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THE BOUNDS OF REASON: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences. Herbert Gintis. xviii + 286 pp. Princeton University Press, 2009. $35.
Humans are social animals, and so were their ancestors, for millions of years before the first campfires lighted the night. But only recently have humans come to understand the mathematics of social interactions. The mathematician John von Neumann and the economist Oskar Morgenstern were the first to tackle the subject, in a book they were planning to call A General Theory of Rational Behavior. By the time it was published in 1944, they had changed the title to Game Theory and Economic Behavior, an inspired move. The book postulated, as did all follow-up texts on game theory for generations, that players are rational—that they can figure out the payoff of all possible moves and always choose the most favorable one.
Three decades later, game theory got a new lease on life through the work of biologists William D. Hamilton and John Maynard Smith, who used it to analyze biological interactions, such as fights between members of the same species or parental investment in offspring. This new "evolutionary game theory" was no longer based on axioms of rationality. Anatol Rapoport, one of the pillars of classical game theory, characterized it as "game theory without rationality." Herbert Gintis was among the first economists attracted by the new field, and when, 10 years ago, I wrote a review of his textbook Game Theory Evolving, I described it as "testimony of the conversion of an economist." Gintis has not recanted in the meantime—indeed, a second edition of that book just appeared. But a new companion volume, titled The Bounds of Reason, shows that he certainly has not forgotten his upbringing in the orthodox vein.
There is, of course, no contradiction between the two game theories. As with all mathematical theories, their aim is to rigorously derive the consequences of well-defined assumptions that are taken as granted. Just as there are geometries that use the parallel axiom and others that do not, so there are game theories that employ rationality axioms and others that do not. Mathematically, they are equally respectable. It is only when they are applied to the real world that tensions arise.
In his preface, Gintis compares the history of physics with that of economics. Physical theories have regularly stumbled against experiments revealing "anomalies" that falsified the theories and led to their replacement. Compared with this intensive dialogue between theory and experiment, most textbooks of classical economics long remained singularly fact-free. This state of affairs has changed recently: Experimental economics, and in particular behavioral game theory, has flourished in the past few decades, and The Bounds of Reason contains an impressive catalog of empirical findings. In the light of conventional rationality assumptions, many of those findings appear to be "anomalies." They are based on intriguing thought experiments exploring the many facets of decision making.
The most venerable is the Prisoner's Dilemma. Imagine a game with two players, each of whom has to decide whether to send a gift to the other, and whose decisions have to be made simultaneously. Sending the gift costs the donor $5 and provides the recipient with $15. If both send a gift, they each become $10 richer. But whatever his or her coplayer does, a player profits more by not sending a gift. Two rational agents who want to maximize their income will end up getting nothing. The same happens if one player is allowed to wait to decide until being informed of the other player's decision.
The Trust Game is closely related. A coin toss decides which of the two players is the Investor and which the Trustee. The Investor can send a gift to the Trustee. The Trustee can then return part of the sum to the Investor. Thus both players can profit from the exchange. But rational players are stuck at a dead end: no gift, no return. Real players frequently overcome the stalemate. They trust, and honor trust, and mutually profit from their interaction.
Another example of some entertainment value is the Traveler's Dilemma. Two persons have to separately file a claim of between $10 and $100. The rules prescribe that if they both claim the same amount, both will get it; but if they claim different amounts, the lower amount will be judged to be valid and paid out. As an incentive, the more modest claimant receives $2 more, and the other player correspondingly $2 less. Two innocent players would immediately claim $100 and get it. But a smart player bent on optimizing might hope to get one dollar more, by merely claiming $99. Anyone who fears that his or her coplayer might think along these same lines should not claim $100, because this would yield only $98. But if both claim $99, that's what they get. They might think it better to outsmart the other by claiming $98, and pocket $100. . . . And from then on, the argument, an instance of what is termed backward induction, leads inexorably all the way down to the minimum claim of $10. Both players are caught in a trap: Asking for the minimum is the only solution that is consistent in the sense that no player can gain by unilaterally deviating from it.
Needless to say, real people rarely reach this solution in experiments: They may take a few steps down the ladder, but they stop well above $90.
Another classical example is known as the Ellsberg Paradox. Consider an urn containing 30 balls that can be red, black or white. You know that 10 balls are red. You do not know how many balls are black or how many are white. You now are offered the opportunity to bet on a color: If it is drawn, you will receive $100; if a different color is drawn, you will receive nothing. Most people bet on red, and this seems hardly surprising. However, if asked to bet on any combination of two colors instead, most people prefer to bet on (black, white). But those who initially bet on red seemingly believed that red was more likely than either black or white; so shouldn't they now be betting on (red, black) or (red, white)? Their behavior cannot consistently be interpreted as always opting for the higher odds; rather, it reflects a deep-seated aversion to uncertainty.
