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WNBA teams will ditch white uniforms this season by going colo(u)r versus colo(u)r on its 20th anniversary. The Dallas Wings, formerly the Tulsa Shock, has yet to unveil theirs:
http://news.sportslogos.net/2016/03/...r-20th-season/
A new WNBA playoff format takes effect this year with the aim partly to get all the WNBA postseason games nationally televised on ESPN, which didn't happen last year. Also more importantly rewards the best teams overall regardless of geographical division (like in our MLS here in the US and Canada):
http://www.wnba.com/news/regular-sea...s-2016-season/
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2016 WNBA Draft results from the Mohegan Sun Arena can be seen here. Breanna Stewart going to (surprise!) Seattle at #1 with her Connecticut teammates Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson immediatley following her to go 1-2-3. Interestingly, there was only one non-NCAA foriegner drafted in Belgium's Julie Allemond coming into the 3rd round by Indiana:
http://www.wnba.com/2016-draft-board/
A record 4 Canadians were drafted into the WNBA that night with the likes of Oregon St.'s Ruth Hamblin and Jaime Weisner, Florida St.'s Adut Bulgak, and UCLA's Nirra Fields. Another sign of the current Canadian basketball boom extends to the women's game:
http://www.basketball.ca/en/news-art...016-wnba-draft
A shame that LJ retired from playing because in part, it would've been nice to see her on-court and in practice, mentor Breanna Stewart, herself an outlier player that Loz was in Seattle. She still can when she returns to Seattle. Just not as a player and Stewie can still pick her brain. On court and practice, Stewie will turn to the likes of Sue Bird (herself having knee issues in her own tremendous pro career) for learning the pro game. And is fortunate to still have her as a UCONN alum for it.
Well Sue and Roxanne are obviously excited of a Connecticut Huskies trio in Seattle:
http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-bre...420-story.html
By now, many worldwide are hearing that Prince shockingly died this morning in his suburban Minneapolis home at the age of 57. He was a musical genius no doubt. But he was also a big basketball fan--he played basketball in his junior high school days--and was also a friend of the WNBA champs Minnesota Lynx. On their website, the Lynx are crying over the popular Minneapolis icon and went purple with Lynx players' tweets paying tribute. In fact, it's raining in the Twin Cities now. Just not in purple:
http://lynx.wnba.com/news/lynx-remember-prince/
http://www.startribune.com/prince-an...ory/376611931/
NBA and WNBA ditch Supersport from South Africa in Sub-Sahara African media rights after this year and moves on to a new Zimbabwean-based media entity called Econet TV with greater games exposure on hand:
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Breanna Stewart, the Seattle Storm's rookie sensation, signs with the Swoosh that already has her Storm teammates Sue Bird and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Elena Delle Donne, Britney Greiner, and Skyler Diggins. A relationship that already is nurtured with being at Connecticut that wears Nike:
http://news.nike.com/news/nike-signs-breanna-stewart
Fellow WNBA rookies Rachel Banham, Aerial Powers, Jonquel Jones and Tiffany Mitchell also join.
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It's all about location, location, location.
So which Australians are actually heading to the WNBA? I know Phillips and O'Hea are there now, but I'm not sure if anyone else. Will any head over after the Olympics? Will Cambage make a WNBA comeback for the Wings? Surely Dallas is a more attractive Opportunity than Tulsa. Did Bec Allen not get invited back to NY, or has she chosen to stay in Australia?
Like to bring attention to an excellent ESPN article written by the great Kate Fagan I heard about on ESPN Radio that's the centerpiece of an upcoming WNBA-themed ESPN The Magazine. While WNBA and Team USA stars (and Nike mates) Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, currently with Russian and EuroLeague women's basketball powerhouse UMMC Ekaterinburg, are the focal points as friends in making more lucrative cash playing overseas. Known about the pay discrepancy for years. This is as much about the shortcomings and need for growth in the WNBA still fighting for respect in the North American sports landscape 20 years after its founding. Far and away the most successful women's pro basketball league in the USA. The cultural influence on the players and on women's sports are astounding
Reasons for the WNBA's basketball business model as it stands and hopes to move it forward are complicated, especially when compared with the structures outside the US and Canada. Make you wonder why aren't the superstars playing in the WNBA paid millions. Since UMMC is a huge Russian copper mining company, surely it can afford to shell the bucks. And the fans who come to the arena to see UMMC Ekaterinburg in action are not unlike sports fans here: there are those who appreciate women's basketball but many are just as casual and seek any entertainment. I like the club structure with perhaps some local government funding. Some Russian club have a rich benefactor like Spartak, CSKA, and UMMC.
Perhaps the WNBA's strategy to attract the overwhelmingly male casual fans is a bit of a mistake. Don't get me started on the subtle negative attitudes coming from guys, who say the WNBA (and even the semipro women's basketball leagues) isn't a real basketball league. Unfortunately, a lot of mainstream American sports fans knowledge and habits are very myopic. Not necessarily the most open-minded, lacking the curiousity to learn about other and more marginal (and often interesting) sports and league. Mainstream tastes and habits rarely change, mutate, develop, and expand in whatever element (be it sports, TV, radio, music, movies) it is in because they're rarely allowed to. People fear the unfamiliar to the already-accepted. Also the WNBA is perceived to less aesthetic entertainment value when juxtaposed with men's pro sports to spectators: that is, very little dunking, no fast-paced athleticism, little physicality, no one-on-ones, etc. Placing based on attendance, TV ratings, and revenue why many, guys especially, turn away.
But the WNBA has to hold themselves accountable in terms of marketing its stars, despite strong association with the NBA. Media promotion and outlets for the WNBA should be much better than it is presently. They're "out of sight, out of mind" existing in a void to many in the offseason. The supermodel-like NFL by contrast with all the news it makes in the sports media is a year-round business with trade rumors, free agency, rivalries, internal disputes, locker room controversy, bad guys and good guys narratives that moves the needle. But the WNBA is rather conservative, fearing any bad pub forthcoming gives it a black eye to the league as a whole as it aims for long-term mainstream respect and growing women's basketball. Kate Fagan, a former Colorado St. basketball player, wonders is controversy good for the WNBA
Men and women both support the NBA. But it's a shame with the WNBA. Wish they would support the ladies more. Indeed there are women's issues and situations that negatively impact women in a male dominated society. 6 WNBA teams made profit last year. But the WNBA really shouldn't be the NBA. It's what the free market in the US will bear right now; the NBA didn't start being big until a couple more decades later. Game could be done by emphasizing and tweaking towards skill but care must be used to avoid a slippery slope. Surely I want to see them and those who will come afterwards to succeed and eventually women's sports will get better mainstream acceptance. Might take some decades more:
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/stor...cape-spotlight
PS: When will we see Toronto get a WNBA franchise?
A collection of really nice material to click on from the current ESPN issue devoted to the WNBA's 20 years. Including that one written by Kate Fagan I linked on my last post here:
http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/page...rsary-coverage
SB Nation gives 20 reasons upon the WNBA's 20th anniversary Like Elena Delle Donne and Breanna Stewart:
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/5/14/11...reanna-stewart
Chicago Magazine gives Elena Delle Donne some love and the cover:
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Ma...a-Delle-Donne/
If there's any chance of Toronto getting the WNBA--and there hasn't been any developments or interest recently, even exploratory--getting support from Canada Basketball at a time when the Canadian women are rising internationally is a must. Should be really easy for that to happen; there's not going to be a Canadian women's pro basketball league for quite some time that will deepen the Canadian talent level. No doubt it will and help promote the women's pro game in Toronto. Edmonton, because of its history (think the Edmonton Grads) and of the training camps there, seems to be the only other Canadian city I can think of that can right away.
Although the announcement of potential WNBA expansion was made nearly a year ago, don't expect any expansion for perhaps another year or two from 2017. That said, some of the former WNBA markets ought to have a second chance like Houston, Tulsa, Charlotte, Sacramento, Portland, Miami, Orlando, Detroit, Cleveland, and Salt Lake City. And maybe look into fresh ones like Toronto, Columbus (Ohio), Philadelphia, San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Kansas City/St.Louis, Des Moines, and Omaha. Think it's a mix of those two camps when it gets finalized:
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/s...ars-down-road/
Oh yeah, the Dallas Wings, the team formerly known as the Detroit and Tulsa Shock, showed their brand new getups with the help of Skyler Diggins and Odyssey Sims:
http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2016/4/...bna-draft-2016
History of WNBA jersey sponsors history:
Phoenix Mercury--Life Lock (2009-2014), Talking Stick Resort and Casino Arizona (2014-present)
Indiana Fever-–Finish Line, Inc.
Minnesota Lynx-–Mayo Clinic
San Antonio Stars-–H-E-B
Chicago Sky–-Magellan Corporation
Los Angeles Sparks-–EquiTrust Life Insurance; team was formerly sponsored by Farmers Insurance
New York Liberty – DraftKings; team was formerly sponsored by Foxwoods Casino
Connecticut Sun – Frontier Communications
Seattle Storm – Swedish Medical Center; team was formerly sponsored by Bing
Dallas Wings--Verizon
Tulsa Shock--Osage Casino
Washington Mystics--Inova Health System
