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Flying Disc Freestyle demonstrations and workshops on display at first African Beach Games
WFDF announces live coverage plan for World Under 24 Championships
First edition of ISF World Ultimate School Sport Championships 2019 with support from WFDF
LIVE COVERAGE from the ISF World Ultimate School Sport Championships 2019 with the support of WFDF
South African teams win top prizes at WFDF 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships
Press Release * Official Communication
World Games Wroclaw 2017: Day 3 Games report - Ultimate event
The final day of Flying Disc – Ultimate at The World Games 2017 would see three medals being awarded and lots of great plays. In the first game of the day, Australia took on Colombia in a game that had no impact on top four spots but was a great warmup for both teams as they prepared for the bronze and gold medal games respectively. In the first half, Australia came out firing and took half 7-2. Colombia came alive in the second half and played ultimate like we've been used to seeing them the last few days. They came up short though, with the Aussies winning 13-10 in the end.
Read more: World Games Wroclaw 2017: Day 3 Games report - Ultimate event
The second day of competition at The World Games 2017 determined who would end up in the gold medal game and would also solidify Poland's ranking as the 6th seed.
In the first game of the day, Japan picked up their first win of the championship when they defeated Poland 13-8. Although Japan only took half by 1, they pulled away in the second half for a comfortable five point victory.
The first day of flying disc at The World Games saw 6 games take place with one big upset. The first game of the day saw Canada easily defeat host Poland by a score of 13-3. In the second game, Japan took on Australia which proved to be a battle until the end. Both teams traded points back and forth until the end where Australia was able to score a few late goals and come away with the 13-11 win. The third game pitted USA vs Colombia and proved to live up to the hype.
Official statement by WFDF regarding its Director of Global Communications and New Media
In light of recent posts and exchanges made on his personal twitter account by WFDF's Director of Global Communications and New Media, Rob McLeod, on gender issues, the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) would like to clarify our position on the topic and the personal comments that were made.
Read more: Official statement by WFDF regarding its Director of Global Communications and New Media
WFDF Releases Team Rosters for The World Games
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has released the team rosters of athletes who will represent their countries in the Flying Disc competition during The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland. The Ultimate Championship will be a three-day event running from Friday to Sunday 21-23 July 2017, and will feature the top national teams in Ultimate: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, USA, and host country Poland. The featured format is mixed gender, with a 14 person roster – 7 men and 7 women.
"I am really looking forward to this edition of The World Games, the fifth for Flying Disc out of the ten which have been held," said Robert "Nob" Rauch, WFDF President. "We have the best athletes in our sport coming to Wroclaw and are excited to showcase our sport across the globe over the Olympic Channel and live to all the local spectators."
Please read the full Press Release including rosters here.
Read more: WFDF Releases Team Rosters for The World Games
Olympic Channel to Broadcast Flying Disc at the World Games
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is excited to announce that Flying Disc will be featured on the global Olympic Channel during The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland. The Flying Disc (Ultimate) Championship will be a three-day event running from Friday to Sunday 21-23 July 2017, and will feature the top national teams in Ultimate: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, USA, and host country Poland.
The Olympic Channel will be provide coverage the competition, including the bronze and gold medal games, as part of their 24/7 online channel dedicated to The World Games that can be viewed on the Olympic Channel global digital platform at olympicchannel.com and its mobile apps. Tom Styles will serve as the lead commentator for the Ultimate games.
Read more: Olympic Channel to Broadcast Flying Disc at the World Games
USA Remains Dominant at WFDF 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate
USA takes gold in Mixed and Men's Divisions; Russian Women win first title
The WFDF 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU), in association with BULA, concluded on Saturday, June 24 with the USA showing its continued dominance, taking gold in the Mixed gender and Men's divisions. Russia overcame the USA in a stunning come-from-behind victory -- winning the final four points of the Women's Division final -- to take the women's title 11-10. The USA also swept all four divisions of Masters' Division play. The USA had taken gold in all but the Mixed Division in the WFDF 2015 World Beach Ultimate Championships. The week-long event, which opened on Sunday, June 18 on the beautiful beaches of Royan, France featured nearly 1,800 players from 39 countries on 127 teams in 9 divisions. The 30-person broadcast team livestreamed more than 120 games across three showcase fields over the course of the week, which is the most games live broadcast for one event by WFDF.
Read more: USA Remains Dominant at WFDF 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate
WFDF: Registration Deadline Extended for the WFDF 2017 World Team Disc Golf Championships
With 12 teams already registered for the second annual World Team Disc Golf Championships, Tournament Director and WFDF Disc Golf Chair Charlie Mead has decided to extend the registration deadline to July 15th in order to provide more time for countries to organize and assemble a team. The tournament will run from Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th August, 2017 at Wivenhoe Park, University of Essex, Colchester, Great Britain on the full Championship course. The course will be open for practice from Sunday 20th to Tuesday 22nd August inclusive.
Read more: WFDF: Registration Deadline Extended for the WFDF 2017 World Team Disc Golf Championships
WFDF announces livestreaming plans for the 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate on 18-24 June
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is excited to announce livestreaming plans for the WFDF 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU), in association with BULA, from 18-24 June in Royan, France. WFDF plans to livestream 120 games, including simultaneous coverage of three pitches. The showcase venue, held in the 4,000-seat arena and covered with five cameras, will be a free livestream for the world to watch, while the action from fields #2 and #3 will be hosted on Fanseat.com, and require a monthly subscription fee, with FanSeat offering a no-cost, one-month trial. Find out more about the coverage plans, including links, livestreams, and updates online at http://live.wcbu2017.org.
Read more: WFDF announces livestreaming plans for the 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate on 18-24 June
WFDF approves members from Afghanistan, Lebanon, Moldova, Romania, and Thailand, reaching 75 members
The World Flying Disc Federation ("WFDF") is pleased to announce that its Congress has approved five new Member associations, increasing WFDF's membership to 75 member associations. The new Members are from Afghanistan (Afghanistan Frisbee Federation, AFF), Lebanon (Lebanon Flying Disc Association, LFDA), Republic of Moldova (Moldovan Flying Disc Federation, MFDF), Romania (Romania Flying Disc Association, RFDA), and Thailand (Thailand Flying Disc Team, TFDT).
"The approval of these five new Member associations from Asia and Europe comes as a result of the thorough and persistent work conducted over several years led by our Executive Director Volker Bernardi together with the WFDF Sport for All and Development Commission," commented WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch. "This figure constitutes a major milestone for WFDF as outlined in our previous strategic plan set out in 2012, as WFDF concludes a five year journey to finally reach 75 Member countries".
Read more: WFDF approves members from Afghanistan, Lebanon, Moldova, Romania, and Thailand, reaching 75 members
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09 July 2019 - Official Communication
A group of ambassadors this month traveled to the island of Sal, Cape Verde, to introduce hundreds to Flying Disc Freestyle through demos and workshops, as part of the inaugural African Beach Games, which took place from 14-23 June 2019.
"We could not have been more pleased with the efforts of the six athletes who comprised the Freestyle official demonstration team. This is the singular largest exhibition of Freestyle Flying Disc since the 1970's and was a perfect promotion opportunity before we see our discipline move on to the first edition of the World Urban Games in September in Budapest," stated Kevin "Skippy" Givens, WFDF Freestyle Committee Chairperson.
The World Flying Disc Federation is pleased to announce its distribution partners for the WFDF 2019 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships (WU24), which runs from 13th to the 20th of July in Heidelberg, Germany.
Ultiworld, the premier news site dedicated to Ultimate, will serve as WFDF's primary production partner, livestreaming more than 20 games for free from the Arena field on its website (https://ultiworld.com/) during the competition. Ultiworld, which provided live production from 2018's WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships, is known for its in-depth coverage of college, club, and semi-pro ultimate.
Fanseat.com, previously an official media partner for the 2018 outdoor and beach season in Europe, will livestream more than 30 games on its SVOD destination, https://www.fanseat.com/ultimate.
The championship game on 20 July in each of the three divisions of play will, for the third consecutive year at a WFDF World Championship event, be livestreamed for free on the IOC's global Olympic Channel digital platform (olympicchannel.com and mobile apps for iOS and Android) and The World Games Channel online (https://www.theworldgames.org/channel.)
"We are excited to announce our impressive roster of broadcast, streaming, and media partners for the WU24s," said WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch. "In this age where fans want real-time access to their favorite sports from wherever they may be viewing, we are thrilled to have so many avenues for viewers worldwide to watch the games. It is especially fitting to be able to showcase the up and coming generation of elite players across such a broad spectrum of media."
Distribution partner Beijing Chenyang Sports is, for the first time ever at a WFDF World Championship event, livestreaming the Arena field with Chinese Mandarin commentary throughout the People's Republic of China on the platform with a partner Migu, a specialized subsidiary of China Mobile operating in the Internet space and the integration of various digital contents. It is China Mobile's sole entity for distributing digital contents including music, videos, reading, games and comics, and it is the official Telecom Carrier Immersion Platform of NBA China. In addition to MiGu, CCTV.com, the new media platform of CCTV, will also steam the final game of the each division. Panke Media in China will be the exclusive social media partner in China, engaging audiences with previews, scores, highlights, and in-depth contents on the WeChat platform and its website.
WFDF Executive Producer and Managing Director of Broadcasting and Marketing Tim Rockwood, who heads up the production team, said: "As our coverage capabilities grow, we feel it's crucial to broadcast in multiple languages and attract new audiences in our member countries and beyond."
WU24 will be hosted in the city of Heidelberg, Germany, from Saturday 13 July to Saturday 20 July, 2019. The event will feature 51 teams from 29 countries in the Men's, Women's, and Mixed divisions. Check out https://wu24heidelberg.com/for more information.
29 June 2019 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that the ISF World School Ultimate Championships are being held from 24-29 June 2019 in Le Mans, France. With the support of WFDF, these championships are the first championships held with the International School Sport Federation (ISF) under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2017. The event is organized by the Union Nationale du Sport Scholaire (French School Sport Federation - UNSS) with the support of the French Federation of Flying Disc (FFFD).
Ten teams from eight countries are participating in the event with France and Belgium sending two teams each. Further countries attending the event are Colombia, Great Britain, India, Italy, Spain and Slovakia, and teams are playing in a five-a-side mixed gender competition. The finals will be played at the prestigious MMArena Stadium in Le Mans.
First edition of ISF World Ultimate School Sport Championships 2019 with support from WFDF held in Le Mans, France
NOW LIVE: Coverage form the ISF World Ultimate School Sport Championships (28 June 2019) in Le Mans, France.
With the support of WFDF these championships are the first edition held with the International School Sport Federation (ISF) under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2017. The event is organized by the Union Nationale du Sport Scholaire (French School Sport Federation - UNSS) with the support of the Federation Flying Disc France (FFFD).
10 teams from 8 countries participate in the event with France and Belgium sending two teams each. Other countries attending the event are Colombia, Great Britain, India, Italy, Spain and Slovakia who are playing in a 5-a-side Mixed competition. The finals will be played at the prestigious MMArena Stadium in Le Mans. More than 200 volunteers are supporting the event.
