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Just wondering ... is rectal temperature considered kinky anal play?
Kinky is relative. Some would consider all of us on here to be kinky, or maybe even perverts, but, as far as I'm concerned, we are just folks enjoying a little harmless fun, which happens to be sexually arousing. But then again, some people consider anything involving sex to be kinky.
For me, taking someone else's or having my temperature taken, rectally is a definite turn-on. Whether it is kinky or not that is up to the the giver and receiver to determine.
Well I just gave one on Thursday. Guy bare arsed over bed with digital thermometer inserted. Looked pretty kinky to me especially as i lubed him first Just added some pics in gallery
As I've said previously, in a medical situation rectal temps are only used with children who can't hold the thermometer in their mouths or in adults who have an altered level of consciousness. Are they kinky? Not in the slightest. When used for play it's entirely up to you.
It depends on the situation. If its truly to determine if you are running a fever (it is the most accurate) or if its for play can determine the "kink" side of it. That said, Kink is defined by the individual. Either way, it is enjoyable and much better than having a thermometer poked under your tongue or armpit.
i find it fun and kinky
It depends on what it is a part of. If it is being taken to help diagnose a condition, someone is sick and might have a fever, then it is not kinky anal play. It is still considered the 'Gold Standard' of body temperature determination, so why not use the best?
But, if it part of a play, say a play exam, then, of course it is anal play. Whether it is 'kinky'... well, I don't think so; but that is my opinion. To a large extent, 'kinkiness' is subjective :D .
Sorry...went OT a wee bit. I for one would love to have my Rectal Temp taken. I don't even care if the thermometer is real. Slide some nice anal beads in there and work them a bit. Getting Horny over here...:D
*Oraficer* You hit the nail right on the head pretty well. I found out at a young age somewhat by accident just how good it feels when someone is licking your Starfish. Marvelous!!! It was so incredible it is difficult to find words worthy of describing such a luscious event! Perhaps the best way for me to describe the feelings I was having is to simply state: A 20 minute ORGASM!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know about it being kinky, but I REALLY enjoy having my temperature taken that way. I enjoy watching a woman taking it that way as well. If you search for "rectal temp" in the various search engines you find a bunch of videos.
I love having my temperature taken rectally. I get all turned on with the anticipation of it. I miss all the gallery pictures of anal temperature taking that used to be there. Are they still there in their own category of med fet???
OOOOh La La, Here you are feeling feverish,a bit under the weather and need your temperature checked and when the Nurse or parent or Dr. or whoever after taking your Oral or Ear temperature in vain, now persists on you removing clothes and underwear, so they can take your temperature in your rectum. Hearing these words suddenly makes you feel vulnerable,and a sudden warm rush of adrenaline up your spine! A very intrusive thermometer reading, (Also causing arousal ;) choosing to fight it and Object or deciding to submit to having a thermometer placed in your rectum. because it's more accurate.
If I may so humbly give my 2cents worth, I do not really consider most of the anal activity that I engage in, as very much "kink"....at all, as the natural pleasure we feel in the anal region from temperature taking or enemas, etc. , is, well, really more natural, than odd> kinky. Then again, what is "kink" to each of us, many definitions for this term exist in this arena do they not?
Yes, when done with three fingers!
Absolutely.... having my temperature taken rectally is an incredible.
I love the experience. I just don't have anyone to give one. It used to be normal use at the doctor's office. Now you're looked at as odd if you bring it up. So I never do.
Everyone has a different idea of what's kinky and what's normal. I agree with several on here that the RT is fairly mild, BUT if it's something that trips your trigger and feels really good, then it's great foreplay! Great way to start out before moving on to enemas and/or rectal exams. Grab the lube and get the thermometer ready!
It is also just more convenient as you can be on the phone while taking your temp, and it is faster.
I think it absolutely belongs in the category of kinky anal play. I would be curious how many women out there would secretly be aroused by it, given the opportunity. I would guess a higher percentage than you'd think.
It's not kinky, it's fun! I love having my rectal temp taken over the knee.
If you keep enjoying having your temp taken in your bum it does become kinky.
Why would it not be kinky in the day & age? Nobody generally really needs their temperature taken that way anymore. So, taking someone's temperature in that way is just a way to make for a unique sexual experience. & because it is less done these days, it's more alien or intrucive which deffinitely makes it kinky. & lots get embarrassed from having their temp taken rectally. That also makes it kinky.
I think the act of giving and receiving a rectal temperature is so sexy and kinky. It's the preperation and anticipation along with the mental picture that's exciting also. Quite often talking about it or sending your partner a sexy e mail about how you can't wait for him to slip that thermometer gently into my well lubed and waiting bottom is really fun. Sure it's kinky but that' helps our love world go around. Find the right person, stay true to that person and that loving loyality will and may blossom into a accepting relationship. Our bodies are here for loving people to enjoy. But we have to learn to accept and trust also. First things first!
I suppose i am showing my kinky side but -- to me (and my female significant) rectal temps are a super turn on. Have you ever tried a candy thermometer? it is thicker and longer. As you might guess for the anally erotic - the longer and thicker the better.
Am i the only person who remembers this? A Saturday Night Live skit - where all of the participants had GIGANTIC curvy asses. And i believe it was Lourannie Newman who came out in a domme nurse out fit and one by one took the characters into another room to take their temps rectally!! She came out for the black guest host cannot remember her name and when she opened the door to bid her in she had a thermometer that was about three feet long and at least 10 inches around. She told the black host this was a special one for ghetto butts!
My then wife and I masturbated to this many many times.
dixie darlin,
how is it possible that a guy told you about "anal thermometers" but that you didn't then have him take your temperature? seems like that conversation was well on it's way to leading to a little exam!
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I always take my wifes temperature rectally and of course, everytime she needs an enema. After the enema another temp. She goes wild and gets hot on all accounts.
Whether it's kinky is a subjective matter, but I sure think it's HOT! ;D
Kinky is personal and different for each of us.. For those open minded folks, comfortable with their sexuality and have always enjoyed sex and experimenting...the excitement of trying something new (at least once) would probably be a possibility. If rectal temps were used on you as a kid and you liked it...chances are you'd like it as an adult. Kinky is a term for folks who need to label things...
I definitely think its kinky!
having my temp taken rectally usually gives me a extremely hard erection and get's he so horny in a matter of seconds.
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Miller Wins Heptathlon, Raises NCAA Qualifying Score to 4,406
Finishes First in 800-Meter Run to Move into Lead
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University's Brandi Miller (Jr., Grants Pass, OR/North Valley HS) took first place in the heptathlon at the West Coast Invitational with a score of 4,406 as the second day of the multi-event competition ended on Thursday, May 12 at the Charles Bowles Track.
