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Diocese of Menevia / Safeguarding
Safeguarding in Menevia
National Catholic Safeguarding Commission
"The Catholic Church in England and Wales is striving towards a culture of safeguarding where all are safe from harm and abuse and where every person is encouraged and enabled to enjoy the fullness of life in Jesus Christ through the prayerful, caring, nurturing, supportive and protective endeavours of the Catholic community, both individually and collectively." TaCoS 2012
We have not always been alert to concerns, we have not always responded as we should, but we are listening, learning, changing.
Safeguarding within the Diocese of Menevia is of paramount importance and the Diocese is dedicated to promoting the safeguarding of all children and young/vulnerable adults at risk within its community. Menevia Diocese aims to proactively embed a culture of safeguarding to prevent abuse occurring in the first instance, to provide support to individuals who have been hurt by abuse, and take the necessary actions to reduce the likelihood of further harm.
The Diocesan Safeguarding Coordinator liaises closely with statutory agencies to ensure that any allegations of abuse are promptly and thoroughly investigated and where appropriate, survivors supported and perpetrators held to account.
What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is described as:-
The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect, preventing impairment of their health and development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully… Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
The definition of Safeguarding adults at risk is described as:-
Action to prevent abuse or to protect persons thought to be at risk of abuse or neglect or poor standards of care by any other person or persons that violates their human and civil rights.
The Catholic Church acknowledges the value of every human life and promotes the duty to support all people and protect them from harm. Safeguarding is an essential element of the Catholic Church that fulfils the mission and calling given by Christ to value every human life.
Following the publication of The Nolan report in 2001, the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service (CSAS) has implemented robust Safeguarding Policies and Procedures, regarding the protection of children and adults at risk it also places paramount importance upon the welfare of the alleged victim.
www.csasprocedures.uk.net
The Catholic Church provides a wide range of ministries and activities which children and adults at risk participate in. For example, Children's Liturgy groups within parishes, Eucharistic Ministers, SVP and Parish Volunteers visiting the sick and offering support. The Church also provides care for the victims and survivors of historical abuse allegations.
In addition the Church ministers to and manages individuals alleged to have caused harm.
The Diocese recognises its responsibility in the safeguarding of the personal dignity and rights of all vulnerable people and is committed to take all appropriate steps to maintain a safe environment for them.
It will also liaise with statutory agencies to ensure that any allegations of abuse are promptly and properly investigated and where appropriate, survivors are supported and perpetrators held to account.
The Diocese has a Safeguarding Co-ordinator whose contact details are as follows:-
Mr Morgan Beake
Email safeguarding@menevia.org
Emergency contact numbers:-
CSAS 02079 011920 / www.csas.uk.net
NSPCC 0808 800 500 / www.nspcc.org.uk
Child Line 0800 1111 / www.childline.org.uk
Careline 0300 333 2222
Stop it Now Helpline 0808 1000 900
Action on Elder Abuse 0808 808 8141 elderabuse.org.uk
Age Cymru 0800 0223 444 ageuk.org.uk/cymru
National Domestic 0808 2000 247
Violence Helpline www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk Women's Aid 0808 2000 247 womensaid.org.uk
Local Authority Safeguarding Team Offices:
Blaenau Gwent 01495 315700
Carmarthenshire 01267 228944
Swansea 01792 456999
Neath Port Talbot 01639 683021
Powys 01597 827666
Child 01545 572639 Adult 01545 572111
Pembrokeshire 01437 764551
Child Ext 6644, Adult Ext 6071


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Q: Reduce speed of GPU in linux kernel I have a ubuntu 10.04 OS running on 2.6.32 version of the linux kernel. I was told that the kernel runs the GPU at full speed at any point of time, hence degrading the power effeciency of the system. This is one of the main reasons why linux offers less battery life when compared to windows.
First of all, is this true? I tried looking up drivers/video/intelfb/*.c (because I have an intel GM965 VGA controller), but couldn't find out where the kernel enables the GPU to run at full speed.
Also, if this is true, is it possible to tweak the kernel so that we enable to GPU to run at full speed ONLY when required, like when playing a video or some graphic intensive operation? If so, what do I need to do, i.e. where and what changes do I need to make?
The questions might seem a little vague, but I want to know if it is possible to do so, so that I can save up a bit of my battery life.
Thanks and Regards,
Hrishikesh Murali

A: With an intel chip there is a reasonable chance Linux is doing some power management.
The first thing would be to try running a mainline kernel, 2.6.32 is getting old, 2.6.36 is out, but for best results try the latest git tree, or even Dave Airlie's next branch.
AFAIK GM965 is handled by the i915 driver, which has at least two power related module parameters. One is powersave and the other is lvds_downclock, the latter at least is not enabled by default, so experimenting with them would be a good place to start.
See http://intellinuxgraphics.org for more info.

A: The kernel does NOT enable full speed GPUs anywhere, that's the default of the GPU when turned on. With a proper driver (Such as NVIDIA's propietary driver), the kernel can tune the GPU speed acoording to some parameters. But that's HW specific.

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Q: Multi-threading in selenium python I am working on a project which needs bit automation and web-scraping for which I am using Selenium and BeautifulSoup (python2.7).
I want to open only one instance of a web browser and login to a website, keeping that session, I am trying to open new tabs which will be independently controlled by threads, each thread controlling a tab and performing their own task. How should I do it? An example code would be nice. Well here's my code:
def threadFunc(driver, tabId):
    if tabId == 1:
        #open a new tab and do something in it
    elif tabId == 2:
        #open another new tab with some different link and perform some task
    .... #other cases

class tabThreads(threading.Thread):

    def __init__(self, driver, tabId):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.tabID = tabId
        self.driver = driver

    def run(self):
        print "Executing tab ", self.tabID
        threadFunc(self.driver, self.tabID)

def func():
    # Created a main window

    driver = webdriver.Firefox()
    driver.get("...someLink...")

    # This is the part where i am stuck, whether to create threads and send
    # them the same web-driver to stick with the current session by using the
    # javascript call "window.open('')" or use a separate for each tab to
    # operate on individual pages, but that will open a new browser instance
    # everytime a driver is created

    thread1 = tabThreads(driver, 1)
    thread2 = tabThreads(driver, 2)
    ...... #other threads

I am open to suggestions for using any other module, if needed

A: My understanding is that Selenium drivers are not thread-safe. In the WebDriver spec, the Thread Safety section is empty...which I take to mean they have not addressed the topic at all.  https://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-webdriver-20120710/#thread-safety
So while you could share the driver reference with multiple threads and make calls to the driver from multiple threads, there is no guarantee that the driver will be able to handle multiple asynchronous calls correctly.
Instead, you must either synchronize calls from multiple threads to ensure one is completed before the next starts, or you should have just one thread making Selenium API calls...potentially handling commands from a queue that is filled by multiple other threads.
Also, see Can Selenium use multi threading in one browser?