On August 22, 2011, the WNBA announced a league-wide marquee sponsorship with Boost Mobile, a multiyear, eight-figure deal that allowed the Boost Mobile logo placed on eleven of the 12 teams' jerseys (excluding San Antonio's) in addition to branding on the courts and in arenas. Then on March 14, 2016, the WNBA completed a deal with Verizon Wireless to place them on 10 of the 12 team jerseys. The deal includes a space on the front of 10 jerseys, excluding the Stars and Sun, in-arena advertising, and reserved commercial space during WNBA broadcasts. The deal also includes the sponsorship of the All-Star Game, Inspiring Women Luncheon, and other unspecified events. However, this deal will not include the Monthly and Yearly Awards. 14 days later, the league introduced new uniforms with the new Verizon sponsor, which eliminated white jerseys and made the secondary color a basis for a uniform. The jersey font will remain unchanged as well as the primary color used for the away uniform, and they can use either jersey for home and away games.
Ignored the fact the Washington Mystics actually died during the offseason. That's a shame. When they first burst onto the scene, it was a leader in WNBA attendance at the MCI (now Verizon) Center. Had some star power with Holdsclaw. But it failed to sustain it for years on end with consistent and deep postseason success hopes. Hope they return in the future.
Sorry for the lack of WNBA updates for a really good stretch this year. With a newly revamped playoff format this year to increase excitement and improve TV exposure to get all playoff games televised, we are now left with just two teams standing: the defending champions Minnesota Lynx, rightfully among the best WNBA franchises ever, and very sadly the Now Deservedly Crumbling Evil Laker Empire WNBA Chapter ( ). From the start, it looked like the Lynx were performing their own answer to the Golden St. Warriors' start going undefeated. Then the NDCELE WNBA Chapter overtook them for a time and threatened for the best WNBA record of all time.
Minnesota sweeps Phoenix with the NDCELE WNBA Chapter holding off Chicago 3-1. WNBA Finals begins October 9. Minnesota, because of who they're facing coming up, better win. Do it for Prince!
Turns out Washington did play this season. Didn't make the playoffs this season at 13-21 being dead last in the East.
No big shock that former UCONN All-American Breanna Stweart dominated the Rookie Awards including the most obvious one in the Rookie of the Year Award for Seattle. She won all but one of the 39 first-place votes. I was a little surprise she help take Seattle to the postseason. Yet she lost more games this rookie season (eighteen) than she did in her entire 4-year Connecticut Huskies championship career. Something to build upon for seasons to come with titles hopefully.
San Antonio Silver Stars wins the 2016 WNBA Draft Lottery followed by Washington, Dallas, and the NDCELE WNBA Chapter (from a trade with Connecticut):
http://www.wnba.com/news/stars-win-t...17-wnba-draft/
One thing I ignored in this WNBA season throughout is the fact that Brian Alger, a former Lynx (and Storm and ABL's Columbus Quest) coach, resides at the opposite side of the bench with the NDCELE WNBA Chapter. He's a coach I respect until I discovered he's now with THEM!
http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/15...of-wnba-title/
But now it's comes to the final game of the season with a winner-takes-all Game 5 in Minneapolis Thursday night at the Target Center. Minnesota had to survive those frantic final minutes to escape from the Arena of Evil last night with a 85-79 win. Social media users are blowing up over Maya Moore's torching and now-legendary performance! No doubt she's a winner wherever she goes!
http://www.startribune.com/maya-moor...als/397320731/
http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/16...ciding-game-5/
http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/20...of-wnba-finals
http://www.startribune.com/lynx-surv...s/397257151/#1
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...nap-story.html
Im pleased for Parker. LA played a great game 5, deserve the win.
Disagree wholeheartedly here. This is the NDCELE WNBA Chapter we're dealing with that sadly got another title in Minneapolis. Shame on you, Minnesota, shame on you! Especially when you set a WNBA Finals Target Center attendance milestone, eventually embarassing the poor Lynx fans who crave to see you repeat and allowed that rotten entity succeed:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/a...x-10008801.php
http://www.startribune.com/lynx-sell...one/397946181/
WNBA refs admits to erring in not disallowing Ogwumike's earlier shot that should NEVER have counted due to a shot-clock violation. Should've handed the trophy back to Minnesota! Now the Lynx are just like the GSW at Game 7 in Oakland's Oracle Arena this past June. Bunch of dummies...
http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/20...me-5-of-finals
Even with Elena Delle Donne (and despite her due to her thumb injury), Chicago lets go of coach/GM Pokey Chatman. Feels like the Sky have diminished returns:
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2...rts/161028703/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...028-story.html
Once that wretched corrupt entity's tragedy (another undeserved title) becomes more distant, we can talk about other and better things.
Seattle Storm will host the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game for the first time on July 22:
http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/...-all-star-game
Worst team in the WNBA for two seasons running, the San Antonio Silver Stars, turn to Vickie Johnson in her head coaching gig on a one-year contract:
http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/...son-head-coach
Elena Delle Donne certainly acts ready to get out of Chicago. If this happens, the Sky certainly will lose its star power perhaps with nothing to effectively compensate for her potential departure. Interesting to watch here as this unfolds:
http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/...quest-new-team
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Sorry for the lack of posts here in recent years. But there's nothing like this year unlike so many to revive things. Been meaning to do so until now.
The WNBA is back and was originally supposed to tip-off in June. But the pandemic had other and more serious plans. Now the WNBA is playing in Braderton, Florida's IMG Academy Complex also in the Central Florida region near the NBA's at Walt Disney World's Wide World of Sports inside its own bubble known as the "Wubble" with all of its teams there.
The 2020 season actually begins right now with the Seattle Storm and the New York Liberty live on ESPN here at IMG, marking Oregon Ducks All-American star Sabrina Ionescu's pro debut. Star-studded game on both sides with Stewie, Kia, Sue, and Wan Xu with Sabrina. Australian Bec Allen, also with NY, opted out this year. Plus the Liberty has a new owner in Victor Tsai. More on that and others later.
Seattle and Las Vegas for the WNBA title right now
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Lisa McPherson Day: Is Florida Ashamed Yet?
We wrote that as part of a short remembrance to show our respects to a woman who suffered needlessly.
Today, on the 17th anniversary of Lisa McPherson's death, we have a very different message.
It's time the state of Florida's investigation of Lisa McPherson's death is reopened.
If you've been following along with recent events, you know that a stunning series of allegations have reawakened interest in the death of Lisa McPherson like nothing we've seen in many years.
Former church official Marty Rathbun's recent sworn testimony — that the church spent tens of millions of dollars in an effort to cover-up its own culpability in McPherson's death — should shock officials in Florida.
In particular, Rathbun describes improper contact between the church and Jeffrey Goodis, the attorney for Joan Wood, the county medical examiner who changed her mind about the cause of McPherson's death (from "undetermined" to "accident") and thereby derailed the state's criminal investigation of Scientology.
Goodis denies that he influenced Wood on behalf of the church, but he has admitted to the Tampa Bay Times that he accepted expensive gifts from the church after Wood made her decision.
Rathbun told filmmaker Mark Bunker that Wood didn't want gifts from Scientology, she wanted an assurance that she wouldn't be sued by the church. He describes church leader David Miscavige personally delivering her a signed agreement that the church would not haul her into court — in return for her changing the death certificate.
Before Wood changed her mind, she was certain that McPherson had died of dehydration. Wood believed there was evidence in McPherson's bodily fluids — particularly in the vitreous humor in her eyeballs — that the troubled woman may have gone the entire 17 days of her stay at Scientology's Fort Harrison Hotel without a single drop to drink.
The Tampa Bay Times found five top medical experts who agreed with that assessment.
But Wood did change her mind — even if that evidence has remained the same.
Rathbun also explained how the church improperly attempted to influence Florida judges against the McPherson estate's wrongful death lawsuit, which was forced into settlement in 2004 even though the family had spent years trying to get a jury trial.
A criminal investigation bought off? A civil lawsuit crippled by judicial influence?
Is there really no one in Florida's investigative or judicial or legal communities who doesn't think these are issues that need to be addressed?
Perhaps it's too much to expect that the state will care enough to reopen the criminal investigation of a woman who appeared to have been murdered 17 years ago. Or to take a hard look at the behavior of judges in a bizarre civil case that wrapped up 8 years ago.
But this case is not dead. These accusations are going to be heard in a court of law.
On Friday, Ken Dandar will stand before federal Judge Virginia Covington, and he will attempt to convince her that she has the standing to stop a state court's attempt to sanction him more than a million dollars by the Church of Scientology in matters resulting from these court fights from so long ago.
Is anyone there in Florida paying attention? For Lisa's sake, does anyone care?
We've written in the past about Lucas Catton, the former president of Scientology's troubled flagship drug rehab facility, Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma. Catton informed us of Narconon's shaky history of certification, and with the rehab center under investigation for several recent deaths, Catton's observations are especially crucial.
Enjoy this lengthy interview with him as we hope soon that Disqus gets our comments working again.
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January's squat/push-up Challenge was all about pain and discipline. So I've decided to change it up for February and relax and recover for the rest of the month.
I'll spend February doing nothing but a base minimum of resistance training and focus completely on mobility exercises, yoga, stretching and foam rolling. Let's see if I can get this 45 year old body feeling new again!


