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Ezra Harm Ruud Walian (born 22 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung and the Indonesia national team.

Early life
Walian was born in Amsterdam, his father, Glenn Walian, is Indonesian of Manadonese (Minahasan) descent, while his mother is Dutch. He progressed through the ranks of the Ajax Youth Academy, having joined from the academy of AZ Alkmaar, eventually joining the reserves' team Jong Ajax in 2016.

Club career

Ajax
Walian is a youth exponent from Ajax. He made his professional debut at Jong Ajax on 26 September 2016 in an Eerste Divisie game against FC Oss. He left Jong Ajax after contract ended on 30 June 2017.

In July and August 2017, Walian had trials with three English club sides Bolton Wanderers, Hull City and West Ham United.

Almere City
On 29 August 2017 it was announced that Walian had signed with Ajax affiliates' Almere City for 2 years, competing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.
He made his debut in the Almere City FC game against Helmond Sport. On 6 October 2017, Walian scored his first goal for Almere City in the 76th minute against MVV Maastricht.

RKC Waalwijk (loan)
He was signed for RKC Waalwijk to play in the Eerste Divisie, on loan from Almere City. Walian made his debut on 24 August 2018 in a match against Den Bosch. On 17 November 2018, Walian scored his first goal for RKC Waalwijk in the 32nd minute against Helmond Sport.

PSM Makassar
On September 7, 2019, Walian signed three and a half years contract with Indonesian Liga 1 side PSM Makassar. He made his debut on 19 September 2019 in a match against Persikabo 1973. On 27 September 2019, Walian scored his first goal for PSM in a 3–1 lose over Persipura Jayapura at the Gelora Delta Stadium. On 16 October 2019, he scored in a 6–2 win over Arema. Walian made 19 league appearances and scored 3 goals for PSM Makassar.

Persib Bandung
He was announced to have signed a three-year contract with the West Java club on 14 March 2021 during Persib's 88th anniversary celebration He made his league debut on 4 September by starting in a 1–0 win against Barito Putera.

International career

Walian represented the Netherlands at youth level, from the under-15s to under-19s, on 19 October 2013 while playing for the Netherlands U-17 team, he scored 5 goals in his debut against San Marino of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round in a 12–0 win. He was eligible to represent the Netherlands or Indonesia at full international level through his parents; his mother being Dutch and his father Indonesian.

On 20 March 2017, Walian officially became an Indonesian citizen through naturalization.

Walian was given his first call-up by Indonesia manager Luis Milla for a friendly against Myanmar on 21 March 2017.
He made his debut for Indonesia after coming on as a substitute in the start of second half.

In November 2021, Walian was called up to the Indonesia national team in a friendly match in Turkey against Afghanistan and Myanmar by Shin Tae-yong. Walian scored his first international goal on 25 November 2021, in a 4–1 win against Myanmar. In December 2021, he was named in Indonesian's squad for the 2020 AFF Championship in Singapore. On 12 December 2021, Walian scored a goal against Laos in a 2020 AFF Championship group stage. On 25 December 2021, he scored again against Singapore in the second leg of semi-final in a 4–2 victory after extra-time.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
Netherlands U-17

Indonesia U-23

Indonesia

Honours
Ajax A1 (U-19)
 Eredivisie U-19: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Jong Ajax
 Eerste Divisie runner-up: 2016–17

Indonesia U-23
 Southeast Asian Games Bronze medal: 2017

Indonesia
 AFF Championship runner-up: 2020

Individual
 Menpora Cup Best Eleven: 2021

References

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1997 births
Living people
Footballers from Amsterdam
Indonesian footballers
Indonesia international footballers
Indonesia youth international footballers
Dutch footballers
Netherlands youth international footballers
Indonesian people of Dutch descent
Indo people
Dutch people of Indonesian descent
Indonesian expatriate footballers
Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Jong Ajax players
Almere City FC players
RKC Waalwijk players
PSM Makassar players
Persib Bandung players
Eerste Divisie players
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Naturalised citizens of Indonesia
Minahasa people
Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
Association football forwards


