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Moira Smiley and her group, Voco, like folk music that is basic and honest. In its purest form, the music could be performed without instrumental accompaniment — or electricity, for that matter.
Smiley, along with April Guthrie and Abigail Nesson Bengson, redefine traditional Eastern European and early American folk harmonies, sharing emotion and telling stories. Their repertoire includes some contemporary folk, along with award-winning originals Smiley's been penning since age 12.
"I like the styles of old-time and string-band music, along with old country, early spiritual, folk hymns and some Appalachian ballads," Smiley says. "We perform some more familiar stuff. We cover Lead Belly's 'Goodnight, Irene' and Robert Johnson's 'They're Red Hot.' We also cover contemporary folk artists, such as Kate Wolf and Gillian Welch. Our shows are a combination of anonymous, old, folk songs and music from the last century."
Multi-instrumentalists as well as harmonizers, Voco will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland. Rogue World Ensemble, a 30-member Ashland choir that performs folk from around the world, will join Smiley and Voco for part of their second set.
Tickets cost $18 in advance, $20 at the door and $10 for ages 12 through 17. Kids 11 and younger get in free. Tickets may be purchased at Music Coop in Ashland and www.stclairevents.com or by calling 541-535-3562.
"Touring and performing is not about becoming a diva or a star," Smiley says. "It's more about community and the connection music creates between performers and audiences. Singing is a bonding experience. It can be sensual and ethereal."
Smiley's networked a web of musicians since she was 15, and she's come across many talented women while playing at festivals and leading workshops at schools around the country.
"I do a lot of traveling," she says. "I spent a month in Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia last summer collecting songs and taking lessons from folk singers. I learned all kinds of things, lots of styles and songs. Voco will be sharing some of the songs at the show."
Originally from Middlebury, Vt., Smiley studied vocal performance and piano at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
"My original songs are better known by chorales," she says. "One of my songs, 'Stand in That River,' is a new, American spiritual. Another, 'Makedonska,' is influenced by Eastern European music. It has no lyrics but tells its story by using voices as instruments."
Older, traditional, European folk differs from Western European and American folk in that its rhythms and harmonies are organized in ways that can surprise new listeners, Smiley says.
"There are different expectations of American folk," she says. "We know what elements we'll hear listening to contemporary music. Because Eastern European music is so rarely heard, it can become new again."
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Researchers spanning many scientific domains, including primatology, evolutionary biology and psychology, have sought to establish an evolutionary basis for morality. While researchers have identified social and cognitive adaptations that support ethical behaviour, a consensus has emerged that genetically determined physical traits are not reliable signals of unethical intentions or actions. Challenging this view, we show that genetically determined physical traits can serve as reliable predictors of unethical behaviour if they are also associated with positive signals in intersex and intrasex selection. Specifically, we identify a key physical attribute, the facial width-to-height ratio, which predicts unethical behaviour in men. Across two studies, we demonstrate that men with wider faces (relative to facial height) are more likely to explicitly deceive their counterparts in a negotiation, and are more willing to cheat in order to increase their financial gain. Importantly, we provide evidence that the link between facial metrics and unethical behaviour is mediated by a psychological sense of power. Our results demonstrate that static physical attributes can indeed serve as reliable cues of immoral action, and provide additional support for the view that evolutionary forces shape ethical judgement and behaviour.
1. Introduction
In his classic novel The Bad Seed, William March [1] tells the story of a murderous genetic trait that is passed from generation to generation, leading to the ultimate conclusion that some people are just 'born evil'. This idea that nature plays a dominant role in determining moral and ethical behaviour is paralleled in a growing body of research examining the evolutionary origins of morality. For instance, research in animal cognition and comparative psychology has found that primates demonstrate a sense of justice in the allocation of collectively earned rewards [2,3], and can discern intentional from accidental behaviour, a key aspect in making ethical judgements [4]. Evolutionary psychologists have taken a different approach and looked for evidence of evolved moral characteristics in humans, arguing, for example, that we have adapted an innate ability to detect the unethical behaviour of others [5,6].
While this research has identified social and cognitive adaptations that shape moral judgement and behaviour, it has not adequately addressed the question of whether genetically determined physical characteristics relate to morality. Indeed, while some evidence exists that transitory facial cues (e.g. facial tension, posed smiling) are reliable signals of ethically questionable behaviour [7,8], the idea that persistent facial characteristics can predict unethical action has largely been dismissed out of hand. As Verplaetse et al. [8] argued, 'On theoretical grounds, it is unlikely that predictive cheater detection mechanisms could rely on permanent facial features revealed by neutral facial expressions' (p. 261). From an evolutionary perspective, reliable physical signals of unethical behaviour should eventually be selected out of the gene pool [7,9].