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The Kardashian family is rapidly populating the planet. Oldest sister Kourtney is pregnant with her third child with partner Scott Disick, and Kim is looking to catch up to her sister.
Related story Kim Kardashian Is Reportedly 'Very Hurt' By Kanye West's Nanny Accusations
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, reporter Rob Marciano asked the reality star if she wanted to add to her young family.
It's "Kim Kardashian" no more; say hello to Mrs. West >>
She gave a frank answer, sharing, "I'm hoping so. You know, I kind of wish I was pregnant at the same time Kourtney is. She's, like, more than halfway in, so you know, we're trying."
Kim got married in May to rapper Kanye West in a European wedding that spanned France and Italy. The couple welcomed their first child, daughter North West, in June 2013. Currently, they are living with Kim's mother, Kris Jenner, but they finally bought a new home in which to raise their growing family.
With so many milestones in such a short period of time, it doesn't seem like anything would faze the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star right now.
Kim K can actually change diapers: Watch her in action >>
She told ET that it would be "fun" for all of the Kardashian girls to be pregnant at once. She imagined, "There's a lot of craziness in the house, so why not add pregnancy hormones to the craziness? It would be like a partner in crime. Someone to know those cravings that you're really going through."
The TV personality has certainly proven this year that her family is important to her. She has curtailed some of her work schedule to spend time with Kanye and North. Her Instagram even showcases some sweet family moments.
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The world better get ready, because the Kardashians aren't going anywhere. In fact, they are multiplying for the next generation of reality stars.
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Unexpected funding cut raises stakes for WDET's fall drive
By Jill Goldsmith, Contributing Editor | September 22, 2017
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Faced with a 50 percent cut in direct contributions from its university owner, Detroit's WDET is in the middle of one of the most crucial fall fundraisers in its history.
On-air appeals are accelerating aggressive outreach to both sustainers and new members as the up-and-coming station seeks to recoup a $250,000 shortfall for fiscal 2018, which begins Oct. 1.
WDET set a goal to raise $550,000 — double what it brought in during last fall's drive — to hit its previous fundraising target and make up the revenue it is losing from Wayne State University. GM Michelle Srbinovich told Current she's confident WDET can do it.
As of Sept. 20, the campaign was "approximately halfway to our goal and on track to meet it," according to Derek Donnellon, business manager. Over 50 percent of donations coming in were sustaining gifts.
Though Wayne State University had put WDET on notice that it needed to become more self-reliant, Srbinovich was surprised by the university's decision to reduce its support. She learned of the impending cut in late June, as Wayne State concluded its budgeting process.
"We are well aware of the budget pressures they face, [but] this was not something we had anticipated happening in fiscal year 2018," Srbinovich said.
As recently as fiscal 2016, Wayne State's direct subsidy of $472,000 provided 12.5 percent of the station's revenues, according to financial details posted on WDET's website.
Three weeks before the fall drive began, WDET started sharing details about its urgent financial needs by reporting revenue targets on its website and in direct-mail appeals to donors. Srbinovich appeared in a video explainer that was shared on social media.
WDET's on-air campaign features a spot recorded by Kim Trent, a member of Wayne State's Board of Governors, discussing how state funding cuts to the university affect WDET's finances.
Like many university licensees around the country, Wayne State is under pressure from diminished state funding. The university's own tax-based subsidies remain below 2011 levels, according to an explainer on WDET's website. University leadership must focus limited resources on its core mission and the strategic priorities of teaching, research and student aid.
Because funding relationships are complicated and not easily explained in on-air messaging, WDET is using all the tools at its disposal. "As we learned earlier in the year with the threats to CPB funding, even our long-time donors don't fully understand where our funding comes from," Srbinovich said. "We couldn't assume that listeners were even aware that we received financial support from the university."
WDET needs time "to explain the significance of the change in our funding," Srbinovich said — as well as to meet its higher fundraising target.
For those reasons, the duration of the drive is open-ended, said Candice Fortman, head of WDET's marketing and engagement.
Though many public radio stations have been compressing their on-air campaigns into "warp" or "flash" drives, traditional campaigns that roll over a longer time period are crucial for stations to attract new donors, said Jay Clayton, individual giving advisor for Greater Public.
"An important component of drives is educating listeners on how important it is to give," he said.
Converting listeners into new members is a goal of WDET's campaign. WDET has posted its highest ratings in a decade, Srbinovich said, and the station is starting to see a return on its investments in programming. Her strategy for closing the revenue gap calls for bolstering membership revenues and underwriting sales.
Investing in 'transformation'
An annual financial statement for 2016, the most recent available, recorded total revenues of $3.8 million and a widening net deficit of $1.2 million. WDET had ended fiscal 2015 with a deficit of $899,000.
The report acknowledged WDET's continuing struggles with underwriting sales and operating deficits. It also noted that Wayne State University's willingness to support WDET is predicated on an understanding that management is pursuing strategies to become self-sustaining.
But 2016 had been "the beginning of an organizational transformation which has attracted the attention and support of local funders and the wider media industry," according to the report. The station invested in local programming and community engagement, and its 2015 average weekly cume of 140,000 grew nearly 28 percent — to 179,100 listeners — that year, according to station officials The annual financial report noted a sharp increase in listeners under age 35.
As fiscal 2017 winds down, WDET is on track to beat its revenue targets for individual donations, Srbinovich said, ticking upward from $111,000 in gains reported in 2016.
WDET is sharing this story with the wider community as it reaches out to donors and new listeners.
Srbinovich, a dynamic GM in her early 30s, has invested in original programming that's from and for Detroit.
To differentiate its lineup from Ann Arbor–based Michigan Radio, which reaches into Detroit, WDET relaunched Detroit Today as part of a newsroom expansion. CultureShift, a live-hosted combo music and local magazine show, airs during middays.
Wayne State's funding cut may serve as a nudge to get WDET onto a solid financial footing. Srbinovich doesn't view it as a one-time crisis, and she is talking with university colleagues about developing a plan to become self-sustaining. "We're being real about that. It's an opportunity to become more independent, not a setback," she said.
Any change that pushes stations to become more autonomous is a good thing, Clayton noted. In his work with local public broadcasters, he encourages stations to tilt their business models as much as possible from institutional subsidies, like university contributions, to audience-sensitive revenue earned from individual donors and underwriters.
"That is basically the funding that is under their direct control," he said.
Srbinovich joined WDET in 2009 and was baptized by Detroit's financial meltdown. Wayne State's move is not the toughest challenge she's faced. "I voluntarily stepped into the role of co-GM a month after Detroit filed for bankruptcy, and took the reins a year later," she said.
"WDET gets its DNA from a city that's known for its resilience and creativity in the face of a challenge," Srbinovich said. "This one is significant, but we're facing it as a team and I believe we'll come out of this stronger in the end."
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Q: How to iterate through slices at the last dimension For example, you have array
a = np.array([[[ 0,  1,  2],
               [ 3,  4,  5]],