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Poland: A promising startup ecosystem with success stories and a few teething problems
by Andrii Degeler — in Insider
As Europe slowly but surely catches up with the US in all things disruptive, innovative and entrepreneurial, its Eastern half is becoming less unlikely a place for the next unicorn to be born. Within the region, Poland plays a big role, boasting rapidly evolving infrastructure for startups and an increasing number of success stories.
Back in June, the Bitspiration Festival in the Polish capital gathered hundreds of the country's startup ecosystem players, allowing us to catch a snapshot of the local industry. With two major centers of the entrepreneurial movement — Warsaw and Krakow, — the country is becoming a hardware and software innovation hotbed, even though it still needs to overcome a few issues.
The two cities
There are more cities in Poland where startups and general tech vibe are strong, like Gdansk that hosts the Infoshare.pl conference, Wroclaw with interesting e-car initiatives, and many others. And yet, most of the people in the halls of the Bitspiration Festival appeared to come from Warsaw and Krakow, divided about equally. It takes about 2.5 hours to get from one to the other, and Polish entrepreneurs seem to be traveling around quite often.
There is, however, no rivalry between the two cities, and startups don't feel a need to move HQs from one to another.
"It's not a competition, it's rather inspiration and collaboration," said Piotr Wilam, co-founder of Innovation Nest, a Krakow-based VC fund focused on seed-stage startups. "If one of these ecosystems succeeds, the whole county and the whole region will benefit."
Piotr Wilam, Innovation Nest
Entrepreneurs mostly agree with this point.
"Krakow historically was always a place for academia and students," further explained Jakub Krzych, co-founder and CEO of Estimote, also headquartered in Krakow. "What is also important that Krakow is visited by more than 9 million tourists a year. This kind of combination of young people and tourists is something that attracts other investors and other companies. That is actually why we have Cisco, IBM, Motorola and other companies opening offices in Krakow. Because of that talent pool and because of that attraction.
"And Warsaw is slightly more commercialized. There are startups, but […] there probably are slightly less people taking huge risks and leaving well-positioned jobs to create something new. […] Maybe there is a little bit of competition between these cities, but of course the community of startups in Poland is very strong and we support each other."
CEO of Estimote Jakub Krzych speaks at Bitspiration 2015
What's also been mentioned quite often by different people on the conference is that Krakow's startup community is smaller than in Warsaw's, which sometimes makes it easier to find right people for your venture, from developers to early-stage investors. The capital, however, can provide easier access to VC money.
The city authorities in Warsaw seem to be deeply concerned about its position in the startup ecosystem. In 2015, they managed to convince the Bitspiration Festival to move from Krakow by substantially supporting the event. The support included the conference's venue in a monumental Soviet-style building of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw city center.
The Palace of Culture and Science, viewed from Google's office in Warsaw
"We couldn't find enough support from the city [administration] of Krakow, they mostly focus on tourism," said Andrzej Targosz, founder and CEO of ProIdea and one of the conference's organizers.
Another boasting right Warsaw has won recently is Google's campus for entrepreneurs, which will launch in late 2015. Located in a 1,700 m² converted vodka factory on the left bank of the Vistula River, it's set to become a major startup hub for the city.
Sarah Drinkwater at Google's office in Warsaw
"With the campus [in Warsaw] we want to create a flexible space for the community that's accessible for everyone," said Sarah Drinkwater, who runs Google Campus in London. You only need to sign up and get a membership card, and then you can use the cafe. And you don't need to be a member to come to the events."
What Poland doesn't have a shortage of are tech startup success stories. There's quite a number of different project coming from the country that are well-known beyond their local market.
Arguably the most famous Polish-made tech product is the Witcher games series. Created by Warsaw-based CD Projekt Red, the series currently consists of three titles, the last of which was released in May 2015. All three have become quite popular among gamers and critics. As of June 2015, the player base of Witcher 3: Wild Hunt reached more than 1.3 million people who played an average of 28 hours each.
Krakow-based Brainly is another example of a successful global company with Polish roots. The social learning network has raised $9.5 million to date and boasts to have 40 million unique users every months across more than 35 countries.
In addition to education tech, Krakow can be called the IoT capital of Poland or even the whole CEE region. The most significant startups in this field include Estimote and Kontakt.io, the pioneers in the world of beacons and "nearables." They've raised a total of more than $5 million so far, and keep growing further together with the market.
Among the interesting and exciting startups coming from Poland are the online healthcare platform DocPlanner, which has already raised $14 million in funding, as well as Filmaster, recently acquired by Samba TV for €1 million ($1.09 million). It's also worth to mention Gdynia-founded UXpin, as well as Intelclinic, LiveChat, and InvoiceOcean. Some of them are currently headquartered elsewhere, but still have offices in Poland, mostly for R&D purposes.
Teething problems
Judging by what could be seen at the Bitspiration Festival, as well as the news coming from the region, the Polish startup ecosystem is fairly promising. Among the issues mentioned by different entrepreneurs at the event was that, on one hand, there are not many big funds that could lead a Series A or Series B round.
On the other hand, there's an opinion that the money allocated by various EU programmes for supporting entrepreneurs could be more of a hindrance than a help.
"The market is a little bit fake. It's not a bubble but […] those companies that are taking the EU money, they don't have to succeed. They are not that much motivated," Krzych said. "But they are paying salaries, they are renting offices, they are running ads, and that actually changes the entire market. Basically, other companies have to pay more for ads, and offices, and salaries.
"But this EU money is something that is temporary, it will not last forever. Hopefully within a few years some of these companies will just fail and experienced employees will join other companies."
It should be mentioned that similar reasoning can be applied to most of the countries in the East of the EU. In addition, talking about "easy money" for startups as a problem could be a good sign for the industry, meaning it's on the way to becoming a mature and healthy one.
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Amen to All That
"The New Atheists," Ronald Aronson's cover story for the June 25 issue, drew so much mail, of such variety, we have onl
By Our Readers and Ronald Aronson
"The New Atheists," Ronald Aronson's cover story for the June 25 issue, drew so much mail, of such variety, we have only now been able to digest it all. Here are some of the highlights. –The Editors
Washington, Ind.
The writings of Harris, Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens against God and religion are nothing new. But as a Roman Catholic priest, I agree with them about one thing: the in-your-face religion practiced by some is equally repellent.
REV. JAMES A. SUMMITT
Mattoon, Ill.
I object to the term "new atheists." Originally, the only ones who used the term were religious conservatives who wished to portray atheism as akin to a trendy fad likely to pass away on its own that should be ignored. I also object on the grounds that it's simply not true–the "new atheists" who are writing these books have been atheists for many decades. There's nothing new about it.
MATTHEW CASNER
Ronald Aronson makes an important suggestion: nontheists who believe in separation of church and state can work with like-minded theists. That is exactly what is happening on Capitol Hill. The first Congressional lobbying organization representing the interests of the tens of millions of nontheists, the Secular Coalition for America, works with religious church-state-separation groups. We have implemented Aronson's idea that such a group ought to "reorient American thinking about atheists and atheism." The SCA has also made great strides in informing the public that we, too, are patriotic, ethical and, yes, moral.
LORI LIPMAN BROWN
Director, Secular Coalition for America
Silver Spring, Md.
We need to differentiate between strident "atheist fundamentalists," who attack all religion, and humanists, who see religion as varied and are eager to work with moderate and progressive Catholics, Protestants, Jews and others with whom they share many values and concerns, such as saving our nation and our planet from the myriad threats facing us.
EDD DOERR
Buffalo, N.Y.
You don't have to be an atheist or agnostic to feel marginalized by the overwhelming Christian focus of American culture. Aronson's final paragraph, where he recognized the need for education about religion and secularism ("the touchiest question of all"), struck me most deeply. If every high school student were required to take such a course, it would go a long way toward awakening tolerance.
AMY MELTON
Carrboro, N.C.
The ideas of the new atheists are a rehash of the Enlightenment critique, about 200 years late. The whole notion of "religion" smacks of a particular moment of Eurocentric thought–look at how badly Buddhism fits into that container. The sociological critique that belief systems invest ties between people with meaning and thus make social life possible is lost on these authors, as is the postcolonial notion that science and rationality can be a colonial imposition.
Yes, fundamentalist clinging to the literal reality of myths must be dispelled (although I'd throw both Marxism and the selfish gene in there as well), but it is difficult to take seriously people who discuss the present manifestations of religion without considering some of the global political and economic changes of the past thirty years. The goal has to be to develop communities that are going to struggle to change the world, and some of the cosmologies labeled as "religion" are likely to prove useful in that context. We need a complex strategy of sacralizing what is important (equitable ties between people, a new relationship with the nonhuman world) while being tolerant of what is not so important, and always keeping space open for critique.
STEVEN SHERMAN
Portland, Ore.
We want justice, but the world is unjust. It's hard to live in a world that promises us no justice. This makes faith in ultimate justice and a God who can deliver it pretty compelling. The "new atheists" need to be reminded of something Marx wrote 150 years ago: "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions."
CLAYTON MORGAREIDGE
I am tired of the self-congratulatory happiness with the modern world that most antireligious authors display. Their books are invariably written by successful males with ample inner and financial resources–the "winners" of our market-driven liberal world. I admire these men, but I am tired of their expectation that everyone should be able to celebrate the strengths and be immune to the drawbacks of our modern society. Modernity works for those who have ample family resources, who are entrepreneurial and independent. For those who need some help and support from a caring society, modernity often fails. Blindness to the inability of modern society to meet human needs will ensure that people continue to turn to traditional religions to meet those needs–for community, for meaning, for support, for moral strength. Demanding that everyone be happy with science and an individualistic, market-driven, opportunity society will not result in the demise of organized religion. A compassionate and data-driven concern for understanding and meeting human needs would certainly be more helpful.
CARMELA FEDERICO
Ronald Aronson writes, "Living without God means turning toward something. To flourish we need coherent secular popular philosophies that effectively answer life's vital questions." Many of us have rejected religion because it clearly does not effectively answer life's questions. Why must these be answered? I would argue that we need to deal with questions that cannot be answered. What we don't need is another elaborate construct that pretends to answer them.
LEONARD FRANK
East Hampton, N.Y.
As an atheist I do not need or want a secular philosophy to substitute for religion. I don't want any substitute for religion. I hold myself responsible for ethics, morality or whatever makes a responsible person. Any organized substitute inevitably turns into a power structure run by a few whose values may not be mine.
JEAN KEMPER HOFFMAN
ARONSON REPLIES
I appreciate Matthew Casner's objection to the term "new atheists." When I first used it ["Faith No More," BookForum, Oct./Nov. 2005], I had two themes in mind. First, ours is the first generation of modern unbelievers to have abandoned talking about a march of progress that projects the victory of Enlightenment reason and the demise of religion. Atheism/agnosticism/secularism is not being helped along by history and has to stand on its own. Second, I applied the term not to Sam Harris, the only one of the four authors I discussed there, but to two far more congenial writers (Julian Baggini and Erik Wielenberg), who like myself are less concerned with combating religion than presenting a positive case for disbelief. But despite Casner's qualification, Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens (as well as Victor Stenger, author of God: The Failed Hypothesis) are "new" because their audience is not the small atheist subculture; they have broken through to the mainstream, smashing the taboo on criticizing religion publicly. This is a remarkable achievement.
Thanks to Lori Lipman Brown for calling our attention to the SCA, and especially for noting that it already does some of what I am advocating. Working with religious groups on behalf of the First Amendment is urgently important as Democrats vie with one another to stress their religious faith rather than defend the separation of church and state. I am calling for more: a reorientation among liberal religionists and secularists–yes, believers and atheists–toward each other. We are up against a profoundly antidemocratic tendency. Our common enemy, as the Rev. James Summitt points out, is the kind of fundamentalist-tinged religion that insists that appeals to God should trump constitutional freedoms and democratic deliberation.
To change today's climate, we need to explore beyond tactical alliances between religious and secular Americans, forging new understandings based on mutual respect and, yes, shared values. Nation readers, both believers and freethinkers, should have no difficulty agreeing: the mutual respect many of us have gained from working with each other politically for a generation should be deepened and made explicit. As Edd Doerr and Steven Sherman wisely indicate, today's essential issues and movements must connect secularists with people of a religious culture if they are to be successful. This might include the commitment to actually learn about each other's common and different traditions. I agree with Amy Melton that we secularists and believers of the left can model a new kind of behavior about living with diverse religious/secular differences and commonalities. We will do this by being genuinely "new atheists" and "new believers"–confident in our outlooks, willing to share our doubts, contemporary in our willingness to adapt to new knowledge and in our awareness that divergences of worldviews are inevitable.
Carmela Federico eloquently voices the fact that in our society there are good reasons people turn to religion, and critics of religion who read The Nation should never stop thinking about the human needs that go unmet in our society. Clayton Morgareidge says this in his clear and simple demand for justice and by using Marx's still-ringing words. To Carmela and Clayton, and to Steven's good words about creating communities of struggle, I can only say, Amen.
Once we reach this level of analysis it's time to answer my critics who bristle at my calling for a secular philosophy that answers life's vital questions. Of course, all of them certainly have their own nonreligious answers. What Jean Kemper Hoffman and Leonard Frank claim to dislike is anything elaborate or organized, but I challenge them to avoid these traps the minute they begin to explain their own nonreligious worldview to their friends or family or children. My own effort to do so, the "new atheist" book Living Without God, is nearly completed and about to go to press. It will present a contemporary secular worldview–an atheist popular philosophy. I hope it stimulates discussion, and that in response other secularists will spell out their own outlooks.
Our ReadersLetters submitted by our readers are read and published in the magazine.
Ronald AronsonRonald Aronson is author of We: Reviving Social Hope (University of Chicago Press).