In another vein, most people prefer a price of $10 with a $1 discount, to a price of $8 with a $1 surcharge. Such framing effects are ubiquitous.
Under the relentless impact of these empirical findings, the assumption of rationality has been modified in various ways. From its glorious state of an unreachable idealization, it has been downgraded to "bounded rationality." This view accepts that perfect optimization is, in general, beyond human reach. But bounded rationality means different things to different people, depending on which parts of the ideal they want to salvage. This has given rise to interesting theoretical investigations into the logical dependencies of diverse blends. Nevertheless, many of those who study human behavior doubt that bounded rationality provides the best account of the empirical findings. The situation is reminiscent of the quandaries of early astronomers, who discovered, to their dismay, that planets did not move in perfect circles as presumed. They came to terms with this "bounded circularity" by describing the orbits as epicycles—circles within circles, and so on—and ingeniously deriving sophisticated approximations, at the cost of an explosion in complexity.
The version of rational agents proposed by Gintis gets rid of the assumption that players enjoy "common knowledge of rationality." Players are all rational, but they need not believe that all players are rational. This does help to avoid the trap of backward induction. On the other hand, it does not explain why people are so sensitive to framing or so inept at lotteries and bets. Gintis, who claims that "the bounds of reason are . . . not the irrational, but the social," dismisses anomalies involving just one person as "performance errors." Such a fix can explain everything and nothing, and it therefore threatens to weaken his cause.
For Gintis champions a cause, one that can be wholeheartedly subscribed to: namely, to promote game theory as an indispensable instrument in modeling human behavior. He rightly points out the wide discrepancies between the approaches in separate branches of the behavioral sciences. For example, economics, sociology, anthropology and social psychology use vastly different premises in studying social behavior and organization. Such academic traditions (based, in Gintis's words, on "the virtually impassible feudal organization of the behavior disciplines") are not likely to vanish overnight, but behavioral game theory can offer a tool for them all. In fact, we see this happening already.
Here are some examples: The behavior of participants in the Trust Game and similar games of cooperation is a superb "microsocial" indicator for what sociologists call the Rule of Law (the general respect for rules and institutions in a society). Game theoretical models help in explaining the adaptive value of humankind's nearly ubiquitous belief in supernatural agents. Ingenious experiments uncover our often subliminal concern with being watched, which can be triggered by the mere image of an eye and greatly boosts cooperative behavior. The widely varying gift-giving traditions in small-scale societies, with all their attendant complexities concerning obligations and status, are dissected by means of simple economic games. And so on.
The academic tribes, however, will hesitate to accept the gift of game theory from economists if they are told that it comes with the rational actor model. Not everyone wants to shoulder the obligations that model entails. Humans have no doubt developed the faculty of reasoning to a unique degree; but our decisions are also guided by other factors, such as habits and customs, passions, emotions and "animal spirits" (to use the expression of economist John Maynard Keynes). Many actions do not fall under the heading of rational behavior as that term is commonly understood (although it must be admitted that modern economists' definitions of rationality are as far removed from the everyday use of that word as modern theology's concepts of divinity are from the average layperson's idea of the Good Lord).
Psychologists, for instance, analyze decisions in terms of (often unconscious) cues and heuristics, and are not likely to switch to the paradigm of Beliefs, Preferences, Constraints and Expected Utilities that underlies the rational actor model. Why should they? In evolutionary game theory, they can enjoy the full panoply of behavioral experiments without the restraints imposed by the loitering presence of the rational actor. Strategies (that is, programs of behavior) need not be the product of rational decisions. They can be copied, for instance, through learning or inheritance.
Interestingly, Gintis stresses right from the start that game theory is central to understanding the dynamics of all sorts of life forms, and he touts it as "the universal lexicon of life." Because it applies to primates, birds, lizards, plants and even bacteria, game theory must be able to do without the rational actor model. Needless to say, in applications to humans our very special cognitive and communicative facilities come into play.
But in The Bounds of Reason, Gintis allows only a marginal role for evolutionary game theory. Surprisingly, he hardly mentions the pioneering work of Robert Trivers, William D. Hamilton or Robert M. Axelrod. This is a pity, because what these authors have to say about human nature has had a deep impact on most behavioral sciences. In the tradition of Adam Smith, evolutionary biologists explain cooperative behavior by long-term self-interest that is ultimately grounded in reproductive success. In particular, it can be advantageous to forfeit an immediate material gain if this increases one's reputation and thus promises to confer a higher value in the market for collaborators. The corresponding cost-benefit calculation need not be conscious, let alone rational; it can be mediated by heuristics based on emotional responses such as shame, sympathy or anger and possibly rationalized after the act.