              [[ 6,  7,  8],
               [ 9, 10, 11]]])

We want to iterate through slices at the last dimension, i.e. [0,1,2], [3,4,5], [6,7,8], [9,10,11]. Any way to achieve this without the for loop? Thanks!
Tried this but it does not work, because numpy does not interpret the tuple in the way we wanted - a[(0, 0),:] is not the same as a[0, 0, :]
[a[i,:] for i in zip(*product(*(range(ii) for ii in a.shape[:-1])))]

More generally, any way for the last k dimensions? Something equivalent to looping through a[i,j,k, ...].

A: In [26]: a = np.array([[[ 0,  1,  2],
    ...:                [ 3,  4,  5]],
    ...:
    ...:               [[ 6,  7,  8],
    ...:                [ 9, 10, 11]]])
In [27]: [a[i,j,:] for i in range(2) for j in range(2)]
Out[27]: [array([0, 1, 2]), array([3, 4, 5]), array([6, 7, 8]), array([ 9, 10, 11])]

or
In [31]: list(np.ndindex(2,2))
Out[31]: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1)]
In [32]: [a[i,j] for i,j in np.ndindex(2,2)]

another
list(a.reshape(-1,3))

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It's been a long time since I read my last book of history in Africa, but that is in part because good material is hard to find. When I've scanned the African history shelves at the one major bricks-and-mortar bookstore still alive in the U.S. market, I've found some books about the Congo and King Leopold, and that's about it until you get into some stuff that has a pretty heavy thematic sledgehammer boldly waiting on the cover. Rawlence's book about a refugee camp the size of New Orleans, Dadaab, which lies inside Kenya's borders, captured my interest.
In reading this book, I broke two of my own rules for History Reading Challenge material. One, I read a book by an author with an ax to grind. Two, I read a book in which the events described occurred more recently than ten years ago. I stuck with it because while City of Thorns author Ben Rawlence definitely has a point of view, he's quite evenhanded in criticizing everyone: Kenya, Somalia, the United Nations and wealthy nations. He's sympathetic to the plight of the refugees, but he isn't pushing a particular solution or calling out any single leader, NGO (non-government organization) or country—not even you, Kenya—for creating the mess of Dadaab refugee camp.
As Rawlence's narrative makes clear, the forces trapping thousands of people in Dadaab are too diverse and complicated for any one hero or villain. Yes, al-Shabaab terrorizes much of the region with forced recruitment and attacks on schools. Certainly their activity fuels much of the ugliness facing the refugees. However, the Kenyan government and locals in nearby Nairobi take advantage of the Somalis who arrive there, as they look down upon them as a group. Corrupt officials and police officers, gray marketers and more use Dadaab as an opportunity for personal gain.
These forces described by Rawlence have been at work for decades. In fact, I thought I was buying a book about the violent mid-1990s Somalia. It was very naïve of me to think that the story had ended, for much of City of Thorns addresses current issues. When Blackhawk Down was in theaters, the Somali war made the evening news, but we in the West have not heard much about it since. Can you blame me if I was surprised to learn that thousands of people still didn't feel like they could go home?
If you are my age or older, then you remember seeing dusty images on CNN of starving Ethiopian children in tents during the 1980s, but don't rely on those recollections to imagine this camp. This sprawling concentration of humanity isn't just a temporary collection of tents and one or two cinder block main buildings. It has a marketplace, where one of Rawlence's characters runs a gray-market shop and another serves as a porter. It also has several restaurants, at least one tea shop with wifi, a hospital and a police station. Dadaab is so enormous that it has neighborhoods, where people tend to cluster by ethnicity—often Ethiopians live together, for example, as Somalis take a dim view of some practices more common among Ethiopian refugees. Rawlence takes care to make his readers understand how permanent this place has become.
Infants brought to the camp by their parents, fleeing war and famine in the mid-1990s, have now reached young adulthood. Rawlence follows two young men actively involved in organizing this group into a force for improvement of the camp. These people grew up in Dadaab and don't share their parents' strong desire to leave it: Somalia, for example, was never home to them, and they have little in common with their distant relations there. Besides, al-Shabaab is more of a factor outside the camp, and here they can work or go to school. Rawlence tells us that these people in their teens and twenties show comfort with the NGO-speak they've heard in school and a sensitivity to ideas like empowering women. If these young people leave, then it's because they have found opportunity elsewhere. When they do leave, they post photos of their new, prosperous lives in other countries to social media to keep their friends back in Dadaab updated (yes, these younger refugees have smartphones and Dadaab has cell towers).
Rawlence sympathizes closely with the refugees he came to know while researching this book, so he criticizes many of the institutions and centers of power in the region. He doesn't lecture so much as provide the details to let readers arrive at his conclusions on their own, and this approach makes the heavy theme easier to take. Until I read City of Thorns, I only dimly recalled the Kenya shopping mall shooting to which he refers, but now I have a better sense of al-Shabaab's presence in the region. I also have a sense of how the United Nations and partner organizations have impacted the area, for better or worse. Is his book technically history? Probably not, but it does cover in some depth much of the regional history still affecting the people he describes.
Image: Sodexo USA, August 11, 2011. A bookstore and some other shops. Since Rawlence's book, some microloans have gone to refugees to encourage entrepreneurship.
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Q: Proof that eigenvalues of $(\hat{L^+})^n (\hat{L})^n ≥ 0$ Hilbert space $\mathbb{L^2}$. So my thoughts:
$n=0$ - true.
Let $\hat\alpha = (\hat{L^+})^n (\hat{L})^n $
For $n+1$: $\ \hat{L^+} \hat\alpha \hat{L} \phi = \lambda \phi = \hat\alpha \phi$ since its just unitary. But for $n=0$ eigenvalues are just $1$, no? So following my proof for $(\hat{L^+})^n (\hat{L})^n$ eigenvalues are $1$ too.
upd: which are false as I can see from now.

