Name: American Plains Bison, more commonly called buffalo.
Range: Portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, Idaho, and Canada's three western provinces. Note: There are no bison living free, all are in some type of captivity for protective reasons.
Diet in the wild: Grass, small plant growth, small shrubs.
Bison are hoofed mammals that have a large heavy head with short black horns and high humped shoulders that are covered in long black fur. The remainder of their body is covered with shorter brown fur. However, there are extremely rare occasions when a white buffalo will be born and keep that fur color for the remainder of its life. Normally, a single calf is born in May or June and are yellowish-red in color. Bulls, or males, will commonly stand six feet tall at their shoulders, they are ten to twelve and a half feet in length and exceed over one ton in weight. Cows are much smaller.
There were a vast number of bison living in North America at the time of European discovery, there were an estimated 60 million living in the late 18th Century. With the advance westward of colonists, numbers dwindled and by 1820, there were none left east of the Mississippi River. The age of expansion westward brought the transcontinental railroad and the United States governments desire to hunt and eliminate the animal as a way of killing off the Native American population that stood in their way. All this resulted in there only being six hundred bison living in the United States by 1889. However, with the help of legislation for their protection, there are over 200,000 living today on private ranches, parks and reserves. The largest single herd is 3,600 that roam freely in Yellowstone National Park, but that number is threatened because of severe actions taken by the state government of Montana and a severe winter. Bison are in the bovid family and are not true buffaloes. They have fourteen pairs of ribs as opposed to the thirteen that are found in true buffalo. A young bison can mate as early as three years of age but will not become full grown for another five years. In some cases a bison may live to be thirty to forty years old. It has been discovered that any attempt to train a bison has failed because they have quick tempers and are such a massive size.
Bison will congregate in small family groups that will form a large herd with other family groups. A close relative is the Wood Bison that has dwindled in numbers. It is larger with a longer neck and hair on its forehead, hairy horns, a darker coloring and a square hump. Plains bison also differ from Wood Bison in that they have "chops" or large clumps of hair on the back of their front legs.
Comments about the bison of the Fort Worth Zoo.
The bison at the Fort Worth Zoo act remarkably similar to cattle. This is probably due to the slight domestication of the once wild animal to help it survive man's attempts to destroy it. Despite it being spring, most of the animals in captivity have not lost their winter coats. They appear yellowish brown in color as compared to the darker brown of the coats of those who have made the adaptation to the warmer climate. The bison in captivity seem much more gentle than you would expect to see from a two ton, mostly undomesticated animal.
The American Bison can be used to symbolize the American West. In the 19th Century, the american government tried to destroy it as a way to element the Native Americans and to make way for expansion. The Bison is a majestic creature that epitomizes the simplicity of nature and all of its beauty, but that beauty was almost destroyed because of man's greed for land and careless disregard for the environment. It is only because Bison were at the brink of extinction and someone decided to do something about it that we are able to observe this amazing animal today.
Burton, John A. The Atlas of Endangered Species 2nd Ed. pp. 70 & 91. MacMillan Library Reference USA. New York, 1999.
The World Book Encyclopedia. vol. 2 pp. 684-685. World Book, Inc. Chicago, 1991.
http://www.nbabison.org/ National Bison Association, 1997. March 9, 1999. 1:35 PM.


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One of our favourite trips is the one from Springbank dam here in London heading west to Killworth bridge which is about five miles and usually takes about two hours depending on water levels and how often we stop for photo opportunities. If we want to go a little farther, we can end up at the Komoka bridge which adds another hour onto our trip and then for a lengthy run we can continue to Delaware which usually ends up being a 4-1/2 hour trip.
The most scenic section is the first one which has high cliffs in many areas and about six different rapid sections, the last being the largest at Killworth bridge. We usually encounter many bird species, turtles and if you look closely you will see the occasional fish and for the first time, in 2004 we saw two groups of deer feeding near the water. We usually see a few Blue Herons which sometimes lead the way for us.
This is a very relaxing trip that beginners can feel comfortable with as well as getting the experience of small rapids.
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Starting either from Richmond Street or Western Road which turns into Wharncliffe Road continue south until you come to Oxford street, turn right or west and continue 6.8 kilometres to Sanatorium Road, turn left or south and continue over the Thames River bridge keeping to the left 1.3 Km and turn left onto Commissioners Road and travel .2 Km to the first park entrance across from Shoppers Drug Mart, turn left into the park and follow that road left then right down the hill and along the river to the dam parking lot.
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(2498) Tsesevich es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides, descubierto el 23 de agosto de 1977 por Nikolái Stepánovich Chernyj desde el Observatorio Astrofísico de Crimea (República de Crimea).

Designación y nombre
Designado provisionalmente como 1977 QM3. Fue nombrado Tsesevich en honor al astrónomo soviético Vladímir Platónovich Tsesévich.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (2401) al (2500)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

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Asteroides del cinturón principal
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por Nikolái Chernyj
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio Astrofísico de Crimea
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 1977
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El Mubadala World Tennis Championship 2022 será un torneo de exhibición no afiliado ATP. Será la décima cuarta edición del Campeonato Mundial de Tenis Mubadala con los mejores jugadores del mundo compitiendo en el evento, celebrado en un formato de eliminación directa. El evento se llevó a cabo en el International Tennis Centre en la Ciudad Deportiva Zayed en Abu Dabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos.

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How Events Can Make Non-Drinkers Feel Included
Julie Moline
June 15th, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT
When bourbon maker Old Forester started offering alcohol-free mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby, it became clear that non-alcoholic beverages had become a thing. And to many event planners, the companies they work for, as well as attendees, that is a good thing.
There are plenty of reasons to provide non-alcoholic (NA) alternatives at events. Some people are watching their weight and don't want the extra calories; some don't like the taste of booze; some are pregnant; some are taking medication that doesn't play well with alcohol; some are managing substance abuse issues; some want to stay clear-headed at conference sessions; some simply want to be careful around friends, colleagues, and bosses, lest a faux pas falls from tipsy lips.
Event planners and caterers at the forefront of the booze-free trend are coming up with all sorts of delicious and often creative alternatives to wine and cocktails that rise well above the standard offerings of seltzer, soda, and O'Doul's.
