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|Judit Polgár, chess grandmaster
Most examples of stereotype threat have been demonstrated in social psychology labs. This has led to concerns that the phenomenon may not be so relevant in real life, especially since some studies of real exam grades have failed to reveal any evidence of the effect.
Rothgerber and Wolsiefer first surveyed 77 female school chess players and found they were familiar with the stereotype that men are better at chess than women (a stereotype reflected in the fact that there is only one woman, Judit Polgár, in the world's top 100 chess players; see pic).
Next, the researchers analysed the outcomes of chess matches played by 219 girls (aged 5 to 15) in 12 tournaments rated by the United States Chess Federation. These official tournaments provide a pre-rating for each player based on their past performances, and a post-rating adjusted in line with their tournament performance. For comparison, the outcomes of tournament matches played by 195 boys were analysed.
The girls lost more often to boys than they should have done given their and their opponents' prior skill ratings. Overall, they performed at 83 per cent of their expected success rate when playing boys. "Evidence of stereotype threat among young children, then, cannot be dismissed merely as an artefact of, or limited to experimental paradigms", the researchers said.
Girls particularly underperformed (relative to their skill rating) when playing a male opponent with a higher rating than them (in this case they performed at 56 per cent of what was expected of them, on average); and when playing an older boy (managing an average of 73 per cent of their expected success). Younger girls were more susceptible than older girls to underperformance against boys. In contrast, there was no evidence of underperformance among the boys; in fact they often exceeded expectations. "This reinforces our interpretation that there is something specific to the interaction between female and male competitors that produced these performance deficits in females," said Rothgerber and Wolsiefer.
The researchers' interpretation was supported by their further analysis of the girls' participation in future tournaments. Those who underperformed more against boys in the initial analysis tended to participate in fewer future tournaments during the ensuing year, consistent with the idea that stereotype threat can encourage people to disengage from an activity when they feel threatened.
Rothgerber and Wolsiefer said their results suggest interventions to combat stereotype threat are needed at an early age. In the context of girls playing chess, they said possible remedies include providing female role models and reframing the game as a problem-solving activity. "Whatever the method of intervention, the findings indicate that for females to fully experience the cognitive and emotional benefits of chess, the earlier the intervention, the better", they concluded.
Hank Rothgerber and Katie Wolsiefer (2014). A naturalistic study of stereotype threat in young female chess players. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations DOI: 10.1177/1368430213490212
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"We conclude that the greater number of men at the highest levels in chess can be explained by the greater number of boys who enter chess at the lowest levels." (pdf)
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More than 100 officers search for missing Wash. girl
Investigators don't know if the girl, Jenise Wright, wandered off or was the victim of an accident, abduction or homicide
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BREMERTON, Wash. — More than 100 officers from 10 law enforcement agencies are involved in the search for a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her Washington state home over the weekend, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
Investigators don't know if the girl, Jenise Wright, wandered off or was the victim of an accident, abduction or homicide. Searchers include agents from the FBI Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team.
"We are harnessing all this manpower and expertise because we are covering all the bases," Kitsap County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Wilson said. "We only get one chance to do this right the first time."
Jenise was last seen at her home near Bremerton Saturday night. Her family reported her missing Sunday night.
Bremerton is on the west side of Puget Sound, across from Seattle.
The parents took FBI lie-detector tests Monday night, but the results have not been disclosed. They are cooperating with the investigation, Wilson said.
The family waited a day before calling for help because they say the girl wandered around the neighborhood on her own in the past. They felt it was relatively safe because the mobile home park is fenced, Wilson said.
After the search began Monday, state child welfare workers removed two other children, an 8-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl, from the home.
"We have to approach it as if it's a worst-case scenario and hope for the best," Wilson said.
Frank Montoya Jr., Seattle FBI special agent in charge, joined Kitsap County Sheriff Steve Boyer for a late afternoon news conference that emphasized partnership.
"This is all about finding Jenise," Montoya said. He stressed that agents would be working with other agencies on the case and "be able to look at all the pieces of information that could lead to Jenise's recovery."
For his part, Boyer said he remains "an eternal optimist."
"We're going to hope for the very, very best" outcome, he said.
In addition to FBI agents from around the country, the sheriff's office was being helped by members of the Washington State Patrol Missing and Exploited Children's Task Force and police and firefighters from local departments.
Their job Tuesday was searching all 103 homes and every outbuilding and vehicle in the Steele Creek Mobile Home Park, either with consent or a search warrant.
Investigators sealed off the park, allowing in only residents. They were also talking to transients and registered sex offenders in the neighborhood.
Searchers on the ground have covered the neighborhood and surrounding woods. Teams are waiting for leads, Wilson said.
"Anything is possible," he said. "Children do really surprising things. She could be almost anywhere."
Two adult sisters of the missing girl said Tuesday they are taking care of their younger siblings. Coralise Almajero, 23, and Melanie Davis, 20, told KING-TV they also feel the need to defend their mother and stepfather.
"From Jenise being gone, and CPS taking the kids away from her, it's tough. It's really tough on her," Davis said of her mother, Denise Wright.
Almajero responded to comments about her little sister's freedom to play in the neighborhood.
"She stays in the neighborhood. She knows you don't leave," Almajero said. "She knows you don't go in people's houses. You go and play with your friends, you come and check in."
Other residents in the park described Jenise as outgoing and unafraid to talk to anyone.
"She's really independent. She's tenacious," the girl's father, James Wright, told KOMO-TV, describing the neighborhood as safe and saying his daughter roamed the park.
Jenise is 3 feet tall, weighs 45 pounds and has black hair. She'll be a first-grader this school year. She shared a bedroom with her sister.
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Provided we don't have another drought year, livestock producers could see a substantial decline in corn prices.
After paying through the nose to feed livestock last year, cattle producers who attended the 2013 Cattle Industry Convention were told they may get a reprieve during this marketing year.
"We're looking for corn prices in 2013 to average about $6, a dollar lower than in 2012," said Chad Spearman, a grain market analyst for CattleFax. "That's a substantial decline, with the lows coming near the fall if not earlier, weather permitting."
Spearman's forecast, of course, depends on several critical variables outside his control. First, he isn't forecasting another major drought in 2013, though temperatures may continue above normal. He also expects planted acreage to increase during the 2013 marketing year. And finally, import-export trends can't change much.
Like other agricultural economists, Spearman expects producers to maximize acreage in 2013 due the potential for higher-than-normal prices. He forecasts that corn acres will grow by 1 million to 1.5 million acres, reaching 98 million acres. Soybean acres will also increase, from 77.2 million to 79 million acres. Finally, acres devoted to wheat will rise, too.
In the meantime, he expects yields to rebound from last year's 124.3 bu. per acre, the largest deviation from trendline since 1988. If production returns to the trendline, the country would harvest 157 bu. per acre, which translates into a 14-billion-bushel crop. But even if production dropped to 150 bu. per acre, we'd still have a 13.5-billion-bushel crop, given that we're producing on 98 million acres.