Gintis embraces another approach, explaining cooperation by a human preference for what he terms character virtues (such as honesty, trustworthiness or fairness). But every behavior can be interpreted as a preference for some virtue. Short of providing an ultimate reason for the preference (such as that it promotes long-term self-interest), this approach has as little explanatory power as Gintis's statement that "the increased incidence of prosocial behaviors is precisely what permits humans to cooperate effectively in groups." Likewise, Gintis postulates that humans have a genetic predisposition to follow social norms even when it is costly to do so. But neither the evolution of the pre- disposition nor the emergence of norms is explained. Many game theorists have attempted to describe collective phenomena, and in particular social norms or social institutions, by the actions of the individuals involved. Gintis, however, rejects methodological individualism—the basis for such an approach—on the grounds that it is incompatible with the characteristics of rational agents. But the incompatibility cuts both ways.
The Bounds of Reason appears as two books in one. One part develops an epistemic theory of the rational actor as an alternative to what is provided by classical game theory, and the other part is a spirited plea to use behavioral game theory as a unifying tool in all behavioral sciences. Both objectives are highly valuable, but combining them creates friction. Friction creates heat, and Gintis, who thrives gleefully on controversial issues, may be enjoying the prospect of heated discussions.
Karl Sigmund is a professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna. His interests include game dynamics (replicator dynamics, adaptive dynamics), game-theoretic models for the evolution of cooperation, experimental economics, and the history of the Vienna Circle. He is the author of, among other books, Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (Oxford University Press, 1993) and The Calculus of Selfishness (Princeton University Press, 2009).
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I've got 6 buttons and 4 'center button' options up for programming. Those of you who have been using your tablets for a while, I'd love some input as to what functions you find most helpful to have at your fingertips on your tablet.
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I've got ctrl and shift and the spacebar and ctrl+z. I find with those I can sit and scrap with the tablet in my lap. Of course I only have 4 buttons. If I had another it would be alt.
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I have the Intuous 3 ... I'm probably an oddball here but I NEVER use the buttons. Not sure why but it might have to do with how often I switch between typing and the tablet so the keyboard is never not touching the tablet .
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the 3 I use most (all for CS3) are shift-ctrl-S for save as, shift-ctrl-alt-I for file info, and shift-ctrl-I for inverse. I used them all the time with my bamboo fun, but with my new touch and pen, it doesn't seem to want to let me set it with anything with the shift in it. The other one I set was ctrl-N, but I kept forgetting to use it. LOL. I really am using the keyboard shortcuts a lot more than I used to, so its just what do you do the most frequently.
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Thanks for your input, ladies. I am watching the Kelby Training video about the Wacom Intuos4 tonight and learning a lot. It will be an adjustment to use the Wacom...not for the pen itself, but for what to do with it every time I want to type. With a mouse, it just stays where I was using it; but with a pen, I get the feeling it's best not to lay it down on the tablet, and I'm afraid I'll lay it somewhere and not be able to find in amoungst all my stuff on the desk. lol.
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Denise, you're not alone. I never use the buttons, either.
I write with my right hand, and do keyboard shortcuts with my left. Maybe I'll program some of the buttons and try it out.... but I probably won't get around to it... lol
I write with my right hand, and do keyboard shortcuts with my left. Maybe I'll program some of the buttons and try it out.... but I probably won't get around to it... lol
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A beautiful afternoon at Waikiki. I took the panorama from the Kapiolani Park end of Waikiki at the Kapahulu Pier/breakwater. The view is towards the NorthWest. Lots of water movement and people movement make for many interesting discoveries.
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It got derailed , and folks started talkin' bout choking chickens when your hunting with your buddies and how that wasnt right. Then something about ,copyrights and lawsuits...but Chris came in and cleaned up the mess.
Whether we like it or not, the games we love, whether hunting or dog games, are subject to the whims of politicians and the input they receive from their constituents. We are fortunate that many in our group are passionate about our sport, politically savvy, and can work with politicians to preserve our hunting heritage. I understand the viewpoint of those that strongly believe that we shouldn't have to "sugar-coat" our activities. But the bottom line is that the vast majority of the American public does not care to see us shoot game, much less the more gruesome side of dispatching what we hunt. Heck, they don't even want to know how the chickens or cows that they eat are dispatched. The anti's are out there, and they just love finding images of us that can be used against us.
Its been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Why do you think that the pro-life ads have pictures of either a beautiful baby... or a gruesome scene of an aborted fetus..... because it sends a message to those who view it.
I'm sorry, but I have to side with HPL on this one. All he said was it was a great video at the beginning, but the dispatching of the goose at the end didn't add to the great footage at the beginning.
Flame me if you want, but I've worked the Washington scene for a couple of agencies and am sensitive to how our great sport is viewed by the non-hunting public. The majority of them do not have a strong feeling about what we do... we don't need to send them messages that move them to a side that opposes us.
