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No. 602 Fernando Torres-Gil
No full textTranscript (45 pages) of a phone interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Fernando Torres-Gil in Los Angeles on September 18, September 23, and October 15, 2010Torres-Gil (b. 1948) was born in Salinas, California. He was six months old when he contracted polio while living in Castroville, California. He was initially sent to Monterey County General Hospital in Salinas for treatment. His parents were immigrants from Mexico and were agricultural workers in California. He discusses his immediate and extended family, the family dynamics related to his illness, recovery and subsequent surgeries, and the support system developed with his family. He was locally treated by his physician, Dr. Englehorn. When initial treatments proved ineffective, Dr. Englehorn, a Shriner, arranged for Torres-Gil\u27s treatment at Shriners Hospital in San Francisco. His first hospital stay was at age 2 in 1950. He left the hospital after that stay using braces and crutches. He was subsequently hospitalized, for lengthy stays ranging from three to nine months, for various surgeries between 1954 and 1966. He describes these surgeries and his recollections of care and activities while in the hospital. He continues to use braces and crutches. He has never regained use of his right leg. Torres-Gil discusses his schooling, both while in the hospital and through the public school system. He talks about his progress, challenges and accommodation. He earned Associate and Bachelor degrees in California; Master\u27s and Doctorate degrees at Brandeis University. He has served on various councils for three US presidents, including currently on the Council on Aging. The interview concludes with Dr. Torres-Gil discussing the onset of, challenges with and adapting to post-polio syndrome. Interview is part of the Polio Oral History Project. Interviewer: Becky B. Lloy
Brontostoma rubrovenosum Gil-Santana et al. 2013
No full textBrontostoma rubrovenosum (Stål, 1860) Ectrichodia rubro-venosa Stål (1860: 72) (description). Mindarus rubro-venosus: Stål (1872: 101) (checklist). Ectrichodia rubrovenosa: Walker (1873: 59) (catalog). Mindarus rubrovenosus: Lethierry & Severin (1896: 134) (catalog). Brontostoma rubrovenosum: Wygodzinsky (1949: 22) (catalog), Maldonado (1990: 30) (catalog), Dougherty (1995: 203) (citation, geographical distribution), Gil-Santana et al. (2004: 127) (citation), Gil-Santana et al. (2005: 78) (citation), Gil-Santana et al. (2013: 62, 63, 64) (citation, type material, discussion about synonym). (Brontostoma rubrovenosum in Wygodzinsky (1951: 41, 52), Carpintero (1980: 10) (as rubrovenosus), Gil-Santana et al. (2004: 128) and Gil-Santana et al. (2005: 80) are misidentifications and pertain to B. trux (Stål, 1859)). Brontostoma lilloi Carpintero (1980: 10, 32) (description; dorsal view of the head, schematic drawing), Maldonado (1990: 29) (catalog), Dougherty (1995: 203) (citation, geographical distribution), Bachmann (1999: 215) (catalog of types deposited in MACN), Gil-Santana et al. (2004: 127) (citation), Gil-Santana et al. (2005: 78) (citation). New subjective synonym. Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. Remarks. The general structure and the overall coloration of Brontostoma rubrovenosum and B. lilloi, syn. nov. (Stål 1860, Carpintero 1980), as observed by examination of their types (Figs. 5–6, 8–9), present enough similarities to con- sider them as belonging to the same species, and therefore, the latter as a junior synonym of the former species. However, differences between their types deserve some comments. While the total length of the female syntype of B. rubrovenosum is 28 mm (Stål 1860), the male holotype of B. lilloi is approximately 24 mm. The eyes and ocelli of the female syntype of B. rubrovenosum (Figs. 5–6) are slightly smaller; its fore femora are somewhat thicker; the blackish markings of the femorotibial joints and apices of tibiae are more extensive; the linear reddish markings of the corium are more extensive; the latero-dorsal margin of the connexivum is more extensively marked with yellow; and the general shape and size of the submedian pairs of pale markings of sternites III–VII are slightly different and more extensive than in the holotype of B. lilloi. Nevertheless, taking into account that similar or analogous differences have been recorded as part of intraspecific variation, including sexual dimorphism, in other species of various ectrichodiine genera, particularly