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The Courier is pleased to premiere its annual River Valley high school and college football preview section. Sports Editor Quinton Bagley and Assistant Sports Editor Michael Christopher have criss-crossed the tri-county area, watched several practices and talked to all the head coaches. We've included images of players and action from practices and last season from photographers Joshua Mashon and Scott McClure to bring the previews to life. We hope you enjoy their hard work and efforts of the past few weeks.
Whether you like the sport or don't care to see or hear young men hit each other as hard as they can in pads on the gridiron, high school football is a special time in the Arkansas River Valley.
Just like spring and summer festivals and weekend gatherings, making the road trip to an away game, eating some tailgate food before the next home game or recalling days gone by as we watch the homecoming parade is the perfect opportunity to see family and friends and start the weekend off right.
After we figure out if we're going to sit in the stands, haul our folding chairs to behind the end zones or stand along the fenceline, the players have gone through their warm-ups and programs are being sold throughout the stadium. The public address announcer goes through the starting lineups for both teams, and the band plays "The Star Spangled Banner" as we remain standing for both schools' alma maters.
Captains meet with officials at the 50-yard line. Heads or tails, they ask. The captain for one team responds, the coin flies in the air and lands. Players face one end zone or the other, and the referee indicates who will kick off and who will receive. The rest, as they say, is history after the football is blasted off the kicking tee for the first time.
These young men have practiced through the summer, lifted weights, run sprints and dropped a few passes to get ready for Friday nights. Their coaches haven't stopped working toward this season since the end of last season. Cheerleaders, dance teams, bands, pep squads - they've waited all summer for this. Then, they'll go to school the following Monday and start preparing for another Friday night. Before you know it, the playoffs or the end of the season have come and gone.
Everyone who attends high school football games, for whatever reason, are part of what defines comraderie for our community, the Arkansas River Valley, the state of Arkansas. So many memories are made Friday nights. It's time to kick off some more. We wish you good luck, and may the best teams win - on and off the field.
n Speaking of Friday nights - or Thursday nights, Saturday mornings or whenever your teams play this school year - The Courier plans to improve its sports coverage each and every year, but we need your help.
If you know of someone who'd like to take digital pictures at your games, or maybe they're in your journalism or yearbook classes and would like to get us information on your cross-country results, volleyball matches, tennis matches, golf games - maybe this person is you, and maybe you'd like to e-mail your game information or photos to one of the top-10 daily newspapers in Arkansas. If so, we'd like to hear from you.
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Born in South East London the same week the Nazis began bombing, Ginger Baker's first memory was running after a train that carried his father off to death in WWII. From his music to his life, at the expense of family and fortune, Ginger would never be left behind on the tracks again.
Though best known for his work with Eric Clapton in Cream and Blind Faith, the world's greatest drummer did not hit his stride until years later in 1972 when he drove the first Range Rover ever produced from London to Nigeria in pursuit of the African rhythms and musical icon, Fela Kuti. There he found his Mecca of drumming, introducing the African beat and "world music" to the West, years before any other musicians in the field.
Unfortunately, Ginger's African glory days were short-lived as he found himself looking down the barrel of a Nigerian officer's machine gun. Signaling his departure from the continent and the loss of his fortune, Ginger returned to England where a pattern of divorces, self-destruction, and countless groundbreaking musical works continue on to Italy, California, Colorado, and current day South Africa where he lives inside a fortified compound with his 29-year-old internet bride and 39 polo ponies.
Chain smoking and ingesting copious amounts of morphine while sitting in his leather recliner, the 73-year-old reflects back on his life as we concurrently witness his current law suits, local disputes, and yet another chapter in his path of destruction. Unfortunately, Ginger's ginger hair has faded, and we wonder if he is physically capable of saving himself by playing the instrument that has defined him. In his own words, "God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can. I wasn't planning on living this long!" In true Ginger Baker fashion, 3 years into shooting the film, after squandering yet another fortune, Ginger Baker triumphantly returns to the stage. As he went on a 30 date sold out European tour, we were there to capture it.
The documentary includes stories from his ex-wives, children, and many of the greatest living musicians that worked with Ginger including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, Mickey Hart, Carlos Santana, Max Weinberg, Chad Smith, Femi Kuti, Neal Peart, Simon Kirke, Marky Ramone and many more.
This documentary is one such story – a marriage of the film and music worlds through the life of one of the most unforgettable and controversial musicians. He was there the night Jimi Hendrix died, shared the drugs, the music, the names, the groups, while stripping away the other voices as the conductor, time keeper, the master drummer of our time. Beware of Mr. Baker catapults the viewer into his beat – with every smash of the bass drum there is a man behind it smashing his way through life.
Read Director Jay Bulger's article, "The Devil and Ginger Baker"

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Photo: Art students visit the Eiffel Tower as part of a summer class.
Fall classes are underway at University of Wisconsin-Stout, but two groups of students won't soon forget their international experiences in summer classes.
A total of 17 art students took a class trip to London and Paris while another 15 students studied photography and art history in Italy.
"This is an excellent way to show students great works of art live and in person rather than as slides on a screen or pictures in a book," said Associate Professor James Bryan.
Bryan and Associate Professor Cynthia Bland, both from the School of Art and Design, spent two weeks with students visiting art and history museums, such as the Louvre in Paris, and historic sites, such as Westminster Abbey in London.
"The museums in London and Paris have more of the 'greatest hits' of art than any other two cities in the world," Bryan said.