A: By induction. Base case $n=0$ is trival. Set $M = (L^*)^{n-1} L^{n-1}$. $M \ge 0$ by the induction hypothesis. We have $(L^*)^{n} L^{n} = L^* M L$, and
$$
\langle L^* MLx, x\rangle = \langle M(Lx), Lx\rangle \ge 0,
$$
which finishes the inductive step.


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Q: web2py in the future? Given the size of web2py and the lack of resources and corporate support, do you think it would be advisable to learn web2py as the only web development framework I know. I'm considersing learning Ruby on Rails or web2py for a website I need to create for as a school project.

A: Web2py is a good one to learn.  If this is going to be deployed to a server, double check it supports wsgi.  Sometimes php is the way to go because you know it's supported almost anywhere.

A: Ask yourself what you are looking to gain from the experience. Ie, is it more important to just get the application built and running with a minimum of time and effort, or are you trying to learn about web stack architecture?
If you're just looking for results, obviously you'll have more code and documentation to borrow from if you stick with a more commonly used framework. If you grit your teeth and accept Django's view of the world, you can build very functional applications very quickly. If you can find some pre-made reusable Django apps that handle part of your problem, it'll be even faster.
But if you want to make sure you have a very solid understanding of everything in the request cycle from HTTP request handling to database access and abstraction to form generation and processing and HTML templating, you'll be bettered served with a minimal framework that forces you to think more about the architecture and has a small enough codebase that you can just read it all top to bottom and not really need documentation beyond that. In that case though, I'd advise going even deeper and building your own framework on top of a WSGI library (you don't actually want to waste time learning the intricacies of working around browser quirks if you can help it). Once you've built your own and seen where things get complicated and where the tradeoffs are, you'll be in an excellent position to judge other frameworks and decide if there's one that does things the way you want to work.

A: web2py does have a smaller market share than competitor products but it is also much younger. I have knowledge of at least 13 consulting companies that provide web2py support. Anyway, I do believe web2py is much easier to use than other systems and therefore you will need less support that you may think. Most of the current users get their support via the web2py google group where you can find 29781 messages and almost all questions have been answered within 24 hours by one of the contributors.

A: This may seem slightly off-topic, but Paul Graham has probably the best essay on this subject that I have seen: The Python Paradox.
Let me put it this way, if you want to work for me, I notice this kind of free thinking and experimentation on a resume, whether the work was commercial, academic, or otherwise. And I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.

A: Learning is bad. Sherlock Holmes explains:

"You see," he explained, "I consider
  that a man's brain originally is like
  a little empty attic, and you have to
  stock it with such furniture as you
  choose. A fool takes in all the lumber
  of every sort that he comes across, so
  that the knowledge which might be
  useful to him gets crowded out, or at
  best is jumbled up with a lot of other
  things, so that he has a difficulty in
  laying his hands upon it. Now the
  skilful workman is very careful indeed
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  the tools which may help him in doing
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  think that that little room has
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wasted an inordinate amount of time wading through the many bad and poorly documented Python web frameworks trying to find one I can just use. If I was programming in Ruby or PHP I probably would have spent that time actually writing a web application. This is the curse of web development in Python.
This bit of flamebait may help:
stackoverflow.com tags about web frameworks http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tZCdBPAkC75t27UzsPdLfMg&oid=2&output=image
Omitted from the chart are the 13,000+ questions tagged [php], but let's not go there.
To be clear, even though choosing a framework for Python web development can be confusing, once you decide on one you get to program in Python. This is the blessing of web development in Python. It can be really nice.
My advice is don't accept anything less than a framework with excellent documentation. With the amount of choices out there there's no need to settle for poor, incomplete docs. Failing that, the simplest frameworks, those lacking room for any magic, are pleasant to work with and quickly learnable.

A: web2py may be young, but the mailing list has ~2000 messages / month, which is similar to Django and far more than Turbogears. I usually get answers to my questions within a few hours.
There is also an excellent online book, but I find the best source of information is the mailing list.
I have used both RoR, Django, Turbogears, and web2py, and find web2py the most productive.

A: Learning is good.
Learning something (that eventually goes away) is no loss at all.  The basic skills of web development (HTML, CSS, URL-parsing, GET vs. POST) don't ever change.
Frameworks come and go.  Learn as many as you can.  Learn how to manage your learning so that you (a) get to the important stuff first and (b) leave the other framework stuff behind when tackling a new framework.
Every framework has it's bias (or focus).  Once you figure this out, you can make use of them without all the "compare and contrast" that slows some people down.  Once you've learned web2py, you have to be careful learning Django that you start fresh, with no translation from old concepts to new.

A: Glad I found this thread! Cause some outdated pages and broken external links on Web2Py's website almost scared me off.  But at least now I know there's a pretty good community around Web2Py.
I've just been looking through a load of Python web frameworks, and Web2Py's description sounded enticing and managed to make Django sound overly laborious. Pretty sure there are some tangible benefits to Django's design decisions avoiding "too much magic" when it comes to larger projects.
But to just throw something up on the web with err "sane defaults" sounds perfectly good to me. Instead of throwaway scripts, we can make throwaway websites to handle some temporary thing...
There should be room for an appliance style framework with no installation...
Interesting possibilities for some projects.  I saw someone already got a python framework + server to work on android phones :))
For me, thanks to this thread, I will just learn both.
Another thought; if Web2Py is open source and you like what it does you might not even mind being the only user at some point in the future, since you can add features to it yourself?
Mind you, I have not used either yet, just read the docs.  I think the Web2Py people should put up a blurb on their website to differentiate themselves from Django in more detail, I haven't been able to check off all my question marks for choosing the right one.