We propose that one exception to this rule of nature may be the case where physical associates of evolutionarily desirable characteristics (e.g. physical dominance) are highly correlated with other, less socially acceptable actions (e.g. cheating). More concretely, we posit that aggression, a trait that is positively associated with mate preference [10], will also be correlated with unethical behaviour. Thus, physical traits that have been selected as reliable signals of male dominance and aggression may also serve as reliable predictors of morally questionable actions. In this paper, we draw on recent research establishing a specific physical metric, the facial width-to-height ratio (WHR), as a signal of aggression in men, and we link this physical measure to unethical behaviour. For the first time, we show that persistent physical traits can indeed predict unethical actions.
(a) Facial width-to-height ratio
The facial WHR is a sexually dimorphic trait (with men having larger ratios than women) that is independent of body size and is argued to have evolutionary origins [11]. Consistent with the idea that evolutionary pressures account for this dimorphism, intrasex differences in facial WHRs have been linked to aggression in men, with greater facial WHRs associated with more aggressive behaviour [10,12]. For instance, men with greater facial WHRs are more likely to retaliate to perceived slights by others [10] and are more likely to act in their own self-interest, even if it means violating another's trust [13].
While this recent work has broadened our understanding of the behavioural correlates of facial WHR, less is known about the psychological underpinnings of these relationships. We propose that one reason for the aggression and self-interest demonstrated by men with higher facial WHRs [10,13] is that they feel more powerful. Individuals who feel powerful think and behave egocentrically (e.g. [14]), and power is often associated with aggressive behaviour (e.g. [15]).
In turn, we expect that the feelings of power held by men with relatively large facial WHRs will affect ethical judgement and behaviour. Individuals who feel powerful are more likely to act in their own self-interest and feel less constrained by social norms or concerns [16]. Additionally, a general sense of power has been linked directly to unethical behaviour, such as cheating [14].
Taken together, we predict that larger facial WHRs will be positively related to unethical behaviour in men. We expect that men with large facial WHRs will feel an elevated sense of power, which, in turn, will be associated with unethical behaviour.
(b) Overview of experiments
We tested our predictions in two studies examining two different forms of unethical behaviour: deception and cheating. In study 1, we measured participants' facial WHR and captured the degree to which they engaged in deception during a negotiation. We predicted that men would be more likely to engage in deception when they had larger facial WHRs. In study 2, we measured participants' facial WHRs as well as their general sense of power, and presented them with an opportunity to cheat for financial gain. We expected that men's facial WHR would predict the degree of cheating behaviour, and that this relationship would be mediated by feelings of power.
2. Study 1
We first tested our predictions in a negotiation context. Understanding ethical behaviour in negotiation is important because negotiations are both ubiquitous in everyday life [17] and a domain where unethical behaviours, including deception, are common and potentially harmful [18]. Our goal in study 1 was to examine how men's facial WHR predicts the use of deception in negotiation.
3. Method
(a) Participants
One hundred and ninety-two Masters of Business Administration students (96 dyads) participated in a negotiation as part of a classroom exercise. In the negotiation, participants were randomly assigned to play either a buyer or seller role. Buyers and sellers were then randomly paired into dyads.1 The majority of our participants (59.9%, n = 115) were men, and composed the majority for both the buyer role (53.1%, n = 51) and the seller role (66.7%, n = 64). The sample was drawn from a population with an average age of 28.
(b) Materials and procedure
Participants received their negotiation materials one week before the negotiation. We used the Bullard Houses negotiation exercise [19] in which a seller is interested in selling a property to a buyer only if the buyer can guarantee that the property will be preserved, and the buyer is unwilling to make any guarantees. This exercise is characterized by a positive bargaining zone in terms of financial concerns, but a negative bargaining zone in terms of each party's underlying interests. Specifically, we instructed the seller not to sell the property unless they are certain that the property will not be used for commercial use. We informed buyers that if they purchased the property they will certainly develop it for commercial use. Buyers were also informed that they could not reveal their specific intentions for the property (the planned construction of a hotel).
