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For the last four years, deepfake videos have challenged reality, turning empirical evidence into an artifact of the past. Can you really trust what you see online?

The technology soon spread out on sites like Reddit, with mainstream media featuring headlines ever more alarming we chronicled the major happenings here.

No matter what you feel about deepfakes, this tech is here to stay and these are the best deepfake videos you should know about. From the funny to the alarming or downright unsettling, we compiled the best deepfake videos through the years and chronicled the rise of this technology.

Deepfakes take their name from the deep learning AI technique and the word fake, so this term means fake images created through deep learning.

Of course, photo manipulation is nothing new, but the academics behind deepfakes brought the concept to videos and changed the world as we know it.

An AI technique that combines existing images and videos to create new images and videos, usually clones indistinguishable from reality, deepfakes came to prominence in 2017 with a viral video of former US President Obama.

As we said in our previous report on this tech, the main techniques used to make deepfakes are based on deep learning, training generative neural network architectures or using generative adversarial networks (GANs).

The first notorious example, the original Obama deepfake, demonstrated a very advanced lip syncing technology where the subjects say whatever the computer tells them to say, without needing to be in the studio and record the voice.

This viral video came after other computer scientists played with images of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin but, back then, the tech was still considered innocent.

In that project, the researchers envisioned their tech being used for better foreign language dubbing in movies and even accurate live video chat translations.

Fast forward a couple of years and the US president is saying whatever is fed into the program, we have deepfake pornography, deepfake voice scams and deepfake apps anyone could use to become their favorite actor. In a very short time, this tech took over the internet.

Indeed, you can make your own deepfakes with just a couple of clicks or taps.

The Zao deepfake app lets you upload an image of your face and turns you into your favorite actor or superhero. While the app was branded more like a face-swap app, the accuracy with which Zao superimposes faces on pre-selected videos is more akin to deepfake technology.

It was the start of the face-swap apps madness and even social media giants jumped on the trend.

First, there were the filter makers of Instagram, who offered premium AR filters to add regular peoples faces into existing videos.

Then, the Snapchat Cameo feature, the first official one from a major social media platform, used deepfake tech to let users add their own faces to different activities and turn the result into a shareable gif.

While these apps were used to create cute, shareable content, the deepfake tech does have a dark side to it.

Privacy experts around the world sounded the alarm on deepfakes and how they could be used to generate fake news. Even actor Jordan Peele took over Barack Obamas face in a deepfake warning about how this tech could impact the social and political landscape.

However, according to one report, this tech could have a more immediate negative impact on regular Internet users.

According to the The State of Deepfakes study authored by cybersecurity company Deeptrace, the majority of deepfakes floating online are porn deepfakes, and not videos used to support fake news. And the numbers paint a very sketchy picture.

The researchers found a total 14,678 deepfake pornographic videos online. Alarmingly, 96% of them were non-consensual.

Deepfake pornography accounts for a significant majority of deepfake videos online, even as other forms of non-pornographic deepfakes have gained popularity, warned the experts, and the broken down numbers look no better.

Deepfake pornography is a phenomenon that exclusively targets and harms women, said researchers, who found the content on deepfake pornography websites to have an 100% female content, unlike on YouTube, where women were deepfaked in just 39% of the videos.

According to their report, all but 1% of the subjects featured in deepfake pornography videos were actresses and musicians working in the entertainment sector.

The authors chose to not publish the names of women targeted by deepfakes but they did provide a breakdown of the most popular categories.

While the entire world was focused on the dangers of deepfakes on the political scene and the effects of disinformation, this tech was quietly spreading as a destructive social force at the most intimate level.

A report called The Double Exploitation of Deepfake Porn focused on revenge porn and IP theft as the more pressing concerns.

First, unsuspecting women are fetishized by the making of a deepfake video, humiliated or subjected to blackmail. Then, the videos used to create those deepfakes are actually the livelihood of sex workers online, who make a living from their original content.

In some cases, deepfake technology has been used as a tool to emotionally manipulate and shame.

In one report, a mother used explicit deepfake photos and videos to kick her daughters cheerleading rivals off the team. She combed through her daughters social media friends, took their pictures, and then used one of the popular deepfake apps to portray daughters colleagues naked, drinking and smoking. A new and troubling case of cyberbullying, this incident highlights the need to create tools to identify deepfakes.

Currently, there arent any apps to detect deepfakes, at least no apps dedicated to regular Internet users.

There is however a project made by a couple of University of Washington scientists, which aims to help you spot images that are actually computer-generated. WhichFaceIsReal.com puts actual photos of people side by side with deepfakes generated by Nvidias AI algorithm StyleGAN, which is able to create almost-perfect portraits of humans.

