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Ovaticoccus viscosa Miller & Stocks 2022, comb. n.
No full textOvaticoccus viscosa (Kondo) comb. n. Oregmopyga viscosa Kondo in Kondo et al. 2004: 4 – 11. Material examined: not previously reported: UNITED STATES: California: San Bernardino Co.: near Hesperia, VIII-16-2002, on Hymenoclea sp. crown and roots, E.R. Miller and D.R. Miller (2 ad. ♀♀, 1 second-instar ♁, on 1 slide) USNM; Pinyon Hills, XII-7-1981, on Hymenoclea sp, D.R. Miller (4 second instar ♁♁, on 2 slides) USNM. Nevada: Lyon Co.: 8 mi. E. Hawthorne, VII-1-1980, on Hymenoclea sp., D.R. Miller (3 ad. ♀♀, on 2 slides) USNM. The justification for treating Oregmopyga as a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above. The adult female, second-instar female, and second-instar male of this species were described in detail by Kondo et al. (2004) and that information is not repeated here. Etymology: The species epithet “ viscosa ” is from the Latin word “ viscosus ” meaning “sticky” and refers to the sticky translucent secretion that forms the encasement that surrounds the body of the adult female.Published as part of Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, pp. 1-213 in Zootaxa 5221 (1) on page 185, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/744137
Toby Miller on Games
No full textToby Miller is Professor of English, Sociology, and Women's Studies and Director of the Program in Film & Visual Culture at the University of California, Riverside. His teaching and research cover the media, sport, labor, gender, race, citizenship, politics, and cultural policy. Toby is the author and editor of over 20 books, and has published essays in more than 30 journals and 50 volumes. His current research covers the success of Hollywood overseas, the links between culture and citizenship, and anti-Americanism. His forthcoming book is Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and Television in a Neoliberal Age. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.\ud
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This interview was conducted during Toby's recent stint at QUT as a visiting fellow of the Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. Toby delivered a lecture on the games industry in which he directed attention both to the production cycle of games hardware and software, and to the historical context of moral panics about new media, where games can be viewed as the latest in a long line of new media to generate anxiety within a culture.\ud
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In this interview we canvass the directions that games studies might take, and the issues of production, particularly as they relate to the role of players as producers, and the politics of labour in this new model of networked production
The life and works of James Miller, 1704-1744, with particular reference to the satiric content of his poetry and plays.
No full textPhDJames Miller was born the son of a Dorset rector in 1704. He
was himself ordained, but acquired no benefice until just before his
early death, probably because of a scathing portrayal of the Bishop
of London in one of his verse satires. At Oxford he wrote a vivacious
comedy of humours, set in the University. Its production in 1730
began his dramatic career, at a time when the number of London
theatres had just doubled, and new dramatic forms were being invented.
In 1731 his poem Harlequin-Horace, a witty inversion of
the Ars Poetica, attacked pantomime and opera, but also painted a
lively portrait of the entire theatrical world, in the tradition of
the Dunciad.
After collaborating in a translation of Moliere's works Miller
wrote two plays based on this author. Of all his dramatic works
these were the most successful with his contemporaries, and were
followed by a modernisation of Much Ado, and a ballad-opera adapted
from an afterpiece by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and rendered highly
topical. Miller made similar use of a recent French comedy showing
a Red Indian's reactions to civilisation, a satiric "fable" by Walsh
and Voltaire's Mahomet. A large quantity of original material was
incorporated into most of these, and this is generally satirical in
nature. The Indian is made to voice almost egalitarian sentiments.
An afterpiece, "The Camp Visitants", satirised military inaction
in the war, and was apparently banned. The manuscripts of the six
plays produced after the Licensing Act bear the examiner's deletions,
and illustrate the nature of the censorship at this time.
Miller's greatest strength is probably his flexible, vigorously
colloquial dialogue. His political satire is mostly contained in
the poetry, which attacks Walpole's administration with increasing
vehemence through the seventeen-thirties, until its fall. In 1740
two poems that used Pope in symbolic contrast to Walpole caused a
sensation. In both poetry and plays Miller is also a social satirist,
who lays unusually strong emphasis on false taste and the deterioration
of culture
Carphococcus Miller and Stocks 2022, gen. n.