(i) Deception
Our interest in this study was whether the buyer explicitly misstated his or her intentions to the seller. The negotiation was conducted via email, both to eliminate any potential interactive effects of negotiators' facial structure, and to provide us with a negotiation transcript. Four coders independently evaluated the transcripts for whether the buyer explicitly deceived the seller. Transcripts were divided into two subsets, and each set was evaluated by two coders. Initial inter-rater agreement was adequate for both subsets of data (both κ > 0.72), and disagreements were resolved by a third coder. This measure represents our key dependent variable.
(ii) Facial width-to-height ratio
Buyers' facial ratios were collected from student photos downloaded from the online class roster. Following Carré et al. [12], we converted the photos to 8-bit grey scale and standardized the pictures to a height of 400 pixels. Two research assistants measured the width and height of each face using NIH ImageJ software. Inter-rater agreement was high for measurements of facial width (r = 0.968, p < 0.001) and height (r = 0.965, p < 0.001), as well as for the overall facial WHR (r = 0.758, p < 0.001).
4. Results and discussion
(a) Preliminary analyses
Explicit deception occurred in 18.8 per cent of the negotiations. A marginally greater proportion of men (25%, n = 13) than women (11%, n = 5) engaged in deception, χ2(1, N = 96) = 3.25, p = 0.07. Men (mean = 1.78, s.d. = 0.12, range: 1.48–1.98) had marginally greater facial ratios than did women (mean = 1.74, s.d. = 0.12, range: 1.45–2.00), (F1,94 = 3.36, p = 0.07). The relationships among sex, facial WHR and deception are depicted in figure 1.
(b) Sex, facial width-to-height ratio and deception
To test our primary prediction, we conducted a logistic regression with buyer deception as the dependent variable, and buyer sex and buyer facial WHR as independent variables. In support of our hypothesis, a significant interaction between buyer sex and buyer facial WHR emerged, b = 5.88, SE = 2.69, Wald χ2(1, N = 96) = 4.77, p = 0.03. To better understand this interaction, we conducted separate logistic regressions for men and women. Consistent with our thesis, men's facial WHR was significantly related to the use of deception (b = 7.17, s.e. = 3.46, Wald χ2(1, N = 51) = 4.29, p = 0.04), while women's facial WHR was not related to deception (b = −4.58, s.e. = 4.12, Wald χ2(1, N = 45) = 1.24, ns).
These results support our hypothesis that facial WHR predicts unethical behaviour in men. In a negotiation context, men's facial width, relative to facial height, predicted whether they engaged in deception. Stated differently, men with larger facial WHRs were more likely to explicitly deceive their negotiation counterparts.
While this study provides initial evidence of an interaction between facial ratios and sex in predicting unethical behaviour, there are two potential limitations of our data. First, while study 1 successfully established the relationship between facial WHR and unethical behaviour in men, the design of study 1 did not assess our proposed underlying mechanism: a psychological sense of power. Second, deception was relatively rare in this study, perhaps limiting our ability to determine whether the relationship between facial WHR and unethical behaviour differs for men and women. In the light of these potential limitations, we conducted a second study to gain additional support for the hypothesized relationship between men's facial WHR and unethical behaviour.
5. Study 2
The current study examines another form of unethical behaviour: cheating. We presented participants with an opportunity to cheat and unobtrusively gathered evidence of ethical or unethical behaviour. We hypothesized that men's facial WHR would predict the degree to which they cheated. In addition to extending our research to another type of unethical behaviour, we examined the psychological processes underlying the relationship between facial WHR and ethics. Specifically, we tested our prediction that the psychological experience of power mediates the relationship between facial WHR and cheating.
6. Method
(a) Participants
We recruited 123 undergraduate students to participate for course credit. Twenty participants failed to provide a photo appropriate for our facial WHR calculation, resulting in a sample of 103 participants. Our sample was 49 per cent male (n = 50) and 51 per cent female (n = 53). The sample was drawn from a population with an average age of 22.
(b) Materials and procedure
Participants completed an online survey containing our power measure among other unrelated questionnaires. Following the survey, we presented participants with an opportunity to cheat using the paradigm established by Lammers et al. [14]. Participants were given the chance to enter into a lottery for a $50 gift card as compensation for completing the survey. The number of times they would be entered into the lottery would be determined by a dice roll. Participants were directed to a website (random.org) that simulated the roll of two standard, six-sided dice. Participants were instructed to roll the dice once, sum the two dice together, and then enter this number into the survey. Of course, participants were free to enter any number they chose. The dice roll was random and therefore logically unrelated to any personal characteristics. Thus, any systematic relationship between participants' characteristics and the number reported in the survey is indicative of cheating behaviour [14].