Miller improved her NCAA Division III provisional qualifying score by 304 points. Her first provisional score of 4,102 was recorded at the NWC Multi-Event Championships on April 11-12. The winning score at the West Coast Invitational moved her into third on WU's Top 10 list, trailing only Brooke Smith '08 (4,536) and Gayle (Roth) Cutea '84 (4,408).
Field events in the West Coast Invitational were set to begin at 1 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday. Running events will be held on Saturday, May 14, starting at 7 p.m.
In the final heptathlon standings, Miller was followed by Bridget Johnson, who competed unattached and scored 4,366 points. Nicole Smith of Pacific University was third with 3,337 points. Samantha Nhim (Jr., Tigard, OR/Southridge HS) of Willamette finished fourth with 3,030 points. Nhim was competing in her first heptathlon for the Bearcats.
Miller surged into the overall lead by winning the final event of the heptathlon, the 800-meter run, in 2:26.43. Johnson held first place in the heptathlon until the 800, but completed the race 26 seconds behind Miller in 2:52.81. Miller scored 738 points in the event, while Johnson tallied only 435 points.
During the seven events of the heptathlon, Miller claimed two victories (200-meter dash, 800-meter run), placed second four times (100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump) and was third once (javelin throw). She set personal records in six events.
In the first two events of the second day, Miller registered a distance of 16' 8.50" in the long jump and threw the javelin 97' 5". Johnson won both events, producing a leap of 17' 6.75" in the long jump and earning a distance of 118' 6" in the javelin.Miller's increased score moved her up significantly on the list of NCAA Division III top scores in the heptathlon this season. Pending other mid-week results, she has advanced from 31st into 12th.
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To make possible the effective immobilization of pieces of bone with an osteosynthesis plate, the proposal is made that the longitudinal edges of the osteosynthesis plate diverge in the manner of a trapezoid, that the osteosynthesis plate be provided with two adjacent rows of slots for its screws, and that the orientations of the longitudinal axes of the slots in both rows diverge in the same directions as the diverging longitudinal edges of the osteosynthesis plate itself.
1. Osteosynthesis plate for mutually immobilizing several pieces of bone by means of screws that may be screwed into the pieces of bone through openings in the osteosynthesis plate that has longitudinal edges and is curved in the direction transverse to its longitudinal axes to form a concave inner surface adjacent said bone, said screws pressing the concave surface of the ostoesynthesis plate firmly against the pieces of bone, wherein the improvement comprises the longitudinal edges (2, 3) of the osteosynthesis plate (1) diverging in the manner of a trapezoid, and wherein said openings comprise two adjacent rows (6, 7) of elongated slots formed in said osteosynthesis plate to receive said screws, and the orientations of the longitudinal axes of the slots in the two rows (6, 7) diverging in the same direction as the diverging longitudinal edge of the plate the length of its slots increasing from the narrow end (9) of the osteosynthesis plate (1) to its wide end (10).
2. Osteosynthesis plate in accordance with claim 1, distinguished by the fact that each of the slots lies in a row, and the longitudinal axis of all the slots in this row for each row runs parallel to the longitudinal edge (2, 3) of the osteosynthesis plate (1) itself.
The invention concerns an osteosynthesis plate for mutually immobilizing several pieces of bone by means of screws that may be screwed into the pieces of bone through openings in the osteosynthesis plate, pressing the osteosynthesis plate, which is bent across its longitudinal direction, with its concave surface firmly against the pieces of bone.
Skeletal parts in human and animal bodies--in particular, articulated segments--are often immobilized relative to one another so that the healing process, for example, after a fracture, cannot be unfavorably influenced by movement. It is scientifically accepted that absolute immobilization is the most important prerequisite for the primary healing of bone injuries. Healing in an improper position, with its attendant disadvantageous consequences, may also be avoided by means of this immobilization.
For this purpose elongated, rectangularly-shaped osteosynthesis plates are known that have a concave curvature so that they may be set against the bones. These plates contain a number of holes, through which are placed screws with which the plates are screwed firmly against the pieces of bone to be immobilized. With known osteosynthesis plates, the holes are designed in such a manner as to permit the screws to be turned through them with the necessary play, and the screw heads make solid contact with a countersinking in the surface of the plate. Osteosynthetis plates exist in which the holes have a drop shape and may therefore be used with screws of different diameters. With another type of known plate, the screw openings are machined in such a way that when a screw is put in at an angle, its head rests against the plate and automatically locks it into position.
Osteosynthesis plates are also known that have a T-shape, or a double T-shape, in which the holes for the screws are arranged next to each other in a row and are formed precisely round in accordance with the diameter of the screws.
It is the task of this invention to further develop an osteosynthesis plate of the known type in such a manner that exceptionally effective immobilization of the pieces of bone may be achieved with its use.
This problem is solved according to the invention with an osteosynthesis plate of the type described initially by making the longitudinal edges of the osteosynthesis plate divergent in the manner of a trapezoid, providing the osteosynthesis plate with two adjacent rows of elongated holes, or slots, for its screws, and making the orientation of the longitudinal axes of the slots in both of these rows divergent like the longitudinal edges of the osteosynthesis plate itself. As a result of the trapezoidally diverging side edges of the osteosynthesis plate, it provides a particularly good fit for pieces of bone that are likewise trapezoidal or divergent in shape. In this way the contact surfaces by which the coefficients of friction are determined for the pieces of bone to be connected, may be made proportionally equal in size.
The design of the screw holes as slots permits a particularly large range of variation with respect to screw positioning, providing latitude for taking into account the anatomical conditions of a given case. As a result of the fact that the slots in the two rows are arranged in diverging directions, exceptionally secure fixation of the osteosynthesis plate in its longitudinal direction results, since the screws when firmly installed offer considerable resistance to displacement of the plate in its longitudinal direction as a result of the varying spacing of the slots.
As a result of the use of two adjacent rows of holes, the screws may be installed with their points on the midpoint presented by the concave curvature, so that all the forces may be withstood that occur in a perpendicular direction from the center of the plate.
According to an advantageous elaboration of the invention, provision is made for the length of the slots to increase from the narrow end to the wide end of the osteosynthesis plate.
It is also advantageous if each of the slots lies in a row, and the common longitudinal axis of all slots in each row runs parallel to the adjacent edge of the osteosynthesis plate.
The following description of a preferred execution of the invention is provided in connection with the illustration for further explanation. Shown are:
FIG. 1 a top view of an osteosynthesis plate according to the invention, and
FIG. 2 a sectional line along line 2--2 in FIG. 1.