Sorry, Brother Chris, for continuing this, but I feel pretty strongly about how we are viewed by the general public.
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the boys who have killed, scared and constantly ran their mud buddies through the rafts of grey duck are gone home to south carolina and georgia and it's wednesday on the all public, all the time tennessee river. the gadwall are dive bombing from the sky towards my set and appear to be finishing only to bump at 75 yards, over and over and over and over again. those that hunt the gadwall constantly, know how easy and then conversely how frustrating they can be. then attempting my fourth set of the day i pull into a slough and flush 400. i immediately put two dozen decoys 85 yards away and behind me on the far bank. i ram my boat blind into a tree top sticking out in the lake 20 yards so i can shoot out the back and throw one lone malard hen out in front of my position. i see a wad of 40 come off the river into the slough and approach my decoy spread on the far bank. the entire wad then bumps and turns off the far spread and gives me their bellies at 25.
at this point, i am not supposed to retrieve them, dance on their heads and giggle like a school girl? the young people i recruit into hunting want to have fun, not go to a funeral!
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I actually saw the vid pop up under recent vids on LiveLeak. (Which rarely shows anything to do with hunting) This site doesn't support Liveleak so I searched it on YouTube and found an upload of it so I could embed it here.
Pretty cool that it turns out you're on the film and honestly after Trace caught the Goose I stopped it, went back to watch the jump again and then closed the page. I didn't even see the neck incident.
Anyway, carry on folks. More so about the LEAPING GRAB though ...eh? lol
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nope, gays and lesbians had parades, got nekkid in the streets, opened bars and put themselves in enough movies and situation comedies to make us all think 60% of the population is gay and lesbian. then they got married, adopted children, recieved each others government benefits and became mainstream. and i for one am glad they did. they DESENSITIZED us.
shawn is desensitizing the public because he knows the simple truth........you can't negotiate with a terrorist, especially an environmental terrorist.
hugh i bet if my man aldo leupold went hunting with you he would say, "hugh my friend, i look with anticipation towards sharing your blind again next year as the fowl wing southward."
with me, sitting astride the radiator at the lumber store where we just bought another case of experts, he would remark, "dude, you think sherry will mind if i stay one more night so we can hammer them again tomorrow?"
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For the love of god let it rest. Your point is taken and respected, but it doesn't mean I agree. If you want more ammo for your "personal" ethics crusade I've got a couple clips on my Facebook page where Trace actually caught another goose and we let it go unharmed.
There's also a couple clips on Facebook of him scaling vertical river banks to get a crippled goose, you can probably find something cruel and inhumane about that to gripe about. Honestly you may just be an anti's best friend. Before long if people like you don't stop bowing and compromising to wacko liberals we won't be able to even show a duck getting shot, a fish with a hook in its mouth, a deer getting field dressed, a retriever getting force fetched or a dead duck getting tossed for fido.
How come it's okay for Gay's to be out in 2013 but it's not okay for the Real Sportsman to be out and show what really goes down in the field...double standards and bowing to liberals....I'm proud to be a sportsman, my closet door is open and I'm not afraid to show all the things that go along with it.
You have allowed anti's to dictate the way you show how you carry out a legal activity. With the reality shows that are now on A&E and Discovery like Swamp People for instance there's far more gruesome "killing" taking place than snapping a neck on a goose.
I've heard once that to argue with an idiot is pointless. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.....I call uncle...you win...I'm out...you got way more spare time on your hands than I do.
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As to your take on Leopold. Who can say. I'm really not that much fun and usually prefer to hunt solo.
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futzing around with jails and mount_union on freebsd. freebsd is quickly winning my hacker heart.
ever-dreaming of getting out my "web developer" slave-job. Actually considering getting into used car sales -- nothing can suck more than writing retarded applications for retardeder customers. I'd love to get some sort of research position, but I don't have a college d$gr$$, so I guess I'm stuck being a high tech plumber if I stay in the computer field... FUCK!... wanna buy a nice used car?
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – This prolonged slump in which Mississippi State is mired began late in the first half against Alabama, on Jan. 16.
MSU was actually playing quite well that day – until the final three-plus minutes of the first half, when Alabama scored six unanswered points for a 30-22 halftime lead. The Tide came out firing the second half, turning that 6-0 spurt into a 21-0 run.
The Bulldogs (7-17, 2-10 SEC) lost, 75-43, and haven't won since. They hope to snap a 10-game losing streak tonight when they visit the Crimson Tide (17-8, 9-3) at 7 tonight.
First-year MSU coach Rick Ray has gone back and viewed the film of the first loss.
"What I plan on doing is going back and showing those guys unforced turnovers in the first half," he said. "And more importantly the way they played basketball at the beginning of that game in the first 17 to 18 minutes that they had success against Alabama. I think they have to see the positives as well as the negatives.
