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Oral History Interview, Carla Trujillo (1504)
No full textIn this interview, Carla Trujillo discusses her roots, which include being born in New Mexico and growing up in Northern California. Carla received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from UW-Madison and became an established author. To learn more about this oral history, download & review the index first (or transcript if available). It will help determine which audio file(s) to download & listen to.Carla Trujillo was born to a working class family in New Mexico and grew up in Northern California. Her extended family and roots are New Mexican (Chicana). She received her B.S. degree in Human Development from UC Davis, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her dissertation focused on assessing differential treatment of underrepresented students in college classrooms. She is the editor of Living Chicana Theory and Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About (Third Woman Press), winner of a Lambda Book Award and the Out/Write Vanguard Award. Her first novel, What Night Brings (Curbstone Press 2003), won the Miguel Marmol prize focusing on human rights. What Night Brings also won the Paterson Fiction Prize, the Latino Literary Foundation Latino Book Award, Bronze Medal from Foreword Magazine, Honorable Mention for the Gustavus Meyers Books Award, and was a LAMBDA Book Award finalist. Carla has also written various articles on identity and higher education. Her latest novel, Faith and Fat Chances, was a finalist for the 2012 PEN Bellwether Prize for socially engaged fiction and is forthcoming from Curbstone/Northwestern University Press. Carla works as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity Program at U.C. Berkeley and has focused some of her recent activities on improving the work and classroom climate using Interactive Theater. She has lectured in Ethnic Studies at U.C. Berkeley and Mills College, and in Women’s Studies at S.F. State University. She has also taught fiction for the Sandra Cisneros Macondo Writers Program and the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging Writers Program
Miritius claudius Morais & Linzmeier, new species
No full text<i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier, new species <p>(Figs 11–21)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body 3.6–4.5 mm long and 1.5–2 mm wide (N = 10), pubescent, flat in lateral view (Fig. 12). Color light brown to dark brown with dark brown markings as follows: one on anterior third of elytron, elongate, near sutural margin of elytra and another rounded close to epipleural margin, on second third of elytra forming a triangular patter (Fig. 11). There is another laterally on epipleural region of humeral calli (Fig. 12), a longitudinal midline in the pronotum which extends to antennal calli and in hypomeron in some exemplars.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 13) with supraorbital pore indistinguishable. Vertex with gold pilosity. Antennal calli well-marked, separated by narrow and deep midfrontal sulcus. Suprantennal and orbital sulci absent. Suprafrontal sulcus well developed. Supraorbital and frontolateral sulci slightly developed. Supracalinal sulcus incomplete, extending from midfrontal sulcus until middle of antennal calli. Midcranial suture well developed. Frontal ridge narrow, well developed, extending from interantennal region to frontoclypeal region, vanishing gradually. Anterofrontal ridge narrow, extending to mandible base, weakening gradually. Frontoclypeal suture absent. Frontoclypeal region poorly punctate and pilose. First antennomere 2x longer than second; third to fifth antennomeres narrower and longer than other, third antennomere longest of all; sixth antennomere slightly shorter than and as wide as the previous. Antennomeres 7-11 all thicker and more pilose than previous and gradually decrease in length; eleventh slightly longer than the previous one; seventh and eighth antennomeres dark brown; ninth to eleventh antennomeres light yellow (Fig. 11). Gena 0.6x the length of eye. Labrum rectangular with anterior angles rounded.</p> <p>Pronotum transverse, 1.3x wider than long; anterior margin straight, posterior margin almost straight; surface opaque, densely punctate, pilosity dense and short (Fig. 14). Pronotal disc with slight longitudinal depression medially. Humeral calli well developed and basal calli slightly developed, forming a slight depression between them. Elytral apex slightly truncate.