A: I you are using the script to automatically submit forms (simply said doing GET and POST requests), I would recommend you to look at requests. You can easily capture Post requests from your Browser (Network tab in Developer Pane on both Firefox and Chrome), and submit them. Something like:
session = requests.session()
response = session.get('https://stackoverflow.com/')
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text)

and even POST data like:
postdata = {'username':'John','password':password}
response=session.post('example.com',data=postdata,allow_redirects=True)

It can be easily threaded, Multiple times faster than using selenium, the only problem is there is no JavaScript or Form support, so you need to do it the old fashioned way.
EDIT:
Also take a look at ThreadPoolExecutor


"Friends, whatever you are addicted to, the Tempter will come in that thing. When he can trouble you, then he gets advantage over you, and then you are gone. Stand still in that which is pure, after you see yourselves; and then mercy comes in. After you see your thoughts, and the temptations, do not think, but submit. Then the Power comes. Stand still in that which shows and discovers; and there does strength immediately come. Stand still in the light, and submit to it, and the other will be hushed and gone. Then contentment comes. When temptations and troubles appear, sink down in that which is pure, and all will be hushed and will fly away. Your strength is to stand still, after you see yourselves.
Whatsoever you see yourselves addicted to — temptations, corruption, uncleanness, &c. — then you think you shall never overcome. And earthly reason will tell you what you shall lose. Hearken not to that, but stand still in the light that shows them to you, and then strength comes from the Lord, and help comes, contrary to your expectation. Then you grow up in peace, and no trouble shall move you. David fretted himself, when he looked out; but when he was still, no trouble could move him. When your thoughts are out, abroad, then troubles move you. But come to stay your minds upon that spirit which was before the letter; here you learn to read the scriptures aright. If ye do any thing in your own wills, then you tempt God.
Stand still in that power which brings peace.
I have a vision of how Quakerism CAN BE/HAS BEEN practiced and my judgmental personality type interferes badly with my ability to participate lovingly and wisely with Friends at Gwynedd Meeting, and probably every where else!! . . . The opportunities to share that "Good News" with others has been mostly in the encounters with hospice patients and their families, and with my hospice colleagues. So I have no doubt that God is using me just the way I am, flaws and all, in witnessing to and modeling Jesus' teachings of how to do Kingdom living. I know that is what my life is "supposed" to be about and I am doing that the best I can and mostly that makes my heart sing. When I get involved in something that makes my heart sink, I am pretty sure that is a sign that I'm NOT supposed to be doing that.
Self-knowledge can be painful. I often am upset by my motives or my inaction, or the stupid things I do. I'm sure I drive people nuts with how little I talk. Many probably see me as arrogant because of this. Since I easily go into defensive mode, I can seem even pricklier and push people further away. We each have our own ways of being in this world which make it difficult to love and be loved just as we each have qualities which burst through gloriously when given the chance.
Self-knowledge allows us to engage with others honestly and stop projecting our own problems on to one another. Self-knowledge helps open the door to humility so that we might enter into rightful relationship with the world, neither lording over others in arrogance nor cowering in a sense of worthlessness. The Light which shines in every heart helps us find this point where our hurts can meld into compassion and our anger morph into a powerful energy and passion. The unique blend of contradictory feelings that is each of us is transformed as we stand still in the Light. In attending to this In ward Light we move close to the New Creation.
Yet I was under great temptations sometimes, and my inward sufferings were heavy; but I could find none to open my condition to but the Lord alone, unto whom I cried night and day. . . .And I cried to the Lord, saying, "Why should I be thus, seeing I was never addicted to commit those evils?
And the Lord answered that it was needful I should have a sense of all conditions, how else should I speak to all conditions; and in this I saw the infinite love of God. I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness. And in that also I saw the infinite love of God; and I had great openings.
When we are blind to ourselves, that which is part of the darkness within can sneak up on us and really mess things up. Discernment is not possible without an honest understanding of our own impulses and tendencies. Ministry can all too easily be turned into something damaging even with the best intent if we do not pay attention to who we are and what forces are pressing us to act or not act.
Paul sees this as part of the human condition, trapped in sin and unable to do what we know is right. He names the freedom he found in Christ to overcome this power of sin and resistance. Modern-day Americans might explain this in psychological terms, but the experience is real for many people. I also know that there is a real freedom that came as I learned to trust in the divine Spirit and stopped attempting to hold tight control. Supportive people were invaluable, as was coming to find the humor in my efforts and gradually becoming more able to enjoy my own foolishness as something to let drop away rather than clinging to it.
This sense of seeking to show others how to be without allowing oneself to be shown, without acknowledging what comes before us and makes our own light possible in first place, seems to me a great pitfall of prophetic ministry. I had an authentic prophetic experience, in the sense that my consciousness of what it meant to live in a wealthy industrialized nation at the expense of the many who didn't live there had changed, and my altered way of relating to my material wants and needs. I didn't, however, have the capacity to live that out as a ministry in the way that some other folks I had met might. This insight, framed in different terms at the time, coupled with a clear sense that the technical challenges of the job were at least somewhat outside what I had any reason to think I was capable of at the time, prompted me to tell the people in charge of the school that I would be tempting God to allow me to fail if I were to accept.
How often do we confuse ourselves by comparing what we are doing with what others accomplish, then list all the ways we fall short. I am especially good at doing this when I am just learning. I see vividly how the task is done by those who have been practicing for years and see myself as inadequate. Each of us has our own story of falling into the trap that the apostle Paul bemoans of being unable to live up to our own hopes and ideals and thus feeling paralyzed.
We need to know our own demons. Being intentional – remembering to ask – is a struggle. Finding the humility to wait for an answer is even harder. For much of my life, I have been encouraged to make decisions and rewarded for it. Taking the time for real discernment can feel like an excuse for procrastination and sometimes it is. My personal temptation is to act, more than to wait.
For Paul, the struggle is to "not run ahead of the Guide" in the words of Isaac Penington. He thinks he knows what is needed, so the discipline of waiting for the holy "yes" is a hard one for him. I'm the opposite in that I can often find myself half-paralyzed and unwilling to act. It constantly amazes me how many wonderful excuses I can find for not doing something that is uncomfortable, or that stretches me even when I know that this is where I am being led. The impulse to speak quickly, without reflection, is endemic in our culture.
We each have the capacity to look inside, to watch how we react in different situations and to be intentional about how we interact with other people and in the choices we make to get engaged with a variety of issues. Do I want to be part of every cause? Do certain people infuriate me, even without intending to? Do I get trapped in a sense of unworthiness if anybody questions me? Do I want everyone to hop on my bandwagon immediately? What are the demons that push me into unhealthy conflict?


It is not necessary to overload an account of the eight following words with an analysis (as has been done for the "Name" in forty-two Autiot). These "attributes" -- Rahhoum Wehhanoun, Ram Wenascha Schokan Aad Maroum Wegadosch -- can be deciphered by the usual code. Their thirty signs add nothing significant to the forty-two preceding them. Moreover, the Qabala considers that the "Name" is more important in forty-two Autiot than in seventy-two.
The expansion of the 42 letter name adds 30 letters = 72 letter Name of God.


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PROMES Celebrates its 40th Annual Banquet
Inez Hutchinson
The Program for Mastery of Engineering Studies (PROMES) held its 40th annual banquet on Thursday, April 12, celebrating the students, faculty, staff, alumni and donors of the Cullen College's most enduring academic success program.
The sold-out event took place at the UH Alumni Center and featured a free dinner buffet, research poster presentations by UH engineering students and a brief awards ceremony.
Joseph W. Tedesco, Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean of the Cullen College, Jerrod Henderson, director of the PROMES program, and Fritz Claydon, director of undergraduate programs and student success, served as keynote speakers.
Generous industry and individual donors have allowed the PROMES program to expand its mission to encourage student success across all Cullen College engineering disciplines. As a result, PROMES scholarship awards are given to outstanding students in the Cullen College each year. At this year's banquet 43 scholarship recipients were recognized with awards for outstanding academics and leadership success.
The Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES), provides Cullen College students with recruitment, academic advising, workshops, scholarships, and professional and personal development opportunities.
The program was established at the University of Houston in 1974 for the recruitment, retention, and academic development of underrepresented minorities in the Cullen College of Engineering. Today, PROMES is open to all Cullen College students and strives to provide a positive learning environment that supports the needs of undergraduate students.
Sponsors for this year's PROMES Banquet include the Chevron Corporation, Shell Global, Fluor Corporation, Praxair, UH Division of Research, Occidental Petroleum, Phillips 66, Marathon Oil Corporation, Conoco Phillips, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLP, Exxon Mobil, Bechtel, and BP.
To learn more about PROMES at the Cullen College of Engineering visit, promes.egr.uh.edu
To view more photos from the 40TH PROMES banquet, click here
Dr. Tedesco, Joseph W.
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UH Professor Part of Team Researching Windows of Opportunity for Black Male Engineers
Producing graduates with STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – capabilities continues to be vital issue for the future of the United States. Growth in engineering and other STEM occupations is vastly outpacing the supply of skilled workers.
UH College of Engineering PROMES receives Regents' Academic Excellence Award
The University of Houston System Board of Regents presented the Regents' Academic Excellence Award to the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering's Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES). The award recognizes University of Houston System institutions' programs and initiatives that exemplify academic excellence in teaching, research, and community engagement.

