[from Merco Press, 11/30/10]
Museum suspends expedition to meet uncontacted tribes in the Paraguayan Chaco
London's Natural History Museum has suspended a planned expedition to a remote region of Paraguay after protests that it might disturb one of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
Anthropologists estimate that around 150 Ayoreos are still living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Campaigners had warned that the expedition to the Chaco region was likely to encounter the Ayoreo people. Contact might expose them to infectious diseases that could wipe them out.
The 100-strong expedition was due to set off in the next few days in search of new species of plants and insects.
The Natural History Museum said the trip would now be delayed while its partners, the Paraguayan environment ministry, consulted further with indigenous representatives. It said it took concerns about uncontacted tribes extremely seriously.
The museum added that the expedition to record the rich biodiversity of the Dry Chaco region was important to the future management of the fragile ecosystem.
The trip is one of the largest the museum has organised in many years.
The Chaco, a semi-arid lowland area of forest and thorn scrub that stretches into Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil, is one of the last great wildernesses of South America.
It is the only place in the continent outside the Amazon where uncontacted tribes are known to live. Anthropologists estimate that around 150 Ayoreos in six or seven groups are still living a traditional hunter-gatherer existence in the region.
The nomadic groups live in voluntary isolation, rejecting all contact with outside society. Hundreds of others have left the area in recent years as the natural vegetation has been cleared by farmers and cattle-ranchers.
It is through these settled Ayoreos that the uncontacted groups have made it known that they wish to be left alone.
Anthropologists and indigenous campaigners fear that accidental contact with the expedition would put the Ayoreo at risk of infectious diseases that could wipe them out, and drastically disrupt their traditional lifestyle.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
police/indigens clash
[from Latin American Herald Tribune, 11/30/10]
Clash Between Police, Indians in Argentina Leaves 3 Dead
BUENOS AIRES – The death toll from clashes between police and Toba Indian protesters in the northern Argentine province of Formosa has risen to three after authorities said a second indigenous man was killed.
The violence erupted Tuesday near Colonia La Primavera, a town 170 kilometers (105 miles) north of the provincial capital, when police tried to clear a road that Indians had blockaded to demand the return of land.
Felix Diaz, the Toba leader who headed the protests, on Wednesday accused the police of having repelled the protest with the “intention of killing.”
“They never showed us a dispersal order. They didn’t even want to chat. They came with the intention of killing,” Diaz told the media.
“Knowing that there is a right that protects us regarding the lands from July 25, we’d been cutting the route up until (Tuesday). In those four months, we never had the chance to be visited by an official and (on Tuesday) what we always expected occurred: the violent eviction by the police,” Diaz said.
“The provincial government has a lot to do with this because it never answered our request for dialogue,” he said. “Justice in Formosa does not work.”
But provincial interior minister Jorge Gonzalez said that the clash came when around 100 police entered a camp very near the roadway and came upon a similar number of Tobas.
He said the Indians opened fire on the police, killing officer Heber Falcon, after which further violence occurred that resulted in the death of Toba activist Sixto Gomez.
Authorities on Thursday said that another Indian identified as Roberto Lopez, 52, also perished in the fighting.
Another Toba Indian is reportedly in a coma, while a police officer is hospitalized in serious condition.
More than two dozen Indians arrested over the clashes have been released in recent hours by order of Judge Santos Gabriel Garzon, judiciary officials said Thursday.
Garzon “ordered the release of 27 detainees (on Wednesday) and (Thursday morning) set free the last of the Indians, accused of groping a police woman,” the officials said.
Following the clash, the Toba Indians lifted their long-running blockade of a provincial road near Colonia La Primavera.
Members of that community had been barricading the road for four months to demand the return of lands they say belong to them and from which they were evicted by the Formosa government to make room for a college campus.
The National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism has investigated allegations of abuse of authority in connection with the conflict, while a federal court had ordered the Indians to end the roadblocks.
Clash Between Police, Indians in Argentina Leaves 3 Dead
BUENOS AIRES – The death toll from clashes between police and Toba Indian protesters in the northern Argentine province of Formosa has risen to three after authorities said a second indigenous man was killed.
The violence erupted Tuesday near Colonia La Primavera, a town 170 kilometers (105 miles) north of the provincial capital, when police tried to clear a road that Indians had blockaded to demand the return of land.
Felix Diaz, the Toba leader who headed the protests, on Wednesday accused the police of having repelled the protest with the “intention of killing.”
“They never showed us a dispersal order. They didn’t even want to chat. They came with the intention of killing,” Diaz told the media.
“Knowing that there is a right that protects us regarding the lands from July 25, we’d been cutting the route up until (Tuesday). In those four months, we never had the chance to be visited by an official and (on Tuesday) what we always expected occurred: the violent eviction by the police,” Diaz said.
