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"That's why we chose Moroni"
With a shrewd and diligent game, Gian Marco Moroni reached the final in Milan: a great first set cut off Holger Rune's legs. Great satisfaction for coach Fabio Gorietti: "We think we can lead him to a very high ranking. In the final he will need a feat against Federico Coria. Doubles title to Czechs Kopriva-Lehecka.
Five years have passed since the last Italian victory at the ASPRIA Tennis Cup – BCS Trophy (€44,820, clay). Then it was Marco Cecchinato, who started on a path that would even take him to the semi-finals at Roland Garros. He will try to imitate Gian Marco 'Jimbo' Moroni, who did very well to win his third Challenger final after those (both lost) in Mestre 2018 and Rome-Garden 2019. It was not an easy week, but he made it look like one by overcoming every difficulty. And against Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune played the best match of the tournament, sealed by the fantastic long backhand with which he closed the tie-break of the first set. A shot that definitely cut the legs out from under the Dane, who remained on court in the second set mainly for honours, until the 7-6 6-1 final. Still number 1 in the world juniors (although he now only plays among the 'pros'), Rune paid for the fatigue of the day before, in which he had survived a marathon against Pedro Cachin. "But there is a lot of credit to Gian Marco," said coach Fabio Gorietti, with him in Milan, "because Rune plays very well and it was difficult to find a hole in his game. Our idea was to push, keep the game in hand, make him move and prevent him from taking the initiative. Tactically, we thought to play high balls on the forehand and then attack him on the backhand, as well as lengthen the exchanges because we knew he might be tired". Apart from the first three games (3-0 Rune at the start), Moroni executed the task to perfection. He sewed up the disadvantage, then the two fought shoulder to shoulder until the tie-break. Unlike Cachin, the Italian showed his competitive presence from the very first point and cornered Rune.
MORONI'S QUALITIES
'When he arrived in Foligno, Moroni impressed me because he has three characteristics that I like a lot,' says Gorietti. 'He is generous, a fighter who gives everything when he is on the court. That's why we can work well with him; from a technical point of view he was very improvable and this made me realise that certain weapons, already good, could become very good; and then he knows how to win games, another quality that I appreciate a lot. Right from the start we tested his margins by putting him in front of different tasks, and he showed remarkable adaptability. At that moment, we thought we could lead him to a very high ranking'. Moroni was at most ATP number 209, while in Milan he came in at 257th position. 'In the medium term, we are not aiming so much at the ranking as at consistency of performance,' says Gorietti, who trains him together with Federico Torresi, absent in Milan but equally important in the project. 'He still has to assimilate new concepts and is subject to ups and downs. We did a lot of workshop work, in which we set up the machine: I expect him to go full throttle in the short term and be able to produce a standard performance, so as to create an identity for himself as a player. In the long term, I hope he can imitate other Italian players and find the top-100. We believe in it all the way. It will take patience, then when we get there, things change and everything has to be reviewed a bit'. Moroni is only the latest of the players who have passed through the Tennis Training School in Foligno, where practically all of them have reached their maximum potential. A guarantee of quality that is not easy to find elsewhere. With Gorietti it is interesting to retrace the most significant moments of a work that has embraced very different players, but that with a unique method (then adapted to individual cases) has given great satisfaction.
FACING DIFFICULTIES
"The most striking moment was Luca Vanni's final in Sao Paulo, because that result opened up a whole new perspective for him. But there are other moments, such as an Asian trip by Vanni and Thomas Fabbiano. They had problems leaving, then they came back with a changed ranking and a whole new way of working. Then I think of when Stefano Travaglia resumed playing after a bad vertebra injury, and immediately won important matches. And also the good times with Gianluigi Quinzi. We had exceptional times with him. Now we have many youngsters, both adults and younger. We have created a programme to increase the quality of their tennis, with the aim of maintaining it for as long as possible'. In this climate, Moroni really seems to be on the path that could take him where he hopes. Winning in Milan would be a significant step, also on a mental level, because the Roman is not too used to lifting trophies. 'Winning a tournament means that you were continuous and did things well for ten days,' Gorietti continues, 'for me, playing well means trying to win in any condition. There are times when you feel the ball badly, you are tired…. These days Jimbo realised that staying inside the difficulties is a way to deal with them. He didn't run away, he was in it and the results showed. If this characteristic remains, it's really a big step forward. I think of Nadal: in Barcelona he played a bad first round, but then he played a fantastic final against Tsitsipas. That must be the reference point'. Speaking of reference points, Moroni's career will necessarily also have to develop on surfaces other than clay. "I believe that he can come close to this performance also on fast ground,' Gorietti concludes, 'he has assimilated a way of moving that will allow him to play well there too. Moreover, he can serve very well: against Rune he did it in the second set, easily winning his service turns, without giving the other the feeling that he could drop. If he improves his percentages, he can also do very good things on outdoor concrete. For indoor is another matter, but nowadays the really fast courts have practically disappeared'.
CORIA DOES HIS DUTY: ITALY-ARGENTINA FOR THE RECORD
Federico Coria did not betray. On leaving Prostejov, where he won last week, he said he would try to do the encore in Milan. For now he was true to his word, clinching a place in the final without losing a set. The match against Hugo Grenier was a simple routine for the Argentine, winning with a score of 6-4 6-3. Apart from some difficulties in the beginning, in which he was surprised by the Frenchman's attacks, he managed the exchanges with ease, showing a fantastic defensive phase, helped by two very fast legs. The challenge between Coria and Moroni will have one more suggestion: behind Spain (4 titles), Italy and Argentina are the most titled nations in the ASPRIA Tennis Cup – BCS Trophy, with three titles each. Whoever wins, therefore, will give his nation a decisive boost in this special ranking. The appointment is at 4.30 p.m. at the ASPRIA Harbour Club and live on TV on SuperTennis (channel 64 on digital terrestrial) for a truly fascinating match. It will not be the first direct clash between the two, as Coria and Moroni have already faced each other two years ago in Perugia and the Italian won in three sets. The final will be open to the public, who will be able to access the facility by purchasing Hospitality Coupons made available by the organisers, which will guarantee a 'full' experience at the club, not limited to watching the match. In the meantime, the doubles draw concluded, with the surprise victory of Czechs Vit Kopriva and Jiri Lehecka, in their third tournament as a pair, beating the much more experienced Tristan Samuel Weissborn and Dustin Brown 6-4 6-0.
ASPRIA TENNIS CUP – BCS Trophy (€44,820, clay)
Singles Semifinals
Gian Marco Moroni (ITA) b. Holger Rune (DAN) 7-6(4) 6-1
Federico Coria (ARG) b. Hugo Grenier (FRA) 6-4 6-3
Doubles Final
Vit Kopriva / Jiri Lehecka (CZE-CZE) b. Dustin Brown / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (GER-AUT) 6-4 6-0