"The key to any successful bar is making a good drink, booze or no booze," said Sunna Yassin, founder of Los Angeles-based event planning firm Bash Please. "The key is to use fresh ingredients, like pressed juices," when offering NA versions of cocktails, whether traditional or trendy. Los Angeles bar consultant and bartender Gaby Mlynarczyk, who got interested in NA drinks while on a mission to come up with a delicious NA version of Campari, uses coriander and juniper to infuse a gin alternative and chai tea to fashion a non-alcoholic rum & Coke.
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Mlynarczyk is one of a growing group of mixologists who use botanical spirits (meaning non-alcoholic and, interestingly, no-sugar) marketed by companies like Seedlip, whose popularity was so explosive that the company quickly expanded from London to Los Angeles and Sydney. The company's website is full of imaginative recipes from bartenders around the world. (An example: The orange-flavored Grove 42 spirit mixed with fresh watermelon or strawberry and lime juice, spiced agave syrup, and spices, makes a sublime riff on the margarita.) Another purveyor of non-alcoholic beverages that taste like alcohol is Spiritless , which produces non-alcoholic (NA) bourbon and tequila, and Ritual Zero Proof which produces NA whisky and gin.
A purveyor of a different kind of non-alcoholic beverage is the actress Blake Lively, who started the company Betty Buzz when she tired of drinking seltzer at parties (she doesn't drink). Her firm produces sparkling, low-calorie, unsweetened juice-based mixers. "It is clear mixers are the unsung heroes of the drink world and deserve just as much love as alcohol," she said at the company launch. There are currently five flavors, all effervescent: tonic water, sparkling grapefruit, Meyer lemon club soda, sparkling lemon lime and ginger beer. They're designed to be enjoyed on their own, and also work well as a base if guests do want to add vodka, tequila or gin.
Even hotels are getting in on the NA trend; Hyatt introduced its "Zero Proof, Zero Judgment" beverage program in the US in August 2021. It's been so successful it's been expanded to several of its brands, including Andaz, Hyatt Centric and The Unbound Collection.
Don't mock the mocktail
The name may be twee, but mocktails — drinks that have all the ingredients of a cocktail except the alcohol, and are served in the same kind of glass and with the same garnishes as their alcoholic counterparts — are becoming a fixture at events, from conventions to weddings. "No one should ever hesitate when walking towards a bar and think to themselves, I wonder if there will be a drink option for me without alcohol," said Jesse Hawkins, Founder of the Mocktail Project, a nonprofit devoted to "supporting a safe, inclusive, stigma-free drinking culture."
It was Hawkins who was asked to create the nonalcoholic mint julep at the Derby, and he, along with Jackie Zykan, who has the enviable job title of Master Taste Tester at Old Forester, crafted a luscious concoction that combines mint tea, bourbon smoked sugar (demerara sugar smoked using barrel staves that once held bourbon), oleo-saccarum (a cocktail and punch ingredient that uses a cold process to extract oil from citrus peels by burying them in sugar) and mint sprigs.
Other ideas for delicious alternatives to alcoholic drinks:
Kombucha cocktails, which are not only tasty but good for you; some kombuchas are even sugar-free
Non-alcoholic cider, which is fizzy and mixes well with cranberry and blackberry juices
A pressed-juice station with unusual fruit choices, such as mango, lychee, tangerine, watermelon, guava and passion fruit
A custom soda station where guests can choose from a variety of fruit-infused syrups and bitters, which are then mixed with seltzer and garnished with herbs and/or fruit slices
Palatable NA wine has become easily available as well. One source is Studio Null, which sources product from acclaimed winemakers in Germany and Spain. For beer drinkers, there's a well-reviewed lineup of NA craft beers from Athletic Brewing Company.
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Gastric banding may strike obesity in the long-term, study finds
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January 17, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
After 15 years of waiting on weight, a follow-up study evaluating the effectiveness of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (lap banding) has wrapped up with favorable results.
According to the report, a majority of the patients observed maintained an average weight loss of 26 kilograms for more than a decade post lap band procedure. Researchers from the Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, tracked the progress of some 3,226 patients who underwent gastric banding between 1994 and 2011. The average age of a patient participant was 47-years-old, and 78 percent of the subject pool were women.
Of the 714 patients who endured their surgery at least 10 years prior, a rough weight loss of 26 kilograms was maintained. For the 54 patients in the study who had their surgeries at least 15 years prior, the approximate weight loss capped off at a similar level.
"These results show that when you have a significant problem with obesity, a long-term solution is available," said Paul O' Brien, MD, MBBS, FRACS, leader of the study, in a news release. "This surgery is safe and effective, and it has lasting benefits. Substantial weight loss can change the lives of people who are obese – they can be healthier and live longer."
All patient subjects were faithful to the post-operative treatment regulations regarding consumption and exercise. No deaths associated with the surgery or subsequent surgeries (about half of the patient pool underwent later operations) were documented. One out of every 20 patients had their band removed over the course of the study.
"In treating a chronic disease such as obesity over a lifetime, it is likely that something will need to be corrected at some time in some patients," O'Brien said. "The study shows a marked reduction of revisional procedures with the introduction of the new version of the lap band six years ago. Importantly, those who had revisional surgery lost as much weight in the long term as those who did not need it."
Especially for Australia, O'Brien spoke of the need for a cost-effective alleviant to obesity — a role he believes lap banding fills.
"We have ample evidence that weight-loss surgery is effective, and it is unfair that half of eligible patients cannot be treated, particularly as it has been shown that gastric banding is a highly cost-effective healthcare measure. The stigma of obesity, and the assumption that it is the person's fault, entrenches discrimination against people who could benefit," O'Brien concluded.
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The Promised Land: Adivasi Land Struggles in Kerala
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The following article throws light on the Nagri land acquisition, where the Jharkhand state government forcibly acquired land belonging to the adivasis (tribals) to set up three institutions, namely- IIM-Ranchi, IIIT and NURSL. Focusing on the protests carried out by the adivasis; supported by several social and human rights activists, the article takes its reader through the misery of the people, the dubious tactics employed by the government on the Adivasis, and how, even their last hope, the judiciary turned a deaf year to their pleas.
By Steffi Elizabeth Thomas
On the cool, cloudy afternoon of July 15, 2012, hundreds of Adivasis of Nagri (a village in the eastern state of Jharkhand in India) gathered at a meeting in the central hall of the Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi, to protest against the forcible acquisition of their land by the state government. The meeting place of the people lent a sense of irony to the protest, as the state government had snatched away lands from the ancestors of the Adivasis to build this same university. As per the orders of the Jharkhand High Court, the meeting was organized by the 'High Power Committee', which constituted the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda. The court had directed the state government to resolve the land row within a week's time.