"I think if you go out and look at those first 16-17 minutes, it shows that our guys can compete against Alabama and somehow turning those first 16-17 into a full 40 minutes."
Defensive breakdowns marked that loss, and they have been a constant issue during this losing skid. MSU has allowed 75 or more points in seven of the losses and is coming off an 80-68 setback to LSU.
Ray said MSU is "getting back to some principles defensively, and maybe we can turn our defense into some offense."
State will try to do this, of course, while playing short-handed. Forward Roquez Johnson is serving an indefinite suspension, and the Bulldogs will be playing with six scholarship players and two walk-ons. Jalen Steele traveled with the team and is expected to be available after serving a three-game suspension.
Alabama doesn't have a true offensive post threat, although Ray noted that there are several versatile players in that lineup, like Rodney Cooper and Devonta Pollard.
"There won't be as many matchup problems because we won't have as many true post guys out there," Ray said. "They post Nick Jacobs, and really (Moussa) Gueye is not that big of a threat as far as like posting. The challenge for us will just be managing the minutes."
With Johnson out, MSU is down to two post players. That means 6-foot-3 guard Tyson Cunningham and Craig Sword will spend some time at the four spot. Perhaps that will be a problem defensively, but offensively the Bulldogs like the matchup.
"We can have a mismatch; a four-guard will have to stick me, and they're gonna be in trouble," Sword said.


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Weekend Results From France: Tate Avenges Loss, Ozkul Gets DQ Win
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This weekend there were a lot of fights in France in both kickboxing and Muay Thai, as the month of March really begins to heat up.
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One of kickboxing's top 85kg fighters, Andrew Tate fought a rematch against Vincent Petitjean in full contact rules for the ISKA title. Tate and Petitjean fought back in November of 2011 with Petitjean getting a decision win. This time they fought twelve rounds of two minutes and Tate picked up a majority decision win to avenge the loss from 2011.
Hichem Medoukali def. Camille Gentelet by decision.
Aleksandr Gordey def. Nicolas Atmani by TKO in Round 2.
Mathieu Boris def. Uranbeck Esenkulov by KO in Round 2.
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Le Choc des Legendes held their annual show in France, and as usual Yetkin Ozkul was on the card taking on one of the top featherweight Muay Thai fighters in Thailand, Pokaew Fonjaengchonburi. Ozkul dropped the much smaller Pokaew in the first round but it just seemed to annoy Pokaew, who started to come on strong after. After the second round, Pokaew apparently kept going after the bell and cut Ozkul with a knee to the face, resulting in a disqualification and Ozkul getting the win.
Armin Pumphanmuang def. Sekou Dembele by TKO in Round 2.
Thepsuthin Pumphanmuang def. Guimba Coulibaly by decision.
Gregory Choplin def. Gil Silva by decision.
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It is a fish of mountain streams and lakes, favoring clear cold water and large deep pools of at least a meter depth; the Lake Tahoe population lives just above the bottom in deeper water. Mountain whitefish are bottom feeders, stirring up the substrate with pectoral and tail fins to expose insect larvae and other invertebrates, including snails, crayfish, and amphipods. Their main feeding time is in the evening, but they will also take drifting prey during the day. The mountain whitefish frequently feeds in the lower strata of streams, but populations may rise to the surface to prey on hatching insects, including mayflies.
Dimensions Up to 28" (70 cm).
Habitat Rivers & streams, Lakes & ponds.
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Discussion Although once important in the subsistence fisheries of some Native American peoples, this species has become less available in modern times, possibly due to overharvesting; as of 2002 detailed surveys had not been conducted. Some sportfishing for mountain whitefish occurs. Anglers commonly capture whitefish with small (size 16 to 22) nymphs such as Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear, and Disco Midge. The fish will also respond to tiny spinners, streamers, and dry flies.


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Pearl Cleage's "Flyin' West," the story of African American women in search of freedom at the turn of the 20th century, will be presented by the Black Arts Company: Drama on Feb. 23-24 and March 1-3 at the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St. Above, sophomore Chanel Coney (left) and freshman Mariam Martine Camara (right) play sisters Fannie Mae Dove and Minnie Dove, who have adopted a washerwoman named Sophie Washington (senior Heather Rae Martin, center) into their family.
Sophomore Kelvin Dinkins plays Wil Parish, a runaway slave from Florida, who is courting Fannie Mae Dove (Coney).
At left: From left, Minnie Dove and her husband Frank Charles (junior Robert Grant) gather with Fannie Mae Dove, Parish and Washington at her sisters' home.
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The Black Arts Company: Drama troupe will present Pearl Cleage's "Flyin' West," a tale of four African American women in search of freedom, on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24, and Thursday through Saturday, March 1-3.