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Nigerian Afro-fusion artist Burna Boy releases his new project Outside via Bad Habit. The 13-track project is preceded by singles "Sekkle Down" ft. J Hus, "Koni Baje," and "Heaven's Gate" ft. Lily Allen which are accompanied with a music video.
Burna Boy who recently had a private listening party in Lagos on Sunday 21st January 2018 at the WeRe House Lekki, Lagos and during the week at The Curtain Hotel, London shared the "Outside" experience with some his fans and celebrity guests with songs off the album.
In May 2017, Burna Boy headlined his first US show at the PlayStation Theatre, and in November 2017, he sold out a 5,000 seat show at the Apollo Eventim Theatre in London. He was recently featured on Drake's project More Life on the track titled "Get It Together" ft. Jorja Smith which has been featured on multiple episodes of OVO Sound Radio.


Incolink offers employer members the opportunity to cover their office based staff with the Accident and Illness Benefits Program. This applies to all workers who are at least 50% office based.
This brochure is to assist employers and office based workers in understanding the benefits that apply under the various insurance covers administered by Incolink and the circumstances under which these benefits may be claimed.
From 14 November, 2016, tax is withheld from gross weekly benefits as per ATO guidelines. For more information, please contact Total Claims Solutions on (03) 9663 2411.


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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1678, adopted unanimously on May 15, 2006, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia, particularly resolutions 1640 (2005), 1661 (2006) and 1670 (2006), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) until the end of May 2006.

Resolution

Observations
The Security Council reaffirmed its support for the peace process between the two countries and the full implementation of the Algiers Agreement. It welcomed progress made at a meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) in March 2006.

Acts
Resolution 1678 renewed the mandate of UNMEE until May 31, 2006, and again demanded that Ethiopia and Eritrea comply with Resolution 1640. All states were called upon to provide contributions to the trust fund and support UNMEE.

Furthermore, Council members decided that, in the event of non-compliance with Resolution 1640, and in light of the outcome of the EEBC meeting on May 17, 2006, adjustments would be made to the mandate and troop level of UNMEE by the end of May 2006.

Finally, the Secretary-General Kofi Annan was instructed to report on compliance with Resolution 1640 within seven days and to also provide suggestions on adjusting UNMEE's mandate to support the demarcation process.

See also
 Badme
 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
 List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1601 to 1700 (2005–2006)

References

External links

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

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2006 in Ethiopia
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Eritrea–Ethiopia border
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SBU News > Arts & Entertainment > Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity, April 6 at Wang Center
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Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity, April 6 at Wang Center
Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity (photo by Adam Nadel)
Beyond Sacred — an interview-based theatre production exploring the diverse experiences of Muslim communities within New York City — comes to the Charles B. Wang Center Theater on Wednesday, April 6, at 6 pm.
The five cast members vary in many ways, but share the common experience of coming of age in a post-9/11 New York City, at a time of increasing Islamophobia. Participants come from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and include young men and women that reflect a wide range of Muslim identities, including those who have converted to Islam; those who were raised Muslim, but have since left the faith; those who identify as "culturally" Muslim; and those who are observant on a daily basis.
Beyond Sacred is part of Ping Chong + Company's Undesirable Elements project, an oral history theater project exploring issues of culture, identity and difference in the lives of individuals in specific communities. The production was developed through a community-engaged process wherein Ping Chong + Company extensively interviewed local community members, who then become the performers. These interviews became the basis of the show's script, which weaves together personal, historical and political narratives. The goal of Beyond Sacred is to use theater and personal testimony to foster greater understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in New York and beyond.
General admission tickets are $10; student/senior tickets are $5. To purchase tickets, visit thewangcenter.org.
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Young people with Additional Support Needs.
Referrals taken from Child Health Team for outreach work to support families.
Parents can self-refer. The service provides schools/services with referral forms.
This service also does outreach work with families with sleep difficulties.
Referrals from guidance teachers in the secondary school and from primary headteachers or primary deputy headteachers. Referral also possible via the school health nurse. Young people and families can also self-refer.
Contact your own Community Link Worker in the first instance.
Sleep counselling is provided as part of Community Link Work.


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Benjamin Kendrick Judoka
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Born:6 March 2000 (19 years)
Canadian judoka Benjamin Kendrick took a bronze medal at the Cadet World Championships in Santiago de Chile in 2017. He won the European Cup U21 Sarajevo in 2018. He captured a bronze medal at the Junior European Cup in Poznan in 2019. He captured a silver medal at the Junior European Cup in Cluj Napoca in 2019. He took silver at the Pan American Open in Santo Domingo in 2019.
Asian Open in Hong Kong delivers Canada five medals
Canada's judokas went out in a blaze of glory on Sunday with a haul of five medals at the Asian Open in Hong Kong. Ontario's Mohab El Nahas led the Canadian delegation by climbing to the top of the podium in the U90 kg category. Louis Krieber-Gagnon, Benjamin Kendrick, Marc Deschênes and Joe Casey Andres were the country's other medallists. Read more
Romanian Eduard Serban takes his golden opportunity from Japanese hope
Romanian celebrates the first male World title since 1994. Eduard Serban won Romania's first medal of the competition and not only was it gold but it was also won against a Japanese judoka in the final. In 1994 Alexandru Lungu was the last man to win a world title, for Juniors. Read more
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Tim Whyte | Telling 2019 to Kiss Off and Predictions for 2020
Tim Whyte
By Tim Whyte
Signal Editor
In a lot of ways, I kind of want to tell 2019 "see ya' — and don't let the door hit you in the keister on the way out."
I'm ready for good stuff to start happening.
Not that 2019 was all bad. On a personal level I had a great year. The kids are doing well in college and there's a lot to be excited about.
Professionally, too, it's been a year that makes me proud, especially when I think back on all the great work done by the team here at The Mighty Signal in this, the newspaper's 100th year. It's the circumstances that led to a lot of that great work, especially over the past few months, that I can live without.
So with that, we give 2019 a solid kick in the rear and welcome 2020 so long as it promises to behave itself.
I don't do resolutions, though heavens knows I probably should. But in the interest of holding up the columnist's obligation to either offer resolutions or predictions, how about some half-baked predictions?
In no particular order:
My L.A. Kings will miss the playoffs.
By the November election I'll hate Facebook and its role in politics even more than I already do. And I already hate it with the heat of a thousand suns. That's, like, a lot.
Valencia High School will win its 1,000th (or whatever it is) consecutive Foothill League football title. No one in a position to do anything about it will examine how many of the team's players should be going to another school.
Hart High's football program will backslide — at least temporarily —with the departure of the retiring head coach Mike Herrington, who has kept the Indians among Southern California's elite for three decades. We saw it happen with Canyon when Harry Welch left, and it'll happen at Hart, too.
State Assemblywoman Christy Smith will get elected to Congress. Twice. Once to fill out the remainder of Katie Hill's term (you may recall the former congresswoman resigned a couple months back) and once in the November general election.
Smith, a Democrat, will face one of two Republicans — Mike Garcia or Steve Knight — after the primaries. The carpetbaggers in that race — Democrat Cenk Uygur and Republican George Papadopoulos — will be rightfully dealt a smackdown by voters.
Taking a flier just for fun on this one, but I've got to go out on at least one limb: Ken Dean will finally get elected to the City Council after decades of trying. I know, he's not likely to be considered a frontrunner — but look at the results of the past two elections. The guy who gives me a hard time for once calling him a "perennial candidate" has been knocking at the door while running stealth campaigns. If it actually happens you saw it here first.
Super Bowl: Baltimore Ravens.
NBA champs: Ugh. Clippers.
World Series: Sorry. Not the Dodgers. I've officially lost faith.
A local government will violate the state's open meeting laws and no one other than the newspaper and Steve Petzold will care.
Homeless encampments will spread from the Santa Clara River to more public, visible places.
We will get a dusting of snow for a day. It'll stick long enough for a snowball fight or two.
And last but not least, 2020 will end on a high note in the SCV.
Tim Whyte is editor of The Signal. His column appears Sundays. On Twitter:
@TimWhyte.
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The idea that we fundamentally have more things in common than we have differences; that it is important to cross borders of race, ethnicity, class, and geography; that no neighborhood is the preserve of any one racial, ethnic, or religious group; and that all forms of illegal discrimination must be fought, wherever and whenever they manifest themselves. Once upon a time, it was called the Civil Rights Movement.
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Gilbert John Arrow (Londres, 20 de dezembro de 1873  5 de outubro de 1948) foi um entomologista britânico.