In addition, Bryan said students went to other historic sites, such as Stonehenge, Windsor Castle and Versailles, in their free time. "I was very impressed with their ambition," Bryan said.
The students were in one of three classes: Introduction to Art, History of Design or History of Interiors and Furnishings.
In Italy, Associate Professor Peter Galante who teaches photography, and Sarah Diebel, assistant professor in art and design, took students to about a dozen cities in four weeks, including Rome and Florence. Students were in the classes Exploring Photography or Photojournalism and Italian Art History.
Galante, whose ancestors come from Italy, also acted as the tour guide.
"Students experienced first-hand a survey of Italian art from the ancient ruins of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum through the medieval masterworks of Assisi to the most famous examples of the Renaissance in Florence," Galante said.
They also took photos. When they returned, students designed and produced a book containing the photos.
Taylor Kranzusch, who is majoring in interior design, was inspired by seeing historically and architecturally significant places in Italy while working on her photography skills.
"It made the learning experience so much more enjoyable and memorable. I loved being exposed to the Italian culture," said Kranzusch, of Appleton.
"I learned a lot about capturing a moment in time the proper way through a camera lens. Being in another country really pushed me as a design student," she added.
In Italy, students also were part of two special video projects. They made their own YouTube music video, the "Stout Gangnam Shake," www.youtube.com/watch?v=slpKkUFMTSs, and were included in some of the final shots of a music video made by an Italian reggae band, www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLPRy4lFY70.
Video has become part of teaching photography because most digital cameras now have video capabilities, Galante said, noting that UW-Stout offers a minor that combines photography and video.


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A look at three years when snow was at the plate for opening day in Cleveland WEWS
CLEVELAND - WEWS reporter Paul Kiska has a saying he uses year-round no matter the Cleveland weather: "This could be Opening Day." And his observation is true.
Opening Day baseball over the years along the North Coast been snowed out, played in drizzle, started in warm sunshine while nine innings later, cold weather and fog take over.
The video in our player contains three example of winter reminding us he wasn't quite ready to give up his icy grip.
First up, a story Paul Kiska did in 2001. Just one week prior to that year's April 2 opener, snow covered the field and icicles clung to much of the Jacob's Field seating area. Paul, who pitched in high school at Lorain Catholic , throws a perfect snowball strike to finish his snow story.
One week later, according to the official box score, the temperature at game time was 54 degrees. The Indians beat the White Sox 12-5.
Next, fast forward to April 6, 2007 for John Kosich's story of the infamous snow out. The grounds crew resorted to leaf blowers to blow snow off the field. It worked, for a while.
The Indians were one out away from an official game win against the Seattle Mariners.
Mariners' manager Mike Hargrove, known as the "human rain delay" in his days as a player for his deliberate style of preparing in the batter's box, delayed enough with conferences with umpires. The game was canceled.
Not only was the 2007 opener snowed out, the entire series was canceled. The Indians played their next home opponents, the Anaheim Angels, in Milwaukee.
Finally, I've included a cruel April Fool's joke. April 1, 1996, the opener against the Yankees was postponed due to 7 inches of heavy, wet snow. As you can see in the story from Joe Pagonakis, later that day, the snow was gone, melted away.
Joe ends his story with an interview with the "Professor", the late sports talk show host Geoff Sindelar.
The next day, the Yankees beat the Tribe 7-1 the begin the 1996 season.
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The question of what to do with local compost took on a sense of urgency last year, when the city shut down its Byxbee Park landfill — a 126-acre sprawl near the Baylands that had housed the city's composting operation.
The idea of building a plant gained a burst of momentum in November 2011, when voters overwhelmingly passed Measure E. The measure, which was placed on the ballot by a coalition of local environmentalists, authorizes the city to use 10 acres of previously dedicated parkland for an anaerobic digester — an enclosed plant in which micro-organisms break down yard trimmings and food waste and turn them into either electricity or natural gas. Opponents of the measure — a group that includes some of the city's most prominent conservationists — have vociferously argued that Byxbee Park is no place for a waste facility and have urged the city to export the waste and turn the former landfill site into a public park, as had long been planned.
While Measure E answered the main question in the compost debate — where a plant could be built — many other questions remain. These include: Does it make economic sense to construct a local plant? Which technology should the city adopt? To what extent should the city be involved in operating the facility?
The request for proposals, which the city plans to send out to potential vendors in February, could offer some much-needed answers. At a public meeting Wednesday night, Public Works staff and consultants shared their plan and received input from residents about the criteria the city's request should contain.
Jim Binder of the consulting firm Alternative Resources, Inc., said the proposals on both options will be due by next July. The department's action plan calls for the City Council to make the key decisions about the future of organic-waste disposal in February 2014.
"We're hoping to get firm pricing in response to both of those alternatives," Binder said. "That information will be used as part of the economic analysis that goes before the council so that they can make a decision in February (2014) what direction you want the city to go in."
As part of the process, the city will also allow vendors to propose technologies other than anaerobic digesters — including plasma gasification, which converts organic waste into synthetic gas through a high-temperature "electric arc." Clean-energy proponents such as former Mayor Peter Drekmeier and environmental attorney Walt Hays have also expressed enthusiasm about a "wet" anaerobic digester, which would accept biosolid waste in addition to food scraps and yard trimmings.
Phil Bobel, assistant director at Public Works, stressed that the city is trying something very rare in seeking a technology that will take care of all three types of waste: food scraps, yard trimmings and biosolids.