The villagers, throughout the meeting, stayed firm against surrendering any part of their land, and demanded the return of the land already captured by the government. The Chairperson of the Committee, Mathura Mahto, who is also the State Revenue Minister, assured the people that the committee would come up with a solution favoring the villagers. But the villagers, having tasted false hopes at the hands of the High Court and the Supreme Court in earlier cases, protested in dissatisfaction and demanded a concrete solution to the issue.
Now, the government is seeking more land in the name of growth and development, leaving the Adivasis landless, homeless and helpless.
The Nagri Case
To understand the Nagri case, one needs to travel back to its history. 'Nagri' is an Adivasi dominated area, situated 15 km from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. On November 23, 2011 the Jharkhand government captured 227.72 acres [1] of fertile land from the villagers, and entitled major portion of it to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), and the National University for Research and Study of Law (NURSL). The state government claims that this land had been acquired to expand the Birsa Agriculture University and Seed Bank in 1957-58 under section 17 (4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, i.e., the land had been acquired for urgent purposes like infrastructure, electricity projects, etc. Accordingly, the government allocated Rs. 1.58 lakh [2] (US $2626) as compensation. However, of the 153 tenants involved, only 25 accepted the compensation, and the government returned the remaining compensation to its treasury. The tenants gave their final call not to surrender their land because it was their only means of livelihood. Today, the same land costs over Rs. 370 crore [3] (US $62.6 million). The compensation received by the tenants is insufficient for their present needs, and when it is exhausted, the villagers will have no other means to survive.
In January, 2012 the government deployed its Rapid Action Force (RAF) and bulldozed the land, wherein several winter crops like potatoes, pulses, and even grains like wheat and rice were ready to be harvested. When the villagers resisted, the government imposed section 144 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that considers anyone who is found armed with any deadly weapon or any weapon of offence as a member of unlawful assembly, and s/he is liable to be imprisoned. Further, resistance from the villagers led to the filing of FIRs against many; some being falsely accused.
Once the construction of the boundary wall of the institutions began, the villagers approached the Jharkhand High Court, and pleaded the court to stop the constructions. But, their efforts were in vain, for the court rejected their plea. Stranded and helpless, the villagers embarked upon an indefinite protest which continued for 125 days and forced builders to halt the construction work. However, on April 30, 2012 work resumed at the orders of the High Court.
Fifth Schedule Area
According to the Indian Constitution, Nagri village comes under the Fifth Schedule Area [4] in the state of Jharkhand. As per this provision, the Governor is the Constitutional head and is empowered by the President of India to issue Public Notification and Regulation to protect the rights of the Adivasis of such scheduled areas. However, the Governor is believed to have turned a deaf ear to the multiple pleas of the villagers to intervene in the matter.
As the last hope for justice, the villagers approached the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012 through a Special Leave Petition (SLP). However, they were faced with humiliation, as the vacation bench of Justice H.S. Gokhle and Justice Ranjna Prakash Desai dismissed the petition without any regard for the plight of the people. This dismissal was on the grounds that the acquisition of the land under question had taken place in 1957-58 and now, there was no reason to interfere into an impugned judgment.
What Lies Beneath the Veil of Development
The Nagri land dispute raises several hard-hitting questions. The state government claims that the land had been acquired in 1957-58 under section 17 (4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894; which attaches a high degree of urgency with regard to the work on the land. This implies that the land has to be acquired within 15 days of acquisition and should be free from all encumbrances. But, in this case, the government did not take possession of the land till December, 2011; nearly 60 years after the supposed acquisition of the land. Clearly, the extension of the Birsa University gets deleted from the purview of section 17(4) of the Act. The High Court on the other hand, while calling the villagers poor and illiterate, claims that section 17(4) cannot be challenged now, as the villagers had not challenged the decision when the land had initially been acquired in 1957-58.
What lies on the other side of the story is the fact that the tenants had challenged the land acquisition 60 years ago, but the government had resorted to questionable tactics to acquire the land. At the time of acquisition only one sixth of the villagers had accepted the compensation, while the rest rejected it. The government returned the rejected compensations to its treasury and the land was presumed to be acquired. The villagers were neither informed about this progress, nor were their land entitlements dismissed in the revenue records. This meant that even though the land belonged to the government, the villagers continued to pay their land revenue till 2011. Even more interesting is the fact that in the span of 60 years, many villagers sold their land, which were then registered in the buyers' name by the circle officer in Kanke, implying that the government had acquired the land illegally.
As per the Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 1967 an acquired land cannot be used for any other purpose, but the one given at the time of acquisition. It is not hard to spot out deception that the villagers faced at the hands of the government, which claims to have acquired the land for the expansion of the Birsa Agriculture University and Seed Bank. But, 60 years later the land is being used for the construction of various other academic institutions. At the time of acquisition, Jharkhand was not a separate state, but belonged to the state of Bihar. Therefore, the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, also becomes applicable in this dispute. The act states that any land acquired before 1972, but not used for the purpose for which it was acquired, has to be returned back to the tenants.
The government has been rampantly flouting its own laws for the purpose of this forceful acquisition. Since the state government did not take possession of the land for six decades, then according to section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act, the acquisition is withdrawn and the land remains with the villagers. The land in Nagri village is highly fertile, and as per the Chota Nagpur Land Tenancy Act, 1908, an agricultural land cannot be acquired for non-agricultural purposes. The act further states that tribal land cannot be taken by non-tribals or the government without prior permission of the Gram Sabha (Village Council). However, in this case the government acquired the land without taking the permission of the Gram Sabha. Thus, it would be wrong to term the land under dispute as 'acquired.'
Despite the legal entitlement papers produced by the villagers as evidence of their ownership of the land and the deceptive tactics used by the government to acquire the land, the Supreme Court in its June, 2012 judgment stood firm on the fact that the land had been acquired 60 years back under the Land Acquisition Act of 1894.
Protests in Nagri
The land acquisition in Nagri has become an example of the way administrative ineptitude and politics can escalate a major controversy; a case that showed severe violation of human rights and forceful land acquisitions at the hands of a body meant to be 'for the people, by the people and of the people.' The protests against the construction of the prestigious institutes started on a peaceful note, but soon turned ugly when the people realized that even the Supreme Court, the highest beacon of justice, would not support them in their endeavor.