Obras
Fauna of British India series
Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae (1910)
Lamellicornia 2. Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae (1917)
Clavicornia : Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae (1925)
Lamellicornia 3. Coprinae (1931)

Sound-production in the lamellicorn beetles. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1904)
On the characters and relationships of the less-known groups of Lamellicorn Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species of Hybosorinae, etc. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 57: 479-507.(1909)
Scarabaeidae: Pachypodinae, Pleocominae, Aclopinae, Glaphyrinae, Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Idiostominae, Hybosorinae, Dynamopinae, Acanthocerinae, Troginae. Coleopterorum Catalogus pars 43, W. Junk, Berlin. 66 pp.(1912)
A nomenclatural note (Coleopt.) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 9(1): 16. (1940).

Ver também
 Entomologia
 Lista de entomólogos

Referências

 Blair 1948: [Arrow, G. J.] - Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3) 84

Ligações externas
Portrait and further bibliographic references

Zoólogos do Reino Unido
Naturais de Londres


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Florida Drunk Driving Accident Kills One, Injures Another
By Law Offices of Robert Dixon
Losing a loved one in a Florida car accident is never easy, but it can be especially difficult when the accident could have easily been prevented. This is particularly true for victims of drunk or otherwise intoxicated driving. Although it is against the law to drive while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, intoxicated driving remains one of the leading causes of Florida car accidents.
Earlier this month, a tragic car accident in Key Biscayne killed one and injured another, and law enforcement officers believe that the at-fault driver had been drunk while on the road. According to a local news report covering the accident, the at-fault driver was driving on the Rickenbacker Causeway when she rear-ended another car. As a result, this second car went over the median, rolled several times, and slammed into a chain-link fence. The occupants, a husband and wife, were seriously harmed. Both were taken immediately to the nearest hospital, where the wife, who had been driving when the tragic accident occurred, died from her injuries.
The at-fault driver failed multiple sobriety tests at the scene of the crash. When, three hours after the crash, she took a Breathalyzer test, it indicated that she had been driving with twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system. As a result, she has been charged with driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, and DUI manslaughter. These charges could come with fines and jail time.
Posted in: Car Accidents and Wrongful Death
Updated: November 20, 2019 10:11 am
Florida Court Discusses Resident-Relative Exclusion in Recent Car Accident Case
Earlier this month, a state appellate court issued a written opinion in a Florida car accident case, centered around an insurance dispute. Technically, the case was between two insurance companies, however, the issue before the court is relevant to accident victims. Specifically, the case required the court determine if the accident victim was covered under his parents' underinsured/uninsured motorist (UIM) protection policy.
According to the court's opinion, a young man was injured in a Florida car accident. At the time of the crash, the man lived with his mother and step-father, who had an insurance policy with Owners Insurance Company. The Owners policy provided coverage to resident relatives who did not own their own automobile.
Another insurance company, Allstate, sought a declaratory judgment clarifying that the young man was covered under the Owners policy. Allstate hoped to establish that Owners provided coverage so that an unrelated Allstate policy would not be involved in the claim. The trial court agreed with Allstate, holding that the young man was covered under his parents' policy.
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Expert Witness Requirements in Florida Personal Injury Lawsuits
In addition to the physical evidence presented at a trial, the outcome of a Florida personal injury lawsuit often hinges on the testimony of the plaintiff, eyewitnesses, and expert witnesses. An expert witness is a professional who can testify and provide an opinion on a specific issue during a lawsuit. In Florida, witnesses must have specialized training, education, and experience before they can be qualified as an expert.
In many Florida motor vehicle accidents, expert witnesses may be medical professionals, accident re-constructionists, or engineers that can reliably opine on an issue in the case. Expert witnesses are crucial when no witnesses were at the scene, or there is conflicting information regarding the severity of a party's injuries. Experts can provide the trier of fact with insight and provide conclusions regarding an accident.
For many years Florida relied on the standard provided in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. In Daubert, the Supreme Court ruled that judges are the gatekeepers when determining whether a professional meets the criteria to be an expert witness. However, more recently, Florida adopted the standard advanced in Frye v. United States.
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Tesla Catches Fire After Fatal Crash
It is inevitable that self-driving cars will become more and more popular as time goes on. With this increase will also come an increase in accidents. If you or someone close to you has been injured in a self-driving vehicle or believe that autopilot played a role in your accident, you need to reach out to a skilled Miami car crash attorney without delay. At the Law Offices of Robert Dixon, we can assess the merits of your case and provide you with an honest assessment of your claim.
Earlier this month, a Tesla in California hit a highway barrier and caught fire, causing hours of closed highway lanes as firefighters tried to ascertain whether it was safe to move the automobile and its damaged lithium-ion battery packs. The driver was killed, and the automobile was badly burned.
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the post-collision fire and the measures that are needed to make the vehicle safe to remove from the accident scene. At this time, it is unclear whether the Tesla's partly autonomous driving system, known as Autopilot, was involved at the time of the crash.
Updated: October 23, 2019 10:35 am
Court Addresses Damages in Florida Personal Injury Lawsuit
Damages are a crucial — yet often overlooked — element of a personal injury lawsuit. Florida personal injury victims must specifically plead and prove the damages they hope to obtain, and a failure to do so may result in a reduced verdict; even if the defendant was found to be at fault.
In a recent case, a Florida car accident victim successfully appealed a jury's zero-dollar verdict for past non-economic damages. According to the court's opinion, the plaintiff was involved in an accident when a pickup truck made an illegal left turn and hit a car that collided with the plaintiff's vehicle. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff did not receive medical treatment or go to the hospital.
Several years later, the plaintiff filed a personal injury lawsuit against the driver and owner of the pickup truck. Pretrial proceedings resolved all issues in favor of the plaintiff, and the trial jury only needed to determine damages. The jury awarded the plaintiff $50,000 for past medical bills, $200,000 for future medical expenses, and nothing for past or future non-economic damages.
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Distracted Drivers Pose an Increased Risk to First Responders on the Road
We all know that distracted drivers pose a risk to other drivers and pedestrians on the road, but there is another category of people we often do not consider – emergency first responders. These professionals are trained to arrive and provide assistance at the scene of an emergency, such as a motor vehicle accident. Every year, a number of first responders including law enforcement, tow truck drivers and others end up being hit by other cars while tending to an accident scene. If you were hurt in an accident involving a distracted driver, you need to consult an experienced Miami injury attorney. At our firm, we are dedicated to scrutinizing the facts of your case and helping you secure the damages you deserve.
Distracted drivers are a rising threat to first responders, according to a new report released by the National Safety Council. The data shows that 71 percent of drivers conceded to snapping pictures and sending texts while driving past emergency workers – nearly three times the 24 percent who admitted to doing so under ordinary driving conditions. In addition, sixty percent admitted to being active on social media; and 66 percent have sent emails about what they are passing on the road.
The consequences of this behavior are fatal. Sixteen percent of those driving motor vehicles state that they have hit or almost hit an emergency automobile or first responder on the side of the street. In fact, forty first responders died as a result of being hit on the side of the street last year, a 60 percent spike from 2017. This year, twenty-one first responders lost their lives, including ten police officers, and fourteen officers were struck and killed in 2018.
Florida Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Case Involving Claim of Governmental Immunity
A Florida man who was injured in a motor vehicle accident successfully appealed a final summary judgment motion entered by a lower court in favor of the City of Coral Gables. The case stemmed from injuries that the plaintiff sustained when his motorcycle collided with an SUV at an intersection. The plaintiff testified that he was traveling northbound when he noticed the SUV approaching in the southbound lane. The SUV driver was making a left turn when the plaintiff collided with the other driver's SUV. The plaintiff explained that he could not stop in time to avoid the collision. The driver of the SUV claimed that recently planted palm trees with wooden supports at the end of the median obstructed his view of the motorcyclist.
The motorcyclist sued the City alleging, among other issues, that the City created a dangerous condition by negligently designing the intersection and planting the palm trees. The plaintiff argued that the City was liable because the trees and their wooden supports obstructed a driver's view of oncoming traffic. The City countered that it should not be liable because the placement and wooden supports were a planning decision and not an operational decision; therefore, protected by governmental immunity.
Governmental entities cannot face liability for many of the day-to-day activities carried out by government employees. However, certain exceptions allow individuals to file a tort action against a Florida government agency. For governmental tort liability, the injury victim must be able to establish that the government entity owed them a statutory duty of care. The government agency will be liable only to the same extent that a private person would be under similar circumstances. Finally, certain discretionary functions are immune to lawsuits.
Florida Leads the Country When It Comes to Road Rage Involving Guns
Road rage puts everyone on the road at risk of harm. All motorists have a responsibility to follow the rules of the road and make safe decisions behind the wheel. If you were hurt or lost a family member due to an accident involving road rage, our hard working Miami injury attorneys can assess your situation and offer you a range of available legal options.