Performances will be held at the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays.
The play centers on the lives of four African American women who journey west to Kansas to seek the freedom promised them after slavery, only to be challenged by the rugged terrain, the social climate of the time and the men who claim to be with them for love.
"Cleage's 'Flyin' West' is a vibrant, soul-stirring celebration of the resilience of womanhood at the turn of the 20th century," said Roger Q. Mason, a junior who is directing the performance and also serves as artistic director of the Black Arts Company: Drama.
Cleage is an Atlanta-based writer whose dozen plays also include "Blues for an Alabama Sky" and "Hospice and Bourbon at the Border." She also has written three novels, "What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day," "I Wish I Had a Red Dress" and "Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do."
Since its original production by director Kenny Leon at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 1992, "Flyin' West" has been produced at numerous theaters in the United States, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and around the world, including in England and South Africa. Leon will speak at Princeton on Monday, March 5.
The Princeton cast features senior Heather Rae Martin, junior Robert Grant, sophomores Chanel Coney and Kelvin Dinkins, and freshman Mariam Martine Camara.
Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for faculty and staff, $8 for students and free for Passport to the Arts ticket holders. They can be purchased online through University Ticketing.
Founded in 1995, the Black Arts Company: Drama is a student theater group dedicated to celebrating and exploring the cultural experiences of people from the African Diaspora through performance.


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In part seven of the series the filmmakers actually attempted to take the franchise in a slightly new direction – as well as all the usual stupid teens wandering around in the dark woods investigating strange noises and getting murderlised by Jason, a pretty girl with latent telekinetic powers is also thrown into the mix. It's essentially Jason vs. Carrie and was intended to directly compete with the successful and overtly supernatural A Nightmare on Elm Street Series – in fact The New Blood started out as the first attempt to face Jason off against Freddy Kreuger. This fell through though. It's all as subtle as its director's initials imply… (The director was John Carl Buechler - go figure).
Years after Tommy Jarvis seemingly defeated him and chained him underwater at Camp Crystal Lake, everyone's favourite hockey-masked hulking killer Jason Voorhees returns to stalk and slash nubile teens when he's accidently released by a teenager with psychic powers…
The film does exhibit one moment of genuine creepiness and subtlety. After David and Robyn have had a wee bit of sex, he ventures downstairs to indulge in a midnight snack. As the power is out, he takes a torch. Moving through the darkened house – lit only by his torch and sporadic lightning – David enters the kitchen and fails to see the hulking brute standing stock still in the corner behind him (visable in top right-hand corner of fourth still below). Just standing there. Watching. Waiting. In the dark. We only see him briefly when lightning momentarily lights the entire room. This is one of the few instances in the series where we get a genuine hint of Jason's sadistic and darkly calculating nature. There is something supremely creepy about him just standing there, so out of place in the cosy confines of this secluded holiday cabin home… With balloons.
The creepiness ends here and the usual in-your-face and breeze-blocky bloody carnage associated with Friday the 13th soon recommences... Go Jason! Etc.


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As many as 1,400 jobs at one of Britain's largest oil refineries are under threat after Chevron said last night that it was planning a restructuring that would involve sweeping cuts across its global refining operation.
The announcement, which came after notice was given to employees on Monday, has raised fears relating to Chevron's refinery at Pembroke in South Wales, which employs 600 permanent workers and 800 contractors.
A UK spokesman for Chevron, the second-biggest American oil company, confirmed that the future of Pembroke was being considered but that no final decisions had been taken.
Any job cuts at Pembroke would represent a crushing blow for the economy of Wales, which has been among the hardest hit regions in the UK during the recession. Last week about 900 workers at a Bosch car parts plant in Glamorgan became the latest victims of the downturn, after hundreds of cuts at companies including Corus and Hoover.
The news also compounds the crisis facing Britain's struggling refining industry, which is reeling from the mothballing of one plant on Teesside and the possible sale of two others in Cheshire and Scotland.
Lloyd Avram, Chevron's media relations manager, said that the downstream industry was going through "a very difficult cycle ... The global recession has reduced demand for refined products while global refining capacity continues to surge."
Mr Avram said that to improve profitability and long-term competitiveness, Chevron was creating a new downstream organisation that would be "less complex, more responsive to market opportunity and smaller, requiring fewer positions and people".
Unions and Chevron workers in Wales reacted angrily to the announcement, saying that they were deeply concerned about the possible implications of the redundancies and for Britain's energy security.
As well as supporting local employment, the Chevron refinery pumps £1.5 million a week into the local community through procurement contracts. Its Pembroke refinery is the fifth largest in the UK and has been operating since 1964. It generates about ten million tonnes of oil products a year.
"People are very worried," one Pembroke oil worker said. "It would be a disaster for the local community."