March 2012: 125 days of protest
In March 2012, the villagers sat on a 125 days protest to protect their land. They ate, drank and slept in their fields even in the sweltering heat. Consequently, three women: Mangi Oraon, Dashmi Oraon and Tebo Oraon died of heat stroke.
July 4, 2012: Villagers demolish the boundary wall
Men and women of all ages gathered in Nagri to demolish the newly constructed boundary wall of the institutions. Soon, the villagers had to brave through police lathi charges. Consequently, four villagers, Dubhan Toppo, Dukhni Toppo, Jammi Toppo and Bandhni Toppo were severely injured and were admitted to the Ranjendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. The police also arrested Jammi and Bandhni along with Rama Tirkey and Chhoto Toppo under charges of attempt to murder the police personnel.
July 5, 2012: Indefinite road block
The villagers declared an indefinite road block of the Ranchi-Patratu Highway, to demand the release of those arrested in the protest the previous day, and the withdrawal of the charges against them. Several people's organizations, rights' groups, political parties, student unions and intellectuals also joined the protest.
July 10, 2012: The Jharkhand High court intervenes
Due to the continuous protests of the tribals, the Jharkhand High Court, on July 10, 2012 ordered the state government to bring an end to the dispute within the next week. Based on this order, the Jharkhand Chief Minister formed a High Power Committee, chaired by Mathura Mahto - Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms, and four bureaucrats as members, namely; N.N. Pandey - Secretary (Revenue and Land Reform), Sukhdev Singh - Secretary (Finance Department), Surendra Singh - Commissioner (South Chhotanagpur) and Vinay Chaubey - Deputy Commissioner (Ranchi). The villagers declined to participate in the first meeting that was to be held on July 14. They demanded that the representatives should meet them at the spot of their protest and their delegation should have Adivasi officers in the majority.
July 15, 2012: Jan Panchayat, Nagri
The villagers organized a Jan Panchayat at Nagri, which was attended by over 10,000 people. Shibu Soren, who was the head of the then coalition party, was also invited. He championed the Hal Chalao slogan; which asked the villagers to start ploughing their land instead of surrendering it.
July 16, 2012: High Power Committee meets the villagers
Finally, the High Power Committee decided to hold its meeting with the villagers at the Birsa Agriculture University. "Jaan denge par jameen nahin denge" (We will sacrifice our lives, but we will not give up our land), was the common refrain of the meeting. Social activist Gladston Dungdung challenged the High Court judgment because it was benched by the Chief Justice of the High Court who was also the Vice Chancellor of NUSRL. Hence, he would have passed a judgment in his own case. Prabhakar Tirkey, a tribal leader, argued that instead of forcibly acquiring the land belonging to the tribals, the government could use the nearly 300 acres of excess land acquired by the Heavy Engineering Corporation, 400 acres acquired by the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and about 4,000 acres acquired by the TATAs. About 10 villagers and activists placed their concerns before the committee and the meeting concluded at 2 pm. The villagers were promised by Mahto that a decision would be taken in favor of the villagers.
September 2, 2012: Protest at Friyalal Chowk
Protesters marched from Nagri to Ranchi's main junction, Friyalal Chowk, bringing the massive evening traffic to a halt. They joined tribal rights' activists in protest against the BJP led coalition government and Chief Minister, Arjun Munda for threatening their homes and livelihoods.
September 3, 2012: Protests near the CM's residence
A crowd of nearly 10,000 gathered to protest the Nagri land acquisition at a half-hour drive north of Munda's residence. The people were attacked by the police when they crossed a protective barricade outside the state assembly complex. Dozens were injured and one died when a water cannon truck drove over him. Those who led the protest, including Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, were detained and the assembly adjourned amidst chaos.
October, 2012: Nagari Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti
Several residents of Nagri, under the banner of Nagri Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti (The Save Nagri Public Action Committee), resorted to a fast-unto-death to reclaim their land which the government had forcibly acquired for the development of an academic hub. They decided to protect their lands by all means, even at the cost of their precious lives.
October 12, 2012: Arrest of Dayamani Barla
Dayamani Barla has been spearheading the Nagri protests since 2010. Her emphatic slogan, "We will fight and we will win" has been constantly resounding among the Jharkhand protestors. She grew as an eminent figure after winning an anti-displacement battle against Arcelor Mittal, and was given the Chingari award for the same. Barla was arrested on October 12, 2012 for leading these protests. Although she acquired bail in a few days time, she was slapped with some older cases and was forced to spend over two months in the Birsa Munda jail, Ranchi. Protests broke out in Jharkahnd over her arrest. In jail she was meted with miserable treatment. Being a diabetic and suffering from blood pressure, her pleas to the jail authorities to be served with the appropriate food remained unheeded. Barla continues her fight for the Nagri villagers till date. Even while in jail, she wrote a letter which expressed greater resolve in the fight against displacement.
November 20, 2012: Villagers try to harvest their crops
20 women gathered at the village square claiming that they would go to each of their paddy fields and harvest their crops. The government had stationed about 150 RAF constables to prevent villagers from harvesting the paddy they had planted in August. By 10 am about a dozen women marched into their paddy fields and started cutting and piling the crops. Raju Toppo was the first to carry two bales back to his house. Immediately a sub-inspector tried to dissuade him. Raju's mother Sheela Toppo ran from the paddy field, sickle in one hand, shouting, "It is my crop, why do I have to ask your officers?" and asked her son to keep walking while she argued with the policeman.
The Misery Continues
Nearly 500 households have been displaced and about 128 families have been affected. Several have been injured, many have died fighting for their land, and some like Dayamani Barla have been ill-treated in jail. Yet, the protests of the tribals have not been fruitful. The protestors have continually stated that they are not averse to development, but they are against development on cultivable land. While compensation seems like a solution the government has offered while acquiring land, it still cannot substitute the villagers' only means of livelihood. On one hand, poverty alleviation remains a major goal of our leaders in power; however, on the other hand, these same leaders are leaving no stone unturned to push the poor Adivasis of Nagri into a vicious circle of poverty in the name of development.
