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WPC16: Guide To Dashboard Login, Playing Method & Everything
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Sabong is a century-old tradition that is always important today. What started as an innocent action immediately became infused in society and a source of anxiety. The cockfighting game of Sabong has been a part of Filipino culture for over 3,000 years. Cockfighting championships are scheduled on a variety of websites. The subject of this article is one of them, which is known as WPC16.
Intro to WPC16:
WPC16 Dashboard Live Login Method:
How do you register an account for WPC16 Dashboard?
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Is WPC16 Sabong Online Legal?
How to Play the WPC16 game?
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WPC16 Game is an online platform that allows members from one side of the planet to the other to participate in this game. In this sport, competitors go up against each other. The audience then casts bets on their number one cock. The all-around champion gets the whole award pool. The people who bet on the cock win the most cash. It's a lot of enjoyment and can help you to earn money.
The World Pitmasters Cup (WPC) is an unfriendly competition wherein members take their cocks to battle against them. As a fantastic event, the WPC 16 game will be over in a split second, and the match-approved website might be situated at wpc16.com. They announced that the wpc16 website would be going in time for the important occasion.
This WPC16 control panel is an online tool that will assist you with staying on top of all that you want to be aware of in the upcoming WPC 16 fight. The competitor's registration policy, registration information, earlier results, news from WPC16, a live calendar for WPC 16, a video collection of the WPC 16, and a helpline for wpc16 are available on the control panel.
They don't anticipate that the WPC should be delayed before the control panel's wpc16 website is completely developed to stay up with the latest on each feature of this affair since the WPC is considered to launch in a short time.
Today, the wpc16 website gives a variety of online entertainment sources for anyone who wishes to keep up to date on the most recent news from the highly famous competition. They have a wpc16 official Facebook page and an Instagram report.
Go to Google and type in the search bar wpc16. Click on the website wpc16.com from the search results.
The main screen prompts you for your username and password, which you enter accurately in the spaces before clicking sign in.
The dashboard will be open if you enter the correct information.
Participate in the game now that you have signed into wpc16.
Follow these steps to make a wpc16 dashboard account:
Go to www.wpc16.com/register?refid=2261245 to enroll.
There will be a registration form available on the website.
It will prompt you to enter your username, first name, last name, password, and confirm password, as well as Facebook, profession, phone number, and the source of income.
Fill in each of the fields with the correct information.
After that, click the privacy policy checkboxes, and I am above 21 years old.
Register by tapping the register button.
All that has been completed.
WPC16 is an exciting competition.
You can make money with WPC16.
It's an enjoyable game to play when you are bored.
Currently, the traditional live Sabong on approved cockpits is legal, subject to specific guidelines. The local government departments administer the traditional Sabong in command (LGU). "Cockfighting will be allowed exclusively in approved cockpits during Sundays, legal holidays, and local celebrations for not over three days," as per the 1974 Cockfighting Law.
It should be featured that this policy does not make a difference in sabotage committed via online platforms. Subsequently, there was a gray area in recent Philippine law regarding online Sabong at a certain point.
WPC16 is played with a traditional 52-card deck of cards.
WPC16 is a fight between at least two or more players and up to eight players.
Every player has managed two cards face down, followed by a betting round.
Whoever has the highest card showing begins the betting for that round.
The betting goes on clockwise until every player has put down their bets.
At the point when all players are set, the dealer gives three shared cards face-up in the center point of the table. These cards decide the ranking of the cards and their position in hand.
According to the ranking, the player with the highest-ranking card takes the lead, followed by others.
The new leader will draw another card. When all players have proceeded, the leading player shows their hand to all other players, including themselves, and plays them out clockwise.
After the leading player plays their cards, players may play their hands or fold. The player with the highest position hand takes the following round.
Each next round is played similarly, with every player trying to make the strongest poker hand they can from the five cards they have available.
All players should remain in the game until one of them has no more chips or folds freely. At the point when just a single player is left, they are paid out a percentage of all extra chips depending upon where they ended.
In the meantime, wpc16.com gives various social media platforms for those willing to be aware of the most recent events in the world's famous game. WPC16's Facebook and Instagram pages are considered. Contact the website's administrator if you face issues signing onto the WPC16 dashboard.
The account has not previously been activated, and you should wait until the official approves it before using it. This will give you access to the game's settings as well as the command to play it. After that, you will have the option to place a bet on the wpc16 game!
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Building Tariel
Posted in Feature on June 6, 2011
By Mark Purvis
The Commander format is amazing. It's done some things that few other formats have ever done—not only did it spring from the fan community, but it creates fan communities as well, all over the world.
Over Memorial Day weekend, I whisked my family away from Seattle to an entirely different country on vacation, and while we were shopping in a local market, a hip little collectibles shop called "Big Pete's" caught my eye. We popped in to take a peek, and lo and behold, there was a game of Commander being played in the center of the store. I got a chance to talk to some of the players, and it sounded like there was a great community of Magic players there who get together once a month to hang out with friends and play Commander.
Now, granted, the entirely different country was Canada, and beautiful Vancouver is only about four hours from the Wizards of the Coast offices, but we know that Commander communities are thriving around the world. Wizards of the Coast put a lot of work into making the Magic: The Gathering Commander decks to help support those communities, but I wonder if Magic players in these communities knew just how many people are involved in making the cards for this new set.
You may be wondering who the cuss I am and what any of this has to do with designing Magic cards. Normally, I'm the Magic Brand Manager, and my job is primarily focused on the business side of product development. But I was also tapped to design Magic cards for the Commander format.
Magic: The Gathering Commander was my first design team, although I had been on two previous development teams (Scars of Mirrodin and the Planechase "Zombie Empire" deck). As regular readers of Daily MTG know, R&D usually brings in someone from outside the R&D pit to put a fresh perspective on putting together a set. Magic: The Gathering Commander was a special project, and there were two outsiders on the team. I was one of them; the other was Commander expert and Organized Play Manager Scott Larabee.
Now, I actually am one of those aforementioned regular readers of Daily MTG. I always love the articles where designers and developers talk about the process of creating cards, but after I got to Wizards of the Coast and started working on product development, I realized that designing and developing a card is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to actually creating it. Design and development articles usually cover the creation of a card from the idea in a designer's head, talk a little bit about development changes, and then skip straight to the fully formed and final card.
Like, say, this one, from the "Heavenly Inferno" deck:
We may be Wizards, and we are definitely working with Magic, but that's not exactly the whole process. I'm going to give you a peak behind the curtain of that process today, and let you have a more complete picture of what goes in to making that piece of paper that you can use to lead your army into battle.
I'll start the story of Tariel where these articles usually begin: in design. This design was a long process, and for the first few weeks I floundered, searching for my deck's theme. I knew what my three "wedge" colors were and that Oros, the Avenger was my legendary Dragon, but there are a lot of directions you can take with white-black-red, and Oros's ability isn't an easy one to effectively build around for multiplayer games. I learned a lot in the early stages of design, even though most of my work was ultimately thrown out. (This is not unusual in Magic design.) Eventually I settled in on a theme that I loved, centered on big flying monsters: Angels, Demons, and Dragons.