We expected that men with greater facial WHRs would report higher dice rolls. As the actual dice roll is completely random, any relationship between facial WHR and the reported rolls represents strong evidence that men with high facial WHRs are over-reporting the results of their roll (i.e. cheating). It is important to note that this paradigm allows us to capture cheating behaviour only indirectly. Indeed, our approach introduces potential noise to the data as, for example, men with smaller facial WHRs may legitimately roll and report higher dice totals. Thus, testing for cheating behaviour using this paradigm represents a conservative test of our hypotheses.
(i) Power
We measured power using a scale developed by Anderson & Galinsky [20]. The scale assesses agreement with eight statements such as 'I can get people to listen to what I say', and 'I think I have a great deal of power' (1 = disagree strongly, 7 = agree strongly). The scale demonstrated adequate reliability (α = 0.80).
(ii) Facial width-to-height ratio
Participants' facial ratios were captured through photos submitted to an online class roster. A trained research assistant collected facial measurements using the procedures described in study 1.
7. Results and discussion
(a) Preliminary analyses
Means and standard deviations are presented in table 1. Consistent with study 1, men's facial WHR was marginally greater than women's facial WHR, F1,101 = 3.07, p = 0.08. Men and women did not differ in their overall sense of power, F1,101 = 0.15, n.s. With regard to our measure of cheating behaviour, the average dice roll reported across all participants was 7.76 (s.d. = 2.51). This reported dice roll was significantly greater than the average roll of seven expected by random chance (t102 = 3.06, p = 0.003) indicating that cheating occurred in this study. Both men (t49 = 1.95, p = 0.05) and women (t52 = 2.34, p = 0.02) reported dice rolls significantly higher than the roll expected by chance; the difference between men and women in cheating behaviour was not significant, F1,101 = 0.14, n.s.
(b) Facial width-to-height ratio, power and cheating
To test our hypothesis that men's facial WHR would relate to cheating behaviour, we regressed the reported dice roll on sex and facial WHR. This analysis revealed a significant interaction, β = 2.11, t99 = 2.04, p = 0.04. To understand this interaction, we conducted separate regressions for men and women (table 1). Consistent with our prediction, no significant relationship between facial WHR and cheating emerged for women (β = −0.01, t51 = −0.04, n.s.), while a significant positive relationship between facial WHR and cheating emerged for men, β = 0.36, t48 = 2.69, p = 0.01.
We next examined the psychological processes underlying the link between facial WHR and cheating for men by exploring the mediating role of power (figure 2). As expected, men's facial WHR was significantly related to power, β = 0.31, t48 = 2.23, p = 0.03. When cheating behaviour was simultaneously regressed on facial WHR and power, the effect of power was significant (β = 0.33, t47 = 2.44, p = 0.02), while the effect of facial WHR was only marginally significant, β = 0.26, t47 = 1.94, p = 0.06. To test the significance of this mediation, we conducted bias-corrected bootstrapping analyses with 5000 resamples [21]. This analysis revealed a significant indirect effect of facial WHR, mediated effect = 1.65, s.e. = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.14–4.26. As the confidence interval did not bridge zero, this analysis supports our conclusion that power mediated the relationship between facial WHR and cheating.
As we hypothesized, men's facial WHR predicted cheating behaviour. Men, but not women, with greater facial WHRs systematically reported higher dice rolls. As in previous research (e.g. [14]), this can be interpreted as clear evidence of cheating. Men's sense of power mediated this relationship. Facial WHR appears to be closely related to the psychological experience of power in men, and these feelings of power translated directly into less ethical behaviour. While the indirect nature of our cheating measure limits our ability to draw strong conclusions about cheating behaviour at the individual level, the results of this study (as well as those of study 1) suggest a robust relationship between facial WHR and unethical behaviour in men.
8. General discussion
Across two studies, we demonstrated that men's facial structure predicts unethical behaviour. For the first time, the current research shows that a persistent physical trait, the facial WHR, reliably predicts deception (study 1) and cheating (study 2). In addition, we identify the psychological underpinnings of the relationship between facial metrics and unethical action: the psychological experience of power. Men with greater facial WHRs felt more powerful, and this sense of power directly affected their ethical behaviour.