"This would be the first time in several years where we have production actually larger than total corn usage for the marketing year," Spearman said. "In other words, we'd rebuild the stocks of corn back from the historically low levels we've been dealing with in recent years."
Excess production would mean lower prices, said Spearman, who closely tracks stock-to-use levels of corn and other grains. They have ranged from 5.3% to 5.8% so far during the current marketing year, the lowest ratio since the 1970s.
"With a larger crop, we'd expect to see stocks-to-use for the new crop to move up to that 10% to 12% region," he said. "If we do see stocks-to-use levels of that magnitude, we would see substantially cheaper corn prices coming into the fall timeframe.
"The question is, when does that occur? We're going to have to go through a transition period. We are rationing old crop, but weather is a major factor here as we move forward. Sometime between June and September-October, if we do produce a crop of that size, I think we will be transitioning into substantially lower prices."
In the fourth quarter of this year, Spearman forecasts that corn prices — currently in a $5.80 to $6.80 per bu. range — may dip to the $4.50 to $5.50 dollar per bu.l range. That assumes a 12% stock ratio. He said hay prices could be "substantially lower" next fall as well, even though stock-to-use levels are at a 10-year average.
World stock-to-use levels for corn are critically low as well, even though high prices in the United States have led foreign corn producers — particularly in South America and the Ukraine — to gain inroads. In fact, corn production growth outside the U.S. has outpaced this country in recent years, Spearman noted.
"Going back to the 2000-2001 marketing year, the U.S. produced approximately 40% of all the corn in the world. In the current marketing year, you've seen that decline to 32%. There's been so much more growth outside of the U.S., especially after the drought of 2012," he said.
The uptick in world production has allowed the U.S. to ration its corn production. The country is exporting less corn — "exports are expected to drop below 1 billion bushels, the lowest levels since the 1970s," Spearman said — but U.S. ethanol producers are using less as well. Ethanol production, Spearman said, dipped substantially after corn prices rose to record highs last summer.
"We are seeing major imports of ethanol, from Brazil mainly, and the U.S. has become a net importer of ethanol in the last several months," he said. "In fact, imports have risen to the highest levels since 2008, back when the industry was still growing to keep up with the [renewable fuels] mandate. That's what needs to happen."
Spearman made a case for taking away incentives for gasoline blenders to use ethanol. If the U.S. produces 4.5 billion bushels during the current marketing year, he said, that would "fall short of the amount of ethanol needed to meet the renewable fuels standard for the calendar year for 2013." The result: higher prices.
In the meantime, Spearman isn't seeing as much demand rationing from the feed sector as he expected. "Pork and poultry production is expected to be flat this year. We would have expected to see some cuts with prices as high as they have been."
Corn prices may stay high until June, as market transitions from old-crop to new-crop, Spearman allowed. "We expect spot corn prices to continue to find major resistance around the $7.65, $7.75 per bu. area, and find major support from the $6.85 to $7 per bu. area on into the month of June."
Meanwhile, if the variables in Spearman's forecast prove accurate, "substantially cheaper hay prices" may result.
"We have to keep in mind that we also took a major production hit to U.S. hay in 2012," he said. "Hay stocks on Dec. 1, 2012, fell to the lowest level since 1957 and we've seen record-high prices as a result of that. If we see those lower commodity prices, and a much larger production level come next fall, we could see substantially lower hay prices."


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WASHINGTON – A Fairfax County representative is calling foul over a Metro-endorsed proposal he says gives Prince George's County the edge in an ongoing bid to house the FBI's new headquarters.
"The minute Metro signs onto a development proposal, there's automatically a bias in how it's reviewed," says Fairfax County Supervisor Jeff McKay.
McKay takes issue with WMATA-owned land near the Greenbelt station being considered as a possible site for the new intelligence headquarters. Metro's real estate committee voted Thursday to allow its developer of that land to work with Prince George's County on a bid.
The competition to land the FBI's relocation project started last year when the General Services Administration announced the agency was leaving the District's dilapidated J. Edgar Hoover building. The new headquarters needs to be near a Metro site, which is why McKay says the transit agency shouldn't insert itself into the debate.
"We are completely agnostic when it comes to where the FBI ends up and which site gets selected," says Metro spokesman Dan Stessel.
The competition is fierce over what could be one of the last big agency moves from Washington.
"I think the whole reason why Metro has been asked to join this application is because the folks in Maryland were concerned that Virginia had better sites," McKay said.
"The fact they had to go to this extent shows that they have some short comings in their own application."
Prince George's County officials took exception to that statement, responding that their bid is strong on its own.
"Not only do we have a significant portion of federal employees, roughly 27 percent of the region's federal workforce live in Prince George's County. Also, considering the amount of develop-able land especially near Metro stations, I don't think there's another jurisdiction that can match that available land, says Aubrey Thagard, the county's assistant deputy chief operating officer for economic development and public infrastructure.
McKay, who represented Virginia on Metro's board for four years, wrote a letter to the transit agency's real estate committee expressing his concerns about their involvement in Prince George's County's likely bid.
The board voted Thursday to allow the developer, Renard Development Co. LLC, the ability to assign its development rights to another party. In this case, Renard is talking about giving its rights to Prince George's County. However, the county has not yet been named in the bid.
"It's very high stakes and for WMATA to put themselves right smack dab in the middle of this economic development competition in the region, I think spells trouble in the long run for Metro in the partnership it has had with its funding partners," McKay says.
Metro has had an agreement with the developer of the 78-acre plot since 2000. Renard has always had the option in its contract with Metro to assign rights to another party, as long as the transit agency approves it, Stessel says.
"We really do not pick sides when it comes to this stuff. This is something that was provided for under a more than a decade old agreement with the developer. The developer is simply exercising something that they're permitted to do under their existing agreement," says Stessel.
The measure approved Thursday morning by Metro's real estate committee extends the deadline from March 2014 until December 2014 to give Renard enough time to submit a bid for the FBI's new headquarters, reports the Washington Business Journal.
The move is not an expression of support for one county in particular, rather Metro is allowing the developer to exercise a right in their contract, Stessel says.
"Our support of Prince George's County in this matter is non-exclusive. We'll cooperate with any jurisdiction that needs this type of assistance from us. The fact is, the sites under consideration might not need it or might not be on Metro property that is under a development agreement," Stessel says.
McKay contends that Metro's board should abandon the project and can easily let the contract expire.
"It would not be that difficult for the WMATA board in light of the regional competition ongoing to land the FBI to not make this extension. There's no reason why they should have to do it," McKay says.
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A houseplant, normally local to tropical atmospheres, is developed inside for enlivening purposes. Houseplants additionally give a characteristic and practical approach to clean indoor air. As indicated by Dr. Wolverton's NASA think about, it is recommended that somewhere around one pruned plant for each 100 square feet of home or office space is should have been successful air cleaners.