“The provincial government has a lot to do with this because it never answered our request for dialogue,” he said. “Justice in Formosa does not work.”
But provincial interior minister Jorge Gonzalez said that the clash came when around 100 police entered a camp very near the roadway and came upon a similar number of Tobas.
He said the Indians opened fire on the police, killing officer Heber Falcon, after which further violence occurred that resulted in the death of Toba activist Sixto Gomez.
Authorities on Thursday said that another Indian identified as Roberto Lopez, 52, also perished in the fighting.
Another Toba Indian is reportedly in a coma, while a police officer is hospitalized in serious condition.
More than two dozen Indians arrested over the clashes have been released in recent hours by order of Judge Santos Gabriel Garzon, judiciary officials said Thursday.
Garzon “ordered the release of 27 detainees (on Wednesday) and (Thursday morning) set free the last of the Indians, accused of groping a police woman,” the officials said.
Following the clash, the Toba Indians lifted their long-running blockade of a provincial road near Colonia La Primavera.
Members of that community had been barricading the road for four months to demand the return of lands they say belong to them and from which they were evicted by the Formosa government to make room for a college campus.
The National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism has investigated allegations of abuse of authority in connection with the conflict, while a federal court had ordered the Indians to end the roadblocks.
Gina Gershon
The American Actress Gina Gershon
Full name: Gina L. Gershon
Born: June 10, 1962 (1962-06-10) (age 48)
Place: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation: Actress
Year’s active: 1985–present
Website: http://www.ginagershon.com/
Biography
The one of the famous celebrities Gina L. Gershon is an American film plus television actress, identified for her roles in the films Cocktail (1988), Showgirls (1995), Bound (1996), as well as Face/Off (1997).
Awards and Nominations
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (Won: 0, Year: - & Nominations: 1, Year: 1997 ) | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Saturn Award | Best Actress Bound (1996) |
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| Razzie Awards (Won: 0, Year: - & Nominations: 1, Year: 1996 ) | |||
| 1996 | Nominated | Razzie Award | Worst Supporting Actress Showgirls (1995) |
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| MTV Movie Awards (Won: 0, Year: - & Nominations: 1, Year: 1997 ) | |||
| 1997 | Nominated | MTV Movie Award | Best Kiss Bound (1996) |
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sela ward
The American Actress Sela Ward
Full name: Sela Ann Ward
Born: July 11, 1956 (1956-07-11) (age 54)
Place: Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Occupation: Actress
Year’s active: 1983–present
Spouse: Howard Sherman (1992-present; two children)
Website: http://www.selawardtv.com/
Biography
The one of the famous celebrities Sela Ann Ward is an American movie and TV actress, maybe most excellent recognized for her TV roles as Teddy Reed on the American TV series Sisters in addition to as Lily Manning on Once and Again (1999–2002). In July 2010, CBS proclaimed that Ward would come into view as a lead character in the seventh time of year of the crime series CSI: NY.
Awards and Nominations
| Emmy Awards (Won: 2, Year: 1994, 2000 & Nominations: 2, Year: 1996, 2001 ) | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1994 | Won | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
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| Golden Globes, USA (Won: 1, Year: 2001 & Nominations: 3, Year: 1994, 2000, 2002 ) | |||
| 2001 | Won | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama |
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| Viewers for Quality Television Awards (Won: 1, Year: 2000 & Nominations: 0, Year: - ) | |||
| 2000 | Won | Q Award | Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series For: "Once and Again" (1999). |
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Emma Stone
The American Actress Emma Stone
Full Name: Emily Jean Stone
Born: November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06) (age 22)
Place: Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Other names: Riley Stone
Occupation: Actress
Year’s active: 2004–present
Born: November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06) (age 22)
Place: Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Other names: Riley Stone
Occupation: Actress
Year’s active: 2004–present
Biography
The one of the famous celebrities Emily Jean "Emma" Stone is an American actress. Emma made her feature film first appearance in the comedy Superbad (2007). Stone was beforehand a cast member of the TV series Drive. She comes into view in The House Bunny (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). Emma then starred in the horror-comedy Zombieland and the indie comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone spoken the nature Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A.
Awards and Nominations
| Teen Choice Awards (Won: 0, Year: - & Nominations: 1, Year: 2010 ) | |||||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) | ||
| 2010 | Nominated | Teen Choice Award | Choice Movie Actress: Comedy For: Zombieland (2009). | ||
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| Young Hollywood Awards (Won: 1, Year: 2008 & Nominations: 0, Year: - ) | |||||
| 2008 | Won | Young Hollywood Award | Exciting New Face For: Superbad (2007). | ||
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