LIVE FEED FROM THE EVENT:
Finals: FRANCE vs. GREAT BRITAIN (15:00 hrs)
Bronze Medal Game: SLOVAKIA vs. INDIA (14.00 hrs)
5/6 Place: FRANCE 2 - COLOMBIA (12:00 hrs)
7/8 Place: SPAIN vs. BELGIUM 1 (11:00 hrs)
9/10: Place: ITALY vs. BELGIUM 2 (10:00 hrs)
The WFDF 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships (AAUC 2019) concluded on June 17 with South Africa's UCT Flying Tigers taking the gold in the championships' third edition. South Africa's Catch-22 won the Spirit of the Game (SOTG) prize.
"The third All Africa Ultimate Championship was not only a fantastic championship but better attended," said Alex "Queenie" Matovu, All-African Flying Disc Federation President. "And seeing more and more African countries not only attending All Africa Ultimate Championship but playing competitively with great Spirit of the Game makes me very happy about Africa Ultimate."
"A great opening ceremony, great SOTG shown both at the field and off, seeing happy faces throughout the tournament, great tournament party, working with a good energetic Tournament Organizing Committee, and great closing ceremony were the best moments of 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships."
WFDF announces third edition of Global Disc Sports Community Survey 2019
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that it has published the third edition of the Global Disc Sports Community survey.
The first ever edition was launched in February 2014 and the survey was designed to gather input from athletes, coaches, administrators, tournament directors and anyone else involved with disc sports from around the globe, with the second edition executed in 2016. The survey will be conducted immediately through Sunday 14 July 2019 on www.surveymonkey.com and is open to anyone.
WFDF names Official Bag Supplier and Official Glove Supplier for 2019-2020
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has selected The Greatest Bag as the Official Bag Supplier and Friction Gloves as the Official Glove Supplier for 2019-2020, upon the conclusion of an open tender process.
The Greatest Bag and Friction Gloves will be the exclusive supplier of bags and gloves at WFDF events, including WFDF 2019 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships (WU24) in Germany, WFDF 2020 World Ultimate and Guts Championships in the Netherlands and WFDF 2020 World Masters Ultimate Championships in Australia.
WFDF Seeks Host Bids for WFDF 2021 and 2023 World Team Disc Golf Championships
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is seeking bids for host organizers for the WFDF 2021 and 2023 World Team Disc Golf Championships ("WTDGC"). The WTDGC is the premier Disc Golf event for WFDF and the 2021 and 2023 editions of the event will look to build on the success of past championships held in Colchester, UK and Vancouver, Canada, and the upcoming 2019 event to be hosted by Estonia in August this year. Hosting the WTDGC is a chance to introduce an international sporting event to new communities, draw interest and attention to a host city and country, and generate economic impact for local businesses, while developing the sport globally. Bids are due by Friday 12 July 2019.
WFDF announces two additions to its staff
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to welcome two new additions to its executive staff in order to expand its ability to support the objectives of the organization. Igor Jankovíc has joined WFDF as Administrative Coordinator, reporting to Executive Director Volker Bernardi. Patrick Fourcampré-Maye now serves as Event Coordinator reporting to Karina Woldt, WFDF's Managing Director, Events and Operations. Both positions are a new part-time paid staff position.
French Federation of Flying Disc Recognized by the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français
WFDF is pleased to announce that the French Federation of Flying Disc (FFFD) was recognized by the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF), the National Olympic Committee of France. The FFFD membership was accepted during the Annual Congress on 28 May 2019 after a recommendation by the CNOSF Executive Committee.
"The recognition of our French Federation is a key milestone for the development of WFDF. This is great news for the Flying Disc community in France and for all friends of our sport around the globe," stated Robert "Nob" Rauch, WFDF President. "WFDF has been making consistent progress in terms of National Olympic Committees recognizing our member associations, with FFFD now becoming the 14th WFDF member to be part of their NOC. We are happy to see France, with its competitive flying disc program, be accepted as a member of CNOSF, and we hope that they will get even more young athletes interested in Flying Disc sports."
"The French Federation of Flying Disc is proud of the decision supported by 82% of the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) to join the French Olympic movement," commented Franck Leygues, FFFD President. "Sports politics in France are changing a lot and it was an important milestone for FFFD to get French NOC recognition. This is the achievement of 20 years of work for FFFD, and we cannot discount the boost we got from the efforts of WFDF in their Paris 2024 application. The French Federation continues to support WFDF in its goal to be a part of the Olympic Programme in the future. I would like also to warmly thank WFDF Executive Director Volker Bernardi for his support in our CNOSF application, and we are certain that our experience will be helpful to other WFDF members in getting their national Olympic recognition."
There are now 14 member associations of WFDF which are recognized by their National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America.
WFDF 2019 World Under 24 Ultimate Championships (WU24)
Date: 13-20 July 2019 Location: Heidelberg, GER Event announcement Livestreamed video coverage from Fanseat: https://www.fanseat.com/ultimate.
WFDF 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships (AAUC)
Date: 14-17 June 2019 Location: Johannesburg (RSA) Event announcement
WFDF 2019 World Overall Championships (WOC)
Date: 8-13 July 2019 Location: Richmond, VA (USA) Event announcement
WFDF 2019 Asia Oceanic Ultimate & Guts Championships (AOUGC)
Date: 23-27 July 2019 Location: Shanghai (CHN) Event announcement
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Date: 21-24 August 2019 Location: Alutaguse, Ida-Virumaa (EST) Event announcement
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Feminist icon Frances Perkins in new documentary at Waterside Plaza
On Mon., Jan. 27, at 6 p.m., the Waterside Plaza Civic Engagement Center will present the documentary "Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare," by filmmaker Mick Caouette.
In the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as the first woman on a presidential cabinet.
Frances Perkins. (Courtesy "Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare")
Against overwhelming odds, she became the driving force behind Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the eight-hour day, minimum wage and unemployment compensation.
"Summoned" features interviews with David Brooks, Nancy Pelosi, Amy Klobuchar, Lawrence O'Donnell and others. It tells Perkins's heroic story, which explores the history of women in politics, Social Security, our attitudes toward immigration, poverty, socialism and the role of government, all of which inform our current dialogue.
A photo of Frances Perkins in the promotional poster for "Summoned." (Courtesy "Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare")
Giving the film five stars, Pelosi said, "Frances Perkins made it possible for the rest of us. She paved the way. She is an icon, a model. I am so glad to see that her story is being told."
The screening, at 30 Waterside Plaza, will be followed by remarks by the film's creator, Caouette.
Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in Greenwich Village. The tragedy led to a revolution in laws protecting worker safety. (Courtesy "Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare")
The program should last until 7:30 p.m. There is no charge for admission but a reservation is required.
The film will be broadcast nationally on most PBS stations on March 5.
Waterside Plaza is located east of the F.D.R. Drive, between E. 25th and E. 28th Sts.
For the film's trailer, click here.
Filmmaker Mick Caouette. (Courtesy Mick Caouette)
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Alleluia, I am the Good Shepherd, and I know my sheep, and mine know me, alleluja. (The second Alleluia of Good Shepherd Sunday.)
The Good Shepherd, by Cristóbal García Salmerón (1603-66), originally painted for the church of St Genesius in Arles, France, now in the Prado Museum in Madrid. (Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.)
Alleluja, Ego sum pastor bonus, et cognosco oves meas, et cognoscunt me meae, alleluia.
In the Ambrosian Rite, the Gospel for today is St John's account of the Baptism of Christ, chapter 1, 29-34, which the Roman Rite reads on the octave of Epiphany. In the oldest Ambrosian lectionary, the Gospels for the Sundays between Low Sunday and the Ascension continue the instruction of those who were baptized at Easter, and are centered on the figure of Christ. Today John calls him "the Lamb of God", and on the following Sunday (John 1, 15-28), "the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father." On the next two Sundays, Christ speaks of Himself as "the light of the world" (John 8, 12-20) and "the way, the truth and the light (John 14, 1-14)." In the Carolingian era, when the Ambrosian Rite underwent a significant Romanization, the latter three were replaced with the traditional Roman Gospels for these Sundays, but the Gospel of today remained; it is accompanied by the following particularly beautiful preface.
John the Baptist Indicates the Lamb of God to Ss Peter and Andrew; fresco by Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), generally known as Domenichino, in the ceiling of the apse of the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, 1622-28. (Image by AlfvanBeem released to the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.)
VD... Aeterne Deus: Qui omnia mundi elementa fecisti, et varias disposuisti témporum vices: atque hómini ad tuam imáginem cóndito, universa simul animantia, rerumque mirácula subjecisti. Cui licet orígo terréna sit: tamen, regeneratióne Baptísmatis, caelestis ei vita confertur. Nam devicto mortis auctóre, immortalitátis est gratiam consecútus: et, praevaricatiónis erróre quassáto, viam réperit veritátis. Per Christum.
Truly ... eternal God: Who made all the elements of the world, and arranged the various changes of time, and subjected to man, who was made in Thy image, all living things, and the wonders of creation. And though his origin is of earth, nonethless, the life of heaven is conferred upon him in the regeneration of baptism. For then the author of death was conquered, he obtained the grace of immortality, and when the error of his transgression was brokwn, he found the way of truth. Through Christ...
In the Byzantine Rite, today is called the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women from its Gospel, Mark 15, 43 – 16, 8. In the first part of this reading, Joseph of Arimathea requests from Pilate and receives the body of the Lord for burial, wraps Him in the shroud, and lays Him in the tomb; in the second (which the Roman Rite reads on Easter itself, minus the last verse), the women come to the tomb to anoint the body, and meet the angel who tells them that He has risen, and bids them go tell the disciples.
A fresco of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in the Dionysiou Monastery on Mt Athos.
At Matins of Holy Saturday, which is usually sung on the evening of Good Friday, the first set of proper chants at the beginning of the service is based on this Gospel. (The traditional setting in Church Slavonic is one of the best loved and most moving pieces of music among the Slavs.)
The noble Joseph took down from the Cross Thy spotless Body, and when he had wrapped It in a clean shroud with spices, he laid It for burial in a new sepulchre. – Glory be.
When Thou went down to death, o immortal Life, then didst Thou slay Hades by the brightness of the Godhead; and when Thou raised up the dead from the netherworld, all the powers of heaven cried out, 'Christ our God, Giver of life, glory to Thee.' – Now and ever.
The angel stood by the tomb and cried to the myrrh-bearing women, 'Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ has been shown free from corruption.'
At Vespers of the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, these same chants are sung at the end, but the first two change places, and the second and third have additions (marked here with *) which make them more appropriate for the Easter Season.
When Thou went down to death, o immortal Life, then didst Thou slay Hades by the brightness of the Godhead; and when Thou raised up the dead from the netherworld, all the powers of heaven cried out, 'Christ our God, Giver of life, glory to Thee.'
– Glory be. The noble Joseph took down from the Cross Thy spotless Body, and when he had wrapped It in a clean shroud with spices, he laid It for burial in a new sepulchre; * but Thou didst rise on the third day, o Lord, granting great mercy to the world.
– Now and ever. The angel stood by the tomb and cried to the myrrh-bearing women, "Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ has been shown free from corruption. * But cry out, 'The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the world!' "
This video includes only the first one, which has a rather more cheerful melody in its Paschal version.
Posted Sunday, April 26, 2020
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La Batalla de La Hogaza sucedió el 2 de diciembre de 1817 en el contexto de la Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela, entre las fuerzas independentistas y realistas.