The central point to think about when developing and thinking about a houseplant are water, soil, light, temperature, dampness, composts, and pots. Most plants accompany a depiction label that will manage you on the best way to think about that particular plant. The following are some fundamental rules for houseplant care.
Both under-watering and over-watering, can be unsafe to houseplants.
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Night temperatures ought to be 10 degrees lower to copy nature.
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A standout amongst the most prevalent strategies to build relative stickiness is to utilize a rock plate underneath a houseplant. To make a stone plate, fill the seepage plate with little stones or shakes. At that point fill the plate with water as high as the stones or shakes are and afterward set the pruned houseplant on the stone or shake plate. Make sure to keep the stone or shake plate brimming with water.
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A 20-20-20 blend is useful for green foliating plants.
A 10-20-10 blend is perfect for sprouting plants.
Make certain to painstakingly peruse the guidelines on the manure holder in light of the fact that an excessive amount of compost can be destructive to plants.
Legitimate pot estimate is a vital reality to consider. A pot that is too little may end a plant's development while a pot that is too substantial may cause root ailment as a result of the overabundance dampness held in the dirt.
By and large a pot can remain in a similar pot for around two years.
Permeable pots (normally mud) give better air circulation since air goes horizontally through the sides of the pot.
Non-permeable pots (coated or plastic) will in general hold dampness for a more drawn out timeframe and can confine wind stream.
Make certain all pots have seepage openings. In the event that a pot does not have satisfactory waste the plant may finish up with root decay. A substitute waste instrument can be made for pots without seepage openings by putting earth shards or stones in the base of the pot before filling it with soil. This will enable the abundance water to pool in the base of the pot rather than the dirt.
Ten Easy Houseplants to Grow:
1. Orchids
2. Creepy crawly Plant
3. English Ivy
4. Philodendron
5. Fishtail Palm
6. Elastic Plant
7. Calla Lily
8. Christmas Cactus
9. Butterfly Palm
10. Infant's Tears
Numerous types of plants are reasonable to develop inside. To study thinking about houseplants and finding the correct houseplants for your home, visit the Better Homes and Garden site.


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December 27, 2017 | By Paul Kelly, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Editor's Note: This is the seventh of a series of 10 vignettes in which IMS Senior Communications Manager Paul Kelly picks his top 10 moments of 2017 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
There's a simple, universal question for anyone who goes to a movie, a concert or a sporting event and wonders afterward if the event was money well spent: Were you entertained?
The answer to that question for anyone who witnessed the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 should be a resounding "YES!"
Kasey Kahne thrilled the crowd at IMS and on TV and radio with a wild, unlikely victory in the 24th edition of the annual NASCAR classic. The race endured a rain delay of nearly two hours and two red flags, and featured a series of crashes and daring passes in the closing laps and overtime before Kahne emerged with a much-needed win.
Kahne started 19th but moved his way up the field in his No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet fielded by Hendrick Motorsports, which had won nine of the previous 23 Brickyard 400s.
Despite the charge toward the front, Kahne appeared to be no match early on for pole sitter Kyle Busch and eventual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. That tandem dominated the first 110 of the scheduled 160 laps.
Busch won the first two stages in the No. 18 Skittles Toyota and led 87 of the first 110 laps. Truex chased Busch in second for many of those laps and led eight circuits in his No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota.
But a portent of the wild finish to come took place on Lap 111. Truex got loose on a restart in Turn 1, sliding up into Busch. Both cars made heavy contact with the SAFER Barrier, ending their races and Busch's bid to become the first driver to win this event for three consecutive years.
The final 16 laps featured six yellow flags and a red flag. Not exactly a breezy Sunday drive.
A major flashpoint during the stretch run came on a restart on Lap 159. Kahne and Brad Keselowski were side by side in Turn 1, with Keselowski nosing ahead in Turn 2. Kahne got loose in Turn 2, which allowed four-time Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson to pull alongside Kahne.
The three NASCAR superstars then went three-wide down the backstraight, with Johnson inside, Kahne in the middle and Keselowski on the outside. They entered Turn 3 in that formation, and Johnson wiggled, made light contact with Kahne, who made light contact with Keselowski.
Johnson spun into the SAFER Barrier in Turn 3, ending his chance for a record-tying fifth Brickyard victory. Keselowski and Kahne held on to continue, under caution.
Overtime ensued. Leader Kahne chose the outside lane on the restart on Lap 163, with second-place Keselowski on the inside. But a six-car tangle was triggered on the frontstraight on the restart when Michael McDowell tapped Trevor Bayne from behind, sending Bayne into a spin that collected numerous cars. A red-flag period started on Lap 164 for clean-up.
Keselowski had slipped under Kahne just before the melee with the inside lane and was judged by NASCAR officials as the leader, setting up the final restart.
Kahne's decisive pass came on the second attempt at overtime in the race scheduled for 160 laps. Leader Keselowski chose the outside lane on the restart on Lap 166, with Kahne in second on the inside.
Former USAC open-wheel star Kahne held his line under Keselowski in Turn 1 on the restart and started to pull away. Then an accident less than a mile later, involving Denny Hamlin, Ty Dillon and Paul Menard on the backstretch, triggered the last of a record 14 caution periods and ended the race, with Kahne out front. Kahne cruised under the yellow and checkered flags on Lap 167 as darkness encroached on the 2.5-mile oval.
Kahne was mentally and physically drained after the race, requiring intravenous fluids before his winner's press conference. But the ecstasy matched the agony, as Kahne earned the biggest victory of his career.


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By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Tall folks may be more likely than shorter people to develop cancer, new British research says.
Among women, the risk of breast, ovarian, uterine and bowel cancer, leukemia or melanoma appears to go up about 16 percent for every 4-inch bump in stature, the researchers said.
"Taller women in our study had increased risk of a wide range of cancers," said study co-author Jane Green, from the cancer epidemiology unit at the University of Oxford in England. "And all the evidence from past studies is that this link is seen equally in men and women."
The findings also suggest that gains in height over the 20th century -- Europeans' average height grew nearly half an inch per decade -- might help explain some of the cancer differences seen in recent generations, the researchers said.
While the study found an association between height and cancer risk, it did not prove a cause-and-effect.
One expert from the American Cancer Society said the finding should not spur panic among the more statuesque.
"Nobody will be trying to make themselves shorter to lower their cancer risk, and the current results do not mean tall people need additional cancer screening," Eric Jacobs, strategic director for pharmacoepidemiology at the cancer society, said in a statement.
And, he added, the advice to Americans of any height remains the same: "Both short and tall people can lower their risk of developing and dying from cancer by not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, and getting the recommended cancer screening tests."
For their report, published online July 21 in The Lancet Oncology, the researchers analyzed data from the Million Women Study, conducted in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2001.
The nearly 1.3 million middle-aged women enrolled in the study had undergone an initial routine breast-screening exam and completed a basic questionnaire that collected their weight and height.