The osteosynthesis plate 1 represented in the illustration has an essentially trapezoidal outer contour, its two elongated side edges 2 and 3 diverging. These straight, elongated side edges 2 and 3 are connected to each other by rounded upper and lower edges 4 and 5.
Extending parallel to each side edge is a row of slots 6 and 7, each of which contains several slots whose longitudinal axes conicide and run parallel to their adjacent side edge.
Each of the slots is provided with bevels 8 (FIG. 2), so that the correspondingly shaped countersunk ends of the bone screws are admitted completely into the thickness of the plate.
The length of the slots increases from the narrow end 9 of the osteosynthesis plate to its wide end 10.
As may be seen from FIG. 2, the osteosynthesis plate is curved across its longitudinal direction so that it contacts the bone pieces to be immobilized with its concave side 11, and is pressed firmly against the pieces of bone by the screws (not represented in the illustration) when they are installed.
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Cut the pieces to a rough size. I used the beverly to get an approximate size. It is industrial so it is okay if it is a rough fit
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Just to let the light out, use the punch and throw a few holes in it. Again, not scientific about it.
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Subaru has once again switched it up, but this time going back to the original roots of the USDM STI's and offering a Sedan model. I came across Jason's 2011 STI on his site Illmotion.com. I contacted him so he could get an exclusive shoot together for Fatlace. We haven't featured a new STI sedan yet so I thought a fitted, clean, and well balanced daily-driven one was a good start. Yeah a car can always be lower or wider, but this to me is just right for a STI that is balanced for all purposes. He's only been modding this new car for a couple of months so much more is coming. It's definitely looking clean as of now, and it will hopefully give some people an idea of the potential of the new sedans.
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this body type is by far the best. my god.
FINALLY! i've been waiting for someone to do one of these up real badly
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Who'd have known a little flushness makes a car look so damn smexxy.
That is hands down one of the sickest STIs I've seen on this site!
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|The Cheshire Inn lies just within the St. Louis city limits.
St. Louis-based Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM) purchased the Cheshire Inn (located inside the St. Louis city limits) and the adjoining Cheshire Lodge (a hotel in Richmond Heights) last fall and is renovating both properties. In November Bob O'Loughlin, chairman of LHM, told the St. Louis Business Journal he wanted Tony's for the Cheshire Inn -- a restaurant/bar that most recently served as a 3 a.m. hot spot in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Speaking before the Board of Alderman's Housing, Urban Development & Zoning Committee earlier this month, a representative of LHM asked the city for ten years' tax abatement for the Cheshire Inn property and said the plan was to make the building the new home of Tony's.
"They said they were talking to Tony's, and the impression I got was that it was a pretty serious conversation," recalls Alderman Fred Wessels (13th Ward), chair of the HUDZ committee. Wessels adds that it is his understanding that Anthony's Bar, a power-lunch joint located around the corner from Tony's on Broadway downtown, will also move into the Cheshire Inn.
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The great success of online gaming has naturally led the way to a successful mobile casino industry. People are vastly entertained by gambling. In today's time-crowded world, the accessibility of mobile casinos makes mobile gaming a smart choice. Taking off to Las Vegas or even to a local brick & mortar takes time that most people do not have. And with the thrill of roulette in the air, there's never a dull moment.
As to online casinos, they are enjoyed by gamers worldwide. The same sign-up and other promotional bonuses found online are available at mobile casinos as well. However, there are moments in each day when players would like to join a good game of European Roulette, not necessarily when they are at home, and also not necessarily when connected to their computer. Smartphones, Android handsets and tablets all provide that opportunity no matter where and no matter when.
Variety of Mobile Casino Games
The same huge assortment of games available online, and in brick & mortars is now offered at mobile casinos too. All of your favourite table games, as well as slots and betting opportunities on sports games and horse races are provided through mobile gaming on your smartphone.
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The convenience of playing casino games on mobile phones is an enormous benefit of mobile gaming. Sitting on a commuter train between work and home is an ideal time and place for a poker game. The only necessities are a WAP and GPRS enabled mobile phone and a bankroll. The hard-working individual who normally arrives home harried and out of sorts, can easily turn into a comfortable member of the family after enjoying a session of European, French or American Roulette during the after-work commute or while waiting in a long line at the bank. The cost of telecommunication services is generally based on the download rate.
Gaming provider Tropez mobile, estimates that each download is 1 kilobyte per game round. As to security, the technology provided in online banking transactions is identical to that used by mobile casinos. Online gaming sites, banking institutions and Amazon all use the encryption technology of 128 Bit SSL. Apple iPhones and Android phones are close to 100% virus-proof.
In regard to the assurance of honesty concerning mobile casinos, PriceWaterhouseCoopers had been the payout auditors. Currently eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation Assurance have the responsibility of auditing payouts. The Assurance is a nonprofit based in London. Their purpose is to protect gamers and establish online gaming standards.
Another online casino testing and standards security provider is Technical Systems Testing (TST), which is used by the major online gaming company Playtech and Microgaming.The savings in transportation expenses and time to and from land-based casinos are further advantages of mobile gaming. Yet another cost-saving element is the money that would otherwise be spent on drinks and food at a brick & mortar. Mobile gaming is perfect for players who prefer to play at various times of the day or night. The pocket size of your hand-held device makes it great for traveling.
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Playing your preferred games in mini-mode on a small mobile phone screen requires a definite adjustment for the player. Gamers are generally accustomed to online monitor screens and land-based casino tables. Viewing an entire game on the tiny phone screen may present a challenge to the player. The downsized keypad of the mobile phone, rather than the full computer keyboard likewise may take some time to adjust to.
Technology, ever present in the mobile world, is currently developing more user-friendly controls and clearer screens with the mobile gamer in mind. Interestingly enough, the diminished size of the game device presents one of its distinct advantages. The mobile phone fits nicely into a pocket, making it handy to use wherever the player happens to be. There is no need for a cumbersome laptop. Also, the touchscreen process may be easier than using a mouse. With a simple touch on the screen you can make your move.
Establishing a betting limit, and maintaining that limit are unquestionably more difficult when playing mobile games. The intensity of the fast-paced action, jam packed onto a small screen, is geared to the thrill of the game. This type of setting easily produces the illusion of a large bankroll that does not in reality exist. Also, money is not visible on virtual gaming tables, nor are chips anywhere to be seen.