"It's uncharted ground," Bobel said.
While the technology question is complex enough in itself, the city is also wrestling with the question of what to do about the recently closed landfill. The original plan was to cap the landfill once it reaches its capacity — a requirement of state law — and add the land to Byxbee Park. That plan was tossed aside once Measure E passed.
"Because of consideration of putting energy composting there, it raises the question: Should we cap it now or should we wait and do something different while we decide what we're doing with the energy-composting facility?" Bobel said.
Ron Arp, who manages the city's environmental-control programs, said the city had planned to cap the landfill this year but received permission from the three agencies overseeing landfill operations — Cal Recycle, Santa Clara County and the Regional Water Quality Control Board — to delay the capping by a year. It is now scheduled to occur in 2013.
So far, the city had capped and reopened about 75 acres of Byxbee Park, while the other 51 remain uncapped, Arp said.
"We didn't want to jump right into capping while there's a plan for a possible facility out there," he said.
The council is scheduled to discuss the city's progress on composting options in December.
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I need to go back w/ a better camera... 1997 Technology just don't cut it.
I need to go back w/ a better camera... 1997 Technology just don't cut it.
Very nice, Jim!
You've got the scenery, but I've got the location:
Bob Smith
2005 Rocket III
Got started riding BMW's back in the 70's on a R60/2 and in the 80's decided to hack it because the bike already had factory sidecar tabs on the frame. Rode the /2 rig since then on a regular basis, but for long trips, took my K75, then up graded to a R1150RT, and then to a R1150GS, which I sold three yrs ago when I went sailing offshore for 2 yrs. Rode the /2 rig to the West Bend Rally with friends from Northern MI and had a blast, but decided I needed something for longer rides.
Last Spring found a used 2004 R1150GSA, and hacked it, and now have ridden over 5K with the new rig.....and what a pleasure! I am keeping my /2 rig because I built it, and my grandkids love it, but the new rig is my new best friend, especially because I can pull the bike off the rig in about 20min (4 bolts, one electrical coupler, one hydraulic coupler, and a pin for the swaybar) and head down the road (or offroad) on two wheels.
Hope you enjoy the pic. Ride safe and see you in Tenn in 2009.
Larry Robison 44398
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2004 R1150GSA Sidecar Rig
Terrific, Larry -- best reason of all is because the grandkids love it -
and if you built it and love it, how can it get better than that.
Beautiful, fun rig!
Steve - 1996 R1100GS
"Nothing is more exhilirating in life than to be shot at without result." W. Churchill
Saw lots of these gunships while in Vietnam in 1969. This is a nicely restored one in Mark, IL.
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BTW, I grew up about 50 miles south east of that location, Paxton/Rantoul/Loda area, airforce brat.
It loves being washed...............
Needs to be throughly rinsed...........
Our new to us 2000 R1100RT overcast skys made for a poor photo but I couldnt wait to show her off............
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Mike & Robin Fifer http://www.n-scale-model-trains.com/ 2002 R1150RT Current
1995 K75S Sold
1996 R1100RT sold
One of my best GS rides was the 2001 BMW sponsored GS Ride thru the Ocala National Forest, during Bike Week. Jimmy Lewis led the pack and did some training on deep sand and offroad riding techniques. Was an absolute blast!
The ride was divided up based on experience, and after riding enduros in MI for 30+ yrs I thought I would be up to the more difficult part of the ride. In one muddy section, I stopped to help a fellow rider who was stuck in a deep mudhole....and after I get him out, and started to follow him, I got too close to his knobby tire in another mud section....and the pic shows the results. Got a lot of laughs at the next rest stop. Both the bike and I needed a good hose down back at the motel.
Larry Robison
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68 R60/2 Sidecar Rig
04 R1150GSA Sidecar Rig
!!! If you can't Modify, Hack or Repair it, You don't own it !!!
1995 R1100rs
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Forget the haters, focus on your music and get people talking: That's the mantra cover girl Miley Cyrus preaches in the December issue of Cosmopolitan, on newsstands November 5th. In the interview, the pop star opens up about life as Miley 3.0, which includes embracing her single status and having A-listers like Kanye West and Katy Perry on your side.
(Not included in the interview? News of her 2014 tour, which she instead chose to reveal on this weekend's Saturday Night Live, interrupting host Edward Norton's opening monologue to drop the big news.)
Take a look at excerpts from the interview below:
So much has changed since your last Cosmo cover! Is this the most insane year of your life so far? "Everything is so chaotic and crazy right now and it's so much all at once, but I'm living for it. I'm just having the best time ever and everything's falling into place like it's supposed to. Even people who want to hate on me, they can't even shut down the fact that I'm literally what everyone is talking about…. "
How did you feel about the celebrities who dissed your VMAs performance? "I don't really care. I think everyone would have given anything to be me at that moment, because I was being one hundred percent true to myself…and not many people can say that. At the end of the day, I would say I'm a nice person, and I take pride in the fact that I treat everyone really well, so there's no reason for anyone to ever come at me because I only want the best for everybody else. I have a song that's like, 'Stay in your lane,' because I'm not going to be you and you're definitely not going to be me, so don't throw shade. I don't ever throw shade at anyone."
What about the celebs who are on Team Miley? "The support of other artists is important because there are not many people who can relate to what I'm going through right now. Kanye West is one of those people, and even Katy Perry has been so cool. It's easy for Kanye to support me because we're in totally separate lanes of competition, but for Katy to say that she appreciates what I'm really doing for the pop industry, that keeps you going.