None had been diagnosed with any cancer (other than some non-melanoma skin cancers), and they were tracked for more than nine years on average.
The study authors divided the women into six height categories, starting with those women less than 5 feet 1 inches tall, then adding four more groups of increasing height, and ending with the tallest group, which included women 5 feet 9 and taller.
Generally speaking, taller women tended to drink more alcohol and had fewer children than shorter women, the researchers found. Taller women were also less obese, less likely to smoke, wealthier, and more active.
Overall, regardless of most of these factors, taller women were significantly more likely to develop most cancers, with risk ratcheting upward with every increment in height.
One exception was that among women who smoked, smoking played a more pivotal role than height in influencing cancer risk.
The research team also reviewed the findings of 10 prior studies and found a similar association between height and cancer, a connection they said held across many different populations, including those in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australasia.
Of course, "people cannot change their height," Green acknowledged, "and being tall also has health advantages, such as lower risk of heart disease."
The American Cancer Society's Jacobs called the study "large and well designed" and he offered up some theories on what might be behind the link between height and cancer risk.
"One possibility is that taller people may have higher levels of growth-related hormones, both in childhood and in adulthood, and these growth-related hormones may modestly increase cancer risk," he said.
Many factors influence height, including childhood diet and health, genes and hormone levels, the study authors noted.
"The study is important not for individual or public health, but because it may help us to understand better how cancer develops," Green said.


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It's one of those Disney fan-crossovers where identifying who's who exactly takes a bit more time. It's such a diverse cast, but artist Sam Tsui on DeviantART didn't have much problem with it and remade everyone as medieval fantasy characters from Game of Thrones.
Here's some of the most recognizable princesses. Check out's the artist's gallery for more.
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I crocheted this black purse with 1 strand of Bernat Berella 4 and 1 strand of a boucle yarn (can't remember which one). I used my favorite L hook. The plastic canvas bottom liner still has to be covered with fabric and glued in - I'll probably do that today.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Black purse
A gift from a friend
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Wreath & candy cane
I crocheted these little ornaments last night. The pattern for the candy cane is listed a few posts down and the little wreath pattern is my own. It's very simple.
Wreath ornament:
10 yds. size 10 thread
size 1 steel crochet hook - (I crochet tight - you may need to adjust the hook size to your preference)
1" plastic ring
Rnd 1: sc around ring to cover completely. Join with a sl st to first sc.
Rnd 2: ch 3, dc in same sc. 2 dc in each sc around. Join with a sl st to top of ch 3.
Rnd 3: ch 1, sc in same st. *Ch 2, skip next dc, sc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Ch 2, join with sl st to first sc. (You may or may not end up with an extra sc - it doesn't matter - you won't be able to tell - just skip it and join)
Attach a hanging thread and decorate as you like.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Candy canes
I went to the Dollar Tree yesterday and bought a pack of beaded candy canes and crocheted these cuties last night. Very quick and easy but a little tricky to hold onto at first. I'm giving the red one to Phyllis and the variegated green one to Juli. I got the pattern here:
Saturday, December 13, 2008
New scarf
Finished this scarf for myself last night. I used Bernat Super Stripe - the color is called B & Sea (makes no sense to me either) - and I used a J hook. The pattern I got from a friend. It's similar to the "One Skein Scarf" pattern in the "Stitch 'n Bitch" book but it's bigger, so it takes a little more than one skein.
Work Christmas Tree
I bought this little Christmas tree from the Dollar Tree and took it to work. I have no tiny ornaments for it so it sat for a couple days plain. Then I remembered all the little silver-ish washers that I would see on the shop floor and started picking them up (I was told the washers have something to do with the oil changes). I colored the washers with Sharpee markers and placed them on the branches of the tree. Looks kind of cute and fits in perfectly in a car shop.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Low calorie dessert
A friend of mine makes little cupcake ornaments so I decided to try. Her's is much cuter than mine - maybe more sprinkles and a cherry on top would be good. I got the pattern here:
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Christmas candy jars
These jars will be filled with candy to give to our neighbors. I crocheted the toppers with various worsted weight yarns using a "J" hook.
Hexagon blanket
I finished this small blanket last night. It is 31" from point to point. It is crocheted with Red Heart Jeweltones and my favorite "I" hook. I'm thinking of giving it to one of my great-nieces for her baby dolls.
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Provo • Moments after he led BYU to a 24-21 come-from-behind win over Tulsa at the Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas last winter, the thought dawned on quarterback Riley Nelson.
"We can't let a minute go to waste this offseason," Nelson said. "We are going to have a lot of seniors back, and we want it to be a special season. We are going to have a sense of urgency all offseason."
And history shows, Nelson clearly knows, that when BYU has a senior starter at quarterback, it almost always is a successful season. The last three seasons BYU had a senior QB 2001, 2006 and 2009 the Cougars went a combined 34-6, with two bowl wins.
Max Hall led BYU to an 11-2 season in 2009, capped with a 44-20 win over Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl. John Beck led the Cougars to an 11-2 season in 2006, topped with a 38-8 beatdown of Oregon in Vegas. Current offensive coordinator Brandon Doman led the Cougars to a 12-2 record in 2001.
Since LaVell Edwards became head coach in 1972, BYU has never had a senior quarterback who played the entire season lose more than four games; Gary Sheide went 7-4-1 in 1974 and Kevin Feterick went 8-4 in 1999. Other years, and the record: 1979 Marc Wilson (11-1); 1981 Jim McMahon (11-2); 1983 Steve Young (11-1); 1985 Robbie Bosco (11-3); 1991 Ty Detmer (8-3-2); and 1996 Steve Sarkisian (14-1).
Nelson's senior moment begins Thursday when BYU plays host to Washington State.
"As I look back at those years with senior quarterbacks, they also had great teams," Nelson said. "And that's what I am most encouraged about. I feel like we have a nasty defense, for starters ... And to be honest with you, the quarterback does play a very vital role in the success of the team. So I don't shy away from that, nor do I put undue pressure on myself because of that."
While Hall was a starter since his sophomore season and Beck started in four games as a freshman before taking over full time as a sophomore, Nelson's journey to senior starter more closely resembles what Doman went through. Doman was handed the reins late in his junior year after trying a different position: receiver; Nelson got the job midway through 2011 when Jake Heaps struggled, and only after beginning the season as a gunner on the punt coverage team.
Doman called Nelson's situation "eerily similar" to his.
Nelson "is an ultraconfident guy, and he should be now," Doman said. "He played a lot last year. He's won several games now. He has come from behind to win some games. He has seen about everything in that regard. He's just faster and stronger and smarter this year, so hopefully we will see more production."
Nelson was 6-1 in games he started last season, completing 57.4 percent of his passes for 1,717 yards and 19 touchdowns with seven interceptions. His leadership ability, and the way the team rallied around him, was quickly apparent when he directed the improbable comeback win over Utah State.