Florida law defines road rage, or aggressive driving, as at least two of the following behaviors: excessive speeding, changing lanes or improper passing, tailgating, failing to yield, and failing to follow traffic signs. Road rage differs from aggressive driving in that road rage may escalate into a criminal offense, such as an assault or incidents involving weapons.
Road rage typically stems from a driver's uncontrolled rage due to the actions of another driver. Unfortunately, the problem seems to be getting worse. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, deadly car accidents linked to aggressive driving spiked almost 500 percent in 10 years, from 80 in 2006 to 467 in 2015. In addition, Florida has had more road rage incidents involving guns than any other state in the nation. According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, between the years of 2014 and 2018, Florida had 277 incidents, the highest in the country, followed by Texas (220) and California (157).
Updated: October 3, 2019 3:26 pm
Man's Attempt to Pass in No Passing Zone Leads to Fatal Collision
All motorists have an obligation to obey the rules of the road, including passing only when it is legal and safe to do so. If your loved one was killed in an accident caused by someone improperly passing, you have legal options. We know that the untimely death of a loved one is a devastating experience, which is why we will advocate for you in a sensitive yet competent manner. Wrongful death cases are complicated so having the right attorney on your side can be the difference between winning and losing a case. As highly skilled Miami car accident attorneys, we are proficient in Florida wrongful death law and can help families determine who may be at fault and the degree of their liability.
A 26-year-old woman died following a car accident in September, 2019. The crash took place on State Road 80 in Hendry Country. Florida Highway Patrol Law (FHP) says a man and six-year-old boy were driving east on a curve in the road while the 26-year-old woman was traveling west. FHP explained that the man tried to pass slower traffic in a no passing zone. Both he and the victim tried to avoid a crash, swerving towards the shoulder but ended up hitting each other. Tragically, the woman died at the scene while the man suffered severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital.
If a person dies as a result of the negligence of another person, certain surviving family members of that deceased person may be able to sue for wrongful death. Under Florida law, a wrongful death occurs when a victim loses his or her life as a result of someone else's misconduct or gross negligence. To prove negligence took place, the plaintiff bears the burden of proving the following elements by a preponderance of the evidence:
Florida Man Killed in Single Vehicle Accident
We tend to assume that car accidents always involve two or more vehicles but this is simply not the case. Many accidents are single vehicle accidents that, as the name suggests, only involve one vehicle. If you have been hurt in a single vehicle accident, do not assume that you don't have rights. Our Miami auto accident attorneys understand how to scrutinize your case to determine your eligibility for compensation. You can rest assured that we will not leave any stone un-turned when devising a legal strategy to protect the rights of our clients.
A Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report indicates that a Panama City Beach man was killed in an accident in which his truck flipped over in Walton County. FHP says the accident took place on U. S. Highway 98 last month. According to law enforcement, a 28-year-old man was traveling west when his car veered onto the shoulder of the road. Even though the driver tried to regain control, his vehicle started rotating counter clockwise and ultimately flipped over in the middle of the highway. Tragically, the man suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital where he later died.
After single vehicle accidents, it is often assumed that the driver is at fault since no other vehicle is involved in the crash. However, this is not always true. Many different factors outside of your control can cause or contribute to these accidents or make them worse, including but not limited to:
Improperly maintained roads (i.e., potholes);
Animals on the road;
The negligence of another driver (i.e., a driver cuts you off and you swerve to avoid a collision but end up crashing into a wall);
Flying objects (i.e., debris falling off a truck);
Defective car parts (i.e., brakes failing); and/or
Poorly placed signs.
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Montoya's work is grounded in the experiences of the Southwest and brings together a multiplicity of syncretic forms and paractises - from those of Aztec Mexico and Spain to cross-border vernacular traditions - all of which are shaded by contemporary American custom and values. In her work, she explores the unusual relationships that result from negotiating different strategies of understanding and representing the rich ways of life and thought found in the Southwest.
Montoya 's numerous projects investigate cultural phenonmena; whether investigating spiritual rituals or questioning gender traditions, she always addresses and often confronts viewer' assumptions.
2008 "We the People: Work by Delilah Montoya, Soody Sharifi, and Orlando Lara," Art League Houston, Houston, Texas.
By using the Art League of Houston as a cultural space, the U. S. culture with respect to Moslem Americans and the Mexican Migration was explored. Soody Sharifi, Orlando Lara, and Delilah Montoya collaborated on an exhibition styled as installations where the voices of the "Other" Americans could be heard. By making use of the American flag as the visual metaphor, the aim was to reveal the relationship of these two ethnic minorities within the U. S. political landscape. The work was created during the 2008 election as a representation of American voices whose issues are generally demonized in the news media.
Soody Sharifi's "Flag" series includes a set of staged photographs that deliberately juxtaposed the veil, a charged symbol of Islam, and the American Flag – to explore political tension. Yet, similarly, the tension between the Mexican community and the U. S. democratic systems is bridged by the iconic symbol of Old Glory as it was waved by the Mexican American community during the massive 2006 national marches.
Drawing from previous works and from the current issues at stake, Montoya and Lara created the installation "Desire! Lines in the U. S. Landscape." The metaphor "Desire Lines" was opted from the architectural concept describing the well-trodden paths that pedestrians carve into areas not intended for crossing. Realizing this, designers are faced with a choice: alter their designs to match the collective desire of the people, or find a way to force compliance. The United States has repeatedly chosen to construct real and imaginary fences – for example, by creating new laws – and yet the continuing desire is still pressed into the U. S. landscape. The installation included panoramic desert landscapes of migrant trails mounted on aluminum, and the video Elizabeth's Story (a border crossing testimonial) emphasizes the ghostliness of the treacherous crossings.
Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired the print "Desire Lines" for their permanent collection.
2011-2012 "En Foco/In Focus: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection," Light Work's Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Schine Student Center, Syracuse, New York; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC; Aljira, Newark, New Jersey; California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California.
2009 "Topiary Text Lead, Individual Artist Grantees," 125 Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Modern Democracy, After Goya's "Disasters of War is a statement on the consequence of war inspired by Goya's statement, "Grande hazaña! Con muertos! / Great deeds, with dead men!" It is based on one of Luis Jiménez's final prints, which was published at Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas. Jiménez's sources of inspiration for his print were the tragic war in Iraq, the print "Disasters of War" by Goya, and an insufferable divorce that consumed his emotions and resources. He died before either the war or the divorce was resolved.
In studying Jiménez's print, Montoya became aware that, as citizens – much like Jiménez's inability to untie his tragic relationship – our affiliation to "freedom" is bound to a "democratic" process that motivates us, not necessarily by reason, but rather by a consuming patriotic commitment. To extend this thought beyond the boundaries of the United States, we as citizens of the world are bound to a submissive duty known as nationalism that serves the interests of those who control governments, and thus, as the print suggests, modern democracy is born /borne.
Master printer Dan Allison published Modern Democracy, After Goya's "Disaster of War" as a polymer photogravure print at Texas Collaborative Arts Studio. The Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant Fellowship funded the publication of an edition of 14 polymer photogravure prints and 18 artist proofs. In doing so, Montoya expanded her photo-printmaking experience to include the photo polymer process.
This collaboration helped her understand the capabilities and limitations of this cutting-edge technology. She found the process to be extraordinary in the application of ink to paper as it rendered a photographic surface. The multiple layers built by a photographic matrix produced a vibrant palette that textured the image. Registering the color and tones to one another was the most difficult step, something that both Allison and Montoya are contemplating how to improve. The end product stands as an amazing example of the tones and contrast that can be achieved with the polymer photogravure print process.
The Serie Project was founded in 1993 by Austin artist Sam Coronado and has hosted more than 250 residencies to date. The Serie Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to the fine art of hand-pulled serigraphy prints to produce original works of art. The organization offered Delilah Montoya an Artist in Residence (AIR) that allowed her to create a limited edition of prints under the guidance of a Master Printer. The program aims at increasing the presence of minorities in the art world by encouraging multi-racial participation, particular for the Latino Artist. Montoya was invited two years in a row, 2007 and 2008, resulting in the production of the following prints.
"Arte Tejano: De Campos, Barrios y Fronteras," OSDE Espacio de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"New Prints 2008/Spring – Selected by Jane Hammond," New York School of Interior Design, New York, New York.
In her print Los Dos Corazones, Montoya pays homage to her close friend, renowned sculptor Luis Jiménez, who passed away in 2006. In the locket, Montoya uses a photograph of Jiménez that she took in 2005 when they were hiking near his ranch in New Mexico. The other images in the print are mementos that Montoya and Jiménez shared in real life, such as the rose petals whose beauty they both observed once outside her home, and the locket and charms that were gifts from Jiménez to Montoya. "Luis was a very warm, caring individual, and I hope people can get this sense of him when looking at this print," she says.