Two interesting sex differences emerged in our studies. First, men's facial WHR predicted unethical actions while women's facial WHR did not. These results are consistent with previous research demonstrating that only men's facial ratios are strong predictors of behaviour (e.g. [10,13]). By establishing psychological and behavioural correlates of facial WHR for men, this research collectively supports the idea that the sexual dimorphism in facial WHR is a result of selecting for greater facial WHRs in men, rather than smaller facial WHRs in women (cf. [11]). The second significant sex difference in our results is that power predicted unethical behaviour for men, while no relationship between power and ethics was present for women. Whereas recent research examining the links between power and morality (e.g. [14,22]) has not reported any sex differences, our results suggest that further examination of how men and women's moral judgements relate to power is warranted.
Our research makes a novel contribution to the growing literature exploring the evolutionary basis for moral behaviour. Challenging previous assumptions, we identify a stable physical trait that reliably predicts unethical behaviour. While some have hypothesized that genetically determined physical traits are unlikely to emerge as predictors of unethical behaviour (e.g. [8]), we show that persistent physical traits can indeed predict immoral actions if they are also associated with positive factors in intersexual and intrasexual selection.
The current research also makes important contributions to the growing body of research examining the behavioural correlates of the facial WHR. First, our work complements the research of Stirrat & Perrett [13], who demonstrated that men with higher facial WHRs were more likely to exploit a counterpart's trust in an economic game. While the paradigm used in this previous research makes it difficult to draw strong conclusions about the ethicality of men's behaviour (i.e. trust violators acted rationally from an economic perspective [23] and did not deceive or mislead the trusting party), our research supports the position that trust violators may have actively and intentionally taken advantage of others to further their own self-interest.
Second, we contribute to the literature on facial structure and behaviour by introducing a key psychological mechanism, the general sense of power, which not only explains the link between facial WHR and ethics, but may also underlie the relationships among facial WHR, aggression and self-interest described in previous research [10,12,13]. The relationship between facial WHR and power should be explored further in future research. Given the theorized links between power and optimism, goal-directed behaviour and leadership ability [24], it may be the case that facial WHR is a physical predictor of these important psychological and behavioural outcomes as well.
While we have adopted the perspective that biological factors underlie differences in facial WHR, power and unethical behaviour, it is important to recognize that other developmental processes may play an important part in forming these links as well. For example, Zebrowitz and colleagues (e.g. [25–27]) have proposed that observed links between physical characteristics and behaviours may be due to a complex interplay in which physical traits affect the social environment, which in turn elicits certain behaviours. In the current context, one possibility is that men with greater facial WHRs are perceived and treated by others in ways that encourage unethical action (i.e. a self-fulfilling prophecy). Recent research (e.g. [13,28]) has demonstrated that observers view men's facial WHR as a signal of aggression and untrustworthiness, and adjust their behaviour as a result of these perceptions. If, for instance, observers respond to facial cues by deferring to men whom they perceive to be aggressive based on their facial WHR, these men may find it easier to take advantage of others. Similarly, if men with greater facial WHRs are treated in ways that make them feel more powerful, this may foster a psychological sense of power which then affects ethical judgement and behaviour.2 Thus, future research should carefully examine the ways in which facial morphology relates to facial perceptions, and the effect of this relationship on psychological traits and ethical behaviour.
In conclusion, our research provides a new perspective to the study of the evolutionary foundations of morality by identifying a genetically determined physical predictor of unethical behaviour. We demonstrate that men with wider faces (relative to facial height) feel more powerful, and these feelings of power lead directly to less ethical behaviour, including lying and cheating. Perhaps some men truly are bad to the bone.
We gratefully acknowledge insightful comments provided by Adam Galinsky, Jack Goncalo, Laura Kray and Maurice Schweitzer on an earlier draft of this manuscript.
- Received June 6, 2011.
- Accepted June 15, 2011.
- This Journal is © 2011 The Royal Society


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Everybody assumed that the Senate would confirm hard-working, navel-gazing Jack Lew as treasury secretary. And they just did. The real question is: Does Lew know what he's getting into? The first of three budget deadlines kicks in on Friday, and Lew has to take the lead on fixing the United States' substantial budget woes. Tim Geithner is surely thrilled to go on vacation instead.
