TheLeviathan
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I'm pretty sure we could get someone under the knife for Tommy John surgery under the guise of polio. -
Sounds like our kind of guy.
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Family friendly site Fro. You're going to get us kicked out!
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The issue is that there is a growing percentage of voters being left out of the political process with the current standing of the Dems and Repubs. I consider myself a politically active person and I have really struggled to be motivated enough to vote in both 2010 and 2012.
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I fear asking the basis for this opinion.......
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Even at those odds they should've had a better chance. Too many high risk to fail plays for 2nd and goal.
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Bert, nice. I think "inconsistently entertaining" is the best way I've heard to describe it. And yeah, I was talking about that last endzone set, I'm not sure why I worded that so terribly. They were burning the Ravens on off-tackle runs up and down the field and then tried to force the ball in to Crabtree three times? Boggles my mind. Especially that one to the near corner of the endzone to Crabtree, looked to me like he had the endzone if he ran.
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Twins interested in Jose Contreras?
TheLeviathan replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Chris Herrmann for the win? -
Well, I can only speak for me, but I'm hoping the Twins keep a 25 man roster with the following hitters coming out of ST: C - Mauer/Doumit/Hermann 1B - Morneau 2B - Carroll/Dozier 3B - Plouffe SS - Florimon/Escobar LF - Willingham CF - Benson/Mastroani RF - Parmalee Which allows them some flexibility with how they play their outfield/DH/1B. Personally, I think Doumit is ideally not an everyday player but more of a 4 times a week guy. Fingers crossed that Benson does exactly that.
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Really fun and unique game. Pretty meh with all the frills, but the football was great. Niners should have won, their play-calling on 2-4 down there on that last drive was baffling.
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Yeah, I'm speaking hopefully. Reality is that by the deadline we'll hear something more like this about Willingham: "Willingham coming off the DL is a lot like making a trade" than actually trading him.
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Yes, this coming July. I felt he should've been dealt last year. If they pass on that again I think it would be nothing less than stupid. (Pass of course if he's injured or playing poorly, but if he's playing well - he HAS to move this July)
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The distinction in terms of how you used it is irrelevant. Fact is, most diagnoses for any personality disorder come with medications for symptoms. Without that diagnosis, these kids will not be able to be medicated. It's very much the gateway to drugging them. If more kids are being labeled - there will be more medicated. Your distinction about what is being treated with drugs is irrelevant to this discussion. Are we not discussing the problems detailed in the first post? Please don't twist the point. I'm not dismissing the value of a diagnosis for kids who truly need it. In fact, I'm trying to preserve the difference between "need" and "convenient". We have been moving in this direction for the last decade and this DMDD is many of those worst fears come to life. That's exactly the point. I haven't even touched on a number of the other points in the Slate article, but the truth is we are moving more and more to a world in which we are all "mentally ill". In such a world, I doubt those who truly are mentally ill will get nearly the degree of help they need because we have minimized and trivialized that term so greatly that it, in fact, becomes normal.
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My hope is that this scenario plays out and Willingham is dealt at the deadline next year.
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I have him shifting around. I expect that between C/DH/RF/1B/CF there will be a lot of shuffling the first two months. I'm hoping by June 1 we are seeing Benson and Hicks in CF/RF with Doumit and Parmalee splitting DH at-bats.
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Just what are you counting as a personality disorder? Are you splitting hairs over whether medications are prescribed for the diagnosis vs. symptoms of it? Because to me that's a bit silly, even if no medication specifically is being given for that diagnosis it will, inevitably, open the door for the same kinds of medications other personality disorders have for symptoms. One diagnosis is often the open door needed for more to follow.
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I can assure you, as someone that has worked primarily with children, that it is almost never limited to behavior modification. Also I would suggest you read the article and think about it, we treat personality disorders with medication all the time. We've become a society that feels you can rebalance any chemical imbalance and "fix" mental illness. Behavior modification is time-consuming, lengthy, expensive, and requires a lot of manpower. It's why we've shifted so heavily to medication. The link from Slate lays a lot of this out.
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This team isn't going to go out and add anyone for CF unless there is an injury. This is what I hope the lineup is and I think it has a good chance: CF Mastroanni 2B Carroll C Mauer 1B Morneau LF Willingham DH Parmalee 3B Plouffe RF Benson SS Florimon
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Well that's kind of my point, I don't think they realize that they have leverage on social conservatives. Instead, I think they feel they need to keep appeasing them as evidenced by Santorum. As long as Santorum is still seen as a viable candidate they won't shake this. So my opinion is that they'll stick with the social conservatives and the only way to do that is to appeal to Latinos. I wish they would switch gears and appeal to people like me or you, that might entertain a republican vote if they were just focused on fixing the economic structural issues. But I don't think they will. I won't write off that they can appeal to Latino voters, not with a guy like Rubio waiting in the wings.
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I'm sorry, but these days those are the same thing. If anything, this opens the door for MORE medicating of children. Which is precisely my worry and my growing concern that while the panel determining the DSM swears it has no self-interest and no ties to drug companies, the changes in the last two have both forced me to be less confident in that. We are having a real shift in this country to believe that everything can be explained by "mental illness". For one, as you talk about slightly later in the post, people have trouble seeking out mental help. But here's the thing, there are always going to be limited resources - insurance companies are not. How we meet the need beyond those resources is with drug companies. So health insurance to me, is a lame excuse. If we continue to expand the realm of what qualifies as a "need" we'll be unable to meet it regardless of how health insurance is constructed. Personally, I'd much rather reserve mental health diagnoses and services for those that truly need it. I think we're getting away from that with this constant expansion of the definitions. What happens then is the truly needy get lost in a sea of people who aren't nearly as needy.
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Well that's why I was curious if it was sorted out for what he qualified under. I'm ok with the team being a bit gunshy about handing tens of millions to an unproven player, but I hope they don't bow out before prices get absurd.
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He's not counted under an international signing? I want to wait and see what he is signed for, but that would be another blow as a Twins fan if indeed Diaz signed elsewhere.
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I didn't either until about two weeks ago and I'm in the same boat as you. I didn't bring it up after the Newtown incident with all the mental health talk, but to me the DSM is a central part of our problem in the mental health world today. People like to blame insurance companies, but I point my finger here first. I'd be curious to know what you think after you look into it a bit, I'm holding back on my full opinion obviously. Was interested in ben's take too.
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Anyone else really getting concerned about some of the changes in the DSM? Summary of Concerns Regarding the DSM-5 as Currently Proposed Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder in DSM-5: Criticism of a new diagnosis. - Slate Magazine The first link has an obvious slant, but I've been getting more and more concerned about how broad the labels for mental illness are becoming. Was just throwing it out there because it's been on my radar for awhile and we're getting closer to an update.
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Yeah, when you look at the future of this team his aggressive approach in the international market and his willingness to target players that had escaped us under Ryan looks like the foundation for everything we hope for. We can only hope that didn't go unnoticed by Ryan.