"Serie Quinceañera," Mexi-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas.
"New Print 2009, Summer Portraits: In Pursuit of Likeness," IPCNY, New York, New York.
The title of Delilah Montoya's print Smile Now, Cry Later comes from an old barrio saying that refers to a person's feelings when doing something they shouldn't be doing. Initially, one will enjoy the feeling and smile, but eventually the consequences will cause one to "cry later." The female boxer in the image has this tattooed on her arm, which Montoya chooses to make the focus of the print. The image was taken from a photograph Montoya took as part of a series on female boxers, a subject she feels that deserves recognition as an emerging sport. Montoya doesn't believe in an "innate female nature," but rather that, although a softer nature is encouraged in women, they don't have to be that way. She plays with this idea with the quinceañera sign in the background, celebrating the Serie Project's 15th anniversary, and implying that "a little bit of a boxing match goes on" in quinceañera.
2011 "Her Gaze/Su Mirada,"curated by Maruca Salazar, Museo de las Americas, Denver, Colorado.
2008 "Retrospective, Photographs by Delilah Montoya," La Llorona Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2006 "Día de los Muertos,"Mexican Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
"When My Heart Trembled" is an installation produced as an ofrenda in tribute to Luis Jiménez for the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration on September 25, 2006 at the Mexican Museum in Chicago, Illinois. An ofrenda is an artistic offering made and traditionally offered for the Día de los Muertos in memory of the departed.
A three-layered piezo print, with a background, mid-ground, and foreground was digitally montaged from images photographed in a burned out bosque river bottomland of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque. It was produced while grieving and holding onto memories, as Montoya looked for her loss there in the bosque of New Mexico where a forest fire left the land charred.
A destroyed landscape that foreground devastation and chaos, but most of all spoke of anguish, is depicted in the print. Yet what Montoya remembered were the things that truly counted – the time spent together, love, and friendship. Items that symbolized Jiménez's life and accomplishments were placed around and in front of the digital dimensional print for the ofrenda at the Mexican Museum.
2011 "Pan u Circos," curated by Robert Boyd, PG Contemporary, Houston, Texas.
2009 "Visual Arts: Stimulus," Diverse Works, Houston, Texas.
"Chicana Bad Girls – Las Hocionas," 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2006 "Contemporary Art Houston," Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
2005 "La Madre Poderosa," The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico.
During the summer of 1996, Montoya assembled an installation in a bathroom in a hotel room at the Hotel Santa Fe in New Mexico, where she began to understand Llorona as a monster who was used culturally to scare women straight. This room was converted into Llorona's room, complete with her trappings, like water and a grapevine with exposed roots to resemble wire-like hair. Cherubs float on the walls. A shower curtain is screen printed with a line of young female faces expressing shock. Tossed onto the bathroom floor are green prom high-heels and, for reading entertainment, the tabloids about the heinous newborn killings. Graffiti-ed on the wall is the installation's title, For a Good Time Call 1-900-Llorona.
Later in 2004, Montoya collaborated with Tina Hernandez on a similar site-specific installation, La Llorona in Lillith's Gardens, which consists of two photographic murals printed on canvas (20' x 8' and 10' x 8') created for El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe. The sensual and mesmerizing photographic installation brings together two archetypal figures thought to have betrayed their husbands and murdered their children. According to folklore, both Lillith and La Llorona continue to haunt the terrestrial realm as evil spirits. These women were presented as monsters and constructed to send a lesson to young girls on how to behave or how they should feel about these sorts of "monstrous women." The installation provocatively explores the traditional double standards that determine appropriate behavior for women and invests these female archetypes with new meaning. This image was exhibited in numerous venues between 2004 and 2011.
2012 "Borders," Alcove Show, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas."
"Crossing the Lines," 1310 Gallery, Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
2010 "Voz Femenina," Café Flores, Houston, Texas.
"El Grito," Brad Cushman, University of Arkansas Little Rock Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas.
"Albuquerque Now: Winter," Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
California; Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museo Alameda, San Antonio, Texas; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Museo de Arte Zapopan, Museo Barrio, New York, New York.
"Chicana Art and Experience," AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
2008 "A Declaration of Immigration," National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois.
"Death + Memory in Contemporary Art," Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
"The Trail of Thirst: Delilah Montoya," Patricia Corriea Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
Sed: The Trail of Thirst, produced in collaboration with Orlando Lara, exhibited at Talento Bilingüe de Houston for FotoFest 2004, and funded by University of Houston Small Grants Program, engages the tropes of the Southwestern landscape. However, rather than focusing on human interaction with landmarks and locales, this project wields its expressive power by focusing on the absence of the human figure in the landscape.
This installation depicts the perilous migration route across the Arizona Sonora desert and the omnipresent thirst for water experienced by migrants during their clandestine border crossings. The installation includes panoramic photographs documenting the desert landscape, digital photographic prints, found objects, and a video of the trail that crosses the Sonora Desert from northern Mexico into Arizona and the Tohono O'odham Nation. Displayed on shelves in front of the photographs is a collection of objects left behind on the journey, including the mismatched shoes of adults and children and religious votive items – touchstones for spiritual sustenance and safeguards for a safe journey.
This cultural landscape represents "a contemporary middle passage," where between 1996 and 2004, more than 3,000 migrants perished along the border. Sed: The Trail of Thirst honors the courage of the migrant experience and those who have sought to provide the migrants with aid by establishing the controversial mini-oases scattered throughout the region. Both W. Jackson Rushing in Art Papers, July/August 2004 and Patricia C. Johnson in "Gallery Notes," in the Houston Chronicle, April 1, 2004, reviewed this installation.
The panoramic landscapes were re-imaged for inclusion into the Los Angeles County Museum traveling exhibit, "Phantom Sightings," 2008, and the work continued to travel throughout the United States after the show closed in 2010. The panoramic landscapes were reviewed numerous times, including in the New York Times article "Phantom Sightings: They're Chicanos and Artists. But Is Their Art Chicano?" by Ken Johnson.
2012 "Domestic Disobedience: Female Artists Redefine the Feminine Space,curated by Nuvia Crisol Ruland, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California.
Huerta, Robert Lee, Airtrain Traveling Exhibition, Syracuse University of Art Galleries, New York; Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, New Mexico; University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida.
2008 "Natural Forces: Laura Aguilar, Delilah Montoya," Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, New York.
"Photography: New Mexico,"University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2007 "Aquí No Hay Virgenes: Queer Latina Visibility," The Village, Los Angeles, California.
2006 "Women Boxers: The New Warriors,"Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"Las Malcriadas,"MacKinney Avenue Contemporary Arts Center, Dallas, Texas.
"Women Boxers: The New Warriors,"Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
"Women Boxers: The New Warriors,"Project Row Houses, Houston. Texas.
"Green,"516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Women Boxers: The New Warriors, an exhibition and book project, portrays professional female boxers as malcriadas. Funded in part by the University of Houston Small Grants Program and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, this work was exhibited during FotoFest 2006 at Project Row House and later at the MacKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas, Texas, where Dee Mitchells for Art in America reviewed the show. Three prints from the series were purchased by the Sheldon Museum of Art for their permanent collection and will be published in Encounters: Photographs from the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska Press, 2013. Two prints, "Terri 'Lil Loca' Lynn Cruz" and "Pink" were selected for the traveling exhibit, "Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity," produced by Artrain Inc. The Museum of Fine Art Houston acquired the print Audrey in her Corner for their photography collection.
By crossing the ropes and getting into the ring, these professional athletes enter into the bastions of manliness to confront a brutal sport. Many, in fact, are appalled by the violent sport of boxing and believe it should be banned. But these women, determined to box, turn their backs on these opinions. Title IX of the Civil Rights Act and the feminist movement gave them the right, and they have taken it willingly. Female boxers fight because they can – they are professionally trained, and the boxing rules are now modified to allow women athletes to participate in this sanctioned combat.
2008 "San Sebastiana: An Installation by Delilah Montoya and Dissonance," 125 Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2006 "Las Malcriadas,"MacKinney Avenue Contemporary Arts Center, Dallas, Texas.
2003 "The Legend of Doña Sebastiana, Spanish Colonial Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"!PicARTE! Photography Beyond Representation," Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
2002 "Ahora: New Mexican Hispanic Art," Art Museum of the National Hispanic Culture Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2001 "San Sebastiana," Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
San Sebastiana: Angel del La Muerte is a DVD video installation first shown at the Andrew Smith Gallery and later in "Ahora: New Mexican Hispanic Art" at the Art Museum of the National Hispanic Culture Center and in "!PicARTE! Photography Beyond Representation" at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. It is also online at http://www.uh.edu/~dmontoy2 as a Flash media interactive web movie.
The movie character sketches Doña Sebastiana, a New Mexican folk icon, traditionally used in northern New Mexico by the Penitential Brotherhood. Doña Sebastiana, known simply as La Muerte, is the allegorical icon for death.
According to Mollie Garcia, Montoya's mother, Sebastiana never wanted to be Death. Really, all she wanted was Love and – if not love – at least Respect. So that we all could die, it was up to God to convince Sebastiana that she is the right woman for the job. As He proceeds, she starts to barter with God for the upward mobile position of sainthood.