This exercise can teach you the tell-tale signs of AI-generated portraits, from weird backgrounds to teeth details.

You can also achieve the same results by watching some of the best deepfake videos released so far.

Thanks to Reddit, which was one of the first and biggest deepfake communities since the beginning, there is a wealth of Nicolas Cage deepfakes and each is funnier than the previous one.

Thought this actor had incredible range and a very long IMDB portfolio? Thats nothing compared with what the fake Nic Cage has been up to.

The same goes for the variety of Tom Cruise deepfakes. In one famous video, the fake Tom Cruise is discussing an encounter with the former Soviet-leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In another, hes playing golf.

All of them were viral sensations thanks to the @deeptomcruise account on TikTok. Theyre created by Belgian visual effects artist Chris Ume, who combined deepfake technology with a professional Tom Cruise impersonator to create some of the most convincing deepfakes yet.

Then, theres this impressive use of deepfake technology in documentaries. Director Morgan Neville deepfaked Anthony Bourdains voice to create a narration for the Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain documentary.

When you hear the late chef saying You are successful, and I am successful, and Im wondering: Are you happy?, its actually a computer-generated voice.

Deepfake voices are actually among the first applications of deepfake technology and some of the hardest ones to detect from reality.

In 2019, author and academic Jordan Peterson, a controversial figure online, was targeted with this technology by a website that let anyone create a deepfake Jordan Peterson voice.

The neural network called NotJordanPeterson was trained to mimic the voice of Peterson and released online for anyone to use. Anyone could type anything and have the fake Peterson talk out loud, so the project had plenty of potential for misuse and could be arguably categorized as a very damaging form of cyberbullying. He responded by warning that deepfake artists and the misuse of this technology could make it so that we can no longer tell whats real and whats not.

In another, cuter project, a Jordan Peterson AI model was taught to sing Lose Yourself by Eminem.

Eminem was also the star of another popular deepfake project, one which took a social stance.

The same group who used AI to create a deepfake Eminem diss for Mark Zuckerberg, called Calamity AI, made a deepfake Eminem rap against the patriarchy, featuring a deepfake Kanye West. Notably, the lyrics were also created by AI. The project used Shortly.AI, a text generator based on the OpenAI GPT-3 project, and produced some pretty hilarious lyrics.

But if youre looking for the absolute best deepfake video, it belongs to the Star Wars universe.

With such a large fandom, it makes sense that Star Wars deepfakes would abound but this particular project stands heads and shoulders above all of them.

The Mandalorian Luke Skywalker Deepfake created by a famous YouTuber was so jaw-dropping, LucasFilm actually hired him.

Shamook, the creator of this Lucas Skywalker deepfake, demonstrated the full potential of de-aging technology and made a fake Mark Hamill indistinguishable from the real actor.

Certainly, deepfake technology is capable of transcending the limitations of space and time. It can de-age actors, bring beloved voices back from the dead and turn public personalities into whatever your imagination dreams up. As youve seen so far, its also a disruptive technology that has been misused time and time again, sometimes with scary consequences.

So, what do you think about this technology? Are you threatened by its implications or amazed by its potential? What types of safeguards or deepfake legislation should be created to distinguish the real from the computer-generated?

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Patrick Peterson had previously spent the entirety of his career with the Cardinals, and apparently, he really didnt want to leave, which is why he seems to still have a bad taste in his mouth regarding how management handled his contract situation.

Peterson was the fifth pick in the 2011 draft, as he was viewed as a shutdown cornerback who could also spark explosive plays in the return game. And while both were true at the time, NFL teams eventually realized its not wise to have superstar-caliber players on expensive contracts on special teams duty. But he did return a few punts in late-game scenarios when the Cardinals were in need of a big play.

And while Peterson was a great player for the Cardinals for roughly a decade, his coverage skills have declined over the past few seasons. Hes just not the same player he once was, which isnt surprising, as he turned 31 last month. And thats probably why the Cardinals chose not to re-sign him during the offseason.

Instead, the Vikings inked him to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Vikings. And while Peterson is focused on the future, he clearly hasnt forgotten about how the Cardinals treated him during contract negotiations.

I was just frustrated and upset at how upper management handled the situation, Peterson said, via The Athletic. You tell me one thing, then when its time to talk, you turn your shoulder on me like its cold shoulder. Ive been in this league a long time. Thirty years old. Grown man. Talk to me like a grown man, not like a child or your side piece.

He also explained why he settled for a one-year prove it deal.