Our lead designer Ken Nagle helped me hone the theme with an idea for the ability on the primary commander who would make the theme of the deck work well, and my primary commander, Kaalia of the Vast, was created. With Kaalia and Oros in place, that left one slot for the alternate wedge Commander. (What does Kaalia do? Check out mtgcommander.net on Thursday to find out!)
For the secondary wedge commander, I was inspired by the idea of an archangel with power over life and death, an area of strong overlap between white and black. For the expression of red mana in her ability, I looked for ways to incorporate randomness. The chaos of this particular randomness can be tamed somewhat by aiming it at someone with few creatures in their graveyard (or just one), but there will be times where her ability will create a "game within the game," an exciting moment where picking the "right" card in a graveyard can make or break your game. Magic cards that set up exciting moments like this have always been my favorites.
In their most primitive form, Magic cards can begin life as Tariel did—as scribbles on a Magic "blank." Blanks are cards used by R&D that have Magic backs, but plain white fronts. Usually tons of ideas are brought to the design team by the group, and the gems are plucked out and put in a digital card file. But because Tariel was conceived relatively late in design (when we were already playtesting our decks against each other), one day I put pen to blank, created "Archon of Life and Death," and sleeved her up for battle with my fellow designers.
She turned out to be a powerful commander and created many fun play situations when she hit the table in our design playtests. Ken put her into the design file, and she made it all the way through to the handoff to development.
Our handoff to the development team was a momentous occasion. It is a little like sending your kids off to their first day of school—you know that at the end of the process they're going to change, but you also know that ultimately that change is going to be for the better.
During development, Tariel had her numbers tweaked and balanced. Mana cost and power/toughness are not something that design teams focus a lot of time on—that's the job of development. Lead Designer Ken Nagle did advise us, however, to steer us away from making giant beaters with the same stats as our Dragon legends, and next to Oros my original design stats for Tariel are pretty ridiculous. She also had her ability switched to targeting opponents, not just any player. Below is an image of the development playtest card, which has quite a bit more info than my blank.
At this point, a card is still just a scaffolding—bones and muscle that need skin, wings, and feathers. That job goes to R&D's creative team, led by Brady Dommermuth.
As new cards become stable in development, Brady's team gets to work giving them an identity. Brady put placeholder names down for each card—you can even see in the development playtest card above that "Archangel of Life and Death" is crossed out, and "Shariel, Reckoner of Souls" is written in pen below it. I had already shortened it from "Archon of Life and Death," and it's not unusual for a card's placeholder name to change several times during the design and development process.
Brady came up with the card concepts, which get turned into art descriptions for what the card should look like. These art descriptions are then handed over to Magic Art Director Jeremy Jarvis so that he can commission artists to begin work on them. Tariel (then Shariel, The Angel of Reckoning) had this art description given to her:
Color: White/black/red legendary creature
Location: Against a dark storm of smoke
Action: Show a beautiful but fearsome angel of war. Her eyes are covered with a blindfold, her mouth is stern, and her feathered wings are spread impressively. Her armor is black and red battle armor, and she holds a huge war-axe.
Focus: Shariel, the Angel of Reckoning
Mood: A sense of foreboding and doom
Magic Art director Jeremy Jarvis chose artist Wayne Reynolds to create Tariel's look. Wayne Reynolds is one of the most renowned artist in fantasy gaming and has been making memorable Magic cards for many years (among my favorites are Ajani Vengeant, Ashling the Pilgrim, and Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni).
The process of painting a piece of card art is a long one, and in that time Wayne did an amazing job of giving Tariel personality and identity. He also did something that we rarely see: he painted her image out beyond the card frame. Here's a snapshot of the original painting.
You can see much more of her wings and hair than you'll see on the card itself. Wayne also plugged in quite a bit of detail that you can see more easily in the original art. For example, there is a skull inlaid into her battle axe—something you might otherwise miss at three inches by two.
While the art was being completed, other members of the creative team worked on finalizing a name and coming up with her flavor text. Savor the Flavor author Doug Beyer and fellow creative writer Adam Lee worked on the creative writing for new cards in the Magic: The Gathering Commander set, and Doug was ultimately responsible for the change from Shariel to Tariel.
"We wanted a name with a classic angel feel but with a little sting to it," Doug says. "'Shariel' was too soft, 'Sariel' was problematic in that it was an actual angel's name in the Judaic tradition, and 'Tariel' had the right balance of hardness and angel-ness."
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls | Illustration by Wayne Reynolds
He also mentioned that Tariel is quoted in the flavor text of another Magic: The Gathering Commander card: "Body and spirit are sworn enemies. They will take any excuse to be rid of each other." Have fun finding that card in the set when it comes out!
From here, a card is still far from halfway home. While the creative team starts giving Tariel a form, development is wrapping things up and a team of editors in R&D are finalizing the card text. It is our editing team's job to make sure that a card does what it is supposed to, and that it's clear to players exactly how it works.
Once they're done locking down what's written on the cards, a couple of different teams start working on them. One group starts working on localization (that's translation, including adapting to the specific cultural references, idioms, and values of different markets). These five decks are available in Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and English, so several folks around the world started working on translating Tariel at this point. They're all managed from our office by Dr. Mathew Roy. Matthew manages the team that localizes card text, but he is involved in nearly every aspect of Magic when it comes to localization. (For example, we were once considering "Manaclysm" as a potential name for what eventually became Conflux. Matthew pointed out to us that this means "Mana Enema" in Russian, and made sure we went with a different choice.)
While card text is being localized, the English card files are turned over to a Graphic Production Specialist who starts building the digital card files. It should surprise none of you that Magic card files are transferred to our printer digitally, although this was not always the case.
Once the printer has the files, they print a test sheet of the card file and send it to Wizards of the Coast for proofing and approval. A team of proofers gets to work quickly making sure that the card files are correct and the card colors look good. These folks are amazing—they look over every card to make sure that it looks exactly how we want it to.
Project Manager Jane Flohrschutz is one of the folks who inspects proofing sheets for errors.
Magic: The Gathering Commander was printed by a company called Carta Mundi. Carta Mundi is one of the premier print facilities in the world for games, and they are actually the same company that printed the very first Magic cards in 1993. Eighteen years later they're still making Magic cards, and I travelled to one of their facilities in the US to watch Tariel and the rest of the Magic: The Gathering Commander cards take physical form.
The Carta Mundi facility is an amazing, high-tech facility. Magic cards are printed onto sheets in a room the size of several football fields on a printing press that is longer than two city buses!
Only half of the printing press where Tariel was born fit in this photo. It's the giant blue thing on the bottom right.
The different languages of cards and the five different decks are carefully segregated throughout the entire process, and teams of Carta Mundi employees are constantly checking to make sure that there aren't mistakes, like Japanese decks going into English boxes, or "Heavenly Inferno" decks going into "Mirror Mastery" deck boxes.