But he also displayed a penchant for trying to do too much that proved costly against better opponents, such as TCU. Doman said getting Nelson to throw the ball away when nothing is there has been emphasized in the offseason.
"We have spent a lot of time on that, and he is starting to make good decisions in that regard," Doman said. "There may be a couple of reckless throws [this season], but hopefully fewer than we have seen in the past. ... I am hoping that with a senior quarterback and a little bit more experience, and who he is, that we will see a decrease in turnovers.
"Riley is a little bit on the edge. And that's OK. I am not going to take that away from him," Doman continued. "So maybe we will see a handful more interceptions than we did with Max and John, but we might also see more explosive plays than we did with those guys."
The only BYU senior quarterback who didn't excel his senior year was Steve Lindsley, who was taken out in the third-to-last game in 1986 and did not start the last two games. BYU went 8-5 that year.
Does the season ride on Nelson's shoulders?
"No, I don't feel that way," he said. "There are 22 offensive and defensive starters, with another 15-17 guys helping out on special teams. So I look at myself as one cog in the machine, and just another piece of the puzzle. I do have a high-profile position, and that's kind of the nature of the game. I definitely embrace that. My role in the offense is to get the ball into the hands of our playmakers as quickly and efficiently as I can. ... If I can do that effectively, I will have met my goals statistically, and all that stuff."
And history, quite likely, will repeat itself.
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A jury this week sided with former Deputy Police Chief William Taylor to the tune of nearly $1.3 million, siding with his claims that he was fired in retaliation for refusing to sign off on the terminations of minority officers.
In his 2009 lawsuit, Taylor also said he was retaliated against for raising concerns about how a sexual harassment incident was being handled.
Late Monday afternoon, jurors awarded $1.29 million, with $250,000 of that awarded for pain and suffering, his attorney Gregory Smith said. The rest was for loss of earnings.
Smith said he was not surprised by the jury's verdict.
"Bill Taylor is one of the most honest and truthful men I have met in my life," Smith said. "I always believed his story. I have great faith in the justice system and I knew people would see that as well."
Taylor was among 10 officers who were fired in 2010 for alleged misconduct in how a 2007 Porto's Bakery robbery was investigated, including accusations of excessive use of force.
The jurors realized that the Porto's internal affairs investigation was "a complete sham," Smith said, because evidence presented in Los Angeles County Superior Court showed James Gardiner, who was brought on by the city to probe how the department investigated the Porto's robbery, was there to buttress the city's position.
The city alleged Taylor interfered in an internal investigation, and that he was not demoted. Rather, former Chief of Police Tim Stehr was restructuring a department in turmoil.
Ronald Frank, one of the attorneys for the city, did not respond to a request for comment.
Taylor's lawsuit is the first of several filed after the Porto's Bakery and Cafe robbery in 2007 to go before a jury. The other lawsuits include allegations of racial discrimination and sexual harassment and are winding their way through the legal system.
Opening statements in a trial involving Det. Steve Karagiosian were scheduled to begin this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Karagiosian, along with four other officers, alleged discrimination and sexual harassment in the lawsuit that was filed in 2009.
Taylor is a witness in the case, Karagiosian's attorney, Solomon Gresen, said.
That could prove troublesome for the city, Smith said, because if Taylor is asked if he sued, he can also be asked about the result of the lawsuit.
"It makes Bill [Taylor] a much more credible witness," Smith said. "It's a big problem for the city."
Burbank City Atty. Amy Albano said in an interview that she believed "all witnesses testified truthfully" when they told the court they knew nothing of Taylor's concerns about attempted minority firings.
Under a fair employment claim Taylor has filed, Smith said they would push to have Taylor reinstated as deputy chief.
If that is not successful, Smith wants the city to allow Taylor to retire honorably and return his badge.
The court can order the city to issue a retirement badge that says deputy chief, Smith said, along with a permit to carry a concealed weapon, which is given to all honorably retired officers.
It's an effort that will likely face an uphill battle.
"My immediate reaction is that Taylor sued for money damages and that's what he was awarded," Albano said of any possible reinstatement.
The city has 30 days to file a motion for a new trial, or 60 days to appeal.


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Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie is the Curator and Head of Physical Anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a former Post-Ph.D. Research Grantee who was also awarded a Professional Development Grant (now known as the Wadsworth International Fellowship) to pursue a doctorate in physical anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, under supervision of Dr.Tim D. White. His recent findings are to be published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Below is the press release just released by PNAS announcing his discovery and the implications of the findings for our understanding of Human Evolution.
HUMAN-LIKE WALKING IS ANCIENT: "Lucy's" Forebears were Advanced Upright-Walkers.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
An international team of scientists conducting field research in the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region has announced the discovery of a 3.6 million-year-old partial skeleton of "Lucy's" species, Australopithecus afarensis ("Lucy" is 3.2 million years old). This discovery and results from the initial analysis will be published this week in the Early Online Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States of America. The first author and team leader Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Curator and Head of Physical Anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, said "as a result of this discovery, we can now confidently say that "Lucy" and her relatives were as proficient as ourselves walking on two legs. Obligate bipedality has deeper roots."
The new partial skeleton (KSD-VP-1/1), which the authors have nicknamed "Kadanuumuu" (kah-dah-nuu-muu), generates new information on the locomotion, shoulder girdle morphology, and shape of the rib cage in our early ancestors, particularly in "Lucy's" species, Australopithecus afarensis. "Kadanuumuu" means "big man" in the Afar language and reflects its large size. One of the co-authors, Kent State University Professor of Anthropology Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy, described the new partial skeleton as "a truly special find in understanding the early evolution of humans. "
Background to the Discovery:
The best-known direct early human ancestor is Australopithecus afarensis. The only partial skeleton assigned to this species, until now, has been "Lucy", a female individual recovered from Hadar, in Ethiopia's Afar Triangle in 1974, and dated to 3.2 million years ago. "Lucy" was an exceptionally small female (only about 3 1⁄2 feet tall), but she was the only partial skeleton of her age ever found. Many interpreted her small frame as being incompletely adapted to upright walking.
The new Woranso-Mille specimen (KSD-VP-1/1) being reported here is only the second partial skeleton ever recovered and it is a large male (about 5 to 5 ½ feet tall). It is also now the oldest Australopithecus afarensis skeleton yet found and among the largest individuals of the species. It not only preserves most of the same skeletal parts that "Lucy" does, but also others never previously known, including a nearly complete shoulder blade and a significant portion of the rib cage. These have generated many surprises and shed major light on previously unknown skeletal features of Australopithecus afarensis, thereby advancing our knowledge of the paleobiology of this species and its descendants.
Discovery of KSD-VP-1/1 ("Kadanuumuu"):
The Woranso-Mille project has been conducting field research in the central Afar region of Ethiopia since 2004. The project has collected more than 4500 fossil specimens of various mammalian species. These include about 95 fossil hominid specimens dating back to 3.8 million years ago.