Jack Lew and His Squiggly Signature Are Your New Treasury Secretary
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'You Again': Bring up old rivalries
Things get ugly in "You Again" when Marni (Kristen Bell, right) finds out her brother is marrying her high school nemesis Joanna. No matter, she finds a way to show her brother Joanna's true colors: She gets her hands on an old time capsule video of her soon-to-be sister-in-law being a Class-A jerk and plays it at the wedding.
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February 25. 2013 11:35PM
Raises, longer contract possible for Nashua teachers
By BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
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NASHUA - Negotiations between district officials and the Nashua Teachers' Union are under way to replace the soon-to-expire $71 million two-year pact negotiated in 2011, and according to school officials the new contract could result in higher salaries and a longer contract for the teachers.
The teachers' contract is one of four in the district set to expire, as the secretarial, custodial and food services contracts are all set to end this summer.
"There might be some potential raises involved," said Dan Donovan, Nashua School District chief operating officer.
Combined, 1,400 (or 75 percent) of the district's total work force are set to have their contracts expire. In the proposed operating budget for the next school year, 79 percent of the $97 million requested is employee salary.
"In the last teachers' contract, teachers got very small raises, and they made medical cost concessions where they pay 10 percent more. For many teachers, the amount they paid for medical coverage doubled. So while teachers got almost 2 percent total increases in salary, most teachers' paychecks went down due to the medical cost increases," Donovan said.
Donovan added that the teachers will probably not be asked to make further concessions when it comes to medical costs during this round of negotiations.
"We are looking for roughly the same numbers, but it is a negotiation so it could be a different contract length," he said.
Along with the teachers' contract, the district is also in active discussions with the custodians' union representatives and is expected to begin negotiations soon with the secretarial staff and food services.
"Once the teachers' contract is finished, the others should fall into place," Donovan said.
District Superintendent Mark Conrad and School Board President Robert Hallowell are leading negotiations on behalf of the school district with the hope that the new contract will be in place by the start of the next school year in late August.
Hallowell previously said the final number for next year's school budget will probably not be known until June, something Donovan said can complicate negotiations.
"With all the changes in Concord that have affected cities and towns as costs have been passed down, Mayor Donnalee Lozeau decided to push off (finalizing budget numbers). It was a good move. It prevents costs from being passed down late in the year, but it makes for a long budget season," Donovan said.
Donovan did clarify that he is not taking part in the negotiations with the teachers, as his wife is a teacher in the district.
Once completed, each of the four contracts will be presented to the School Board, and if they pass, they will then go before the Board of Aldermen and mayor for approval.


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Though John Stevens didn't confirm his availability, Jake Muzzin will be expected to make his return to the LA Kings lineup for tonight's critical Game 3 against a Vegas Golden Knights team that has a two-to-nothing lead in the teams' best-of-seven first round series.
Muzzin hasn't played since suffering an upper-body injury during Los Angeles' 3-0 win over Calgary on March 26. He etched out perhaps his finest individual season as a pro, posting eight goals and a career-high 42 points in 74 games and leading team regulars with a 52.9% Corsi-for percentage.
"I think he's really close. I think he's going to be a game-time decision," Stevens said. "But we were just joking there – Muzz, he's begging to stop getting a conditioned skate every day, so we we thought we'd get him in a regular rotation today. He's working really hard. I think he's close, so we'll see. I haven't talked to the trainer yet, but I'll make sure to talk to him and see where he's at, and then we'll go from there."
Muzzin skated to the left of Drew Doughty, who did not play in Game 2 due to an NHL-imposed suspension for an illegal check to the head of Golden Knights forward William Carrier in Game 1. Though Doughty had skated primarily with Derek Forbort (who remains out with a lower-body injury) in the second half of the season and Muzzin with Christian Folin, their reunion would reprise a partnership that provided excellent minutes during the Kings' Stanley Cup run of 2014. Again, Stevens did not confirm Muzzin's place in the lineup, but he did confirm that he has been cleared for contact, and Muzzin indicated he'd play Sunday night.
"Yeah it's been a long time," he said. "I'm excited. You know, it's tough to watch, … but I'm excited to get back in and try and help the guys win."