This is the first time you've been single in years. How are you dealing with that? "I need to treat my music like a relationship – give it my time and all the attention it deserves – and that's my main love right now. This is the best time of my life. I'm not going to look back on it and be like, 'I wish I hadn't been dwelling over a breakup,' you know?…. "
Read the full interview on Cosmo.
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Is recording "live" in the studio a lost art? Filmmaker Denny Tedesco thinks it may be. He's directed The Wrecking Crew, a documentary about the group of musicians that included drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Carol King and guitarist Tommy Tedesco (Denny's father). You may not have heard of The Wrecking Crew, but you've heard their music: they played on records by some of the biggest artists of the '60s, including Jan & Dean, Simon & Garfunkel and The Mamas & The Papas.
Arizona station KOOL-FM recently held a screening of the film with Denny Tedesco and special guest Hal Blaine, and they discussed how Brian Wilson working with The Wrecking Crew on Beach Boys sessions, and how recording music has changed over the past few decades.
The album Tedesco refers to is The Foo Fighters' Wasting Light, which was recorded in frontman Dave Grohl's garage (which was converted into a studio), and additionally, it was recorded to tape (as opposed to digitally). Find out more about The Wrecking Crew film here, and watch more videos from KOOL-FM's event here.
– Steve Goddard and Jason Pawlik, 94.5 KOOL FM with additional reporting by Brian Ives, CBS Local


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. : She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line... but in my arms she was always Lolita. : .
Sadly, I am currently not beta-ing. Algebra II has killed me, and my free time. During the summer, I will try again.
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Map: India's Air Search for Missing Malaysian Flight
India continued its search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 on Saturday. This map shows the areas in which the air force, navy and coast guard focused the hunt around the Andaman Sea and coordinated from Port Blair. The did not find any evidence of the aircraft which vanished from radar in the early hours of Saturday, 8, March and was last contacted a satellite at 8.11 a.m. Malaysia time on that day.


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So many dog sports, so little time.
Have you ever heard of flyball, lure coursing, freestyle, rally, schutzhund or earthdog competitions? How about skijoring, carting, dock jumping, treibball, herding or disc dog games?
Every breed or mix of breeds comes with a set of skills particular to the intended purpose of the dog. For instance, terriers, small dogs with big attitudes, have been bred to chase rats, badgers and foxes both above and below ground. What a perfect match for earthdog competitions in which a dog negotiates a set of human-made underground tunnels while pursuing its quarry. The hunting encounter is controlled, and neither the dog nor the quarry (usually two rats) are endangered by the activity.
Retrievers were bred to aid hunters by crashing through brush and brambles to plunge into freezing water to bring back fowl brought down by their handlers. Sounds like a good match for dock jumping to me.
Large breeds such as the St. Bernard, Bernese mountain dog and the Newfoundland were developed in part to pull loads for farmers and sailors. The sport of carting, along with skijoring (pulling a skier by harness and traces), fits right in with the intended purpose of those breeds.
When you match your dogs abilities to your athletic interests, you come up with an even deeper way to connect with your dog. Anyone but the inveterate couch potato should be able to find an activity that fits his or her lifestyle.
One of the most accessible dog sports in the Four Corners is agility, a sport in which a handler runs an off-leash dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs are directed by voice, body signals and movement in coordination with the handler. Neither physical manipulation of the dog nor luring with a dog treat are allowed.
Agility competitions are regulated by various governing bodies such as the American Kennel Club and the North American Dog Agility Council, and each has its own rules for equipment and obstacles used. Agility courses can include jumps, tunnels, weave poles, pause tables, teeter totters, A-frames, tire jumps, dog walks and collapsed tunnels set up in a dizzying array of patterns to challenge the dog/handler teams. Courses often are complicated and require a high level of teamwork to be completed successfully.
Not everyone wants to compete to a high level with his or her dog, and luckily, agility also enjoys a large backyard following. Much of the equipment is easy and inexpensive to make, allowing you to become involved with the sport casually. The Durango area has a variety of trainers offering everything from beginning agility to classes and seminars for advanced skills. We even have a local agility club, Durango Agility Dogs, for those who want to immerse themselves further in the sport. You can visit www.durangoagility.com for references about classes and clubs.
Over and above the obvious benefits of fresh air and exercise that dog sports provide, you will find that the continued training helps fine-tune your ability to communicate effectively with your dog. Dogs that are accustomed to working with and responding to their owners tend to tune in to them more reliably than untrained dogs. This ability to respond to commands means that your dog can participate in life with you instead of living a deprived life isolated in the backyard.
Julie Winkelman is a certified pet dog trainer and a certified dog trainer. Reach her at www.alphacanineacademy.com.


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About the Book
From "the most powerful psychiatrist in America" (New York Times) and "the man who wrote the book on mental illness" (Wired), a deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality
Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. These challenges are a normal part of being human, and they should not be treated as psychiatric disease. However, today millions of people who are really no more than "worried well" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and are receiving unnecessary treatment. In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, warns that mislabeling everyday problems as mental illness has shocking implications for individuals and society: stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, misallocation of medical resources, and draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient and self-healing brains, which have kept us sane for hundreds of thousands of years, and into the hands of "Big Pharma," who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits.