On February 10, 2005, Alemayehu Asfaw found the first element of KSD-VP-1/1, a fragment of the lower arm bone (ulna), at a locality known as Korsi Dora. The specimen was exposed on the surface and further investigation resulted in the recovery of more elements. The surface distribution of the specimens indicated that excavation was necessary. Continued excavation between 2005 and 2008 produced more skeletal elements including an upper arm (humerus), a collarbone (clavicle), bones of the neck (cervical vertebra), a shoulder blade (scapula), ribs, pelvis, sacrum, a thighbone (femur), and a shinbone (tibia). Most of the specimens were buried under 1.5 meter thick clay and silt. All of this was removed before the specimens could be recovered. Unfortunately, none of the cranial or dental parts were recovered. Dr. Haile-Selassie explained that extraction of the skeletal elements from the ground took five years of excavation.
The specimen was found in the Woranso-Mille Paleontological Project study area located in the central Afar region of Ethiopia about 210 air miles (336 Kms) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa and 30 air miles (48 Kms) north of Hadar ("Lucy's" site). Korsi Dora is the local name for the area where KSD-VP-1/1 was found. This area is inhabited by the Afar people who are semi-nomadic.
Geology and Age Determination:
A. Geochronology and stratigraphy
KSD-VP-1/1 was recovered from mudstone at the base of an exposure of upward coarsening claystone, siltstone and sandstone about one meter thick. A volcanic tuff about 2.6 meters below the specimen has been dated by the 40Ar/39Ar ("Argon-Argon") method, yielding an age of 3.60 ± 0.03 Ma.
B. Paleomagnetic Analysis
Paleomagnetic analysis was conducted to further refine the specimen's age, since it was found above the dated tuff. Extensive samples were taken from material above the specimen. All exhibited what is known as normal "remanence" (the directionality of the Earth's magnetic poles has shifted back and forth in cycles for much of its history). This tells us that the bottom of the deposits on which the specimen rested is just above the "Gauss/Gilbert paleomagnetic transition," indicating an age of between 3.6 and 3.3 million years ago. Using sedimentation rates calculated for other parts of the study area, KSD-VP-1/1, which was found 2.6 meters above the dated tuff, has a most probable age of 3.58 million years.
Significance of the Discovery:
- "Lucy" was an exceptionally small female (only about 3 ½ feet tall), but she was the only partial skeleton of her age. "Kadanuumuu" is a much larger male (5 to 5 ½ feet tall), and not only preserves most of the same skeletal parts that "Lucy" does, but also some never previously known, including a nearly complete shoulder blade and a significant portion of the rib cage. These have generated many surprises.
- Many anthropologists mistook some features of "Lucy's" small frame to indicate that she was not fully adapted to upright walking. "Kadanuumuu" shows this was incorrect. His much larger frame exhibits characters very similar to those of modern humans in his pelvis, thigh, and shinbones.
- In fact, "Kadanuumuu's" legs were also surprisingly long—almost as long compared to the size of his arms as are those of modern humans. Elongating our legs was previously thought to be a pivotal change later in human evolution, and most observers thought "Lucy's" legs were very short. However, her legs were short because of her very small size. "Kadanuumuu's" legs demonstrate that if "Lucy's" frame had been as large as his, her legs would also have been almost as long as ours. Speculation as to why our legs got longer over time has ranged from helping dissipate body heat to reducing the energy needed to walk long distances (claimed by some to be an adaptation for "persistence hunting"). However, the latter now cannot be correct because "Kadanuumuu" lived nearly one million years before the first stone tools were ever made (he is 400,000 years older than "Lucy").
- "Kadanuumuu's" shoulder was also a major discovery. It shows that our ancestor's shoulder blade and rib cage were much more similar to those of modern humans than has been previously thought. Most authorities, until now, presumed that our ancestors' shoulders were more like those of chimpanzees. "Kadanuumuu" shows that this is not the case. Along with specimens from an even older ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus or Ardi (See the October 2, 2009 special issue of Science), this confirms that our shoulder has changed only slightly since the days of "Lucy" and "Kadanuumuu". This is very surprising, because his shoulders differ much from those of chimpanzees than they do from those of gorillas, despite the fact that chimpanzees are our closest living relatives. This tells us that chimpanzees have evolved a great deal since we shared a last common ancestor with them, and confirms conclusions made last year on the basis of the Ardi skeleton.
- Some anthropologists have recently claimed that much more recent specimens from South Africa (only about 2 million years old) exhibited traits that suggested that our ancestors completed their adaptation to upright walking more recently. "Kadanuumuu" shows that the traits these anthropologists were studying are instead probably just a product of very small body size. "Kadanuumuu" has a much more substantial, robust pelvis than "Lucy"—almost certainly because he was a much larger male. Moreover, his pelvis and lower limb indicate that he was highly accomplished at upright walking, and fully capable of making footprints same as the famous Laetoli footprints found in Tanzania in 1979. The advanced adaptations present in "Kadanuumuu's" pelvis and lower limb pushes back modern striding gait to well before 3.6 million years. Dr. Lovejoy added that "the skeleton establishes, once and for all, just how ancient upright walking is in our family heritage."
The Woranso-Mille Project:
The Woranso-Mille Paleontological project conducts field and laboratory work in Ethiopia each year. This project, initiated in 2004, is led by Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Dr. Bruce Latimer of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Participants include scientists from Ethiopia, the United States, France, and Sweden, specializing in various subdisciplines of geology and paleontology. The project has also been actively training graduate and undergraduate students from both Ethiopia and the United States and continues to do so.
Future Prospects:
The Woranso-Mille project will continue conducting its annual field and laboratory work in the study area and recover more fossils of early hominids and associated vertebrates.
Publication of results from these discoveries will continue as soon as their detailed analysis is completed.
The project will make sure that participation of Ethiopian scholars in the field of paleoanthropology rises by training more Ethiopian students in collaboration with the Paleoanthropology Program of the Addis Ababa University.
Project Support:
The Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) annually issues fieldwork research permit to the Woranso-Mille project. The National Museum of Ethiopia and the Directorate of Collections, Curation, and Laboratory Services of ARCCH provided laboratory research facility and fossil storage space. Field and laboratory research conducted by the Woranso-Mille project are supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (Physical Anthropology program), The Leakey Foundation, The National Geographic Society, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for fieldwork and Kent State University for laboratory research.


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Sony has updated the US PS Movie Store new releases The Smurfs and Friends with Benefits, which might only be worth the watch just to see Mila Kunis prance around in her skivvies.
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It's Friday. Good for you, getting ready for the weekend and all that. Have some shorts before you head off.
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Redmond excited to meet former team in Minnesota
CINCINNATI -- The Marlins are headed to Minnesota for a two-game series with the Twins on Monday and Tuesday. It marks the first time that manager Mike Redmond will face his former team as a big league manager.
"I'm excited," Redmond said. "I'm excited to go back."