among Brontostoma and Pothea (Wygodzinsky 1951, Dougherty 1995, Gil- Santana & Baena 2009, Gil-Santana et al. 2013, Gil-Santana 2014), they are regarded here as such. Besides the sexual dimorphism in size of the eyes, ocelli and fore femora, recorded in Ectrichodiinae in general (Dougherty 1995), it is noteworthy that a similar variation in the reddish markings of the corium of hemelytra were recorded in B. trux (Gil-Santana et al. 2013) (see e.g. Figs. 1, 3) and Pothea furtadoi Gil-Santana & Costa, 2005 (Gil-Santana 2014), while other variations of the markings on this same region and in the dark markings of the legs were recorded in the aforementioned species and in several other species of Brontostoma (Wygodzinsky 1951, Gil-Santana & Baena 2009, Gil-Santana et al. 2013), P. berengeri Gil-Santana, 2014 and P. jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980) (Gil-Santana 2014). Color variation of the connexivum of B. doughertyae Gil-Santana et al., 2005 was recorded by Gil-Santana & Baena (2009), whilst a considerable range of variation in the markings of the abdominal sternites was recorded in different species of Brontostoma and Pothea (Wygodzinsky 1951, Gil-Santana 2014). The significant intraspecific variation in related ectrichodiine species strongly suggest that similar or analogous differences between the syntype of B. rubrovenosum and the holotype of B. lilloi have no taxonomic value. Both Brontostoma rubrovenosum (Figs. 5–7) and B. alboannulatum (Stål, 1860) (Figs. 12–14) were described based on females from Rio de Janeiro (Stål 1860). Stål (1860: 72) himself suspected that B. alboannulatum might be a variety of B. rubrovenosum (“ An varietas praecedentis.?”). Indeed, most of the color differences between the syntypes of the two species (Stål 1860; Figs. 5–6, 12–13) would be very likely intraspecific variations, similarly as commented above, therefore B. alboannulatum is most probably also conspecific with B. rubrovenosum (Gil-Santana et al. 2013). Even the shorter hemelytra of the female type of B. alboannulatum (Fig. 12) would not be contrary of such an assertion, since continuous wing reduction ranging from submacropterous to apterous is common in females of many species of Ectrichodiinae (Dougherty 1995). However, the abdominal sternites of the type of B. alboannulatum are completely blackish (Fig. 13), without the submedian pair of pale markings recorded in B. rubrovenosum (Figs. 6, 9). In spite of the observation of Wygodzinsky (1951), who recorded that in some specimens of Brontostoma colossus (Distant, 1902) the pale markings on the sternites were absent in very darkened specimens, because of the extreme range of variation observed in this species they can otherwise represent more than one species (Gil-Santana et al. 2013). On the other hand, there is not a well documented variation within the same species of Brontostoma which includes specimens with unicolorous sternites (e.g., entirely blackish as in B. doughertyae) and others with distinct markings. There is the possibility that the sternites could have become entirely darkened because of some chemical alteration along time. It would be in accordance to the observation of Wygodzinsky (1951) that the pale markings were absent in very darkened specimens of B. colossus, in which such a chemical alteration could also have happened and modified the other parts of the body of the insect. But, in the case of the type of B. alboannulatum, the coloration of the remaining parts of the specimen are so bright (generally reddish in head and thorax and yellowish in lateral margin of connexivum) (Figs. 12–13) as in other specimens examined here. Therefore, due to the uncertainty of the significance of the difference observed in the coloration of the sternites, we do not propose a synonym of the two species at this time, but stress that the taxonomic status of the two nominal species is in need to be better evaluated through further studies.Published as part of Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Carpintero, Diego L., 2019, Brontostoma lilloi Carpintero, 1980, a junior synonym of B. rubrovenosum (Stål, 1860) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), pp. 180-186 in Zootaxa 4614 (1) on pages 182-184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/399519
Juan Gil-Albert y Ramón Gaya. Historia de una amistad, 1934-1994
No full textIl saggio ripercorre l'amicizia tra il pittore Gaya e il poeta Juan Gil-Albert dagli anni '30 fino alla morte del poeta, passando per i drammatici anni della guerra e dell'impegno politico e l'esilio in Messico che condivisero