The protests by the villagers remain unheard. The court that was set up to protect the rights of the people turned a deaf year to their requests. From the High Court to the Supreme Court, each level of judiciary stood by those who tried to rob the villagers off their only means of livelihood. It is evident that the villagers' petitions have been buried under political manipulation. These tribals form a huge vote bank, and are therefore fooled by the false hopes that the politicians donate in droves. Once these politicians are in power, the concerns of the tribals are ignored. An angry villager, Ratni Toppo said, "Babulal (Marandi) came and said if he wins the election, he will get this land back. Shibu soren came here and said "hal chalao" (plough the fields) last year but did not follow up with any step in the assembly. When we went to meet him at his residence, instead of discussing the issue he said things like village adivasis only want to eat meat and drink hadiya (local rice beer)".
Recent news reports reveal that the intensity of the frequent protests has forced IIM- Ranchi and IIIT to shift away from Nagri, but the Law University is still proceeding with the development of its permanent campus in Nagri. Strangely, the government has made all efforts to select alternate land in Nagri for IIM-R, but the selection of plots for IIIT is still pending. At the judiciary level, the courts need to be sensitive to the growing needs of the ever increasing population of Jharkhand. The acquisition of large areas of cultivable land for development purposes can cause starvation among the tribals. The courts seem to be concerned about the students who are studying at these institutions but are not concerned about the tribal children; many of whom left schools to join the elders in protests to protect their land. The Law University's vision paper states that it will try to build 'a centre of excellence for advocacy of human rights with special focus on tribal rights'. One cannot miss the irony attached to this statement. The institute that is to protect the rights of the tribals sees no infringement of rights when it is acquiring their land forcibly.
The Nagri land acquisition case remains a living example of corrupt politics and judiciary, which have ensured that the rich continue to be richer, even if that results in trampling on the rights of a poor neighbor.
Anumeha Yadav, "Tribal children lead Nagri protest against land acquisition for colleges," The Hindu, October2, 2012. Online at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tribal-children-lead-nagri-protest-against-land-acquisition-for-colleges/article3956654.ece
Suman K. Shrivastava, "Nagri land stand-off hinges on legalities - Tribals adamant, will not give up agriculture plots for three national cradles," The Telegraph, July 6, 2012. Online at: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120706/jsp/frontpage/story_15696760.jsp#.U5A8wnK1ZcQ
Raj Kumar, "Villagers refuse to budge - Nagri residents turn up for meeting with govt committee," The Telegraph, July 17, 2012. Online at:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120717/jsp/jharkhand/story_15736629.jsp#.U5VHmHKSySo
Soumik Mukherjee, "Nagri's Last Harvest," Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 22, June 02, 2012. Online at:
http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne020612Nargi.asp
Sudeep Chakravarti, "Nagri: Slow Burn to Flashpoint," Livemint, September 6, 2012. Online at:
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/r4m8KmtBVoMF6JMTLAK5WK/Nagri-Slow-burn-to-flashpoint.html
"Nagri villagers launch fast-unto-death," The Times of India, October 17, 2012. Online at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Nagri-villagers-launch-fast-unto-death/articleshow/16844265.cms
"Nagri villagers defy government to harvest paddy," This Correspondence, November 26, 2012. Online at:
http://thiscorrespondence.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/nagri-farmers-reap-a-defiant-harvest-dayamani-barla-again-refused-bail/
Anumeha Yadav, "Ranchi villagers plan fresh protests against varsity campus," The Hindu, March 27, 2013. Online at:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ranchi-villagers-plan-fresh-protests-against-varsity-campus/article4552882.ece
Ajeet Tiwari, "IIIT Not So Fortunate As IIM, NUSRL," The Pioneer, July 4, 2013. Online at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/iiit-not-so-fortunate-as-iim-nusrl.html
Moushumi Basu, "Barla's Battle of Nagri," Infochange, December, 2012. Online at:
http://infochangeindia.org/environment/features/barla-s-battle-of-nagri.html
G. Vishnu, "Why is the state hounding Dayamani Barla?," Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 47, November 24, 2012. Online at:
http://theperspectivesblog.blogspot.in/2012/11/newsreport-on-arrested-activist.html
[1] Acre – 1 acre is equal to 0.404686 hectare
[2] Lakh - A lakh or lac is a unit in Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000)
[3] Crore - A crore is a unit in Indian numbering system equal to ten million (10,000,000)
[4] Fifth Schedule Areas: Scheduled Areas in India are autonomous areas within a state, administered federally, usually populated by a predominant Scheduled Tribe.
Fifth Schedule (Article 244(1)) provides for the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes (areas and tribes needing special protection due to disadvantageous conditions). Scheduled Tribes are groups of indigenous people, identified in the Constitution, struggling socioeconomically.
Online at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India#Schedules
Steffi Elizabeth Thomas is currently interning with Bank Information Centre (BIC) in Delhi, which is a Washington based organization. She is a post-graduate in Economics from Bharat Ratna, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, and has tried her hand in writing about developmental issues in India.
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Only a few days passed, and Wei WuXian realized that he might have made a wrong choice.
The donkey that he conveniently picked up was too hard to please.
Although it was only a donkey, it would exclusively eat fresh, young grass with dewdrops still hanging off them. If the tip of the grass had a streak of yellow, it wouldn't eat it. Passing a farm, Wei WuXian stole some wheat straws to feed it, but after chewing them, it spit it out with a ptoo, even louder than that of its human counterparts. If it didn't eat high-quality food, it wouldn't budge, and it'd lose its temper and kick around. For multiple times, Wei WuXian was almost kicked by it. Aside from that, it's brays also sounded extremely horrible to the ear.
It was useless, no matter as a mount or a pet!
Wei WuXian couldn't help but to think of his sword. The sword was probably collected by the leader of a prominent clan and would have hanged on a wall as a trophy that they could show other people.
The donkey spat at him.
While they fooled around aimlessly, a group of people approached from within the fields.
The people carried handmade bamboo baskets, and wore cotton clothes and straw sandals, emitting the rustic airs of rural villagers. In the group, there was a young girl with a round face that could be considered delicate. Possibly because of walking for too long under the sun, they also wanted to come over to rest by the shade and have some water. However, seeing that there was a wild donkey tied to the tree and a lunatic with heavy makeup and dishevelled hair, they were reluctant to go over.
Wei WuXian had always thought of himself as one who was courteous towards women, so he moved over, emptying some space, and went to struggle with the donkey. After realizing that he was harmless, the people were finally at ease to come over. All of them were drenched in sweat and had ruddy cheeks; some were fanning themselves and some fetching water. The girl sat by the well and smiled at Wei WuXian, as if she knew that he purposely moved away.