Redmond played for Minnesota from 2005-09. His best season with the Twins was in '06, when he hit .341 (61-for-179) in 47 games.
"The team's changed a lot," Redmond said. "There's only a couple of guys -- just Joe [Mauer] and Justin [Morneau] are really the only two guys that are left there from when I played -- but it's always good to see Gardy [Twins manager Ron Gardenhire] and the coaching staff."
Redmond played at Target Field in 2010 as a member of the Cleveland Indians and even legged out an infield single -- impressive given that he had one steal in his 13-year career.
"Despite what everybody says about my speed late in my career, I was still able to get an infield single," Redmond joked.
Redmond said that he likes Target Field a great deal.
"It's beautiful; it's a great ballpark," he said. "They did a great job designing it. I know guys complain about not being able to hit home runs out of there, but it's a great park and a testament to the fans. They wanted outdoor baseball, and they got it. We'll see how enjoyable that is on Monday and Tuesday."
Temperatures are expected to dip into the low-30s. Nevertheless, Redmond is excited to return.
"I had a great experience there as a player," he said. "Fans there were tremendous, and they appreciated me for my style [of play], what I brought to that team. It'll be fun to go back."


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I was glad to finally make it to KangNam on Olympic at the western edge of Koreatown. They have a wide and varied menu with BBQ and sushi, but seem to specialize in home-style dishes. It's sort of a less funky version of the food at Seongbukdong.
The fried oyster pancakes had a nice oyster flavor but were a bit too doughy; I would have liked to see a lower oyster to dough ratio. The boiled short rib is actually braised and served in a sweet jus with apples, cherries and chestnuts. The meat was tender, but the sauce was a bit thin. The KangNam version only made me yearn for the bolder braised kalbi at Seongbukdong.
But the spicy boiled black cod with mixed vegetables was a home run. The dish is a braised code with scallions, rice cake, tofu, daikon and assorted vegetables in a thick Korean chili paste braising sauce. The cod itself was cooked perfectly, maintaining its buttery texture while soaking up the spice from the sauce. The assorted accompaniments added a wide variety of textures and the sauce was sippable by the spoonful.
They also do a good, somewhat spicy chapchae (the ubiquitous Korean noodle dish that we always order for the kids).
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Los Angeles, CA 90019
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
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Editions with commentaries on the major epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology are a desirable next stage in the continuing rediscovery of Hellenistic literature. Apart from the general treatments of Gow and Page, commentaries on individual epigrammatists are usually limited to one older work, which is typically both out of date and incomplete. Such is the case with the epigrams of Philodemus, which received a brief edition and commentary from Kaibel in 1885 and were then treated along with other epigrammatists by Gow and Page in their Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip (Cambridge, 1968). We are fortunate that the first such commentary to appear is this excellent one by Sider, which will undoubtedly provide a model for similar work by other scholars.
Among the many strengths of the commentary is Sider's concern to set Philodemus' epigrams in their social, historical, literary, and philosophical contexts. Maintaining a balance among these various strands, he for the most part avoids the dangers of reading the poems as strictly autobiographical or as purely literary exercises. He recognizes that, while various poems were likely composed for a specific occasion, they are shaped by the epigrammatic tradition and were likely written, or rewritten, with an eye to literary posterity. While assuming that Philodemus published a collection of his epigrams, Sider avoids speculating on the position or function of individual poems (even to the point of arguing that the reference to the koronis in AP 11.41 = 4 Sider is entirely metaphorical and so without any possibility of referring as well to the end mark of its own book, as in Meleager AP 12.257), but he nevertheless comments frequently on the implications of reading one poem against another. He also identifies a cycle of epigrams, on Philodemus' mistress (or wife, as Sider argues) Xanthippe. His interest in this cycle does, however, lead at times to overly speculative conclusions about the historical circumstances of its composition, such as the claim that certain poems "all seem to center on a turning point in the narrator's life, when he turns from 'madness' to a more reflective time that will be characterized by philosophical discourse and marriage, the latter (and hence the former) being dated to the narrator's 37th year" (p. 17).
Sider's "Introduction" illustrates how he manages the difficult task of combining depth of learning with ease of comprehensibility. A readable text discussing Philodemus' life, relationship with various Greek and Roman Epicureans on the bay of Naples, and the earlier history of Greek epigram is supplemented by excellent notes providing full documentation. Particularly useful is his discussion of how the composition of epigrams fits with Philodemus' poetic theory as well as his Epicurean preferences: "Almost any poetry could be recited at ... banquets, but, in keeping with Epicurus' dictum that the wise man will not exercize himself overmuch with the composition of poetry, original compositions would have at least to give the appearance of not having required any effort. Epigrams meet this requirement as no other genre" (p. 32). I miss, however, discussion of Philodemus' epigrammatic style, particularly as it relates to his predecessors in the tradition of epigram. Philodemus seems to have stepped away from the direct variation of a single model or set of models practiced by his immediate predecessors -- Antipater of Sidon, Meleager, and Archias. Some general comments on these original features as well as the wit of Philodemus' epigrams would have been appreciated, especially given the dearth of literary studies on his poetry and its evident influence on important Latin poets, including Catullus and Vergil.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Sider for his personal examination of the manuscripts, not only the principal ones -- the Codex Palatinus and Planudes' fourteenth-century autograph in Venice -- but also a number of apographs of the Palatine Anthology important as a source of corrections or conjectures made by early scholars. Sider has even examined a number of early printed editions, although these do not seem to have contributed to his apparatus. The apparatus is admirable, easily comprehensible but fuller than that of Gow-Page. Sider consistently provides us with an indication of what can be deciphered in P beneath the corrector's erasures and in a much neater fashion than Stadtmüller, whose Teubner apparatus is overly fussy. His fresh examination of P has produced some readings that differ from Stadtmüller's, and in a few instances (for instance, δειπνεῖν in AP 5.46.4 = 20.4 Sider) he has convincingly preferred the original over the correction.
Sider's text also incorporates the new evidence provided by P.Oxy. 3724, a papyrus of the later first century A.D. containing a list of ca. 175 incipits, including the beginnings of 27 epigrams attributed to Philodemus in the Anthology. Sider uses the papyrus to confirm or correct readings transmitted in the manuscripts and illustrates the importance of the document by providing a full commentary on the incipits. Because at least two epigrams rather securely attributed to Asclepiades also appear in the list, Sider wisely avoids the temptation to conclude that the list refers to a collection of epigrams solely by Philodemus, but he does show that many of the incipits have likely Philodeman associations. He thus concludes that the presence of an epigram on the list is a strong indication, though not absolute proof, of Philodeman authorship. While Sider's comments on the incipits are insightful, he is nevertheless unable to offer any explanation for the nature of the incipit list. Without a theory about the intentions of the person who drew it up, its relationship to a Philodeman collection will continue to puzzle.