Jere Nash Interview with Gil Carmichael
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with Gil Carmichael as research for Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. A Republican, Gil Carmichael unsuccessfully ran for a state senate seat in 1967; incumbent U.S. Senator James O. Eastland\u27s seat in 1972; Mississipp governor in 1979; and Lieutenant Governor in 1983. Topics covered include his family; education; military service in World War II and Korea; his automobile dealership and real estate businesses; joining the Republican Party in Mississippi; Rubel Phillips; influence of election commissioners; Prentiss Walker; Charlie Sullivan; Republican National Convention in 1968; Richard Nixon; Ronald Reagan; Hurricane Camille redevelopment commission; James O. Eastland; school desegregation; James Meredith; Robert Clark; Charles Evers; Ellis Bodron; Walter Brown; Clark Reed; Haley Barbour; Spiro Agnew; appointment to Highway Safety Advisory Committee and the Department of Transportation; need for a new Mississippi Constitution; gun control issue; Leon Bramlett; Gerald Ford; Sonny Montgomery; and James Meredith
Luis Enrique de la Villa Gil, Alma, Editorial Círculo Rojo (Almería, 2022), 164 págs
No full text[Resumen]: Recensión de Villa Gil, L. E. de la (2022). Alm
Rhagovelia espriella Padilla-Gil 2011
No full textRhagovelia espriella Padilla-Gil, 2011 Material examined. COLOMBIA, Tumaco, La Espriella, Río Caunapí, 20 m, 21 VI 2010, leg. D. N. Padilla, 16 apt M, 1 macr M, 1 apt F, 1 macr F, (PSO-CZ). Macropterous male. Length 3.6, maximum width (across humeral angles) 1.38. Similar in general coloration and structure to apterous male, with following exceptions: pronotum brown, with anterior band yellow and covered with short, semi-recumbent black setae intermixed with scattered golden setae; anterior half dark brown, posterior half pale brown, bearing numerous black spots; humeral angles prominent and rounded, apex widely rounded; L/ W: 1.3 / 1.38; hemelytra exceeding tip of abdomen (0.3), bearing 3 closed cells, 2 long cells originating in the basal portion of the wing followed by one smaller cells extending into the near to distal half, displaying uniformly dull brown, darker veins; Sc vein covered with short, semi-recumbent brown setae. Macropterous female. Length 3.68, maximum width 1.52. Similar in general coloration and structure to apterous female, with following exceptions: anterior part of pronotum behind band yellow, convex and dark brown; posterior region decreased, pale brown, apex widely rounded; L/W: 1.48 / 1.52; hemelytra pale brown with darker veins, exceeding tip of abdomen (0.34), hemelytra similar to winged male.Published as part of Padilla-Gil, Dora Nancy, 2015, Ten new species of Rhagovelia in the angustipes complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, with a key to the Colombian species, pp. 71-95 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on pages 92-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/23265
My friend Gil: 1998
No full textPortugal, 1998, sur les traces de son pays voisin l\u27Espagne, mais avec une modestie prudente, Lisbonne ouvre son Expo. La période est marquée par la fête, la spéculation immobilière et les banquets d\u27argent public. Ces grands événements festifs internationaux ont toujours besoin d\u27une bonne excuse. Au Portugal, le prétexte est toujours le même : les "découvertes" portugaises, la vocation universaliste et maritime (océanique) des Portugais. Mais, malgré tout, les temps ont changé et au lieu du "Monde portugais" sont célébrés les "Océans". Gil – la gentille mascotte officielle – est partout, à chaque coin de rue, l\u27ami de ses sponsors. J\u27étais étudiant à l\u27école des beaux-arts de Porto. Je faisais des dessins sur des feuilles A4 que je photocopiais et collais dans toute la ville. C\u27était une stratégie bon marché pour court-circuiter les itinéraires habituels des œuvres d\u27art, tant commerciales qu\u27institutionnelles. L\u27image de Gil serrant dans ses bras une bouteille d\u27une célèbre boisson gazeuse américaine – pour laquelle Álvaro de Campos a écrit un slogan publicitaire maudit – me semblait une victime idéale. La politique étrangère américaine, et sa longue histoire de campagnes de guerre, malheureusement toujours d\u27actualité, était, ici aussi, une stratégie pour ridiculiser l\u27asservissement du petit Portugal.Portugal, 1998, seguindo os passos da vizinha Espanha, mas com uma prudente