Even at this stage, the deck components are segregated. This is just some of the English printing of the Heavenly Inferno deck.
For special projects like this, Wizards of the Coast often has our Manager of Product Engineering, David Stevens, present in person to inspect the first of the final printed decks. If there are any mistakes, it's best to catch them at this point, and not after they're all done! I've seen David catch errors that couldn't even be seen by most humans without the aid of a jeweler's loupe. The number of mistakes on Magic cards of all languages has gone way down since David began working at Wizards of the Coast. He's one of the unsung heroes of getting awesome products made, and we're lucky to have him.
David Stevens inspects the first Japanese Heavenly Inferno decks to roll off the line.
Shipping... and Playing
From here, you might think the story is finally over, but that's still not quite the case. After the decks are finished, they are sent to Wizards of the Coast shipping facilities around the world. Magic is a global brand, printed in ten different languages, and we believe it is very important for players around the world to be able to buy new cards on the same day. A lot of effort goes in to making sure that players in Moscow, Shanghai, and Vancouver will all get their Magic: The Gathering Commander decks on June 17.
Craig Jones is the Director of Warehouse Operations at Wizards of the Coast in the US.
This is the last point in the process, the point when Tariel leaves our care and goes out in to the world. Tariel's story with Wizards of the Coast ends here, but a new phase will begin for her in just a few more days. Starting June 17, the larger Commander community gets to take charge of her destiny. What decks will you build around her? What epic tales will her exploits create? I can't wait to see how you use this new commander, and what her role will be!
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Foreign aid groups work in Darfur "unsatisfactory": official
May 3, 2016 (EL-FASHER) - The deputy governor of North Darfur state Adam al-Nahla said the work of the foreign aid groups active in the state was unsatisfactory and has met only 12% of the targeted needs.
UNAMID's Police Advisers from Sortoni, North Darfur, interact with the newly displaced seeking refuge in the vicinity of the Mission's team site On 27 January 2016 (UNAMID Photo)
On Tuesday, al-Nahla discussed with the United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Darfur, Emmy Martin, the security, economic and humanitarian situation as well as the IDPs conditions in North Darfur.
He told reporters following the meeting that the two sides agreed to cooperate to carry out the work according to the agreed upon mandate, pointing the government continues to provide all possible facilities for the foreign aid groups.
"However the actual work [of the foreign aid groups] is weak and unsatisfactory", he said
The governor denied that the authorities has placed restrictions on the movements of any foreign aid group in North Darfur, noting it is the government responsibility to secure the highways and establish security in the conflict areas before allowing aid groups to deliver relief to the needy population.
Al-Nahla acknowledged that the northern part of his state suffers from water shortage due to the large numbers of cattle, saying that is why the herders seek to get water from the farming areas which cause clashes between them and the farmers.
He added that he discussed with Martin ways to provide water in order to end the clashes between the herders and the farmers.
For her part, Martin said she discussed with the governor several issues including the humanitarian situation and the conditions at the IDPs camps in Tawila and Sortoni.
Last December, the Sudanese government suspended Tearfund, an international aid group active in Darfur, accusing it of violating the law and interfering in the internal affairs of the country.
Immediately after the first arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omer al-Bashir in March 2009, Sudan expelled 13 aid groups from Darfur accusing it of collaborating with the war crime courts.
Since then, the activities of foreign aid group in Darfur are strictly controlled and more organizations were evicted through the years.
Sudan refuses to allow new aid groups to work in the region.
The government also banned the access of foreign groups to the rebel-held areas in South Kordofan and Blue Nile as well as the establishment of camps for the displaced civilians, stressing the experience of Darfur camps should not be repeated in the two states.
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Christmas is here in just a little over a week, are you ready???
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There are so many great tools and tricks out there, but often, we just don't know about! Did you know you can go onto the Albertsons webpage, fill out a few questions, and it comes up with a fun letter written just for your kids? I did this recently, and it was fun to have details about my kids included in the letter, as if Santa already knew.
It comes right to your email with an envelope to match. Just print, and slip it in the mail addressed to your child!
As an extra bonus, in the email with that letter will come a FREE Red Box rental.I love myself some Red Box.
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Video: How the Suez Canal made history
August 7, 2015 By Africa Horn Now
2015-08-06, France24
More than a century after the Suez Canal was inaugurated, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi unveils a giant canal expansion. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at a waterway that has changed the course of history.
The dream of cutting a canal that would connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean had long gripped cartographers, engineers and dreamers through the centuries. But it was a driven, obsessed former French diplomat who succeeded in turning "a mere dream" into reality.
Five years after Ferdinand de Lesseps persuaded the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, to permit the building of a shipping canal through the 100 miles of desert between Africa and Asia, construction began on the historic waterway.
The canal was built using forced labour, with hundreds of thousands of Egyptian peasants drafted into low-wage digging work with hand tools. Thousands died before the practice was banned and steam-powered excavators took their place.
In 1869, the canal was inaugurated to much fanfare and international acclaim. The newly opened shipping link officially belonged to Egypt, but it was de Lessep's Suez Canal Company that held the concession to operate it for 99 years. The company was initially a Franco-Egyptian corporation, but in 1875, imperial Britain bought out the Egyptian shares from Mohamed Said's successor, Ismail Pasha.
"Egypt paid a very high price for digging the Suez Canal. In return, what did the Egyptian people get? Occupation," explained Mohammed Ezzat Adel, a former chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, who was one of dozens of men entrusted by former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser to take over the canal in 1956.
The Suez Canal provided colonial Britain with a vital shorter shipping route just as oil began to dominate international economic interests. Shortly after World War I broke out, Britain declared Egypt a protectorate and dispatched British and Indian troops to protect the Suez Canal from a Turkish assault.
During World War II, fighting ebbed and flowed along the northern African coast until British and Commonwealth troops finally managed to push back the Axis powers.
Codeword 'de Lesseps'
More than a decade after the end of World War II, the canal sparked a crisis that would change the course of modern history. On July 26, 1956, during a speech delivered in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, Nasser announced the nationalisation of the canal amid deteriorating Anglo-Egyptian relations. During the speech, the Egyptian leader uttered the word "de Lesseps" several times. It was the codeword for the army and senior engineers such as Adel to start the seizure and nationalisation of the canal.
Recounting his experience that historic day, Adel described how his group started by taking control of the Suez Canal Company headquarters in Ismailia. "We moved to Ismailia on the same day of nationalisation – and took over the offices in Ismailia, Port Said and Cairo." Hailed as a victory for Arab nationalism, the move angered France and Britain and a plan was hatched to launch a military offensive to regain control of the Suez Canal – using an Israeli attack as a pretext.