Engineers at Rutgers University have adapted Sony's Playstation 3 video game console to help cerebral palsy (CP) patients improve hand function. Although initial trials were limited to a select few patients, all participants had markedly improved their ability to perform a broad range of daily activities.
Patients used a commercially available gaming glove to control a modified Playstation 3. Custom software was designed to be played with the gaming glove, providing exercise routines to challenge a player's hand speed, dexterity and finger range of motion.
The game testing range of motion begins by having players make a fist and then open their hand as far as possible. The thumb and each finger's movement was measured and mapped to a pleasing image on the screen, which had been obscured by grey blocks. As a player moved their fingers, the grey areas were removed, revealing parts of the image. Displaying the full image was only possible by increasing their range of motion. A game clock added a sense of urgency, and sound gave their actions audible results, increasing the immersive experience of the game.
The Second Game: Butterflies, UFOs And Mosquitoes! Oh My!
The second game tested finger velocity – how quickly the players could move each finger. Similar to the first game, range of motion was established by opening and closing their fist. A hand appeared on the screen, representing the hand of the player. While wearing the glove, if the player opened their hand, the on-screen hand would open simultaneously, for example. Once baselines were established, a butterfly or UFO would fly across the screen and need to be shooed away. Players accomplished this by fluttering their fingers. If a player didn't move their fingers fast enough, the butterfly would linger around the hand until scared off or until the game ended. If the player's finger velocity was fast enough to beat the UFO, it would lose control and crash with corresponding explosion and crash noises. If the player was unsuccessful, the UFO would blast the hand with a shrink-ray, causing the hand to turn green and shrivel away. Also, throughout the game a mosquito would attempt to sting the hand. If the player was unable to scare it away (via fluttering), the onscreen hand would flash red and an unpleasant noise was made by the game. As the player improved, the game was made more challenging by increasing the speed of the butterflies or UFOs (and mosquitoes).
Each test subject showed improvement in dexterity, range of motion and hand strength during and after playing these games. While cerebral palsy can be a complex and difficult condition to treat, promising signs from studies such as this one continue to give hope to CP victims and their families.
If you or a loved one has cerebral palsy, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact the Brain Injury Law Center; our attorneys specialize in neurological conditions and cases related to them. We offer a free consultation to help you determine your best option to get the help you deserve.


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$10 Million Gift from Foundation Established by Yuri and Julia Milner Creates Full-Tuition MBA Fellowship for Israeli Wharton Students
PHILADELPHIA, September 15, 2020 — Penn President Amy Gutmann and Wharton Dean Erika H. James are pleased to announce a $10 million commitment from the foundation established by Wharton MBA alumnus Yuri Milner and his wife Julia, to create the Friends of Israel MBA Fund. This new fellowship will provide full-tuition financial support to Israeli MBA students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Yuri Milner (right) pictured with former Wharton School Dean Geoff Garrett
"Yuri's philanthropy has been as visionary as his distinguished business career," said President Gutmann. "With this exceptional gift creating the Friends of Israel MBA Fund, Yuri has created another forward-looking philanthropic initiative. We are profoundly grateful to Yuri and to the Breakthrough Foundation for supporting the graduate students who will become tomorrow's global business leaders."
The Friends of Israel MBA Fund will provide full tuition over the course of the two-year Wharton MBA program for a cohort of over sixty students over the next decade. The fellowship is dedicated to Israeli students – including those who have completed Israeli military service, attended an Israeli undergraduate institution, or worked at an Israeli company. The term funding will provide immediate support, enabling the School to reach, welcome, and support exceptional international students through offering generous financial aid packages.
"Israel has become a global center of innovation and Wharton has long helped train the top entrepreneurs and business leaders across the world. This is a perfect match," said Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States. "As a Wharton alumnus, I'm delighted that other Israelis will benefit from this unique experience."
"We are thrilled by the foundation's commitment to supporting the best and brightest MBA candidates from the Israeli community," said Dean Erika James. "As part of the Wharton family, Mr. Milner's dedication to welcoming international talent advances the School's mission to foster a diverse and inclusive student cohort benefitting the entire community."
This commitment marks a historic investment in student aid, which is a main area of focus for the Wharton School's More than Ever campaign. Fellowship funding provides the means for Wharton to provide competitive financial aid to the world's best and brightest students, breaks down barriers toward their attendance, and enables their full immersion into the Wharton MBA experience. International students like those who will benefit from the Friends of Israel MBA Fund bring their global experience to enrich the student community and ultimately the Wharton alumni network and business community at large.
"As a former international student myself, I know the transformative impact that an education in America and at Wharton can have," said Mr. Milner. "Israel, too, has been an important home for me and my family, and our bond with the country remains strong. My hope is that this scholarship will support talented individuals to look beyond the horizon and pursue their vision of what the world can be, and that the state of Israel will benefit from the expertise in business and entrepreneurship that Wharton program graduates will bring back home."
Mr. Milner is an Israeli science and technology investor and philanthropist. He attended Wharton in the 1990s and went on to found DST Global, one of the world's leading technology investors, with a portfolio that includes some of the most prominent internet companies. Yuri and his wife Julia partnered with Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, and Anne Wojcicki to launch the Breakthrough Prizes – the world's largest scientific awards, honoring important, primarily recent, achievements in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics. In July 2015, together with Stephen Hawking, Yuri launched the $100 million Breakthrough Listen initiative to reinvigorate the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe, and in April 2016 they launched Breakthrough Starshot – a $100 million research and engineering program seeking to develop a technology for interstellar travel. All these philanthropic initiatives are funded by the Breakthrough Foundation established by Yuri and Julia Milner. Mr. Milner was the keynote speaker at the 2017 Wharton MBA Graduation Ceremony. For more information visit www.yurimilner.com.
Founded in 1881 as the world's first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students. Each year 13,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education's individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 99,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. For more information, visit www.wharton.upenn.edu.
About the University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1740, is an Ivy League institution with a distinctive past. Its 12 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools are located in Philadelphia on an attractive urban campus that serves a diverse community of more than 20,000 students from throughout the nation and around the world. Ranked consistently among the top universities in the nation, Penn has a longstanding reputation for excellence in graduate and professional education.
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By Dorothy Wickenden
Illustration by Tom Bachtell
On October 7, 2002, in Cincinnati, Ohio, George W. Bush delivered the defining speech of his Presidency. In the face of "clear evidence of peril" from a regime harboring terrorists and weapons of mass destruction, he declared, "we cannot wait for the final proof—the smoking gun—that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
Five days earlier, a forty-one-year-old Illinois state legislator had given a momentous speech of his own, although few recognized it as such at the time. "I don't oppose all wars," Barack Obama told a few hundred Chicago protesters, adding:
I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of Al Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, Bush discovered a big idea for his Presidency. He would bring down a tyrant, crush terrorism, and impose democracy and peace on what his regent, Vice-President Dick Cheney, called "freedom-loving peoples of the region." As the world now knows, that idea was based on faulty intelligence reports and executed with a fatal disregard of political reality in the Middle East and at home. By the time of the 2008 Presidential campaign, Bush's approval rating had shrunk from sixty-seven per cent to thirty-seven per cent, the Republican Party was coming apart, and Obama's 2002 speech had proved a precondition for an astounding climb to victory this month as the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for President.
Still, sixteen months after announcing his candidacy, and after twenty-six Presidential debates and thousands of public-speaking engagements, Obama remains a puzzle to many voters. Almost as dedicated a policy wonk as Hillary Clinton and arguably more centrist in his economic beliefs, he offers plenty of specifics about what needs to be done. But his captivating eloquence and his slogan—"Change We Can Believe In"—have seemed to lift him dangerously high above the concrete. He has proved his steadiness of purpose without clearly defining his priorities. What, above all, does he intend to accomplish if he is elected President?
Obama is said to have been dissatisfied with the slogan. If so, he has a point. The "change" he advocates can be understood as a pragmatic correction to the radical policies and the ineptitude of the Bush brigade. His political departure is a kind of return. He has written two unusually revealing books—one describing how he came to be who he is, the other delineating how he proposes to reclaim the qualities that once made America so admired. He argues that the United States must relearn the fundamental lessons of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and its own long journey toward a more perfect union, and then apply them to the global upheavals of the twenty-first century.
"I know I could keep my slider down if they would just fire the manager."
In his books, Obama emerges not as the personification of cool projected onto him by his young adherents—or as the disdainful élitist suggested by his offhand remark about a "bitter" working class—but as something of a square: someone who doesn't have to strain to talk about "values," God, and family. His eerily objective self-analysis is matched by his lawyerly ability to see things from the perspective of those on the other side. In January, after Obama uttered a few words of praise for Ronald Reagan in an interview with newspaper editors, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards rushed to condemn his apostasy. But he meant what he said. In 2006, in "The Audacity of Hope," he had written, "Reagan spoke to America's longing for order, our need to believe that we are not simply subject to blind, impersonal forces but that we can shape our individual and collective destinies, so long as we rediscover the traditional virtues of hard work, patriotism, personal responsibility, optimism, and faith."
The general consistency of Obama's policy views—with an occasional bald deviation, as on the public funding of his campaign—is a contrast to John McCain's erratic shape-shifting. McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts as skewed toward the rich, and unsustainable; now he wants to extend them forever. He co-sponsored a relatively humane immigration bill; now he disowns it. He deplored the torture of detainees at Guantánamo; now he attacks the Supreme Court's decision granting them the constitutional right to challenge in federal court their continued detention as "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country."
Over the years, Obama has carefully calibrated his political message, and he has won a grudging respect among some conservatives. In The New Republic, Bruce Bartlett, a Treasury official in the Reagan and Bush père Administrations, writes that "Obamacons"—libertarians, disillusioned neoconservatives, even a few supply-siders—have been pushed "into Obama's arms." In The American Conservative, Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of international relations and history at Boston University, complains, "To believe that President John McCain will reduce the scope and intrusiveness of federal authority, cut the imperial presidency down to size, and put the government on a pay-as-you-go basis is to succumb to a great delusion."
Obama promises to tell voters what they need to know and not what they want to know. It's a risky strategy, and one he doesn't always follow, but when he put it into effect in April, by attacking McCain's proposed summer gasoline-tax holiday, he helped his campaign more than he hurt it. Last week, he denounced McCain's latest reversal, on offshore drilling. But he needs to go further. A year ago, he likened "the tyranny of oil" to that of Fascism and Communism, saying, "The very resource that has fueled our way of life over the last hundred years now threatens to destroy it if our generation does not act now and act boldly." This is the kind of unequivocal message that Obama needs to develop. By telling just such inconvenient truths, Al Gore has inspired a worldwide movement to arrest climate change. The next President could be its most powerful leader. Obama will not rouse voters by getting lost in a tussle with McCain over the virtues of cellulosic ethanol. He can, however, make voters part of the solution by helping them understand that the greedy oil companies, the failing auto industry, and the craven Congress will not redeem themselves until consumers demand that they do so by making some inconvenient changes of their own. A little more audacity will yield a lot more hope. ♦
Dorothy Wickenden has been the executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996.
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Saint Josemaria Escriva grew up in a devout family. However, that did not mean things were always easy. Bad things happened to them, but that taught Saint Josemaria to find his joy in the Lord. He became a priest and started an organization to help all people learn to live holy lives filled with love for God and other people. Throughout his life, Saint Josemaria always prayed the same prayers his parents and grandparents taught him when he was a little boy, because they helped him remember to keep his eyes on Jesus.
Dear Jesus, what do you want me to do?"Make sure you pray it every night, too!
Saint Josemaria Escriva, pray for us!