Im willing to bet on myself for this season knowing the salary cap is going to go back up, and I can have opportunities to come back to the table and get more than what I got this year, Peterson said.

It sure looks like Peterson will be motivated to stick it to his former team this season.

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Patrick Peterson shares frustration with Cardinals over past contract negotiations - Yardbarker

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Is science nested in religion, or is religion nested in science? Is it just the practitioners of organized religion who are religious, or is everyone religious, in some sense? If so, where did this religious impulse come from, and what does it mean about our past and our future? Rock-star psychologist Jordan Peterson may be primarily known for his political controversies, but in fact, these are the sorts of questions that really keep him up at night. Listeners who tune into his podcast will hear him wrestle through them in collaboration with his guests. One of his livelier recent conversation partners was physicist Lawrence Krauss, a notorious name in ID circles.

I wrote some thoughts on that podcast here, but the conversation was too wide-ranging to be contained to one post. In one of the most interesting sections, Peterson laid out his own off-beat take on the relationship between science and religion. Krauss didnt fully disagree, but didnt fully agree either. Both their insights and their mistakes are fascinating.

Krauss and Peterson are agreed here: Everybodys got religion. In fact, Krauss surprised atheist colleagues like Michael Shermer and Andrew Copson when he took up this position in an Oxford Union debate on the question. One definitely wouldnt have predicted that Lawrence Krauss and John Lennox would be arguing from the same side of the debate table, but in fact they both argued the pro side of the houses assertion that We are all religious. Michael Shermer dissented that If everyone is religious, no one is. But Krauss suggested one has only to look at movements like the rise of wokeness as ersatz religiosity to see that with or without a formal belief in a supernatural entity, people will inevitably apply the patterns of religious practice to their ideology of choice.

Peterson heartily agrees, but he wants to go deeper, into the psychology of the scientific enterprise itself. He believes science is nested in religion, not the other way around. By this, he means that the motivating forces behind scientific discovery arent themselves scientific. Borrowing from Carl Jung, he frames the Scientific Revolution as the replacement of one myth with another a materialist redemptive myth to fill the gap left behind by the collapse of the spiritualist redemptive myth. We tried to redeem our inadequacy through spiritual discipline, but meanwhile, people were still dying of leprosy. This was not good! Something had to be done, but what?

Well, we collectively thought, perhaps it was time to have a look at how we could arrange an improvement in our material condition by studying matter. But the thing driving us, the reason we were interested in solving these particular problems, was the desire to expand human competence and increase human well-being.

In other words, our values were guiding the choice, exploration and manipulation of our facts. But where did those values come from? Certainly not from science.

Krauss is picking up what Peterson is laying downsort of. He cautions that we want to be careful not to slip into a post-modern frame where we no longer care about the facts. Yes, he agrees, certainly Reason is the slave of passion, and certainly scientists are only human, thus driven by subjective desires like everyone else. But at the end of the day, the great thing about science is that its not based just on what I want. Its about what nature tells me. All the best scientists could be looking in the wrong place, but if someone is wrong, they have to change their minds. And thats the beauty of science. Its that nature determines whats beautiful.

Really? Including the beauty of science?

So far, so interesting. But careful listeners will quickly pick up a persistent flaw in how Peterson presents his thesis. Both in his writing and his speaking, he consistently uses the word objective for empirical, scientific observations, then emphasizes the great divide between this world and the subjective world of value judgments about human worth, behavior, and proper goals. For him, statements like The Holocaust was wrong or It is noble to seek a cure for leprosy are not objective statements of fact, but subjective statements of value.

Not that Peterson intends to demote the importance of such statements. To the contrary, he believes these are the principles that govern and cradle the scientific enterprise indeed, the whole enterprise of civilization. His thesis is not that subjective = bad. Rather, it is that were all subjectively driven creatures, like it or not.

In this sense, one could say Peterson is opposed to scientism, which makes science the most authoritative discipline of all disciplines. Yet in another sense, one could say hes still fallen into the scientistic trap, because he has still co-identified the objective with the material, the measurable, the empirically observable. Its as if it hasnt seriously occurred to him that something might be objectively true without being discoverable by the scientific method. Yet moral facts are just as discoverable as empirical facts. We just use a different set of tools and intuitions to access them. Just as we know a metal detector wont go off on a walk in the woods, we know right and wrong cant be put in a test tube.

Its curious to watch Petersons mind work in these conversations, because he is clearly impassioned and clearly has better intuitions than people like Lawrence Krauss and Sam Harris. The problem is that hes still just enough of a secular modernist himself to be ultimately stuck in the same rut as they are.