Antecedentes
Cuando se produjo la conquista de Angostura, el capitán general Pablo Morillo volvía de la fracasada expedición a Isla Margarita. Se instaló en Calabozo para ir sobre José Antonio Páez contra provincia de Apure. El brigadier Miguel de la Torre estaba acantonado en El Calvario. Simón Bolívar con tres batallones remontaba el río Orinoco para unirse a Pedro Zaraza, llegando a Santa María de Ipire, mientras Juan Bautista Arismendi estaba en Cabruta con infantes y lanchas. Zaraza concentraba sus hombres en el hato de Belén. El brigadier Latorre salió el 28 de noviembre salió contra este último, marchando sólo de noche para evitar ser descubierto. Al llegar a Santa Rita se enteró que desde Cabruta Arismedi enviaba mil caballos a Zaraza para recomponer su división. El español decidió atacar cuanto antes.

El plan original de Bolívar era que el general José Francisco Bermúdez se uniera a Zaraza y después él mismo marcharía para formar un ejército que tomaría San Fernando de Apure. Mientras José Tadeo Monagas amenazaría Barcelona para distraer al enemigo. Si todo salía bien, pronto Barcelona, Cumaná y Caracas caerían en su poder. Pronto decidió que Bermúdez debía ir a Cumaná.

Orden de batalla

Batalla
En la mañana del 2 de diciembre, en el pueblo de Murianga, cerca de la quebrada de Manapire, Latorre se encontró con un grupo de exploradores independentistas. Los derrotó sin problemas y les persiguió hasta el campamento principal del enemigo. Se encontró a Zaraza esperando en formación de combate en la parte alta. La casa del hato estaba sobre un morro que dominaba el terreno que llegaba hasta el río. El batallón Valerosos estaba en el centro con dos cañones. El coronel Julián Infante formaba su caballería en el ala izquierda y el coronel Juan José Rondón en la derecha. Latorre decidió batallar. Formó cada uno de sus dos cañones en columnas cerradas al mando de su segundo, el coronel González Villa, y flanqueado por la caballería, comandada por el teniente coronel Juan Juez y el sargento mayor Diego Aragonés se dedicó a perseguir a los vencidos en lo que pudo. La línea realista avanzó 300 metros y resistió las tres cargas que la caballería enemiga hizo contra ellos. La infantería independentista colapsó y se dispersó. Pero los jinetes realistas apenas pudieron perseguirlos. El coronel González Villa murió, Latorre permaneció en el hato hasta día 4 para regresar a Calabozo.

Consecuencias
El jefe realista, Pablo Morillo, que estaba en Concepción de Matillure canceló la expedición y se retira a Calabozo, donde estaba convaleciente Miguel de La Torre. Retrocedieron a Valencia, a donde llegaron el 8 de diciembre. Aunque ambas vanguardias experimentaron escaramuzas, Páez enfermó al ocupar Apurito y se retiró a Achaguas..

