A $600-million, seven-year program to fund asbestos removal in public and private schools will be considered by the U.S. Senate some time in the next few weeks, and its sponsors are cautiously optimistic that it will win the votes needed for passage.
Senator James Abdnor, Republican of South Dakota, is the main sponsor of the measure, filed earlier this month as an amendment to S757, the solid-waste-disposal amendments of 1983. The Senate is expected to take up that bill--the major environmental bill of the current session--late this week or early next week. The House passed its version of the solid-waste bill earlier, without an asbestos amendment.
The filing of the amendment coincided with several other major developments on the problem of asbestos in the schools. Late last week, a federal district judge in Philadelphia refused to vacate an earlier order that certified, or established, a "mandatory class" of school-district plaintiffs in suits against three of the 54 companies named in the class action.
The judge's move apparently means that all school districts are members of the class, and those who want to sue the three firms--which are the nation's largest manufacturers of the substance--must do so as part of the class action.
The order both halts further action on existing cases against the three companies and prohibits the filing of new ones. Any district seeking to recover damages against the companies must do so as part of the class action. The three defendants are U.S. Gypsum, National Gypsum, and W.R. Grace. U.S. Gypsum alone has 27 school suits pending against it, a spokesman said.
And earlier this month, in the first settlement of a suit by a school district against an asbestos company, U.S. Gypsum agreed to pay $678,000 to the Lexington County (S.C.) School District.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to cite and fine school districts that have not met the requirements of the agency's inspection and notification rule.
And at least one state, California, is considering legislation that would provide money for asbestos removal in the schools.
The new hope for federal funding comes more than four years after the Congress passed the Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979. That act authorized funding for inspection and removal of asbestos, but lawmakers never appropriated any money. The programs established by that bill were administered by the Education Department.
The asbestos-abatement amendment that the Senate will vote on would shift the authorization for asbestos-control funds from the Education Department to the Environmental Protection Agency. An aide to Senator Abdnor said the sponsors favored the shift both because the epa has far greater technical expertise in asbestos control, and because the program would then compete for funding with other environmental health programs, rather than education programs.
Under the program, the federal government would provide $50 million in no-interest loans and grants during the fiscal years 1984 and 1985, and $100 million in each of the subsequent five years.
"We think it looks really good," the aide said of the bill's chances for passage in the Senate. The sponsors, who include senators from both parties, many with a strong interest in education, worked with members of the House and representatives of the education community to devise an acceptable program.
Schools with demonstrated need would be eligible to receive the funds, but would be limited to 50 percent of the cost in grants, and another 50 percent in loans. The measure contains special language requiring the agency to carry over any unspent 1984 funds to 1985, since it is unlikely that $50 million could be allocated during the remainder of this fiscal year. Senator Abdnor's aide said that the sponsors sought to balance the epa's need for time to set up the program against the schools' need for asbestos-removal money.
The class action in Philadelphia is a consolidation of two other suits filed separately, one involving several school districts and the other involving only one.
In all class actions, the court must "certify" a class, the members of which will be represented in the suit. Most commonly, those identified as members of the class--school districts, in this case--may choose whether to join the suit or file their own. By contrast, in a mandatory class no members of the class would be able to exclude themselves.
On March 9, a lawyer representing one group of schools filed a motion and briefs asking the judge to certify a mandatory class; the lawyer also asked for an "opt-out" suit, in which plaintiffs may decide whether or not to become part of the suit. Three of the 54 companies named in the suit agreed that they would not oppose the certification of a mandatory class, according to Lawrence T. Hoyle, a lawyer representing National Gypsum in the case. The remaining 51 had not yet taken a position on the issue, Mr. Hoyle said.
On April 13, the judge agreed to certify the mandatory class, pending a final ruling at a hearing scheduled for May 9.
But lawyers for other plaintiff school districts--as well as some defendants--did not agree that the mandatory class was the best way to proceed, and sought to have the judge's order vacated. On April 19, the judge refused to do so.
Mr. Hoyle cited numerous advantages of the mandatory class for both plaintiffs and defendants, although he, like other lawyers interviewed, could cite no precedent for its establishment. "We believe there are enormous advantages to dealing with these cases in a single forum," Mr. Hoyle said. "It provides a single forum in which you can fairly and efficiently litigate the issues involved. It should be more cost-effective for parties on both sides. The judge will regulate fees charged to class members. It makes the litigation more manageable. It's an innovative effort to try to deal with the school cases in a different way than the personal-injury cases that have plagued the courts."
Some lawyers representing schools, however, argue that not all districts would be adequately represented in such an action. They contend that the companies are seeking the change because, if the court rules against them, the overall cost will be less than it would be if they had to make good on a large number of individual districts' suits.
"I personally believe there may be some grounds for dealing with this on on a bigger scale, but there are no grounds for making it mandatory," said Terry Richardson, a South Carolina lawyer involved in many school districts' suits. It is "just and fair" to have a class action that ensures equal treatment for all involved, he noted.
"But it certainly doesn't mean I want to be ordered to go to Philadelphia and take whatever I get."
At the May 9 hearing, the judge will make a final ruling on the certification of the class.
Last week's activity in the Philadelphia suit complicated an already murky legal situation, lawyers note. Nevertheless, those representing school districts view the out-of-court settlement reached by U.S. Gypsum and the Lexington County schools as a hopeful sign that other districts may also recover the cost of removing asbestos.
At least 40 cases filed by school districts are now pending, according to lawyers around the country.
"I certainly think that it will help tremendously," Mr. Richardson said. "My official comment has always been that while each case must be judged on its own merit, school districts should be encouraged by this result," said Daniel S. Speights, the Hampton, S.C., lawyer who represented the school district. "At least it shows that some cases can be won. The first case is always an important case."
A second surge of filings took place this year, according to lawyers involved in such actions. "There's been a great deal more interest in this avenue since June 1983, the deadline for complying with the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation," said Mr. Speights, who represents between 10 and 20 other districts in similar suits and is investigating possible litigation for others.
The epa rule required school districts to inspect for friable, or crumbling, asbestos by June 28, 1983. If they found it, they had to either remove or control it by the deadline, or notify parents and school personnel of its presence if the problem was still present after the deadline.
The school district involved in Lexington County School District v. U.S. Gypsum spent $378,000 to remove asbestos ceilings from Irmo Senior High School in 1981, Mr. Speights said. In its complaint against U.S. Gypsum, the school district sought both actual and punitive damages.
The product in question was a spray-on ceiling system that contained "a small amount of asbestos," according to U.S. Gypsum, a Chicago-based company that manufactures gypsum-based building products.
The company has not manufactured the ceiling spray since 1972. Currently, 27 suits filed by school districts are pending against U.S. Gypsum, but company officials would not say whether other out-of-court settlements were planned.
"About the only general statement that we could make is that we still believe that our product is not hazardous in schools, [if] properly installed and maintained, and we plan to vigorously defend other cases," said Paul Colitti, manager of public relations for U.S. Gypsum.
Mr. Hoyle, the lawyer for National Gypsum, added that the three companies involved in the mandatory action in Philadelphia still oppose the substance of the charges filed against them. "We do not believe that the mere presence of asbestos in a school building consti-tutes a hazard," he said.
U.S. Gypsum is also a defendant in the next case scheduled to be tried, now slated to reach the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in July, according to Mr. Speights. That case, Greenville County School District v. W. R. Grace, involves about 35 school buildings, and asbestos-control costs of more than $4 million.
Officials in other districts that have filed suit say they are not expecting a quick resolution of their cases.
In Los Angeles, where the school system filed a $250-million suit against more than 40 companies, a spokesman said lawyers anticipated no settlement for several years. A lawyer at the firm of Greene, O'Reilley, Agnew, and Broillet said other school districts have contacted the firm about possible suits, but as yet they are representing only Los Angeles.
In Philadelphia, the district's $17.7-million suit progressed after initial delays because of the Manville Corporation's bankruptcy proceedings. Manville has been removed from the case, which is being heard in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia.
The court ruled earlier that the district's case was a "viable cause of action under state law," according to a lawyer for Raynes, McCarty, Binder, and Mundy, the firm representing the district. In June, the participants will hold another status conference on the case, School Distict of Philadelphia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation.
The suits are often costly to file, and frequently involve lengthy periods of investigation before the complaint can be filed, according to lawyers. Investigators must first identify the product involved, which can be difficult depending on the age of the building and the condition and availability of building records.
The suits generally seek to recover actual damages: the cost of inspection, laboratory analysis to see whether the suspect material is asbestos, removal, replacement, and architectural fees, and "consequential costs" that result from the disruption of construction--moving classes to another location, for example.
Although the successful settlement of one suit may indicate that companies will indeed be held liable for costs, many school officials point out that they need the money to pay for removal now, not in 10 years. Not only is public pressure to remove asbestos increasing, but some schools that have not complied with the epa rule are being cited and fined by the agency.
As of March 30, the most recent date for which statistics are available, the epa had issued 238 notices, a spokesman for the agency said.
Philadelphia, notified that it would be fined $12,000 for failing to post notices in what the epa viewed as appropriate locations about the presence of asbestos, has contested the fine. District officials point out that they put the notices in areas where teachers sign time cards, which is as close to being a common area as all the schools have.
The district's complaint will be heard and decided on by the epa If school officials are dissatisfied with the agency's ruling, they may take their case directly to the federal courts.
The agency will also convene a public hearing on the asbestos-in-the-schools rule on May 7 in Washington.
Education groups are expected to ask the agency to set a rule requiring school districts to tighten the notification process, and also to require removal of the asbestos if a hazard is found.
Arnold Fege, director of government relations for the National Congress of Parents and Teachers said the pta and other education groups are preparing testimony for the epa hearing.
The hearing was announced after the agency reopened the rule-making process in response to a petition filed by the Service Employees International Union. The petition sought to reopen the rule-making process because the union, like many other groups, contends that the current rule does not protect workers and children from asbestos exposure.
Surveys by the epa have found that 60 percent or more of the schools surveyed had not complied with some part of the regulation, often the notification requirement.
A limited survey conducted this spring by the pta the supports the epa data, according to the association. Although the relatively small return rate on the survey makes the results less than definitive, Mr. Fege said there seemed to be a non-compliance rate of 60 to 80 percent of schools. "The key is money, there's just no question," Mr Fege said. "No one wants to own up to the responsibility for cleanup."
In many districts, the money for cleanup will have to come from the budget for instructional programs, school officials have said. And in the majority of states and districts, officials are simultaneously being pressed to improve instruction.
In California, for example, a state survey found that about 3,000 of the state's 7,000 public-school buildings contained friable, or crumbling, asbestos, with the overall cost of cleanup estimated at somewhere between $73 million and $90 million. About 1,561 of the buildings still contain the asbestos.
At the request of Bill Honig, California's superintendent of public instruction, Assemblyman Gray Davis has introduced a bill that would provide $45 million in state funds to help pay for asbestos cleanup.
The bill has been approved by the Assembly's education policy committee, and will be voted on next by the Ways and Means Committee, according to an aide to Mr. Davis, a Democrat from Los Angeles.
The bill also requires that schools wishing to receive the money must have the asbestos inspection done by a qualified inspector, according to the aide. He noted that the bill has had good support thus far; in the policy committee, the only debate was on the best way to inspect for and control the asbestos, not whether the problem needed money and attention.