Out of sight, out of mind is readily apparent when gamers become oblivious to the fact that they are playing for real money. It takes an added effort to be cognizant of the fact that cash is involved in the play. The recommended betting limit is 2% of the player's entire bankroll. Mobile gaming facilitates increased betting, as the opportunity to play energizing games is available 24/7. Therefore, gaming enjoyment directly involves financial responsibility.
Catching up to Technology
Technology changes life's actions. It takes time to adjust to the opportunities constantly being presented by technological advancements. Mobile gaming is no exception. A growing number of players of all ages are using smartphones to play blackjack, slots, roulette, poker or any number of other games. After a few games played on your hand-held device, you may just find that mobile casinos are for you.


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No permanent move to Upton Park has been discussed and Udinese have taken up the option of reacquiring his rights from Napoli.
Armero, though, hopes that his performances at the World Cup will have sparked interest and that he will be climbing up the Serie A ladder before the summer is out.
He told Gazzetta dello Sport: "I've never been liked by coach Rafa Benitez. I don't know the reason why.
"I was sure that I would remain there and I that I would have signed permanently at Napoli. I expected a call from Napoli officials.
"Now my dream is to play for a big side in Italy.
"Milan, Inter and Juventus always need players with my characteristics."
Meanwhile, Napoli have completed the signing of French defender Kalidou Koulibaly from Genk on a five-year contract.
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We also thank all the CCAPL members and friends for their monetary contributions toward the eat stand supplies and the "special bakers" for their delicious variety of baked goods.
We thank the following members for their monetary donations to cover the cost of all the advertising in the newspapers for our annual rummage sale: Donald Slates, Cathy Cawthorne, Lisa Walker-A New Creation Family Hair Care, Lisa Went, Fritz Ekstam, Steve Smith, Patricia Jacoby, Kim Mills-The Mills Family-Carrollton Ace Hardware, and Greg and Valorie Herman of Indiana.
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Members of the Jazz Ensemble and the Concert Band will perform a variety of pieces during the event, which will be free and open to the public.
The RSU colony of Kappa Kappa Psi, the nation honorary band fraternity, will be collecting canned food items at the door benefitting RSU Residential Life's "Food For Thought," a food pantry for RSU students who might be having difficulty putting nutritious food on the table.
The band fraternity also will host a reception immediately following the concert in the auditorium lobby.
The RSU Jazz Ensemble will perform seven pieces including "In a Mellow Tone" and "Satin Doll" made famous by Duke Ellington, as well as compositions from "The Blues Brothers," a 1980 American musical comedy movie starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
The Concert Band will perform several selections, including John Philip Sousa's "The Black Horse Troop" march. Written in 1924, it was first performed at the Sousa Band's concert in the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. The Concert Band will also perform "A House Divided" and "With Malice Toward None," a pair of musical tributes to President Lincoln. RSU Professor Dr. Hugh Foley will provide the narration for the second arrangement.
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"When you say that he redeemed the world, I will say that it was not worth it"
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary presents Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel. They are her keepers, providing her with food and shelter and visiting her regularly. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was "worth it"; nor that the "group of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye," were holy disciples.
This woman who we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone, in a portrait so vivid and convincing that our image of Mary will be forever transformed.
Meryl Streep brings Tóibín's tour de force of imagination and language to unforgettable life with "simplicity, honesty, [and] a clarity that draws us into the emotional landscape of the book through the beauty of the writing," writes Charles Isherwood in the New York Times Book Review. "Streep has an impressive ability to crest the structurally intricate sentences Tóibín has fashioned, which sometimes have the flowing, rhythmic cadences of certain passages in the Bible itself,"
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Well. I've heard Mr. Tobin on a radio show explaining in horribly snotty tones about how he "doesn't write the words, he writes the spaces between the words."
There are a lot of these in this very short and unexciting book. Best scenes were around the crucifixion time, as there was a real feeling of danger there. Rest of the book revealed nothing new and rather tread over some old safe Sunday school smarmies. Have NO idea why this was nominated for the prize, given the competition.
Having read the book and been quite unmoved, and heard the author and been quite unimpressed, I'd say your time might be spent better elsewhere.
"When you say that he redeemed the world, I will say that it was not worth it.", October 9, 2014
This review is from: The Testament of Mary: A Novel (Paperback)
There are a lot of issues that those familiar with the Scriptures could throw at this book. As Mary lives out the end of her days, exiled near Ephesus, tormented with her son's terrible end, and highly dubious as to his being the Son of God, it repeatedly occurred to me : what about the Annunciation? the miracle of the Virgin Birth?
But stop for a moment. Put your arguments on one side and consider that we don't really know anything about Mary's feelings or thoughts, and read this as a work of fiction - and an immensely powerful one it is.
The atmosphere of the crucifixion is stunningly drawn - the fear of being the next one arrested by the Romans if you get too close. The description of the raising of Lazarus too is vivid, if highly debatable. And Toibin's take on the weddding at Cana: 'I went to Cana not to celebrate the joining together with much clamour of two people..but to see if I could get my son home.'
Absolutely exquisite read.
Colm Tóibín's mothers don't always behave as they should; they are often unpredictable, occasionally downright troublesome, prone to gusts of passion or rage or – worse – unnatural indifference. Rarely are they uncomplicated figures of placid, nurturing devotion; but they do make for fantastically involving fiction. In his 2006 short-story collection, Mothers and Sons, Tóibín brought us relationships that were often characterised by the way they inverted traditional roles. An entrepreneurial widow plots to escape to the anonymity of the big city, clashing with her son's determination to hold fast to their small-town life; another man slinks away from a crowded pub rather than be spotted by the celebrated mother who has absented herself from his life; in "A Long Winter", a magnificent extended piece set in rural Spain, a young man is forced to keep house ineptly for his father after his alcoholic mother walks out into a snowstorm rather than be deprived of drink.....
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The conclusion of season 3 of the North American Star League wrapped up this weekend in Toronto to a raucous crowd which had long awaited a major eSports event in Canada. Three champions were crowned at the end of the weekend for the main Starcraft II event, Blizzard's World Championship Series Canadian finals, and the Tribes: Ascend Finals.
Team Millenium's Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri from France won the main Starcraft II event and a $30,000 check with it, sweeping Team Slayers' Yang "Alicia" Joon Sik from South Korea in the finals 4-0. Stephano's Zerg timing and control took out three of the best Korean Protoss players in the world, including Team Liquid's Song "HerO" Hyeon Deok and SK Gaming's Jang "MC" Min Chul. Meanwhile, top PC first-person shooter players put on a skiing display in Tribes as Team MonoManiacs squeaked by Team Legion 3-2 to take the Tribes: Ascend trophy.
