efrac spreadsheet - A simple spreadsheet application for mobile devices.
A simple spreadsheet application for mobile devices.
Any formulas that use following functions: +, -, *, /, SUM, MAX, MIN, COUNT, AVERAGE, SIN, COS, ABS, ROUND, SQRT, CELING, FLOOR; e.g. =(2 * AVERAGE(A1:A3) + 5.7 - SUM(B1:B9)) * 15% - 3.
Cell formatting (text and background color, column width, row height, alignment, wrap).
Linear charts (any number of lines).
Copy, cut, paste; absolute and relative cell references: $A$1, A$1, B3 etc.
Save any selection as a bitmap (BMP) picture.
Export to and import from CSV files (it does NOT open XLS files, but Excel can save and open CSV files).
The application works on Nokia Symbian touch screen and QWERTY devices. Standard phones using Java (J2ME) technology, BlackBerry smartphones and Kindle devices are also supported.
To move between cells, use the arrows, the trackpad, the trackball or (if you have a touch screen-device) tap the cell with your finger. To edit the cell, press the button between the arrows or click the trackpad/trackball and choose "Edit Cell" from the main menu that should appear. You can also start typing if your device has a QWERTY keyboard. The formulas should start with the "=" sign. Example: =(SUM(A1:A2)*2)+3.
If you are editing a cell and want to include a cell reference in the formula and you do not remember its address, please choose "Insert address". The application should show the sheet; it will wait until you select a cell by clicking on it. On touch-screen phones you can select a whole range using your finger.
To select any range, please go to the cell where you want to start the range, press the middle button (or press the trackpad/trackball), select "Select, Copy, Paste..." -> "Selection Mode On" and go to the last cell. You can also select any range using your finger if your phone supports that. To cut or copy the selection, choose "Select, Copy, Paste..." -> "Cut" / "Copy". Choose "Paste" to paste the previously cut or copied area.
The application automatically recalculates relative references, so if you copy =A1+1 from A2 to A3, A3 will contain =A2+1. If you do not want the references to be recalculated, use absolute references (for example: =$A$1).
If you want to format a selection, select any range as described above, press the middle button (or click the trackpad/trackball) and choose "Format Cells". You can select wrap options and the text position (left/right/center). To change the text or the background color, please click on the appropriate button, choose the basic color (for example: yellow) modify it using the red, green and blue buttons. If you set any option to "no change", the application will not change this property of the cells (for example: "no change" for the text color will leave previously set color for all selected cells).
To insert a chart, please select the data range, click to show the menu, select "Chart..." -> "Add a New Chart". To change the chart location, please click on the "Chart Location button". Now select the "Start" or the "End" button and the application should show the sheet where you can select the upper-left ("Start") or lower-right ("End") corner of your chart.
You can choose the data for the chart to be in columns or in rows. "Data in columns" means that the first line will display the values from the first column; "data in rows" means that the first line will display values from the first row etc. If you set 1st Row/Column = Name to "yes", the application will display the data from the first row/column on the horizontal axis.
To save a file, go to the main menu and select "Open, Save..." -> "Save as a CSV File". Then you can save the sheet as a new file or you can choose some existing file. The CSV file will be saved in the "Pictures" folder of your mobile phone (that directory was chosen, because it is the only folder that is guaranteed to exist on all mobile phones).
To open a file, choose "Open a CSV File" and click on the file name. In some countries (e.g. France), MS Excel saves CSV (comma-separated files) as a semicolon-separated files. To open such files, please select "Format: 100,0;abc;25" instead of the default "Format: 100.0,abc,25".
To save any selection as a picture, please select a range, go to the main menu, select "Open, Save..." -> "Save selection as a Picture". You can then attach this picture to you email message.


In recent years the Healthcare and Pharmacy sectors have undergone significant change, stemming in large part from the Affordable Care Act and its domino effect on the health insurance market, number of insured, digital health record compliance, and changes in Medicaid and Medicare, among other factors. The most profound event, however, involves the proliferation of healthcare and pharmaceutical choices for a growing number of individuals insured through employer-administered health plans and the millions of individually-insured patients, who are now patients-as-consumers.
In addition, from a purely business perspective, it's important to note how much the ongoing success of healthcare providers and pharmacies will be affected by big data in the future. Consider the fact that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — or OECD — estimates that 55 percent of global wealth is currently in the form of knowledge and intelligence.
Every single day, the world's healthcare providers and related businesses must find a way to contend with an extra 2.5 trillion bytes of data. Clearly, healthcare market intelligence is as important to an enterprise as its scientific knowledge.
In this light, it's understandable why the peer-reviewed paper "Competitive Intelligence in Health" points out that competitive strategies in the health sector need to take a business approach — one that maximizes the ability of an organization to capture and analyze information that will help it distinguish itself from its competitors — to be truly successful in the long run.
Healthcare providers, specialists, insurance companies, pharmacies and pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) must re-evaluate their core business strategies and incorporate competitive intelligence practices to pivot toward more value-based business models. If you're responsible for competitive intelligence, market strategy, or market research in the healthcare and pharmacy systems field, this is an opportunity to address compelling evidence that your business is an impacted entity.
As a world leader in competitive intelligence and competitive monitoring, Proactive Worldwide can help your business respond to these permanent changes, gain competitive momentum, and achieve a sustainable decision-support process to steer your business in the right direction toward positive growth. PWW's doctorate-level Analyst Team has decades of deep experience in healthcare and pharmaceutical engagements, leading 200+ projects in the past three years alone, and our research team has deep intelligence gathering expertise through primary research.
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Like Proactive's Pharma and Biotech and Medical Device consulting services, our ultimate goal is to help your business create and sustain a best-practice driven strategic insight decision and forecasting support system to help your business thrive and increase market presence.
Recently, the divide between science- and business-related intelligence for healthcare providers and pharmacies has been growing narrower. At Proactive Worldwide, our expertise in both sectors is why we're a trusted leader in the healthcare industry for organizations seeking the best in comprehensive competitive intelligence — or CI.
Take, for example, the current challenges facing an organization that's looking to develop a new treatment, build a new hospital or enter into a merger and/or acquisition. In all of these circumstances, success used to be merely a matter of having the medical and therapeutic capabilities to serve the public's needs. Today, however, that success can also be tied to marketing, research, licensing and labor concerns.
These needs are why choosing us as your healthcare market intelligence consulting firm is such a forward-thinking and prudent decision. In a competitive landscape that shows no signs of slowing down, you need CI services that will systematically report on how the commercial potential of your enterprise can be affected by everything from regulatory and licensing issues to competitors' partnerships and market entries.
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Q: React-native redux navigation state reset after crash We are using redux navigation and persisting redux state. However, sometimes when the user navigates to the page and an unexpected error occurs app crashes with a white screen. If the app is launched again it obviously crashes again because the same state is loaded. As the result app becomes unusable - the white screen crash straight after the app launches.
I guess it is fine to crash the app if there is a bug on one of the screens, but because of one buggy screen I don't want to make the entire app unusable for a user and it would be great to somehow reset a state and enable the user to keep using other functionality of the app.
Any ideas on how to achieve that?