The designs and pointer on the compass looked strange, indicating that it wasn't a normal compass. It wasn't one that showed the North, South, East, and West, but one that showed the directions malicious creatures, also known as a "Compass of Evil." Wei WuXian realized that this was probably a poor cultivation clan from the countryside. Aside from highbrow, affluent clans, there were also smaller clans like this, who closed their doors and cultivated on their own. Wei WuXian thought that they might have left their village to either find a clan whom they were distant relatives to, or to go night-hunting.
As expected, it was a night-hunt. A lot of refined cultivation clans called travelling to places and exorcising evil beings "hunting." Because of how these creatures often appear at night, it was also called "night-hunting." There were countless cultivation clans, but only a few were distinguished. Without the contributions from its ancestors, if an average clan wanted to become famous and receive respect in the cultivation world, it would have to show its abilities. Only if a clan captured a fierce monster or a terrorizing being, could it have then been treated seriously.
This was originally Wei WuXian's specialty area. However, during the days of travelling, he destroyed a few graves, but only found small ghosts. He happened to need a ghost soldier to do evil for him, and decided to go to Rice Mountain to try his luck. If he found a good one, he'd capture it and put it to use.
Wei WuXian extended his hand to receive it, grinning broadly, but the donkey also opened its mouth and bit at it. Wei WuXian quickly took the apple away. Seeing that the donkey craved the apple so much, he thought of a good idea. He gathered a long stick and a fishing thread, hanged the apple on one end, and dangled it in front of the donkey. The donkey smelled the apple's refreshing scent from in front of him and wanted to eat it, chasing the apple which was always a centimeter away from him. Its speed was faster than the best horses Wei WuXian had ever seen, leaving only dust behind it.
Without stopping, Wei WuXian arrived at Dafan Shan before dark. Upon arriving at the foot of the mountain, he finally realized that the "fan" wasn't the one he thought it was. It got its name because, looking from far away, the mountain looked like a kind, chubby buddha. There was a small town below the mountain, named Buddha's Feet.
The number of cultivators who gathered here were far more than what he had expected. Everything was a jumble, with people from different sects and clans walking down the streets, all in uniforms of different colours, almost blinding to the eye. For some reason, all of them wore distressed expressions. Nobody bothered to laugh at him even though they saw his strange appearance.
In the center of the long street, a group of cultivators gathered, talking in serious tones. It seemed as if their opinions differed greatly. Even from afar, Wei WuXian could hear them talking. In the beginning, everything was fine, but they suddenly became agitated.
And so, their argument had turned to another direction. Wei WuXian passed them on his donkey, giggling and laughing. He didn't expect that, after so many years had passed, he was still alive in the cultivators' conversations. This was the so-called "much ado about Wei." If there was ever a poll to find out whose popularity was the most lasting in the cultivation world, the winner would be no other than Wei WuXian.
To be honest, the cultivator wasn't wrong. The Compasses of Evil in use today was the first version that he made, and were, indeed, not specific enough. He was in the middle of making improvements when his "den" was destroyed, so he had to put everyone through the inconvenience of using the imprecise version one.
Anyways, creatures that ate blood and flesh were usually low in level, such as walking corpses. Only the more refined high-level monsters or ghosts were capable of eating and digesting souls. This one ate seven at once—no wonder so many clans had gathered here. Since the prey was by no means a trivial matter, it was inevitable for the Compasses of Evil to make mistakes.
He ate a few bites from the other side of the apple, and stuffed it back into the donkey's mouth, pondering upon how he came down to the point of sharing an apple with a donkey, when, suddenly, someone bumped into his back. He turned around to see a girl. Although she bumped into him, she didn't acknowledge him at all. Her eyes were dull and she had a smile on her face, staring into the distance without blinking.
Wei WuXian followed her gaze, and saw the dense mountaintop of Dafan Mountain.
All of a sudden, the girl started dancing in front of him without saying anything.
Wei WuXian wandered around, piecing together the strange event that happened here from picking up on different people's conversations.
On Dafan Mountain, there was a burial ground. Most of the ancestors of the townspeople from Buddha's Feet were buried here and, sometimes, unidentifiable corpses would also receive a spot and a wooden plaque here. A few months ago, in a dark and stormy night, the wind and the rain caused a piece of land on Dafan Mountain to slide and collapse, which happened to be the burial ground. Many older graves were destroyed, and a few coffins were exposed to the air and struck by lightning, causing both the corpses and the coffins to be charred black.
The townspeople of Buddha's Feet were extremely uneasy. After a few rounds of prayers, they rebuilt the burial ground again, assuming that everything would be just fine. However, ever since then, people in the town started to lose their souls.
The first one was a sluggard. He was a poor wretch, loafing about and doing no work at all. Because he loved to hike on the mountain and catch birds, he happened to be stuck in the mountain during the night of the landslide. He was frightened to death, but, luckily, he was safe. The peculiar thing was that, after a few days, he suddenly married someone. His wedding was quite large, and he said that he wanted to be charitable from now on and settle down.
On the night of the wedding, he was completely drunken, having never woken up ever since he lay on the bed. The bride didn't receive an answer as she called him. Only when she pushed him over did she realize that the groom had dreary eyes and a cold body. Aside from being able to breathe, he was no different from a dead person. After a few days of lying on the bed, not eating or drinking anything, he was finally buried. Unfortunately, the bride had become a widow shortly after she married.
The second one was A-Yan, from Blacksmith Zheng's family. The young girl had just received an engagement when her future husband was killed by a wolf on the second day, while he was hunting in the mountains. After she got the news, she also became like the sluggard. Luckily, after some time, her soul-losing disease was cured on its own. However, after this, she went crazy, cheerfully dancing to other people when she was outside.
The third one was A-Yan's father, Blacksmith Zheng. Until now, this had happened to seven people.
Wei WuXian considered the situation, and figured that it was most likely a soul-consuming spirit, not a soul-consuming beast.
Although only one word was different between the two, they were completely different beings. A spirit was a ghost, while a beast was a monster. To him, it was likely that the landslide had destroyed an ancient tomb, and, with lightning splitting the coffin open, a resting spirit had been let out. If he looked at the type of coffin and the presence of any seals on it, he could figure out whether or not this was the case. However, the townsfolk of Buddha's Feet had already buried the charred coffins somewhere else and laid the corpses to rest again, which meant that there wouldn't be a great deal of evidence left.