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Keeping Workers Safe from Heat
Kevin Kenney, Review Editor
Representative Judy Chu Announces the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Act
It was just over a year ago – July 6, 2018. A heat wave was roasting the Los Angeles area, with the temperature hitting 117 degrees in Woodland Hills.
U.S. Postal Service worker Peggy Frank was making her rounds in that San Fernando Valley community that day when she was overcome by the brutal conditions. The 63-year-old was later found dead in her truck, her body simply overheating. The official cause of death was hyperthermia, with the Occupational Safety and Hazards Administration (OSHA) later holding the Postal Service liable after an investigation.
Now, Rep. Judy Chu, whose district includes South Pasadena, has introduced federal legislation to protect workers from fates similar to Frank's.
Chu, a Democrat, last week unveiled the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act — named for another worker who died a preventable death from heat stroke after working 10 hours straight in 105-degree temperatures.
During her time in the Assembly, Chu pushed a similar law that made California the first state in the nation to require paid shade and water breaks for workers. Her new bill would take those rules to the federal level, requiring OSHA to mandate national safety requirements.
With high temperatures hitting Southern California once again, it also serves as a reminder for workers to take precautions against potentially dangerous weather conditions.
Besides paid breaks in cool spaces, Chu's bill would require limitations of how long workers – whether working outdoors or indoors – can be exposed to extreme heat; and direct employers to provide training to workers regarding risk factors, as well as guidance on how to treat heat-related symptoms.
"Every day, workers around the country, whether on a farm or in a warehouse, work in 100-degree temperatures or more just to feed their own families and the country,'' Chu said.
"But that exposure to high heat puts workers at risk of heat stroke or heat exhaustion. Even in just a single eight- to 10- hour shift, a worker can fall into a coma and die.
"According to a 2015 study by OSHA, exposure to heat led to 37 work-related deaths and 2,830 nonfatal occupation injuries and illnesses. And it's only expected to get worse. A new report released (two weeks ago) found that rising temperatures from global warming could cost the global economy as much as $69 trillion by 2100, thanks in part to the impact on workers' health.''
Chu also said: "And yet, OSHA does not have a federal standard that requires the breaks, shade, or water that we know can save lives. Heat-stress-related deaths are 100 percent preventable, which is what makes stories like that of Asuncion Valdivia … so tragic.
"Nobody else should suffer a similar fate when all it takes to save them is a break. … Extending those protections to all workers should be common sense.''
Shortly after Frank's 2018 death, Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, interim health officer for the L.A. County Department of Public Health, stressed certain guidelines workers should follow in extreme-heat conditions.
"If it's really hot, and it's over 110 (degrees), you should take a 15-minute break every hour and have mandatory hydration," Gunzenhauser said, per the Los Angeles Daily News. "You have to insist on it. You can't do heavy exertion (without breaks.)"
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All NSW public school students have a right to an inclusive learning environment and to feel happy and safe at school.
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To support and deliver the best outcomes for our students, it is important that we reflect the community we serve. The department has continued to increase the number of employees from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. We aim to continue this by understanding and tackling systemic barriers to entry and progression, to help improve experiences for all our staff and students.
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Justin Bieber reportedly asked for Stephen Baldwin's permission before proposing to his daughter Hailey Baldwin.
The Canadian popstar and the fashion model got engaged over the weekend (07-08Jul18) while holidaying in The Bahamas.
While Justin and Hailey, who previously dated in early 2016, only rekindled their romance last month (Jun18), sources close to the stars have now insisted that the Love Yourself hitmaker didn't act on impulse and actually spoke to Stephen about proposing weeks before getting down on one knee.
"We're told the conversation was very important to (Justin), who absolutely wanted the green light from Hailey's pop," editors at gossip website TMZ have reported.
Actor Stephen, a born-again Christian who is known to be a minister in New York, shares the same religious values as 24-year-old Justin and is said to have happily given his blessing to the loved-up couple.
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In an open letter to his new fiance, he promised to love her "patiently and kindly" and marvelled at the timing of their reunion.
"I promise to lead our family with honour and integrity letting Jesus through his Holy Spirit guide us in everything we do and every decision we make," the Never Say Never singer wrote on Instagram. "My heart is COMPLETELY and FULLY YOURS and I will ALWAYS put you first! You are the love of my life Hailey Baldwin and I wouldn't want to spend it with anybody else."
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Responding to a Twitter user who suggested the singer should "grow the moustache back for the wedding," the 21-year-old fired back: "Don't u dare give him that idea you lunatic (sic)."