Of course, theres a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Petersons particular ways of spinning all this. Petersons history of ideas leaves out the fact that scientists like Kepler werent just motivated to do science to expand human competence. As Stephen Meyer notes in Return of the God Hypothesis, they were motivated to think Gods thoughts after Him. Figures like Kepler are a particular annoyance for Krauss, but they also pose a challenge to Peterson, who, sympathetic as he is to religion, still wants to work within a naturalistic frame.

But each of them still gets something right. Krauss correctly intuits that Petersons thinking has a pragmatic flavor which could endanger a correspondence view of truth, redefining it as that which is useful. Meanwhile, Peterson correctly intuits that we are the ones who have to tell nature what is beautiful, not vice versa. In the same way, we may unlock the secrets of the hydrogen atom and determine the steps to build a bomb with it. But should we? And once we have, what do we do next?

Science cannot explain. And as long as science cannot explain, we will be searching for the thing which can. Lawrence Krauss seems to be content to stop searching. But I look forward to where Jordan Petersons search takes him.

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Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism - Discovery Institute

The Jordan Brewers took the first step in returning to another Class C state tournament.

The top-seeded Brewers opened the Region 6C playoffs Aug. 1 with a 4-1 home victory over the 15th-seeded Wells Wildcats.

Nate Beckman tossed a complete game to lead the way, striking out nine while allowing five hits and one earned run.

Jordan scored all four of its runs in the fourth inning.

The region quarterfinals are Aug. 7 and Jordan will take on 10th-seeded Le Sueur at 6 p.m. The semifinals are Aug. 8. The higher seed is at home for both rounds.

The title game is set for Aug. 14 in Arlington at 7 p.m., while the third-place game is the same day in Arlington at 4 p.m.

The Brewers won the Class C state title in 2019 and went 22-5-1 last season, but lost in the third round of state play to Fairmont.

Jordan also won state championships in 1986, 1994 and 2004.

In beating Wells, Jordans four runs came on just six hits, all singles. Scott Hollingsworth, Devyn Ulibarri and Jonathan Draheim each had RBIs in the four-run, fourth inning.

Joe Lucas and Steve Beckman each had a hit and run scored. Dylan Peterson and Hollinsworth also scored runs for the Brewers. Greg Quist finished 2 for 3.

Jordan finished the regular season with a 23-9 overall record, including going 10-0 in the River Valley Class C standings.

The next three highest seeds in Region 6C behind Jordan are Waterville, St. Clair and Gaylord, respectively. The Brewers lost 15-2 to Waterville back on July 11 and blanked Gaylord 6-0 on the road July 25.

This years 48-team Class C state tournament will be held in Chaska, Waconia and Hamburg. First-round action starts Aug. 19.

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The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative) today announced its eighth cohort of HBCU Scholars. This program recognizes 86 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students for their accomplishments in academics, leadership, civic engagement and much more.

Currently enrolled at 54 of our nation's HBCUs, the scholars were selected from an applicant pool of over 200 students who submitted completed applications that included a transcript, resume, essay, and letter of recommendation. Applications also required the signature of their university president, adding a level of prestige to this application process.

"The HBCU Scholars announced today all have demonstrated remarkable dedication to their learning and exemplify the talent that our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities have nurtured for generations," said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. "The students who hold this honor are committed to creating a more just and equitable society through their civic engagement. They are leaders and change-makers in their communities, and I cannot wait to learn from them as they serve as ambassadors both for the White House Initiative and their institutions of higher education."

"As President of the State of Florida's first Historically Black College or University I am exceedingly pleased to support the tremendous work of the Initiative in its most recent selection and recognition of the nation's highest achieving scholar students from across our 105 historic institutions," said Edward Waters University President & CEO, Dr. A. Zachary Faison, Jr. "The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Scholars Program's longstanding commitment and emphasis upon platforming the very best and brightest amongst our students and showcasing their exceptional high scholarship and demonstrable leadership on a national stage speaks directly not only to the continuing contemporaneous relevance of HBCUs but equally underscores the uncontroverted depth of extraordinary talent that our institutions continue to produce and possess."

Over the course of an academic school year, the HBCU Scholars selected through this program will serve as ambassadors of the Initiative and their respected institution. The Initiative will provide scholars with information about the value of education as well as networking opportunities. Scholars can also share these resources with their fellow students.

Through their relationships with community-based organizations, and public and private partners, all of which are gained through this recognition, scholars will also share promising and proven practices that support opportunities for all young people to achieve their educational and career potential.