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On 21st December 2016 Wereldhave Belgium received two BREEAM In Use certificates.
Shopping Nivelles en Ring Shopping Kortrijk Noord were both rewarded VERY GOOD on Asset level and EXCELLENT on Building Management level.
One of the BRICKS targets within Sustainability is to have the portfolio certified Very Good by 2020.
BREEAM is an indipendant assessment method which evaluates different aspects on building and management level. This evaluation gives insight in the well structured activities and gives opportunities to improve others. The learning process can be easilily copied to the operations of the other retail centres, durable and firm procedures are the standard and future assessment can run smoothly. It was the first In Use assessment for Wereldhave Belgium, assisted by Bopro within a new BRE portfolio approach for the whole Wereldhave group.
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Hubert Milton Kittle (February 19, 1917 – February 10, 2004) was an American professional baseball pitcher, manager and front office executive in the minor leagues and a pitching coach at the Major League level. When he took the mound for the Triple-A Springfield Redbirds in an official American Association game on August 27, 1980, at the age of 63, Kittle, a longtime minor league hurler whose professional career began in the 1930s, became the only man ever to pitch in professional baseball in six decades. He retired the Iowa Oaks on 11 pitches.

22 years as a minor league pitcher
Kittle was born in Los Angeles and attended Fairfax High School then San Diego State University. As a player, he threw and batted right-handed, stood  tall and weighed . He began his pitching career in 1937 with the Ponca City Angels of the Class C Western Association, a farm club of the Chicago Cubs. Two years later, Kittle won 20 of 30 decisions pitching for the Yakima Pippins of the Class B Western International League—beginning a long association with professional baseball in Yakima, Washington, and the Pacific Northwest.

Including his two years of military service during World War II, Kittle's active pitching career prior to his 1980 Springfield appearance spanned 22 years (1937–55, plus cameos as a fill-in pitcher during his minor-league managerial career in 1958, 1966 and 1969). His appearance in the 1970s came in a Major League uniform during his tenure as the pitching coach of the Houston Astros, when he hurled in an exhibition game against the Detroit Tigers at the Astrodome at the age of 56 in . All told, as a minor league pitcher, Kittle won 144 games and lost 115 (.556). He won 7 games and lost 6 during his three stints (1940–41; 1943) at the highest minor league level, in the Pacific Coast League.