No full textCarphococcus Miller and Stocks gen. n. Type species: Carphococcus apodus Miller and Stocks sp. n., by current designation and monotypy. Diagnosis of adult female: Legs absent. Antennae reduced. Enlarged setae restricted to posterior abdominal segments, each situated on a dermal protrusion, and with blunt apices.Anal ring reduced, with few pores.Body margin crenulate, similar to species of Aclerda Signoret (Aclerdidae). Multilocular pores present on anterior abdominal segments, thorax, and head. Macrotubular and microtubular ducts present on dorsum and venter. Cruciform pores present. Small microducts present on abdomen only. Anal lobes not protuberant. Small sclerotized nodules present along body margin on both surfaces. Diagnosis of second-instar female: Legs absent.Antennae reduced. Enlarged setae restricted to lateral margins, each situated on a small dermal protrusion. Anal ring reduced, with few pores. Multilocular pores present on body margins of anterior abdominal segments, thorax, and head of both surfaces. Microtubular ducts present on dorsum and venter. Cruciform pores present. Without protuberant anal lobes. Etymology: The genus epithet “ Carphococcus ” is formed from the Greek word “ karphos” meaning wrinkled and the Greek “ kokkos” meaning “round structure” or “scale insect” and refers to the wrinkled or crenulate body margin of this scale insect. The generic name is a masculine noun. Field features: Probably occurring inside grass leaf sheaths.Published as part of Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, pp. 1-213 in Zootaxa 5221 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/744137
Ypofloiococcus Miller and Stocks 2022, gen. n.
No full textYpofloiococcus Miller and Stocks gen. n. Type species: Ypofloiococcus libeauae Miller and Stocks sp. n. by current designation and monotypy. Generic diagnosis of adult female: Macrotubular ducts each with large flap attached to vestibule; microtubular ducts of 3 sizes, with single sclerotized area distally; multilocular pores in large clusters on posterior abdominal segments ventrally; cruciform pores absent; anal ring usually complete, with few or no pores; hind coxae with unusually large numbers pores; hind tibia longer than tarsus; antennae each with sensory setae restricted to apical 2 segments; labium 2-segmented, apical segments fused, basal segment narrow, with 1 seta on each side; anal lobes not projecting; enlarged setae absent. Notes: The species in Ypofloiococcus is most similar to Ovaticoccus species but differs as follows (characters of Ypofloiococcus in brackets): macrotubular ducts without loop attached to vestibule (with loop attached to vestibule); microtubular ducts of one size (two or three sizes); microtubular ducts, when present, with double distal sclerotization (when present, with single distal sclerotization); antennae each with sensory setae on apical three segments (apical two segments); labium three-segmented (two-segmented). Etymology: Ypofloiococcus is a combination of the Greek words “ ypo ” meaning “under,” “ floios ” meaning “bark,” and “ kokkos” meaning “seed” or “scale insect” and is a masculine noun. The generic epithet is formed because of the habit of the type species, Ypofloiococcus libeauae, to reside under the bark of its host. Field features: Occurring under bark on the trunk of the host.Published as part of Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, pp. 1-213 in Zootaxa 5221 (1) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/744137
Ovaticoccus parvispinus Miller & Stocks 2022, comb. n.
No full textOvaticoccus parvispinus (Chaffin) comb. n. Eriococcus parvispinus Chaffin 1923: 169. Onceropyga parvispina (Chaffin); Ferris 1955: 213–214 (change of combination). Oregmopyga parvispina (Chaffin); Hoy 1963: 180 (change of combination). Type material: The lectotype of this species was designated by Miller and Miller (1993) and is deposited in the USNM; there is one additional paralectotype in the USNM. In addition, there are two paralectotype slides; one contains two adult females and the other contains a single adult female (in FSCA). The justification for treating Oregmopyga as a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above. The adult female of this species was described by Chaffin (1923), Ferris (1955), Miller and McKenzie (1967), and Miller and Miller (1993) and information from those papers is not repeated here. Etymology: The species epithet “ parvispinus ” is formed from the Latin word “ parvus” meaning “little” or “small” and the Latin word “ spina ” meaning “spine” and probably refers to the small enlarged setae (spines) that occur on this species. Notes: There is some question about the identity of the adult male mentioned by Chaffin (1923). The presence of two pairs of lateral caudal filaments is characteristic of males of mealybugs in the Phenacoccini and is not known to occur in eriococcid males. However, the body of the male is described as “bright carmine”, which would be more typical of an eriococcid. Several collections of specimens either the same as, or similar to, this species are available for study. In addition to the collections from Florida and Texas which are typical of the material described in Chaffin (1923), we have seen also series of specimens from the Bahamas on orchid, Grand Turk on Epidendrum, Mexico on Beaucarnea and an unknown shrub, Oklahoma on grass, and Peru on Capparis avicennifolia. The latter four collections are here included in Ov. peruvianus based on the reduced number of enlarged setae, but variation in other characters, and the diversity of hosts and wide geographic range are surprising for a single species. Morphological diversity includes differences in the abundance of enlarged setae, the distribution of cruciform pores and multilocular pores, and the arrangement of microtubular ducts. Unfortunately, we were unable to find sufficient morphological uniformity to convince us that there are more than two easily recognizable species within this possible complex of species. One species in the complex, other than Ov. parvispinus, was described by Granara de Willink and Díaz (2007) as Oregmopyga peruviana and was distinguished by the lack of, or highly reduced number of, enlarged setae. It is treated here as a distinct species, i.e., Ov. peruvianus (see below).Published as part of Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, pp. 1-213 in Zootaxa 5221 (1) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/744137
HENRY JAMES’ VIEW ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE AS REPRESENTED BY DAISY MILLER IN DAISY MILLER (GENETIC STRUCTURALISM APPROACH)
No full textABSTRACT
Daisy Miller is one of James’ novels that talks about cultural gap. There
are many cultural conflicts between American and European. The researcher had
formulated three problem statements as follows: (1) How are the cultural
differences in Daisy Miller? (2) How does the society in Daisy Miller view
Daisy Miller? (3) How does Henry James view American culture as
represented by Daisy Miller in Daisy Miller?