A: I think the real question is: do you want to persist navigation state at all? Do you really want to load last visited screen on app launch rather than the first screen of the app? I've never seen an app that does this
Another question is how do you persist your navigation state in redux. It was only a pattern when using older versions of react-navigation (v1 and v2 if I recall correctly) but even then it wasn't the optimal pattern to keep navigation state in redux (redux integration of react-navigation v1), let alone persist it on restarts. Navigation is something that should start fresh every time user launches the app
Also read about state persistence in current version (v5 - https://reactnavigation.org/docs/state-persistence) usually there is no redux involved at all
About state persistence: usually you only persist long-living things like auth state, authorization tokens, user settings, but not some dynamic data that gets discarded often. For example, if you open some page and fetch data to display on that page, there is no reason to persist that data in AsyncStorage, because why would you? This data should be reloaded every time page opens instead of restored from persisted state. Redux-persist lets you whitelist or blacklist different parts of the state
To summarize:
1. figure out if you need to persist navigation state at all. If not, problem solved
2. if you do, try to setup redux-persist the way that it doesn't persist short-living error-prone data
3. figure out how navigation state is persisted (through redux or on it's own, see examples in the links I provided earlier)
4. integrate react-native-exception-handler, catch exceptions and reset persisted navigation state in case of a crash

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And we do worry about personal data. We worry about our phone numbers, and our dates of birth, our bank accounts and our passport numbers. We worry while giving them to all sorts of people for all sorts of purposes.
And now some of us suddenly worry about a new set of capital letters: GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation.
Health Warning: the rest of this blog is quite dry. You could just skip to the poem at the end if you're not feeling strong. Or go for a nice walk.
The GDPR is a piece of European legislation (please don't mention Brexit) designed to protect consumers Europe-wide. It gives more rights to the individual and more obligations to organisations holding personal data.
The GDPR is, to be precise, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing or personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.
In the UK, matters of data protection, including this one safe-guarding 'natural persons', are looked after by the ICO, the Information Commissioner's Office. This is the government-appointed body that recently carried out a much publicised investigation into Cambridge Analytica.
Innumerable worthy, smaller, not-for-profit organisations (like HappenStance Press) have also had to think hard about GDPR, because they too are subject to the new regulation, and need to ensure they're doing things properly.
Which is why everyone who uses email will have had multiple emails recently asking them to re-subscribe to X, Y or Z.
After May 25 (next week), every organisation that holds your contact details, and uses them, should have asked your permission explicitly first. They should observe the key principles of article 5 of the GDPR.
Some organisations who hold your contact details have little idea whether they originally asked your consent or not (contact addresses were sometimes shared or purchased in the past) and in any case they want to make double sure.
The advised consent procedure for mail-shots is called 'positive opt-in' and it works as follows. You go to a website (like this one) and enter your details into a box to be added to a contact list. But you're not actually on that list until you reply to an email which invites you to confirm. When you confirm, this is proof of 'consent', i.e. proof you really really mean it. At least, you really meant it at that moment. Ease of unsubscribing is also important.
So on this very blog page, you will see, in red, instructions on how to subscribe to receive future blog notifications. If you enter your name and email address in the relevant box and click, you will be advised to look out for an email to confirm.
You look out for the email. You open it. You click again (life is all clicking these days). Now you have consented. Hurray!
Oh but I haven't mentioned the bit about confirming that you're not a robot, which is straightforward so long as you can see. Issues such as these are raised by Giles Turnbull, on his blog. Accessibility is a key issue here, and one that is not always top of the agenda when it comes to legislation.
I understand why people may be uneasy about registering their names, addresses and emails on this website when they purchase books. Why should they trust a little press with a happy-go-lucky name like 'HappenStance'? The information seems to be disappearing into a medium that nobody quite understands, at the same time as we read alarming stories about hackers and alien intelligence. Well, hackers anyway.
There is a good alternative to buying things online. It's called a shop. People can still order books from bookshops without revealing their full personal details. Bookshops are good places, especially indies like The Lighthousein Edinburgh. A bookshop doesn't need personal data. Oh, wait – they probably will require at least a name and phone number, unless the book is held in store. But customers can theoretically use a false name, enter the shop disguised as a gorilla, and pay in cash – while cash still exists.
Sigh. Yes, basically, it's all risky.
But the GDPR is designed to protect us. Or at least make organisations state precisely what personal information they collect from us, why they collect it, and what they use it for, before we sign up. It could be worse.
Dear Jean, please do share anything. And don't worry too much about all this GDPR furore. The legislation is not intended to bully non-profit-making arts organisations. Your only issue really is whether the people whose contact details you already hold can be said to have consented to be on your list, and they have all, almost certainly, AGREED to be on your list already, since the information is in their interests. How can you go to a poetry event if nobody tells you when it's happening?


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It's a Bit Complicated
Are the White Stripes the sexiest band of all time?
Mute / 2007
by Daniel Westgrove
Boys and Girls in America
When Art Brut released their 2005 debut Bang Bang Rock & Roll it immediately stood out from the other art-punk releases of the time (see Maximo Park, Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, et al.). The reason for this was lead singer Eddie Argos' undeniable wit and charm. Fast forward to 2007 and Art Brut have become big news in almost every single country apart from the UK and the other bands have released more downbeat, less fun, more 'serious' second records as a means of attempting to avoid the second album syndrome.
But what to Art Brut do? They ignore any pretence at being a 'normal' band and continue to do what served them so well in 2005: whatever the fuck they want. And again it works a treat. It's a Bit Complicated sees the band romp through songs with Eddie Argos' speak-singing voice at the forefront as always. But it's not all a remake of past splendour, there are some undeniable improvements musically. It's less ragged, less punky and it feels as if the band have grown instrumentally. All in all it feels a little less DIY and a little more professional.
Lyrically, the album is not about being in a band – been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt. It's still about awkward moments and relationships, about compiling mixtapes, about lost love and new found love, about jealousy and ex-girlfriends. Basically things that normal people can relate to and things that one doesn't need to be a complete and utter tosser to understand (take note Bloc Party). These are songs all about a normal twenty-something year-old blundering his way through life and coming out on the other side, battered and bruised but, remarkably, alive.
'It's a Bit Complicated' has smash indie-rock hit of the summer stamped all over it. 'St Pauli' pays tribute to the band's German fans with a chorus which even has Argos shouting, "Punk Rock ist nicht tort" , before apologising, "Sorry if my accent's flawed, I learnt my German from a 7-inch record". 'People in Love' sees Argos dump a girlfriend for the simple reason that people in love "lie around and get fat". Obviously he's too busy a man to fall in love nowadays. And he seems to enjoy this kind of pain, "What happens to the broken hearted? They get drunk for a few weeks and they're back where they started". 'Nag, Nag, Nag, Nag' sees the listener transported to Eddie Argos' childhood and his use of music to escape the drudgery of day-to-day living. 'Post Soothing Out' has Argos venting his anger at the world, "Everyday is just like startin' over, we try so hard but keep on falling over". With a little bit of Jarvis Cocker, a little bit of Half-Man, Half-Biscuit and a whole dollop of originality, Argos' lyrics must be one of rock music's most quotable. My favourite from the whole album has to be this one:
"River deep and mountain high,
There's some lyrics that'll never apply,
'Cause I don't lie awake at night,
With thoughts of river depth or mountain height"
Try not to laugh at that one. He deserves some kind of comedy award for that.
While the record is less exhilarating than their debut – basically because we're all now aware of what the band are like – it is by no means inferior. Will this record win them any new fans? Hard to answer that one, but probably not. You'll still either love or loathe Eddie Argos' stand-up ironic style of 'singing'. No amount of musical fluidity will change that. I, for one, love it and hope that there's sufficient interest in the band for Art Brut to continue writing songs about being in love, out of love or creating a mixtape. They continue to be a breath of fresh-air in a world of music polluted by big-egos and tabloid sleaze.
Daniel Westgrove 30 October 2007
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Regulární matice (v některé literatuře též invertibilní) je taková čtvercová matice, jejíž determinant je různý od nuly, tzn.

Ekvivalentně lze též tvrdit:
 Její řádky jsou lineárně nezávislé.
 Její sloupce jsou lineárně nezávislé.
 Hodnost čtvercové regulární matice o velikosti n×n je právě n.
 Existuje k ní inverzní matice.
 Všechna její vlastní čísla jsou nenulová.

Opakem regulární matice je tzv. singulární matice s nulovým determinantem.

Použití
Důležitou vlastností regulární matice je možnost vypočítat jednoznačně inverzní matici. Toho lze využít např. při řešení soustavy lineárních rovnic.