As Israeli troops attacked the Sinai according to the secret plan, Britain and France issued a call on both sides to cease fire. When Egypt refused, British war planes began bombing targets, as Anglo-French troops landed ashore. But the US, under President Dwight Eisenhower, objected to the British-French-Israeli invasion, putting pressure on British Prime Minister Anthony Eden by refusing to allow emergency IMF loans to the UK unless the invasion was called off.
On November 2, a US resolution demanding a ceasefire was passed by the UN with Russia voting with the United States, bringing an end to the conflict. Just over a decade later, a battle for supremacy raged over the waterway once again with Israeli forces occupying the right bank of the channel. It was a conflict that halted maritime traffic for eight years due to an Egyptian blockade.
Since then, the Suez Canal has undergone significant expansion to allow for an ever-increasing flow of increasingly larger vessels.


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Consumers have yet to shop the full scope of Fall/Winter 18-19 footwear, yet shoe brands are already preparing to present their collections for 2020.
And many brands will reveal their designs at MICAM, the Milan-based trade fair for leather and fashion footwear, Feb. 10-13.
In preparation, the trade fair shared three key trends for the Fall/Winter 19-20 season, each with its own distinct design point-of-view and added value for the consumer. From romantic, vintage inspirations and experimental style, to the industry's increasing investment in comfort and sustainability, here's a look at MICAM's trend forecast for next fall.
The past meets the future in this comfort-focused, nostalgic trend story.
For women, new designs draw from vintage sources, including ditsy floral wallpaper print and retro geometrics.
Prints come alive with colors that are both "retro and contemporary" like avocado green, synthetic lemon, bright pink, dull apricot and blue-gray. Brown also makes a strong comeback, a color trend that echoes Fashion Snoops' 2020 forecast.
Key silhouettes for women include squared-off Mary Jane heels, pumps with slanted block heels and almond toe pull-on knee boots.
For men, Purpose Full translates into monk strap cap-toe shoes and lace-ups with dot perforations and pinking. Casual lace-ups with a chunky sneaker bottoms live here too.
Mid-century Bakelite designs and a color palette dense with vintage green, putty, mustard yellow and blue, adds an artisan look to footwear. The color palette is also complementary to eco components like recycled outsoles and uppers made from natural materials like wool.
In Freestyle, footwear challenges conventions and celebrates freedom of expression. The theme invites a melting pot of cultural references and design influences, plus embraces gender fluidity.
Vibrant, lively and unexpected color combinations are important, as well as clashing pattern mixing. Key colors include matte gold, flame orange, plaster, purple and more retro yellow. The colors are brought together through clashing prints like plaid, tie-dye, animal prints and text over imagery.
Silhouettes are genderless—think penny loafers, sneakers and lace-ups—with an emphasis on vulcanized outsoles and aggressive treads. The low hiker with mixed materials makes an appearance. The silhouette is shaping up to be the next Dad sneaker.
The rise of healing crystals and spiritual wellness gives way to a new trend based on mystical color, romantic flourishes and gothic designs.
Women's styles in Light Magic tell a story rooted in the dark side of nature, mythological creatures and fairytales. Crystal-embellished mules for dress and exaggerated granny boots capture the story's fantastical aesthetic, while '90s style chunky brogues add edginess.
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Many are worried that the United States may be headed for a big economic slowdown or recession.
But the economists at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. are optimistic that California and the rest of the country will see positive growth over the next two years.
The LAEDC, a nonprofit created in 1981 to attract and retain businesses to the area, predicts in its annual forecast released on Feb. 20 that the U.S. economy will expand 2.2 percent this year and 2.4 percent in 2020. While that is down from the country's 3 percent gain last year, it is still a healthy sign that the country is not headed for a recession.
There were, however, some caveats. "One source of concern continues to be the trade standoff between the United States and the People's Republic of China," the report said.
Currently, negotiations with an early March deadline are going on between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives to determine whether a 10 percent tariff the Trump administration put on $200 billion in Chinese goods imported into the United States could be upped to a 25 percent tariff. That tariff includes fabric, fur and handbags. "It is reasonable to presume the Chinese government will respond in kind and impose tariffs on American exports to China [if the 25 percent tariff goes into effect]," the report said.
On the economic front, things were looking a little rosier for Los Angeles County. Economists predicted the county would see 3 percent growth this year and a 2.7 percent increase in economic activity in 2020.
"This expansion [in Los Angeles County] will be on the back of robust employment increases in key service sectors such as healthcare and professional business services, which will drive an additional increase in roughly 60,000 jobs per year," the report noted.
One hurdle to the region's economic expansion is a lack of affordable housing in the area. "This crisis poses the greatest long-term threat to local economic mobility and bottom-up prosperity," LAEDC economists wrote.
Rents in the region have continued to rise. Currently, a one-bedroom apartment's rent can start at $1,800 a month but frequently hovers toward $2,500 to $3,500 a month in popular neighborhoods including downtown Los Angeles.
The California Association of Realtors estimated that in the third quarter of 2018 only 22 percent of households in the county could afford a home, meaning they made at least $134,160 a year to afford the median home price of $628,940. And more than 57 percent of renter households in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which includes Orange County, are considered rent burdened. That means they are spending one-third or more of their income on rent.
To help relieve this problem, Los Angeles this year is issuing more residential-housing permits than in the past, totaling a possible 23,000 new units this year and 24,000 units next year. But that may not be enough to keep rents down.
Another economic concern is the large number of homeless people who live in the region and the cost to care for them. Currently, the estimate is that 53,000 homeless people resided in Los Angeles County in 2018. That is down 4 percent from the previous year, but homelessness is near an all-time high. In 2013, fewer than 40,000 people were considered homeless.
The outlook for the state's economic well-being was even better than for the United States and Los Angeles County.
Economists predicted that the state's economy would rise by 3 percent both this year and in 2020 after growing 3.4 percent in 2018.
In turn, that means wages for California residents will rise 2.9 percent this year and 2.8 percent the following year, translating into the average Californian earning more than $52,000 a year.
The largest job gains for California will be seen in construction, logistics, utilities, business services, education, health and tourism.
Silicon Valley has been a major generator of high-tech jobs as Apple, Google and Facebook have grown their workforces. But competition could be in the wings as other regions of the country try to grab a part of that tech pie by offering lucrative incentives for companies to move, as seen in Amazon opening a new campus in Arlington, Va., where at least 25,000 jobs will be created.
LAEDC economists also warn that venture capital could be gravitating away from the seed-stage system and shifting toward later-stage investments, which would stifle new ventures trying to get off the ground.
Important to California and the rest of the United States is the Chinese economy, which seems to be slowing after two decades of galloping growth. China was the third-largest export market for California farmers, who in 2016 exported to that country $4 billion worth of goods including pistachios, almonds, wine, oranges and dairy products.
Economists expect China's gross domestic product to rise between 6 percent and 6.5 percent this year, which is on par with last year but down considerably from the 7.8 percent increase experienced in 2013.
Also important to California and the U.S. is the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada. It was renegotiated and signed last year under its new name—the United States Mexico Canada Agreement.