Updated: 4/17/19: Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a state disaster declaration for nine counties impacted by recent severe weather, including thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Updated 4/14/19: Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant issued a statewide emergency declaration in response to severe weather conditions.
NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.
A storm system that killed at least eight people and injured dozens as it pushed across the South over the weekend brought damaging winds and possible tornados to the eastern Great Lakes and mid-Atlantic regions overnight.
The National Weather Service confirmed at least 18 tornadoes left behind swaths of damage in Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.
Sunday evening, a tornado touched down near Shelby, Ohio, according to NWS. Storms also brought down trees and power lines and damaged buildings in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Laurel, Delaware, also was hit particularity hard.
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Australian Allan Davis ended a long run of second places this season when he won the final stage of the Tour of Aragon. Yesterday's mountain time trial winner Ruben Plaza took the overall victory.
The Fassa Bortolo set up the final sprint for Alessandro Petacchi, but the Italian, already a winner twice in this race, ran out of steam on the uphill finish and Davis came through for a clear win, his third of the season.
The Australian is now set to spend the next month training with team-mate Aaron Kemps at an Australian Institute for Sport camp in Italy. He is scheduled to reappear for his Liberty Seguros team at the Dauphin Libr in the first week of June.
– Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net-Maxxis) won Saturday's final stage of the Sea Otter Classic road race in Monterey, California, and with it the overall victory after breaking away from the leading group to win alone on the Laguna Seca race track.
It was another strong performance from the Health Net-Maxxis squad who held the leader's yellow jersey throughout the three-day race, first with Gord Fraser, then Chris Wherry, before 25-year-old Ollerenshaw took the biggest win of his career. Fraser and Wherry now head to Augusta for the start of the Tour de Georgia, which starts on Tuesday, where they will be up against some of the best European-based American pros, including Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel), CSC's Bobby Julich and Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner).


Nice find. The dock really looks nice. Glad to see they support Rift and PSVR as well.
That's a very nice dock. Thanks for the heads up!
oh WOW. I need three of these, immediately.
My wife will love this. No more things lying about randomly or dead controllers!
Nice concept, but I don't think that it will hit goal on the Kickstarter.
Pretty close to the goal now! This is a beautiful docking station!
And just to follow up on this, they made their goal and with money to spare. Looks like I'll be getting one :)... they did mention they will start the normal preorder phase soonish too so hopefully they get to their next stage: a proper, sellable and orderable product.
The only thing I will change will be a way to cover all the things to avoid dust, would be nice a polycarbonate cover for it because it's hard and also transparent, because admit it, the VR headsets and peripherals are kind of art to show.
Ah, missed these during the funding period! Hoping their pre-orders go live soon - would buy one in a heartbeat!
I just put it in a drawer. But this is a great idea indeed.


Last week's Real Estate Connect New York conference got me thinking about technology. I have said for years that my multiple listing service (MLS) is the best example of how to do technology well. My MLS helps level the playing field between big companies and smaller independent organizations — like mine!
We get many services that are bundled into one system for a small fee. We can do everything from building a comparative market analysis to figuring out how much it costs to own one home vs. another home.
NorthstarMLS serves more than 14,300 Realtors in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The last numbers I saw (in 2013) showed that close to 70,000 properties a year are sold through the NorthstarMLS.
It isn't free, but it costs less than $500 a year — and it takes the place of additional software and services I would need to pay for, not to mention the cloud-based storage for contracts and contacts.
The system has very little downtime and is a source of accurate data that I can present in visually compelling charts and graphs for presentations and blog posts. I always feel like I am on top of my market — and I know my market and can see significant trends through those same easy-to-create charts and graphs, sometimes months before the news media reports on them.
My home seller clients love the "book-a-showing" feature built into the system. Clients receive a text message notifying them of showings. The system also gathers feedback and keeps track of the number of showings. I can use that data to help determine when a price reduction might be in order.
Back in the old days we used to have to ask the front desk if the number of showings was up, down or average for the past week or month. Now I can get that information using a lot more data than the listings in one office to get the big picture with a couple of clicks of my mouse.
There is even a built-in widget I can use for displaying my listings on my Facebook business page.
My MLS provides a portal for homebuyer clients where they can store information about the houses I send them, mark their favorites and send me a message letting me know which houses they want to view this coming weekend.
Once the appointments are made, the address of each house is added to my calendar with one click. The calendar automatically synchronizes with my phone, and the addresses link to Google Maps.
When I get in my car, I can use my phone as a GPS and go from house to house using turn-by-turn directions, with all the showing instructions in my pocket. It all saves time and paper, and means I can work fewer hours and make more money.
While I am out with my buyers, I can use the MLS app on my tablet or smartphone, or I can use the browser on either device and access the MLS that way. We have augmented reality built into the app via HomeSpotter so that I can point my phone in any direction, and information with pictures of nearby homes for sale will appear on the screen.
You say you have a transaction room and electronic forms and electronic signature software? We have that all included in our MLS at no extra charge. Yes, it does work on a smartphone or an iPad. I wrote an entire offer using nothing but my phone and got it signed and sent to the listing agent.
Sometimes I see or read about remarkable new high-tech innovative products for real estate agents … but I don't need them because I have something similar or even better through our MLS.
There are many agents who don't use most of the features in our MLS, and there are some who never bothered to learn the basics. I fall into the the power-user category and am logged in most of the time.
For people like me, the MLS has taken the place of the real estate office. Almost everything I need is on the Internet or in the cloud. I don't need a front desk to book showings, and I don't need real estate forms or even to pay for electronic forms anymore.
I don't need a copy machine or a lot of file cabinets. I don't need to pay extra for software that will collect feedback on my listings and share it with home sellers. My office can be anywhere that I have Internet access, which is everywhere — and that means I can stay focused on my clients.
Could my MLS do more and do it better? Of course it could. But my MLS keeps improving, and there are other services (like Realtors Property Resource) that fill in for missing features.
There is constant innovation going on behind the scenes in our MLS offices. My MLS doesn't come up with weird ideas and tell me it is the future, cram it down my throat and suggest that I change. My MLS works with me and integrates my ideas into the system.
This MLS is technology at its best because it helps me serve my clients and make money.
What has your MLS done for you lately?
Teresa Boardman is a Realtor for Saint Paul Home Realty in Minnesota. She also blogs at StPaulRealEstateBlog.com.