Frances cautions that the new edition of the "bible of psychiatry," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5), will turn our current diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation by converting millions of "normal" people into "mental patients." Alarmingly, in DSM-5, normal grief will become "Major Depressive Disorder"; the forgetting seen in old age is "Mild Neurocognitive Disorder"; temper tantrums are "Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder"; worrying about a medical illness is "Somatic Symptom Disorder"; gluttony is "Binge Eating Disorder"; and most of us will qualify for adult "Attention Deficit Disorder." What's more, all of these newly invented conditions will worsen the cruel paradox of the mental health industry: those who desperately need psychiatric help are left shamefully neglected, while the "worried well" are given the bulk of the treatment, often at their own detriment.
Masterfully charting the history of psychiatric fads throughout history, Frances argues that whenever we arbitrarily label another aspect of the human condition a "disease," we further chip away at our human adaptability and diversity, dulling the full palette of what is normal and losing something fundamental of ourselves in the process. Saving Normal is a call to all of us to reclaim the full measure of our humanity.
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Critical Praise
"Frances delves deeply into the history of mental illness, makes his arguements crisply, and has good personal stories to tell. He's articulate and learned. ... He's in favor of not medicating, and thus muffling, all the offbeat pain and beauty out of existance. ... [A] piece of intellectual skywriting." — Dwight Garner, New York Times
"An extraordinarily candid and important book. Allen Frances has written a fascinating account of the apparent explosion in psychiatric disorders in the United States. — MARCIA ANGELL, M. D., Senior Lecturer in Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
"Saving Normal is a riveting and important book, written with great flair and precise passion. This is a book every psychiatrist, every general practitioner, every student swallowing meds--in fact everyone--needs to read." — Dr. LISA APPIGNANESI, Chair of the Freud Museum, London, and author of Mad, Bad and Sad
"Frances is largely credited with spearheading the anti-DSM-5 efforts." — CNN.com
"Saving Normal is a clear, convincing, and essential discussion of the twin epidemics facing modern psychiatry: under-treatment of the truly ill and overtreatment of the basically well. It holds immense potential to improve patients' lives." — JOSH BAZELL, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Beat the Reaper: A Novel
"Few are as well-equipped as Frances to map the dynamic field of psychiatry, and his rendering of its shifting contours is timely, crucial, and insightful--as are his solutions for navigating it." — Publishers Weekly
"With Solomon-like wisdom, Frances justly doles out blame and offers reasonable remedies. His decree: don't medicalize human difference; celebrate it." — Booklist (starred review)
"A valuable assessment. ... A no-holds-barred critique." — Kirkus Reviews
"An indispensable guide for professional and lay readers" — Library Journal
"Allen Frances's book is fascinating. ... Entertaining." — Metapsychology
"Authoritative. ... Valuable. ... This is a detailed, nicely constructed account by a highly qualified and well-connected psychiatrist with intimate knowledge of the process. The book is clearly written and surprisingly easy reading." — The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow
- On Sale: 05/14/2013
- Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 1.09 in (d)
- Pages: 336
- List Price: 27.99 USD
- BISAC1: PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
- BISAC2: PSYCHOLOGY / General
- BISAC3: MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General


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Wow, I haven't been on here for FOREVER!
The Volturi don't look how I pictured them, I guess I keep seeing them as "older" (which I know is stupid because I know they weren't "older" when they were changed). As far as Alec and Jane, I think if they went with actors who are actually 12 or 13, it would have been hard to keep them looking like 12 or 13 by the time they are done filming BD. That's how I've kinda been looking at it since I saw who they casted for those parts.


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You're hired! Lenox fills two key positions: accountant, town counsel
LENOX -- Town leaders have filled two key positions by approving what they described as highly qualified candidates to handle local finances and legal issues.
The Selectmen unanimously ratified Town Manager Gregory Federspiel's appointment of Charles Brown, former auditor at the Center for EcoTechnology in Pittsfield, as the new town accountant, starting Jan. 2. He succeeds Marge Pero, who resigned to return to the mortgage-banking field where she had spent most of her career.
Select Board Chairman Kenneth Fowler described Brown as a "very qualified candidate who brings to this position a CPA license which would work into an overall plan for a financial restructuring of Town Hall."
"We'd be doing a disservice to our taxpayers to not get the best, most-qualified person we can in this position to help with overall financial planning and accounting for the town," Fowler emphasized, responding to citizen queries about why the town was filling the position with a slightly increased salary. Brown is declining some benefits, which will hold the overall cost of the slot to current levels, or with slight savings.
Selectman David Roche, endorsing Brown's selection, said, "I don't want us to find ourselves in the same position we were in a year ago, when we had our audit and found out we were behind the eight-ball. Hopefully, we're up to snuff and this individual can keep us on that track."
Federspiel confirmed that the books are in order and pointed out that Brown was a municipal auditor in the 1990s and audited the town during that period.
"He'll be a good fit for the staff here," the town manager said. "One of the highest marks he gets is the way he interacts with people. He treats people with a lot of respect and makes sure that things are done properly. That's a nice combination."
"We'll be really fortunate to have somebody in this position with the credentials Mr. Brown has," said Selectman Channing Gibson. "He has advanced degrees that are really impressive, so I think it's a great thing. I wouldn't want the town to take anything less than the best we can get, and I think this candidate is very strong."
The Select Board also voted unanimously to appoint Kopelman and Paige, P.C., as the new town counsel as of Jan. 1, succeeding Frederica McCarthy.
The municipal law firm, representing more than one-third of the state's 351 cities and towns, is based in Boston but has a satellite office in Lenox. Kopelman and Paige is already representing the town in the lawsuit filed by 20 local citizens over the Kennedy Park Belvedere.