This cohort of HBCU Scholars will also participate in national and regional events and monthly classes with Elyse Jones, HBCU Scholar Program Coordinator, Initiative staff and other professionals from a wide range of disciplines. All HBCU Scholar events are designed to connect HBCU students with non-profit, business, and federal leaders to discuss professional development while identifying challenges and providing equitable solutions to barriers that HBCU students face when preparing and entering the 21st century workforce.

"Supporting the next generation of student leaders who will continue their education and graduate from HBCUs has been the highlight and joy of my career with the Initiative" says Elyse Jones, HBCU Scholar Program Coordinator. "It is my honor to announce these 86 students who will continue to make meaningful contributions to our country. Each student selected into this program has demonstrated their commitment to their academic achievements and improving their communities. I look forward to working with them as partners I can't wait to see what they will do as leaders."

Selected HBCU Scholars will be invited to the 2021 HBCU Week National Annual Conference, which will take place September 7-10, 2021. This year's conference theme is "Exploring Equity." During their time at the conference, they will participate in sessions about entrepreneurship, innovation, and personal and professional development. Most importantly, they will also have opportunities to engage with one another and showcase their individual and collective talent across the HBCU community.

More information about the HBCU Scholars' activities will be provided in the coming months as they serve as ambassadors of the White House Initiative on Historically Black colleges and Universities.

NOTE TO EDITORS:Below is a list of the 2021 HBCU Scholars in alphabetical order by their hometown state, and including the city they are from, the school they attend and the school's location. (Sorted by School Location)

Athens- Michelle Deesattends J.F. Drake State Technical College, Huntsville, AL

Mobile- Jerika Edwardsattends Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

Montgomery- Austin Smithattends Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL

Montgomery- Lydia Williamsattends Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL

Pelham- Ayala Seabornattends Talladega College, Talladega, TX

Prichard- Kennedy Davisattends Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL

Talladega- Ashton Hallattends Talladega College, Talladega, AL

Tuskegee- Bruce Tylerattends Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL

Little Rock- Aaron Slaterattends Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, AR

Marion- Spencer Jonesattends Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

North Little Rock- Alexandria Williams attends Jackson State University,Jackson, MS

West Memphis- DeShawn Barnesattends Lane College, Jackson, TN

Hayward- Zauria Murphyattends Bennet College, Greensboro, NC

District of Columbia- Chandler Nutallattends Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

Cocoa- Deben Petersonattends Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, SC

Miami- Myrlandie Myrbelattends Florida Memorial University, Miami, FL

North Port- Brianna Brooksattends Oakwood University, Huntsville, AL

Riverview- Naim Brownattends Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL

Acworth-Jacob Robinsonattends Hampton University, Hampton, VA

Acworth-Taylor Dorseyattends Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA

Albany-Brianna Pendergrassattends Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL

Atlanta- Alexandre Hurleyattends Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta- Ashleigh Smithattends Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL

Atlanta-Brandon Grahamattends Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta- Jayla Rossattends Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Lincoln University, PA

Atlanta- Raven Hollisattends Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX

Atlanta-Valerie Bennettattends Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA

Augusta-LeShawn Doolittleattends Paine College, Augusta, GA

Augusta-Joshua Gayleattends Voorhees College, Denmark, SC

Cartersville- Christy Turnerattends Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD

Jonesboro- Madison Staffordattends Paine College, Augusta, GA

McDonough- Kerra Kellyattendees Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

Snellville- Sydney Nelsonattends Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Harvey- Kristopher Bondattends Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS

Frankfort--Chaundra Bush --attends Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY

Baton Rouge- Edrius Staffattends Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Lafayette- Normandie Cormierattends Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

Ponchatoula- Noah Williamsattends Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

Zachary- Kevin Taylor- Jarrellattends Southern A&M University, Baton Rouge, LA

Bowie- Paige Blakeattends Bowie State University, Bowie, MD

Bowie-Janine Jacksonattends Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Ellicott City- Lauren Brownattends Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Hyattsville- Michael McGeeattends Bowie State University, Bowie MD

Silver Spring- Fottmatta Tunkaraattends Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Detroit- McKinley Loweryattends Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA

Inkster- Jayla Berry attends Benedict College, Columbia, SC

Columbus- Ganesa Williamsattends Rust College, Holy Springs, MS

Jackson- Sydney Burksattends Hinds Community College, Utica, MS

Pickens- Kalon Johnsonattends Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS

Florisson- Jordan Braithwaiteattends Grambling State University, Grambling, LA

CharlotteRaven Hamiltonattends Shaw University, Raleigh, NC

Charlotte- Rachel Richardsattends North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC

Durham- Derrick Stanfieldattends North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