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Large spatial variations in coastal 14C reservoir age – a case study from the Baltic Sea
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Coastal locations are highly influenced by input from freshwater river runoff, including sources of terrestrial carbon, which can be expected to modify the 14C reservoir age, or R (t), associated with marine water. In this Baltic Sea case study, pre-bomb museum collection mollusc shells of known calendar age, from 30 locations across a strategic salinity transect of the Baltic Sea, were analysed for 14C, δ13C and δ18O. R (t) was calculated for all 30 locations. Seven locations, of which six are within close proximity of the coast, were found to have relatively higher R (t) values, indicative of hard-water effects. Whenever possible, the Macoma genus of mollusc was selected from the museum collections, in order to exclude species specific reservoir age effects as much as possible. When the Macoma samples are exclusively considered, and samples from hard-water locations excluded, a statistically significant correlation between Macoma R (t) and average salinity is found, indicating a two end-member linear mixing model between 14Cmarine and 14Crunoff. A map of Baltic Sea Macoma aragonite R (t) for the late 19th and early 20th centuries is produced. Such a map can provide an estimate for contemporary Baltic Sea Macoma R (t), although one must exercise caution when applying such estimates back in time or to 14C dates obtained from different sample material. A statistically significant correlation is found between δ18Oaragonite and Macoma R (t), suggesting that δ18Oaragonite can be used to estimate Macoma palaeo-R (t), due to the δ18Oaragonite signal being dominated by the salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea. A slightly increased correlation can be expected when δ18Oaragonite is corrected for temperature fractionation effects. The results of this Baltic Sea case study, which show that R (t) is affected by hydrographic conditions and local carbon inputs, have important consequences for other coastal and estuarine locations, where R (t) is also likely to significantly vary on spatial and temporal bases.
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The analog method (AM) has found application to reconstruct gridded climate fields from the information provided by proxy data and climate model simulations. Here, we test the skill of different setups of the AM, in a controlled but realistic situation, by analysing several statistical properties of reconstructed daily high-resolution atmospheric fields for Northern Europe for a 50-yr period. In this application, station observations of sea-level pressure and air temperature are combined with atmospheric fields from a 50-yr high-resolution regional climate simulation. This reconstruction aims at providing homogeneous and physically consistent atmospheric fields with daily resolution suitable to drive high resolution ocean and ecosystem models. Different settings of the AM are evaluated in this study for the period 1958–2007 to estimate the robustness of the reconstruction and its ability to replicate high and low-frequency variability, realistic probability distributions and extremes of different meteorological variables. It is shown that the AM can realistically reconstruct variables with a strong physical link to daily sea-level pressure on both a daily and monthly scale. However, to reconstruct low-frequency decadal and longer temperature variations, additional monthly mean station temperature as predictor is required. Our results suggest that the AM is a suitable upscaling tool to predict daily fields taken from regional climate simulations based on sparse historical station data.