Minor league manager and executive
Kittle's minor league managerial career was almost as long as his pitching tenure. It extended for 20 years (1948–59; 1964–70; 1977); he won regular season pennants with the 1950 Salt Lake City Bees in the Pioneer League, the 1953 Terre Haute Phillies of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League and the 1956 Yakima Bears of the Northwest League. His 1966 Austin Braves captured the playoff championship of the Texas League.

In addition, Kittle was general manager of the Yakima Bears, and both the Hawaii Islanders and Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast circuit. He was selected Minor League Executive of the Year (lower classification) by The Sporting News in 1960. Kittle managed in the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals organizations. His career managerial record was 1,329 victories and 1,250 defeats (.515).

Major League coach for Astros and Cardinals
Kittle finally reached the Major Leagues in  when he was named an Astros' coach by manager Harry Walker.  He spent five years on Houston's MLB staff, and was the team's pitching coach in 1973, working with celebrated pitchers such as Larry Dierker, J. R. Richard and Don Wilson. In 1976, he joined the Cardinals' organization, and spent the next two decades with the Redbirds as a minor league manager, roving minor league pitching instructor, and Major League pitching coach from 1981–83. He was the pitching coach for the 1982 World Series champion Cardinals.

He was still working with St. Louis' minor league pitchers as he neared his 80th birthday. "He's the Santa Claus of pitching coaches", Cardinals' field coordinator of instruction George Kissell said in 1989. "Only he can't come down the chimney anymore, his bag is so full of tricks. Nobody teaches pitching like he does."

Late in life, Kittle maintained his connection to baseball in the Pacific Northwest as a special, part-time pitching instructor in the Seattle Mariners' organization.  He died at age 86 in Yakima from complications of kidney failure and diabetes.

See also
 List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches

References

External links

Ross, Ken, Hub Kittle. SABR Biography Project

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Scientists Find 'Baffling' Link between Autism and Vinyl Flooring
Advice for Athletes -- Eat Real Food
25 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Your Body and Health
Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit chemicals called phthalates, are more likely to have autism, according to new research. The study is among the first to find an apparent connection between an environmental chemical and autism.
The scientists were surprised by their finding, especially since their research was not initially designed to focus on autism. The researchers recommend further study of larger numbers of children to see whether the link can be confirmed.
In the study, families were asked questions about flooring as part of research investigating allergies and indoor air pollutants. The researchers found instead that four environmental factors were associated with autism -- vinyl flooring, the mother's smoking, family economic problems and condensation on windows (which can be an indicator of poor ventilation).
Infants or toddlers who lived in bedrooms with vinyl floors were twice as likely to have autism five years later.
What causes autism is one of the most hotly debated topics in modern medicine, and one that is continuing to evolve as we speak. What we know so far is that autism is almost certainly caused by a combination of factors, and environmental chemicals are likely one of them.
This latest finding -- that children who live in homes with vinyl flooring were twice as likely to have autism five years later than those with wood or linoleum flooring -- took even the researchers by surprise, and though it falls short of proving a causal link, it deserves some further attention.
Vinyl floors can emit chemicals called phthalates, which are widely used plastic softeners found in much more than just vinyl flooring. Hairsprays, perfumes, cosmetics, toys, shower curtains, wood finishers, lubricants, certain medical devices and more all contain phthalates.
The effects of these chemicals on your endocrine system, particularly during pregnancy, breastfeeding and childhood are very disturbing. For instance, animal studies on certain phthalates have shown the chemicals may cause reproductive and developmental harm, organ damage, immune suppression, endocrine disruption and cancer.
In terms of autism, researchers have suggested the chemicals may contribute to autism by disrupting hormones not only in small children but also in the womb.
What Other Environmental Factors May Also Contribute to Autism?
Autism probably arises from a combination of genetic defects (which account for only about 1 percent of cases) and exposure to toxic chemicals, viruses or other environmental influences, including:
1. Vitamin D deficiency: There is a link between rampant vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and the proportionate jump in autism, which has recently been highlighted by Dr. John Cannell. The vitamin D receptor appears in a wide variety of brain tissue early in the fetal development, and activated vitamin D receptors increase nerve growth in your brain.
It is my personal belief that this may be the single largest contributing factor to autism and that it is a deficiency of sun exposure to the pregnant mom, and subsequently to the fetus, that puts the child at a massively increased risk of developing autism.
So one of THE MOST IMPORTANT changes that could radically reduce autism is to make certain ALL pregnant women have their vitamin D levels normalized to 50-60 ng/ml.
2. Mercury and other metals, such as aluminum: The major route of exposure here is from vaccines, and also from eating contaminated seafood.
3. Pesticides: Several studies have found a connection between children's exposure to household or agricultural pesticides and autism.
4. Viruses and microbes: It has recently become apparent that chronic infections like Lyme disease are extremely common in autistic children. Any type of chronic infection, whether caused by Lyme disease or any other microbe, such as mold, can spread through your system and make you chronically ill.
One of the major problems among autistic children is that their detoxification pathways are overwhelmed because the biotoxins produced by the infection compete for the same detoxification pathways as do other toxins, like mercury, pesticides, vaccines and so on.
5. Electromagentic fields: These come not only from cell phones and cordless phones, but also from electrical outlets and WI-FI. Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, one of my mentors and a world leader in the areas of psychoneurobiology, environmental toxicity, chronic infection, considers EMF "synergistically causal," partly because it potentiates the production of toxic microbes and endotoxins.
In other words, when toxic microbes in your body are exposed to electromagnetic fields, they think they are being attacked. They respond by producing even more biotoxins in an attempt to prolong their survival.
Because environmental chemicals and other potential autism triggers can be literally anywhere -- in your home, food, air, water, clothing, etc. -- it is important to do whatever you can to establish a mold, dust, toxin and smell-free environment for your whole family, especially if you have young children, a child with autism or are pregnant.
To get started, here are 29 practical tips to keep chemicals out of your body, compiled by Dr. Doris Rapp, author of Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call.
Dr. Rapp is one of my early mentors. She is 80 years old now and still a spitfire. I had dinner with her a few weeks ago when I was lecturing in Phoenix and she is still teaching and playing tennis.
The Top 10 List for Treating Autism
I have also been inspired to collaborate with some of the leading experts in autism, including Dr. Klinghardt, and participate in the THRIIVE think-tank that will provide basic resources for those afflicted with autism.
Because autism is a complex condition with many contributing factors, it takes a multi-faceted approach to treat it.
With that in mind, here is the Top 10 Prioritized To Do List from THRiiVE, including what to ADD to your life and what to REMOVE from your life to best live with autism. Please note that we did not focus solely on defeating autism when making this list, but rather on what is needed in order to THRiiiVE!
Further, Dr. Klinghardt also recommends making the following three steps to treat children with autism a priority:
1. Lower microbial burden: Make your child's body less of an optimal habitat for microbial overgrowth through dietary changes (less starch & sugar at minimum) and lowering overall stress. Also, consider testing for mold (in the house) & Lyme (in the body) but only after "provocation treatment."
2. Lower incoming toxic burden: Do whatever you can to establish a mold, dust, toxin & smell free environment for your whole family & THEN establish a detoxification program. Please remember hidden toxins like fluoride and look carefully at ALL your cleaning products.
3. Lower EMF burden in your child's home and bedroom. Your child's health will be optimized with daily sun exposure (healthy EMF) and nightly avoidance of man-made (harmful) EMF.
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Jennifer Jones tops Einarson to win fourth Canada Cup curling crown
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Jennifer Jones.	 HO-Michael Burns / The Canadian Press
Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones beat Kerri Einarson's Gimli, Man., 8-5 on Sunday to win her record fourth women's title at the Canada Cup in Estevan, Sask.
The 44-year-old skip calmly executed a long runback double takeout to score three in the ninth end.
Jones said there was no question the risky shot was worth it.
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"It was just the way the score was," she said. "Trying to hold them to not get two in the last end is challenging, so we thought it was worth the risk. "I like throwing that shot, it looked good out of my hand and I knew it was going to be close. I just wasn't sure we would stick the shooter and it stuck around."
Jones and her team earned $14,000 for winning the final, plus $6,000 for their four round-robin wins. They also earn a bye into the 2021 Road to the Roar Pre-Trials and qualify for a World Curling Federation World Cup event during the 2019-20 season.
READ MORE: Jennifer Jones, Kerri Einarson playoff bound at Canada Cup
Jones was competing in her record-tying 10th appearance in the Canada Cup.
She also won the event in 2007, 2011 and 2016. Einarson took home $9,000 for finishing second plus $9,000 for their six round-robin victories.
Einarson, who finished first in the round robin and had a bye into the final, had a chance for two in the first end but missed on a double-takeout attempt and settled for one. Jones missed a chance for three in the second, also narrowly missing a double-takeout try, but got two.
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The teams traded deuces in the fourth and fifth ends, Jones got one in sixth and Einarson scored singles in the seventh and eighth.
Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., played Calgary's Kevin Koe in the men's final later Sunday.
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Postcards From FunTown: "The Leslie's Crown Affair"
Hello...You haven't heard the last of our adventures. Okay, like I said earlier...we started with my silly paper project.
We did some shopping...note that Pat and I got some new spectacles. They are readers that we are going to replace the lenses with our prescriptions. We were pleased as punch with ourselves.
The Empress pulled out the stops...she shared her bounty with us and we were off to the races....easier said than done.
Our happy friend Rosanne Migliorino arrived at this point...her late arrival was due to her important job obligations. Poor Rosanne probably thought that she could relax and put her feet up...Nope, Leslie pulled out a chair and handed her a pair of scissors. Not only is she a successful executive...she a a dandy little artist.
Rosanne's very lady-like head-dress...this photo was taken before she embellished it with ribbon and shells.
My crown...Can you see how diverse our finished products were? We all sat at the same table with the same resources and yet each one was unique.
Off I go... as there are still more memories in my back pocket to share with you. So until next time.
Wooza! You all look so royal and the crowns are fit for queens.
So happy you had big girl,silly fun friendship.