To go up the mountain, one had to hike up trail that started in the town. Wei WuXian sat on his donkey and rode up the hill slowly. After a while, a few people walked down with ominous expressions on their faces.
Some of them had scars on their faces, and they were talking all at once. With the darkening sky, they all jumped as they saw a person who looked like a hanged ghost approaching them. After cursing, they walked around him quickly. Wei WuXian turned his head around and thought, maybe they were frustrated because it was a strong prey? He didn't think too much about it and slapped the donkey's buttocks, making it jog faster up the mountain.
Coincidentally, he missed the group's whining, which happened shortly afterward.
Compass of Evil: The literal translation is "Wind-evil Compass".
Wei Ying: This is Wei WuXian's birth name. In Ancient China, people usually don't call others by their birth names, unless they were of the same age and close acquaintances with each other. It was considered disrespectful to even mention an elder's birth name. The common name, or the "zi," was another name given to the person by their parents, which other people can freely mention. In this case, by referring to Wei WuXian by his birth name, the speaker is showing his disregard for him.


For Natal in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 32°C, with a high for the week of 33°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 29th. The mean minimum temperature will be 27°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 26th at 25°C. Expect the next week to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. Predictions are Thursday 26th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 26.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.


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"Cleopatra" -1917 (Item 01465)
"Sing a Song of Sixpence" - Original art used for the 1910 lithograph. (see 01468 to view closeup image) (Item 01468)
detail of "Sing a Song of Sixpence" - Original art used for the 1910 lithograph. (see 01468_2 to view entire image) (Item 01468_2)
The Adlake Camera poster ad - 1897 (Item 01470)
The American Water Color Society poster ad (Item 01471)
Hires ad (Item 01472)
"Sugar Plum Tree" - 1905 (Item 01473)
"The Frog and the Prince" - 1925. Oil on board. (Item 01663)
Cover image to Scribner's Magazine Vol. XXVIII No 6 featuring a Christmas image of the three wise men (Scribner, Dec. c1900) (Item 12901)
Back cover ad for Scribner's Magazine Vol. XXVIII No 6 featuring Royal Baking Powder (Scribner, Dec. c1900) (Item 12901b)
Cover image to Scribner's Magazine Vol. XXX No 6 Christmas Number (Item 12902)
Front cover image to Scribner's Magazine Vol. XXVIII No 6 featuring a Christmas image of the three wise men (Scribner, Dec. c1900) (Item 12903)
Front cover image to Scribner's Magazine Vol. XXV No 4 featuring an profile image of a girl holding flowers (Scribner, April 1899) (Item 12904)
Cover image to Scribner's Magazine featuring a profile image of a girl by a pool with her reflection (Item 12905)
"Jack the Giant Killer" - front cover image to Hearst's Magazine (June 1912) (Item 12906)
"Puss in Boots" - front cover image to Hearst's Magazine (May 1914) (Item 12907)
Front cover image to McClure's Magazine (Nov. 1904) (Item 12908)
Front cover image to McClure's Magazine (May 1905) (Item 12909)
Front cover image to McClure's Magazine (Oct. 1906) (Item 12910)


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Toronto COVID 19 lockdown will have 'major impact' on residents and businesses, says councillor
Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, lockdown, Ontario, Toronto
Convenience stores will be allowed to operate at 50% capacity
Toronto and Peel Region will enter the province's Lockdown level effective Monday, Nov. 23, Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday afternoon.
It means restaurants, bars, and other food and drink establishments will only be able to provide takeout. Indoor dining and patio dining has been prohibited.
Personal care services such as barbershops and salons will be closed. Casinos, bingo halls, and other gaming establishments will be closed. Indoor sports and recreational facilities will be closed.
Essential retail such as grocery stores, supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware stores, discount and big box retailers selling groceries, liquor stores, safety supply stores, and convenience stores will be allowed to operate at 50%t capacity.
Non-essential retail will be closed and will have to operate through curbside pickup or online delivery. Wedding services, funeral services, and religious services can have up to 10 people indoors or 10 people outdoors. Outdoor organized public events or social gatherings will be limited to 10 people.
Residents are asked to stay at home and go out for essential needs only. No indoor organized events or social gatherings are permitted. Individuals who live alone, including seniors, can have exclusive contact with another person.
Schools and child care centres will remain open.
The Lockdown order follows a continuing steady rise of cases in Ontario, with 80 per cent of new cases in Red Zone regions in and around the Greater Toronto Area.
Hospitalizations have increased by 22 per cent, and ICU admittance grew by 50 per cent, Ford said. The Premier added that if the restrictive actions were not taken, the province would see up to 6,000 daily cases in the coming weeks.
"This virus, it spreads like wildfire," Ford said. "And in certain parts of the province it's spreading at an alarming rate."
He explained that if the lockdown measures aren't taken then it risks overwhelming the province's hospitals and ICUs, reminding Ontarians that the "situation is extremely serious."
The new health measures will be in place until Dec. 21.
The province also announced $600 million in business relief (up from its initial announcement of $300 million). Eligible businesses can apply online for a temporary property tax and energy cost rebate grants.
The rebates will cover the length of time the business is required to close. Most businesses can expect to receive rebate payments within a few weeks of submitting an online application at Ontario.ca/covidsupport
Ford's announcement follows Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's earlier announcement Friday, Nov. 20, morning.
"This is for the future of our country, our children, our loved ones, our seniors, its economy, our businesses," he said, asking Canadians to stay at home as cases spike across the country.
"Another few weeks, another few months, we can do this, we've done it before, we know what to do, we understand this virus much better than before, we need to reduce our contacts, we need to do it right now," the Prime Minister added.
As of Nov. 20, Ontario reached more than 100,000 cases, and 3,451 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic this year. There are 518 patients hospitalized, 142 in ICU, and 92 on a ventilator, with the numbers continuing to grow.
Both Toronto and Peel have seen roughly 300 to 500 new cases each day for the last three weeks.
Toronto had a total 35,040 cases as of Nov. 20 since the beginning of the pandemic, currently it has 4,398 active cases. Almost 1,500 Torontonians have died this year as a result of COVID-19.