One of the advantages of Sider's edition is his inclusion of epigrams doubtfully attributed to Philodemus, some of which are omitted by both Kaibel and Gow-Page. He has not, however, resisted the temptation to reorder the poems in accordance with his own reading, so that, for instance, the epigrams he assigns to the Xanthippe cycle appear first. This produces the unfortunate result that he must assign new "Sider" numbers to the whole collection (instead of supplementing the Gow-Page numbers in some way for his own dubia), and this will create the need to cite yet another reference in addition to both the AP number and the Gow-Page number. More problematic is his failure to gather all the dubia at the end of his collection. He rightly places near the close of the series AP 6.246 = 35 Sider and AP 5.8 = 36 Sider, which bear credible alternative ascriptions, and then AP 5.113 = 37 Sider, which is unlikely to be Philodemus', and a poem that is apparently a Renaissance forgery (38 Sider). But in other instances Sider's placement of an epigram will mislead the less observant reader. AP 12.103 = 24 Sider is anonymous in the Anthology, and its possible attribution to Philodemus is based solely on its appearance in the incipit list. Sider himself comments that "the external evidence for authorship is inconclusive" (p. 146), but in fact its solid position in the long Meleagrian sequence from Book 12 of the AP (12.37-168) almost certainly rules out Philodeman authorship. For AP 5.114 = 18 Sider, Planudes' ascription to Philodemus (with the easily confused phrase τοῦ αὐτοῦ) carries no more weight than P's ascription to Μαικίου (Maccius?). Worse yet, AP 5.80 = 2 Sider occupies second place in the edition because it is seen as part of the Xanthippe cycle, although its attribution to Philodemus by Planudes and its appearance among the incipits is counterbalanced by Diogenes Laertius' confirmation (3.32) of the attribution to "Plato" in P. Whatever the truth about the group of epigrams masquerading under the name of Plato in antiquity, there is certainly credible evidence that this couplet (a complement to AP 5.79 also attributed to "Plato") bore an ancient ascription to the earlier philosopher. As a result, it cannot be securely assigned to Philodemus.
One of the strengths of this collection is Sider's interpretation of the epigrams within an Epicurean context. Such readings are supported not only by our knowledge of Philodemus' philosophical beliefs but also by the association of some earlier epigram collections (namely, those of Asclepiades, Posidippus, and Leonidas) with certain philosophical schools (see my Poetic Garlands: Hellenistic Epigrams in Context [Berkeley, 1998]). But despite my general sympathy with this approach, I sometimes felt Sider was searching for an Epicurean connection even when the text of an epigram did not warrant it. Examples: in AP 5.132 = 12 Sider, an increasingly erotic list of a woman's anatomical charms (the type later known as blason anatomique) is said to illustrate the impossibility of maintaining "Epicurean ataraxia" (p. 104), although nothing of the sort appears in the text; the assertion that AP 5.24 = 13 Sider concerns "some Epicurean notions of the soul" (p. 110) ignores Philodemus' evident imitation of Meleager (extending to the appropriation of the name of his girlfriend Heliodora), who makes similar reference to the soul (cf. AP 12.80; 12.81) without Epicurean implications; that fear about adultery is the problem in AP 5.25 = 15 Sider remains only a possibility and certainly not one that justifies reading the poem as "a humorous counterexample" to Epicurean views about the pains attendant on sexual pleasures (pp. 116-17); in APl 234 = 30 Sider, the wit of the poem about a statue composed of three gods who request sacrifices is well noted, but the poem is then irrelevantly interpreted in terms of an supposed "Epicurean audience" who believed gods "take no part in human affairs" (p. 170); in AP 11.318 = 31 Sider, Anticrates is assumed to be a Stoic, without any evidence, so that the references to astrology in a poem whose raison d'être is actually its witty obscenity can be contrasted with Epicurean rejection of astrological belief. Many of these poems can be more simply explained by reference to epigrammatic topoi, and I myself am less inclined than Sider to assume they were composed for a primary audience of Epicurean friends who were primed to find philosophical allusion in every sort of remark.
More generally, Sider's readings of the epigrams are sensible and sometimes highly illuminating (see, for instance, his explanation of the sexual innuendoes in AP 11.318 = 31 Sider). I found his basic interpretations almost always convincing, and he manages to make sense out of even the more problematic poems. The comments I append here are not intended, then, as objections but as supplementary thoughts stimulated by his discussions. AP 9.570 = 3 Sider: In refuting the curious scholarly tradition that Xantho is here a bee, Sider misses the metaphorical association of the girl with a statue (κηρόπλαστε, μυρόχροε, ἄγαλμα). AP 5.123 = 14 Sider: Since the poem contains no direct indication Kallistion is sleeping while her lover addresses Selene, there is no reason to assume the improbable circumstance that she "will remain asleep during lovemaking" (p. 113). AP 5.25 = 15 Sider: The parallel of Theocr. Id. 1.130, where Eros "drags" Daphnis to Hades, supports the mss. reading θρασύς referring to Eros who "drags" the impassioned speaker rather than Sider's θρασεῖα referring to Kydille; Eros is often "bold" and compelling in earlier epigrams (cf. θρασύς in AP 5.177.6, 5.213.4). AP 5.121 = 17 Sider: Surprisingly omitted is reference to the discussion of dark-skinned mistresses in A. Cameron, GRBS 31 (1990) 287-311 and F. Snowden, GRBS 32 (1991) 239-53; the name Philainion is more likely a reminiscence of Asclepiades' Philainion in AP 5.162 than the Philainis who wrote sex manuals. AP 5.306 = 25 Sider: A female speaker addressing an impotent lover is assumed, but a male speaker complaining to a female "tease" seems just as likely. AP 11.44 = 27 Sider: The final couplet ("If you ever turn an eye to us too, Piso, instead of a modest [λιτῆς] feast we shall lead a richer [πιοτέρην] one") no doubt alludes (programmatically?) to the Aetia prologue (fr. 1.37-38 Pf.). AP 6.246 = 35 Sider: Parallel examples of epigrams on equestrian subjects are offered by the new Posidippus papyrus in Milan.
Sider has produced an admirable edition and commentary, and one that is likely to remain the standard text of Philodemus' epigrams for many decades. Not least among its virtues is a clear and attractive prose style. Even those few who, like myself, read it from cover to cover will remain engaged, and come away with a better understanding of Cicero's assessment of Philodemus' poetry as ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius (Pis. 70).


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Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys
- Author(s):
- Yaffe, Deborah
- Publication Year:
- 2012
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- ETS Policy Notes, v20 n4, Win 2012
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- Periodical
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- 12
- Subject/Key Words:
- Achievement Gap African American Boys Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Socioeconomic Status (SES)
This issue of ETS Policy Notes (Vol. 20, No. 4) provides highlights from the symposium, "Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys" held on July 23-24, 2012. The second in a series of four symposia co-sponsored by ETS and the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), the seminar examined the education and status of African-American boys, ages 9 to 13.


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