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K'naan (Keinaan, meaning traveller in Somali, born 1978) is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. The Coming To America Songfacts states that born in Mogadishu, Somalia, he spent his childhood there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. K'naan's grandfather, Haji Mohammad, was a poet and his aunt, Magool, one of Somalia's most famous singers. The young Somalian acquired an early interest in hip-hop from the records that were sent to him from America by his father. K'naan describes growing up in Somalia amidst the ongoing warfare on his song "Coming To America". At age 13 he left for New York City with his mother and brother and finally settled in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto. In 2001 K'naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2005, he performed with DobaCaracol during the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario. His full-length debut album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, was released in 2005. His song "Soobax" (pronounced "So-Bah") is now featured in the best selling video game FIFA Football 2006, made by Electronic Arts and he has toured the world with the cup. K'naan participated in the Breedlove Odyssey Tour with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae. He also participated in the "Welcome To Jamrock" tour along with Damian Marley. The Dusty Foot Philosopher received a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He also featured in a song by M1, titled "Till We Get There". The song "In the Beginning" from the album The Dusty Foot Philosopher was featured in the 2008 Comedy "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" He also toured with Stephen Marley on Stephen's "Mind Control" tour. His latest album "Troubadour" was released in 2009 featuring guests artists such as Damian Marley, Adam Levine, Kirk Hammett, Mos Def, and Chali 2NA. A remixed version of K'naan's single "Wavin' Flag" was chosen as the Coca-Cola anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. K'naan won the 2010 Juno Awards for Canada's Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
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September 29, 2016 6:20am PT by Eriq Gardner
Netflix's Poaching of Fox Employees Could Set New Legal Precedent
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The streaming company has claimed that employees under contract are free to leave at any time, but employment law experts say that rules are unclear.
"Did we just hire Roger Ailes?" That was a joke flying around Netflix's Beverly Hills offices Sept. 16 when 21st Century Fox filed a surprise lawsuit accusing the company of improperly poaching Fox employees. Many at Netflix were caught off guard by the suit, which blamed the streaming giant for inducing breaches of contract by Tara Flynn, a development executive at Fox 21 TV Studios who left for Netflix in early September, and Marcos Waltenberg, a Fox film marketing exec who defected earlier this year. Netflix, flush with its $40 billion market cap, has been on a hiring spree, and the suit highlights the animosity its growth has engendered at traditional studios and the differences in cultures with Hollywood, where executive contracts are common and outright poaching is rare.
So, can Fox, or any studio, actually stop a rival from enticing employees under contract to defect? The answer is unclear, and as a result, the showdown has caught the attention of employment lawyers throughout California. They say Netflix's potential legal defense, which it foreshadowed in a statement saying, "We do not believe Fox's use of fixed-term employment contracts in this manner is enforceable," could upend similar deals across industries and impact tens of thousands of workers in the state — and possibly beyond. "This is a fascinating case," says employment law expert Dean Harvey at Lieff Cabraser. Adds attorney Ken Sulzer at Constangy Brooks: "This could absolutely be impactful across industries, even outside TV and film production. There are lots of executives with fixed terms, and headhunters call them up every day."
California law generally is hostile to agreements that restrict worker mobility. But that maxim has been interpreted to invalidate noncompete clauses that apply after an employee leaves a company. Cases that address contractual exclusivity are much rarer. The entertainment industry has been impacted more by California's "seven-year rule" for personal services contracts, which dates back to actress Olivia de Havilland's lawsuit in the 1940s against Warner Bros., which repeatedly extended her contract against her wishes.
But this lawsuit raises the possibility that there is an implicit rule in California Business and Professions Code section 16600 (which voids restraints on "engaging in a lawful profession") that bars the lockup of any employee for even one minute. Here, Fox claims Flynn was signed through 2019, while Netflix essentially is arguing that she was free to leave at any time. If Netflix prevails, it could cast doubt on the validity of all employment agreements, or at least lead companies to deter executive exits by building in more punitive financial penalties for those walking away from a contract. "The bottom line is that Fox can recover damages from the employees for breach and from Netflix for inducing a breach, but it probably cannot stop the employees from working for Netflix," says Kate Gold at Drinker Biddle & Reath.
It is notable that Netflix does not sign its top executives to long-term deals. Instead, its content gurus, marketing pros and engineers — all the way up to CEO Reed Hastings — serve on an at-will basis. Even in mobility-happy Silicon Valley, Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe have crossed swords with the U.S. Justice Department for maintaining no-poaching deals with one another (and allegedly with Hollywood animation companies as well).
Traditional studios have been especially protective of executives. In the suit, Fox notes it had options built into contracts to extend the terms of service for an additional two years for both Flynn and Waltenberg. Sources say the two execs at issue merely were the tip of the iceberg and that Fox had become fed up by Netflix hiring away talent. "My gut is this is the gauntlet being thrown down," says Sulzer.
Fox is represented by litigator Daniel Petrocelli, who takes many big cases on behalf of studios and also represents Donald Trump, Jeffrey Skilling and other notables. He may be a legal star, but the eight-page complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court was bare-bones and barely addressed whether Netflix knew about the Fox contracts when it allegedly induced a breach. That's in contrast to a more typical interference claim, like the one CAA filed against UTA in April 2015 over the poaching of nearly a dozen agents. CAA made sure to detail how departing agents recruited others during the Sundance Film Festival and communicated with clients in a "lawless midnight raid." (The case is still pending.)
Fox doesn't go this far, perhaps making its interference claim susceptible to a challenge. As the complaint is written, there's even the possibility that Flynn and Waltenberg were the ones to approach Netflix for a job. That would hardly rise to the level of interference. "I would think that Fox would need to state that Netflix did something nefarious — they made misrepresentations about what was happening at Fox, they stole documents at Fox, they did something else unfair or illegal that induced these people to leave," says Sulzer. "More than merely saying to [these employees], 'Hey, we got a great situation here. This is a better gig.' "
If Fox is able to get this lawsuit past the first hurdles, Netflix has the opportunity to set a legal precedent as disruptive as its nascent distribution model. Should it prevail in this case, the home of digital binge-watching may prove executives are really no different than content — that they deserve to be accessed anytime and anyplace.
This story first appeared in the Oct. 14 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
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La navaga (Eleginus nawaga) és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels gàdids.
Es troba a l'oceà Àrtic: les mars Blanca, de Barentsz
i de Kara, i des de la badia de Kola fins a la desembocadura del riu Obi.
És un peix d'aigua marina, dolça i salabrosa; demersal; amfídrom i de clima polar (74°N-62°N, 33°E-83°E), el qual viu a les àrees costaneres litorals i de poca fondària plenament adaptat a les condicions ecològiques de l'oceà Àrtic. És comú sobre fons tous i fangosos, a prop del gel, damunt de la plataforma continental i entra als rius viatjant aigües amunt.
Pot arribar a fer 42 cm de llargària. És brunenc al dors (més pàl·lid al ventre) amb petites taques fosques. La línia lateral és contínua fins aproximadament l'origen de la segona aleta dorsal.
Menja principalment crustacis, cucs i, en menor mesura, peixets.
És depredat per la foca de Groenlàndia (Phoca groenlandica).
Les femelles entren a les desembocadures dels rius i dipositen entre 6.000-90.000 ous sobre els fons sorrencs o rocallosos dels canals entre illes, les depressions costaneres i els bancs poc fondos amb forts corrents mareals.
És inofensiu per als humans i la seua esperança de vida és de 12 anys.

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 Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, Estats Units.
 Breder, C.M. i D.E. Rosen, 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, Nova Jersey, Estats Units. 941 p.
 Christiansen, J.S., S.E. Fevolden, O.V. Karamushlo i L.I. Karamushko, 1997. Reproductive traits of marine fish in relation to their mode of oviposition and zoogeographic distribution. ICES CM 1997/CC. 14 p.
 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba i K.E. Carpenter, 1994. SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). Núm. 9. Roma, FAO. 103 p.
 FAO, 1992. FAO Yearbook. Fishery statistics: catches and landings. Vol. 74. FAO Fish. Series 43. 677 p.
 Klinkhardt, M.B., 1994. The karyotypic divergence between species of Gadidae (Pisces, Gadiformes). Cytobios 77(3-11):207-214.
 Kotlyar, A.N., 1984. Dictionary of names of marine fishes on the six languages. All Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscou. 288 p.
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Steak is most commonly associated with grilling, but there is actually a variety of different ways to prepare a steak. The way that steak is prepared, seasoned, and cooked affects the taste more than one would think. Some methods take much more time than others, so keep that in mind when deciding which method to use and if you don't feel like cooking stop by your local steakhouse.
Grilling is many people's go-to method when it comes to cooking steak. It is a quick, simple way to prepare a steak that leaves a minimal mess to clean up. However, when it comes to grilling, the big debate is which type of grill to use. The main types of grills are gas and propane, charcoal, pellet, and wood fire.
Gas and propane grills are the most common in US households. They are easy to use and heat up fast, which is helpful when you're in a hurry. Many gas grills also include a variety of accessories which add to the grilling experience. The downside of using a gas grill is that there isn't as much flavor added to steak, as compared to cooking on a charcoal or pellet grill.
Charcoal grills are also a popular option and are easy to use. A benefit of using a charcoal grill is that it adds a smoky, rich flavor to your steak. Charcoal grills take longer to heat up than a gas grill, but the temperature can still be adjusted using the vents.
Grills that use pellets are a fairly newer cooking option. This type of cooking combines smoking and grilling for a unique hybrid flavor. These grills are most commonly used for longer cooking times, but are still a fairly quick option for cooking steak.
The final type of grilling is wood fire cooking. Grilling on a wood fire can be more difficult to get the hang of. It is important to not let it burn too hot or get too smoky, which can ruin the steak. Nevertheless, with some practice and full on attention to the wood fire, this can be a flavorful alternative to the other methods of grilling.
Other than grilling, cooking steak on the stove top in a cast-iron pan is an option. This is great when the weather is bad or you just don't want to go outside to cook. In the cast-iron pan, you can pan fry the steak in oil, or even better, butter. If you want more of a butter steak, add more butter while cooking the steak. Another method to cook steak on the stove top is to deep-fry it in oil.
A different grilling method that takes more time, but produces an evenly cooked steak is the reverse sear. This is a combination of slowly cooking the steak in an oven, or the cold side of the grill, and then moving it to a hot grill to sear it. This method reduces the moisture loss and creates a juicer result.
Other than the traditional coal grilling technique, you can even cook steak right on the coals. One method is to cook the steak in a cloth on the coals and the other way is to put the steak directly on the hot coals. This cooking method creates a robust and earthy char to the meat. Using only natural chunk charcoal is recommended when you put the steak directly on the coals.
The final method includes, but is not limited to, cooking the steak in the oven by broiling it. This can be slightly more difficult than searing it on a stove top or grill since the temperature of the oven needs to be extremely hot. Nevertheless, this is an easy and quick option.
All of these methods are possible to try out at home, and who knows, you may even discover a new favorite method for cooking steak. On the other hand, if you'd rather have someone prepare it for you stop by Shooters, a Rapid City steakhouse, and experience the wood fire cooking technique for yourself.