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3.4 million hours of live video streams consumed on Thursday alone
March Madness has been all the craze these days among my sports-fanatic friends. Personally, I follow the NBA and don't really have time for anything else besides football. But there's something the NCAA and CBS Sports have been doing to make it a little more interesting, at least on my end - they've been streaming the entire tournament since it began on Thursday morning.
On Friday, CBS Sports issued a press release which showed off some pretty impressive statistics for the traffic to the live streams.
3.4 million hours of live video streams from the tournament were consumed on Thursday. CBS said this was the "single largest day of traffic for a live sport event on the Internet."
In comparison to last year, the NCAA tournament saw a 20% growth versus last years figures, by 3 million unique visitors to the March Madness video players. Florida vs. BYU was the most watched game yesterday with 521k hours of video streaming, of which the CBS Sports stated was a 50% year-over-year growth to last year's most watched game which had a mere 348k hours of streaming.
And what makes these stats even more exciting is the fact anybody can watch these games for free, thanks to advertisers. This year around AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola came in as sponsors for the streams. Unlike the $9.99 iPhone application which also streams the games over cellular networks, you don't have to shell out a penny to view it all on your desktop.
Online video use continues to rise. Earlier this week, YouTube announced it is now seeing 24 hours of video uploaded to its site every minute of the day. Nielsen also released some stats that online video consumption was up 10.5% in the US, year-over-year for the month of February. YouTube holds the lead with a whopping 5.9 billion streams last month alone.
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Right from the beginning, President Trump defined "American Greatness." He started, and ended, with telling the stories of what happened 75 years ago in Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Who was not moved when President Trump told the story of one man liberated from the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, seated next to an American soldier, who liberated him?
What was very noticeable during this address was the blatant disrespect and disengagement by one Speaker Pelosi. I do not ever recall seeing a sitting Speaker of the House fumble through note pages during a State of the Union address. They have always paid attention to the President, and not appeared dismissive, and, well, bothered. I also noted Pelosi making gestures to her followers as if she were cueing them as to when, and how, they should respond.
Once again, President Trump was masterful in using individual Americans and their stories to emphasize his policy vision. Some of the Democrats brought formerly furloughed government employees as their guests. Imagine this, those employees are back to work, with back pay. However, we watched a daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter who had lost their 80-year-old loved ones to a criminal illegal immigrant . . . they are gone forever, not just furloughed.
Funny thing, I had a very strong conservative friend text me to say that they felt it was a nice delivery but short of policy specifics. See, this has always been the problem with past Republican presidents, excluding Ronald Reagan. Too often Republicans stand in the Speaker's well, delivering speeches with facts and figures, but never connecting with the American people. Not only did President Trump connect, but he also evidenced just how disconnected the Democrats are.
– President Trump talked about being committed to ending illegal immigration, stating he wanted to put drug dealers, drug cartels, coyotes, and human traffickers out of business. Did you see how the Democrats responded? Oh yeah, and he made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that we would not be abolishing ICE.
– However, what I think was the biggest smackdown — and, I loved it — came when President Trump said in no uncertain terms that "America will never be a socialist country," after he talked about Venezuela. The camera showed a very distraught socialist named Bernie Sanders. The Democrats, the progressive socialists, sat and did not applaud. When you choose socialism, you do not "Choose Greatness." Ask the people of Venezuela.
If the progressive socialist left refuses to choose greatness, then what is it that they choose?
It's simple, all one had to do was watch the abysmal, delusional, and pathetic response by Stacey Abrams. It was very apparent that Ms. Abrams' speech was not a response to President Trump's State of the Union address, it was just prepackaged progressive socialist blather, and rhetoric. She lost me when she said the most absurd thing, that we are forcing truck drivers to buy their own rigs? And, she talked about voter suppression? She supported allowing illegal immigrants to vote. Her response was just more of the leftist socialist pablum. She was angry and very divisive.
I'll tell y'all this: sign me up to "Choose Greatness," because what the progressive socialist left is all about — coercing, intimidating, mandating, and forcing us to choose failure — that, folks, ain't an option!