What Sebastiana brings to the deathbed is good old fashioned humanity – that is, she loves gossip, and Time can be gained by occupying her with a little seedy personal history. This gives way to her self-righteous nature as she uses a satirical wit to comment on the chisme /gossip of human folly.
Certainly she never understands why people fear her, for when she looks at herself in the mirror, she is a beautiful diva, but when we look at her she is a skeleton/calaca. The interactive video stream at http://www.uh.edu/~dmontoy2 allows the viewer to choose between watching her as a diva or as a calaca. San Sebastiana: Angel de la Muerte portrays a woman empowered and is the ultimate malcriada - that is, she is a very Bad Girl.
2007 "Visioning the Virgin," Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, Texas.
2004 "Altered States: Digital Art," Gallery at University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
2002 "El Espejo, Arte Latino from Texas," ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas.
"Guadalupe en Piel: Works by Montoya," Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Los Angeles, California.
2001-02 "Who's the Virgin of Guadalupe?" Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, New York..
2001 "Discontent," College of Santa Fe Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2000 "Guadalupe En Piel," Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Guadalupe En Piel was first designed as a window installation for the Andrew Smith Gallery (December 2000) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was later shown at venues in Los Angeles, Arlington, Silver City, and Houston. In 2002, an artist statement, "On Photographic Digital Imaging" was published in the Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies.
This installation was Montoya's response to the question, "Why does an Hispanic inmate tattoo the Guadalupe on his back?" After considering the question, Montoya realized it had less to do with the location of the icon and more to do with the material that it was pressed into – the skin.
If one considers the tilma as an Aztec ritual cloak that was worn by Juan Diego when the Guadalupe miraculously imprinted her image onto the maguey fabric, the cloth is not only a symbolic "magical alteration of reality," but also becomes a metaphor for the second skin. For Aztec society, the second skin evokes the memory of the Xipe Totec's flayed skin garment, which was presented to this deity following sacrificial rituals in observance of military and fertility rites.
The Xipe Totec was believed to be the male equivalent to the earth and moon goddesses, Tonantzin. During the ritual, the male youth to be flayed wears a mask made of female skin as a symbolic representation of Tonantzin, who some suggest is reincarnated as the Guadalupe. The tilma is associated with the Xipe Totec ritual, because the sacrificial female, representing the goddess Tonantzin, wears a maguey tilma as part of the ceremony.
With all this in mind, the contemporary tattooing of the Guadalupe onto the back of the Hispanic inmate is not an odd coincidence – that is, if one trusts the collective consciousness. In many ways this practice suggests a ritual act meant to provide protection against harm and also empowers the inmate during conflict by wearing "Our Lady." In following the myth, the tattooed inmate can be thought of as a symbolic Xipe Totec who is the male aspect of Tonantzin and, by wearing the Guadalupe, he empowers himself with both the male and female energies.
2011 "Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art: Selections from the New Mexico Museum of Art Contemporary Collection," curated by Laura Addison, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
York, New York; Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington; San Diego of Art and Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California.
2002 "Guadalupe En Piel: Works by Montoya," Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Los Angeles, California.
2001 "Lifting the Veil," Karen Stambaugh Gallery, Miami, Florida.
Massachusetts; Museum of El Paso, El Paso, Texas; The de Saisait Museum at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California.
This installation of the Virgin of Guadalupe was conceived for the invitational show "Ida y Vuelta: Twelve New Mexican Artists." La Guadalupana has been exhibited extensively, as well as included in two national traveling exhibitions, "Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self," hosted by International Center of Photography, and "Imágenes e Historias: Chicana Altar-inspired Art," hosted by Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University. It has been published and reviewed in numerous publications such as "Secrets of Survival" by Sandra Matthews, "Behold Their Natural Affinities" by Victor Alejandro Sorrel, and "Looking Through the Eye of the Goddess: Delilah Montoya's Photoinstallation La Guadalupana" by Asta Kuusinen in Chicana/o Art: A Critical Anthology, 2013. The Museum of Final Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico purchased a smaller version, and Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts purchased the original installation thus placing both installations in permanent collections.
This work was originally produced for an installation at the Musée de Beaux-Arts Denys-Puech in Rodez, France, where the basilica in the central plaza hosted a 17th century Mexican easel painting of the Guadalupe. Since the community was familiar with the Guadalupe as a religious relic, Montoya aimed to reintroduce this image as a cultural icon that would demonstrate the Chicano vernacular. The intent was to bring back to Europe the Guadalupe as a container of the underpinnings of colonial dark side that foregrounds captivity, oppression, and servitude.
1996 "From the West," Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California.
This work attempts to redirect documentary photography from the "objective" vision of modernity by documenting the search for the "West" by way of the tourist attraction. The notion is to return the documentary gaze.
This work was commissioned by the Mexican Museum for the traveling exhibition "From the West" and consists of seven artist books constructed into accordion-fold postcards and one photomural. The mural depicts a tourist line waiting for a ride on Thunder Mountain at Frontier Land in Disneyland. The series of post cards documents various tourist activities such as staging, going native, collecting, and looking. The work was reviewed in Lucy Lippard's publication, On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place (1999).
2011 "Splendors of Faith/Scars of Conquest,"Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
University, Fullerton Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, California.
2004 "Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art," Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington,D.C.
2002 "Arte y Cultura," Carnegie Art Museum, Port Hueneme, California.
2001 "El Sagrado Corazón," Frances McCray Gallery, Silvery City, New Mexico.
"Veiled Interiors," Center for Southwest Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2000 "Revealing and Concealing: Portraits and Identity," Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California.
California; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
A College Arts Association Professional Development Fellowship and the University of New Mexico Southwest Hispanic Research Institute funded this work. Exhibited in venues such as the Smithsonian International Gallery and FotoFest 1994, it has also traveled with international shows to Japan, the Soviet Union, and France. The work is part of numerous permanent collections such as the Smithsonian, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Julia J. Norrell collection. The work was reviewed by Asta M. Kuusinen in her doctoral dissertation, Shooting from the Wild Zone: A Study of the Chicana Art Photographers Laura Aguilar, Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Delilah Montoya, and Kathy Vargas.
This collection of collotypes portrays Albuquerque's Chicano Community. The series explores the manifestation of the Sacred Heart as a cultural icon that is embedded in the religious fabric of Chicano culture. Based on Montoya's research and her Mestiza perspective, it is concluded that this Baroque religious symbol expresses shared cultural religious patterns that connote a syncretic relationship between European Catholicism and Aztec philosophy. The Baroque Sacred Heart in the Americas is an icon that resulted from an encounter. It is not purely Indian in content and never completely European in its form. Rather, it is a hybrid of two diverse cultures that clashed and bonded at a particular historic moment and created the foundation for religious syncretism.
This visual investigation of a cultural icon moves away from the traditional "objective" approach to reveal the hand of the photographer in relation to the community that was being depicted. In representing the Sagrado Corazón, the community was invited to collaborate with Montoya in the realization of the project. This collaborative project documented the manifestation of the heart as a cultural icon within the participating community. The alliance resulted in a magnificent display of creative interdependence that validates the Sagrado Corazón as an integral part of the Chicano collective conscience.
Fullerton Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, California.
California; Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado; California State University Art Gallery, Northridge, California; Plaza del Raza, Los Angeles, California; Centro Cultura de la Raza, San Diego, California; El Centro del la Raza, Seattle, Washington.
This work was created for the traveling exhibit "The Chicano Codices: Encountering Art of the Americas," which was curated by Marcos Tranquilino Sanchez for the Mexican Museum in San Francisco. Two copies were made; one is at the Stanford University Libraries, and the other is at the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library Collections. Ann Marie Leimer, PhD, published a critical review of the work entitled "Crossing the Border with La Adelita: Lucha-Adelucha as Nepantlera in Delilah Montoya's Codex Delilah" in Chicana/Latina Studies Journal, Volume 5, Issue 2, Spring 2006.
Within the framework of a feminist vision, The Codex Delilah: A Journey From Mexicatl to Chicana approaches the Spanish/Indian encounter from a mestizaje perspective. As a Chicana, Montoya is conscious of how the historical contributions of women have been undermined or completely ignored. This project attempts to correct that injustice by rethinking the traditional interpretation of the European/ Native Encounter. The narrative of this artist book is viewed from the perspective of Six Deer, a fictional young Mayatec girl from the Tutuepec region near present-day Mexico City. From her home to the nuclear weapons laboratories in New Mexico, the codex details Six Deer's journey of enlightenment.
As she journeys pal norte, towards Aztlán (the spiritual home of her ancestors) Six Deer also travels forward in time, meeting well‑known women of the Chicano folklore tradition. Each of these characters informs her of the long and negative historical processes that were initiated by the European encounter. As Six Deer travels through time and space, she learns and simultaneously reveals to us our historical identity and how, for Chicano people, survival has meant learning to live within a multicultural heritage and ambiance.