The law firm's local office on Walker Street is directed by attorney Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey, former assistant city solicitor in Pittsfield and a specialist in municipal issues.
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A primary school has failed to maintain its previously good standards and must improve in a number of areas, education watchdogs have ruled.
Ofsted inspectors gave Bessacarr Primary School a 'requires improvement' rating - the second lowest possible - in all key areas including pupil achievement, teaching and leadership.
It follows a previous inspection in 2009, and an interim visit in 2012, which both rated the school as 'good'.
Headteacher Sarah Cairns said: "I would like to ensure parents and the local community that we have a good plan in place and are making the necessary improvements required by Ofsted as quickly as possible."
After a visit in March, Inspector Sharona Semlali said pupils' progress has slowed and teaching standards were not up to scratch in maths or English.
She said: "The teaching of mathematics is weak in some year groups. This is because some teachers do not have good enough subject knowledge in mathematics, for example, and some teachers on occasion accept incorrect answers as the right ones."
The report added: "Leaders at all levels have not in recent times sustained good teaching across the school and so have not maintained the successes achieved in previous years."
However teaching and pupils' progress in early years and Key Stage 1 was praised. Inspector Semlali said teachers must ensure marking is up to date and that they motivate pupils - pictured above during a recent production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Eleanor Brazil, director of children and young people's service, said an improvement plan has been implemented.


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Okay... So, i love programming C++, i always have, its just now i'm starting to get bored =( I mean i have the Programming Windows book, and i've done a little, i plan on picking it up and doing some more with it, i also have 2 DirectX books, a C++ book and such... I just dunno where to go from here.
I like algorithms =) haha sorting and encryption and all, so maybe i should do some more with algorithms and data structures and such?
I dunno... creative suggestions would be great!
I want to get a new book too =) I just returned one i bought by mistake so i've got some store credit, suggestions!!! ha


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i hope my bf would do this to me too. because honestly, when were having sex, NO FOREPLAYS. and it sucks.:( how am i gonna tell him?:(
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Got wet watching him go at it but lost it every time I looked at her hairy crotch. Ugh come on control that shit. Make it pretty at least. Also she enjoyed it but really didn't cum per say.
Whats the point with fake or no fake. Don't get it. The film is completely unique in my opinion; for once the beauty of female orgasm is shown completely without the ordinary yada-yada suck that clit yada yada. She is just so delight.
not fake but she didn't come
she is absolutely awesome
please give me the name of her or a name of full scene to look up
licking and sucking pussy is wonderful, as is watching it, in both cases provided I can have my cock out and wanking it. But I could not do it without participating and eventually cumming in her cunt hair.
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there was the long version..anyone knows where it is?
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whats her name
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Is this the person who plays kate off the programme neighbours?!! looks uncannily like her
I love this foxy girl, almost feel as if I know her, but I think her talents lie in television drama. In real climax the eyes roll back as though blind. No wonder orgasm has been called the "little death". Yet the girl's sex flush looks real enough. And she is totally shameless in submitting to oral sex.
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She is beautiful, he is not.
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I agree grace, i want someone to do that to me :/
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Brooke Van Buuren
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Totally hot!!! As a woman I can tell when girls are faking it in porn and this chick came hardcore....made me wet
me hubiera gustado ver la cogida despues de esta mamada, mmm!
This isn't fake, I orgasm just like her. the spasming limbs, mouth opening but scream but nothing comes out because it just feel sooo good. it's like a cumming coma you dont know where one starts and another ends. your pussy just convulses over and over again. oh it's amazing. i hope the girl's who don't think it's possible open up their minds!
Nice puffy nips.
Ohh please... if she's gonna fake, she should at least do a good job of it.
Thats me whenever I hav an orgasm!
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I love to watch girls climax, I wish all porn was like this. This looked like a nice little orgasm, but not a superorgasm. Most porn has no female orgasm whatsoever so at least she had a little one.
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Me and my BF do that also It feels good
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That was awsome best I have ever witnessed would love to do that
pfff i think she's faking..sorry..i hate all those orgasmfaking bitches they give men a complete wrong image bout the female orgasm. it would be much more intense
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@Archer wonderful comments, thanks. With no disrespect to @luckyluckywoman, @lesbian & @a Lady, maybe there were other things to cause what gave you pause (@m and @ohyeah said it well). I just thought she needed a break between the intensities. This vid would be superb if @Secret Me and/or @Celine really was not trolling and we missed it!
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am so horny right now and i want a lick badly
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Is it just me or does that look like Anne Hathaway?