A: I've already used Java EE and Django. The web2py learning curve is so fast! It's incredible! Things that I was getting a time to develop in three days using java, I can do fastly using web2py. Of course, Web2py has not the same ready plugins that RoR, but, doubtless, we can do these things fastly using web2py. Therefore, is a good opportunity to start learning = )

A: I'm agree with S.Lott saying that:"Learning something (that eventually goes away) is no loss at all."
YEAH It's true but let me suggest that also a scholastic project should be able to reach the better support possible, otherwise could be very frustrating and a waste of time to learn and teach something not well supported, debugged, stable etc.
The time you spent, and maybe your auditors/students, should in some sense projected with an eye to the future...
just for example take a look to turbogears


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The past few years estate agents had a love-hate relationship with large property portals like Property 24 and Private Property. On the one hand, property portals provide agents with a platform to advertise properties for sale. A very large majority of purchasers begin their search for properties online these days. Property portals provide a great starting point with their wide selection of properties for sale. On the other hand, with their above-inflation price increases and murky expansion agendas, among other things, agents regard property portals as a necessary thorn in the side.
It was and still is quite similar with the banks. Estate agents need business and trust bank accounts to operate legally. They also send billions of Rand worth of mortgage business to banks each year. The interaction between estate agents and banks are crucial for a well-functioning property market. Most buyers cannot afford to buy homes without obtaining a bank loan. If the banks are unwilling or unable to lend money to property purchasers, sellers cannot sell their properties. This will negatively affect the property market.
It's a similar story when one considers the role of conveyancing attorneys, but that's a post for another day!
Over the past 10 days, however, it became clear that business as usual is over for estate agents who are unable to adapt to the changing property landscape. In a move that surprised many estate agents, First National Bank began offering a direct selling option to property sellers on its nav>>Home app. What got many estate agents hot under the collar was the fact that FNB was loading its nav>>Home app with estate agents' listing data. Yes, that's right. FNB used estate agents' listing data without their permission to circumvent estate agents.
Estate agents had many questions about the stunningly tone-deaf move by the bank. What was FNB's intent? Would they still be wooing the property industry for mortgage business? Were the bank planning to get a fidelity fund certificate and become an online estate agency? Why did they not engage with the property industry before going down this road?
They got it from Private Property.
It was nicely packaged in a feed from Private Property to FNB. In a press release, Mark Coetzee, the COO of Private Property said, "Private Property have had a long standing commercial relationship with FNB whereby we syndicate listings to their banking platform." According to Coetzee, this was done to widen the audience of property buyers and sellers and to increase the leads to estate agents.
Whether Private Property knew of the bank's plans in advance is a moot point. It's interesting that Coetzee would be referring to Private Property's "commercial terms with FNB". This normally means that one gets paid for delivering something of value (a listing data feed, maybe?). The point is that estate agents' data was used without their permission to prop up a competitor to estate agents. Estate agents willingly loaded their listing data on Private Property in exchange for leads. The portals receive the data, store it, glean insights from it and, as can be seen from the FNB debacle, also send it to direct competitors of estate agents.
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With the impending "digital boom," more and more technology companies (and even banks!) are flooding into the real estate space, vying for agents' data. The goal is to turn this data into meaningful insights and run their businesses off of agents' hard work.
Private Property and FNB relented, this time. Mark Coetzee announced they will remove the listings of all their clients from the bank's app with immediate effect. He said they had a responsibility to protect the industry they operate in. Again, I have no reason to doubt him. One has to wonder, though, what effect the industry storm that erupted and social media outrage had on the bank and the portal's decision.
Let's hear from the bank. Marius Marais, FNB Mortgage Cluster Head, said FNB values the contribution from estate agents and mortgage originators, but they follow a multi-channel approach at the bank. Private listing opportunity is in response to a worldwide trend where there are customers who desire to do things themselves on digital platforms. FNB has reiterated its commitment to continue engaging with industry players to meet the needs of customers through a multi-channel approach, which improves the buying and selling process.
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It's a Wonderful Life Not only one of the best Christmas movies, but one of the finest crafted films of all time. This Frank Capra classic shows how much difference the life of one man can make in the grand scheme of things. To help you map out your holiday movie mega-marathon, we've put together a list of 25 Christmas movies that are the perfect way to distract yourself from the turn of another year, the office white elephant party, and your uncle's infamously lethal fruitcake.
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Constança de Sicília (Catània, Sicília 1249-Barcelona, 8 d'abril de 1302) fou reina consort d'Aragó i de València, comtessa de Barcelona (1276-1285) i reina de Sicília (1282-1302), casada amb el rei Pere el Gran. Proclamada beata per l'Església catòlica.

Orígens familiars
Filla del rei Manfred I de Sicília i de Beatriu de Savoia. Era neta de l'emperador Frederic II d'Alemanya per part de pare i del comte Amadeu IV de Savoia per part de mare.

Ascens al tron sicilià
Es va casar el 1262 amb l'infant Pere d'Aragó, fill del comte rei Jaume I el Conqueridor i de Violant d'Hongria. Aquest matrimoni, que segellava l'aliança catalanosiciliana, va servir de palanca per tal d'estendre la influència catalana a la Mediterrània central en detriment dels interessos francesos.

Quan el 1266 Carles I d'Anjou arrabassà el tron de Sicília a Manfred, els principals caps del gibel·linisme sicilià varen ser acollits a la cort catalana de l'infant Pere i de Constança (els Lauria, els Lancia, els Procida, etc.), que es van convertir en els nous monarques de la corona d'Aragó el 1276. En produir-se la revolta de les Vespres Sicilianes, el 1282, el rei Pere, com a marit de Constança, hereva del regne, va ser proclamat rei pels sicilians i tots dos van ser coronats el 30 d'agost de 1282 a la catedral de Palerm. El rei Pere encomanà el govern de l'illa a la reina i als infants Jaume i Frederic, però Constança va preferir deixar el govern en mans dels seus fills.

Núpcies i descendents
El dot de Constança de Sicília ascendia a 50.000 unces d'or i estava format per objectes de gran valor, destinats a representar de manera tangible la rica herència cultural i política que Constança aportava al Regne d'Aragó: entre ells hi havia un faldistorium d'or, el tron en forma de tamboret que era un dels símbols del poder per als sobirans medievals.

Es va casar el 13 de juny de 1262, a la catedral de Montpeller, amb l'infant Pere d'Aragó, fill i hereu de Jaume I. D'aquest matrimoni tingueren:
 l'infant Alfons III d'Aragó (1265-1291), comte de Barcelona i rei d'Aragó
 l'infant Jaume II d'Aragó (1267-1327), comte de Barcelona i rei d'Aragó
 la infanta Elisabet d'Aragó (1271-1336), casada el 1288 amb Dionís I de Portugal i santa de l'Església catòlica
 l'infant Frederic II de Sicília (1272-1337), rei de Sicília
 la infanta Violant d'Aragó (1273-1302), casada el 1297 amb Robert I de Nàpols
 l'infant Pere d'Aragó (1275-1291), que es va casar amb Guillema de Montcada i Bearn.