</p> <p>Metafemur 1.5x longer than wide (Fig. 15). Metatibia thickened at base and attenuated near apex, straight in lateral view; inner and outer dorsal margins diverge at base and converge in middle third, in dorsal view; outer dorsal margin with pre-apical projection, followed by numerous teeth; metatibial spur short; first and second metatarsomeres similar in size, 2x longer than third, fourth metatarsomere globose, dark brown, nearly as long as first and second together (Fig. 16).</p> <p>Abdomen with ventrite IV constricted medially. Aedeagus with lateral margins almost parallel, apex rounded, slightly more sclerotized, basal part long in ventral view (Fig. 20). Basal part long and slightly bent ventrally in lateral view. Internal sac of median lobe with a sclerite large, C-shaped at apex and spicules distributed in apical third (Fig. 21). Tignum with posterior area spatulated, wider than long (Fig. 18). Vaginal palpi diverging largely medially (Fig. 19). Spermatheca with receptacle and pump indistinct. Duct U-shaped (Fig. 17).</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> <i>Miritius claudius</i> Holotype ♂. Labels: 1) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 2) Chapada dos Guimarães, 30.1.1961; 3) P-TYPE, <i>Miritius claudius</i> n., J. Bechyné det., 1967; 4) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name <i>claudius</i> proposed by Bechyné was maintained and it presumably refers to a person’s name.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 1 exemplar ♂. Labels: 1) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 2) Chapada dos Guimarães, 3.2.1961; 3) Holotype ♂, <i>Miritius claudius</i> n., J. Bechyné det., 1962; 4) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 1 exemplar ♀. Labels: 1) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 2) Chapada dos Guimarães, 3.2.1961; 3) Allotype ♀, <i>Miritius claudius</i> n., J. Bechyné det., 1967; 4) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 [microtube with female genitalia] (MPEG). 1 exemplar ♂. Labels: 1) Brasil, MT, J & B. Bechyné; 2) Chapada dos Guimarães, 30.1.1961; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Moraes & Linzmeier det. 2015 [microtube with male genitalia] (MPEG). 1 exemplar ♀. Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 2.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 1 exemplar ♂. Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 4.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 6 exemplars (2 ♂; 4 ♀). Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 5.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 2 exemplars (1 ♂; 1 ♀). Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 6.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 3 exemplars (1 ♂; 2 ♀). Labels: 1) Buriti, 8.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 1 exemplar ♂. Labels: 1) Buriti, 9.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 98 exemplars (37 ♂; 61 ♀). Labels: 1) BR, MS, Dourados, 22º13’41.60” S 55º00’46.65” W, 05.X.2012, by hand, Linzmeier, A.M., col. 2) <i>Miritius claudius</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (30 ♂ and 50 ♀ at DZUP; 7 ♂ and 11 ♀ at MuBio).</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> Among the <i>Miritius</i> species <i>M. claudius</i> is the longest and flattest. <i>Miritius claudius</i> and <i>M. egleri</i> have a large sclerite, globose, C-shaped in the internal sac of the median lobe of aedeagus and antennomeres 7 and 8 darker. However, <i>M. claudius</i> can be separated from <i>M. egleri</i> by the following characters: vertex with gold pubescence (silver in <i>M. egleri</i>); presence of a longitudinal midline darker in the pronotum which extends to antennal calli in some specimens (absent in <i>M. egleri</i>); suprafrontal and frontolateral sulci present (absent in <i>M. egleri</i>), elytral markings forming a triangular pattern (different pattern in <i>M. egleri</i>), presence of spicules in the apical third of internal sac of median lobe (absent in <i>M. egleri</i>).</p>Published as part of <i>Morais, Ana Carla C., Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S. & Linzmeier, Adelita M., 2016, On the taxonomy of the Brazilian flea beetle genus Miritius Bechyné & Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Monoplatina) with description of two new species, pp. 334-344 in Zootaxa 4067 (3)</i> on pages 338-340, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/264576">http://zenodo.org/record/264576</a>
Writers Talk Featuring Carla Buckley, Sarah Gridley, Paula McLain