Související články
 Matice
 Singulární matice
 Regulární zobrazení
 Inverzní matice

Matice

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TIME says these are the most mysterious disappearances. Lauren Spierer and 3 others have Indiana ties.
Lauren Spierer, D.B. Cooper and two others have Indiana connections on the list of Time's most mysterious disappearances.
TIME says these are the most mysterious disappearances. Lauren Spierer and 3 others have Indiana ties. Lauren Spierer, D.B. Cooper and two others have Indiana connections on the list of Time's most mysterious disappearances. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/03/07/lauren-spierer-and-other-most-mysterious-disappearances-indiana-connections/3090083002/
Ryan Martin and Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star Published 11:55 a.m. ET March 7, 2019 | Updated 12:16 p.m. ET March 7, 2019
On the one-year anniversary of Lauren Spierer's disappearance, Journal News reporter Shawn Cohen recounted the events of June 3, 2011, the last night the IU student was seen alive. Journal News
D.B. Cooper, the alias for an unknown airplane hijacker.
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader who became a household name.
And college student Lauren Spierer, whose 2011 disappearance remains an open investigation.
The four names are included on TIME magazine's list of the five most mysterious unsolved disappearances. And all four have Indiana connections.
You can also read more about the fifth — Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — on TIME's website.
On Nov. 24, 1971, a Northwestern airlines flight between Portland to Seattle became the airborne site of a hijacking that would become a pop cultural phenomenon — in part because it's unknown who hijacked the plane. The crime has been attributed to a man identified only by the alias D.B. Cooper.
Passengers and some crew members were let off the plane after Cooper landed in Seattle for fuel, parachutes and ransom money. After again taking off, Cooper would eventually parachute out of the plane with a bag filled with $200,000.
FILE--This undated artist' sketch shows the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper from recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle on Thanksgiving eve in 1971. The FBI says it's no longer actively investigating the unsolved mystery of D.B. Cooper. The bureau announced it's "exhaustively reviewed all credible leads" during its 45-year investigation. (AP-Photo, file) (Photo: AP)
Whether he survived the jump or not is unknown. After considering more than 1,000 persons of interest, the FBI finally closed the case in 2016.
But who is D.B. Cooper?
Rick Sherwood, an Army veteran living in northern Indiana, believes that he cracked the case — by cracking an apparent code contained in two letters.
Last year, Sherwood told IndyStar reporter Tim Evans about his investigation and why he thinks he solved a case that stumped the FBI for decades.
D.B. Cooper case: Why a Hoosier veteran thinks he broke a code in letters
D.B. Cooper case: Here are 11 possible suspects in the mystery
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She also was a celebrity and media star in the 1930s.
Two years before her disappearance, Earhart joined the faculty of Purdue University and began counseling women about engineering careers. Funds to buy a Lockheed Electra airplane — which Earhart would pilot on her last flight — also came from Purdue.
American aviatrix Amelia Earhart poses with flowers as she arrives in Southampton, England, after her transatlantic flight on the "Friendship" from Burry Point, Wales, on June 26, 1928. The tri-motor "Friendship" was piloted by two men as Earhart served as the commander, making her the first woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic. (AP Photo) (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)
That final flight would begin in 1937 when Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan embarked on a plan to fly the globe. On July 2, 1937, they failed to appear at a scheduled stop for fuel. It's unknown what happened to them.
A RetroIndy article from IndyStar contains more details about the theory of her disappearance and what happened to some skeletal remains found on an island in 1940.
RetroIndy: Amelia Earhart
Jimmy Hoffa was a powerful labor leader in the 1960s and 1970s who led the Teamsters Union. His larger-than-life personality would grow as federal investigations swirled, leading to numerous indictments and two convictions.
Hoffa, who was born in Brazil, Ind., in 1913, would vanish in 1975 while actively working to oust his successor to the Teamsters.
Jimmy Hoffa in Washington, June 3, 1974. (Photo: Associated Press)
Numerous theories as to the whereabouts of Hoffa's body have included being encased in concrete at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands, thrown into a Florida swamp or buried at a Detroit area farm just 20 miles from the restaurant where he was last seen. Hoffa was declared legally dead in 1982.
The mystery of his disappearance has endured for more than 40 years. Read more about Hoffa in RetroIndy.
RetroIndy: Jimmy Hoffa, Hoosier rabble-rouser
Lauren Spierer
On June 3, 2011, Indiana University student Lauren Spierer was just 20 years old when she went missing.
Spierer, from Greenburgh, N.Y., was out with friends in Bloomington that night. Later, her boyfriend sent a text message to Spierer but her phone was left at a bar. After an employee responded, Spierer's boyfriend reported her missing.
Lauren Spierer: Missing IU student
A poster seeking information about missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer is seen amongst dozens of other flyers on a public message board in the Indiana Memorial Union, Friday, Sept. 2nd, 2011. Aaron Bernstein / For the Journal News
Lauren Spierer has been missing since Friday morning, June 3, 2011, and was last seen on 11th Street and College Avenue in Bloomington, Ind., at 4:15 a.m. The Indiana University college student is from Edgemont, N.Y. The family is seeking information through the website www.iuhillel.org website. Provided
Lauren Spierer, who is 20, and Corey Rossman, a friend she met during Memorial Weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, walked into Kilroy's Sports Bar at 1:46 a.m. and stayed until 2:27 a.m. Along with her cell phone, Spierer left her shoes at Kilroy's, presumably because she took them off in the beach-themed bar's sand-filled courtyard. Olivia Corya/ The Star Olivia Corya
Bloomington police released this image of a white Chevrolet pickup truck.The driver may have information about the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer. Bloomington Police Dept.
Robert and Charlene Spierer displays a photo of thier missing daughter Lauren Spierer taken by a video surveillance camera in her apartment building on the night she disappeared during a news conference in Bloomington, Ind., Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Spierer, 20, of Greenburgh, N.Y., was last seen early June 3 walking alone toward her apartment after a night of drinking with friends. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Michael Conroy AP
Flyers with information about missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer, including some printed in Spanish, await distribution outside Smallwood Plaza in Bloomington, IN, Friday, June 10, 2011. (Aaron P. Bernstein/For the Journal News) Aaron P. Bernstein For the Journal News
Volunteers assemble outside the apartment building of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, Monday June 6th, 2011. Spierer, a New York native, has not been seen since early Friday morning. Aaron Bernstein
Indiana University head basketball coach Tom Crean signs in as a search volunteer outside the apartment building of missing IU sophomore Lauren Spierer, Monday, June 6th 2011. Aaron Bernstein
IU student Rachel Gieger searches an empty lot in Bloomington's Crestmont neighborhood for missing student Lauren Spierer Monday June 6th 2011. Aaron Bernstein
ROTC Cadet Wes Gordon searches through dense woods in Bloomington's Griffey Lake area Thursday, June 9th, 2011, while searching for missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer. Aaron Bernstein
Robert Spierer, father of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer makes a statement to the media at the Bloomington Police Department, Tuesday, June 7th, 2011. He is accompanied by his wife, Charlene. Aaron Bernstein
Billboard at the Indiana State Fairgrounds along Fall Creek Parkway, informing the public about missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, Tuesday June 7, 2011. Joe Vitti / The Star Joe Vitti
Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer disappeared on June 3, 2011, after a night of partying with fellow students in Bloomington. Her family has sought information on Spierer, 20, since that day. Provided by family.
Volunteers listened to instructions from search leaders outside Smallwood Plaza in Bloomington on June 12, 2011, before going out to look for missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer. Hundreds of volunteers turned out daily to aid in the search for Spierer, who had gone missing more than a week earlier. Aaron Bernstein / For The Star
Lauren Spierer is shown in this undated photograph. Spierer,20, a student at Indiana University, disappeared in June 2011 after a night out partying with friends in downtown Bloomington. She has not been seen since. Courtesy of Bloomington Herald Times
Rob and Charlene Spierer, Edgemont, N.Y., stand at the corner at 11th and College avenues in Bloomington on Sept. 1, 2011, where their daughter, Lauren Spierer, reportedly was last seen on June 3, 2011. The Spierers posted fliers and billboards all across Bloomington, home to Indiana University, seeking information. Charlie Nye / The Star.
A poster seeking information about the disappearance of Lauren Spierer of Edgemont in 2011 hangs in a bagel shop window in Scarsdale, N.Y. Thane Grauel/The Journal News
Undated photo of Lauren Spierer. Handout The Spierer Family
Undated photo of Lauren Spierer. Handout / The Spierer Family
Rob and Charlene Spierer stand at the corner where their daughter Lauren Spierer reportedly was last seen, at 11th and College in Bloomington, Ind., where they are still searching for answers on Sep. 1, 2011. Lauren was last seen June 3, 2011 at 4:30 a.m. (Charlie Nye / The Indianapolis Star) Charlie Nye
Undated photo of Lauren Spierer and her parents. Handout / The Spierer Family
A poster bearing an image of Lauren Spierer is seen on a bus shelter outside Indiana University's Herman B. Wells library Friday Sept. 2, 2011 in Bloomington, Ind. Aaron Bernstein / For the Journal News
A general view of Kilroy's Sports Bar in Bloomington, Ind. taken Wednesday, June 8, 2011. The bar is among the last places missing Indiana University sophomore and Westchester native Lauren Spierer was seen. Aaron P. Bernstein/For the Journal News Aaron P. Bernstein For the Journal News
Twenty-year-old Lauren Spierer, an Indiana University junior who lived at Smallwood Plaza, shown on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, has been missing since June 3. Her parents, Rob and Charlene Spierer, Edgemont, N.Y., are still in Bloomington searching for answers to her disappearance. Charlie Nye / The Star
Lauren Spierer, 20 a junior at Indiana University, was last seen walking east down this sidewalk, from friends' red brick apartment building in the background, toward the corner of 11th and College avenues, at 4:30 a.m. on June 3, 2011. Her parents, Rob and Charlene Spierer of Edgemont are still in Bloomington, Ind. searching for answers to her disappearance. Photographed on Sept. 1, 2011. Charlie Nye / The Indianapolis Star
A.J. Amin, 19, a IU student points June 10, 2011 to the spot where he says he found Lauren Spierer's key between 2:30 and 3 a.m. the morning she disappeared. Shawn Cohen / The Journal News
Volunteers scour the ground near Smallwood Plaza for any sign of missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer, Sunday June 12, 2011. Volunteers were told to keep an eye out for any pieces of jewelery Spierer may have been wearing. Aaron P. Bernstein/ for the Indianapolis Star Aaron Bernstein
Volunteers Nicole Messmer (L) and Susie Peltz (R) look over a map of Bloomington, Ind. prior to helping to search for missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer Monday June 6, 2011. Aaron P. Bernstein/For the Indianapolis Star Aaron Bernstein
People search the Sycamore Ridge Landfill in Indiana looking for clues in the disappearance of Edgemont HS grad Lauren Spierer. Bloomington police
An alley travelled by Lauren Spierer the morning she went missing is seen Friday, June 10, 2011. Spierer was last seen in the early hours of June 3rd. (Aaron P. Bernstein/For the Journal News) Aaron P. Bernstein For the Journal News
Charlene and Robert Spierer wear "Find Lauren" wristbands while speaking to reporters Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 in Bloomington, Ind. (Aaron Bernstein for The Indianapolis Star ) Aaron Bernstein
Students pass a flying with an image of missing IU sophomore Lauren Spierer outside the Herman B. Wells Library Friday, Sept. 2nd, 2011 in Bloomington, IN. Spierer, an Edgemont High School grad, has been missing since June 3rd. Aaron Bernstein/For the Journal News
The Bloomington (Indiana) Police Department has been searching for a missing woman, Lauren Spierer, 20, since 4:30 a.m. Friday, June 3, 2011. She is a white female, 4 feet 11 inches tall, slender build, has blue eyes and long blonde hair. Spierer is listed as a student according to IU Bloomington's website. Spierer was last seen walking south on College Avenue from 11th Street on her way back to her apartment in Smallwood Plaza, located on College Avenue. Facebook
Rob and Charlene Spierer of Edgemont are still in Bloomington, Ind. searching for answers to the disappearance on June 3, 2011 of their daughter Lauren, an Indiana University junior. Lauren Spierer, who was last seen at 4:30 a.m. after a night of partying, lived at Smallwood Plaza on College Avenue. Her parents have posted fliers, such as this one on the door to her apartment, shown on Sept. 1, 2011, all across Bloomington. Charlie Nye / The Indianapolis Star
Flyers with pictures of missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer await distribution outside her Bloomington, Ind. apartment building Monday, June 6, 2011. Spierer, from Scarsdale, was last seen early Friday morning. Aaron P. Bernstein/For the Star Aaron Bernstein
She was last seen walking around the corner of 11th Street and College Avenue and was never heard from again.
Numerous theories and dead ends have plagued investigators. Most recently, in 2017, a prosecutor in nearby Brown County theorized that the man who killed fellow IU student Hannah Wilson may also be responsible for Spierer's disappearance.
The case remains open by the Bloomington Police Department.
Lauren Spierer case: What we know now
Lauren Spierer case: Family vows to keep looking 7 years after disappearance
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The Divine Word Seminary Tagaytay (DWST) is a Roman Catholic mission seminary located in Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines. Established in 1933, the seminary is owned and administered by the Society of the Divine Word (Latin: Societas Verbi Divini, or SVD). The primary purpose of the seminary is to prepare missionaries for both the Philippine and foreign missions. Its students are mostly seminarians preparing for the priesthood, and come from a cluster of around 14 autonomous affiliated houses of formation.