OMG, i totally agree! lol I know its not, obv. Anne was the first person i thought of. :-) Good to see that I'm not the only one who saw it :) lol
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Twins find their glove man in Everett
Highly regarded ex-Astros shortstop quickly finds home
By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins filled their hole at shortstop on Thursday, signing free agent Adam Everett to a one-year contract worth $2.8 million plus incentives. The signing came one day after Everett was non-tendered by the Astros. Everett lost his job Wednesday when the Astros acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles. Leaving the only team that he has played for certainly made Wednesday difficult for Everett. But it was an aggressive pursuit by the Twins and the chance to be their starting shortstop that had Everett feeling quite optimistic about his situation Thursday. "They showed a lot of interest and I feel like I have a good opportunity there," Everett said when reached by cell phone Thursday morning. "It seems like a great organization with a great group of guys. I'm excited about getting the opportunity." Considered to be one of the best defensive shortstops in the game, Everett is not known for his offense. He holds a .248 career batting average and a .299 career on-base percentage. Everett, who turns 31 on Feb. 2, saw his average fall to .239 in 2006, and he batted .232 in 66 games with the Astros last season. He missed a little over three months after fracturing his right leg June 14. Offense may not be Everett's specialty, but the Twins value defense. Despite never winning a Gold Glove, Everett had a .990 fielding percentage in 2006, the fourth best mark recorded by a National League shortstop. "I think any increase in offense would be a plus for us," Twins general manager Bill Smith said of Everett. "I think he's going to bring tremendous defense to this position. He played over 150 games for the Astros in each of the two years before this year, when he broke his leg. He gives us a durable player who brings great defense as well." The Twins have been seeking a starting shortstop since trading away Jason Bartlett as part of the six-player trade with the Rays for Delmon Young on Nov. 28. The Twins had options for the spot in Nick Punto, Brendan Harris and Alexi Casilla, but the expectation now is that Everett will be the starter.
Second base and third base remain unsettled, but Smith said he feels Punto and Harris can be intermixed at the two positions. Both can play third base, but the Twins are still looking at other options.So while the Twins continue to try to improve their lineup and bounce back from a rough 2007 season, Everett will be looking to make a comeback of his own next year. "I think this will be a chance to get a clean fresh start, going to the American League and just starting over," Everett said. "Just to have that opportunity, I'm excited. I can't remember the last time when I was this excited about a season."
Kelly Thesier is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Redmond sees possibilities with young squad
Longer Spring Training allowed rookie manager to get better look at Marlins' prospects
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
MIAMI -- When the Marlins decided they needed a major makeover, they also concluded a familiar face should be brought back to provide a new direction.
Enter Mike Redmond. Personable, passionate and professional rolled into one, the big league rookie manager inherits an organization in transition.
With so many new faces and a great deal of inexperience, some may say the former Major League catcher is stepping into a mess. Don't say that to the 41-year-old from Spokane, Wash. Redmond looks at the challenge as an opportunity.
Staring at long odds really is nothing new for him, because he was doubted from the moment he started playing professional baseball, so much so that the back of his first Minor League baseball card read: "Future coach." So taking over a team being written off before Spring Training even started is par for the course for Redmond.
During his playing days, it was clear Redmond aspired to someday manage. Although he had no previous big league coaching experience before this season, he did manage for the past two years in the Blue Jays' Minor League system. In 2011, he led Lansing in the Midwest League, and last year, he was promoted to Dunedin.
Now, he is making the leap from Class A to the big leagues.
In many ways, Redmond can relate to his young squad. When he broke in with the Marlins in 1998, that young squad lost 108 games. Five years later, Redmond and a number of players from the '98 club were part of the Marlins' 2003 World Series title team.
Redmond sat down with MLB.com recently to discuss his expectations for his first big league season as a manager.
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MLB.com: Spring Training was about a week longer this year because of the World Baseball Classic. This being your first camp as a big league manager, was the extra time beneficial as you got acclimated to the job?
Redmond: We talked about it this winter, about how important it would be for me to come in here and see as many guys as possible throughout the course of the spring. To see so many of the young players that we have, and to get them a lot of at-bats, it's been great. It's given me a sense of relief in a way, because I've gotten to see a lot of guys the organization sees as prospects. We've given them a lot of innings. I think we've done a good job with that as a staff, and as an organization.
MLB.com: You guys are looked at as the ultimate underdog. You're an inexperienced group. How do you look at that and deal with that label?
Redmond: It is what it is. Obviously, we've had a lot of change. We've had turnover. Really, nobody gives us a shot to do much of anything. I never liked it as a player whenever anybody doubted me or my abilities, or doubted what we could do as a team. I think it will be a nice challenge. Hopefully, we'll be able to go out there and prove some people wrong.
MLB.com: What are the traits and qualities you want to see from a Mike Redmond-managed team?
Redmond: As a player, I was a grinder. I threw it all out on the field. That's how I had to survive. That's what I want out of my guys. I want them to throw it out there and leave it all out there on the field, and at the end of the day, you see what happens. We're not going to be guys who make excuses. We're going to go out there, and we're going to compete. I think that's the biggest thing for me. When we walk through that door, no matter what our record is. Whether we've won 10 in a row, or lost a few, that when we come in that day, we focus on competing and preparing ourselves to win a ballgame. I think that's important.
MLB.com: You talk about accountability. What do you mean by that? How are your players to be accountable?
Redmond: We can sit in here and talk about the things we're going to do, and how we're going to play. But at the end of the day, we have to go out and do it. As professionals, we need to go out there, play hard and get the job done. We've got to grind it out. Everybody has a lot at stake.
I talked early about the opportunity. There is a great opportunity out there for a lot of guys. But at the end of the day, they have to go out there themselves and make the most of it. When we talk about being accountable, that's what we talk about -- taking the opportunity, showing up every day, competing, being a great teammate and being a great representative of the Miami Marlins. The guys who can do that are the guys who are going to be successful and have the longest careers.
MLB.com: How do you develop a winning culture?
Redmond: I think it takes time. I think you put guys in an environment where they can relax. Obviously, if they don't know already, they'll find out how much I care about winning and how much focus it is for me. We talk a lot about competing. We talk a lot about grinding it out -- grinding out at-bats -- and being a team. A lot of things go into creating a winning culture, or a new culture. But a lot is the guys you have on that team and in the clubhouse. I think already, from what I've heard, and people are talking about, that there is such a different vibe this year, and it's a good vibe, and it's a positive vibe.