No full textFeaturing Paula McLain, author of the memoir Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses; poet Sarah Gridley; and Carla Buckley, author of the novel The Things that Keep us Here.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/cstw11/New_Voices-Carla_Buckley_Sarah_Gridley_Paula_McLain.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
Miritius abdominalis Morais & Linzmeier, new species
No full text<i>Miritius abdominalis</i> Morais & Linzmeier, new species <p>(Figs 29–36)</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body 4.5 mm long and 1.8 mm wide (N=3), silver pubescence, moderately convex in lateral view, fuscous (Fig. 30). Color light brown to dark brown, head darker. Presence of spots slightly darker as follows: one on basal calli; one on sutural margin behind basal calli; another on anterior margin of posterior third close to epipleural margin of elytra, forming a X pattern; another near the elytral apex (visible in specimens lighter in color) (Fig. 29).</p> <p>Head (Fig. 31) with supraorbital pores indistinguishable. Vertex with silver pilosity. Antennal calli wellmarked, separated by midfrontal sulcus narrow and deep. Suprafrontal sulcus deep and wide. Suprantennal, supracalinal and orbital sulci shallow. Supraorbital and frontolateral sulci absent. Midcranial suture absent. Frontal ridge narrow and undeveloped, extending from interantennal region to close to frontoclypeal region. Anterofrontal ridge narrow, shallow. Frontoclypeal suture absent. First antennomere 2x longer than second; third to fifth antennomeres narrower and longer than others; sixth antennomere as narrow as preceding ones and shorter; seventh to eleventh antennomeres thicker and slightly shorter than sixth; eleventh slightly longer than previous antennomere; sixth and seventh antennomeres darker. Gena as long as length of eye, densely punctate. Labrum quadrangular with anterior angles rounded.</p> <p>Pronotum transverse, 1.2 to 1.3x wider than long. Anterior and posterior margins almost straight. Pronotal disc with a slight longitudinal depression medially. Elytral apex slightly truncated. Basal and humeral calli welldeveloped, forming slight depression between them which extends to first line of punctures, behind basal calli. Epipleura bent inward, densely pubescent.</p> <p>Metafemur 1.5x longer than wide; metatibia slightly arched in lateral view and straight in dorsal view with parallel margins; outer dorsal margin with pre-apical projection, followed by numerous teeth and an apical projection; metatibial spur short; first and second metatarsomeres similar in size, 2x size of third, fourth metatarsomere globose, longer than second and third together.</p> <p>Abdomen with drop-shaped marking on ventrite I of male, absent in females, ventrite IV constricted medially. Aedeagus with lateral margin sinuous, apex rounded, slightly more sclerotized, tapered on second third, basal part long and wider than apex, in ventral view (Fig. 35). Aedeagus sinuous, basal part long and slightly bent in lateral view (Fig. 36). Tignum with posterior area spoon-shaped, truncated at apex, with long setae on lateral margins (Fig. 33). Vaginal palpi diverging medially (Fig. 33). Spermatheca with receptacle and pump slightly indistinct, pump slightly more sclerotized than receptacle (Fig. 34).</p> <p> <b>Note.</b> The male abdomen was lost during the SEM photos.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> Holotype ♀. Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 3.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) Holotype <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> Morais & Linzmeier, 2015 [microtube with female genitalia] (MPEG).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name <i>abdominalis</i> refers probably to the presence of a marking drop-shaped in the first male abdominal ventrite that Bechyné paid attention.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 1 exemplar ♂. Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 31.1.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 [microtube with male genitalia, posterior leg, scutellum, membranous wings] (MPEG). 1 exemplar ♀. Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 1.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 (MPEG). 2 exemplars ♀. Labels: 1) Chapada dos Guimarães, 3.2.1961; 2) Brasil, MT, J. & B. Bechyné; 3) <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> Morais & Linzmeier det. 2015 [one without head].