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Pink Smoke over the Vatican is a 2011 documentary film by Jules Hart about women who have been ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church, despite the Church regarding this as invalid. The film has won several awards including Best Female Filmmaker and Best Faith-Based Film at the Action On Film International Film Festival; Best Documentary at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival; and the Emerging Artist Award at Beloit International Film Festival.  The film received three Accolade awards: Award of Merit for Feature Documentary; Editing and Voice-over Talent; and an Indie Award of Merit for Feature Documentary. It was also nominated at the Oaxaca Film Fest.

See also
 Christian feminism
 Deaconess
 Episcopa Theodora
 Feminist theology
 Mariavite Church
 Roman Catholic Womenpriests
 We Are Church
 Women as theological figures
 Women in Christianity

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Criticism on Fridays: Hans Neuenfels & The Death That Comes On Its Own
The Death Of The Director Who Always Saw The World Through The Wider Lens Now Leaves Us To Understand His Works
By Polina Lyapustina
On Fridays, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most essential topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future.
After another shocking performance at the Salzburg Festival in 2001, Gerard Mortier, the famous opera director himself, spoke about the Neuenfels' production of "Fledermaus" as he summarized his 10 years as general director of the festival:
"I'm personally very happy that I did it. It's theater as it should be: stirring, provocative and challenging! I believe in the work, it was very important. You have to see that in the classical field you always try to round off the sharpness and the provocation. You forget that even Johann Strauss chose the text as a provocation."
Indeed, Hans Neuenfels knew how to provoke. And it was never a surprise to hear and see people dissatisfied. He always came on stage after the premiere and received a good round of applause, often mixed with the resentment of the audience. Then he always smiled behind the curtains, and famously shrugged his shoulders "What can I do?"
I'm positive his provocations — the laboratory rats in the chorus of "Lohengrin," erotic backgrounds in "Così fan tutte," cleaning lady in "Aida," or severed heads of Gods in "Idomeneo" will be remembered in the first line. For them, Hans Neuenfels will be referred to and cursed more than once in future decades. But he will be praised for another thing and this, I believe, will remain forever.
No matter, and this moment I emphasize, if I would love and enjoy every production of the director or not, Hans Neuenfels never provoked with no sense. Unlike many of his colleagues and followers, Neuenfels used his ideas and images to make us think deeper. In a world of bright colors and blinking lights, he was searching for the pain points, to return us to meaningful thoughts. And he always succeeded.
He was hitting hard. The outrage was giant. "Write your own damn opera and leave the classics alone," Lynn René Bayley pointed her opinion on Neuenfels' "Lohengrin." But what would this classic be? The Bible stories wrapped in silk and gold? But Jesus came to earth to live a mortal life and suffer with us, so why avoid anything small, dirty, or pathetic on stage, when we talk about such topics?
Who is insulting whom in portraying an Ethiopian slave as a cleaning lady? Why are we looking for an insult in portrayals of slavery, when slavery was a crime and sin! Shouldn't we look deeper instead, shouldn't we think harder?
Shock and provocation, step by step, no matter how loud the noise of discontent of the classic picture lovers was, many people accepted what Neuenfels gave them. They came to think with him, maybe with not that much pleasure, maybe with a headache instead, but at the same time, they could get much more from operatic art in this form. To see it as more relevant. Or sometimes, to return to the initial idea of the creator. Back to times when opera houses were the center of social life, where the important decisions were made, where public opinion was made. Could the beauty of classic productions empower operatic art to reach its past glory and authority?
Just recently, I discussed one of my favorite pieces, Monteverdi's "L'incoronazione di Poppea" which has now become so popular again. And people are always amazed by the passionate story and the beauty of productions. And nobody remembers that Monteverdi wrote it for Venetian society to show (and mock) Rome's fall into sin and tragedy, knowing full well that everyone in the audience remembers that Nero himself would cut off the life of his pregnant beloved newlywed very soon after the happy ending. But do we know it, do we remember it when we see the beautiful "classic" performances today? And what would we say to the director who'd dare to remind us about these uncomfortable details? We'd say what a cheap provocation! Although, we never address it to Monteverdi…
And when I read about the death of Regietheater Champion, who was also a great writer and thinker who accepted the wonders of life and death equally, I feel a heavenly calmness. The rage is over.
What we can do now, is either reflect on or — for those who often sent Hans Neuenfels [to hell] to write his own opera, forgive and forget.
His works are now history, and belong to eternity. And what I like the most about this fact, is that they live in it so vividly. I believe, they will change their face every decade, as our brain and perception of living in this crazy world will change. What shocked people in "Aida" in 1980 will hardly move us today. And yet, rewatching it, we will be able to see the story through an exceptional lens of the artist, who in his 80 years of life learned and changed himself a lot, but succeeded to remain true to himself, because "What could he do?"
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Pedro Alonso has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the European University of Madrid.
After directing a couple of award winning short films and developing various feature scripts, in 2004 he joined Congo Producciones as director and made various campaigns during the next 5 years for the Spanish government, Canarian Tourist Board, Junta de Galicia amongst others.
During this period he took on the rolls, not only of director but also production designer, art director and editor of all the spots he directed, so giving him a comprehensive hands on experience of the production process.
From February 2007 until September 2008, Pedro was Head Creative Director at the agency BAP & Conde, one of the top 10 agencies in the Spanish market and first in the ranks in the Galicia area for sheer volume of business. This is where he dominated the advertising creative process.
He joined the ranks at The Brownie Film Company as director represented in both national and international exclusivity in September 2010 and has since then directed spots for important clients, LG, Ford, McDonalds to name only a few..
Pedro is an experienced and well-seasoned director, and communicates with ease in English.
He has an array of awards under his belt: Bronze FIAP, 6 LAUS, Silver Ampe, 2 shortlists in the El Sol Ibero-American Advertising Festival, Silver in the Festival of Social Advertising of Málaga and a Bronze EFI.


Fact-Checking CBS's "The Great Indoors"
How accurate is the new show about an outdoor magazine's website? We asked staffers at our outdoor magazine's website.
Last night, CBS debuted its new sitcom the Great Indoors, about Outdoor Limits, an outdoor-focused magazine making the transition from a print-dominated past to a digitally-driven future. (Sound familiar?) The show stars Joel McHale as Jack Gordon, a grizzled, well-traveled correspondent called back from the hinterlands by the magazine's owner and dropped into a screen-lit open office manned by pasty millennials. Because the show looked so, well, familiar, the staff at Outside decided to fact-check the premiere to see just how accurate it was. Here are the results.
1. The office features a climbing wall.
False! We can't fit a climbing wall in our HQ (at least not since we converted the gym to a photo studio). So we use in-office fingerboards.
2. The office is filled with millennials with patchy beards.
Partly true! Though a few of our editors look like they're wearing mangy squirrels on their faces when they grow their beards out, Luke Whelan's beard is astoundingly full. You could clean a camp stove with it. As for millennials, the running tally is 14. Out of 18.
3. We drink whiskey during pivotal conversations.
False! This is New Mexico. Tequila is our beverage of choice.
4. Staff writers are out of touch and snarky as hell.
Half true! Though Grayson Schaffer's wit is biting, his social media game is approximately 200 percent stronger than anyone else's.
5. The kitchen is stocked with MREs.
6. Everyone wears down or fleece vests.
7. Everyone drinks out of a Hydro Flask.
True! Well, either a Hydro Flask or a Yeti tumbler.
8. Staffers carry annoyingly technical bags wherever they go.
True! We're easy to spot at the bar.
Ouch! Recent articles on our site include "What Todd Orr's Mauling Teaches Us About Bear Attacks" and "What's in Bear Spray?" But we maintain that both were serious and important pieces of journalism. Also, we recently declined to cover the fattest bear competition. For the record: doing so was really, really hard.
And we have to admit: that climbing wall would be a pretty nice addition.