A GMB general union official said that any move to close or sell Pembroke raised concerns about energy security. "GMB is increasingly worried that decisions regarding crucial infrastructure projects in the UK are being made in boardrooms overseas," he said. "We came very close to not having enough gas this month during the big chill and, with decisions about oil refineries and power stations, the Government needs to take a view on behalf of consumers."
Chevron said that more information would be available in March and that the reorganisation would be complete by the third quarter. Next week it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter of last year.
The oil refining business has been hit by a combination of low margins and the recession. The threat of tougher carbon regulation is also a concern, particularly for operators of plants in Europe.


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Looks like the year for it...
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EXCEPT... they confused the coho with the pink!!! Can't send a news writer to do an anglers job I guess.
Getting ready for action...
Coho on the fly in the saltchuck is clearly the most under-rated angling venue in the states IMHO. But it won't be for long! People are getting into it at unprecedented rates. Gone are the days of being the only one at Sekiu flyfishing! I took the ridicule from other boats in stride but took the pleasure of really hamming it up when they could see that I'd hooked up with a slab fall coho on the fly. Those days were just a few years ago... the fishery is still in it's infancy and there's worlds of discovery out there.
We're talking about big chrome bright ocean salmon attacking flies viciously and fighting pound for pound like tarpon. Then when it comes alongside it's a wild ocean salmon. What could compare to that!
I'll be all over that fishery later in the month with friends from our Pacific Northwest members.... CAN'T WAIT!!
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Really? Isn't this against the law?
Really? Isn't this against the law?
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One of the states most active in implementing federal safety measures may allow pools to open this season regardless of whether they comply with the law.
Illinois Rep. Jason Barickman (R-Champaign) has introduced House Bill 3890, which would provide temporary relief to public and semipublic facilities that have shown good faith in moving toward compliance with the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, but have been held up by bureaucratic or financial roadblocks.
"While I understand the reason behind the law, it's a mandate on local governments that some just have not been able to meet," Barickman said. "...This bill was an effort to give those communities more time to be in compliance."
At the moment, more than 250 public vessels are prevented from opening because they remain in violation of VGB and a related state law, the Illinois Swimming Facility Act. However, many have submitted plans for approval and are awaiting the go-ahead to begin making repairs. If passed, HB 3890 would grant those facilities a reprieve until October 2012, provided operators had filed permit requests prior to last October. As of press time, it was in committee.
Overall, Illinois has been overwhelmingly supportive of VGB. It was U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), who called for an investigation by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that led to last year's massive drain cover recall.
And state lawmakers passed the ISFA in 2010, prompting public health officials to begin enforcing anti-entrapment provisions. The state public health department also made news last year when it ordered 530 pools and spas closed after they missed the ISFA deadline.
"The department sought to allow its many noncompliant licensees sufficient time to become compliant," said Sabrina Miller, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health. "Subsequently, [the public health department] determined that it needed to establish a clear deadline to prevent a small number of remaining noncompliant facilities from continuing to operate in violation."
The latest measure underscores an issue that has frustrated operators nationwide — the pace at which public health officials have processed permit requests for VGBA-related fixes.
In the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove, Ill., the Highland Park Hospital Health and Fitness Center has waited several months for the state to approve repair plans for two whirlpool baths, out of operation since last fall. As a result, the club has lost nearly a dozen members, most of them seniors who couldn't prolong their therapy any further.
"We all understand the work that needs to be done," fitness manager David Wischmeyer said. "There's just frustration with the length of time it's taken. … Right now we're just waiting on the state to come back and approve the work."
Meanwhile, CPSC officials continue to promote a zero-tolerance approach toward noncompliance. Inez Tenenbaum, CPSC chairwoman since June 2009, has reiterated that all public facilities in violation of the law risk immediate closure, regardless of the reasons for delay.


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I do agree it IS our constitutional right.
But unfortunately , back when our founding fathers were drafting this piece of paper they weren't aware of the future idiots(Like the Colorada shooter, or the numerous college campus shootings, road rage, gangs with guns, drugs, the list is endless).
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I bought 20 aces of woods with plenty of turkeys. I have been out twice
first day I started walking after I parked the car and I hear a turkey flying in the tree. I stopped and setup some decoys and waited and waited.. I never heard anything and did not see a turkey even though they roost in the trees going up the dirt road... later that day I was walking in some tall grass and jumped one but it ran towards the road which was fairly close so I did not want to shoot.
second day I went late afternoon and thought I would experiment with calling... well two hens came towards me and they stopped behind a tree... well patience is something I have to work on but when I did not see them, I paniced and moved to see if I could see if they were moving away....damn out smarted by a turkey and they ran in a direction where I had no shot
my questions Do I have to wear camo? Do I need to use decoys and how? Calling, I have heard so many different things online I am not sure what to do..