</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> can be immediately separated from all other <i>Miritius</i> species by its markings, slightly darker on elytra forming a X pattern, metatibia slightly arched in lateral view, an apical projection on outer dorsal margin of metatibia and gena as long as the length of eye (other species are shorter than the length of eye). In <i>Miritius abdominalis</i> and <i>M. benevidensis</i> the large, C-shaped sclerite in the internal sac of the median lobe of aedeagus is absent; <i>M. abdominalis</i> can be separated from <i>M. benevidensis</i> by antennal calli well-developed, separated by midfrontal sulcus narrow and deep (antennal calli slightly developed, separated by poorly developed midfrontal sulcus in <i>M. benevidensis</i>), frontal ridge narrow and undeveloped (narrow and well developed in <i>M. benevidensis</i>), antennomeres 6 and 7 darker (antenomeres 6 to 8 darker in <i>M. benevidensis</i>), pronotum 1.2 to 1.3x wider than long (1.2x longer than wide in <i>M. benevidensis</i>), elytral apex truncated (rounded in <i>M. benevidensis</i>). In addition, <i>M. abdominalis</i> differs from other <i>Miritius</i> by the presence of a drop-shaped marking in male abdominal ventrite I.</p>Published as part of <i>Morais, Ana Carla C., Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S. & Linzmeier, Adelita M., 2016, On the taxonomy of the Brazilian flea beetle genus Miritius Bechyné & Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Monoplatina) with description of two new species, pp. 334-344 in Zootaxa 4067 (3)</i> on pages 342-343, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/264576">http://zenodo.org/record/264576</a>
FIGURES 11–21 in On the taxonomy of the Brazilian flea beetle genus Miritius Bechyné & Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Monoplatina) with description of two new species
No full textFIGURES 11–21. Miritius claudius Morais & Linzmeier sp. nov. 11 Dorsal habitus 12 Lateral habitus 13 Head, frontal view 14 Pronotum 15 Metafemur 16 Metatarsomeres 17 Spermateca 18 Tignum 19 Vaginal palpi 20 Aedeagus ventral view 21 Aedeagus lateral view.Published as part of Morais, Ana Carla C., Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S. & Linzmeier, Adelita M., 2016, On the taxonomy of the Brazilian flea beetle genus Miritius Bechyné & Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Monoplatina) with description of two new species, pp. 334-344 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on page 339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/26457
Da crítica à nova crítica : as múltiplas incursões do crítico-criador Frederico Morais
No full textEn 1969, le critique d’art Frederico Morais a exprimé ses premières réflexions sur l’urgence d’une remise à cause du rôle de la critique d’art, celle-ci étant dans un contexte de crise. À l’époque, l’art brésilien traversait une période de transformationsEm 1969, o crítico Frederico Morais elaborou suas primeiras reflexões sobre a urgência de uma atualização do papel da crítica de arte, que passava por um momento de crise evidente. À época, a arte brasileira atravessava um período de intensas transformaç
My First Pop-Up Book of Fables: Little Simon
No full textI find the text in this nice little pop-up particularly succinct and pithy. My favorite pop-up shows one arm and one leg of the lion moving outside the net that is holding him in. One of a set of four from an unusual dealer specializing in pop-ups.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Carla Dij
Carla Whiteside : Consensus-Exil
No full textNoting the cartographic references in Whiteside's drawings and installations, the author demonstrates the work's ability to speak of the position of the individual. Brief artist's statement. Biographical notes
Fig. 1 in Discovery of the First Nearctic Moss-Eating Flea Beetle, Distigmoptera borealis Blake, 1943 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)
No full textFig. 1. Distigmoptera borealis, dorsal habitus.Published as part of Konstantinov, Alexander S., Linzmeier, Adelita Maria, Coelho Morais, Ana Carla, Palmer, Michael W., Scheffer, Sonja J. & Lewis, Matthew L., 2019, Discovery of the First Nearctic Moss-Eating Flea Beetle, Distigmoptera borealis Blake, 1943 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 599-610 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (3) on page 600, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-73.3.599, http://zenodo.org/record/540105
My First Pop-Up Book of Fables: Little Simon
No full textThis may represent the first time that I have seen The Little Red Hen called a fable. Each of the three housemates--dog, pig, and turkey--is given one pop-up. My favorite shows the turkey fanning herself with a bored look on her face. One of a set of four from an unusual dealer specializing in pop-ups.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Carla Dij
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