In order to answer the questions, the researcher used genetic structuralism
approach by Lucien Goldman to analyze Daisy Miller, because genetic
structuralism is used to find the world view of the author toward his novel. There
are three aspects to be correlated in genetic structuralism, i.e. the novel itself,
biography of the author, the social condition when the novel was created. The
researcher also had to find the previous novel and novel after Daisy Miller which
have the same theme and correlated them with Daisy Miller. By the combination
of the aspects above, the researcher could find Henry James’ view about
American culture as represented by Daisy Miller in Daisy Miller.
There were three findings in this research: First, the researcher found that
there are cultural differences between America and Europe. In Daisy Miller Henry
James presents the Americans who had settled in Europe lived in a luxurious life.
It can be seen from their life style. They stayed from one hotel to another and they
liked to hold parties. The Millers family brought a private tutor to teach Randolph,
Daisy’s brother. It was very expensive to bring a private tutor from America to
Europe; but James presents the society to show that it was a rich and high-class
society. Daisy Miller was a visitor in Europe. She brought the pure American
culture. The conflict appeared when she was considered to break the rules in
Europe such as walking in the night with a man.
Second, the researcher identified the view of society to Daisy Miller. The
characters in Daisy Miller were: (1) Frederick Winterbourne. He was a young
American who had lived and schooled in Geneva. He sometimes judged Daisy as
a good girl, but in other time he considered her as a bad girl. (2) Mrs. Costello.
She is American but with European air. She looked down the Millers family
because of their new money, unsophisticated conduct, and intimacy with their
courier. (3) Mrs. Walker. She exemplified the values of the formal American but
with European air similar to Mrs. Costello. (4) He was an Italian man. He
considered Daisy just as natural and innocent girl. (5) Mrs. Miller. She was
Daisy’s mother. She was the opposite of a higher class European mother, because
she allowed her daughter to do as she liked.
Third, the researcher found that Henry James presents Daisy Miller as the
representation of American culture. Daisy’s characteristics are: (1) Freedom. (2)
Naturalness. (3) Innocence. (4) Purity. Henry James takes the American culture a
little higher than European culture. He also considers that two different cultures
can live together in one community comfortably as long as the member of society
respects each other
Letter to Mrs. Ferguson from Mrs. NC Miller
No full textCorrespondence from Mrs. NC Miller to Mrs. TB Ferguso
E. Ethelbert Miller, 22nd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textE. Ethelbert Miller has been the director of the African-American Resource Center at Howard University since 1974. He is the author of Andromeda (1974), The Land of Smiles and The Land of No Smiles (1974), Migrant Worker (1978), Season of Hunger/Cry of Rain (1982), Where are the Love Poems for Dictators? (1986) and First Light (1994). He is also the editor of Synergy: An Anthology of Washington D. C. Black Poetry (1975), Women Surviving Massacres and Men (1977), and In Search of Color Everywhere (1994), which was awarded the 1994 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award. The anthology was also a Book of the Month Club selection. In 1979, the mayor of Washington D. C., proclaimed Sept. 28, 1979, as E. Ethelbert Miller Day. Miller was awarded the Mayor\u27s Art Award for Literature in 1982. He received the Public Humanities Award from the D. C. Humanities Council in 1988. His most recent book of poetry is Whispers, Secrets and Promises (1998)
Archechiniscus biscaynei Miller, Clark & C. Miller 2012
No full text1. Archechiniscus biscaynei Miller, Clark & C. Miller, 2012 Archechiniscus biscaynei sp. nov. (Miller et al. 2012) Terra typica: Atlantic Ocean (USA, North America) Atlantic Ocean: • 25.46503, - 80.33479 / 25 ° 28 ′N, 80 ° 20 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] Type Locality: USA, Florida State, Dade County, Biscayne National Park, near visitor’s center at Convoy Point, barnacles on dead mangrove log. Miller et al. (2012) Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 1; total: 1. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 31: 1; total: 1. Remarks: This species is known only from the type locality.Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 4037 (1) on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/23351
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