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Science ATL wants to connect and inspire – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Continuing to broaden its scope, Science ATL has added youth and school programs.

One such program is Georgia Chief Science Officers for elected middle and high schoolers across the state.

We help them to develop skills in leadership, project management and communication so they can be empowered to create community action plans or projects to enhance awareness of STEM careers for their peers or bring new resources and learning opportunities for their community, Rose said.

Last year the STEM Professional School Partnership program (K-12) with 32 partnerships was started. A year-long initiative that pairs up schools with businesses and professionals in the STEM industry.

Together they do some needs assessment, set some goals for their partnership and through monthly student engagement or other kinds of engagement at the school, the STEM professionals kind of leverage their networks to help address those goals that they bring on with the school, the co-founder said.

Mid-August a science self-care event for adults will be held hosting psychologists, neuroscientists and other professionals covering topics that impact the brain and stress levels.

The future of Science ATL is about community engagement, so we welcome feedback and ideas about how to do that throughout the year, Rose said.

For upcoming events, involvement or more information, visit @science_ATL or https://scienceatl.org/

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Police Investigating After Shots Fired In West Jordan; One In Custody – ksltv.com

WEST JORDAN, Utah Police are investigating after shots were fired in the area of 6900 South Decora Way Friday morning.

A tweet from police said a suspect was in custody.

A couple of streets in the area were blocked off Friday afternoon. KSL photojournalist Derek Peterson was at the scene and said a SWAT team was in the front yard of a neighboring house.

One man told KSL his wife heard multiple gunshots. The couple then went into their basement until police took the suspect into custody.

Officials with the West Jordan Police Department said the suspect didnt live at the home, adding that they couldnt find any connection to him and that house.

They werent sure if the man was having a mental breakdown or was under the control of illicit drugs, but police said he was obviously not acting like a person.

Police said the suspect was being booked into the Salt Lake County Jail, likely on suspicion of aggravated assault and attempted murder charges, among other things.

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Letters to the Editor Sunday, July 25 – The Daily Gazette

Many reasons to get your covid vaccinationShame, shame on anyone able to get the covid vaccine and who has not.Infection and hospitalizations are rising again, and the thought of repeating the last year is appalling.If you wont do it for your health, family, neighbors, co-workers and children, do it for the doctors, nurses, aides and staff who have been most battered by this pandemic and are still on the battle lines, ready to take care of the next wave if infections when they should not need to.Linda PetersonRound Lake

Palestinians must show they want peaceCritics of Israel often claim that Israeli leaders do not want peace with the Palestinians.To the contrary, the facts indicate that Palestinian leaders do not want peace with Israel.In this context, it is essential to note that Israel has signed peace treaties with former adversaries.In 1979, Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt and in 1994 Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan.In both cases, Israel returned land captured in battle.At the Camp David Summit of 2000, convened by President Clinton, a land-for-peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians was drafted.However, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat left at the eleventh hour without explanation.Following the summit, Clinton said, I regret that in 2000 Arafat missed the opportunity to bring that nation into being and pray for the day when the dreams of the Palestinian people for a state and a better life will be realized in a just and lasting peace.Apparently, Arafat did not want peace with Israel.Arafat died in 2004, and soon after, the Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, began to fight each other for leadership.Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and in 2007 Hamas pushed Fatah from Gaza.As was the case with Arafat, the leaders of Hamas have no interest in seeking peace with Israel.Rather, Hamas leaders consider the destruction of Israel to be the primary objective of the organization.There will be no peace between Israelis and Palestinians until the Palestinian leadership abandons its goal to destroy Israel.Don SteinerSchenectady

We cant take our freedoms for grantedThe good citizens of Cuba are taking to the streets to remind us once again that which we all know to be true.The reality of Marxist socialism never ends in equality and prosperity for the masses.In light of these events, the recent story regarding the Penn State student from Venezuela, Erik Suarez, who successfully organized a protest to get a quote from Fidel Castro removed from the wall of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on campus, is especially heartening.Reading the words as quoted on the wall of the center, one can almost see the appeal, until you look at the byline and realize who the author is a corrupt and heartless dictator.With over six decades of evidence culminating in the live feeds we see coming out of Cuba today, it is shocking it took the voice of an international student whose own country is crumbling under the same poisonous falsehoods to bring the truth home.It is challenging, but ultimately good to live in a democratic republic.As todays current events unfold, we must see that we cannot take this blessing for granted.S. John LynchRotterdam

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Jonathan Bradley: Campus safe-space culture is a threat to the very fabric of our society – National Post

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Universities should be safe spaces from assault and bodily harm, but not from ideas and opinions people might find offensive

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The University of Glasgow hit peak woke when it recently announced that it will be urging professors to avoid using the phrase trigger warning.