Not too many changes were made to the agreement in apparel. But the deal saw major changes for the automotive industry.
Under NAFTA, cars made in Mexico had to have at least 62.5 percent of their parts made in North America to be duty-free. That percentage has been upped to 75 percent by 2023.
Mexico is a big manufacturer of apparel exported to the United States, particularly high-end blue jeans made by Los Angeles companies including True Religion, Hudson, Joe's Jeans and 7 For All Mankind.
For the one-year period ending in November 2018, the United States imported $4.67 billion worth of clothing from Mexico, a slight decrease from the $4.7 billion brought in during the same time period in 2017.
The U.S. Senate has until mid-2019 to ratify the renegotiated free-trade accord or withdraw from it.


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Dermaplaning is a favorite in the entertainment industry, specifically among models and actresses. Why? It eliminates that annoying peach fuzz that cakes up in makeup and can be enhanced by harsh production lighting and high-definition cameras.
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Geneva's Hobart and William Smith Colleges, collectively The Colleges of the Seneca, form a much-respected institution today. Yet one of its constituents, Hobart College, has an ironic element in its past. The founding president of Cornell University was at least partly inspired to cofound Cornell, the Finger Lakes' sole Ivy League academy, because he had been so deeply disappointed by his student days at a precursor of Hobart College.
In 1849, the 17-year-old Andrew Dickson White enrolled in Geneva College (chartered 1825), a small Episcopalian institution chosen by his wealthy father. (Geneva College became Hobart Free College in 1852 and Hobart College, its present name, in 1860.) Young Andrew, a bookish lad with perhaps an unrealistically romantic view of higher education, found the experience dreadful.
Whether Geneva College was truly as bad as all that is a matter of conjecture. It may be worth noting that when Andrew prevailed upon his father to let him enroll at Yale instead, the youthful scholar found that experience disappointing also.
In any case, the demanding young scholar was finally satisfied by his graduate study at the University of Berlin in Germany. Given the opportunity to help found Cornell in 1865, he was motivated by a desire to replicate the academic experience he had known in Berlin—the polar opposite of what he had known in Geneva in 1849.
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MEDICINE PARK — Residents and visitors to Medicine Park will soon be able to enjoy a new playground, a new stage, a wedding venue, a kayak-launching dock and other improvements to Hitchin' Post Park, town officials said in a news release.
The creekside park, a gift from Candace and David McCoy to the Medicine Park Economic Development Authority, is undergoing more than a face-lift.
"We are so grateful to the McCoys for generously giving us the Hitchin' Post Park property and the Bath Lake property," said Jean Schucker, chairman of the MPEDA board of trustees. "During this last year, we spent a lot of time pondering how to make improvements in our properties that bring so many visitors to Medicine Park. We had significant income from Bath Lake swimming fees, and we looked around to see what we could do to improve the quality of life there and at our other property down the street."
The first improvement on the list was bathrooms at the swimming hole at Bath Lake, according to the news release.
"We took the plunge," Schucker said. "We wanted to say 'thank you' to all the swimmers who funded our account until we had enough saved to plan, design and build ADA-compliant, beautiful bathrooms."
The bathrooms are now awaiting final bids for construction.
The next step was to seek funding partners from surrounding foundations, sponsors and banks to expand the development of the other park down the street.
"Our grant request to The Cotton Electric Foundation for playground equipment was our first success," Schucker said. The giant check will be presented at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hitchin' Post Park, and everyone is invited.
Site engineering and final designs are underway, and funding partners are stepping up to make a safe, fun space for children and grown-ups to play, fish, picnic, listen to great music and participate in arts and theater events, Schucker said.
"Just like at Bath Lake, we will have ADA-compliant bathrooms, and a really neat ADA-compliant kayak launching dock," she said. "Vendor spots with electricity and water are also on the drawing board."
MPEDA Trustee Shawn Bryans said he is excited about the upcoming improvements, and a retired educator and business owner.
"This cool little town loves to celebrate music and the arts," said Bryans, a retired educator and business owner. "MPEDA owns some awesome real estate that is scattered along Medicine Creek. We want the community and guests to have clean restrooms, a stage to showcase the talent and nice amenities that will complement the beauty of Medicine Park."
Schucker and her grant-writing team are working to reach out to other funding partners.
"We recently received a construction line of credit from Liberty National Bank," she said. "We are submitting a grant to the McMahon Foundation, and we are seeking future funding partners in the area."
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Happy Labor Day, workers!
Take a moment during your end-of-summer holiday to remember the people who built America and to recognize the strengths of our ever-evolving workforce today.
An appreciation of the American laborer
Ah, Labor Day. Time for backyard barbecues and the last days at the pool. Americans have celebrated summer's unofficial end since 1882, when the holiday began as a single street parade in New York City.
Before hitting the beach on your day off this year, take a look back at the decades of work by the ever-evolving American workforce. Through world wars and political tumult, economic downturns and periods of prosperity, the sweat and ingenuity of American workers has never ceased. Even in times of high unemployment, as we're in now, productivity increases and innovation expands among those fortunate enough to have jobs.
As a tribute, Fortune teamed up with Life.com to create this photo gallery depicting the transformation of the American worker during the past century.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of Korean People's Army officials in this undated photo released Thursday. | REUTERS
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Despite sanctions, North Korean prices hold steady as Kim leaves markets alone
by James Pearson and Ju-min Park
Online: Aug 08, 2016
SEOUL – Food and fuel prices in North Korea have remained largely stable under leader Kim Jong Un, despite tightening international sanctions to punish the North for its nuclear and ballistic missile tests, rare data from inside the isolated country shows.
The relative stability of both prices and the currency — in contrast to the volatility seen under his father Kim Jong Il — is partly attributable to the younger Kim's hands-off approach to an increasingly market-based economy and also, experts say, suggests some policy learning in Pyongyang.
Once reliant on a Soviet-style centrally planned economy, North Korea is now home to a thriving system of semi-legal but policed markets known as "jangmadang," where individuals and wholesalers can buy and sell privately produced or imported goods.
"Since Kim Jong Un came to power, there has been no control or crackdown on the jangmadang," said Kang Mi-jin, a North Korean defector who works at the Seoul-based Daily NK website and regularly speaks to market sources in the North.
"Kim Jong Un is doing a lot of bad things, but keeping the markets open has had a positive effect on the people. He has no other option. He can't feed the people, and he can't completely shut the markets down."
The data, compiled by Reuters based on information from the Daily NK, an organization staffed by defectors, showed the price of rice, corn, pork, petrol and diesel remained relatively stable over the past year, demonstrating resilience to domestic and outside events.
While that might alleviate some concerns of critics who argue sanctions aimed at starving Pyongyang of funds for its atomic weapons program might hurt ordinary people, it may also help strengthen Kim's grip on power.
Information about what is really going on inside North Korea is difficult to verify, but analysts say reports of past discontent or unrest have usually been tied to economic disputes such as earlier disastrous crackdowns on private markets.