MLB.com: Whether you're a team that is old or young, doesn't success pretty much come down to pitching?
Redmond: For sure, pitching is huge for us. We haven't been great pitching this spring. We still had a couple of jobs open with one week remaining in Spring Training. That's not how we drew it up, but it's just as it is. When you're evaluating guys, you look to see how they do under the pressure. We're definitely going to have to pound the strike zone. I think our defense is going to be good. We've got to use them. We've got to put the ball in play and give our defense a chance to make plays. If we can do that, we'll be good. You saw that in Spring Training. In the games we pitched well, we played well and we won.
That's going to be a huge focus, and bullpen-wise, too. We've got a few young guys, and probably a few veteran guys as well. But we're all focused on the same thing, and that's throwing strikes.
MLB.com: You are only three years removed from your playing days. When you are facing guys you once played against or were teammates with, how is that adjustment going to be for you? How do you make that separation?
Redmond: I think it's easy, because any guy who either played with me or played against me, they knew the way I was as a competitor and how focused I was when I was out there.
Everybody talks about me joking around in the clubhouse, but I had an all-business side of me too when I played. I was out there focused on winning. Making sure that pitcher was locked in, making sure he was accountable. If you ask any guy I caught, they knew when I was catching, it was all business out there. I was going out to beat you and do whatever it took.
That's me as a manager. Sure, I'm fun, and I like to talk to guys because I believe in communication. I believe in creating a good, positive atmosphere where guys don't feel pressure. But the same time, too, when that game is on, I'm focused on winning.
MLB.com: Obviously, you were a part of the 1998 Marlins team that lost a lot of games. How will experiencing a building process before as a player help you as a manager?
Redmond: That was a lot of young guys. That was 19 rookies. You're talking about Ryan Dempster, Derrek Lee, Mark Kotsay all getting their first taste of the big leagues. There were some rough days in there.
I think back on those days, and I remember taking every day for what it was. Every day was a fresh start. Whether we had lost a few in a row, or whatever it was, we were focused on that day. We felt like we always had a chance to win on that given day.
I think that's important. It's tough when you lose games. Hopefully, we won't go through any of those long losing streaks like we did that year. You never know. The biggest thing I took out of those years is the satisfaction of when we won it in 2003 -- how much we had come from, losing 100-plus games, and winning a World Series, and being part of all that. I think you learn a lot about yourself and your teammates when you have rough years. It makes it even better when you win.
MLB.com: What's the best advice you received from either someone in the game, or a friend, when you first took this job?
Redmond: There are probably two things. One of those was to be myself, and don't try to change and be somebody different. That one hasn't been that hard. I've never tried to be somebody else, but I don't think I'd be very good at it. I am the way that I am, and that is what has made me successful, I guess, up until this point. I've been myself.
So many people told me that. It's like, when you make it to the big leagues, people say, "Don't change." When you're a manager, everybody tells you the same thing. They say, "Be yourself, and continue to be the way you are. Don't change." Some people do. I feel like there is no way that's going to happen, because it didn't happen to me as a player and it isn't going to happen now. I'm going to be the same guy.
Sometimes, I'll joke around in the most heated of situations, but that's what relaxes me. That makes me me.
And the second piece of advice is to just trust my gut. It's something I learned from catching in [Class A] ball, and I've never forgotten it. And it's been good to me so far.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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#1 Obama hears Easter service with political theme.04-01-2013, 11:58 AMBy STACY A. ANDERSON Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House and heard a sermon that criticized "captains of the religious right" for holding some people back.
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WASU and the Special Victims Bureau Celebrate "Denim Day"
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- Compare with other schools in Davis
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- Ranking compared to similar schools: 1
- Achieved API growth target: Yes
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- Grades: 7-9
- Core Academic Courses: 28
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- Special education within past two years: 8%
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, March 16, 2013, 2:33 PM
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Santa Clara County grows, with international migration's help
Original post made on Mar 18, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, March 16, 2013, 2:33 PM
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 18, 2013 at 8:03 am
I don't dispute any of this, it is what we all see here everyday in Palo Alto.
What I am wondering is how this information is collected. I can see how a census would collect this information, but how did they do this and know that this is happening since the last census?
a resident of Southgate
on Mar 18, 2013 at 12:16 pm
So much of an increase in population in so short a time is going to impact the local economy in a bad way, especially if it continues into the future. It will lower everyone's standard of living even further: increased traffic, pollution, congestion, overcrowding in high-density living quarters, higher housing prices, higher cost of living, possibly lower salaries.
digital editor of Palo Alto Online
on Mar 18, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Eric Van Susteren is a registered user.
Hi resident,
The Census has a fairly detailed methodology report for the study posted on its website. You can check it out here: Web Link
a resident of Southgate
on Mar 18, 2013 at 4:38 pm
We have no control over the effects of this much immigration, and that is a little unnerving.
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 18, 2013 at 11:52 pm
The title of this article "international migration" is very misleading. The article never says how much "international migration" is actually occurring, except to say that somewhere less than half of the population growth is due to "international migration".
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 19, 2013 at 9:29 am
I agree with Too much too soon. These numbers provide more ammunition for ABAG to demand even more housing.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 20, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Fiddle while Rome burns. The Chinese are buying us out!
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