Across the city, COVID-19 has spread in varying degrees. While the northwest and Scarborough remain hardest hit, it has spread quickly through some parts of East Toronto and neighbourhoods surrounding the Danforth, including outbreaks in local long-term care homes.
As per Toronto Public Health data, in the last 21 days the Beach had six cases, East End-Danforth had 21 cases, Taylor-Massey had 47, Danforth and Danforth-East York had 13 and 18 respectively, and Greenwood-Coxwell recorded 24 cases.
The caseload per 100,000 is dire in Taylor-Massey (Crescent Town) where there are 300 cases per 100,000 in the last three weeks.
Beaches-East York NDP MPP Rima Berns-McGown said the emergency public health measures announced on Friday aren't enough to stop the spread.
"Until Ford makes the connection that he needs to support vulnerable workers and communities, we will not be able to get this virus under control," she said.
"It will cost the economy more in the long run than it would to invest in the workers, communities and small businesses that need immediate help."
Berns-McGown added the province "wouldn't have been in this situation" if Ford had taken public health advice that included more testing and contact tracing. The Premier has responded to criticism by saying he listens to all the medical advice he receives from Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, who was present and also spoke at Friday's press conference.
As per the NDP's repeated requests this year, Berns-McGown said the reduction of school class sizes, allowing workers to have paid sick days to stay home when they're ill, and an emergency moratorium on evictions is what would actually make a difference in bending the curve of COVID-19 cases.
"One of the reasons we are in this nightmare is that many of our frontline workers are low-income earners who can't afford to stay home when they are sick. So they don't know if they will be evicted if they fall behind in their rent," she said.
Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford, who had been monitoring the effect the pandemic has had on local businesses, said the lockdown is very worrying.
"As I talk to community members across Beaches-East York, I know another lockdown is going to have major impacts on our physical, economic and mental health," he said. "Our local businesses have been hard hit. We hear a lot about the hospitality sector but our other local staples like gyms, yoga studios and other recreational activities are really hurting. I share a lot of the sentiments I'm hearing about the approach and communications on managing this crisis being confusing and seeming inconsistent."
"While it's sometimes hard to understand one specific decision over another, it's clear that we need to take the public health advice seriously," Bradford added.
Earlier moves by the city that had allowed restaurants and bars to offer outdoor patio service and space over the winter, will be ineffective during the lockdown.
Local politicians, business owners, and the Premier are all imploring residents to shop local and order takeout to help weather the economic fallout of the lockdown.
The Premier also told Ontarians to "avoid panic buying" as supply lines remain open and continuous.
While Toronto and Peel moved into Lockdown stage, Durham and Waterloo were moved to Red, and other health units across Ontario moved to Orange or Yellow.
At the press conference, Dr. Williams asked Ontarians in high-risk zones to avoid travel to lower-risk zones during the lockdown.
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Internationally recognized as the "Gold Lady," Barbara McGivern is a well-known artist who has exhibited her work throughout the United States, Canada, England, France, Ireland, Germany and Dubai. Ms. McGivern earned the moniker because she incorporates the use of gold leaf into her work and represents gold as a color rather than a precious metal. Her series, "The Extraordinary Journey," was inspired by her trips through the deserts of Oman and Saudi Arabia. Ms. McGivern was also inspired by the English artist Beryl Cook, French artist Henri Matisse and Colombian artist Fernando Botero. She produced her own interpretation of Botero's "The Barnes Collection," a series which she saw at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
During her prestigious career, Ms. McGivern has held numerous solo exhibits, including, most recently, at Gallery 26 in New York and the Brantford Station Gallery in Ontario. She has also had solo exhibits in Edmonton, Toronto, London and Paris. Also, Ms. McGivern has held group exhibits in Madrid, Geneva, Berlin, Innsbruck, Zurich, Florence and Dubai, to name just a few, and has had her work shown at museum galleries in Lindsay, Ontario; Vernon, British Columbia; and Haileybury, Ontario.
Ms. McGivern has received several commissions for her artwork, specifically from Swarovski Crystals in Dubai, Frayland Consulting and Interiors in Dubai, Luigi Malones in Dublin, the Matrix Hotel in Edmonton, and from UNESCO for their Christmas cards. In recognition of her huge body of work, Ms. McGovern has appeared in various magazines, newspapers, and radio and television shows, including "Nizwa Magazine," "Liberty Magazine," "Bold Magazine," "The Gulf Times," "Gulf News," "Women in Art," "Mudd Magazine," "The Expositor," Dubai Radio, BBC 4, Media Television CITY TV, the Spanish magazine "Lostidos," and Oman TV.
Ms. McGivern earned a Bachelor of Arts in experimental arts from the Ontario College of Art. Before obtaining a bachelor's degree, she took additional courses at the Toronto School of Art, the University of Toronto, Georgian College, and Art's Sake. Ms. McGivern's aim is to create an explosion of energy with her art. She intends to encourage her viewers to explore each of her pieces individually and eventually make them their own.


This should be obvious, but it's the problem that dudes who are looking to get out in the dating world always make. They get attention by buying the whole house a round. They want to draw ladies in with impressive shows of wealth and end up blowing their whole wad at the bar on rounds. This means that there won't be any money left to spend on chicks and if you're trying to get into a woman's danger zone she's not going to let you in for free. When you're trying to get somewhere don't spread the wealth around. Buying one round is nice if you can afford it, but if you can't then you'd better make sure that you're only focused on giving out freebies to women that you want to bang.
Chicks like dudes that look good. You know this is true. While it's also true that clothes go a lot further with the babes than they do with us, you're not going to win yourself any hot dolls with a beer belly. Try to get out for a walk every once and a while, do some crunches and some push-ups in the morning. You don't have to be a total gym rat, the good news is chicks don't all like dudes who are totally ripped. But it's a good idea to keep yourself in good shape to at least be competitive with the other dudes who are looking to score.
Chicks see douchebaggery as a danger flag. If you're a jerk or yelling at other people, they immediately label you as dangerous. The problem with affairs is that chicks who you aren't going to know well don't understand that your anger is totally justifiable. Instead, they just see the blow-up. Chicks are usually smaller than we are and they see any sudden lashing out as a sign that you could be violent or hurt them. Sorry to tell you, bros, but sometimes we can be downright irrational sounding when we're denied things that we know we should have had coming to us. Those outbursts can cost you not only a smoking one night stand, but they can also put you on the outs with every chick that she hangs out with.
Posted at: December 28, 2015 .
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