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"I was really confident [going into this event]" Scarlett told GameSpot after her victory. "I was most worried about Ostojiy, I always beat HuK on the ladder recently, but Ostojiy I always lose to. When I played him the first time I thought I might lose. The first game I got way ahead but then I lost to a Nydus Worm, I thought I would lose the series, but then I barely won. I got more confident after that so when I played him in the grand finals again I thought I could easily win."
Scarlett made a name for herself at the IGN ProLeague Season 4 finals where she defeated Evil Geniuses' Benjamin "DeMusliM" Baker and lost a close series to November GSL 2011 Code S semifinalist, Fnatic's Kim "Oz" Hak Soo from Korea. She took out some of Team SCV Life's best players earlier this month in anticipation of the display she put on this weekend.
"All the Canadian players knew they were going to lose to Scarlett and were pretty open about it", says James "Kennigit" Lampkin, Marketing Manager of TeamLiquid, born and raised in Ottawa. "Except Huk, of course. He didn't think he'd lose".
Stephano's win this weekend was a big statement for the Western Starcraft community, which marked its third major victory in the past month. That string of success was started by Polish stars' Team Mousesports' Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz winning DreamHack Summer 2012, and Scarlett's teammate Artur "Nerchio" Bloch taking home the fifth HomeStoryCup. Stephano will use the win going into this weekend's MLG Summer Arena.
"Winning a tournament doesn't really boost my confidence, because everybody will expect me to do good so everyone will be playing better against me," Stephano told GameSpot. "But I think this tournament has been good practice for me as I haven't been able to do it the past days, so I think I could do it."
Stephano has mentioned his lack of practice before major events in previous interviews. Some have speculated on whether this is just part of Stephano's projected aura in the community, but it's definitely working.
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NASL President Russell Pfister said the event was a success, and that the fourth season will start in September, with the finals event in December. A King of the Hill series is set to begin in just a few weeks, and finals will start in December. Although no location was given for the finals, Canadian fans would welcome NASL back with open arms, Pfister said. "I think we hit this one out of the park," said Pfister. "The Canadian fans made that all possible. We wanted to come to Toronto just on our viewership because we knew Toronto loves to watch us and they actually love to come in-person and watch us too."


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Breast Cancer Research, 2005-2014
Editorial Board: American Journal of Pathology, Breast Cancer Research and Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia.
The goal of our research is to understand the hierarchical relationship between cells in breast epithelium in order to gain an insight into the processes that underlie cancer initiation in this tissue. The primary aim, therefore, is to characterise and to understand the regulation of mammary epithelial stem cells since these are likely to be the targets of cancer-initiating events, and may be the underlying tumourigenic cells in breast cancers. We also wish to understand how steroid hormones such as oestrogen regulate this cellular hierarchy since both normal and tumour development is hormone dependent.
Development of the mammary gland involves the formation of collecting ducts and lobules, both of which are bilayered epithelia made up of contractile myo-epithelial and milk-producing luminal cells. One current interest is which of the Notch, Wnt, TGFbeta, EGF pathways and other relevant (eg. cytokines, Prl, GH and ovarian hormones) signalling pathways regulate stem cell self-renewal. We are also exploiting gene expression arrays, methods for functional genomics and proteomics to identify novel pathways that participate in stem cell regulation.
Identification of stem cell self-renewal pathways may be important for future cancer prevention and therapy. An emerging concept is that in leukemia as well as in neural and epithelial cancers, including breast cancer, only a minority of cells, i.e. the "cancer stem cells", have the capacity to initiate tumours. Characterising the cancer stem cell and understanding the molecular basis for dysregulated self-renewal is crucial for identification of a) targets for effective therapeutic intervention, and b) those cells in micrometastases which can initiate tumours.
A second theme in the lab is identifying early changes that occur in normal and premalignant tissues and predict the emergence of a tumour. If these changes can be detected and prevented, then it may be possible to reduce the increasing incidence of breast cancer, particularly in the developed Western countries where the lifetime risk of breast cancer now exceeds one in ten women.
The results of these investigations should lead to an increased understanding of the biology of the normal human breast which, in turn, could lead to the development of new strategies or new targets for breast cancer prevention and therapy.
Latest Publications:
Williams KE, Bundred NJ, Landberg G, Clarke RB, Farnie G (2015) Focal adhesion kinase and wnt signaling regulate human ductal carcinoma in situ stem cell activity and response to radiotherapy Stem Cells 33(2):327-41
Hidalgo M, Amant F, Biankin AV, Budinská E, Byrne AT, Caldas C, Clarke RB, de Jong S, Jonkers J, Mælandsmo GM, Roman-Roman S, Seoane J, Trusolino L, Villanueva A (2014) Patient-Derived Xenograft Models: An Emerging Platform for Translational Cancer Research. Cancer Discovery 4(9):998-1013.
Howell A, Anderson AS, Clarke RB, Duffy SW, Evans DG, Garcia–Closas M, Gescher AJ, Key TJ, Saxton JM and Harvie MN (2014) Risk Determination and Prevention of Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 16:446.
Lectures on Cancer Stem Cells in final year BSc Biology and MSc Oncology courses.
I did my undergraduate BSc studies in Biology at the University of Sussex and the Université de Grenoble. Following two and half years as a Research Assistant with Professor Potten at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, I studied the control of proliferation in the normal and neoplastic human mammary gland for my PhD at The University of Manchester (1995). Subsequently, I undertook post-doctoral training with Dr Liz Anderson in the Clinical Research Department of The Christie, Manchester. I returned to The University of Manchester as a Cancer Research UK Research Fellow in 2001, becoming a Group Leader in the Division of Cancer Studies based at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research. I am currently a Reader in Breast Biology in the Breast Cancer Now Research Unit and Director of the Manchester Breast Centre at the Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester.