Efland- Milosh McAdooattends North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC

Jamestown- Shemika Summerattends Shaw University, Raleigh, NC

Raleigh- Efhe Ikharoattends North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

Winston-Salem- Varvara Papakonstantinouattends Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC

Camden-Inaaya Colemanattends Delaware State University, Dover, DE

Ewing- Elijah Kellyattends Benedict College, Columbia, SC

Jersey City- Kimberly Gardnerattends Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Ekiti- Iyunola Owoyemiattends Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS

Dayton- Demetrius Youngattends Kentucky State University, Frankfurt, KY

Dayton- Quintin Jordanattends Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC

Ardmore- Joseph Fields --attends Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

Oklahoma City- Kiyana Akinsattends Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

Rafa Gaza Strip- Roulan Abunahlaattends Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL

Philadelphia- Juliana Paulattends Delaware State University, Dover, DE

Philadelphia- Stephen Brownattends Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

Philadelphia- Z' Sakina Jacksonattends Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Lincoln University, PA

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New York Mets (55-49, first in the NL East) vs. Miami Marlins (44-61, fifth in the NL East)

Miami; Monday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Tylor Megill (1-0, 2.04 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 39 strikeouts) Marlins: TBD

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Marlins +128, Mets -150; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets head to face the Miami Marlins on Monday.

The Marlins are 24-26 on their home turf. Miami has slugged .371 this season. Elieser Hernandez leads the team with a mark of .500.

The Mets have gone 22-29 away from home. New York has slugged .385 this season. Pete Alonso leads the club with a .499 slugging percentage, including 36 extra-base hits and 23 home runs.

The Marlins won the last meeting 5-1. Cody Poteet notched his second victory and Poteet went 1-for-3 with an RBI for Miami. Jordan Yamamoto took his first loss for New York.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jesus Aguilar leads the Marlins with 35 extra base hits and is batting .261.

Javier Baez leads the Mets with 23 home runs and has 68 RBIs.

LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 4-6, .237 batting average, 2.79 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

Mets: 4-6, .258 batting average, 5.38 ERA, outscored by 25 runs

INJURIES: Marlins: Cody Poteet: (knee), Pablo Lopez: (rotator cuff), Elieser Hernandez: (quad), Daniel Castano: (shoulder), Jeff Brigham: (undisclosed), Jesus Sanchez: (covid-19 protocols), Garrett Cooper: (elbow), Jose Devers: (shoulder), Jon Berti: (concussion).

Mets: Jordan Yamamoto: (shoulder), Noah Syndergaard: (elbow), Robert Stock: (hamstring), Sean Reid-Foley: (elbow), David Peterson: (side), Corey Oswalt: (knee), Stephen Nogosek: (shoulder), Joey Lucchesi: (elbow), Robert Gsellman: (lat), Jacob deGrom: (forearm), Dellin Betances: (shoulder), Jose Peraza: (finger), Jose Martinez: (knee), Francisco Lindor: (oblique), Luis Guillorme: (hamstring).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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New York Mets to visit the Miami Marlins - Associated Press

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and the author of the bestsellers Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life & 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, #1 for nonfiction in 2018 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, Brazil and Norway, and slated for translation into 50 languages.

Raised and toughened in the frigid wastelands of Northern Alberta, Dr. Peterson has flown a hammer-head roll in a carbon-fiber stuntplane, piloted a mahogany racing sailboat around Alcatraz Island, explored an Arizona meteorite crater with a group of astronauts, built a Native American Long-House on the upper floor of his Toronto home, and been inducted into a Pacific Kwakwakawakw family (see charlesjoseph.ca). Hes been a dishwasher, gas jockey, bartender, short-order cook, beekeeper, oil derrick bit re-tipper, plywood mill laborer and railway line worker. Hes taught mythology to physicians, lawyers, and businessmen; worked with Jim Balsillie, former CEO of Blackberrys Research in Motion, on Resilient People, Resilient Planet, the report of the UN Secretary Generals High Level Panel on Global Sustainability; helped his clinical clients manage the triumphs and catastrophes of life; served as an advisor to senior partners of major Canadian law firms; penned the forward for the 50th anniversary edition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyns The Gulag Archipelago; lectured across North America, Europe and Australia in one of the most-well attended booktoursever mounted; and, for The Founder Institute, identified thousands of promising entrepreneurs, in 60 different countries.

With his students and colleagues, Dr. Peterson has published more than a hundred scientific papers, advancing the modern understanding of creativity, competence and personality, while his now-classic book,Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief(released in June 2018as a now bestselling author-readaudiobook) transformed the psychology of religion. He was nominated for five consecutive years as one of Ontarios Best University Lecturers, and is one of only three profs rated as life changing in the U of Ts underground student handbook of course ratings.

