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- comparative methods;
- macroevolutionary models;
- phylogenetic niche conservatism;
- phylogeny;
- R functions
Analyses of phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) are becoming increasingly common. However, each analysis makes subtly different assumptions about the evolutionary mechanism that generates patterns of niche conservatism. To understand PNC, analyses should be conducted with reference to a clear underlying model, using appropriate methods. Here, we outline five macroevolutionary models that may underlie patterns of PNC (drift, niche retention, phylogenetic inertia, niche filling/shifting and evolutionary rates) and link these to published phylogenetic comparative methods. For each model, we give recent examples from the literature and suggest how the methods can be practically applied. We hope that this will help clarify the niche conservatism literature and encourage people to think about the evolutionary models underlying niche conservatism in their study group.


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