Academic programs
DWST offers the following degrees:

 a four-year Theology course;
 Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus or S.T.B. – diploma comes from Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome;
 M. A. in Theology;
 A.B. in Theology; and
 Certificate in Theological Studies directed mainly to the laity.

DWST also hosts a house of formation for the SVD-Philippines—the SVD Scholasticat and the Divine Word Institute of Mission Studies (DWIMS).

Included in its academic programs are the following courses/subjects:
 Ecclesiastical Course (course for candidates for the priesthood)
 Licentiate in Mission Theology (run by the Divine Word Institute of Mission Studies)
 Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (degree conferred by the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome)
 AB Theology Degree (recognized by CHED)
 M.A. in Theology, Major in Moral Theology
 M.A. in Theology, Major in Missiology
 M.A. in Theology, Major in Sacred Scriptures
 M.A. in Theology Major in Systematic Theology
 M. A. in Theology: Major in Pastoral Ministry (non-thesis)
 M. A. in Theology Major in Mission Studies (Non-thesis)
 Certificate in Theological Studies (CTS)
 SVD-Alternative Learning System (SVD-ALS)

Administration

Affiliated houses of formation
 Divine Word Seminary Scholasticate (SVD) - Rector, Fr. Samuel Agcaracar, SVD
 Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP) - Fr. Roberto Ruben Elago, MSP
 Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS)- Rector, Fr. Binoy, MSFS
 Oblates of Saint Joseph (OSJ) - Fr. Randy dela Rosa, OSJ
 Religious Tertiary Capuchins of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonians) - Fr. Renz Canuto, TC
 Saint Augustine Major Seminary (SASMA)- Rector, Fr. Andy Lubi
 Saint Lawrence of Brindisi House of Studies (OFM Capuchins) - Rector, Fr. Arnold M. Montealto, OFMCap
 Saint Paul Seminary Foundation (SSP)- Rector, Fr. Norman Pena, SSP
 Saint Paul Scholasticate (Barnabites) - Rector, Fr. Jesus Allado, CRSP
 San Pablo Theological Formation House - Rector, Fr. Jose Segudo
 Servants of the Paraclete (sP)- Rector, Fr. Peter Khan
 Somascan Major Seminary (Somascans)- Fr. Gabriele Scotti, CRS
 Tahanan ng Mabuting Pastol (TMP)- Rector, Fr. Michael Cron
 Two Hearts (OATH and SMITH)- Superior, Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian

Deans
The School of Theology had graduates already from the school years 1964–1969, but there was no official appointment of a dean for the school. The school's entity was closely associated with the rector, thus there was no official appointment for a dean until the start of the school-year 1969.
 Fr. Antonio Pernia, SVD, STD 2020–present
 Fr. Guilberto Marqueses, SVD, STL 2017-2020
 Fr. Randolf Flores, SVD, SSL, PhD and STD – 2014–2017
 Fr. Felix Ferrer, SVD, STD – 2013–2014
 Fr. Alexander Muaña, SVD, STL – 2008–2013
 Fr. Michael Layugan, SVD, PhD and STD – 2004–2008
 Fr. Felix Ferrer, SVD, STD- 1999–2004
 Fr. Lino Nicasio, SVD, PhD – 1996–1999
 Fr. Antolin Uy, SVD, PhD – 1995–1996
 Fr. Lino Nicasio, SVD, PhD – 1992–1995
 Fr. Guillermo Villegas, SVD, SSL, STD – 1990–1992
 Fr. Constante Floresca, SVD, MA – 1988
 Fr. Antolin Uy, SVD, PhD – 1987–1990
 Fr. Florencio Lagura, SVD, STD – 1985–1987
 Fr. Herbert Scholz, SVD, STD – 1981–1985
 Fr. Reiner Franke, SVD, SSL – 1975–1981
 Fr. Macario Magboo, SVD, STL – 1972–1975
 Fr. Frederick Scharpf, SVD, SSL – 1969–1972

References

 Antolin Uy, "Divine Word Seminary: History, Perspective and Orientation Towards New Evangelization," Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology 39 (2014): 69–77.
 Deans of the Divine Word Seminary
 Rectors of the Divine Word Seminary
 Houses of the Divine Word Seminary
 School History
 Administration
Vision

External links
 Divine Word Seminary
 Societas Verbi Divini
 The Divine Word Seminary – video presentation created by the fourth year Scholastics 2006; music by Fr. Raul Caga, SVD

Catholic seminaries in the Philippines
Christian organizations established in 1933
Catholic organizations established in the 20th century
Divine Word Missionaries Order
1933 establishments in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Tagaytay


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US church leader John MacArthur has described pastors who plagiarise sermons as "lazy, incompetent and unsanctified".
The leader of the Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, made the remarks while doing an interview at The Master's Seminary, a Bible college where he serves as chancellor emeritus.
MacArthur was responding to a question posed by the college pastor, Austin Duncan.
"Why does a pastor plagiarise - why does he use someone else's sermon - why does that happen?" Duncan asked.
"Because he's lazy and incompetent - and, I've got a third point, unsanctified," MacArthur replied.
"The thing that expository preaching does that is apart from the congregation is it sanctifies the pastor…the relentless study of the Word of God is how God sanctifies and protects the pastor. When you're just opening your iPad and reading somebody else's sermon, you've never been exposed to the sanctifying work of the Word."
The issue of plagiarism among church leaders has been making headlines during the last months. In March, US pastor Zachary Stewart from Twin Oaks Christian Church was found to have plagiarised hundreds of sermons, many written by Mark Driscoll and in June Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton was also found to have plagiarised a sermon from pastor JD Greear.
Addressing hundreds of seminary students attending the conference, MacArthur continued: "When a pastor steals or over-borrows someone else's work, that pastor is not only playing a role like an actor but isn't a true messenger from the Lord."
"That's not to say you can't preach the same doctrine. There's only one accurate interpretation of the text…It's when a pastor's sentences are 'exactly verbatim' of another pastor that they've bypassed the spiritual impact of God's Word, and what the divine work the Lord would be doing in their heart because the truth wasn't studied like it should have been."
Talking about the way he approaches his sermons, MacArthur explained that roughly 80 per cent of his preaching doesn´t come from his notes.
"Because you're an expositor of the Scripture doesn't mean you preach in a vacuum. You still have to connect with the world around you," MacArthur added.
"You may be dealing with the same passage [that you've preached before], but the circumstances [and] people you're speaking to may alter, so the emphasis of the passage shifts in a different direction," he concluded.
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A rapid-learning report on the role of Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) during the pandemic has been published by the AHSN Network.
The report has been published as part of the NHS Reset campaign and gives examples of how PSCs, including the West of England PSC which is hosted by the West of England AHSN, refocused their work 'almost overnight' to respond to the pandemic. It illustrates some of the creative ways AHSNs supported their local systems and how this experience will be built into future patient safety programmes.
Natasha Swinscoe, West of England AHSN Chief Executive and lead AHSN Network chief officer for patient safety, said:
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PSCs are just one part of the health and care system which responded quickly to the immediate crisis from COVID-19 in March. They reprioritised their day-to-day work and took on new programmes at speed, such as promoting safer tracheostomy care.
PSCs are funded and nationally coordinated by NHS England and NHS Improvement, and hosted locally by the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs). They make a significant contribution to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, through the PSCs' work supporting the delivery of the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes and the AHSNs' focus on accelerating innovation.
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Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) held a briefing webinar to launch its new report on the dramatic gentrification of Chinatowns in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia in the past three decades. The report, Chinatown Then and Now, contains some of the first-ever land-use data collected on the three largest Chinatowns on the East Coast.
AALDEF, in collaboration with community partners, academic institutions, and hundreds of volunteers, spent a year recording data, block-by-block and lot-by-lot, in order to document the existing land uses in the three Chinatowns. This first of its kind report reveals current commercial, residential, and industrial patterns in Chinatowns that shed light on the importance of these neighborhoods to immigrant communities and highlight spaces of particular vulnerability to gentrification.
The white population in Chinatown has increased faster than the overall population in the three cities, especially over the last decade, with the number of white residents doubling in Boston and Philadelphia. Family households have also decreased dramatically in Chinatowns, from 73% to 47% in Boston, 82% to 73% in New York, and 61% to 49% in Philadelphia, which is a key indicator of gentrification.
In all three Chinatowns, government policies have accelerated gentrification in unique ways. In New York City, Mayor Bloomberg's 12-year term marked an era of high redevelopment, including massive rezoning changes and the designation of Chinatown as a Business Improvement District (BID). The land use study shows the "high-end" retail stores dotting Chinatown boundaries are now heading towards more traditional parts of the area. Moreover, relaxed rent regulation laws have enabled land-owners to illegally evict low-income tenants in favor of those who can afford the higher rent.
In Philadelphia, luxury development continues despite the need for affordable housing and green space. Philadelphia's Chinatown has the least amount of green space of any of the three areas surveyed.
In Boston, institutional development has shaped Chinatown more significantly than in other cities, as the land use data shows that many of the parcels are devoted to large institutional uses (Tuft University Medical Center, Emerson College, and Suffolk University) that have not added resources for Asian immigrants living and working in the neighborhood. Boston's Chinatown is now also vulnerable to planned luxury development.
This data was collected with the assistance of AALDEF's community partners including Chinese Progressive Association and Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center in Boston, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side in New York, and Asian Americans United in Philadelphia. The University of Pennsylvania's City and Urban Studies Department provided technical assistance on mapping and data analysis.