In 2016, shortly before the publication of 12 Rules, several of Dr. Petersons online lectures, videos and interviews went viral, launching him into unprecedented international prominence as a public intellectual and educator. His work, public postings and discussions are featured on the following platforms:

Dr. Petersons classroom lectures on mythology and the psychology of religion, based on Maps of Meaning (2016 version here), were turned into a popular 13-part TV series on Canadian public televisionsTVO. Malcolm Gladwell discussed psychology with him while researching his books; Norman Doidge, author of The Brain that Changes Itself, wrote the forward to 12 Rules; and bestselling thriller writer Gregg Hurwitz employed several of his valuable things as a plot feature in his #1 international bestseller, Orphan X.

With his colleagues, Dr. Daniel M. Higgins and Dr. Robert O. Pihl, Dr. Peterson has also produced two online programs to help people understand themselves better and to improve their psychological and practical functioning. The most recent of these, UnderstandMyself, provides its users with detailed information about their personalities, based on work he published with his students here. Tens of thousands of people now know themselves better, as a consequence of completing this 15-minute program.His original self-analysis program,theSelf Authoring Suite, (featured in O: The Oprah Magazine, CBC radio, and NPRs national website), has helped over 200,000 people resolve the problems of their past, rectify their personality faults and enhance their virtues, and radically improve their future. Research documenting the programs effectiveness can be found here and here.

Dr. Peterson has appeared on many popular podcasts and shows, including the Joe Rogan Experience (#877, #958, #1006), The Rubin Report (12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Free Speech, Psychology, Gender Pronouns), H3H3(#37), and many more. He is currently working on a new book, tentatively titledBeyond Mere Order: 12 More Rules for Life, slated for publication in late 2020.

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Short rant. I cannot believe how many people hate JP.

I have been listening to lectures by JP almost every day for the past 2 years. I dont care if I repeat them, they always serve me well. I started implementing his philosophy into my life.in the last two years I obtained a health care job in a career I have an education for, have received 2 raises and have been given full time hours. It took me 2 years to get the same wage and authority as my female coworkers who have been there for 5+ years (Im a male dental hygienist). I have improved my relationship with my father, and my life in general is on a steep incline that seems to be working well for me. I am happy most of the time, and when Im not, Im not getting burdened by anger and regret; simply frustration and a desire to remedy the problem.

However, my heart recently broke when I had a talk with my father. He is a left-wing Canadian who hates anything to do with the right. Anyone who identifies as right leaning gets the arbitrary label right wing nut job from him and even my own mother cannot stand him when he catches wind of political news because his reactions are immature and predictable. Thats not what hurt.

What hurt is that he finally asked me how I managed to get my shit together so well. I told him about JP, and that I was so excited to finally listen to and understand truth in a way that could benefit me and those around me.

To my chagrin, my father immediately dismissed JP as a right wing nut job. I begged him to listen to some of his interviews or lectures to better understand what he was saying. Instead my father found every sound bite possible of people who hate JP taking him out of context. When I point out how ridiculous it is to think he could be saying anything other than genuine truthful help, my father goes on about how he pushes religion and says you cant have a religious experience without magic mushrooms. I cant believe my own father is listening to this man and only hearing things he hates. Hell ignore a 10 min clip to focus on one sentence and dismiss Peterson afterwards.

Then I came on Reddit to find that theres a whole sub dedicated to straight up hating JP, taking him out of context, and making light of anything he says whatsoever.

Why does my idiot father want to hate JP so much? Why are there a colossal amount of people who havent extracted a single positive message from JP?

My real life is going great, everyone always asks me how I managed to get where I am in just 2 years but when I tell them I changed my mindset because of JP and they look him up, they dismiss him. Ask how I solved my problems dismiss the only answerwhy are so many people not only dismissive but hateful of a person who has helped so many?

It makes me weep for the future.

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The left, he believes, refuses to admit that men might be in charge because they are better at it. The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they dont want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence, he said.

Mr. Peterson illustrates his arguments with copious references to ancient myths bringing up stories of witches, biblical allegories and ancient traditions. I ask why these old stories should guide us today.

It makes sense that a witch lives in a swamp. Yeah, he says. Why?

Its a hard one.

Right. Thats right. You dont know. Its because those things hang together at a very deep level. Right. Yeah. And it makes sense that an old king lives in a desiccated tower.

But witches dont exist, and they dont live in swamps, I say.