North Korea came under the latest round of United Nations Security Council sanctions in March, following its fourth nuclear test and the launch of a long-range rocket. Further short and medium-range missile launches have raised tensions.
The Daily NK obtains prices from its contacts in the capital Pyongyang and the northern cities of Sinuiju and Hyesan, which both border China.
A calculated average of these prices shows the market cost of goods has not markedly increased as more North Koreans are allowed to buy and sell in the unofficial economy. The number of stalls in jangmadang has grown by hundreds, defectors said.
North Korea's centrally planned rationing system never recovered from a devastating famine in the 1990s. From April to June this year the state handed out just 360 grams of rations per person per day, the lowest amount for five years, according to a recent World Food Programme report.
The market, however, has been able to make up the shortfall.
Rice, an important staple in North Korea, cost on average 5,240 won per kg over the past year, or around 63 cents at unofficial market rates, according to the data.
Corn, a cheaper and often more-readily available staple sold for an average of 2,022 won, or just 24 cents per kg.
Pork prices were most volatile, dropping off sharply in the hot summer months.
"They can't freeze pork. North Korea lacks refrigeration facilities. Pork meat turns bad quickly so merchants can't raise prices," Kang, the defector, said.
The only notable spike over the past year was a sudden rise in the price of petrol and diesel in early March, just before the latest U.N. sanctions were imposed.
A fear of shortages under sanctions pushed the average market price of petrol up by 45.1 percent in the space of a few days, according to the data. Diesel increased 17.4 percent in the same period. Prices returned to normal after fears about sanctions calmed.
The Korean People's Won, the official currency, is valued by the state at around 100 won to the dollar. Its real worth, however, is around 8,300 won to the dollar, a value largely determined by the markets.
That unofficial exchange rate has remained stable for the past few years, in contrast to its extreme volatility under Kim Jong Il following a botched currency reform in 2009.
"The effective stabilization of the won which occurred over the past two years is a bit of a mystery to everyone," said Stephan Haggard, an expert on the North Korean economy at the University of California, San Diego.
"It almost certainly involves some monetary policy learning after the currency conversion debacle."
Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea has started to produce more domestically made consumer items, from toothpaste to perfume, which could also have helped stabilize local prices.
Some showcase shops in Pyongyang now sell almost exclusively locally made products, and price goods according to the market value of the won.
"North Korean knockoffs of Chinese products are more popular and cheaper than the original," said Seo Jae-pyoung, a defector who left North Korea in 2001 but regularly speaks to sources inside the country.
For now, ordinary North Koreans are coping comparatively well despite their country's deepening isolation.
"Despite the sanctions this year, ordinary people are doing fine," said Seo. "But the effects may slowly start to hit from next year."
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PREDATORS CAN WRITE OWN TICKET
By L. C. Johnson of The Sentinel Staff
It's official: The Orlando Predators can win an ArenaBowl Championship without leaving the confines of TD Waterhouse Centre. But first they will have to beat the visiting Arizona Rattlers this afternoon [1:30 p.m. on ESPN 2] in a semifinal playoff game.
The Nashville Kats helped make Orlando an ArenaBowl destination by beating the top-seeded San Jose SaberCats 51-42 Saturday afternoon. The Predators, as the top remaining seed, could earn the right to host the title game next Sunday. Otherwise, an Arizona victory would move the title game to the Music City.
In an interesting twist, the Rattlers (14-2) will be forced to start backup quarterback Lance Funderburk today after Sherdrick Bonner had a season-ending knee injury last weekend in a win over defending ArenaBowl champion Albany. But the Predators (12-3) realize this is no time to relax, especially after having been in the identical situation last season when Connell Maynor led the team to the title game after Browning Nagle and Pat O'Hara incurred season-ending injuries.
"We know what they're going through," Predators Coach Jay Gruden said. "We lost two quarterbacks during Week 14 last season, and Connell had not taken any reps in practice. He had been a wide receiver/DB[defensive back], and all of a sudden he was thrown in there at quarterback."
This is not the first time the Rattlers have faced a quarterback emergency in the playoffs. In 1997 Bonner was out with a broken leg, and backup quarterback Donnie Davis helped lead the Rattlers to an ArenaBowl victory over Kurt Warner and the Iowa Barnstormers.
"They're going to miss Bonner a little bit, but you can't take a team lightly just because the starting quarterback goes down," Maynor said. "Most of the teams in this league have quality backup quarterbacks who can step in and get the job done.
"It also makes the other players rally around them. The linemen feel they have to protect better. The receivers really have to run better routes and get more open. So it makes your team rally behind you when you have a backup quarterback, especially when they have confidence in him."
The Predators are banking on their top-ranked scoring defense being able to cause havoc on an untested quarterback with limited playing time. Orlando lineman Rich McKenzie, for one, got so worked up in practice this week that he actually lost a tooth.
"I'm sure he's been watching films on us this week," McKenzie said of Funderburk. "I expect him to look like a deer caught in the headlights. But he's also going to feel like he can do some stuff, too, and be a hero.
"It's our job to make sure that he believes everything that he's seen on film: That we're coming after him, and we're coming after him hard. That's why I've got a broken tooth right now because I've been trying to get my game together. And we're going to go get him."


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March 22, 2007 in Sheffield CInemas and Theatres
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The Sheffield Playhouse at Townhead Street these pictures were taken in 1970 It wasn't the most attractive building but seems It was much loved at the time by theatregoers and many now famous actors trod the boards there check out the posters in picture 2 foretelling of the new building which was to replace the old.
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Hi, We used to spend many happy evenings at The Playhouse when we were courting and early married. Didn't seem to be the same when it closed and the Crucible opened.
Thanks for the memory !
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The old Sheffield Playhouse at Townhead Street these pictures were taken in 1970 It was'nt the most attractive building but seems It was much loved at the time by theatregoers and many now famous actors trod the boards there check out the posters in picture 2 foretelling of the new building which was to replace the old.
That's great. Thankyou. I have a small site which includes some pictures of the Playhouse exterior and interior in 1945, and the outside from about 1960. The 1960 picture shows little change from yours in 1970!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29487363@N02/...57606700675506/
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http://theatrical-mcgoohan.mysite.orange.co.uk/page1.html
Just a wee dose of nostalgia...from the early 1950s.
Guest abcman
Use to go to the 4pm Saturday matinee at the old Playhouse.Saw some great productions there.
Photo of auditorium 1966
Guest Everyman
I was in Sheffield just last night, and took the opportunity to track down a few of McGoohan's old haunts. I found Townhead St, and guessed where the Playhouse must have once stood. Quite a nice little road, quite short and steep, and such a contrast of one side with the remaining old houses and the other side with the new offices, etc. I went on to have a look at St Vincent's church (sadly unused now, but still looks great from the outside) and the delapidated buildings next to it which I assume must be the old Youth Club site. Very atmospheric to be so close to where McGoohan's career began. I've written a play about his life, and will be performing it in London, Manchester and Chester over the coming months. I'd be grateful if anyone could suggest a possible venue in Sheffield. More info here: http://www.theunmutual.co.uk/pressreleaseplay2.htm
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Hi Everyman,
regarding a venue it could be worth checking out The Lantern Theatre
I think the last time I went to the Playhouse was to see "The Stirrings in Sheffield". An excellent play in a fantastic little theatre. :)
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Very little written about this place it seems, on here or anywhere else for that matter.