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'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek undergoing chemotherapy again after setback in cancer battle - 13 WTHR Indianapolis - Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek, cancer, chemotherapy, setback, host
'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek undergoing chemotherapy again after setback in cancer battle
'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek undergoing chemotherapy again after setback in cancer battle | 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Alex Trebek (Photo: Jeopardy.com)
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Published: Sep 17th, 2019 - 8:36am (EDT)
Updated: Sep 18th, 2019 - 3:59am (EDT)
NEW YORK CITY (WTHR) — "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek revealed that he is undergoing another round of chemotherapy after a setback in his battle with pancreatic cancer. He revealed the news on an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."
Trebek announced in March that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. "I'm going to fight this, and I'm going to keep working," Trebek said in a video message to his fans. "Keep the faith and we'll win. We'll get it done. "
Just months later in August, Trebek announced he was "on the mend" and done with chemotherapy.
"I've gone through a lot of chemotherapy and thankfully that is now over. I'm on the mend and that's all I can hope for right now," Trebek revealed during a video previewing season 36 of the longtime game show.
Now, his doctors have decided to have him undergo another round of chemotherapy after he lost a large amount of weight and his numbers increased dramatically.
"I was doing so well," he told "Good Morning America." "And my numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal human being who does not have pancreatic cancer. So we were all very optimistic. And they said, 'Good, we're gonna stop chemo, we'll start you on immunotherapy.'"
Alex Trebek has an update on his health battle. Now on @GMA. @Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/pcHOUX2g8R
— T.J. Holmes (@tjholmes) September 17, 2019
But, then Trebek lost 12 pounds in a week.
"My numbers went sky high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed. So, the doctors have decided that I have to undergo chemo again and that's what I'm doing," he said.
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Early on in his cancer treatment, Trebek discussed his battle with depression that started when he was first diagnosed. The host recalled how he was "writing in pain" between tapings during the end of the last season.
Since his diagnosis, Trebek has received an outpouring of support from fans, friends and family.
"They have been an inspiration to me. That's really what it's all about," he said.


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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie owns a pair of pubs – the aforementioned Walmer Castle on Ledbury Road in Notting Hill, which he co-owns with David Beckham, and The Luckin in Fitzrovia.
Ritchie, who also runs his own micro-brewery called Gritchie on his farm in Dorset, bought The Luckin after it closed down last year, and has renamed the drinking den the Lore of the Land. The director also set up Fatboy Pub Company on Companies House last year.
Ritchie bought Mayfair haunt The Punchbowl back in 2008, when he was married to Madonna, which quickly became a favourite of celebs like David and Victoria Beckham, Kevin Spacey and Leonardo Di Caprio.
The pub, which Ritchie sold to Cirrus Inns in 2013, famously offered fish and chips for two and a half bottle of Krug for £75.