BSc (Hons), PhD
Collaborators and affiliated staff
Lab staff
- Ahmet Ucar, PhD - Breast Cancer Now-funded Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Rachel Eyre, PhD - Breast Cancer Now-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Bruno Simões, PhD - Breast Cancer Now-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Denis Alférez, PhD - Breast Cancer Now-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Angélica Santiago Gómez, PhD - Alfonso Martin Escudero Foundation-funded Research Fellow
- Mohamed Kamal, PhD - Egyptian Government-funded Research Fellow
- Kath Spence, BSc - Breast Cancer Now-funded Senior Scientific Officer
- Aida Sarmiento Castro, BSc - MRC-funded PhD Student
- Francesca Chemi, BSc - Visiting PhD Student (University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy)
Selected publications
- Ablett MP, O'Brien CS, Sims AH, Farnie G and Clarke RB. (2014). A differential role for CXCR4 in the regulation of normal versus malignant breast stem cell activity. Oncotarget, 5(3), 599-612. eScholarID:207644
- Farnie G, Johnson RL, Williams K, Clarke RB, Bundred NJ. (2014). Lapatinib inhibits stem/progenitor proliferation in preclinical in vitro models of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Cell Cycle, 13(3), 27201. eScholarID:216540
- Lamb R, Lisanti MP, Clarke RB, Landberg G. (2014). Co-ordination of cell cycle, migration and stem cell-like activity in breast cancer. Oncotarget, 5(17), 7833-7842. eScholarID:230945
- Vieira AF, Ribeiro AS, Dionísio MR, Sousa B, Nobre R, Albergaria A, Santiago-Gómez A, Schmitt F, Clarke RB, Paredes J. (2014). P-cadherin intracellular signalling is dependent on α6β4 integrin activation inducing stem cell and invasive properties in human breast cancer cells. Oncotarget, 5(3), 679-692. eScholarID:221404
- Harrison H, Rogerson L, Gregson HJ, Brennan KR, Clarke RB and Landberg G. (2013). Contrasting hypoxic effect on breast cancer stem cell hierarchy is dependent on ERα status. Cancer Research, 73(4), 1420-1433. eScholarID:183505
- Harrison H, Simões BM, Rogerson L, Howell SJ, Landberg G, Clarke RB. (2013). Oestrogen increases the activity of oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer stem cells through paracrine EGFR and Notch signalling. Breast Cancer Research, 15, artR21. eScholarID:189572 | DOI:10.1186/bcr3396
- Lamb R, Ablett MP, Spence K, Landberg G, Sims AH and Clarke RB. (2013). Wnt pathway activity in breast cancer sub-types and stem-like cells. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e67811. eScholarID:201180
- McClements L, Yakkundi A, Papaspyropoulos A, Harrison H, Ablett MP, Jithesh PV, McKeen HD, Bennett R, Donley C, Kissenpfennig A, McIntosh S, McCarthy HO, O'Neill E, Clarke RB, and Robson T. (2013). Targeting treatment resistant breast cancer stem cells with FKBPL and its peptide derivative, AD-01, via the CD44 pathway. Clinical Cancer Research, 19(14), 3881-3893. eScholarID:201179
- Singh JK, Farnie G, Bundred NJ, Simões BM, Shergill A, Landberg G, Howell SJ and Clarke RB. (2013). Targeting CXCR1/2 Significantly Reduces Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity and Increases the Efficacy of Inhibiting HER2 via HER2-dependent and -independent Mechanisms. Clinical Cancer Research, 19(3), 643-656. eScholarID:180333 | DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1063
- Singh JK, Simões BM, Howell SJ, Farnie G and Clarke RB. (2013). Recent Advances Reveal IL-8 Signalling as a Potential Key to Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells. Breast Cancer Research, 15, 210. eScholarID:207643
- Yu L, Liu S, Zhang C, Zhang B, Simões BM, Eyre R, Liang Y, Yan H, Wu Z, Guo W, Clarke RB. (2013). Enrichment of human osteosarcoma stem cells based on hTERT transcriptional activity. OncoTarget, 4(12), 2326-2338. eScholarID:216539
- Ablett MP, Singh JK and Clarke RB. (2012). Stem cells in breast tumours: Are they ready for the clinic? European Journal of Cancer, 48(14), 2104-2116. eScholarID:160735 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejca.2012.03.019
- Shaw FL, Harrison H, Spence K, Ablett MP, Simões BM, Farnie G, Clarke RB. (2012). A detailed mammosphere assay protocol for the quantification of breast stem cell activity. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, 17(2), 111-117. eScholarID:168643 | DOI:10.1007/s10911-012-9255-3
- Vieira AF, Ricardo S, Ablett MP, Dionísio MR, Mendes N, Albergaria A, Farnie G, Gerhard R, Cameselle-Teijeiro JF, Seruca R, Schmitt F, Clarke RB and Paredes J. (2012). P-Cadherin Is Coexpressed with CD44 and CD49f and Mediates Stem Cell Properties in Basal-like Breast Cancer. Stem Cells, 30(5), 854-864. eScholarID:160736 | DOI:10.1002/stem.1075
- Agur Z, Kirnasovsky OU, Vasserman G, Tencer-Hershkowicz L, Kogan Y, Harrison H, Lamb R and Clarke RB. (2011). Dickkopf1 Regulates Fate Decision and Drives Breast Cancer Stem Cells to Differentiation: An Experimentally Supported Mathematical Model. PLoS One, 6(9), e24225. eScholarID:155452 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0024225
- Thompson AM, Quinlan P, Bray SE, Johnson AM, Nikoloff DM, Purdie CA, Jordan LB, Ferraldeschi R, Latif A, Hadfield K, Clarke RB, Ashcroft L, Evans DG, Fontecha M, Hillman G, Howell A, Lawrence HJ and Newman WG. (2011). Comprehensive CYP2D6 genotype, adherence and co-medication affect outcome in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen monotherapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 125(1), 279-287. eScholarID:96492 | DOI:10.1007/s10549-010-1139-x
- Harrison H, Farnie G, Howell SJ, Rock R, Stylianou S, Brennan KR, Bundred NJ, Clarke RB. (2010). Regulation of breast cancer stem cell activity by signalling through the Notch4 receptor. Cancer Research, 70(2), 709-718. eScholarID:75908 | DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1681
- Rieger ME., Sims AH, Coats ER, Clarke RB and Briegel KJ. (2010). The embryonic transcription cofactor LBH is a target of the Wnt signaling pathway in epithelial development and in aggressive basal subtype breast cancers. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 30(17), 4267-4279. eScholarID:87736 | DOI:10.1128/MCB.01418-09
- Blance RR, Sims A, Anderson E, Howell A-, Clarke RB. (2009). Normal breast tissue implanted into athymic nude mice identifies biomarkers of the effects of human pregnancy levels of estrogen. Cancer Prevention Research, 2(3), 257-64. eScholarID:1d32440 | DOI:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-08-0161
- Ong KR, Sims AH, Harvie M, Chapman M, Dunn WB, Broadhurst D, Goodacre R, Wilson M, Thomas N, Clarke RB, Howell A. (2009). Biomarkers of dietary energy restriction in women at increased risk of breast cancer. Cancer Prevention Research, 2(8), 720-731. eScholarID:75907 | DOI:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0008
- Howell SJ, Anderson E, Hunter T, Farnie G, Clarke RB. (2008). Prolactin receptor antagonism reduces the clonogenic capacity of breast cancer cells and potentiates doxorubicin and paclitaxel cytotoxicity. Breast Cancer Res, 10( 4), eScholarID:1d32170 | DOI:10.1186/bcr2129
- Sims AH, Smethurst GJ, Hey Y, Okoniewski MJ, Pepper SD, Howell A, Miller CJ, Clarke RB. (2008). The removal of multiplicative, systematic bias allows integration of breast cancer gene expression datasets - improving meta-analysis and prediction of prognosis. BMC Med Genomics, 1( 1), eScholarID:1d32394 | DOI:10.1186/1755-8794-1-42
- Farnie G, Clarke RB, Spence K, Pinnock N, Brennan K, Anderson N, Bundred NJ. (2007). Novel cell culture technique for primary ductal carcinoma in situ: role of Notch and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathways. J Natl Cancer Inst, 99(8), 616-627. eScholarID:1d15720 | DOI:10.1093/jnci/djk133


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THUMBS UP: Swimming safety
Summer's almost here, and after a long, cold and somewhat icy winter, many of those of us who frequent swimming pools are eager to throw caution to the wind and just dive right in.
