On the field that behavior now draws a yellow flag.

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He also is credited with reviving the field of animal behavior after discovering that both instinctive and learned behavior is necessary for long-term species survival.

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In short, 2012 will be a field day for those new behavior model quant funds.

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But the issue is relatively new to the NFL. Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has levied major fines and suspensions against players for behavior off the field, wields the same power to punish owners.

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Sadly, like most other disciplines involving human behavior, the field has taken an empirical, often commercialized turn so that now we study communications instrumentally, always with some discrete end in mind for every communicative act.

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For those of us who conduct ourselves with complete integrity, and most professional investors do, this type of behavior makes the playing field less than level.

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Varadhan, New York University, for his work in probability theory, especially his work on large deviations from expected random behavior which has revolutionized this field of study during the second half of the 20th century, and become a cornerstone of both pure and applied probability.

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And while Eli may be correct that people who produce a lot of external value get rewarded in the long run, it would help if the economics field did a better job of rewarding positive externality generating behavior and of explicitly arguing for optimal social norms.

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This has encouraged literally hordes of nonmeteorologists -- many of whom who do not understand storm structure or behavior -- carrying cellular phone cameras into the field.

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