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Sir Philip Perceval (1605 – 10 November 1647) was an English politician and knight. He was knighted in 1638, obtained grants of forfeited lands in Ireland to the amount of , and lost extensive property in Ireland owing to the rebellion of 1641. He opposed Charles I's intention of granting the demands of the Irish Confederates in order to employ them in England: joined the parliamentary party in 1644, obtaining a seat in the House of Commons of England as member for Newport, Cornwall, where he threw in his lot with the moderate presbyterians; compelled to retire into the country owing to his opposition to the independents, September 1647.

Biography

Philip was the younger of the two sons of Richard Perceval of Tickenham, Somerset, by his second wife Alice, daughter of John Sherman of Ottery St. Mary, Devon. Philip's elder brother Walter and himself had been appointed by their father joint successors in his office of registrar of the Irish court of wards. Walter died in 1624, so Philip obtained the family estates in England and Ireland, and the sole enjoyment of the Irish registrarship.

Perceval now definitely settled in Ireland, and by means of his interest at court gradually obtained a large number of additional offices. In 1625 he was made keeper of the records in Birmingham Tower. In 1628 he was joined with Henry Andrews in the offices of clerk of the crown to the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) and the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), and keeper of the rolls of those tribunals; and in 1629 he was made joint collector of customs at Dublin with Sir Edward Bagshawe of Finglas. By early 1634 his friends in Dublin included Sir Philip Mainwaring and Sir George Radcliffe who were two of Wentworth's closest advisers. In 1636 Perceval was admitted to King's Inns, Dublin, and on 2 June the same year he was knighted by Lord Deputy of Ireland. Thomas Wentworth. In 1638 he, with Sir James Ware, obtained the monopoly of granting licenses for the sale of ale and brandy, and was also made a member of the privy council.

Perceval's energy was chiefly shown in the part he played in the prevailing jobbery connected with Irish landed estate. Holding, in this connection, the offices of general feodary of Ireland, escheator of Munster, and (1637) commissioner of survey into land titles in County Tipperary and County Cork, he took a prominent share in the discovery of technical defects in Irish titles; and obtained enormous transfers of forfeited lands to himself.

The importance of these acquisitions, which lay mainly in Cork, Tipperary, and Wexford, may be shown in two instances. In 1630 he obtained the manors of Haggardstown, Herfaston, and Blackrath in Tipperary, and a quarter part of Kilmoyleron in co. Cork, at the quit rent of £1. 7s. 5d. for all services, and special exemption from any taxes that might be laid thereon by parliament or any other authority. In 1637 he obtained the manor of Annagh, with numerous towns, castles, and lands adjoining it in Cork and Tipperary, the whole being, by special license of the crown, erected into the manor of Burton, with liberty to impark sixteen hundred acres, and right to enjoy numerous exceptional privileges.

By 1641 he is described as being possessed of the enormous amount of seventy-eight knights' fees and a half, containing 62,502 Irish acres, (about ), in the finest parts of the country, above £4,000 a year of the best rents, and a stock in woods, houses, &c., worth above £60,000, with employments for life of the value of above £2,000 a year, besides other employments of equal profit, which he held by an uncertain tenure. This list does not include his patrimonial estate of Burton in Somerset.

With the fall and execution of Wentworth (by then Earl of Strafford) in May 1641, Perceval had lost his major patron and protector. His part in the shady land transaction was revealed, and in September 1641 Perceval narrowly avoided prosecution in England.

Perceval was one of the few who perceived the approach of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, an event which his own extortion and chicanery had done much to produce. For example, some of the more rich and powerful families from whom he had obtained land, and who thought of him as a corrupt "New English" official who had taken undue advantage of his position, where the Barrys, MacCarthys, O'Callaghans, and the Roches.

On the outbreak of the Rebellion in October, Perceval remained in Dublin, where, as clerk to the king's bench, he took a prominent part in drawing up the notorious list of three thousand indictments for high treason against the rebellious gentlemen. Further he was not without powerful allies in Ireland. James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormonde was an old acquaintance of Perceval's with mutual business associations that stretched back over the previous decade. At the outbreak of the Rebellion, their alliance remain firm. Ormonde commissioned Perceval first as captain of firelocks in his own regiment and then in March 1642, commissary-general of victuals for the king's army in Ireland. In the meantime, Perceval visited England during the winter months and defended Ormond, against accusations in Parliament that he was colluding with the Catholic rebels.

Perceval at length saw that, owing to the vacillation of the government, his own property in Munster would be left exposed to the rebel onslaught. He therefore garrisoned and provisioned his castles in this territory at his own expense. In the summer of 1642, a detachment of the confederate army under Lord Muskerry advanced into Perceval's districts. All his castles were taken, though Annagh and Liscarrol offered a stubborn resistance, the former holding out for eleven days against an attacking force of 7,500 men (20 August until 2 September 1642). Perceval now obtained the command of a corps of firelocks from the Duke of Ormonde. He armed them at his own cost, but does not seem to have taken any active part in the fighting, during the course of which his property in Munster was utterly ruined.

Perceval was one of those who urged and assented to the "cessation" of hostilities agreed on by the contending factions at Castle Martyn on 15 September 1643. In 1644 conferences were opened at Oxford, with a view to a definitive treaty, between representatives of the Irish confederates and certain royal commissioners. Perceval was appointed one of the latter, at the suggestion of his friend Lord-deputy Ormonde. King Charles I, who wished to use the Irish rebels against his English subjects, would have been willing to grant the former all their demands, including the toleration of Catholicism. Perceval, however, shrank from so extreme a step, which would have jeopardised his own prospects, and the conferences came to nothing. As a consequence, Perceval incurred the bitterest hostility of the royalist party. So strong was the feeling against him that he now resolved to go over to the English parliamentarian party. His overtures were favourably answered. He came to London in August 1644, was well received by the parliament, and obtained a seat in the English House of Commons as member for Newport in Cornwall.

From this time to his death Perceval remained in England. His Irish property had by now ceased to return any revenue; his losses by the war amounted on his own computation, probably an exaggeration, to the enormous sum of £248,004. 9s. 1d.; and he found himself compelled to sell the family estate of Burton in Somerset. His position in the English parliament, moreover, was by no means easy. Perceval had thrown in his lot with the moderate presbyterians. This party was at enmity with the independents; and in July 1647, after many minor attacks, a proposal was brought forward for Perceval's expulsion from the house, on the ground of his having supported the cessation of arms in 1643. He managed to retain his place by a brilliant defence. He subsequently took a share in organising the defence of London against the New Model Army. But in September 1647 he found himself compelled to retire into the country. Threats of impeachment being made, he returned to meet them in London; but was taken ill soon after his arrival, and died on 10 November 1647. He was buried, at the cost of the parliament, in the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. His funeral sermon was preached by Primate Ussher (a relation of his widow).