Swimming and spending time in a pool — whether your own or a pubic pool or one in a residential development somewhere — can be outrageously enjoyable. It can also be deadly. More than two dozen children under the age of 18 die in North Carolina each year from unintentional drownings, and drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in children under age 5.
The best ways to prevent such tragedies is to teach young people to swim and to never, ever let children swim alone.
That was the message this week from John Payne of the Lee County Parks and Recreation Department, who discussed "Safe Kids North Carolina" with The Herald. The statewide program has released tips for parents about child safety, particularly when it comes to being around a swimming pool. Payne is also working to create awareness about safety.
If you have children eager to throw on their swim trunks and hit the water, or if you don't know how to swim, first consider lessons from LCPR. Lessons are being offered to all age groups this summer by American Red Cross-certified instructors. The lessons are $30 per person per session for county residents, and $40 per person per session for non-residents.
"It's not just teaching kids how to swim, it's teaching them how to be safe and their friends to be safe around the water," Payne said.
The lessons will be held at O.T. Sloan Pool, the only public pool in Lee County, located on 1420 Bragg St.
For more information on pool fees and rules, call (919) 775-2107 ext. 201. For more information on lessons, call ext. 207.
THUMBS DOWN: Senate takes on Redskins
North Carolina's Kay Hagan has joined 49 other Senators (all Democrats) in signing a letter addressed to the commissioner of the National Football League. The letter's purpose: to ask the NFL to endorse a name change for the league's Washington Redskins.
The name "Redskins" doesn't appear in the letter, which was addressed to Roger Goodell and dated May 21, but it's clear how Hagan, Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the other signers feel about it. By not compelling the owner of the "Washington, D.C. football team" to change its name, the writers accuse the league of "endorsing slurs against Native Americans," saying that the name of the team conveys "racism and bigotry" on par with the offensive remarks of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling in the NBA.
The Wall Street Journal this week described Sen. Reid as "a one-man, First Amendment wrecking crew" because of his penchant for going after those with whom he disagrees politically, of trying to "shut you up or make you disappear." Reid (and by extension, Hagan) seem to miss the point of our society's move toward tolerance, reading it "be tolerant only toward those who share your worldview."
At any rate, we think the Senate has more important work than taking on the team that gave us Sonny Jurgensen, Billy Kilmer, Charley Taylor and Chris Hanburger. Thankfully, so far, Sens. Reid and Hagan appear not to have written a similar letter to Major League Baseball about the Indians … or the Braves … or the Pirates. (Maybe Hagan might draft one of the behalf of some Southerners about the name "Yankees"?)
The NFL is certainly more popular and probably more powerful than the Senate right now. This letter is just another reason why.


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Controversial £110m Coyte Farm plan is backed by planners
Posted: January 08, 2014|
THE proposed £110 million retail park at Coyte Farm has been earmarked for approval ahead of a crunch meeting later this month that will decide the controversial scheme's fate.
Cornwall Council officers claimed the development's benefits outweigh the impact it would have on St Austell town centre, in a report published yesterday.
If approved, the Coyte Farm plan – submitted by Metric Property and Mercian Developments – would see a major new retail park built, including Marks and Spencer, Next and Sainsbury's stores at St Mewan. In the report to members, council officers argue the development will bring economic growth to the town and improve competition and choice in the retailing sector for local residents, which they suggest would outweigh both the "substantial harm" it would cause to a grade 2 listed church in St Mewan and the loss of trade for shops in the town centre.
"The application would stimulate economic growth, via a fully funded scheme with a construction value of £50m which in turn would create employment opportunity to the benefit of the local economy," the report said.
The document states the development will harm the "vitality and viability" of St Austell but would create more jobs for the town as a whole.
"It may well result with the loss of employment opportunity elsewhere by the retail component drawing trade to the detriment of existing shops but a significant net gain in employment is expected," it said.
A retail impact assessment carried out by property consultants GVA, on behalf of the council, concluded the development would result in a 28 percent reduction in trade for shops in the town centre.
However, Mr Mason suggests the figure would be more in line with the conclusions reached by the applicant's consultants, Barton Willmore, which concluded the figure would be in the region of seven per cent.
"I have not attempted to identify a specific figure for trade impact," Gavin Smith, author of the report said.
"But when considering the assumptions underpinning the applicant's and CC [Cornwall Council] consultant's findings, the impact to the town centre is more likely to be similar with the applicant's forecast."
His report concludes the development would cause "substantial harm" the setting of St Mewan Churchtown, but this is outweighed by the "substantial public benefit" the development would bring to the town.
"I acknowledge the requirement to allocate special regard to the desirability of preserving the setting of Churchtown and that the affected heritage item is a national asset, but the identified public benefits are such that they outweigh the significance of any adverse effects on the listed buildings," he said.
Coyte Farm spokesman Simon Hoare welcomed the recommendations made in the report.
He said: "This is a major step forward to have secured recommendation to approve, which we very much hope the strategic planning committee will agree when it meets next week.
He added: "It is great news for the local economy, for the job market and for the future of St Austell."
Mr Mason's report states Cornwall Council received 414 letters and emails objecting to the plans, including two petitions with a combined total of more than 3,000 signatures, compared to 855 letters and emails in support of the application.
St Austell trader Ally Watkins, who set up the Stop Coyte Farm campaign, said she was disappointed with the findings of the officer.
"Coyte Farm is just far too big." she said.