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What's On: Public have chance to sail Whangārei waters aboard R. Tucker Thompson
3 May, 2019 11:30am
Pirates Blake, Ben and Aiden Pearce from Whangārei at last year's Kiddies Pirate Sail. Photo/John Stone
By: Mikaela Collins
Mikaela Collins is a reporter for the Northern Advocate
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Arrr me hearties!
Don ye pirate hat, pull out the eye patch, and if ye have a hook as a hand bring that too.
Whangārei's smallest pirates are being called to sail the Whangārei Harbour aboard the R. Tucker Thompson during the Kiddies Pirate Sail tomorrow.
Kyra Crouzat, R. Tucker Thompson operations manager, said the sail is aimed at children 12 and under but if older kids wanted to come, they could.
"Everybody has to wear a costume for that one - grown-ups as well. Otherwise they may have to walk the plank. The crew is really good at getting the kids involved and helping raise the sails and participate," she said.
"Because it's an open ship no one is assigned seats. They can walk around, go below, and check out where the kids that we take on youth voyages sleep."
Crouzat said the sail was a fun way to get kids involved and dressed up.
"They love it. What we're finding is the more the crew get in to it and get them to growl and do the piratey-things, they really go for it. The crew tends to dress up as well and they get in to character and that gets the kids really in to it."
The interest in sailing on the R. Tucker Thompson is so popular a few years ago Crouzat introduced a public sail for all ages which is also happening on Saturday.
"We pretty much sold out right from the start. I just saw a need because I had people asking and saying it sounds like it's more for kids, the pirate sail. So I said well you know what? Let's see what kind of response we get."
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Crouzat said pirate costumes are optional for the public sail and there were still plenty of spaces left for tomorrow's sail.
"Usual opportunities are if they want to help raise the sails, the crew will show them how. There's usually a chance to climb the rigging, we've got harnesses they can use, or go out on the bowsprit.
"It's very interactive but for people who want to sit back and enjoy the sailing, they're more than welcome to do that too."
Both sails will depart from Port Nikau and are a fundraiser for the ship.
The public sail is from 10am to 12pm and the Kiddies Pirate Sail is from 12.30pm to 2.30pm.
Tickets are $30 per person and can be bought by visiting tucker.co.nz


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Market Opportunities for Structural Adhesives
Structural adhesives' volume is expected to increase as pure electric vehicles displace internal combustion engines in the marketplace.
Figure 1. Structural adhesives in electronics applications.
Figure 2. Structural adhesives' use in the electronics/electrical assembly market.
Aggie Lotz
KEYWORDS acrylics / adhesives in automotive / adhesives in electrical/electronic / structural adhesives / tapes
Structural adhesives are displacing mechanical fasteners, welding and even tape in some fastening applications. According to practitioners, the profile of reactive chemistry primarily comprises polyurethane, acrylic and epoxy resins, and reactive hot-melt technology for structural applications (albeit no water-based chemistry).
Market leaders are forecasting structural adhesives' annual volume growth well above U.S. gross domestic product in key markets such as transportation and original equipment manufacturing (OEM)/product assembly through 2020. The latter market is complex and fragmented with respect to the use of structural adhesives; those unmet market needs are driving innovation and growth.1
One such need is a universal surface preparation method suitable for all substrate materials and surface conditions, which is mostly an ongoing unmet need. Surface-tolerant adhesives are an alternative; acrylic growth, for example, is especially robust due to acrylics' ability to adhere to oily surfaces.
Bonding dissimilar materials on a vehicle production line has been identified as a key driver. Educating engineers and sourcing managers on structural adhesives' performance capabilities, as well as key advantages such as improved processes and waste reduction as compared to incumbent joining methods, is said to be central to conveying the overall value proposition.2 The popularity of structural I-beams, floor joists and sandwich panels in modular construction are leading substitution drivers.
Structural adhesives' volume will increase as pure electric vehicles (EVs) displace internal combustion engines (ICs) in the marketplace, due to EV and IC build and component differences. Bucking historical trends, OEMs have also become the primary decision-makers for selecting materials used in automotive refinish (collision repair) applications due to the proliferation of sensors and electronics in today's passenger cars.3 Adhesive usage is decreasing in tandem with fewer repairs, a trend that is associated not only with an ongoing lower incidence of vehicle accidents but also the tendency of insurance adjusters to "total-out" vehicles rather than reimburse for costly vehicle repairs involving airbags and electrical systems.
Gains in share over other joining technologies break out differently among OEM sub-segments. In electronics assembly, for example, tapes are losing share to structural adhesives due to miniaturization and the subsequent need for stronger and thinner bond lines. On the other hand, advances and increased production in electrical equipment such as transformers and junction boxes and newly constructed transmission towers—along with periodic upgrades of existing electrical equipment and associated joining systems—lead to the increased use of structural adhesives.
Adhesives and tapes with high heat resistance are in demand because modern transformers tend to generate higher temperatures than their predecessors, as they are exponentially more powerful and more compact. Mechanical fasteners are declining in use for junction boxes due to the perceived risk of signal interference. Silicone is used in specialized applications in which extremely high heat tolerance is needed, though the market's perception of silicone as a possible contaminant in surrounding operations is thought to be a limiting factor. Average growth in the combined electronic/electrical sub-segment, which is said to mirror U.S. economic growth, is estimated at approximately 4% (electronics growth dominates at ~7%), as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
In the general industrial segment, growth is estimated at 3-4% per year, with 100% solids displacing solvent- reduced adhesives in sub-segments where lower volatile organic compound (VOC) materials are required. VOC concerns were similarly cited in the transportation sector. Growth for acrylics in certain applications, apart from attractive pricing, is predicated on performance characteristics by substrate type and environment.
Sustainability coupled with an attractive price-performance ratio is another driver for structural adhesive buying decisions in end-use markets. Otherwise, price becomes the overriding factor, in most cases reducing a strong interest in a sustainable solution to a nice-to-have feature. In keeping with a higher degree of service for testing and application services, developing a trusted relationship has been noted as a significant factor in a rigorous process for qualifying a new adhesive product to meet user specifications.
Multinational adhesives and sealants brands are sought after by small- to medium-sized companies with fewer internal resources, but the smaller volumes and customization that are mainstays in the structural adhesives markets nicely accommodate smaller niche adhesive producers. The high barriers of entry for structural adhesive suppliers are outlined in Table 1. Collaborations among technology institutes, universities, OEMs and suppliers are increasingly forming to explore new ideas for overcoming barriers to using structural adhesives and advancing material science.
"2017-2020 ASC North American Market Report for Adhesives and Sealants, with a Global Overview," The ChemQuest Group Inc., 2017.
Swope, James, "Adhesive and Sealants Use in Automotive Drive Train: How Do Internal Combustion Engines Differ from Electric Motors?" The ChemQuest Group Inc., www.adhesives.org, 2019.
Lotz, Aggie and Murad, Daniel S., "Beyond Adhesion: Disruptive Innovation Has Impacted Transportation Applications of Adhesives and Sealants," The ChemQuest Group Inc., Adhesives & Sealants Industry, March 2018, www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/96122-beyond-adhesion.
Any views or opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not represent those of ASI, its staff, Editorial Advisory Board or BNP Media.
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Aggie Lotz is vice president of The ChemQuest Group Inc., an international strategic management consulting firm specializing in the adhesives, sealants and coatings industries, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information, phone (513) 469-7555 or visit www.chemquest.com.
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Legal issues fill Madison County finance panel talks
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
Updated 7:35 pm CDT, Wednesday, June 12, 2019
EDWARDSVILLE — Ongoing legal battles involving the Madison County Board were discussed at Wednesday's Finance and Governmental Operations Committee meeting.
The group also postponed paying some legal bills stemming from a court battle between the administration and county auditor's office.
The committee approved a resolution renewing the maintenance agreement for the USL Financials software used by the Madison County Auditor's Office. A dispute between Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler's administration and County Auditor Rick Faccin over access to records processed by the software has led to a legal battle between the two.
Board member Mick Madison, R-Bethalto, questioned if confidential information contained in the data could be excised. The presence of confidential and private information in some of the financial data is one of the sticking points in the battle between the administration and Faccin.
Faccin said the county is looking at software that would allow the redaction of confidential information.
The group also discussed if there are enough individual software licenses to allow county board members to have access to the data. It was noted there should be enough individual licenses to allow that.
The cost of the one-year contract is $35,000.
A number of other contracts were approved Wednesday, including bids for Madison County Community Development's weatherization program, Employment and Training's in- and out-of-school job training programs; recycling collection for Planning & Development; and election software for the county clerk's Office. All must be approved by the full county board next week.
Two items were pulled from the committee's agenda.
One addressed a $29,603.10 bill for legal fees to Craney Law Group LLC. The bill is for attorney Don Weber's representation of several county officials in the dispute between the administration and county auditor's Office. County Administrator Doug Hulme, one of the parties Weber is representing, said the bill was pulled because the money would be coming from a different source.
Also pulled was resolution for a contract with Thompson & Lengacher, P.C., for a management review of the circuit clerk's office operations. Hulme said this stems from recent controversies involving DUI cases processed through that office; it will be brought up at the next finance committee meeting.
The committee also met in closed session to discuss an ongoing federal lawsuit by former MCCD Director Kristen Poshard against the county. In March, Poshard filed a suit claiming board member Phil Chapman, R-Highland, sexually harassed her and that Prenzler and Hulme mishandled her complaints.
Poshard was placed on administrative leave Aug. 3, 2017, amid a number of issues, including allegations of violations of county personnel policy against her, a grievance filed by Poshard and the harassment allegations. The county board approved terminating her in October 2017.
Faccin also told the committee that, at the next committee meeting, a representative of the Illinois Financing Authority would talk about bond financing for a planned senior living facility in Glen Carbon near the Father McGivney Catholic High School. The Divine Mercy Senior Living Community is a 55-acre senior living and health care development planned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.
The IFA's role would be through a new law allowing bond financing in Property Assessed Clean Energy areas, which would require action by the county.