Family

Philip Perceval was the son of Richard Perceval (1550–1620). Philip's son John, was created by patent a baronet of Ireland in 1661, with a clause, that the eldest son, or grandson, would become a baronet after the age of 21, and during the lifetime of the father or grandfather, as the case would be.

Perceval was married, on 26 October 1626, to Catharine, daughter of Arthur Usher. She died on 2 January 1681 and was buried in St. Audoen's Church, having borne her husband five sons and four daughters:
 John Perceval
 Richard (died 29 May 1638, buried St. Audoen's Church, unmarried)
 William (30 May 1630 - 11 June 1633)
 Arthur (7 September 1634 - January 1653, unmarried)
 George (born 15 September 1635, drowned 25 March 1675, married Mary Crofton)
 Judith (born 25 December 1627, married Randolph Clayton in February 1653)
 Anne (born 13 September 1635, unmarried)
 Dorcas (born 30 October 1636, married Jonah Wheeler)
 Catherine (born 1640, unmarried)

The eldest son, Sir John Perceval regained most of the Irish estates, and was made a baronet on 12 August 1661. Sir John's sons, Sir Philip (1656 - 1680) and Sir John (1660 - 1686), succeeded him as 2nd and 3rd Baronets respectively, followed by the younger Sir John's sons, Sir Edward (1682 - 1691) and Sir John (1683–1748) as 4th and 5th Baronets. Sir John Perceval, 5th Baronet, became Baron of Burton, County Cork, in 1715; Viscount Perceval of Kanturk in 1722; and Earl of Egmont in 1733.

Spencer Perceval was the seventh son of the 2nd Earl Egmont and grandson of the 1st Earl Egmont. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he was assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812. Another member of the family Robert, the second son of the first baronet, had also been assassinated in 1677, by an unknown hand on The Strand in London.

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1605 births
1647 deaths
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First it was love. Then it was war.
All I wanted was a weekend in the Hamptons, but what I got was forty-eight hours of quality time with my former business partner. My ex best friend. The girl who walked away without so much as an explanation the second sh*t got real.
I'm going to make her sorry she was never mine.
Work hard, forget the rest.
All I wanted was a peaceful weekend alone at my boss' Hamptons manse, but what I got was forty-eight hours with the guy who convinced me to fall in love with him and then did the unthinkable.
Review: This was a cute novella about exes that find their way back to each other. The book starts approx. 2 years after they have parted ways, and I wish had a few chapters showing their dynamic when they were best friends who took it to the next level.


60th Infantry Regiment was organized at Greenville, Tennessee, during the summer of 1862 by adding four companies to the 6th North Carolina State Infantry Battalion. The men were recruited in Asheville and the counties of Madison, Buncombe, and Polk, and a small number were from Tennessee. It was assigned to Preston's, Stovall's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade. The 60th fought at Stones River (commonly referred to as Murfreesboro), served in Mississippi, and participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville. It suffered 3 killed, 65 wounded and 11 missing at Murfreesboro, and in January 1863 had 276 men present for duty. The 60th engaged in the defense of Vicksburg and fought at Murfreesboro (Dec. 7, 1864). Of the 150 engaged at Chickamauga, the unit reported 8 killed, 36 wounded and 16 missing. The 60th North Carolina totaled 106 men and 59 arms in December 1863, and mustered a force of 106 in January 1865. Few surrendered in April. The field officers were Colonels Washington M. Hardy and Joseph A. McDowell; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Deaver, J. M. Ray, and James T. Weaver; and Majors James T. Huff and William W. McDowell.


Kate Middleton fans creased up yesterday after spotting an "angry face" in her designer frock.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 37, wore a bespoke £2,100 ($A3820) green Eponine dress with £300 ($A545) LK Bennett boots while visiting Lavender Primary School in Enfield, north London, as part of a string of visits marking Children's Mental Health Week.
But one eagle-eyed onlooker remarked that the mum-of-three's jumper dress clearly "wasn't happy to be brought out of the wardrobe" on Tuesday morning, dubbing it the "world's angriest dress".
Sairajasmin Davies concluded her tweet with the hashtag "pocket eyes" - and she wasn't the only person to notice their unfortunate placement.
A crease in her dress below the pockets, which contained a black button "pupil" in the middle, gave the illusion of a mouth.
In one picture, the duchess clutches a bouquet of flowers to her chest, with the stems creating a makeshift nose for the comedy grumpy face.
And in another, it looks as though the angry face is munching away on her Mulberry clutch bag.
Fans also drew comparisons to the children's character Evil Pea, who sports a furrowed brow which resembles the shape of Kate's pockets.
Others joked the fuzzy material of the frock reminded them of Muppets star Kermit the Frog.
Kate has previously spoken out about the importance of supporting kids' mental health, encouraging them to be comfortable in their own skin.
She has been a patron of charity Place2Be since 2013 and has worked with husband Prince William and Prince Harry in their Heads Together campaign.
Her first public engagement with Prince William since her maternity leave saw her part of the first Global Ministerial Mental Health summit.


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Laura Worthington is chosen a Persuader of 2016. Read Laura's story; how she contributes to the type industry and how she has inspired April through her risk-taking, experimentation, and striving for improvement.
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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Saturday for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school's governing body.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Saturday for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school's governing body.
Schuette said independent special prosecutor and retired prosecutor William Forsyth, who has 40-plus years of experience, will work full time on the probe. Forsyth will lead a team that includes top investigators from the state attorney general's office and the State Police.
Schuette's comments came a day after the Lansing State Journal and The Detroit News reported that Michigan State University didn't share with a patient the full conclusions of a 2014 Title IX investigation into accusations of sexual assault she made against Nassar.
The patient, Amanda Thomashow, received an abbreviated version of the report, which found that Nassar's conduct wasn't sexual in nature and therefore didn't violate the school's sexual harassment policy.
A school spokesman said Thomashow was told the investigation had resulted in recommended policy changes at the Sports Medicine clinic where Nassar worked.
Nassar was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years for molesting young female athletes. He also worked for USA Gymnastics, whose board of directors are resigning under pressure from the United States Olympic Committee as another part of fallout surrounding Nassar.
Amid the outcry over how the school handled allegations against Nassar, Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon resigned Wednesday night and athletic director Mark Hollis announced his retirement Friday morning.
The university named Bill Beekman acting president, a role he is expected to have briefly before the board hires an interim president and eventually a permanent leader. The school has not said who will replace Hollis after his last day on the job Wednesday.
Several of the more than 150 victims who spoke at Nassar's sentencing hearing were former athletes at the school, and many victims accused the university of mishandling past complaints about the doctor.
Gov. Rick Snyder is mulling a separate inquiry into the university, depending on whether it would interfere with other investigations such as the attorney general's and a potential NCAA investigation. Under the state constitution, the governor can remove or suspend public officers for "gross neglect of duty," corruption or "other misfeasance or malfeasance." U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is also investigating the scandal.
The Title IX probe conducted by the university cleared Nassar of sexual assault allegations in 2014. He was advised by the school to avoid being alone with patients while treating their "sensitive areas," but the school did not follow up on and enforce its request. At least 12 reported assaults occurred after the investigation ended, according to a university police report that was provided to the FBI for review by the U.S. attorney.
Former Michigan State rower Cate Hannum, who was treated by Nassar and wrote an open letter criticizing Simon's handling of the case almost a year ago, said Hollis' departure gives her hope for the future of the school's athletic program.
"It makes room for leadership that demands a zero tolerance policy when it comes to reporting instances of sexual assault and provides proper training for all employees and staff as to how allegations must be handled," Hannum told The Associated Press.