Al saber de la derrota, Bolívar que estaba en San Diego de Cabrutica, volvió a Angostura dejando las tropas al mando del general Pedro León Torres e hizo una leva de todos los hombres de la provincia de Guayana entre 14 y 60 años.. Poco después Páez se entrevistó con Bolívar y se inició la Campaña de Centro. En la Batalla de La Hogaza murió combatiendo el ayudante del Estado Mayor, Guillermo Palacios Bolívar, hijo de Juana Bolívar Palacios, y por lo tanto sobrino del Libertador.

Véase también

 Campaña del Centro

Referencias

Bibliografía
 López Contreras, Eleázar (2016) [1945]. Bolívar, conductor de tropas. Bogotá: Estado Mayor General de las Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia. Edición de Luis Villamarín. ISBN 9781523828685.
 Montenegro Colón, Feliciano (1837). Geografía general para el uso de la juventud de Venezuela. Tomo IV. Caracas: Imprenta de Damiron y Dupou.
 Vergara y Velasco, Francisco Javier (1917). 1818. Guerra de Independencia. Bogotá: Imprenta Nacional.

Enlaces externos
 Retrato de Pedro Zaraza

La Hogaza
Historia de Guárico

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With the New Year comes change which can affect our finances in many ways. Tax laws differ, wages rise and social services can change. Sometimes it's tough to know if these changes hurt or help us, which is why it's so important to have an action plan in place. If you're wondering what you can do to be ready for the New Year, we've created a list to help you prepare for the changes to wage, taxes & laws.
One of the most basic and effective things you can do when it comes to preparing for the future is building an emergency fund. Your target should be to have roughly three to six months worth of expenses saved up. The more you save, the more recovery time you buy yourself. As wages rise in Canada, many financial advisors and economic forecasters are suggesting it could result in a loss of work for some. This might sound unnerving, but those with an emergency fund will have ample time to find new employment.
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Nine design projects from The New School's Parsons School of Design students
Dezeen staff | 14 July 2021
A project exploring how architecture is integral to healing trauma and another investigating how bioluminescence could change our relationship to interiors is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the Parsons School of Design.
Also included is a project examining how the design of a shelter can support survivors of domestic violence and a device designed to slow desertification.
The New School's Parsons School of Design
University: The New School's Parsons School of Design
Course: Architectural Design (BFA), Architecture (MArch), Industrial Design (MFA), Interior Design (AAS), Interior Design (BFA), Interior Design (MFA), Lighting Design (MFA), Product Design (BFA)
Email: thinkparsons[at]newschool.edu
"Parsons School of Design – consistently named the best art and design school in the United States and ranked third in the world – has sent change-making artists and designers out into the world since its founding in 1896.
"The School of Constructed Environments, one of the five schools within Parsons, guides students in creating socially and environmentally sustainable and technologically innovative buildings, interiors, lighting and products.
"In a time of unprecedented change, our BFA and MFA programmes foster the skills, values and vision that foster creative thinking and a more integrated, equitable and aesthetically beautiful world."
The Gallery Hotel by Mohamad Ali Ezzeddine
"Located at the corner of 20th Street and 10th Avenue, The Gallery Hotel offers a dynamic and cultural experience at the heart of Chelsea adjacent to the High Line. In a neighbourhood saturated with art galleries, The Gallery Hotel is thoughtfully designed to include an art gallery displaying local artists' work on the main floor.
"The lobby floor also features a reception area as well as a bar and lounge where guests can relax and enjoy the atmosphere. The second floor includes a restaurant with direct access to the High Line with the option to dine outdoors.
"The hotel has 24 guest rooms located on the third, fourth and fifth floors. To complement the neighbourhood's features, The Gallery Hotel will include a rooftop lounge area where guests can enjoy a panoramic view of all that Chelsea has to offer."
Student: Mohamad Ali Ezzeddine
Course: AAS Interior Design
Resistance by Carmen Cordova
"Self-sacrifice: working without compensation, care and labouring towards the reproduction of society, have been attributed as characteristics of women's identity.
"It is not fair or sustainable to place the duty of maintaining society on an individual and as part of their identity. Without restructuring the exploitative relationships of care, societies can never promote the unity of community nor achieve greater equality.
"This is why it is important to build resistance towards traditional roles, to end this issue and direct society towards fairness. My capstone project aims to build solidarity between the women of El Salvador and bring visibility to the issues they face. For women to continue to resist and fight, it is essential to provide them with tools to overcome the hardships they may face."
Student: Carmen Cordova
Course: BFA Interior Design
Why They Stay by Jenna Koss
"This is a real-life proposal for the Helpmate Domestic Violence Shelter in Asheville, North Carolina. The shelter needs to grow in both capacity and quality of its space and has purchased land on a slope to construct a purpose-built shelter.
"Working within the expansion committee, this ongoing project investigates how the shelter can be designed to provide safety to inhabitants from both illness and abuse while enhancing conditions that promote healing.
"This project also proposes how interior space can be layered in a way that empowers a survivor to form connections, reclaim agency and build resilience over time."
Student: Jenna Koss
Course: MFA Interior Design
A Tale: Heading to the Tent of Tomorrow by Jiuying Li
"The thesis project is an experiment of transforming an abandoned artefact into an imaginary utopia which is occupied and renovated by people who have suffered from gender inequality and discrimination.
"The project aims to manifest the urge of eliminating the gender bias that is rooted within American history, and to depict an alternative future for the architectural relic through storytelling."
Student: Jiuying Li
Course: MArch
Flood Points: Redesigning Ekistics with time by Nalin Chahal, Eric Hu and Anthony Vesprini
"Ekistics, the science of human settlements, has been a pervasive and well-established foundation of human civilisation since agriculture began. The dominance of humanity over the natural world has primarily left this science in a perpetual, unchanging state. But, our anthropogenic effects on the environment and the natural world around us in the past century have upset the delicate balance of carbon that is critical to maintaining habitable conditions on our planet.
"Our devastating effect on the natural world must force us to reevaluate the ways we inhabit the land, how we engage with the world, and refound the idea of ekistics to adapt rather than withstand.
"Our proposal will drastically alter our site to consider this change, focusing on rising sea levels and how we must adapt to this change rather than build ever-growing sea walls – be it 55 years on a critical carbon emissions scenario (2075) or 95 years in a low emissions scenario (2115) for our site to flood.
"The first phase of the timeline would see the reintroduction of the natural habitat of Ditmars-Steinway back into the area, while also reimagining the site as an engaging park, educational space, market and community centre for Astoria. A vital component of this shift would be to drastically change the way energy is generated at our site to a more circular, sustainable and less carbon-intensive solution.
"The second phase of the timeline would include the flooding of the site due to rising sea levels. As the site floods, more of the land would be dedicated to housing the changing flora and fauna. During this period, our programmatic elements of the site would remain functional. The final phase of our timeline would see the flooding of the programmatic mounds, returning the land (and the flooded interiors) to the natural flora and fauna. During this phase, the only operable programme would be the research centre."
Students: Nalin Chahal, Eric Hu and Anthony Vesprini
Course: BFA Architectural Design
Aquastor by Zihao Fang
"Aquator is desertification remediation vessels produced using mixed materials from desert resources. Aquator vessels can promote soil growth in desert areas and slow the advance of desertification. It will be placed on the edge of the desert in a triangular arrangement with a spacing of one metre to build a barrier.
"The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the vessels allows external water vapour to enter the desert and reduce the evaporation rate. Eventually, the Aquator vessels will be completely degraded and turned into nutrients for the land."
Student: Zihao Fang
Course: MFA Industrial Design
The CroChair by Daniela Solovey
"For my project, I chose to investigate crochet as a novel form of production by using the technique to weave together upcycled materials. I designed made-to-order furniture that facilitates a transitional nod to an analogue craft, offering its user a highly functional product with a unique aesthetic.
"It will benefit the design community by legitimising an often overlooked art form through the fusion of craft with traditional furniture design."