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The Civic Pride Award, originally started by former Mayor Michael J. Sullivan, recognizes citizens who have made unique and meaningful contributions to the community. The Mayor recommends that people take an active role in nominating candidates.
For further details or nominations, please contact Tim Beaudry at (413) 322-5510 or beaudryt@holyoke.org.
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Germantown mutual aid program dreams of a permanent "free market" for the people, by the people
by Nichole Currie
Something special happens at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Church Lane every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon. A collective of neighbors and volunteers gather in The People's Lot, with cardboard box cutouts that read "Free Food," but that's not all that brings people in.
If you travel to The People's Lot, you will see an array of volunteers, organizers and neighbors unloading boxes of produce, but also sharing laughs and stories. Neighbors gather their essential needs but stay for a little longer, talk a bit longer and sometimes rest in the brightly colored chairs. Because the group is not organizing a charity, they are making a community investment.
Their main goal is simple: We have to take care of each other.
The group is the Germantown Supply Hub, a Black-led mutual aid and collective care program. Its mission is to supply a "free market" for everyone, and the market gives more than food. The Supply Hub provides essential household supplies, and they raise money for neighbors struggling to find and keep housing. The group accomplishes this by inviting neighbors to help neighbors, free of charge.
"This is not charity. This is providing a basic human right," says Eppchez Yes (Ey/Em), one of the 12 organizers for the Supply Hub.
Photography by Milton Lindsay.
The two afternoons start with vehicles lined up along Church Lane. Volunteers unload food and items to distribute to neighbors. They partner with Philly Foodworks, The West Philly Bunnyhop, community gardens, Philly Food Forests and local backyard farmers. Neighbors enter the lot with items or food their household does not need but another may, like diapers, toiletries, furniture and books.
"People show up in return … they get the fresh produce, and then give back whatever they can," Yes says. "People come and donate whatever they have that they're not using anymore, that someone else may be able to make use of."
Community members share produce and household goods, supporting each other at the Germantown Supply Hub's "free market."
The Supply Hub launched in June after the COVID-19 pandemic heightened food disparities in Philadelphia. The public health emergency highlighted severe, systemic problems that the government could not address sufficiently. Yes and eight other organizers, including Ashley Davis and Shanel Edwards, assessed how they could foster community investment.
"We're trying to meet people's needs," Edwards says. "I think the most human way to do that is through relationship building and not assuming that we know what [others] need."
The Supply Hub settled at The People's Lot, and the space aligns with their values. The lot is part of artist Victor Jackson's OURchive project. It is a shared space for many creative Black youth and artists to commune, dream and organize. Davis says it's been a pleasure to witness people settle in the lot's chairs and engage with one another while enjoying mutual aid.
"Beautiful conversations spark," Davis says. "People share recipes, food, dreams of gardening—and that's what we do here [at the Supply Hub]. We share."
Giving back to communities has become popular since disadvantaged groups found themselves in vulnerable positions, such as working at hazardous essential jobs.
University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Regina Baker says that the act of receiving free food or items from charities requires disadvantaged populations to have a dependent relationship with the people helping them.
"Vulnerability, in essence, is just this idea of having to rely on other people to provide for you," Baker explains, referring to food insecurity. "It's this idea that 'I need to be saved.' "
However, according to Baker, navigating vulnerability might be easier for underprivileged groups participating in mutual aid rather than charity. While people tend to perform charity as a form of "giving back," it requires a stronger or independent entity to give to those less fortunate. Mutual aid creates a symbiotic relationship, where everyone offers goods or assistance to each other.
"It's … this reciprocal relationship and I think it makes people proud," Baker says. "People in the community doing something for the community for mutual benefit versus just going someplace and getting something."
Yes says a symbiotic relationship is present in the Germantown mutual aid program. An example of a neighbor who participates in both giving and taking is Miss Dawn Butler, whose garden at the Nicholson Church Lane Community Garden is a few blocks from the Supply Hub.
Prior to the pandemic, the Nicholson community garden donated fresh produce to Whosoever Gospel Mission, a Germantown transitional living program for men. After learning the mission would not need donations this year, Butler thought of a new idea.
"When I seen the ladies out there doing what they were doing, and not asking for anything," Butler says, "I let them know that once my stuff started growing, I was going to donate my vegetables to them."
While most working days she donates food from her garden, she also gathers diapers for her neighbors who have a newborn. She says the Supply Hub has benefited the neighborhood, especially those who do not have enough money to cover all of their living costs.
"Some people have to ask, 'Do [we] want to pay the bills this week, or do [we] want to get food?' " Butler says.
As the warm weather comes to an end, mutual aid programs like the Supply Hub consider how their programs will continue through fall and winter.
Todsza English is working on the answer. English is a volunteer-turned-organizer for the Supply Hub. She stumbled across the mutual aid program after taking a stroll through Germantown. She felt at home with the Supply Hub, especially as many of her ideas and goals lined up with theirs.
English says she cannot stand to let food go to waste and that she also knows "people on my block who cannot drive because they are elderly or sick" who can benefit from the program.
English runs a nonprofit called Live Decent, whose mission is to help community members become self sufficient through cooking and crafting projects. The Supply Hub brings her self-sufficiency practices to the mutual aid program. English gathers leftover produce from the Supply Hub on Saturdays and creates non-perishable items for people to collect the following week. For example, English takes leftover zucchini to make relish.
"I'm very concerned about moving forward in the winter," English says. "The donations we're getting now primarily is fresh produce. That's going to stop and many people don't know how to preserve food," English says.
The Supply Hub is planning food-preservation workshops, and English will continue to provide non-perishables. Although winter will present challenges, the Supply Hub plans to operate long term and normalize food redistribution and the idea of meeting all needs and wants, free of charge.
"If I were to dream my own dream, it would be a free world," Organizer Ashley Davis says. "That this is set up everywhere, and people are sharing their resources, knowing their neighbors [and knowing] what one another needs."
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Here is Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St. James' Theatre on February 14, 1895. The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation.
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From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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Real Monsters
by Brian Gallagher
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Real Monsters by Brian Gallagher is a horror novel in its own league. When Frank Ort, a former resident of the Bohemian Forest, tells his great-grandson, Sean O'Shea, what he'd seen in his homeland, he has no idea the story would have far-reaching consequences in the future. Sean never forgot his great-grandfather's story and now that he wants to write a new novel he is inspired to prove the existence of supernatural creatures like vampires and werewolves. Sean and his friends expect to find a basis for all the superstitions in Europe but not to actually find real monsters. Not only do they attract dangerous creatures of the night, but their presence in Europe attracts an old foe. Craig Breedlove has escaped Winnebago Mental Health Institute and has resumed murdering men of the cloth. On his way to the Vatican, Breedlove learns that his former captors are nearby.
It has been a long time since I read a horror story that surprised me and Real Monsters has done so in the best way possible. This story is not just horror but has splashes of romance, crime, and drama that give it a unique flavor. The fact that Brian Gallagher addresses the controversial topic of Catholic priest abuses and cover-ups makes for an interesting read. This was my favorite subplot. Depending on who is reading, the villain becomes something of a hero, an avenger of the innocents. It was so satisfying for the perpetrators to be punished, at least in this fictional story. Real Monsters also exposes some of the weaknesses in society that let wicked men continue to do evil acts without reprisal. This book is a must-read for fans of horror and conspiracy theory fiction like The DaVinci Code.
Ruffina Oserio
Real Monsters by Brian Gallagher spins a psychological thriller that gives readers chills. A writer who wants to prove that Eastern European superstitions are founded on truths undertakes an investigation which leads him into darkness far worse than anything he'd imagined. A dangerous psychopath escapes from the Winnebago Mental Health Institution and is out to accomplish revenge that has been long overdue —punish the enablers of pedophile priests. His targets are mostly bishops and cardinals, for why have they remained unpunished in spite of the sexual crimes committed by their priests? This time he is about to take his work to a higher level, and he makes sure that there is no connection between what he is about to do and his former handiwork.
The story covers two plot points and moves between different timelines, with the experience of writer Sean O'Shea and a curious conversation with Grandpa when he is still a very young boy. And there is Craig, a hardened killer who wants to outdo the work of well-known serial killers of all time by his handiwork, a character with an abusive sexual relationship in the past. Memories of the pedophile priest, their family priest, still haunt him. The author plunges readers into the depths of the dark soul of a sociopath and again moves them into strange paths with vampires and creatures of legend. Real Monsters is a gripping, pulsating narrative that puts the reader on the edge of their seat and has them following the characters, unsure of what could happen next. Brian Gallagher's writing captivated me from the very first line and kept me reading from page to page.
K.C. Finn
Real Monsters is an engaging work of murder mystery fiction penned by author Brian Gallagher. Our central character is thriller author Sean O'Shea, whose next bout of inspiration urges him to explore the vampiric legacy of Eastern Europe, exploring the factual origins from whence the legends came. Unfortunately, his research journey will see him cross paths with Craig Breedlove, an insane serial killer who has recently escaped containment with religious targets in mind. As the real world scandals of corruption and pedophilia collide with the dark and fantastical world of vampires, Sean O'Shea will have trouble distinguishing the true nature of evil as he writes the most thrilling book of his life.
Psychological and considerable, Real Monsters is largely a slow-burning thriller mystery crossover with much to digest. Fans willing to put in the time will grow with Sean O'Shea on his harrowing journey of discovery, from the personal connections and horrors of his past to the macabre terrors of his immediate future. Author Brian Gallagher gives a richness to every detail of this well-paced novel, taking the time to unveil each character and idea so that the reader can draw their own conclusions as they go along. The in-depth plot has a lot to say about forms of justice, childhood trauma, abuse and the real definition of what monsters are, which makes for a successful read that stays with you long after you close the back cover. Overall, Real Monsters is a highly recommended read for those who like to slowly digest a mystery full of atmosphere and real-world issues.
Peggy Jo Wipf
Real Monsters is a gem for paranormal readers as Brian Gallagher continues what he started in his other novels; The Vatican Protocol, Serial K, and Serial K Returns. This thriller follows the life of Sean O'Shea, an author who is trying to validate werewolves and vampires for his new book. At the same time, the story covers the life of Craig Breedlove, aka Terry Ellis, who escaped from a mental prison. Ellis continues seeking justice for the victims of the Catholic church leaders. Both characters end up in Europe, keeping the reader in suspense as to if and when they will meet up again. Then there is the factor that all these questions about Shapeshifters are getting the attention of a secret nation that wishes to remain hidden.
Brian Gallagher is in his element writing paranormal thrillers. The cover of Real Monsters hints at the eerie and spine-chilling tale within its pages. Monsters come in many shapes and sizes. As Sean seeks answers about supernatural monsters, Ellis wants vengeance for mankind's monsters. I love how Brian Gallagher ties his books and characters together. FBI Agents Lea Pucci and Ryan O'Callahan are seen again and bring about their own set of trials and entertainment. Interesting touch with the author, Sean O'Shea, finding factual information about Shapeshifters and being unable to print the truth because who would believe it. This gives the reader an alarming suspicion that just a bit of this novel is true, causing you to doubt that vampires and werewolves are fictional. This thrilling novel ends with a promise that we will see Craig Breedlove again in another book.
Real Monsters by Brian Gallagher is a compelling crime thriller featuring a serial killer, a vendetta against pedophile priests and their enablers and vampires. Author Sean O'Shea decides to investigate the origins of Eastern European superstition as he prepares to write his new thriller. He wants to prove that it is based on actual events, but he isn't prepared for what awaits him. In the subplot, a serial killer, Craig Breedlove, escapes from the mental institution where he has been incarcerated. And this time, he has a new set of targets in mind—enablers of pedophile priests. In the past, he has killed priests and each time he always left some clue, something like the carving of "A" in some part of the body to signify Avenger and cutting some part of the body. He has a design for his new killing spree, and he has always been inspired by the great serial killers of all time. Will he execute his plans?
Brian Gallagher is a wonderful storyteller who plunges readers into the minds of the characters. The narrative has strong psychological and moral implications. The prose is gorgeous and I enjoyed the vivid descriptions. The gift for character is exemplified in this story and the serial killer is multi-dimensional. The author allows the streams of consciousness to fill in the gaps between the backstory and the plot, which allows for a smooth read. Real Monsters is a wonderful read and it is interesting to see how the author makes readers have sympathy even for a despicable serial killer, the Avenger. The themes are very relevant, especially now that there is so much talk about the sexual crimes committed by priests and bishops. There is no way the reader can put down this engaging narrative written in fluid prose.