I only went a few times, one occasion I remember was a school outing to see A Comedy of Errors. That was in the early 60's.
Anyway, for anybody who's interested, here's a story. (I'm guessing at about 1970-72)
I worked at a second hand shop (late 60's to late 70's) and one day a youngish feller turned up at the shop. It was apparent that he had a mental age of much less than his true age.
He told us he owned the Playhouse Theater, and asked us if we wanted to buy the contents.
Needless to say we were a bit dubious about this (as you would be anyway, regardless of his appearance) but he trotted off somewhere and returned a few minutes later with a letter from his solicitors explaining who he was, and that indeed he did own The Playhouse. (They had obviously anticipated such a situation.)
We went with him to look at the place. It was in a sorry state, virtually gutted of any worthwhile stuff. Someone else had obviously been there before us and taken all the seating etc. Just a few chairs, maybe a desk left - I can't really remember. But:-
In true Junk-Shop-Man fashion, we ferreted around in all the nooks and crannies. (you never know what you may find tucked out of the way)
There was a small room, locked with a tiny padlock which we broke off easily. Inside were piles of tin helmets, gas masks, some spades, stirrup pumps and a few other related items, along with a painted sigh which said "ARP Station" or something similar. Even in the late 60's when "war leftovers" were not such an unusual sight, it was quite a turn up.
Anyway we agreed a price, paid, and loaded the van up with what bits of decent furniture was left, along with a selection of the ARP stuff. There was way too much to take the lot, and as I said, this sort of stuff wasn't particularly rare in those days.
We did a roaring trade with the helmets and gas masks. All the kids in the area (and our own kids as well) were running around in them for ages after that. Somewhere there exists a photo of my son wearing his hat and gas-mask. Must try and find it.
The building was pulled down shortly after that.
Guest Zeke
I too have very happy memories of the Playhouse. I had met one of the cast at a party for the cast and crew of the Playhouse and the Lyceum where I was working as props and tabs man.
I went along with my classical guitar, at the suggestion of a friend of mine, and soon found myself accompanying Rosemary Towler.
Miss Towler was, at the time, one of the cast at the Playhouse.
This sparked a very long friendship which only ended when she died in September of 2005, if I remember correctly.
If I didn't go to see her in a production I would just go to the theatre and spend some time with her in her dressing room - if I didn't take my guitar I was in trouble!
I have started a page on Facebook dedicated to Rosemary Towler and am trying desperately to find more information on the web about this wonderful woman.
Not only was she a actress and singer, but was also an acclomplished graphic artist and calligrapher.
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Conn The Shaughraun - with Rosemary Towler as Mrs O'Kelly (9th July - 27th July 1968) - it says ...
http://www.kent.ac.u...31699/show.html
http://www.kent.ac.u...31698/show.html - Saughraun ...
http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/all/r.php/31651/show.html - refers to newspaper cuttings ...
Guest DougDunn
I am very interested to hear about the Playhouse and am actually hoping to set up a new theatre company myself in the coming months. A friend told me of a play, performed at the Playhouse in the mid 1960's, about the Sheffield Apprentices of the 19th century. I am particularly interested in this and would appreciate any information that you might possess.
Yours, Doug
Guest skeets
l remember standing in a small queue at the Playhouse,' with my bride to be', during the last year of the war 1946, when l suddenly remembered it was the wrong Theatre l had been given these two tickets by the producer one boosey night in the Dove and Rainbow, l recalled him directing me to the place and saying Townhead St down there when his taxi had arrived and it was a hurried goodnight, the tickets were put in my ticket pocket and forgotten. lt was at the bottom of Townhead st and up to the top of Hollis Croft on the right it was a [ Church Hall] l then got a clout with her handbag, the play was Night Must Fall, by the Welshman Emllyn Williams, anyhow we rather enjoyed it. So the night didn't Fall Flat after all. Cheers Skeets.
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Welcome to Sheffield History Doug and thank you for posting.
The play you refer to here sound remarkably like the previously mentioned "The Stirrings In Sheffield On Saturday Night"
My own recollections of Sheffield Playhouse was a group based there called THEATRE VANGUARD that used to visit local schools doing "drama days" with selected English groups to ecourage better understanding and co-operation in acting and dramatic arts.
The Vanguard group were young, enthusiastic and full of new, modern ideas, - unlike many of the teachers.
Having said many times previously that English, and in particular drama, were my least favourite subjects at school I must admit that Theatre Vanguard, on the day they visited Norfolk School in 1969, had me enthusiastically involved in their scheme so I suppose they must have been doing a fantastic job.
It certainly does sound like Stirrings, Dave.
This marvellous show first opened at the Playhouse in 1968. Billed as - An Entertainment about Sheffield, it was an enormous success and was revived a couple of times.
The last time I saw it was at The Crucible, not long after that theatre opened.
It was a comedy/drama/musical and was great fun. It's high time this great show was revived.
I still have the programme, and here it is:
As you can see, amongst the excellent Playhouse company at that time was David Bradley
- who for these many years has been the creepy caretaker at Hogwarts - Argus Filch .
The Stirrings In Sheffield On a Saturday Night was once a favourite play to be performed in local secondary schools for a number of resons.
Firstly, it was local, so the fact that the kids playing the parts couldn't actually deliver their lines in anything other than a strong Sheffield accent didn't matter, - in fact it made the performance better and more realistic.
Secondly the kids loved doing it because, with a bit of ad -libbing, it was a good excuse for an on stage punch up.
Hmmm... perhaps why the schools don't do it as often as they used to <_<
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Sheffield Playhouse 1893 ?.
NEW THEATRE AT SHEFFIELD
The Era (London, England), Saturday, December 23, 1893;
The City Theatre of 1893 was the forerunner of the Lyceum Theatre which opened on the same site in 1897 designed by the eminent theatre designer Sprague.The Sheffield Lyceum is now the only 'Sprague' theatre left outside of London.
Sheffield Playhouse "Fools Rush In" by Kenneth Horne, 18th October 1948 (for two weeks).
THE SHAUGHRAUN
[9.7.1968 = 27.7.1968]
Black and white on-set photograph of the production of THE SHAUGHRAUN at the Playhouse Theatre, Sheffield, running from 9 July to 27 July 1968.
A typed note on the back reads,
"The villain, CORRY KINCHELA (Frank Hatherley) with CAPTAIN MOLINEUX (Michael Harley) and the two maidens, CLAIRE FFOLLIOTT (Myra Frances) and ARTE O'NEAL (Veronica Lang) in the Sheffield Playhouse production of THE SHAUGHRAUN 1968". A stamp on the back reads "Original Photograph by Donald Cooper".