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( A ) Representative flow cytometry plot of IL-6, IL-12 and TNF-α cytokine expression by myeloid dentritic cells (mDCs), monocytes and neutrophils, measured in whole blood stimulated for 6 hours with BCG, BCG-GFP (shown) or LPS, relative to an unstimulated control sample. ( B ) Representative histograms indicating proportions of innate cells that phagocytosed BCG-GFP (green). ( C ) Absolute numbers of innate cell subsets per milliliter of unstimulated whole blood plotted against M . tb H37Rv growth. R and p values were calculated using Spearman's correlation. ( D ) Absolute numbers of BCG-GFP-positive mDCs, monocytes or neutrophils per mL of whole blood in adult individuals, stratified by QFT status. The inclusion of TruCount beads during the cell staining steps of the innate whole blood assay allowed determination of the absolute number of each subset of cells per mL of whole blood. The red and blue circles represent QFT+ and QFT- adults, respectively. Horizontal lines represent medians and whiskers, the interquartile range. Differences in absolute counts of BCG-GFP-positive innate cells between the groups were evaluated with the Mann-Whitney test (shown P values). The pie charts show relative proportions of BCG-GFP-positive cells among each innate cell subset.
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Simon: 10 mcg is an inconsequential dose of B12. 500 – 1000 mcg in methycobalamin form each day would be a more suitable dose.
B12 is stored in the liver, I always thought about it as something from old, real old times, when you coluldn´t be sure of good hunting everytime. So, when starving times one wouldn´t be without B12.
B12 and folic acid are both known to have good effects in psychiatric problems, but in mega-doses it´s called ex juvantibus and was widely used before we had so many diffrent drugs, even thyroxin i mega-dosis was used. That I find very interesting.
And Simon…you really need to store up a lot of B12 in your liver.
Wow! Chis, as I said so much info out there you don't know where to turn! When I followed the Raw vegan diet, I was told at the time just have some raw honey which has had a few bees or other insects fallen into it, you won't taste them and you'll get all the vitB12 you need! Damn was I so naive! Thank you. Simon
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Chris – as always…you rock!
Adam says
Hi Chris, I've relatively recently found your website and have been enjoying your posts and podcasts. In this article you say that Autism Spectrum Disorder can be caused by B12 deficiency. Do you have any proof of this, any studies you can point me towards? Are you implying that it can be a deficiency in the mother during pregnancy or some deficiency in the infant that can bring it on? As someone diagnosed with Aspergers I must say I'm interested but also skeptical. Autism has a clear genetic component and I while it is plausible that an environmental factor can trigger a genetic predisposition to it I doubt there is any firm evidence out there that proves that B12 can be a cause (or anything else at this stage). Thanks for all your great work, but I need more convincing on this one. Cheers, Adam.
There's an entire chapter on the possible B12-Autism connection in the book I referenced in the post (Could It Be B12). It is well-established that maternal B12 deficiency causes developmental delay, hypotonia, failure to thrive, reduced IQ and mental retardation in the mother's offspring. Young kids with B12 deficiency exhibit delays in speech, language and social development, as well as problems with motor control. The signs and symptoms of B12 deficiency are very similar to those of ASD. There are anecdotal reports from ASD specialists that B12 injections improve symptoms in a significant percentage of ASD patients. One pilot study found that the rate of elevated urinary MMA in autistic kids was 20%. Granted, this is not proof of causality nor would I or the authors of the book claim that B12 deficiency is the sole contributing factor to ASD (that's ridiculous, of course). But there may very well be a connection, and it's worth pursuing further IMO.
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By Jay Jaffa
It is hard to believe that back in July 2012 – a summer of transition for Tottenham - there were more than a minority of dissenting voices suggesting Gareth Bale should be sold instead of want-away Luka Modric. It was never likely to happen such was the Croatian schemer's desire to depart White Hart Lane, but the overarching feeling suggested Bale could improve no further; he was expendable.
The beginning of this season appeared to back-up this claim as the Welshman and Tottenham, under the watchful brow of Andre Villas-Boas, stumbled under the starter's gun with just two points from a possible nine and back-to-back home draws in front of a mutinous home crowd still pining for Harry Redknapp.
From here Bale has embraced the role of a team leader. Far from the traditional definition, he has led almost entirely through his on-pitch performances. He is not the most vocal but seemingly thrives on being the main man at Tottenham – an open goal following the departures of Modric and the talismanic Rafael van der Vaart.
Watching him this season has been breathtaking.
Villas-Boas has helped mould Bale into a more destructive entity; giving him the freedom to roam across the pitch and pick the ball up where he feels most comfortable, while the 23-year-old has grasped the chance to display a wider array of skills than we realised he had. Credit must go to both men.