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Q: Update ListView based on spinner selection in Android I know this has been asked a million times but I was wondering if someone could point me out in the right direction.
What is the best approach to create a spinner in android and change a Listview content based on the spinner selection ? ( I basically only need to go back and forth between two listviews )
it'd be great if someone could describe the process step by step, I have no idea how to get started, I have only managed to create a listview and and an arrayadapter but I don't know how to link it to the spinner so when I select an option from the spinner the listview changes .

A: For Static Data.
1.Create an ArrayList.
List lmonth=new ArrayList();

2.Populate arraylist.
lmonth.add("0");lmonth.add("1");lmonth.add("2");lmonth.add("3");lmonth.add("4");lmonth.add("5");lmonth.add("6");lmonth.add("7");lmonth.add("8");lmonth.add("9");
        lmonth.add("10");lmonth.add("11");

3.Creation of Adapter and adding list to Adapter.
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, lmonth);
        dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);

4.Set Adapter to spinner.
 Spinner month=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnermonth);

month.setAdapter(dataAdapters);

This is way of populating a spinner with static data..
For Dynamic data.
1.Create an Adapter.
public class SpinnerCustomAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
    private Context mContext;
    private List<JobSearchModel> mList=new ArrayList<JobSearchModel>();
    private LayoutInflater mLayoutInflater;
    private String mType=null;

    public SpinnerCustomAdapter(Context mContext, List<JobSearchModel> list) {
        this.mContext=mContext;
        this.mList=list;

    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return mList.size();
    }

    @Override
    public Object getItem(int i) {
        return i;
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int i) {
        return i;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        ViewHolder holder=null;
        LayoutInflater layoutInflater=(LayoutInflater)mContext.getSystemService(Activity.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        if(convertView==null){
            convertView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_spinner, null);
            holder = new ViewHolder();
            holder.textView2=(TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.txt_text2);
            convertView.setTag(holder);

        }
        else {
            holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
        }
        JobSearchModel classModel=mList.get(position);
        String id = mList.get(position).getId();
        if(id.equals("select")){
            holder.textView2.setTextColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.lightblack));
        }else{
            holder.textView2.setTextColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.black));
        }
        holder.textView2.setText(classModel.getDescription());
        return convertView;
    }
    static class ViewHolder{

        TextView textView2;
    }
}

The XML needed for the Adapter is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txt_text2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Dami"
        android:textSize="14sp"
   android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
        android:textColor="#4E4E4E"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"

        />
    <View
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="1dp"

        />
</LinearLayout>

3.Now create a Model class according to the needs.
public class Model {
    private String id;
    private String description;
    public char[] name;

    public Model()
    {

    }
    public Model (String id, String description) {
        this.id = id;
        this.description = description;
    }

    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(String.format("%02d", id)).append(" - ").append(description);
        return sb.toString();
    }

}

4.Now inside The Main class.
i)Create the Arayylist.
  private List<Model> mList = new ArrayList<Model>();

ii)Initialize and define spinner.
Spinner loc = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.sp_loc);

iii)Set OnItemSelectedListener for Spinner.
loc.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView) {

            }
        });

Now populating the spinner with dynamic data.
eg: code shall be given below.
private void Parsing(JsonParser jsonParser) {
    Log.i(">>>ClassResponseloc", "" + jsonParser);
    mList = new ArrayList<Model>();
    Model classModel = null;

    try {
        while (jsonParser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
            classModel = new JobSearchModel();
            while (jsonParser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
                String fieldName = jsonParser.getCurrentName();
                if ("id".equals(fieldName)) {
                    jsonParser.nextToken();
                    classModel.setId((jsonParser.getText()) + "-");
                } else if ("name".equals(fieldName)) {
                    jsonParser.nextToken();
                    classModel.setDescription(jsonParser.getText());
                }
            }

            mList.add(classModel);

        }

        SpinnerCustomAdapter adapter = new SpinnerCustomAdapter(this, mList);
        loc.setAdapter(adapter);

    } catch (JsonParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}

It might help u.