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Chris Hemsworth Preparing Another Physical Transformation for Hulk Hogan Movie
By Connor Casey - July 5, 2020 07:40 pm EDT
Chris Hemsworth is well-known in Hollywood for his impressive physique while playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. But in a new interview with Total Film, Hemsworth revealed he'll have to train even harder to play WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan in the upcoming biopic about "The Hulkster." The film was first announced back in February 2019 with Todd Phillips (Joker) slated to direct. As of now the rest of the cast is unknown, and Netflix holds the exclusive rights to the film's release.
"This movie is going to be a really fun project," he said. "As you can imagine, the preparation for the role will be insanely physical. I will have to put on more size than I ever have before, even more than I put on for Thor. There is the accent as well as the physicality and the attitude."
"I will also have to do a deep dive into the rabbit hole of the wrestling world, which I'm really looking forward to doing," he added, before noting that he'll have to die his hair blonde and add in some balding and a mustache to complete Hogan's trademark look.
The film is described as Hogan's rise to the top of the wrestling world in the 1980s, which will likely cover the explosion of Hulkamania in the WWF during the Rock 'n' Wrestling Era. After stints in the WWF, New Japan and AWA, Hogan returned to World Wrestling Federation in 1983 and defeated the Iron Sheik in January 1984 to win his first of six WWF World Heavyweight Championships (a title he would hold a combined 2,185 days). He then went on to headline seven of the first eight WrestleMania events, feuding with the likes of Roddy Piper, King Kong Bundy, Andre The Giant, Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Sgt. Slaughter.
Hogan was initially inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He was announced for a second induction as a member of the New World Order faction back in April, but WWE had to postpone this year's ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In a previous interview with ScreenRant, Hemsworth talked about he was "fascinated" by the world of pro wrestling.
"Look, I haven't read a script yet. I know it's being written now and worked on. I know very little about that. It's sort of in the process now," he said back in April. "I'm just fascinated by that world, and I think they're pretty keen to show a side of the world that people haven't seen before. I'm as intrigued as you are."
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Gray Tollison has served in the Mississippi Senate since 1996. He is 10th in seniority out of 52 State Senators. Gray was appointed Chairman of the Senate Education Committee by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves in January, 2012. He also serves as a member of the Public Health and Welfare committee, Finance Committee and Universities and Colleges Committee. Gray previously served as Chairman of the Judiciary "B" Committee where he lead efforts aimed to improve public safety, reduce crime and reform the juvenile justice system.
Gray has led efforts to achieve significant education reform in Mississippi. In the 2013 legislation session, Tollison was instrumental in passage of a third grade literacy promotion act and an improved accountability A-F grading system. In 2014, Tollison worked to meet the challenge of the 3rd grade reading program by including more reading coaches, adopting a statewide kindergarten readiness assessment and ensuring future elementary teachers are prepared to teach reading.
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Sponsor Office of the Secretary of Defense, Rapid Reaction Technology Office (DoD)
Summary This effort is comprised of separate focused tasks that accomplish technology development, government oversight, warfighter engagement, rapid transition, program management, execution and teaching of advanced technologies for Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and their joint partners in other Special Operations Component Commands, Submarine Forces, OPNAV N97/Undersea Warfare Office, U.S. Pacific Fleet, other fleets, and Naval Research Lab. Commands included MARSOC (Marine Special Forces Command), USASOC (U.S. Army Special Forces Command), AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command), and JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) and Theater Special Operations Commands.
Projects may involve interagency partnerships with organizations such as NASA, DARPA, NRO, NGA, NSA, DIA, and/or other members of the intelligence communities. Advanced technologies will advance combat effectiveness for Navy and partner commands/agencies. Products include technology development, CONOPs, prototypes and pilot programs supporting special operations, counter terrorism, undersea and surface naval communications, in some cases in Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2AD) environments. The PI will investigate, identify, evaluate and integrate classified and unclassified advanced concepts, field experimentation, operational demonstrations and collections, and technology solutions, for countering, violent extremism, with a focus on Special Forces Commands, partnering with Naval, intelligence, Administrator, and Associate Administrators for Exploration and Operations and Technology.
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Tight border policies risk leaving millions of migrants stranded in countries hard-hit by climate change
How we treat these lines on a map can have huge consequences for individual lives.
by Fermin Koop
in Climate, Environment, Science
Although it's not the only one, climate change is increasingly recognized as one of the main drivers of migration by displacing people from vulnerable regions. Now, new research showed the influence border policy can have on climate migrants, with restrictive policies increasing vulnerability to climate conditions.
Credit Princeton University
Migration decisions are often multicausal and rarely due to environmental stress alone. Climate change may influence migration both directly and indirectly through various means, including economic and political ones. Migration patterns can respond to extreme weather events and long-term climate variability or change.
Researchers from Princeton University suggested that when migrants are allowed to move freely, both them and the countries they came from are less vulnerable and better off financially. But if border policies are more restrictive, migrants become more vulnerable and have fewer chances to prosper economically.
The team included migration into a standard model typically used by policymakers to estimate the social cost of climate change. They focused on two questions: What does exposure to climate change mean for people around the world? Who would be able to move, and who would be constrained to stay?
"In discussions about international migration and global climate policy, it seemed that many were looking through the lens of the people coming in, focusing only on the destination country, and not what it would mean for both the migrant population and origin countries," said Hélène M. Benveniste, co-author.
The model is known as the Integrated Assessment Models (IAM), and uses a simplified representation of migration. In their version, the team included dynamics for both migration and remittance, cash being exchanged between people in the two countries.
Remittance is an important feature of the model, as cash received from family members abroad can be a powerful resource in developing countries. Exposure to climate change was measured by a mix between how people might be affected by it, where these people are, and where they might go, as well as how much money they have.
The researchers first tested the accuracy of the model by looking at different border policies, making them both easier and more difficult to cross than they are today. They also looked at the effects of border policies on different income levels and on people's ability to relocate. Then, using actual migration flows from previous studies, they made projections up until the year 2100. They used a "gravity model" and took into account economics, demography, migration, and income differences between places to determine the number of people that would migrate.
They found that vulnerability and exposure to climate change impacts were higher in developing countries. Most migrants during the 21st century moved to areas where they are less exposed to such impacts. The researchers couldn't figure out how many of these migrants moved because of climate change, as many relocated for other reasons as well, including financial ones.
The results showed that open borders have a positive impact on developing countries themselves, especially in places like Central America, Southeast Asia, and small island nations. When people can move freely, they tend to send more money "back home," which provides an important source of income for the country of origin.
"Considerations of unequal levels of development across regions are crucial to understanding international migration flows in conjunction with climate change damages. Indeed, reducing inequality between countries would also decrease the need and benefit to use international migration as an adaptation solution to climate change impacts," the researchers wrote.
The study was published in the journal PNAS.
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Fermin Koop is a reporter from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds an MSc from Reading University (UK) on Environment and Development and is specialized in environment and climate change news.