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Professors have been advised to stop saying trigger warning before sensitive content is talked about because it could be too triggering for their thin-skinned students. Instead, theyve been asked to say content advisory prior to speaking about sensitive matters, in order to ensure U of G remains a safe space.

While this incident took place in the United Kingdom, Canadian schools are not immune to this type of thinking.

A group of current and former students at Ryerson Universitys School of Journalism caused an internal revolt in March, releasing an open letter that claimed the school had contributed to an unsafe learning environment because they were subjected to words and opinions they disapproved of. This letter was written after a group of students was frustrated by the facultys response to a human rights complaint that I initiated against the Eyeopener, one of Ryersons campus newspapers.

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Likewise, for the past year, community members at Wilfrid Laurier University have called for professors David Haskell and William McNally to be fired for the crime of being conservative. Haskell and McNally have been vocal defenders of freedom of expression at Laurier, which the woke mob sees as unacceptable.

People might hope this safe-space culture would stop at the doors of universities, but it has extended into the work world, as well. This idea of not wanting to offend people contributed to the resignation of Bari Weiss, an opinion writer and editor at the New York Times, in 2020. Weiss said she was annoyed with how stories that didnt explicitly promote progressive causes needed to have every detail scrutinized before being published.

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Employees at Penguin Random House Canada proclaimed in November that they were offended when it was announced that the company would be publishing Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson. The employees said the book should not be published by Penguin because they did not want Petersons views to be platformed.

Universities should be safe spaces from assault and bodily harm, but not from ideas and opinions people might find offensive. The harmfulness of safe-space culture was explored at length in the 2018 book, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.

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The authors said they wrote the book because they observed that students were pathologizing words and ideas as dangerous and violent, which they found illogical. This change started to occur around 2013 or 2014, and became more widespread from 2015 to 2017.

In the book, Lukianoff and Haidt argue that safe-space culture does not work because it relies on three great untruths: what does not kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good and evil people. These untruths contradict modern psychological research and ancient philosophical wisdom, and serve to hurt people who embrace them.

Indeed, the authors found that embracing these untruths has led to increased depression, anxiety and suicides among students. In other words, what was supposed to help students has left them unprepared to deal with stressors and challenges, which leads to increased suffering.

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Lukianoff and Haidt argue students need stressors and challenges in order to learn, adapt and grow. But universities consistently do the opposite, teaching students that they are candles that can easily be extinguished, instead of fires that thrive when faced with adversity.

Trigger warnings, in particular, often have the opposite effect of what they are intended to. A 2018 study out of Harvard University suggested that trigger warnings intensify the stigma associated with trauma, as they serve to enforce the idea that trauma is central to peoples identities.

The study went on to explain that trigger warnings are terrible for people who have never experienced trauma, as they can lead to people thinking that they are not resilient and may lead them to think that they are vulnerable to developing mental illnesses.

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Using trigger warnings communicates to students that words can be harmful. After all, trigger warnings serve as threat-confirmations. This inclination to see threats where they do not exist is associated with an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the study.

The result is that many conservatives are now afraid to say what they really think. A recent study from the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology found that 58 per cent of right-wing professors in Canada claim their university is a hostile climate for their views.

It also found that 45 per cent of Canadian academics say they would discriminate against a colleague who supports former U.S. president Donald Trump, that 17 per cent would discriminate against a right-leaning grant bid and 11 per cent would be more critical of a right-leaning paper submission.

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The study went on to claim that 34 per cent of somewhat right grad students and 62 per cent of very right grad students in North America and the United Kingdom believe sharing their views would make their lives difficult. As a result, right-wing grad students end up being less inclined to pursue academic careers, as conservatives are made to feel like they have to shut up or face consequences.

Given all of the evidence that safe-space culture does not work, I find it confusing why so many students and professors support it. I presented this evidence to various people throughout my academic career at Ryerson, but faculty and students consistently ignored the facts presented to them. I recall one instance where I recommended a journalism professor read The Coddling of the American Mind to understand why safe-space culture does not work, and he said he would never pick it up.

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There are plenty of basic steps universities can take to stop this craziness: adopt a free speech policy based on the Chicago statement; stop using the word unsafe except when it pertains to matters of physical safety; and remove their radical diversity, inclusion and equity offices and instead encourage unity among faculty and students. These solutions might be unpopular, but they are the right moves.

Former British prime minister Winston Churchill said that, A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot endure long. People should be free to speak their minds on university campuses without being punished. If freedom of expression remains a touchy subject on university campuses, the prospects of having a functioning democracy are minimal.

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Jonathan Bradley recently graduated from the journalism program at Ryerson University.