A: spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int position, long id) {
        String selectedItem = parentView.getItemAtPosition(position);
        //based on selectedItem value decide what kind of data
        //you want to populate in your ListView and prepare adapter
        yourAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView) {

    }

});


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Aug 9 Settlement of Ashley Madison Data Breach U.S. Class Action Lawsuits
On July 21, 2017, a U.S. District Court granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement of a consolidated class action lawsuit relating to the 2015 Ashley Madison data breach.
In 2015, the Ashley Madison discreet affair website operated by Ruby Corp. (previously known as Avid Life Media) ("Ruby") was subject to a cyber-attack by hackers who published the details (including sensitive personal information) of approximately 36 million Ashley Madison user accounts. The data breach resulted in a joint investigation by the Canadian and Australian Privacy Commissioners, lawsuits by the United States Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and a number of U.S. states, and class action lawsuits in Canada and the United States.
In August 2016, the Privacy Commissioners issued a joint report setting out findings that Ruby had committed numerous breaches of the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Australian Privacy Act, and announced that Ruby had entered into settlement agreements with the Privacy Commissioners. In December 2016, the FTC announced that Ruby had agreed to settle the FTC and state lawsuits by making a $1.6 million settlement payment and agreeing to a stipulated order that required Ruby to establish, implement and maintain a comprehensive, fully documented information security program, including appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of personal information held by Ruby. (More information about the Privacy Commissioners' investigation and the FTC lawsuit is available here).
Settlement of U.S. Class Action Lawsuit
The U.S. consolidated class action lawsuit resulted from multiple putative class action lawsuits against Ruby and its former chief executive officer relating to alleged inadequate data security practices and alleged misrepresentations about the Ashley Madison website.
The proposed settlement applies to all United States residents who used the Ashley Madison website before the announcement of the data breach, unless they elect to opt-out of the settlement. The settlement requires the defendants to pay $11.2 million into a settlement fund to be distributed to settlement class members after deductions of settlement administration costs and court-approved lawyers' fees and costs. Each settlement class member may claim a maximum of $3,500, comprised of compensation for demonstrated unreimbursed losses (to a maximum of $3,000) and for the public release of the class member's personal information (to a maximum of $500). Any remaining settlement funds will be donated to approved charities.
The settlement does not impose any data security obligations on Ruby. Nevertheless, the settlement notes that, after the data breach was announced and as a result of the lawsuits, Ruby had implemented numerous remedial measures to enhance the security of customer data. The settlement also references Ruby's settlement with the FTC, which requires Ruby to implement a comprehensive data security program for the benefit of its customers.
The settlement confirms that the class plaintiffs' lawyers intend to apply for court approval of legal fees in an amount to not exceed one third of the $11.2 million settlement fund and reimbursement of reasonable costs and expenses.
The settlement expressly provides that the defendants deny any wrongdoing or liability. The settlement is subject to final court approval.
Canadian Class Action lawsuits
Ruby's Canadian customers commenced Canadian class action lawsuits relating to the Ashley Madison data breach. The settlement of the U.S. consolidated class action lawsuit does not apply to Canadian customers. The Canadian class action lawsuits remain unresolved.
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Q: Is it possible to change client's BaseAddress or client when using Polly ExecuteAsync after failed attempt? I have implemented Polly in my solution using .net core 3.1 and Polly 7.2.0. I have created extensions for IServiceCollection and in my Startup file I am calling the extensions to configure and add a client and also to create a policy and and register it.
In my ExternalClient class, I am using the IHttpClientFactory to consume my client and IAsyncPolicy policy to wrap my calls with the policy I have created and set up on my Startup.
Startup.cs
...
services.AddHttpClients(Configuration);
services.AddRetryPolicy(Configuration);
...

ServiceCollectionExtension.cs
...
var policy = Policy
            .Handle<HttpRequestException>()
            .WaitAndRetryAsync(3, i => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(retryCount), (exception, timeSpan, count,
context) =>
            {
                LogTo.Error($"Failed while posting to {myClient.Host}, retrying: " +
                            $"{count} of {retryCount} in " +
                            $"{timeSpan.TotalSeconds} seconds, with exception " +
                            $"{exception.Message}");
            });

            services.AddHttpClient("MyClient", c => { c.BaseAddress = new Uri(myClient.Host); })
            .ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => new HttpClientHandler
            {
                Credentials = credentialsCache
            });
...

ExternalClient
...
    try
    {
        var response = await _policy
            .ExecuteAsync(async () => (await _client.PostAsync(endpoint, requestBody)).EnsureSuccessStatusCode())
            .ConfigureAwait(false);
        return response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        LogTo.Error(ex, "Unable to contact Myclient");
    }
...

The implementation of the policy works fine, the next step is to examine is there is a way to add a failover url for my client. I have checked the documentation for Polly and also have seen this approach with WebClient but this would work if the policy and the implementation are in the same place. I believe it would be possible to do it if I have the http client call happen in a method where I can wrap the call to that with ExecuteAsync and then supply diffent client but I was looking a more elegant solution, something that maybe out there but I am not aware of.

A: As covered in other questions, System.Net.Http.HttpClient is not designed for BaseAddress to be changed.
You do not however have to use different HttpClient instances to target URIs with different base addresses.  You can simply not set the BaseAddress property on the HttpClient you configure, and use fully-qualified URIs (to switch eg between primary and failover URIs) in the calls you place through a single HttpClient instance.