As the goals continued to flow, including a startling 10 strikes in eight club games, comparisons to Cristiano Ronaldo were inevitable. And completely justified. Much like the Portuguese's breakout season at Manchester United in 2006-07 where he scored 17 in 34, this is the year Bale has blossomed into a true match-winner.
Labelling Spurs a one-man team has become more common and although it is simplistic to claim the north Londoners would be nowhere near the top six without him, the importance of his 16 league strikes is worth underlining.
In his recent splurge of 10 goals, Bale has directly won nine points with strikes against Norwich, West Brom, a pair against Newcastle and a late winner versus West Ham, as well as opening the scoring in a 2-1 win over Arsenal.
Given that people still thought his best position was left-back as recently as last season, for his quality and goalscoring ability to be taken for granted so readily says it all.
He is now affecting games more readily than ever before, partly as he develops his role and partly through his natural growth. Although he is now less a creative, team player, he is a game-changer and the stats speak volumes. Bale has netted 16 league goals and five in cup competitions, whilst also netting another four for Wales over the season, all compared to 10 league goals and two in the cups over his 47 games in 2011-12. His improvement has been phenomenal and onlookers struggle to come up with superlatives as much as defenders struggle to come up with challenges.
And he compares to the very best. The shift from winger to forward has somewhat masked his achievements when you compare him to the top goalscoring midfielders over the years. He has already matched Steven Gerrard's best ever haul in a league season and has beaten Frank Lampard's return in all but two seasons (16 goals in 2005-06 and 22 in 2009-10).
There is some way to go to better Ronaldo's tally of 31 goals in 2007-08 but he is just one shy of his 2006-07 record and two away from matching the former United forward's total in his final season. Simply put, he has elevated his game to the level of three of the Premier League's most prolific goalscoring midfielders.
Detractors will point to the literal translation of the Player of the Year award and cite Bale's quiet spells as evidence that it should go elsewhere. But they have been rare, and with April and May still to come, Bale has the time and capability to further his case. Should Spurs finish in the top four with a weaker squad than last season, few should moan if Bale wins the award.
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University of Illinois alum Michael L. VanBlaricum (BSEE '72, MSEE '74, PhD '76), has amassed one of the finest collections of Ian Fleming material in private hands. He is also President of the Ian Fleming Foundation.
To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Fleming's first book featuring secret agent "007," James Bond, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Spurlock Museum, and the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music have invited VanBlaricum to curate a multi-venue exhibition.
Exhibits in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library will include a manuscript copy of Fleming's earliest surviving short story, dozens of editions, translations, and even parodies of Casino Royale, and Fleming's letter bludgeoning his friends to actually buy the book.
Also highlighted are selections from Fleming's notable journalism career, the first editions of all the "Bond" books, original cover art for the 1955 British paperback, and a typescript manuscript of Casino Royale on loan from the Lilly Library at Indiana University.
VanBlaricum will kick off all the festivities with a lecture in Room 66 Library at 3 pm on April 12th. A reception will follow upstairs in Room 346, which will open the Rare Book & Manuscript Library portion of events.
To learn more about all three exhibitions and associated events, visit the home page for the campus-wide celebration, The Birth of Bond: Casino Royale at 60.
Banker, wartime spymaster, foreign news editor, children's author (the creator of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and himself a bibliophile, the creator of "Bond, James Bond," left an indelible mark on twentieth-century culture. This exhibition traces the influence of Fleming's creation of Bond forward to our own century.


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After opening the scoring against Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs has extended his record of goalscoring seasons with the Premier League leaders to 23.
The Welshman's goal against the Toffees is his first in the league this season, after he netted twice against Chelsea in the Capital One Cup and once in the FA Cup rout of Fulham at the end of January.
Giggs, 39, first made his debut for the club in 1991, and has a return of 169 goals for the Old Trafford club, leaving him eighth in the club's all-time scoring charts.
He has since made more than 900 appearance for Manchester United, and is the club's all-time leading appearance maker and has won almost all of the major honours available in the domestic game, including: 12 Premier Leagues, two Champions League crowns, four FA Cups, four League Cups, a European Cup Winners Cup and Uefa Super Cup.
He also has 64 caps for Wales, and represented Team GB at last summer's football tournament at the London Olympics.


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April 11-27. An orphaned girl is sent to live at her uncle's castle and discovers a garden that has been locked away and neglected. Aided by one of the servant's boys, she begins restoring the garden and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.
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