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The Brewers are finally turning the corner with regard to injuries at just the right time – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

With the trading deadline looming July 30, the Milwaukee Brewers are taking steps toward improving themselves internally as well with several injured players nearing comebacks.

The closest of those is centerfielder Lorenzo Cain, who's been on the injured list since June 1 with a strained right hamstring.

"Lorenzos going to be with Nashville through the weekend and then rejoin us if everything goes well the next couple days," said manager Craig Counsell, whose team started a three-game interleague series with the Chicago White Sox at American Family Field Friday.

The Brewers then head out on a six-game road trip that begins Tuesday at Pittsburgh.

Cain was hitting .190 seven games and 21 at-bats into a rehab stint at Class AAA Nashville, and his return would help balance out what's been a left-handed-heavy outfieldin his absence with Jackie Bradley Jr. serving as the primary centerfielder alongside leftfielder Christian Yelich.

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Along the infield, third baseman Travis Shaw and first baseman Daniel Vogelbach are closing in on rehab assignments of their own.

Shaw has been on the IL since June 10 with a dislocated left shoulder and Vogelbach since June 23 with a strained left hamstring.

"Shaw and Vogey will not go on the road trip with us," said Counsell."They will both head to Nashville. Travis will start a couple days before Vogey, but theyll both start playing games while were in Pittsburgh."

Whenever Shaw is cleared to return, he might find playing time at third base difficult to come by withLuis Uras currently the Brewers' second-best run producer with 13 home runs and 45 runs batted in while also playing some good defense (plus-2 defensive runs saved through 322 innings entering Friday).

Milwaukee has mostly been utilizing Jace Peterson and Rowdy Tellez at first base in recent games. Peterson has been an on-base machine but doesn't provide a lot of power, while Tellez was hitting .154 with two RBI in just 13 at-bats since being acquired via trade on July 7.

Setup man Devin Williamsis eligible to come off the IL on Tuesday at Pittsburgh and he, too, might be ready to return to action.

The right-hander has been out since July 17 with right elbow discomfort, thinning the Brewers' depth toward the back end of their bullpen.

"Devins doing good," Counsell said."Hes going to throw a bullpen tomorrow. Hes played catch the last 3-4 days. Everythings good.

"Hell take the next step tomorrow."

Milwaukee did get some much-needed depth and experience back Friday with Brad Boxberger getting the all-clear to return.

The right-hander was forced from last Saturday'sgame at Cincinnati with a shoulder issue then was held out of both games against the Kansas City Royals.

"Hes good to go," Counsell said."He was available Wednesday but I was only going to use him in kind of a strict spot, I guess is the best way to say it. But the fact that we were able to get him some more days -- hes good to go today."

And indeed, Boxberger was the second pitcher out of the bullpen behind starter Freddy Peralta, putting up a scoreless seventh inning.

Utilizing a six-man rotation has helped limit the innings of all the Brewers' starters but most important their three horses in Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes andPeralta.

The thinking behind it was, coming off a two-month pandemic season, it would be a way to keep them healthier while also limiting their innings with Woodruff already 2 away from tying his major-leaguehigh set in 2019 (121), Burnes already having nearly doubled his at 96 and Peralta well past his at 98.

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Milwaukee held Peralta back coming out of the all-star break to give him a breather, meaning his start Friday against the White Sox was his first since July 10 and his first game action of any kind since he pitched an inning in the All-Star Game three days later.

Woodruff was also flip-flopped with Burnes behind Peralta, leaving Burnes to square off against left-hander Carlos Rodon on Saturday and Woodruff against Lance Lynn on Sunday's nationally televised game.

"I think this is a scenario that benefits their health," said Counsell. "We think it benefits their performance, ultimately. And we think it prepares them for something that they didnt do last year, and hopefully prepares them for something pitching seven months that a lot of them havent done in their careers. Thats the thought behind it.

"I think being competitors, they want to pitch because thats what they do. But at the same time, they also understood it because I think weve explained it to them in a way that (emphasizes) that its for them and its for the team. I think theres reasons that it helps them and the team.

"So, to us it made sense."

The Brewers announced Friday they'd signed four more of their 2021 draft picks, including second-rounder Russell Smith.

Smith, a left-handed pitcher out of TCU, signed for a reported $1 million, well under the recommended slot of $1.44 million.

Also signing were ninth-rounder Brannon Jordan, a right-hander out of South Carolina; 16th-rounder Kay-Lan Nicasia, a shortstop out ofChampagnat Catholic School in Miami; and 18th-rounder Ryne Moore, a right-hander out of Old Dominion.

Milwaukee now has all four of its top picks under contract, and nine of 21 overall.

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