Student: Daniela Solovey
Course: BFA Product Design
Bio Loose Sense by Jo Li
"During the pandemic, we are homebound, many of us working, living and relaxing indoors. At home, we have combined all functions of living. In my thesis, I want to introduce a new way of applying biomimetic design with light to separate the different functional zones and times in our house. If we consider temporal changes (time) as part of the biomimetic process, we must consider the lighting's control as the key to this application.
"Human activities include a rhythm similar to the rhythm of nature. Bio Loose Sense is a biomimetic design that encourages the connection between humans and nature and also keeps our senses activated.
"The design learns from natural phenomena, such as bioluminescent tides and organisms. It explores how we can use the potential of bioluminescence to change our relationship to lighting and interiors."
Student: Jo Li
Course: MFA Lighting Design
Healing Structures by Carmen Iris Ruiz Cruz
"The 6.4 magnitude earthquake that took place a year ago in Puerto Rico not only left the island's urban infrastructure compromised but challenged the survivors to recover from the physical and mental repercussions.
"The problem is that post-disaster response focuses on physical wellbeing, immediate solutions like shelter and overlooks mental wellbeing and invisible injuries like trauma, which have a long-term impact on the survivors.
"Architecture and lighting are integral to the healing process. Built spaces are not only meeting points, but environments where people share stories and attempt to heal one another through communal interaction. If healing is the goal, the quality of these spaces needs assessment and consideration."
Student: Carmen Iris Ruiz Cruz
Course: Dual Degree: MArch and MFA Lighting Design
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Driving in the Monterrey is competitive. Your defensive driving skills will be put to the test, but you will soon learn that there are "rules" of the road. You will be consistently surprised at the "decisions" drivers make and the so called "rules". There are several driving habits in Mexico that may appear to be rude, but are not intended to insult other drivers. These activities have just become acceptable rules of the road. Attempting to make a double left hand turn in the United States would be an automatic traffic violation, but here it is very common. Be alert for cars on your right turning left in front of you. Drivers also tend to only drive the front half of their cars, this causes them to drift over and cut off the car behind them. This practice is particularly bad in traffic circles.
Right turns on red are prohibited unless you see a "continua con precaución" sign at the intersection. Drivers turning right may not look for pedestrians attempting to cross, so beware!
Driving on the open road requires extra diligence. Cars often pass on blind curves or with oncoming traffic. Typically, on road with one lane in each direction there is often a hard shoulder. It is customary for cars being passed to drive on the hard shoulder to allow the passing car more space. Be careful, you may need to drive on the hard shoulder to avoid a car passing in the opposite direction.
When attempting to pass a vehicle on the open road the car in front may suddenly display a left turn signal. This is may be the driver's signal to you that it is safe to pass. Always check first before beginning to pass.
Drivers making left hand turns from busy highways will pull to the far right side of the road, stop and then make a left turn. Beware of cars on the right shoulder of the road; they may suddenly turn left in front of you! Be careful when turning left at an intersection in the city as the car behind you may think you are giving them the signal to pass or that you are going to stop on the right first and then turn left.A car approaching you with flashing headlights is usually warning you of danger up ahead. Lookout for broken-down cars in the road or other hazards. Tree limbs or rocks in the road are also signals for road hazards.
Speed bumps, called "topes" are everywhere in Mexico. These treacherous asphalt or metal bumps are even placed on the open highways in Mexico. Be on the lookout for warning signs that look like two small hills painted in black. If you are lucky enough to see the warning sign, immediately decrease your speed as the signs are sometimes placed only a short distance from the actual tope.Always follow common-sense precautions: wear your seatbelt, carry a flashlight, road flares, and a first aid kit.
The best way to avoid an accident in Mexico is to drive defensively. Fortunately, because there are so many bad drivers here, many others drive defensively too. Expect the worst and you will be prepared to deal with it. As in most parts of the U.S. and other countries, seatbelts are required by law in Mexico. Insurance is not a legal requirement for driving in Mexico, but you would be foolish not to have it. Make sure that your car is insured and that you have a valid Mexican policy.
Here are some tips that may be useful to you. For one, don't come to a full, complete stop at a stop sign (Alto) until you have checked first in your rearview mirror to see if the car behind you has the same idea. Remember that many drivers here treat stop signs as YIELD signs, if they acknowledge them at all. YIELD signs are heeded even less. At cross streets and intersections, not controlled by traffic lights or the police, assume that you don't have the right-of-way because, even if you do, it may not be recognized by others. In addition, when the light turns green at an intersection, don't proceed until you have looked carefully for cars which might come flying through the intersection. Be careful not to jump green lights, even when you're in a hurry. Get used to drivers changing lanes without using their turn signals. Abrupt lane changes are common and can easily lead to accidents. You can reduce the chances of an accident while driving in Monterrey if you remember the following: drive defensively and be vigilant at all times. If you plan to change lanes don't forget to check behind and to the sides. Passing on the right at high speeds is common.
Alto – You could be ticketed for not stopping, but don't assume that other drivers will stop.
Desviacion – Translates "Detour" but once you are off the main road there may be little guidance from there. Try to have a map handy.A great city map called GuiaRoji. You can purchase it in 7-11's or OXXO's. The map is set up on a grid system with great detail; it is a lifesaver to keep in all your vehicles.
The city's traffic circles, called glorietas, are intimidating at first, but learning a few simple rules is all it takes to master these obstacles. Always yield to the cars on your left as you enter the circle. When there is a break in the traffic on your left you may proceed into the circle and cross. Be warned! In most countries, traffic circles have lanes, with the outside lane being designed to take the first exit and the inside lane for continuing on to the next exit. The lanes here do not exist and it is not uncommon for someone in the outside lane to suddenly put on their left indicator and cut across the "lanes" of the circle.
Calzadadel Valle and San Pedro intersect at a very large glorieta. All traffic approaching the rotunda must stop. Cars inside the rotunda have the right-of-way. Traffic exits the circle from all three lanes. Never assume drivers in the far left, inside lane will not exit to the right. At times, the second lane is going around the circle and the inside vehicle wants to exit. Use extreme caution at all times!
If you are pulled over for a traffic violation, be polite, accept the ticket, and ask where you can pay it – dondepago? Do not offer "tips" or bribes in any form! In the event that the policeman should suggest anything other than a normal solution to a traffic violation, a notation should be made of his badge number, name tag or police vehicle number.
Make sure to never park where the curb has been painted yellow. Also, if there is a red "E" with a line through it, this also indicates no parking. If you park in these areas you run the risk of being towed .Estacionamiento means "Parking". A parking lot is usually safe as long as someone is on duty. Attendants often wear quasi-official tan uniforms. Park in well lit areas and try to leave shopping centers before closing time. Remove from the vehicle all valuables or other objects which might be mistaken as valuables. As in any large city, be cautious! The amount of a parking ticket fine and the places to pay are listed on the back of your ticket. One place you can pay is at OXXO stores.
Gas stations, which are government run and called Pemex, are conveniently located around the city. Two grades of gasoline are available: Magna Sin (green pump, 87 octane, unleaded) and Magna Premium (red pump, 94 octane, leaded). Diesel fuel is only available in a few gas stations. Price of gas is about 50% higher than in the U.S. and tends to increase. However, you can claim tax and eventually get reimbursed (see IVA section). You will experience the full service attention that is not always available elsewhere.
If you add oil or gas treatments, make sure that the bottle is full. Otherwise, you may be paying for the air in the bottle.
Make sure you get back all your change. Sometimes the attendant will give you all your paper money and hesitate to see if you will wait for the coins or if you even realize that you have not received all your money. After all this, is he has washed your windows, filled the air in your tires, or any other "extra" give him a tip, propina, of $5 – $10 pesos.