El 1285 va enviudar i el 1297 es va traslladar definitivament a Catalunya. Amb les rendes del testament del seu marit va ordenar la construcció de dos hospitals per a pobres, a Barcelona i València, regentats per franciscans. Es retirà al convent de Santa Clara de Barcelona, on morí el 8 d'abril de 1302, dia de Divendres Sant.

Veneració

Va ser soterrada al convent de Sant Francesc de Barcelona. Quan després de l'incendi i saqueig de 1835 va ser enderrocat el convent, les seves restes i les d'altres personatges reials enterrats en aquell convent van ser traslladades primer a l'arxiu municipal i després a la catedral de Barcelona. La reina Isabel II finançà la construcció d'uns ossaris, que van ser instal·lats en una capella del claustre de la catedral. Recentment, les restes reials contingudes en aquests ossaris han estat traslladades a l'interior del temple en unes urnes de nova construcció.

Per la seva vida virtuosa, que influí en la dels seus fills (entre ells santa Elisabet de Portugal), aviat va començar a ser venerada i se'n parlà d'aparicions als seus fills Frederic i Jaume. Fou finalment proclamada beata per l'Església per la seva actitud favorable a la política papal. La seva festivitat se celebra el 17 de juliol.

Dant la lloa en el Purgatori (III, 143), anomenant-la la «buona Costanza».

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Enllaços externs

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Comtes catalans històrics
Nobles barcelonins històrics
Beats de la Campània
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Religiosos catòlics
Polítics barcelonins històrics
Enterrats a la Catedral de Barcelona

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After completing a brand and competitive analysis, Sprout recommended new messaging and positioning for the website, a new tagline (previous tagline: Shedding New Light on Lighting) and a restructure of the existing website to clearly convey the value of the brand. A short video was also produced to capture the customer experience. This was then paired with an SEO strategy and an advertising campaign to drive traffic to the site. The site is currently generating leads and traffic has increased by 30%. Regal is also being profiled by media moguls Mike Holmes, Debbie Travis and Steve Maxwell (Canada's Handiest Man).


Its purpose is to counsel new converts on Salvation. Through counseling we can enhance the personal awareness and responsibilities of Christian character and conduct.
Counseling with new members' increases growth through servant leadership; continues to keep God and prayer first in all endeavors; and after souls are won to Christ, it is our focus to remind all that God above all is the source of all blessings. This opportunity is also used with new converts and others to embrace Christ with our heart, soul and mind.


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Major Contemporary Arts Programme come to Ironbridge. (22nd July 2015)
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and Meadow Arts have secured a grant from Arts Council England to produce 'Shifting Worlds', a spectacular programme of contemporary arts events running throughout the summer and winter of 2015. The Programme will explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution and challenge our understanding of its legacy.
Internationally renowned sculptor, David Nash has been commissioned to produce a new monumental sculpture entitled 'Three Black Humps' from charred wood. It will be embedded in a circle of crushed coal and reflects the cycle and history of iron. This remarkable sculpture has been inspired by the industrial landscape of Coalbrookdale, widely recognised as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution some 300 years ago. It will be positioned against the backdrop of the remarkable brick remains at Coalbrookdale, next to the Old Furnace, where Abraham Darby perfected the technique of smelting iron with coke rather than charcoal in 1709. 'Three Black Humps' will be available to view by the public free of charge from Monday, 22 June 2015.
Faye Claridge has been selected to be the Artist in Residence, responding to the Darby family houses and archives. Faye produces contemporary art works, investigating archives and traditional customs and folklore. During her time in Ironbridge she will invite local workers and residents, to help create an inspiring multi-media work named 'The Mystery of The Missing Portraits'. The artwork resulting from the residency may include sculpture, images, embroidery and Morris Dancing. It will celebrate the lives of the immensely significant innovators and early Iron Masters, whose lives and works are amply documented but who, due to their Quaker beliefs, never had their portraits painted.
The House of Fairy Tales, a national children's arts charity, established by artists Gavin Turk and Deborah Curtis, will be producing The Time Travellers' Ironbridge Quest a free family festival taking over Enginuity and Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron. On Saturday, 22 August families will be invited to embark on a mysterious quest and follow an amazing trail with games, clues, tasks, challenges and artist lead workshops. There will be six different routes with 'Reward Tokens' for each successfully completed trail. Storytellers, artists and performers will transform the Coalbrookdale site into a giant festival venue and offer families the opportunity to let their imagination go wild, get creative and explore how industry changed their lives. There will be free admission on 22 August to Enginuity, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and the Darby Houses.
An inspiring new exhibition 'Landscape with Machines' will be on show from Friday, 25 September to Friday, 18 December in the Coalbrookdale Gallery adjacent to Enginuity. It will explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution and feature works by leading contemporary artists, as well as pieces of industrial art from Ironbridge Gorge Museum's nationally designated collections. Admission to the exhibition will be free of charge and it will be open 10am-5pm Monday - Sunday.
This innovative programme of events will provide the backdrop for 'Shifting Worlds: Reimagining the Industrial Revolution', a symposium 9 - 10 October, when academics and artists will meet to discuss the themes explored by 'Shifting Worlds'.
The Programme is collaboration between the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, the education and heritage conservation charity that operates the ten award-winning museums in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, and Telford and Meadow Arts, the Shropshire based charitable organisation that produces exceptional contemporary art projects in unusual places, bringing high quality contemporary art to areas where few other facilities exist.
Anna Brennand, Chief Executive Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust commented; "Ironbridge Gorge is known across the world as a Birthplace of Industry and Coalbrookdale is one of our greatest cultural assets. We are keen to host a number of high impact artistic interventions in response to the Coalbrookdale site and celebrate our rich industrial heritage through new contemporary art forms. We are very grateful to Arts Council England for funding this exciting Programme and we look forward to working with a range of contemporary artists in this inspiring environment."
Anne de Charmant, Director and Curator at Meadow Arts commented; "Shifting Worlds will use the incisive media of contemporary art to re-visit and re-evaluate the significance of the Industrial Revolution, in particular the magnitude of change that was brought about. This, in turn, will encourage viewers to think again about our present condition and place in the world as well as contemplate our personal or collective future."
More details about 'Shifting Worlds' can be found on www.ironbridge.org.uk and www.meadowarts.org.