Yeah, they do. They do exist. They just dont exist the way you think they exist. They certainly exist. You may say well dragons dont exist. Its, like, yes they do the category predator and the category dragon are the same category. It absolutely exists. Its a superordinate category. It exists absolutely more than anything else. In fact, it really exists. What exists is not obvious. You say, Well, theres no such thing as witches. Yeah, I know what you mean, but that isnt what you think when you go see a movie about them. You cant help but fall into these categories. Theres no escape from them.

Recently, a young man named Alek Minassian drove through Toronto trying to kill people with his van. Ten were killed, and he has been charged with first-degree murder for their deaths, and with attempted murder for 16 people who were injured. Mr. Minassian declared himself to be part of a misogynist group whose members call themselves incels. The term is short for involuntary celibates, though the group has evolved into a male supremacist movement made up of people some celibate, some not who believe that women should be treated as sexual objects with few rights. Some believe in forced sexual redistribution, in which a governing body would intervene in womens lives to force them into sexual relationships.

Violent attacks are what happens when men do not have partners, Mr. Peterson says, and society needs to work to make sure those men are married.

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Jonathon Van Maren atConviviumputs his fingeron an interesting phenomenon: the atheists and agnostics who are coming around to a pro-Christian view:

Not so long ago, the atheists who retreated to their Darwinian towers and bricked themselves up to fire arrows at the faithfulwantedto be there. Their intellectual siloes were a refuge from faith because they didnt want Christianity to be true. They hated it and thought wed be better off without it. Like [Christopher] Hitchens, they were thrilled to find arguments that permitted them to reject it.

These atheists are finding the Darwinian tower less to their liking, and are laying down their bow and arrow. Not because they doubt their atheism, or evolution for that matter. As John West and others have pointed out, Darwinian atheism has acorrosive effecton culture. But the theory, like atheism more broadly, could still be true and its influence would be no less corrosive.

I call this group the New New Atheists. We still have the loud and aggressive Old New Atheists around, folks like evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne who think wed all be much better off without Christianity, or other faiths. But this seems increasingly like an old-fashioned position. Van Maren cites historian Niall Ferguson, philosopher Roger Scruton, writer Douglas Murray, social scientist Charles Murray, historian Tom Holland, and the famed Jordan Peterson as examples of agnostics or atheists who argue that the West without Christianity would be in serious trouble.

Christopher Hitchens wrote a book calledGod Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Published in 2007, that now seems like a time capsule. From the perspective of 2021, the spitefulness of the title sounds reactionary. More of the moment is Douglas Murray, who provocatively called himself a Christian atheist in afascinating conversationwith blogger Esther OReilly on Justin Brierleys podcastUnbelievable?

The view of people like this carries weight. Peterson has appeared to tremble on the edge of conversion, while withholding it from expectant observers for now. He may be a greater influence as he is. As OReillypoints out, the fact of Petersons not being a Christian disproportionately tilts ears in his direction right out of the gate.

Van Maren quotes Fergusson:

I know I cant achieve religious faith, he went on, but I do think we should go to church.We dont have, I dont think, an evolved ethical system. I dont buy the idea that evolution alone gets us to be moral. It can modify behavior, but theres just too much evidence that in the raw, when the constraints of civilization fall away, we behave in the most savage way to one another. Im a big believer that with the inherited wisdom of a two-millennia old religion, weve got a pretty good framework to work with. [Emphasis added.]

Arguably the Wests inherited wisdom can itself be explained in (loosely defined) evolutionary terms. Traditions dont survive for millennia because they areunfitto guide a healthy culture.

These atheists are only recognizing something that no small number of Jews also see Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager, and Michael Medved, for example. They (and I) would agree with Fergusson that, when the constraints of civilization fall away and in the West, that means Christian civilization we behave in the most savage way to one another. Christianity is suited to the role of a religion for billions of people. Judaism,as Ive pointed out, is not well suited to that role. William Lane Craignotesthe paradoxical effectiveness of Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew, in pointing people to Christianity. Craig hassaid he was flabbergastedthat in an interview, Shapiro invited him to offer his personal testimony as a Christian and did not really argue with Craigs apologetic case. My instinct would have been to push back, but Shapiro was the wiser.

Something new, in any event, looks to be evolving, even if still on a modest scale. Weve been encouraged by the responses to Stephen Meyers new book,Return of the God Hypothesis, from self-described agnostics, Brian Keating, Michael Shermer, and James Croft, among otherscientists and scholars, a long way from the petulant jeering of the Old New Atheists. Perhaps Jonathon Van Marens observation helps to explain that too.

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