Capo da Capo Don Cannelloni has called a meeting of all the Mafia families to hatch this plot.
A shakedown is on the cards as business is not going well + a new gang is stealing our dosh.
Mafia gangs welcome, no cops is allowed.


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Sequoia provides hikers with options
Published November 19, 2014 By EMILY DABAU
THREE RIVERS, Calif. – Sequoia National Park houses trails to please all levels of hikers, from adventurous visitors looking for secluded trails around the park to those looking for a leisurely stroll in the woods not too far from civilization.
Such hikes provide visitors and locals with a chance to get in touch with nature.
Shelley Quaie, a volunteer at the Foothills Visitor Center at the south entrance of Sequoia National Park near here, often hikes trails throughout the park for relaxation. Her most recent was the Crescent Meadow Trail, which is located a few miles from the visitor center near the Giant Forest Museum.
"It's in the forest, so you're surrounded by a lot of trees, some cedar, some sequoias, other types of pines," she said. "It's very pretty. It's an easy walking trail, so it's not a difficult hike."
Ranger-guided trails are offered in the parks for visitors who want to learn more about the history of the trees.
Frank Helling, a park ranger who guides tours at the General Grant Tree Trail, tells park visitors stories of the forest as he guides them on a walk through the giant trees. The trail leads hikers through some of the world's largest trees to the General Grant Tree, proclaimed the Nation's Christmas tree in 1926 by President Coolidge.
The reason Helling enjoys his job the most is educating visitors.
"Sharing what I love and showing people how we fit in the world," he said.
He hopes that through connecting the trees and the role that people play will inspire them to use their talents to make a difference.
Park visitors Mike and Lynda Clipson, from Madison, Wis., were two of Helling's guided tour attendants.
"I thought he did an excellent job of explaining history, and I really liked his philosophical slant on things," Lynda Clipson said.
Mike Clipson enjoyed hearing Helling's stories along the hike.
"He wrote the book, and that was nice," he said.
The General Grant Tree Trail, which weaves through the Grant Grove area to the park's most important sequoia tree, the General Grant Tree, connects hikers to other more secluded trails, such as the North Boundary Trail, which can be found after hiking around the General Grant Tree Trail and the North Grove Trail, which begins at the Grant Tree parking lot.
Seeing the General Grant Tree on the trail was only one stop for the Clipsons, who also hiked at Lake Hume, where they spotted a bald eagle and plenty of bear tracks.
"Lake Hume is more developed, so it's a little more commercial, but it's a nice lake and it's a beautiful trail and we like wildlife, and it had lots of wildlife," Mike Clipson said.
Trails that are near the water, such as the Lake Hume trail, allow hikers a different perspective from that of the tall sequoias. The Kaweah River Trail is an option for those looking to wander waterside. The trail passes large rocks and waterfalls along the pebble-lined river. The Middle Fork Trail of the river can be taken from the Hospital Rock Picnic Area near the Buckeye Flat Campground.
General Grant Tree Trail: This trail takes visitors to the one of the world's largest trees, which President Coolidge named the Nation's Christmas Tree in 1926. The hike also includes visits to the Gamlin Cabin and the Fallen Monarch, which fall on the paved trail. Trailhead: Grant Tree Road, Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. Duration: 30 minutes.
North Grove Trail: Large trees surround this 1.5-mile trail, which weaves through the meadows and creeks of the forest. Trailhead: At the Grant Tree parking area. Duration: 1 hour.
North Boundary Trail: Surrounded by pines and cedars, this trail takes hikers through a loop of grassy areas, a fallen sequoia and other splendors of the wooded area. Trailhead: Taken from the end of the General Grant Tree Trail, located at Grant Tree Road, Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. 93628. Duration: 2.5 hours.
Lake Hume Trail: This Lake Hume Trail, totaling 2.6 miles long, travels alongside the shore of the lake, beginning at a picnic area available to sit down and rest while enjoying the view before setting off for a hike. Trailhead: Hume Lake Road, east of Highway 180 if driving from Kings Canyon National Park. Duration: 3 hours.
Kaweah River Trail: The Kaweah River Trail hosts views of waterfalls, wildflowers in the spring, meadows, creeks and large rocks overlooking the river. The hike is also known for wildlife sightings along the trail. Trailhead: Hospital Rock Picnic Area near Buckeye Flat Campground. Duration: Half day.
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Devil's Tower UFO Rendezvous Begins Thursday
by: Al Van Zee
Posted: Sep 12, 2018 / 10:15 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 12, 2018 / 10:15 PM CDT
Above our heads at night are millions of stars with millions of planets that scientists now say stand a good chance of containing life. There may even be intelligent life.
But the important question is: has it paid us a visit?
It's a subject that will be reviewed in depth at the Devils Town UFO Rendezvous. That location was chosen because of a movie called Close Encounters of the Third Kind which was filmed there 41 years ago.
The storyline is that an alien civilization chose to make contact with the human race at this formation in the northwestern Black Hills.
That's fiction of course. But people have been seeing strange sights in the sky for a very long time. And some UFO investigators such as David Marler think there is compelling evidence that they are real.
"And it goes beyond just eyewitness testimony. Many of these cases including military cases, involve radar and I mean multiple radar; ground-based radar, airborne radar, airborne visual sightings, ground-based visual sightings," Author and UFO Investigator David Marler said.
Several astronauts have also reported airborne objects they couldn't identify.
"When you have much corroborative testimony, you have to look at this in a serious light and try to figure out what we're dealing with," Marler said.
While we still don't have material evidence, we do have thousands of pictures. Some of which are just a hoax.
Digital photography has made the task of judging UFO photos much more complicated. Astronomer Marc D'Antonio, says it's difficult but it can be done.
"You actually could see the artifacts created by the process of rendering. And you could see that in the shadows," Astronomer and Photoanalyst Marc D'Antonio said.
D'Antonio says most photos of UFOs are either faked, or of ordinary objects such as birds, balloons, or drones.
All of these mysteries will be discussed at the UFO rendezvous in the coming days. It may be one of the most compelling mysteries of our time, the question of what are those strange things some of us are seeing in the skies?
The Devil's Tower UFO Rendezvous begins Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Best Western Hotel in Hulett, WY and runs through Saturday.
MUMBAI, India (AP) — A four-story residential building collapsed Tuesday in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, killing at least two people, an official said. Rescuers were looking for several others feared trapped in the rubble.
Fire official Ashok Talpade said dozens of rescuers were at the site in Dongri, a crowded residential section of Mumbai, where they pulled out three people alive and rushed them to a hospital. They included one child who was allowed to go home after being treated, he said.