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Too many text and content analytics platforms tout their "AI" capabilities. Problem is, eDiscovery and knowledge extraction isn't about anything "artificial." Software can (and should) help a human cull content, extract meaning and prioritize efforts, but it can't make final decisions … and certainly can't be the final eye before production.
Depending on traditional AI and machine learning methodology – the "bag of words" approach, which treats letters, words and phrases merely as symbols – strips valuable context from documents. Most analytics platforms, for instance, would have difficulty properly identifying the entity "JFK" (here, an airport) in the phrase "JFK to Dallas." Without a human-like understanding of the contextual meaning of "to," the proximity of "JFK" to "Dallas" would lead the platform to assume the entity "JFK" refers to the president, not the airport.
The upshot? Just because it's "AI-powered" doesn't mean a text analytics platform is any good. The ultimate focus is on empowering human knowledge workers to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively. That means applying natural intelligence.
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This is a first…..I've never gotten a letter from an Ex before telling me I left money at their house.
Johnson enjoyed a 10-year NFL career, spending his first seven seasons with the Chiefs before brief stints with the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins before calling it a career in 2011. Considered among the best running backs of his era, Johnson earned a lot of money throughout his NFL career, highlighted by a deal with the Chiefs that spanned six years for $45 million, $19 million of which was guaranteed money.
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) Bring healthy snacks. My favorite snacks to pack with me are: almonds, almond butter packets (Justin's brand sells them in singles), Shakeology (never miss a day), and Rx bars. This will help fill the gaps in the day if you only eat breakfast/dinner when traveling or keep you from starving and then grabbing something bad!
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Tech's pandemic hiring boom continues to bust as fintech Plaid adds to mounting layoffs
Zach Perret, CEO and co-founder of Plaid, speaks during the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Fintech firm Plaid is laying off about 260 employees, adding to a recent wave of cuts from private tech companies. CEO Zach Perret announced the layoffs in a memo sent to staff Wednesday morning, citing macroeconomic challenges throughout the past year.
The company currently has more than 1,250 team members in seven offices worldwide, according to the Plaid website.
Plaid's platform allows users to link their bank accounts to fintech apps such as Venmo, Robinhood and Coinbase. The company has experienced steady growth since it first launched in 2013, with more than 12,000 financial institutions now supported by Plaid and more than 7,000 fintechs built on the service.
The company experienced a rapid increase in the use of its platform by both new and existing customers during the pandemic and hired aggressively to meet that consumer demand, Perret said. With slower-than-anticipated growth throughout the industry in 2022, costs outpaced Plaid's revenue growth. Perret also said in the memo the number of Plaid customers has grown about 50% in the past year, with consumers using the platform growing at rapid rates.
Plaid's growth had led to a valuation over $13 billion in 2021, and before that, a deal announced by Visa to acquire the company, but that acquisition was abandoned after the Department of Justice sued to block it.
"Today's changes were incredibly tough, but they were also necessary," Perret said in the memo. "They will allow us to continue to operate from a position of strength so we can best support our customers and the millions of consumers we jointly serve for the long-term."
The announcement comes amid a string of layoffs among tech companies, including Meta, Twitter, Lyft and Coinbase, among others. At least one third of CNBC Disruptor 50 companies have announced layoffs in the last year.
Stripe, an online payment company that competes directly with Plaid, laid off 14% of its workforce last month, while another fintech company, Chime, also cut 12% of employees last month.
In total, layoffs across the tech sector nearly doubled from October to November, and there are signs from Silicon Valley that deeper cuts are still to come.
Plaid ranked No. 47 on the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 list.
In an email to CNBC, Plaid spokesperson Freya Petersen said teams across the company will be affected by the layoffs, though areas like recruiting may be more impacted due to reduced headcount goals going into 2023. Affected employees will be offered 16 weeks of pay, with additional weeks being paid for employees who have been with the company for more than a year. Equity grants for employees with the company for more than a year will be accelerated to a February vesting date.
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Multiple health benefits of moringa leaves underlined in new review
By Cheryl Tay contact
MO is a member of the Moringacea family, and is a major crop in Asia and Africa. ©Getty Images
Related tags: Liver, Obesity, Cancer
The leaves of the moringa oleifera (MO) plant may have protective effects against a plethora of chronic diseases, researchers have detailed in a new review.
These diseases include diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, hypertension, heart disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
MO is a member of the Moringacea family, and is a major crop in Asia and Africa. Previous research has found that its bioactive components, such as vitamins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, saponins and isothiocyanates, have various health benefits.
These components are said to be effective against insulin resistance, hypercholesterolaemia, high blood pressure, cancer, and general inflammation.
Based on this, researchers at the University of Connecticut and Mexico's Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa reviewed studies on MO's ability to prevent and alleviate the aforementioned chronic conditions.
Lowering cholesterol and blood pressure
They reported on MO's hypolipidaemic effects, saying its flavonoids and phenolic compounds were shown to aid in regulating lipids, delaying cholesterol absorption, and decreasing plasma cholesterol concentrations.
They added: "Saponins, found in MO leaves, prevented the absorption of cholesterol…causing a reduction in the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids and increasing their faecal excretion."
This was offset by "enhanced bile acid synthesis from cholesterol in the liver", resulting in lower plasma cholesterol.
The leaves' methanol extract, on the other hand, was found to ameliorate drug-induced liver and kidney damage. In guinea pigs, they prevented non-alcoholic fatty liver disease "in a model of hepatic steatosis, as measured by lower concentrations of hepatic cholesterol and triglycerides".
Apart from reducing cholesterol and protecting against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, MO leaves also lowered blood pressure in rats.
The researchers said this was likely via a "calcium antagonist effect", which has been shown to help treat high blood pressure.
In addition, they referred to a recent study that had reported MO's reductive effect on vascular oxidation in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Fighting diabetes
MO's anti-diabetic effects were found in its isothiocyanates, which lowered insulin resistance, while its flavonoids and phenolic acids were said to increase insulin sensitivity.
MO also influenced carbohydrate metabolism by restoring β-cell function and integrity, "increasing insulin activity, (and) improving glucose uptake and utilisation".
Additionally, several studies have documented MO leaves' ability to protect cells from oxidative DNA damage linked to cancer and degenerative diseases.
One such study reported on MO leaves inhibiting "the viability of acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and hepatocellular carcinoma cells", attributing this quality to several bioactive compounds.
MO leaf extract was also shown to contain the growth of breast and pancreatic cancer cells, as well as to increase the efficacy of chemotherapy.
Cognitive benefits
MO was also said to be able to enhance memory, as well as prevent oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease; it was found to alter brain monoamines and electrical patterns in rats.
Furthermore, in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease, a bioactive compound in MO was shown to stem from myrosinase hydrolysis, which favourably modulated inflammatory and apoptotic pathways, as well as oxidative stress.
The researchers wrote that MO leaves' benefits for sufferers of the abovementioned conditions have been 'well documented', especially in terms of animal studies.
However, they concluded: "Additional studies in humans, including clinical trials, are needed to confirm these effects of MO on chronic diseases."
Source: Antioxidants
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox6040091
"Bioactive Components in Moringa Oleifera Leaves Protect against Chronic Disease"
Authors: Marcela Vergara-Jimenez, et al.
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We are a relatively small group of people (currently around 40 members) who have a common interest in Astronomy. We arrange alternate member and guest speaker evenings during the autumn and winter months, and these are held at Binham Village Hall. The talks cover a wide range of topics given by specialists in their field, and to cover cost there is a small entry charge. Member evenings provide an opportunity for members to meet up and exchange ideas and information. We also arrange special viewing nights for events such as meteor showers, comets or eclipses, and we organise a barbecue each year.