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1905 State of Iowa Census Register: Book introduction to the register
Transcriber's Notes:
The following text was taken from the title pages of a 1905 census register book. The
column header information appears on each page thereafter.
Transcriber's comments are in brackets [ ].
This Register of Iowa people consists of the names of the
residents of the State of Iowa on the first day of January, A. D.
1905.  The arrangement is by civil townships and incorporated
towns and cities.  The several registers are bound together by
counties in the alphabetical order of the names of the several
townships as the same exists at this date.  The incorporated
towns are placed following the name of the township in which
the town is situated.  Where a town is partly within two or
more townships it has been the intention to place it following
the name of the township in which the larger part of the town
is situated.  This order has not been followed in the case of the
larger cities.  Where a city of considerable importance exists
the registers for that city are generally separated so as to place
the registers of that city in a separate volume.  In a few cases
more than one volume is made for a city.  For the city of Des
Moines one volume includes the residents of Wards 5, 6 and 7,
known as East Des Moines, being the territory situated East of
the Des Moines river, and two volumes for the residents West
of the Des Moines river, division being made upon the ward
lines as the same are now officially constituted.  The record of
the boundaries of the wards may be found in the city directories
of this date.  Other cities are divided upon ward lines and their
boundaries may be determined by the official directories of this
The names appearing in the several town and townships
registers are arranged by numbers according to the numbers of
cards which were made in the census enumeration for the year
1905.  These cards indicate the color, place of birth, natuarli-
zation, years in the United States, years in Iowa, conjugal
condition, school attendance, literacy, occupation and military
service of each person enumerated in the census of 1905.  It is
the intention to preserve these cards, the Registers serving as
indexes to the same.  The cards are to be arranged in steel
cases by counties, in packages, by an age and sex arrangement
indicated by the labels thereon.
The census of the year 1905 has been made under a statute
enacted by the Thirtieth General Assembly and under the
direction of the Executive Council, the undersigned acting as
Director, ex-officio.  These registers were designed in part to
prove the correctness of the census enumeration, to protect
against loss of the original cards by verifying the numbers and
to make it possible to verify the enrollment as to its integrity.
The result has been that the Registers, on account of the fact
that they include postoffice address and street number of
citizens of cities, has made it impossible for fictitious enumera-
tion and the census has the confidence of everyone who has
investigated the same.
The future use of these lists of names has been the chief
object, however, in providing the Register.  Herein is found a
complete list of all the people of Iowa so far as it has been
possible, by careful officers, to enroll the same.
The arrangement of families may be determined by the
order of the names in almost every case.  The instructions
under which enumerators have acted were to enumerate first
the father of the family, second the mother, following with the
names of children in order of the seniority of their ages.  Inves-
tigators will find this arrangement followed generally.  This
will make possible the determination of the names of the
children in nearly every family of the State.  These registers
it is hoped may find in the State Historical Department a place
where they will be preserved for the use of succeeding genera-
tions.  There having been up to this period no uniform record
of the names of people in the different territories of the state,
it is believed that the value of this list will in time become
very great.  Lists of names from previous census enumerations
have been discovered in the debris of the attic of the Capitol
building which will be placed with these registers in the
Historical Department, whenever the legislature shall give
legal sanction to the same.  These registers will include a list
of the people at the date of 1850, only four years after the
admission of the State into the Union, and also of the people
in 1860, immediately preceding the breaking out of the great
Civil War, which registers will be of almost inestimable value
in connection with the present registers in the hands of inves-
tigators.
The census of 1905 has been made possible only on account
of the great interest taken by His Excellency, Governor Albert
B. Cummins, and his associate members of the Executive Coun-
cil, Secretary of State William B. Martin, Auditor of State B. F.
Carroll and Treasurer of State G. S. Gilbertson.   At the Gov-
ernor's earnest solicitation a statute making the same possible
was enacted, as above indicated, by the Thirtieth General
Assembly; and at every step he and his Council have taken the
deepest interest and exercised the most painstaking care in the
successful execution of the trust.  The official report of this
census which will be bound as a volume in the series of this set
of Registers for the examination of all who have occasion to
consult the Registers, will show in detail the extent of the
information obtained by this enumeration.
A. H. Davison,
Des Moines, October 4, 1905.
[Book title page with instructions to the enumerator and column headers]
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CENSUS REGISTER
__________________________________________________ County
________________________________________________ Township
____________________________________________ City or Town
____________________________________________________ Ward
Book Number "A" [or "B" or "C"]
The Number given each name in this list must be placed
on the population card for that person. (Also on the
"Agriculture" card of each person managing a farm.)
This book must be returned to the County Auditor with the
cards, and by him sent to Des Moines with the cards.
Card        NAME OF PERSON           POSTOFFICE ADDRESS
[etc]
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It is not the first time, but the United States is narrowing in on employers across the nation. The worry? The employment of undocumented workers.
Recently, U.S. Immigration and Customs notified thousands of companies of an employment audit. Businesses must submit proof and appropriate documentation to prove that workers are of legal status.
At this time, ICE claims that it is requesting documents in order to ensure that all businesses are complying with important employment regulations. So far, audits have been pushed among manufacturing, agriculture, food processing and the restaurant industries.
The good news is that an audit does not mean an automatic deportation for the worker. On the other hand, it does mean that any undocumented employee will lose his her position. For the employers that hire thousands of employees, including immigrants, a detailed audit may result in the loss of many workers. Moreover, employers can face fat fines and criminal charges.
When an audit is conducted, ICE requests payroll sheets, work rosters and I-9 employee documentation. Once the agency gets appropriate documentation, it will send a notice to businesses that have employed workers with mismatching or unofficial papers, false employee names, and false Social Security numbers or ID cards.
If employers are given a notice, they must alert workers of the issue. Employees then must resign from the position or present appropriate papers. Fines are given to businesses for employment of undocumented individuals and administrative mistakes on forms.
In the last few years, ICE has investigated nearly 10,000 companies for employment issues relating to undocumented workers, according to the Wall Street Journal. This has resulted in more than $100 million fines.
The Pew Hispanic Center adds that approximately 11 million undocumented immigrant workers are in the U.S., and eight million of these individuals work in some capacity. While several immigrants working in the agricultural industry are not authorized, sources report that audits are more aggressively pursued in the restaurant industry.
However, employers should not overreach in their investigations. For example, earlier this year, Macy's was slapped with fines and investigated by the Justice Department after it employed questionable and discriminatory practices involving immigrant employees.
If you conduct business with thousands of workers - many of which come from outside the country - you may be investigated for unlawful employment practices. To help ensure your employment documents are in line and in compliance with immigration laws, contact an immigration law firm.


Atlus has recently registered several Persona series related domain names through RyusOffice, a marketing solutions business partner for the games industry.
RyusOffice has helped Atlus for previous events in the past, such as the production and planning of the November 24, 2013 "Persona Channel News Flash" and February 5, 2015 "News Flash! Persona Channel 2015" events. They have helped Atlus with trailers, management and creative strategies since 2006 with Persona 3, and they registered the official website for Project Re Fantasy.
Website domains are officially registered for security or other business purposes, without ever actually manifesting themselves through a true website (such as the Atlus Asia domains and the Megaten MMO domains). The domain names for "Persona 8," "Persona 9," and "Persona 10" were most likely registered now as a preemptive measure to prevent others from registering the domains and squatting them before Atlus could own them.
Q53: Please select all that applies for proposed Persona series titles below.
There was an interview with DJ Taku Takahashi in February, where he stated he had remixed Persona 5 music for what could be "the next game." This section of the interview was subsequently edited to remove any Persona 5 mention.
Atlus has stated that they have Persona titles in development, such as Atlus production manager Naoto Hiraoka stating that "the next step for it [after Persona 5] is already in preparation, so stay tuned!", and that they would have unannounced Persona projects to reveal in the near future.
What I am working on now is the design of costumes worn by characters in a new game. While taking into consideration the personality and features of a character, I am creating designs that will also surprise players.
She was responsible for the Persona 5 DLC costume designs.
Kazuhisa Wada, the producer and director of the Persona 4 Arena series and Persona 4: Dancing All Night, stated at the start and the end of 2016 that it was a "year of preparation" for his next project.