1) The RGGI states have collectively invested about 80% of the RGGI funds in strategic energy programs, most of which involve energy efficiency improvements in homes and businesses. RGGI has created a website compiling the states' announcements on the success stories from these investments.
The next RGGI auction will be held March 9, 2011.


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Measuring What Matters: The Power of KPIs to Advance Sustainability
"If everything is important, then nothing is."
This quote from Patrick Lencioni illuminates the heart of the problem with today's sustainability reporting practices. Too many seasoned organizations are still struggling to focus their reporting on the impacts that matter most. And companies that have not yet started reporting are discouraged from doing so, when they consider the panoply of topics and disclosures they may need to report on.
When it comes to the disclosure of non-financial information, it's understandable that many businesses come begrudgingly to table. Companies are being asked to investigate, evaluate and report on a vast array to topics under the rubric of sustainability. With the serious issues facing our world and the very urgent challenge of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, this reticence hinders progress.
But when sustainability reporting is focused on a few, truly relevant issues, it creates vital data that can help companies contribute to sustainable development and, in some cases, be more profitable in the process. Whether a business is beginning to report because of stakeholder pressure, a new regulation or simply to be a better steward of the planet, establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is the way to set goals and track progress over time.
Lessons learned at Intel
More than twenty years ago, I moved from the policy arena and went to work for the tech giant Intel. It was an amazing opportunity for me, but the role was challenging beyond description. I suddenly needed to measure, understand and communicate about environmental impacts at 27 factories all over the globe. And not only did I have to wrap my head around how to manage such a broad, complicated and diffuse network, I also had to boil all of this down into useful information for Intel's senior leaders. At the time, Intel was being led by Gordon Moore (founder, noted environmentalist, philanthropist and the author of "Moore's Law") and Craig Barrett – both of whom had a keen and personal interest in these results.
As I began to take in the enormity of the job, the thing that kept me awake at night was trying figure out what I needed to measure in order to track progress. I needed to demonstrate that, no matter where the facility was located, Intel was upholding the highest standards of environmental stewardship.
In the end, after many months of discussions and meetings we developed a concise set of less than 10 KPIs focused on air quality, water, waste and incidents in the factories.
While it was difficult to whittle the potential KPIs down to this short list, we knew that this was the only way we could engage with Intel's senior leaders. We knew that brevity was the key to actually using the data to make decisions.
"I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one instead."
This quote, from Cicero, Pascal, and Twain, speaks to the difficulty of applying rigor to truly focus on the most important issues. But without this rigor, the process of collecting and reporting data leads to very little value.
The good news is, it's not necessary to track every possible indicator in order to help a business become more sustainable and contribute to the long term health of our planet and the resiliency of our global economy. Our list of KPIs at Intel allowed us to track progress of the company's vast manufacturing network each quarter. Over time, we improved our performance on these indicators. We ramped up our quality control processes and pulled in our scheduling, so that the data was presented within a few weeks after each quarter closed. But the real breakthrough came when we started to forecast. Suddenly, we had a crystal ball that could tell us about where we were going, not just where we had been.
This changed everything. For example, we could see that no matter how hard we worked to mitigate pollution, the company's outstanding growth rate would swamp our efforts. That's when we had an epiphany. The only way we could stem the growth of waste and pollution was to get involved in the design of the manufacturing process. And that's what we did. Our "design for the environment program" reduced absolute emissions, while the company was growing at double digit annual rates.
This story reflects the true potential of smart KPIs. When corporate managers really dig in, to determine the critical data points, report them to decision makers frequently, and start to forecast, it can transform mere data into powerful fodder for better decision making. These decisions can save our planet.
Applying the lesson across the board
Earlier this year, I left the corporate world for the non-profit world. I'm now the Chief Executive of GRI, developer of the world's most widely adopted sustainability reporting standards. We work to help businesses, governments and other organizations use the sustainability reporting process to create transparency that can transform decision making for the better. Over the past two decades, GRI has built a global network of organizations that are committed to the notion that transparency has the power to fundamentally change the way we do business, advance sustainable development and create economic growth.
One of the key attributes making the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards the most widely used in the world, is the scope of sustainability impacts they cover. Any organization, in any sector of the economy, anywhere in the world can use GRI Standards to understand their impacts and communicate with all of their stakeholders. But this breadth of topics can be intimidating for companies that are just beginning their sustainability journey.
It's important that both newcomers and seasoned reporters understand the importance of focusing on a few KPIs. At GRI we don't expect companies to disclose information on everything. The first step in the process is engaging with your most important stakeholders to create a short list of critical sustainability issues (and KPIs) to track. This "materiality" analysis will help separate the wheat from the chaff, so you can measure and then manage the most important data that indicate the status of the larger system.
Steering a company towards a more sustainable future is a bit like driving a car. As you move forward, it's important to pay attention to what's going on behind you by glancing in the rear-view mirror. But if you want to drive forward, and avoid hitting obstacles, your focus has to be on the road ahead.
As my experience with Intel demonstrated, in the early phase of sustainability reporting, companies start by collecting data from the past. But over time, the business will develop leading indicators and set ambitious goals to move from reactive to proactive. That's when the company will be positioned to make positive contributions to our shared vision of sustainable development.
Our ultimate goal is a sustainable, just and prosperous world. By focusing on measuring what matters and forecasting their impacts, companies will discover new ways to lighten their footprint while padding their bottom line. Standard setters, reporters, data users – all of us, must redouble our efforts to get more out of the investment in sustainability reporting. Because, it is only when data becomes information that real change can happen.
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NEW YORK — As an early adopter of software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs), retailer Gap has already replaced all the MPLS lines in their U.S. retail stores with dual-band Internet connections. Now the next big challenge is to extend that effort outside the U.S., and implement a hybrid SD-WAN strategy across offices around the world.
Speaking at the WAN Summit conference in New York, Shehal Patel, network architect for Gap, said the retailer is in the early stages of implementing a hybrid SD-WAN across all its offices in Asia using business-class Internet broadband connections that will be employed alongside an MPLS network.
At the same time, Gap is replacing MPLS connections at its retail stores to Europe, which will be followed by a similar rollout in Asia.
Patel says the goal is to deploy a fully routed secure network overlay that can be centrally managed and will provide access to more bandwidth than a 1.5 Mb/s T1 connection. After evaluating several options in 2014, Gap decided to standardize on the Secure Extensible Network (SEN) developed by Viptela to gain access to both border gateway protocol (BGP) and option short path first (OSPF) routing capabilities, Patel said.
That approach relies on a set of Viptela controllers deployed as a cloud service to manage local instances of a Viptela router that uses REST application programming interfaces (APIs) to communicate with the controllers. In total, Patel said Gap is trying to automate the creation and management of thousands of tunnels via the Viptela cloud service.
Another fundamental requirement, Patel said, is zero-touch provisioning. The operations teams need to be able to manage the SD-WAN on their own. "Operations needs to be able to manage the environment without having to bother the engineering team," Patel said.
While both the retail stores and branch offices are making use of the same Viptela SEN platform, Patel noted that the network topology models are distinctly different. The retail stores are connected using a hub-and-spoke model because no retail stores are permitted to communicate with one another directly. In contrast, the remote offices are being connected using a mesh network architecture that routes most traffic through a central hub located in Tokyo.
In terms of SD-WAN advice, Patel said the most important thing is to make sure the operations teams tasked with managing the SD-WAN environment are trained early.
"The operation teams are not used to separating the control and data plane," Patel said.