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I just co-wrote a book about gluten sensitivity that had over 400 end notes – scientific references supporting the statements made in the book. Scientific research supports the association between gluten sensitivity and the following conditions:
Thyroid disease
Liver disease
IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
Short stature
That's a pretty long list. Taken as a whole, that list descries the majority of ills affecting most Americans.
So what's the problem? As a new patient so innocently asked me tonight: "Why doesn't my medical doctor know this?"
That's a very good question and I think the answer is two-fold:
1. The medical profession is locked into the concept of gluten problems means the patient has celiac disease which then means there should be a positive intestinal biopsy. And if a patient doesn't fall within the criteria of a positive intestinal biopsy they feel confident in telling them that gluten is not their problem, despite any evidence to the contrary.
2. There is no drug to treat gluten sensitivity. The medical model in this country is one of finding the drug to "treat" the symptom. What do you do when there is no drug? Or even better, when the only treatment is a dietary one? Ignore it or treat the symptoms which occur secondarily to it with a medication.
How many patients are on medications for irritable bowel syndrome and other GI disturbances that are occurring secondary to gluten sensitivity? How many patients are on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medications for a neurological and hormonal imbalance occurring secondary to gluten sensitivity? And the list goes on…
Am I being harsh? Actually not. If you lived in my shoes for even a week you'd know my frustration. If you read the emails I received from around the world you'd realize that I am not exaggerating. I just received an email from a mother of a 19 year old who has been suffering from seizures for most of her young life. Her daughter was free of seizures for two years – the same two years she was on a gluten-free diet. What did the neurologists have to say about that? They told her daughter that it was just a coincidence!
A patient came to our office with type I diabetes and celiac disease. When I asked her why she wasn't following a gluten-free diet she informed that her endocrinologist felt that it might be too stressful and that instead she should focus on getting her diabetes under control! It truly boggles the mind…
Changing a patient's diet is considered to be all but impossible by the medical profession. I can't tell you how many times I've been at a medical conference and been told by a fellow doctor that "patients won't change their diet" and that you're setting yourself up for failure if you think you're going to successfully change a patient's eating habits beyond a very temporary period of time.
I beg to differ as we've been doing it here for decades – very successfully and very long-term.
But you can see where the problem arises for the typical doctor. Even if they believe the correct solution is a dietary one, they've been so convinced by their peers that it's impossible to implement, that it's no wonder they shy away from it. Right or wrong, they understand drugs and they have been trained to prescribe them. That is there comfort zone.
What can we do?
Keep spreading the word; talk to your friends and family.
Tell others about the book and give it to your doctors.
We all need to know this information if we're to turn around our health status in this country. The health system of the United States currently ranks 40th (near the bottom) of all industrialized nations. And for the first time it's estimated that the life span of our children is going to be shorter than ours. Obviously we have to make some major changes.
I believe we can do it if we work together.
To your good health,
Dr Vikki Petersen
Founder of HealthNOW Medical Center
Co-author of The Gluten Effect
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Why is Gluten Sensitivity Ignored?
1 comment:
- AKLAP said...
I know exactly how you feel. I live it every day. I've had the tests for CD [blood and biopsy], they were negative. The doctors had no real answers for me. I was lucky, only 1.5 years of feeling like a zombie and death-warmed-over. The only thing that gave me my life back was going GF. I'm a "medical misfit" - not fitting into the current orderly classification known as celiac disease. There are many, many more like me and we need to keep "spreading the word".
Thanks and keep up the great work!
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MIAA basketball coaches got out their crystal ball Thursday and offered their pre-season predictions of this season's conference races. The vote came during the coaches' annual pre-season meetings.
The Flying Dutchmen are the pre-season favorite in the men's race while the Flying Dutch have been picked to finish second in the women's standings.
Men's MIAA Poll
A year ago Hope and Albion were MIAA co-champions. This year the coaches predict another close race. The Flying Dutchmen received four of the seven first place votes while Albion received two and Calvin one.
Coach Glenn Van Wieren's Dutchmen garnered eight points in the poll followed by Albion 11, Calvin 14, Olivet 21, Adrian 27, Kalamazoo 31 and Alma 35.
Women's MIAA Poll
Albion has never won an MIAA women's basketball championship while Hope is the four-time defending champion. Each team received four first place votes in the poll of coaches. The rest of Albion's votes were second place while Hope received three seconds and a third.
In the end, Albion tallied 10 points followed by Hope with 11. There is a three-way tie for third place with Alma, Calvin and Olivet each tallying 27 points. Kalamazoo was pegged for sixth with 32 points while Adrian and Saint Mary's tied for seventh with 45.
The basketball season begins the weekend of Nov. 21-22. The Flying Dutchmen will play in a tournament in Illinois and the Flying Dutch in a tourney in Ohio.


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