"It is all about a developer making a lot of money out of Cornwall at everybody else's expense"
"If it is approved it is not just St Austell that will suffer so will all the towns within a 25 mile radius."
The plans will go before the council's strategic planning committee on Thursday January 16.


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Toddler falls from pickup; man struck by car in Commerce City
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - A 3-year-old boy fell out of a moving car Thursday evening and was seriously injured.
According to Commerce City police, at about 5:30 p.m., the boy was riding unrestrained in the back seat of a 2002 Dodge 1500 pickup truck with three other children while his father was driving. The boy opened the rear door of the truck and fell onto the roadway at E.60th Ave. and Highway 85.
The victim was transported to a local hospital and his condition was not available Thursday night.
About 15 minutes later, a 64-year-old man was struck in the 6500 block of E. 72nd Avenue as he was crossing the street, police said.
The man was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The driver remained at the scene for police.
The Commerce City Police Department Accident Investigation team is investigating both accidents.


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In celebration of its 100-year anniversary, the American Economic Review asked six "eminent economists" (Kenneth J. Arrow, B. Douglas Bernheim, Martin S. Feldstein, Daniel L. McFadden, James M. Poterba, and Robert M. Solow) to select the journal's top 20 papers ever published. On the list: Simon Kuznets's 1955 paper on inequality, the 1928 paper laying out the Cobb-Douglas function, Arrow's paper on the market for medical care, and Stephen Ross's 1973 paper on the principal-agent problem with moral hazard. The author of an Economist article on the top 20 also offers up 11 things he learned while writing about the top 20 papers. One good example: "Paul Douglas of Cobb-Douglas fame was a remarkable man. (A Quaker, he nonetheless joined the Marines at the age of 50, earning two purple hearts, before serving three terms as Martin Luther King Jr's favourite senator. Most memorable, however, were his prewar tussles with his fellow Chicago aldermen, 'the smartest bunch of bastards I ever saw grouped together')."
The Best Economics Papers Ever?
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It doesn't qualify for the list because of the requirement about publication, but "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" is pretty hard to beat. Quite apart from predicting World War II, the thumbnail sketches of the British, French and US leaders at Versailles show that there really is nothing new under the sun.1 0
I worry about the selection criteria. There is the distinct possibility of too-chummy-speaks-our-language bias. I am reminded of Feynman's tale of the Young's 1937 rat study that is rarely cited or spoken of (from Cargo Cult Science, Richard Feynman), because it would have called into question all other rodent-in-a-maze psychological studies.
1) Maybe economics is all bogus, like phrenology, homeopathy, astrology, Freud, Lysenkoism, Velikovsky, etc. Perhaps this collection is like the 20 greatest papers on personal magnetism.
2) Maybe economics is not comprehensible in any ordinary sense.
3) Maybe the really important papers are really unfriendly and difficult to read. The winner are merely clever.
4) Maybe the really important paper was never translated from Chinese or Linear-B….
"The Best Lists", are always a matter of argument and opinion.0 3
I think it's ironic that there were no women chosen in this panel, and yet one of the articles chosen was regarding inequality. This country is still living in the dark ages.3 4
Maybe no women made the list because no women have a written an economic article worthy of the list. Can you cite one?Well-loved. Like or Dislike: 6 1
So you accuse the panel of sexism, Kristen? Which brilliant paper by female economists was left out…2 1
1) Maybe economics is all bogus, like phrenology, homeopathy, astrology, Freud, Lysenkoism, Velikovsky, etc. Perhaps this collection is like the 20 greatest papers on personal magnetism.
This isn't true at all, economics is just in the period of "ether" and "phlogiston" and bleedings. Where the practitioners know just enough "something in the blood is hurting their body" to be dangerous "I know lets take the blood out of them".
Sometimes it does veer into being the propaganda arm of the financial services industry, but mostly it is still just very primitive.
Mostly it suffers from measurement bias. Economists are like Pro-football scouts. Scouts notoriously fall in love with players who have big arms and fast times because those are things they can measure. They cannot measure other traits as easily so they drastically undervalue them. Similarly economists can measure total transaction value and things like that somewhat well, but are horrible at measuring actual utility.
Sadly politicians are typically "the slaves of defunct economists". So right now we have an economy geared towards maximizing all these measurables while it does a pretty poor job of maximizing utility.
For example if everyone decided to that taking walks was preferable to watching TV (I know not realistic, but at least possible), and stopped overspending and lived within their means (more realistic and possible if we regulate personal credit tightly) people would be much better off despite GDP, and other measurables tanking like crazy.
Economists love people like my friend who pays off his car, tells me how great he feels without all that financial pressure and is super happy for a month. Then he sees some ads and is told he can get some credit and purchases a new car. This makes him feel great for 2 weeks. But soon it is just a car again, and then he is stuck with 4.96 years of renewed financial stress with a car he enjoys no more than his last one. What a great economic success story! More total stuff was consumed! Joy! Apparently it doesn't matter that from his perspective it was mal-investment.3 0
3- And think of the gall of people not to nominate any men in the category of the century's best crocheters!
Sometimes you "inequality theorists" need to be a little more attuned to reality. I come from a pretty liberal background, went to liberal schools, have liberal friends, and most of them are highly educated men and women.
Generally the women are VASTLY less interested in economics. Granted this is generalizing only over a hundred or so people. But the sample is also pretty homogeneous, many of both sexes are interested in many of the same things (which is why we are all friends).
Now that is just an anecdote from one person, but I bet if you asked most people their experience would be similar.
I know this radical hypothesis that men and women in some cases are generally interested in different things is hard for you to understand, but if you look around you and examine the world you may see evidence of it!1 0
Chad – the panel that was chosen to select the papers was entirely men. This is 2011.0 4
Maybe because the best economists (by credentials) are still men?2 0
I think the listing says some interesting things about the panels perspective (and possibly the actual) history of economics given the distribution of when the papers were published:
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1930 1
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1950 1
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1970 5
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When I gazed upon the lavender SKY
The sun was there to get in my EYE
Blinding my sight for a short time
As I stared toward SPACE
My thoughtz began to RACE
Then something flew by catching my eye
It was a Byrd gliding by……
A sight easy to look at, impossible to HOLD
Gliding so smoothly, the gesture so BOLD
It kinda remindz me of my relationships with men…….
Who are easy to look at but impossible to HOLD
Gliding thru life smoothly with gestures so BOLD
Lookin at those Byrdz, a lovely sight INDEED
Similar to men in many wayz though different BREED
I love lookin up at Byrdz & sometimes men INSTEAD
But many men like those Byrdz will crap on yo HEAD
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