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Despite trailing 8-0 halfway through the game, No. 23 UCF rallied back with two runs in the fifth and eight in the eighth to beat Wagner 10-8 and clinch the weekend series.
"We let the game come to us a little more [in the eighth] offensively than we had the previous five or six," said assistant coach Justin Parker, who took over after Greg Lovelady was ejected in the sixth inning. "Good things happened to us. We worked our way into good counts, took bases when we were given them and went through a couple of their bullpen guys."
The Knights (7-3, 0-0 AAC) fell behind the Seahawks (3-6, 0-0 NEC) 8-0 by the fourth inning, but came back with two runs in the fifth. They then put together a lengthy one-out rally in the eighth to come all the way back to take a 10-8 lead into the ninth.
UCF picked up its first three runs of the eighth on a single from Brandon Hernandez, a wild pitch and a walk. Matthew Mika then came through with a bases-loaded two-run double to cut the deficit to 8-7. Despite the magnitude of the moment, Mika stayed calm and delivered.
"I was singing my walk-up song, so I wasn't really thinking about much," he said. "It was just like any other situation; just try to get a hit, try to get the next guy up. It just so happened that I hit a double."
Dallas Beaver followed with a two-run single, bringing in Rylan Thomas and then Mika as the go-ahead run. The Knights later added an insurance run thanks to a single from Jackson Webb.
The big eighth-inning comeback wouldn't have been possible without a strong relief effort from the UCF bullpen. After starter Thad Ward gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings, freshman Jack Sinclair took over. He allowed a couple of inherited runners to score, but gave up just one run of his own on three hits over 2 1/3 innings.
Fellow freshman Jeffrey Hakanson followed with two quick innings in which he struck out five of the six batters he faced. He earned his first collegiate victory.
"We had a couple of young guys come in and throw up a couple zeroes to kind of settle the boat for us," Parker said. "That was a big deal. Eight (runs) could've easily become 10 or 11 or 12 if you don't get that kind of effort out of a couple guys that hadn't pitched a bunch."
Once UCF took a two-run lead in the eighth, it was Bryce Tucker's game. The preseason All-American set Wagner down 1-2-3 in the ninth to finish off the huge comeback.
"He elevates in those situations," Parker said. "In save situations, you kind of see him go to a little bit of a different level."
With the victory, the Knights clinched their second straight weekend series and extended their winning streak to six games. They will look for the sweep on Sunday afternoon before two games with No. 1 Florida next week. First pitch for Sunday's series finale with Wagner is set for 1:00 p.m.
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It's "wind week" at the Maine state legislature, where the Utilities and Energy Committee is hearing two days of testimony on a slate of 14 bills that have been introduced to regulate wind energy development. One bill would mandate property value guarantees, and another would impose setbacks of a mile and a quarter from homes. Maine's been a hot spot for community noise issues, with a ridgeline wind farm in Mars Hill spurring noise and health complaints from most of the residents within a half mile or so, and a three-turbine farm in Vinalhaven triggering noise issues for around half of the similarly nearby neighbors.
Several people living near wind power facilities questioned whether a few hundred temporary construction jobs is a worthwhile trade-off when the turbines force some homeowners who support the local economy year-round to move away.


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Edward "Tom" Lewis, 90, passed Monday April 18, 2022. He is preceded in death by his parents, Edward Thomas Lewis Sr. and Elizabeth Carroll Lewis; and sister Mary Ann Corona. Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife, of sixty - five years, Patricia Ross Lewis; sons, Steve Lewis and wife Gloria, David Lewis, and Michael Lewis; daughters, Patricia JoAnn Lewis Harrison and husband, Sterling, Laura Elizabeth Lewis Rocchino and husband, Michael; brother, Neil Lewis; grandchildren, Austin, Derrick, Samantha, Matthew, Michael, Jeremy, Sabrina, and Brittany, and a host of many other family and friends. Tom graduated from Kirwin High School in Galveston (class of' 49), attended Texas A and M (class of '53), and received a bachelor's degree in theology from University of St Thomas (1975). He proudly served in the United States Army from 1953-55. Tom was a well-known newsman and broadcaster In Galveston and Beaumont for many years. He was one of the 'big eight' that kept KGBC radio on the air throughout Hurricane Carla, the only news source and only connection Galveston had with the outside world. Tom went on to be a successful sales professional in Houston. A man of faith, Tom loved the Lord, and he loved church history. He was ordained a Permanent deacon in 1975 and served St. Mary's parish until his retirement in 2005. Tom was also an accomplished instrument rated pilot, a sports car enthusiast, and he loved Texas A&M football, and the Houston Astros. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Services for Tom will be held at St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (816 Park Dr., LaPorte, Tx 77571) The Visitation and Rosary will take place on Friday April 22nd, from 6-8 pm, with the Rosary beginning at 7:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held the following day, Saturday April 23rd at 11:00 am, also at St. Mary's Church.
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