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Brittany Skaley and her father, Wayne, were 15 kilometres into a motorcycle trip in northern Alberta when the collision happened on June 4, 2011. Brittany was leading when a van pulled off the shoulder to turn left across the QE2, south of Rycroft. Brittany, 26, collided with the van.
Because she was an hour away from hospital by ground, STARS was requested.
"When STARS said yes, I knew she was in good hands," said Wayne.
Brittany was flown to Grande Prairie's QE2 Hospital, where she was treated for broken bones and a brain injury.


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Shahid Kapoor is ready for his first digital Appearance in the web series 'The Family Man'
The most talented actor, Shahidkapoor is all set to make his debute into digital medium.Actor said, His favourite web series is 'The Family Man' and he is ready to work with the director of the series.
Shahid Kapoor is all set for his debut with Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK's yet-to-be-titled quirky thriller.
Actor shahid Kapoor said, "I have been keen to collaborate with Raj and DK for a while. My favourite Indian show on Amazon Prime Video is The Family Man. I couldn't think of anyone better for my digital debut than them. I loved the story idea when I first heard it and since then it has been an exciting ride so far.".
Raj and DK's second project is going to be with Shahid Kapoor and they are super excited about it. The Untiltes web series will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
The creators of the series said, "He was always our first choice for this series. We hit it off immediately, and have been on the same page from the first time we spoke. Shahid is an exciting actor to watch and work with. The intensity he brings to his roles is amazing."
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Planul Bakker-Schut, sau Planul olandez de anexare a teritoriilor germane după cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial, a fost conceput în Olanda pentru anexarea unor teritorii germane cu titlu de compensații de război. În octombrie 1945 statul olandez a cerut Germaniei compensații de război în valoare de 25 de miliarde de guldeni, dar în februarie 1945, la Conferința de la Ialta, s-a stabilit deja faptul că compensațiile nu vor fi sub forma banilor. Planul care a fost lucrat cel mai detaliat a fost Planul Frits Bakker-Schut, cunoscut apoi ca Planul Bakker-Schut. În forma sa cea mai ambițioasă acest plan includea anexarea orașelor Köln, Aachen, Münster și Osnabrück și urma să mărească Olanda cu o suprafață între 30 - 50 %. Populația locală urma să fie deportată sau, dacă vorbea dialectul german al Țărilor de Jos, urmau să fie "batavizați" (asimilați).

Planul a fost refuzat de SUA, s-a admis doar anexarea unei suprafețe de 69 km2 Germaniei, care în anul 1963 s-a returnat integral Germaniei Federale după ce Germania a plătit compensații în valoare de 280 milioane de mărci germane. Au fost deportați 3.691 de germani, la care Marea Britanie a răspuns prin expulzarea a 100.000 cetățeni germani, care trăiau în Germania.

Planul Bakker Schut
Planul Bakker Schut a avut trei variante, reprezentate și pe hartă:
 Varianta A cuprindea toată zona colorată și urma să crească suprafața Olandei cu 50%.
 Varianta B
 Varianta C era varianta cea mai moderată.

Explicația hărții cu variantele A, B și C cu specificarea districtelor și orașelor vizate.

Vezi și
Reparații germane pentru cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial
Planul Morgenthau
Planul Monnet
Planul Marshall

Legături externe
 Interviu cu Perry Laukhuff, secretar al misiunii SUA, consilier politic pentru Germania, Berlin, în perioada 1945-49 Descrie cum, în 1949 printre mai multe națiuni, Olanda încerca să pună mâna pe teritorii germane.
'Eisch Duitschen grond!' Privire generală în limba olandeză.
International Boundary Study No. 31 – 6 aprilie  1964  Granița Germania – Olanda. The Geographer Office of the Geographer Bureau of Intelligence and Research (MAP )

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Istoria Țărilor de Jos
1945
Compensații de război