modéstia, Lisboa inaugura a sua Expo. A época é de festa, de especulação imobiliária e de banquetes de dinheiro público. Estes grandes eventos festivos internacionais precisam sempre de uma desculpa. Em Portugal, o pretexto é o mesmo de sempre: os descobrimentos portugueses, a vocação universalista e oceânica dos portugueses. Mas, apesar de tudo, os tempos são outros e em vez do "Mundo Português" festejam-se os "Oceanos". O Gil – a simpática mascote oficial – está em todo o lado, em cada esquina, o amigo dos seus sponsors. Eu era estudante da escola de Belas Artes do Porto. Fazia desenhos em folhas A4 que depois fotocopiava e colava pela cidade. Era uma estratégia barata de curto-circuitar os percursos habituais das obras de arte, tanto os comerciais quanto os institucionais. A imagem do Gil abraçado a uma garrafa de um famoso refrigerante estadunidense – para o qual Álvaro de Campos escreveu um malogrado slogan publicitário – pareceu-me uma vítima ideal. A política externa dos EUA, e a sua longa história de campanhas bélicas, infelizmente sempre atual, era, aqui também, uma estratégia de ridicularizar a subserviência do pequeno Portugal
A study on the optimal PPP model for transport: the case of road and rail in South Korea
No full textIn recent decades the Public Private Partnership (PPP) has been widely regarded as an innovative way to construct transport infrastructures and to improve the quality of service. As the number of PPP cases has increased, many countries have tried to standardise PPP models to minimise the costs of trial and error. South Korea, where 426 PPP projects have been undertaken since 1994, usually preferred the BTO (Build-Transfer-Operate) model for transport. In the BTO model, the private sector recoups its investment by charging end users directly and hence should bear the traffic demand risk. However, the Korean Government shared the demand risk through a minimum revenue guarantee to induce private sector involvement, and this led to many criticisms of the BTO model. Tariffs in the BTO case were much higher than those of public operators, but the Government still had to pay large amounts of guaranteed revenue. Thus, BTL (Build-Transfer-Lease), where the demand risk is on the public sector, has become an alternative model. The BTL is the “service sold to the public sector” model which is similar to the DBFO (Design-Build-Finance-Operate) in the UK. This thesis examines which of the BTO and the BTL PPP models is optimal to save governmental expenditure for transport infrastructures such as road and rail. Appropriate traffic demand risk sharing, which a particularly controversial issue in South Korea, is explored. These research objectives are examined through five case studies: the Incheon Airport Expressway and the Oksan-Ochang Expressway cases for road PPP; the Incheon Airport Railway, the Daegok-Sosa Railway and the Seoul Metro 9 cases for rail PPP. Through a detailed literature review and five case studies, the thesis shows that the optimal PPP model, which is measured by the VFM (Value for Money) assessment, needs to satisfy the interests of public sector, private sector, and end users. Based on these assessments and including these three viewpoints, it is concluded that the optimal PPP model for road can be the BTL where the public sector can save expenditure or reduce the level of tariff. Traffic demand risk for roads is relatively low, so the public sector does not have to transfer it to the private sector with high profit rate. In the case of rail, the limited revenue and high cost make a project difficult to be financially free standing by the BTO model. However, the BTO can be a better option in urban rail if traffic demand risk is shared appropriately
Juan Gil-Albert, uno scrittore isola
No full textIn uno dei primi articoli pubblicati su di lui in Spagna, dopo il ritorno dall’esilio, lo
scrittore Juan Gil-Albert (Alcoy, Alicante, 1904 - Valencia, 1994) venne definito da Jaime Millás
un poeta-isla. Prendendo spunto da quell’articolo del 1974, sulla rivista Triunfo, ci proponiamo di
analizzarne, attraverso l’idea di isola, la vita. Gil-Albert, infatti, a causa del exilio exterior in
Messico e di quello interior, iniziato nel 1947 e durato lunghe decadi, visse in un isolamento che
si evidenzia nella sua biografia ma anche nella sua originalità e poliedricità
Gil-Blas de Santillana /
No full textProposes Antonio Solís y Rivadeneyra as the true author of Gil Blas.Photocopy.Mode of access: Internet
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