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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Those avid fans of professional soccer will want to keep an eye out for a homegrown talent looking to make a name for himself in the big leagues. The New York Red Bulls announced Adri Mehmeti, just 15-years-old, has signed on to become the latest member of the professional soccer team, which touted him as a Staten Island native. A post shared by New York Red Bulls (@newyorkredbulls) The Red Bulls, one of two New York teams within Major League Soccer (MLS), signed midfielder Mehmeti to a four-year contract through 2028 with an option for 2029. This makes Mehmeti the third youngest signing in the history of MLS’s “homegrown” program, which develops young domestic talent and funnels those players into the league. Mehmeti is the 35th homegrown signing for the franchise. A product of the player development program The MLS sets strict rules for the clubs’ player development programs. For the homegrown territory player program it determines geographic boundaries for recruitment; for the Red Bulls, this “territory” is a 75-mile radius of the club’s home stadium in Harrison, N.J., excluding a 25-mile radius of Philadelphia Union’s home stadium. A program for these homegrown territory players may take the shape of an academy for adolescents to develop their skills and compete in youth soccer competitions such as MLS NEXT. Other programs may include youth affiliates and programs such as talent identification camps, local youth tournaments and soccer clinics. Mehmeti is a product of this Red Bull’s development pipeline, putting in the hours in the hopes of making it to the first team. The young athlete joins the Red Bulls after spending last season with New York Red Bulls II, a team in the MLS NEXT Pro league ; this league “completes the pro player pathway from MLS NEXT to MLS first teams.” During his time with the team, Mehmeti made 15 appearances and played on the field for 687 minutes. He made his MLS NEXT Pro debut on May 8 against Orlando City B. The midfielder recorded his first assist in a 4-3 win over Chicago Fire FC II on Aug. 4, which cemented him as the youngest player to tally an assist in club history. A post shared by Red Bulls Academy (@rbnyacademy) ‘A talented young player’ “Adri is an exceptional young midfielder that has shown great progress in his development with New York Red Bulls II this past season,” said Julian de Guzman, New York Red Bulls sporting director. “He is a great person on and off the field and we are excited to add him to our roster.” Mehmeti has been a member of the Red Bulls academy since 2019. In 2023, he was a member of the U-15 Red Bulls Academy team which went on to win the U-15 MLS NEXT Cup. In this run for the title, Mehmeti contributed a goal. For his performances, Mehmeti has been called up to both the United States Youth National Team and the Albania Youth National Team. He has made seven appearances and scored one goal with the United States U-15 National Team, and made three appearances and one goal for Albania’s U-15 National Team. “Adri has shown good performances in his games with New York Red Bulls II as well as in training with the first team,” said New York Red Bulls Head Coach Sandro Schwarz. “He is a talented young player, and we cannot wait to help him continue his development with us.” Sports on SILiveThere are a not insignificant number of Americans who think European socialized medicine is 'free' and superior to the American system of private health insurance. It's not, and anyone who pays even mild attention to what happens in places like the U.K., Canada, and Cuba know that system sucks. But don't take this writer's word for it. Here's a European saying the same thing: my european mind cannot comprehend americans complaining about healthcare. don’t they realize the so-called “free healthcare” in europe is a massive scam you pay for with your own money? sure, you don’t have insurance premiums, but you’re hit with a 60% tax rate to fund an... A 60% tax rate to fund it. europe’s “free” healthcare is obviously not free it’s wildly expensive, just hidden behind layers of bureaucracy. doctors earn less but the system bleeds money because of waste and inefficiency. for example, in italy, public healthcare workers rack up over 11,000 sick days... The post continues: for example, in italy, public healthcare workers rack up over 11,000 sick days annually during flu seasons, leaving patients stranded in understaffed hospitals. many doctors double-dip with private practices just to survive. Wow. patients wait six months or more for “urgent” care, paying for a system that’s overrun and failing. many europeans still buy private insurance because they know public care won’t save them when it matters most. Look at cancer survival rates in the U.S. versus the U.K. Tells you all you need to know. americans, your system isn’t perfect, but at least it rewards efficiency, competition, and innovation. those calling for “free” healthcare don’t realize they’re asking for higher taxes, longer lines, worse outcomes, and a bloated system that serves no one well. be careful what... This writer always reminds people that when it comes to healthcare you get to pick two of these: And that won't change. The word “Free” should never be used for any government endeavor. It’s never free, it’s always expensive, wasteful and inefficient. Bingo. This post here contains a nugget of importance: all these so-called “public” healthcare systems de facto split into a 2-tier public/private system, with vastly different levels of service quality Because people don't want to die when they can pay for healthcare. Calling services you payed for with your taxes "free" is the biggest gaslighting out there. It's only free for people who never work.. Nailed it. And since the original poster kicked a hornet's nest, here's some more examples: i made some commies angry with this post, so i’ll try to give some examples of how bad the situation is in italy. these might seem like cherry-picked personal anecdotes, but you can ask anyone, and they’ll share similar stories. exhibit a one of my siblings broke his leg playing... https://t.co/r0v2Ldo0LH The entire post reads: exhibit a one of my siblings broke his leg playing rugby—displaced fracture. he went to the ER and was left waiting on a hospital bed in a corridor, without care or supervision, for 16 hours (overnight), still in pain and given nothing but ice. the next day, someone finally asked him what he was doing there, took him for an x-ray, and got him a cast. exhibit b my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and needed surgery. the first available spot in the public system was 18 months away. thankfully, we had private health insurance at the time, and she got her surgery the following week. exhibit c my younger brother was born with a cardiac malformation. one evening, when my dad was out for work, he started having trouble breathing. my mother called an ambulance, and they said it was on its way. after an hour, with my brother still struggling, my dad got home and rushed him to the ER. the ambulance never left the station—the paramedics were in the break room watching a soccer game. my brother died that night. these examples show how public healthcare systems can fail people when they need care most. while the american system isn’t perfect, it’s often better than what you’ll find in european countries, where delays, neglect, and inefficiency are the norm His brother DIED because of this system. How awful. Wow, that’s insanely bad Yes it is. that’s public healthcare And it's terrible. Public systems are collapsing in Canada and Europe too, the aging population and spiraling costs have made them totally unworkable. At least you can probably get approved for euthanasia Watch these systems push euthanasia to help save money by calling it 'death with dignity.' Nothing good comes from socialized medicine. Nothing.