Joe Orton's "A Ruffian on the Stairs" at the Sheffield Playhouse, Thursday 30th October 1969.
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From The Sheffield Star dated Wednesday 13th November 1978
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Love this thread
So many great photos
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Very surprised there is no mention in this thread of two other well known names who appeared later in TV serials; Paul Eddington and Anne Stallybrass. Paul in 'The Good Life', 'Yes Minister' and its sequel, also 'The Camomile Lawn' whilst Anne was in the long running 'Onedin Line', both appeared at the Playhouse around the same time as John Rutland and Patrick McGoohan as far as I recall.
My parents were regular attenders at Townhead Street in the late 40's, 50's and 60's.
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Drug overdoses contribute to record number of organ donors
Though the number of lives lost to the US opioid epidemic continues to spike, it has also contributed to a record num...
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Though the number of lives lost to the US opioid epidemic continues to spike, it has also contributed to a record number of organ donations.
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, the nonprofit that manages the nation's organ transplant network, early data show that the number of deceased organ donors hit a record in 2017 for the fifth straight year.
The number of deceased organ donors in the United States topped 10,000 in 2017
The number of donors who had died of drug overdose jumped 144% since 2013
There was also a record number of total donors, both living and deceased: 16,462, up 3% from the year before.
There were more than 10,000 deceased organ donors last year, a 3% increase over the previous year and a 27% jump since 2007. More than 1,300 of those donors, or 13%, died from drug overdoses.
"About 40% of the increase (in the past five years) tracks back to the drug intoxication issue," said Dr. David Klassen, the network's chief medical officer. And although the data didn't determine which drugs contributed to those overdoses, Klassen said opioids were probably involved. "We don't have the data ... to absolutely say that with certainty, but I think that's a reasonable assumption."
In the past five years, the number of deceased organ donors increased 24%, while the number of donors who died of drug overdose jumped 144%. In 2013, just 560 donors had died from drug overdose or intoxication; last year, there were 1,367.
In fact, Klassen noted that people who died of overdoses are usually good candidates for organ donation. "They tend to be younger and tend not to have the burdens of diseases associated with aging," he said.
While the drugs may cause people to stop breathing or their hearts to stop, they don't necessarily harm the organs, leaving them viable for transplant.
The most recent numbers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 63,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2016. More than 42,000 of those deaths involved some type of opioid, the most common being illicit drugs like heroin and black-market fentanyl. And although numbers for 2017 haven't been released, provisional data show no signs of a slowdown.
Klassen also pointed out that policy changes in 2013 broadened the criteria for potential organ donations from those who may be at higher risk for HIV to include those with increased risk of transmitting hepatitis B and C. This increased risk can be determined from exposures such as sexual activity or intravenous drug use; it doesn't necessarily mean a donor has the virus.
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Waiting On You
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By Kristan Higgins
Regrettably, to be fair to her other books which I enjoyed more, I'll have to give this one a 3. It had all the prerequisite Kristan Higginsisms. I really liked the hero and heroine (even though she was quite overbearing and full of herself), though they were more stereotypical in their ways than some of her characters from other books. Funny scenes? check. but somehow, not laugh out loud funny. Touching situations? check. But not enough to bring tears to my eyes (much). Nice people are rewarded and Mean people get their comeuppance, but did not suffer quite enough. It would have been a 4 but for 2 very annoying characters: Bryce, the hero Lucas's brother, was just too stupid: and not in a funny way, but in a way that did real harm to those I really liked. The second was Colleen's mother. She provided some comic relief, but her overarching weakness was just a pall on the book. The third thing was that the reader was teased throughout the book about the identity of her twin Connor's new girlfriend, but the mystery is never answered. Kind of a cheat. Likely the 4th Blue Heron will delve into that, which would be perfectly fine with me.
****revised review*****04/08/2017. Some of my complete opposite reactions on this read might be to the fact that I listened to this one on audible rather than read it. This one had a lot more heartache and tragic situations than many of her books. Lucas' Dad, his treatment from his aunt, his aunt's treatment of her husband Joe, Colleen's heartbreak. Even Ellen's unrequited love for her husband and loss of the baby, Colleen's dad's rejection of his children by his first wife, Gail's treatment of her daughter Savannah (redeemed near the end), Gramps, Brice's eulogy for his father, Joe's death. There's more. But it had it's share of triumphs and laughs as well. Evil villains are really evil, and other evil villains (Savannah's mother) are not as evil as you think. Tears were shed, throat was aching, and the snorts of laughter were many. Some things did get tedious and trite: "Mia" and "Spaniard" nicknames, "sphincter", Brice's surfer vocabulary: Dude! Word!, the repetitive descriptions of Colleen and Lucas's sexual attraction, for example. Since I now know the out come of Connor's story, in one of her best books, the 5th Blue Heron, which run's semi-concurrently with this one, the main reason for my 3 star rating is removed. So almost a 4 star this time around. **4 stars out of 5**
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The police on Wednesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Joseph Okwuese, before an Abeokuta Magistrates' Court in Ogun State for allegedly setting fire to a Honda Acura belonging to another man.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accused, whose address is unknown, is facing one count of wilful damage.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Idowu Ogunleye, told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 23, 2016, at about 8pm at the Arankange Iberekodo area of Abeokuta.
Ogunleye said the accused set fire to the Honda Jeep with the number plate, EKY 106 CH, valued at N3.5m property of one Vincent Ajah.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 443(A) of the Criminal Code of Ogun State, 2006.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate, Mrs Fatimat Ojelade, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
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America's First Art Educator
Louis Prang (1824-1909) is considered to be America's premiere printer of chromolithography. Born in Poland, he later immigrated to the US as a political refugee and found work in New York and Boston where he became a skilled lithographer and wood engraver. Prang is also known as the "father of the Christmas card" after publishing the first cards in 1874, and as America's first art educator and publisher of art history books, textbooks and drawing books of all kinds. He even produced a line of child-safe art materials including chalks, crayons and non-toxic watercolor paints which are still in production today, at the Dixon Ticonderoga Company.
The image above of the lithographer's studio is from the American Antiquarian's Society Digital Image Archive. Below are 2 children's books published by Prang in 1878 and made available through the Baldwin Collection of the International Digital Children's Library. They happen to be quite colorful in comparison to much of Prang's work. Most of his fine prints and cards tended to be a very rich, but muted color palette. These book covers also appear to have a very strong Arts and Crafts influence which was being popularized in England about this same time.
The three ornate typographic layouts above and below are chromolith publisher's proofs from Volume 8 of the L. Prang and Co. scrapbooks of colored advertising cards. These are from the collection of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
This image of a progressive portrait of Beethoven, printed with 25 print runs by Prang, is considered to be one of the highlights from the Phillips Library. It is currently on exhibit with other highlights from their collection through November 2012 at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.
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