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our milling process
Laucke Flour Mills select the best grains to process through our roller and stone grinding mills to create the great flour appreciated by our customers. "Flour" is used to describe any edible substance in powder form. Of all the cereals milled for flour, wheat is the best known grain and most consumed flour in Australia due to the unique properties of wheat gluten. Laucke utilise a variety of grains including wheat, rye, spelt and triticale.
To produce the highest quality flour, the aim of the miller is to identify and source the most suitable grain and properly prepare it for milling, and then to separate as much good quality flour as possible from the grain without excessively damaging the constituents of the grain, being the endosperm and germ in the heart of the grain, and the branny outer layers of the grain. The endosperm is a crystalline matrix of complex carbohydrate and protein, which, when progressively reduced in particle size, is reduced from chunks of semolina into fine particles of flour. The wheat grain has a natural crease where branny layers are trapped within the endosperm, and this prevents a perfect separation of bran and germ from the endosperm. Milling to produce white flour removes most of the bran layers and the germ, which together amount to about 15% of the wheat grain. This means that, depending on the milling technique, not all the bran can be separated, and up to 50% of the germ is retained in the white flour.
Milling is now much more than the simple Grinding of grain. The following description will give you an understanding of the processes of milling of grain as we perform it.
Break Grinding
This is what was, in earlier times, the first and only stage of the milling process.
Grain is progressively passed through a series of several individually fluted "Break" grinding surfaces (either Roller grinding or Stone grinding) with different grinding gaps, where the grain is broken open and the adhering endosperm scraped off the branny layers.
The endosperm may be ground finely enough to approximate fine flour if the grinding gap is reduced and enough grinding pressure is applied as with a traditional stone grinder.
With "modern" milling, after every grinding passage, the stock (ground / sifted product) is sifted and graded so as to then stream the most suitable stock to the next grinding passage.
There are thousands of varieties of wheat, and each has adapted to its environment. Plant diseases are constantly evolving, and compromising the agronomic viability of existing varieties. Plant breeders are constantly finding and sourcing new parents from around the world, and assessing the quality and agronomic viability of both parents and their offspring as they seek to improve both grain yield for farmers and baked product quality for consumers.
Laucke Flour Mills work with all Australian plant breeders to provide guidance as to desired outcomes and assist with practically achieving improvement, and work with individual farmers to produce grain of targeted processing characteristics.
Grain Cleaning
Farmers clean the grain as they reap it. Millers clean the grain as they receive it, and again clean the grain before they mill it. Mill cleaning is an intensive and multi step process, intended to remove any foreign or unsuitable seeds, unmillable material and physical contaminants.
Grain Conditioning
Water and Time are utilised to progressively condition or temper the grain, where we seek to make the branny outer layers of the grain more flexible and readily separable from the endosperm, and seek to modify the crystalline matrix that binds the endosperm such that the complex carbohydrate provides the intended rate of water absorption and rate of fermentation when utilised as flour within a dough.
Effective grain conditioning is essential to create high quality flour, and Laucke Flour Mills utilise a highly controlled and sophisticated two stage process of grain tempering.
Grain Sourcing
Grain, like grapes, is a seasonally grown crop that is harvested annually, and which varies in quality according to the genetically conferred attributes of the grain, the intrinsic nature of the soil and region, and seasonal effects on the growing environment. Thus, while the potential processing quality of every grain Variety is considerably different, the environmental effects can be even greater and will ensure quite remarkable differences even if the grain is of the same variety. For example, a wheat variety that is useful for making shortbread biscuits will be totally unsuitable for making flaky pastry. And, too much rain during the growing season can make a bread-making variety unsuitable for intended purpose, while too little rain will similarly affect a biscuit-making variety. Grain, when reaped, is therefore typically separated within Segregations by variety and region and environmental effects for the purpose of selection by Millers for making different types of flours.
Laucke Flour Mills work closely with farmers and grain handlers to ensure that the most appropriate quality grains are reliably available, and Laucke's greatest physical asset is its large number of on-site grain storage segregations.
Grain Processes
Over thousands of years, people have milled grain using a variety of means and power sources, using their own strength, animals, wind and water to power a variety of grinders.
The hand operated saddle stones used by the Egyptians were supplanted by Roman querns, which were still used in Europe in the 1800s. Hand stones and Querns were progressively replaced over two thousand years as other forms of motive power supplanted human muscle.
Water-powered mills date back to early in the Christian era, while windmills first appeared in Europe around 1300 and were widely used until the invention of the steam engine in 1751 provided a more efficient power source.
As improvements in technology enabled more efficient power sources, so too did such improvements allow the development of more efficient grinding and sifting.
To produce the highest quality flour, the aim of the miller is to identify and source the most suitable grain and properly prepare it for milling, and then to separate as much good quality flour as possible from the grain without excessively damaging the constituents of the grain, being the endosperm and germ in the heart of the grain, and the branny outer layers of the grain.
The endosperm is a crystalline matrix of complex carbohydrate and protein, which, when progressively reduced in particle size, is reduced from chunks of semolina into fine particles of flour.
The wheat grain has a natural crease where branny layers are trapped within the endosperm, and this prevents a perfect separation of bran and germ from the endosperm.
Milling to produce white flour removes most of the bran layers and the germ, which together amount to about 15% of the wheat grain. This means that, depending on the milling technique, not all the bran can be separated, and up to 50% of the germ is retained in the white flour.
Flour Mills are very complex beasties. They are very sensitive to changes in heat and humidity, and take some time to settle down and adjust after startup and after any change. It is best to run them continuously, 24 hours per day.
Laucke Flour Mills' reputation for quality stems in part from its attention to detail with Mill process flow, systems, setup and adjustment, and the choices made regarding questionable quality flour streams.
Endosperm chunks with adhering or an admixture of bran flakes and germ can be differentiated by density. Carefully regulated air currents, in combination with oscillation, stratify the stock so that sifting can progressively remove the purest semolinas from the contaminating bran flakes.
Effective purification is essential to create high quality semolina and white flour, and while purification as a process is not routinely used by all flour millers, Laucke Flour Mills utilise a highly controlled and sophisticated multistage process of sizing and grading to ensure highly efficient purification of its specialist white flours and semolinas.
With the Genetics by Environment complexity, every single grain offers different end product potential. Laucke evaluate the existing and potential quality of every parcel of grain and indeed every ingredient before sourcing it; before receiving it; and before, during and after processing it at every stage of processing. We also produce from every batch in our test bakeries the intended range of end products so as to assure ourselves that our product has the capability of meeting or exceeding consumer expectations.
Reduction Grinding
After sifting and purification, each group of various sized chunks of endosperm are sent to different roller mills to be reduced in particle size. Grinding gap and pressure are carefully regulated so as to protect the integrity of the grain quality, but also to create the required fermentation characteristics of the intended dough.
By progressive grinding over a series of reduction rolls and sifting to sort the ground product after each grind, semolina is progressively reduced in particle size until it becomes fine flour.
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An Interview With The Australian Musician, DEAN MANNING!
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Dean Manning is an Australian indie pop musician, painter and filmmaker. He's currently based in Athens, Greece. Manning is well-known for his music as a member of Holidays On Ice (with Frente's Angie Hart) and Leonardo's Bride, winning awards and reaching number four on the Australian singles chart with the latter group.
Last month, Dean released his second solo album, Sunday Mountain. He's joined on the record by multi-instrumentalist Justin Stanley (Prince, Beck) and drummer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Kurt Vile). It received quite a bit of buzz on Hype Machine blogs and in the Australian music media. American Pancake praised him saying, "An exquisite sense of not overselling and knowing that less can be more." The album is now available on vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming services via the label Cloudy But Fine.
Below is a link to the album on Spotify, as well as an official music video for the single "Messy Time":
Learn more about Dean Manning in the following All Access interview:
Thank you for your time! So what does a typical day look like for you lately?
I'm usually up around 6.30 am. Black coffee and a few hours work on whatever needs doing which lately has been music related. At about 9 am I head to the local pool. I do laps 3 – 4 times a week. Back home for breakfast, coffee & more work. This month I have been scoring all the songs in the live set for cello. Lunchtime, read a little, siesta. Afternoons are given over to playing music or maybe a few hours work in the new apartment. Evenings can be anything, a movie, theatre, an exhibition, doing nothing. That sounds kind of mundane.
Now that we are in the latter half of the year, how has 2019 treated you?
I think I'll look back and think phew.
What are some goals that you have had for yourself this year? What are you already looking forward to in 2020?
My new solo album Sunday Mountain was released along with 3 singles and videos. I found a bigger place to live because I am going nuts in this bedsit. It's taking ages to fix up but I should in around Christmas. I've also tried to eliminate plastics from the household – packaging, bottled water etc. I'm looking forward to playing live in 2020 and traveling a little.
Growing up, how important was music in your life?
My parents took me to guitar lessons when I was about 10. There was a piano in the house and I taught myself that so music was all around. I started writing songs in my early teens. At school a few friends and I spent most of our lunchtimes in one of the small music rooms going through David Bowie and Led Zepplin songbooks trying to figure things out. I met Justin Stanley around this time and he invited to join a band he had. We played parties, school dances and occasional venues.
Can you recall the moment when you decided that you wanted to be a musician?
I remember playing at one particular party and having an outrageously good time and thinking mmm I could do this forever.
Was there ever a time when you thought about doing something else?
There was a darkroom at high school and I loved photography. I went to art school and majored in film & video. I could have been a cinematographer I guess. After I graduated I went to Los Angeles and found work on a feature but then I ended up in New York playing in a piano bar. Music has lassoed me back more than once. I enjoy painting too and 10 years ago I had my first solo show. I've had a few since then.
If you weren't a musician today, what else could you see yourself doing?
Ok, so if wasn't any of these things first I could be a carpenter. Wood is a beautiful thing.
What has been the biggest surprise so far about making music in your career?
Maybe that I get the same buzz making music now as I did when I was a kid.
What has been the best part about it all?
The friendships. Looking back, I've met nearly all my lifelong pals through music, either other musicians, video makers, managers, publishers.
Let's talk about your new solo album, "Sunday Mountain." What was it like putting this collection together?
Sunday Mountain came together pretty quickly. I didn't set out to make a record, it just fell into place. I worked with few old friends, Justin Stanley, Stella Mozgawa and Ben Moore so it was a great excuse to hang out.