1. 1982 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Mittal has been appointed as secretary, Information and Broadcasting ministry in place of Sunil Arora who retires on April 30.
2. Environment, forest and climate change ministry's secretary and 1980 batch Haryana cadre IAS Ashok Lavasa has been shifted as secretary in the department of expenditure under finance ministry.
3. 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Ajay Narayan Jha has been appointed as secretary, ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
4. 1982 batch MP cadre IAS Ms Snehlata Shrivastava has been appointed as secretary in the department of justice under law ministry.
5. 1979 batch UP cadre IAS Vijay Shankar Pandey has been shifted as secretary, department of fertilizer from his current department of chemicals.
6. 1981 batch UP cadre IAS Anuj Kumar Bishnoi has been shifted as secretary, department of chemicals from his current department of fertilizer.
7. 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and secretary in the department of official language Hem Kumar Pande has been shifted as secretary in the department of consumer affairs.
8. 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary in the department of consumer affairs Chirravuri Viswanath has been shifted as secretary, department of administrative reforms and public grievances (DARPG).
9. 1981 batch UP cadre IAS and current DARPG secretary Devendra Chaudhary has been shifted as secretary in the department of animal husbandry.
10. Susheel Kumar, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, border management under the ministry of home affairs.
11. 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS and current secretary of border management Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been shifted as secretary in the department of official language.
12. 1982 batch Assam cadre IAS Jai Priye Prakash has been appointed as secretary in the department of pharmaceutical.
13. 1982 batch UP cadre IAS Prabhas Kumar Jha has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
14. 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Leena Nair has been appointed as OSD (at the rank of secretary) in the ministry of women and child development. The ACC has further approved that she will take over as the secretary of the ministry of women and child development with effect from May 31, 2016 when the incumbent secretary retires.
Shifting of environment secretary Ashok Lavasa is happened due to supporting the controversial IIFM Director Giridhar A Kinhal. Administrative Officer Col. Subhod Shukla has filed evidential complaints against the Director. Ashok Lavasa has had also convinced with the complaints. He had also assured Shukla to take appropriate action against the director. But Ashok Lavasa abruptly denied the charges against Director and shielded. Col Subhod Shukla has taken up the issue on different platform, Government of India also take it seriously (Zero Tolerance) and shifted Ashok Lavasa.


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ESPN's $5 App Isn't Quite the Sports Streaming Service You've Been Waiting For
It's got sports! But maybe not the sports you've been looking for.
Today the Worldwide Leader in Sports debuted ESPN+, a new $4.99/month streaming service to broadcast sports to your phone or other mobile device. Instead of coming with a brand new app, the paid streaming service will live inside the ESPN free app for checking scores and sports new that millions of people already have.
Sports has always been a sore spot for cord-cutters. With the decline of appointment viewership for broadcast TV, live games became the chief thing Americans would gather 'round to watch at one time, and therefore the main holdout propping up the cable bundle. Blackout rules often prevent fans from streaming their local teams, even if they pay for streaming services like MLB.TV.
It's a mess. A paid streaming service from ESPN sounds like it might be the solution to this conundrum. But ESPN+ is probably not the answer you were looking for.
The $5/month service is not the equivalent of, say, HBO Now, which allows users to access the library of HBO shows and movies without a cable subscription to the channel. ESPN+ is more of an adjunct product to the sports network. It won't allow you to stream the games airing on ESPN proper.
Instead, it carries one free MLB and NHL game (not of your choice) when those leagues are in season, plus lots of Major League Soccer and other sports. The library also includes a lot of non-games, including ESPN's pretty impressive selection of documentaries.
This is not a one-stop solution to your sports streaming needs. It feels more in line with experiments by Twitter and Facebook to live-stream random Major League Baseball games just to see how many people will watch live sports on a social platform.
To stream whatever's actually on ESPN, you'll still need a cable subscription that includes the network (or access to the password of a friend or family member who's got one). ESPN+ eventually will offer users the option to add on MLB.TV or NHL.TV and see all the games in those leagues (save for your blacked-out local team), but that'll cost more money. On the plus side, the service features a number of less-visible sports (at least in America) like cricket and rugby, though e-sports is not present.
It's a weird selection. As The Verge says:
In the beginning, the biggest challenge that ESPN+ will face is convincing people that it's not just some paid mishmash of stuff that ESPN finds unworthy of its core, traditional channels. ESPN insists that's not true and that these are events it has never had the ideal platform for. That just sounds like a nicer way of saying it, but hey.
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Grant Rogerson, Chief Executive
Grant studied engineering at the University of Aberdeen and joined the Group in 1994. In a career spanning more than 20 years, he has held a number of senior roles in the commercial and industrial side of the business, including General Manager of both the Specialist Auctions and Estates divisions. Grant has been instrumental in the growth and development of the Group including TSA, Estates and the company's extensive property portfolio. As Chief Executive, he is responsible for these divisions along with the company's IT, special projects and Maverston Highland Estate and Golf Course.
Avril McLeod, Group Executive Support Manager
Avril was appointed Group Executive Support Manager and a member of the Executive Team in April 2014 - responsible for supporting the Executive on the day-to-day direction and management of the Group's business activities. Avril gained over 25 years' experience with leading accountancy practice as a commercially focussed administrative leader, operating at Executive level.
Nicola Brice, Group Accountant
An accountancy graduate of Robert Gordon University, Nicola joined ANM Group with more than 13 years' financial experience. After training with Deloitte and Touche, Nicola held the role of Finance Manager with an Aberdeen communications agency, before joining ANM Group's Executive team as Group Accountant. Nicola is responsible for the overall financial operations of the Group, as well as the development and strengthening of controls and processes to further improve business performance.
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Many minorities face higher cancer death rates. They receive cancer screenings less frequently, so that when cancer is diagnosed, it is often at a more advanced and less easily treatable stage.
And Gilberto Lopes Jr., M.D., M.B.A., medical director for international programs and associate director of global oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, says the recent advances of immunotherapy and targeted approaches to treating lung cancer aren't often available to lower-economic status patients and those in developing countries.
African-American patients in the United States have the highest incidence and death rates for lung cancer, according to data from the National Cancer Institute. Internationally, for example in Brazil, the second most common cancer in men is lung cancer; in Brazilian women, it ranks as a significant source of mortality. Since 2015, while there has been a decline in cancer mortality in state capitals in Brazil, mortality has increased in smaller cities.
However, says Dr. Lopes, they are finding solutions to bridge the disparity gaps and differences in care.
Experts are working overtime to increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy for even more lung cancer patients by exploring checkpoint inhibitors in early-stage and locally advanced disease, testing immune-based therapies in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and mesothelioma, and tweaking some of the current methods to avoid resistance.
Sylvester is working on a number of initiatives to strengthen cancer registries, prevention and treatment networks in Latin America and the Caribbean. For minority patients, including those in developing countries, this gives hope to everyone that the newest and best lung cancer treatments will be more available and save more lives.