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Q: Inserting from MS SQL Server to MySQL database, but writes blank line I want to create a stored procedure that inserts data from the MSSQL DB tables to my MySQL database.
I followed the procedure below using a linked server.
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But it inserts lines with white in the null and null fields in the other fields.
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What can it be?
I would be very grateful. Thank you.
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Paulo Freire (Recife, 19 september 1921 – São Paulo, 2 mei 1997) was een Braziliaans onderwijshervormer, pedagoog en andragoog, hoogleraar in Pernambuco en directeur van het departement voor Cultuurverspreiding.

Levensloop
Hij legde zich vanaf 1946 toe op volwasseneneducatie in Noordoost-Brazilië en coördineerde in 1962 het nationale plan voor de alfabetisering van volwassenen. Hij is vooral bekend door zijn boek Pedagogiek van de onderdrukten. Zijn werkwijze en theorie vormden mede de grondslag voor projectonderwijs en de kritische pedagogiek.

Na de militaire coup van 1964 werd Freire ontheven van zijn functie als hoogleraar geschiedenis en filosofie van de pedagogiek aan de universiteit van Recife en gevangengezet. De regering "nodigde hem uit" het land te verlaten. In Chili en Mexico bekleedde hij onderwijsfuncties en hij gaf les aan de Harvard-universiteit (1969). Van 1970 tot 1980, het jaar waarin hij naar Brazilië terugkeerde, werkte hij bij het departement Onderwijs van de Wereldraad van Kerken in Genève en adviseerde bij "Educação popular"-projecten in voormalige Portugese koloniën, voornamelijk in Guinee-Bissau en Mozambique. In 1986 ontving hij de UNESCO-prijs voor Vredeseducatie.

Daarna ging Freire in São Paulo wonen, waar hij in 1988 tot minister van onderwijs benoemd werd. Hij schreef in 1992 Pedagogia da esperança. Toen Freire in 1997 overleed, werkte hij aan een boek over ecopedagogiek.

Werk
Freire was beïnvloed door de ideeën van Louis Althusser, Erich Fromm, Hegel, Marx, Frantz Fanon en Sartre. Zijn pedagogiek richtte zich op emancipatie en bewustmaking en zijn alfabetiseringsmethode kende succesvolle toepassingen en experimenten in Latijns-Amerika, Noord-Amerika, Canada en in Europa.

Opvattingen
Paulo Freire vond dat machtshebbers in zijn land armen dom hielden en dat de scholen weinig resultaat opleverden. Volgens Freire kwam dit doordat die de werkelijke problemen van de armen negeerden. Daarom ontwikkelde hij een onderwijsvorm die uitgaat van de politieke situatie. Mensen zouden pas gemotiveerd zijn om het abc te leren als ze dit een plaats konden geven in hun conflict met grootgrondbezitters en politie. Hij stuurde onderwijzers uit die de "politieke sleutelwoorden" ter plekke ontdekten, zoals de "bron" die door de landeigenaar was afgesloten of de "schuld" die de politie inde. Uitgaande van deze werkwijze leerden volwassenen in korte tijd lezen en schrijven. Freire noemde zijn methode "Educação popular", onderwijs in de taal van het volk.

Pedagogie van de onderdrukten
Freire publiceerde zijn Pedagogie van de onderdrukten in 1970 in het Portugees. Een jaar later verscheen een versie in het Engels, Pedagogy of the oppressed, en in het Duits, Pädagogik der Unterdrückten. Een Nederlandse vertaling volgde in september 1972. In Vlaanderen verkocht het werk razendsnel en een tweede druk verscheen een maand later.

Aanvankelijk meende men dat het boek en de methode uitsluitend bedoeld waren voor de ontwikkeling van volwassen analfabeten in de derde wereld. Na verloop van tijd zag men in dat de werkwijze en de filosofie op de industriële wereld toe te passen waren. De strijd van de mensen in Latijns-Amerika om vrije subjecten te worden en te participeren aan de samenleving leek in veel opzichten op de strijd van de West-Europese jongeren die in mei 1968 een protestbeweging begonnen. De methode dook op in het projectonderwijs in het sociaal hoger onderwijs in Vlaanderen en Nederland.

Trivia

In Oosterhout is een school naar Paulo Freire genoemd. Deze basisschool bestaat sinds 1973.

Literatuur
  Paulo Freire: de praxis als eenheid van actie en reflectie. In: Filosofen van de derde wereld: Frantz Fanon, Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, Ivan Illich, Mao Tse-Toeng, Ambo, Bilthoven, 1975 (diverse heruitg.), p. 63-81.
  Onderwijskundigen van de twintigste eeuw., Wolters-Noordhof, Amsterdam, 1988, p. 258-278.
  Pedagogiek van de onderdrukten, In den Toren, Anthos-boeken, Baarn, 1980.
  Pedagogy of Hope, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001.
  Education For Critical Consciousness, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005.

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