How did you celebrate the release of it?
I was in Athens on release day. It was summer and hot. I know I should have been out on tour promoting the record but I wasn't. I went out with a few friends for drinks. Everyone seemed to be celebrating something that evening.
How do you think your track, "Messy Time" prepares listeners for more music from you?
"Messy Time" is a kind of indicative of the music I make – the self deprecating lyrics, minimal production. That said, I do traverse dream pop, electro, alt country.
What was the inspiration for this song in particular?
"Messy Time" is a 3-step program to accepting you fucked up.
How creatively involved with the making of the music video for this song were you?
I enjoy making music videos. I worked with a Greek artist Anastasia Carrots who drew the line portrait of me. We filmed as she drew it. I later re-shot that footage, coloring it, messing around with it.
What has been a favorite show of yours so far?
My old group Leonardo's Bride was winding up after 10 years. One of our last shows was an outdoor concert in the Sydney Domain to 80,000 people. Lots of the crowd were singing along. That was special.
What do you think makes an ideal show for you?
In the early days of Leonardo's Bride we had a long residency at the Strawberry Hills Hotel in Sydney. At every show we'd put the names of each song in a hat and passed the hat around in the audience. The crowd randomly called the songs. I loved those shows for their spontaneity and mayhem. I know the audience did as well.
Where can people see you perform next? Do you have any upcoming tour dates scheduled yet?
I'll be playing shows in Australia this December. In Sydney I'll be at the Bearded Tit in Redfern on December 22. It's an afternoon show, 4pm. More AU dates to follow. Early next year I'll be playing in Europe and hopefully the US mid year.
How do you think you have grown as a musician since you first started making music?
I think I approach music much the same way as I did when I began. It's always been about a group of people coming together to make something glorious.
What if anything has stayed the same about your music-making process?
Writing lyrics. I've always stitched them together slowly.
How do you feel about social media? What do you think social media has done for your career?
To be honest, I'm not a great exponent of social media so I guess I haven't enjoyed the benefits I know it's afforded many other musicians.
I started releasing music before the internet. It was a very different time of interacting with your audience. I'd go to the post office box every week to collect the fan mail. There'd be all these colored envelopes in different sizes with handwriting and interesting stamps. I have to say, I really enjoyed receiving mail. I answered every letter the group received. I know I sound like a dinosaur but I preferred that pace.
I appreciate social media is convenient and musicians can bypass the old school gatekeepers to succeed and connect to their audience but I sometimes wonder if the nature of it places more emphasis on the cult of personality rather than the work. There's a tendency now to want artists to reveal everything about themselves which can often overshadow the music.
What has been the best thing a fan has told you?
I think he was a fan. I was outside a pub sneaking a durrie when I struck up a conversation with a fellow musician who told me all about how he'd written one of my songs.
Where would you love to hear a song of yours played?
From a passing satellite.
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Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston and working for a electronics giant, a competitor to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked at the office, but he lacks the "killer instinct" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. To the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks as if his career has hit a ceiling. Jason's been sidelined.But all that will change one evening when Jason meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in Corporate Security. Soon, good things start to happen for Jason - and bad things start to happen to Jason's rivals. His career suddenly takes off. He's an overnight successOnly too late does Jason discover that his friend Kurt has been secretly paving his path to the top by the most "efficient" - and ruthless - means available. After all, Kurt says, "Business is war, right?"But when Jason tries to put a stop to it, he finds that his new best friend has become the most dangerous enemy imaginable. And now it's far more than just his career that lies in the balance.A riveting tale of ambition, intrigue, and the price of success, Killer Instinct is Joseph Finder at his best.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006.
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Maurice Herbert Evans (3 June 1901 – 12 March 1989) was a British actor, noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. His best-known screen roles are Dr. Zaius in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes and as Samantha Stephens's father, Maurice, on Bewitched.
Evans was born at 28 Icen Way (where there is now a memorial plaque, unveiled in 2013 by Tegen Evans, his great-great niece) in Dorchester, Dorset. He was the son of Laura (Turner) and Alfred Herbert Evans, a Welsh dispensing chemist and keen amateur actor who made adaptations of novels by Thomas Hardy for the local amateur company. Hardy lived in Dorchester and thought highly of Evans's adaptations and productions. Young Maurice made his first stage appearance as a small boy in Far from the Madding Crowd.
He first appeared on the stage in 1926 at the Cambridge Festival Theatre and joined the Old Vic Company in 1934, playing Hamlet, Richard II and Iago. He was selected by Terence Gray to appear in the opening production in November 1926 at the Festival Theatre, taking the part of Orestes in two parts of the sensational production of the Oresteia of Aeschylus. This was followed by Lord Belvoir in The Man Who Ate the Popomack by W.J. Turner, and Saint Anthony in Maeterlinck's The Miracle of Saint Anthony.
In 1927, Evans played a poet in The Pleasure Garden by Beatrice Mayor followed by Young Man in On Baile's Strand by W. B. Yeats, Midir in The Immortal Hour by Fiona Macleod, the Hon. Algernon Moodie in The Rumour by C.K. Munro, Mark Ingestire in Sweeney Todd by Dibdin Pitt, the poet in The Lost Silk Hat by Lord Dunsany, the Captain in Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw, Mister Four and Young Man in The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice, Don Juan in the play of the same title by James Elroy Flecker, two parts in Terence Gray's own play The Red Nights of the Tcheka, the Stage Manager in The Player Queen (also by Yeats), the Second Engineer in The Insect Play by the Čapek brothers, Prince Kamose in another Gray play called And in the Tomb and finally in June 1927 Don Pelegari in Pirandello's Each In His Own Way. Both Yeats and Shaw attended performances of their own plays.
In 1927, he was one of a group of out-of-work actors including Laurence Olivier, chosen to perform in a "tryout" of R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End directed by James Whale at the Apollo Theatre in London, and later in 1929 at the Savoy Theatre which had been leased by the Chicago theatre manager Maurice Browne. It was a huge success, running for two years and making Maurice's name. He played the young officer Raleigh, who dies at the end of the play. In 1934, he went to the Old Vic Theatre where his interpretation of Shakespeare's "Richard II" was highly praised. It was as a result of this that he was invited to join Katharine Cornell in the United States. His first appearance on Broadway was in Romeo and Juliet opposite Katharine Cornell in 1936, but he made his biggest impact in Shakespeare's Richard II, a production whose unexpected success was the surprise of the 1937, theatre season and allowed Evans to play Hamlet (1938) (the first time that the play was performed uncut on the New York stage), Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1 (1939), Macbeth (1941) and Malvolio in Twelfth Night (1942) opposite the Viola of Helen Hayes, under the direction of Margaret Webster. He also starred opposite Cornell in the 1935 production of George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan.
Evans reprised his Broadway role in Dial M for Murder for a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame television presentation. Also pictured are John Williams and Rosemary Harris.
When the U.S. entered the Second World War, he enlisted in the United States Army and he later was in charge of an Army Entertainment Section in the Central Pacific and played his famous "G.I. version" of Hamlet that cut the text of the play to make the title character more appealing to the troops, an interpretation so popular that he later took it to Broadway in 1945. Evans rose to the rank of Major by the end of the war. He shifted his attention to the works of Shaw, notably as John Tanner in Man and Superman and as King Magnus in The Apple Cart. In 1952, he starred as the murderous husband in the original stage production of Dial M for Murder. He also successfully produced Broadway productions in which he did not appear, notably The Teahouse of the August Moon.
In 1956, Evans recorded an LP of stories from Winnie-the-Pooh. American television audiences of the 1960s will remember Evans as Samantha's father, Maurice, on the sitcom Bewitched. His real-life insistence that his first name was pronounced the same as the name "Morris" was ironically at odds with his Bewitched character's contrasting stance that it be pronounced "Maw-REESE". Evans also appeared in the fourth season of Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker playing a French impresario "Beaumarchais." He also played "The Puzzler" on Batman in a double episode storyline (which was common for that series) in December 1966. Continuing his American TV appearances, he guest starred in The Big Valley from the latter part of the fourth and final season of that western series in April 1969, an episode entitled "Danger Road".
Evans had great impact onscreen as well. He played a diabolical villain in Kind Lady (1951; co-starring Ethel Barrymore, Keenan Wynn, and Angela Lansbury); Emperor Antoninus in Androcles and the Lion (1952); and Sir Arthur Sullivan in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953). Evans appeared memorably in two 1968 films: as the evolved orangutan, Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes (and the 1970 sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes) and as the doomed "Hutch", who attempts to warn his friend, the title character, Rosemary Woodhouse, in the thriller Rosemary's Baby, of the true Satanic nature of her neighbours, Roman and Minnie Castavet (played by Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon).
In bringing so much Shakespeare to American television in such a short span of time (between 1953 and 1960), Evans was a true pioneer. This had never been tried before – at least, not in the U.S. He firmly believed that it was an actor's job to "lead public taste, not to play to public taste".
Evans brought his Shakespeare productions to Broadway many times, playing Hamlet on the Great White Way in four separate productions for a record grand total of 283 performances. He and Dame Judith Anderson starred on Broadway several times in Macbeth. Their performances were widely regarded as the definitive portrayals of these characters, although one notable dissenter was Orson Welles, who in Peter Bogdanovich's book This Is Orson Welles, stated that Evans, as an actor, was "worse than bad – he was poor".
Evans appeared on Broadway as Hamlet four times, but the productions of the play that he appeared in were consecutive revivals of it – no other actor played Hamlet on Broadway between 1938, when Evans first played him there, and 1946, which marked Evans's last Broadway Hamlet. He is very likely the only actor to have accomplished this, so far.
Although he had taken U.S. citizenship in 1941, by the end of the 1960s, Evans returned to Britain. Aside from an infrequent trip to the United States and occasional visits to retired actors in financial need (as a representative of the Actors' Fund, of which he was a longtime trustee), he lived quietly near Brighton. He never married, and was survived by a brother, Hugh, of London.
Evans died, aged 87, in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, reportedly of heart failure as a result of a bronchial infection.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a 1970 American science fiction film directed by Ted Post and written by Paul Dehn. It is the second of five films in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs. The film stars James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, and Linda Harrison, and features Charlton Heston in a supporting role.
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Robert Pastene was an American actor who appeared films, television and on stage. He acted in a variety of television dramas during what is known as the "Golden Age" of television throughout the 1950s and 60s. On Broadway he performed in plays by Shakespeare, Strindberg, Brecht, Aeschylus, Shaw and Lillian Hellman. In the 1960s and 70s he had a significant career at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, which began in 1963 with the theater's inaugural season.


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