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In the 23rd episode of the #mindpower project, the Maltese sculptors Alfred and Aaron Camilleri Cauchi read an aphorism written by Rainis about the necessity to honour every person since only together do individuals form humanity.
In the 22nd episode of the #mindpower project, the Italian singer and wine maker Albano Carrisi reads an excerpt from Aspazija's poem "The Key to Life" from "The Wings Spread Wide" poetry collection (1920).
The 16th episode of #mindpower is dedicated to Rainis' political activities. In April 1920, Latvian poets Rainis and Aspazija, greeted by thousands of their compatriots, returned to Latvia from the Swiss exile. Rainis was elected Member of Constitutional Assembly and Member of Parliament. From December 1926 till January 1928, he held the position of Minister for Education.
One of the seminal pieces of Latvian literature, Rainis' "The Golden Horse" is newly translated to English. The play, written in 1909, relates to Latvia's fight for cultural autonomy at the beginning of the 20th century.
In the 21st episode of the #mindpower project, Cypriot fashion designer Kika Ioannidou reads Rainis' aphorism about the similarities and differences between the Sun and human love.
In the 20th episode of the #mindpower project, the Greek composer, singer and performer of lyre, Psarantonis, reads an excerpt from Aspazija's poem "Silk Veil" from "An Armful of Flowers" (1911) poetry collection. It speaks about small nations that have great cultural heritage.
This year Latvia celebrates the 150th anniversary of poets and public figures Rainis and Aspazija. The year of their anniversary coincides with the first Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which provides an opportunity to look at the legacy of these great personalities in the wider context of the history of European ideas. The relationship between writers and power was not only a major issue in previous centuries, but remains so today.
Latvia is celebrating the anniversary of the births of Rainis and Aspazija in an ornate, colourful and vivid way this year. The view of the Rīga Festival is moving toward the direction of poesy.
In the 19th episode of the #mindpower project Wafa al Kenany reads an excerpt from the article "The Question of Virtue in the Play Lost Rights" written by Aspazija. The play (published in 1894) depicts a woman who perishes because of the double-tongued morals of the society. Aspazija was the first author who dared to speak openly about the state of women in the society, about their potential in shaping the history and their rights to live according to their feelings.
In the 18th episode of the #mindpower project, the Flemish choreographer Koen Augustijnen interprets the poem by Rainis "Three Signs" from the "The End and the Beginning" poetry collection (1912).