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The teenage girl's plight is often portrayed in popular media as screaming matches with parents, sneaking out of the house late at night and crying over the latest crush. Adolescent girls experience significant cognitive growth during these pivotal years, but dealing with new circumstances at school, in the home and beyond can rightfully trigger intense emotional responses. But what if we erased the assumption of volatility, deeming some teenage girls as "too emotional" or "highly emotionally reactive" as a temporary state of being rather than a fixed attribute? It turns out that empowering teen girls with a psychoeducational intervention can have a significant impact. Karen Rudolph is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Center for Social & Behavioral Science at Illinois. Her latest study sought to investigate whether a single-session intervention could improve teenage girls' emotional responses to stressors. Her paper appears in the Child Development journal. "We wanted to understand the role of emotion mindsets; that is, whether people believe emotions are innate and fixed or whether they can be more malleable," Rudolph said. "We looked at the role of emotion mindsets during the teenage years, when kids are thought to be highly emotional, and were curious if we could cultivate a growth emotion mindset in girls." A so-called "growth mindset," as opposed to a "fixed mindset," is not a new concept and has been applied in different settings, including education. Instead of a child labeling themselves as "unintelligent," educators can foster the belief that with continued learning and studying, they can gain knowledge, meaning intelligence isn't a fixed attribute but rather something that can be taught and learned. "We adapted this concept to showcase the differences in mindsets about emotion," Rudolph said. "Then we set out to develop an intervention conveying several important ideas, one of these being that negative emotions are natural and normal, but that practicing certain emotion regulation strategies can help adolescent girls feel more in control of their emotions." Rudolph and her team created a self-administered psychoeducational lesson, E-MIND, which aims to cultivate a growth mindset about emotions. The teens received information about the human brain's neuroplasticity, a scientific concept suggesting that the brain is constantly evolving, and individuals can help change it. Girls in the E-MIND group were exposed to the idea that practicing healthy regulation strategies, such as reframing situations in their head or seeking support from others, can help individuals down the line, in part by changing connections in the developing brain. A control group received a psychoeducational lesson that provided general education about the brain and its functions. To test the intervention's effect, the teens were surveyed before and after tasks such as a stressful oral presentation. They also received a follow-up survey two and four months later to gauge the degree to which the lessons stuck. "We were pleased to see that after the intervention, the E-MIND group was more likely to report that they were proactively dealing with negative emotions, such as reframing situations or seeking support from other people and were less likely to report that they were responding to stressful situations involuntarily," Rudolph said. "Girls in this group reported fewer reactions to stressors that included ruminating, freezing or not knowing how to handle duress." Overall, results from the study suggested that the E-MIND lesson promoted stronger growth mindsets and improvements in emotion regulation self-efficacy and strategy use both in the lab and in everyday life, with the most consistent results in girls who had high levels of pre-intervention fixed mindsets or who perceived the lesson to be easier to understand. "There were a few areas where we didn't find much of a difference between the control group and the E-MIND group, which is equally important to understand," Rudolph said. For example, participants did not report a meaningful difference in their experience of negative emotions around the stressful oral presentation. Additionally, independent observers could not see visible group differences in the oral presentation between the two groups, one that received the intervention and one that did not. These observer reports were instead predicted by the teens' mindsets prior to receiving the intervention. "What this tells us is that maybe the lesson is encouraging them to think and act differently, but it still might take a while to succeed in managing emotions," Rudolph said. Another key component of the research was using functional magnetic resonance imaging at Beckman to monitor different patterns of brain function associated with emotion regulation following the intervention. Rudolph said that so far, they have only scratched the surface in terms of understanding whether the intervention influenced how different regions of the brain were activated when trying to regulate negative emotions. However, some early results suggest that the intervention group may show more adaptive neural regulation of emotion than the control group . "We can't say yet whether this will be an intervention for girls who are at high risk for emotional disorders, but it could be a helpful community staple that can have important benefits for teenagers," Rudolph said. "Given its low cost, this intervention could one day be integrated into school curricula or other community health programs." More information: Karen D. Rudolph et al, Cultivating emotional resilience in adolescent girls: Effects of a growth emotion mindset lesson, Child Development (2024). DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14175THREE KEY FACTS Auckland FC took a 2-1 victory in the second Kiwi A-League derby against Wellington Phoenix. The Black Knights have now beaten the Phoenix home and away. Rival coaches Steve Corica and Giancarlo Italiano have shown there’s no love lost between the two sides. Football writer Michael Burgess looks at the key talking points from Saturday’s blockbuster A-League derby, in front of a sold-out crowd at Go Media Stadium at Mt Smart Are Auckland FC lucky? The new team have certainly benefited from their early season schedule, only having to cross the Tasman once in the first six games.