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FEATURED ARTICLES Helping Haiti because it makes us feel good Whenever natural disasters strike, there follows an outpouring of humanity. We have a deeply evolved psychological need to help people who are suffering, especially when heart-rending images enter our home... http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/elisabeth_cornwell/2010/01/helping_haiti_because_it_makes_us_feel_good.html ATHEISM Local atheist ready for TV test Liberal As an admitted atheist, faith in the clerical sense is a word often absent from his vocabulary, but faith in himself and an expectation for fun has this ... http://www.theliberal.com/News/Thornhill/article/101939 Atheist David Miliband sends son to faith school - Telegraph David Miliband has been accused of hypocrisy for sending his son to a Church of England school even though he himself is an atheist... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7066954/Atheist-David-Miliband-sends-son-to-faith-school.html Humanist chaplains head to the UK The Guardian Surely no one would describe themselves as an atheist priest? But yes, they do. Well, sort of. You can find them in a few American universities. ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/26/humanist-chaplains-universities It's sorta official: Gay atheist is the smartest Canadian Xtra.ca (blog) Gay atheist activist Kevin Kindred was declared the smartest in-studio individual with an IQ of 140. His team, a group of atheists, placed third overall, ... http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2010/01/25/Its-official-Gay-atheist-is-the-smartest-Canadian.aspx Avowed atheist David Miliband sends son to C of E school Daily Mail He admitted that he rarely saw Mr Miliband, whose atheism stems from his Left-wing secular upbringing. He is the son of Ralph Miliband, a Jewish immigrant ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245584/Avowed-atheist-David-Miliband-sends-son-C-E-school.html BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE Religious roles keep coming to atheist Paul Bettany NewsOK.com By Roger Moore Comments 0 It's always odd to see one of the cinema's few self-described atheists in religious garb. But something about Paul Bettany says ... http://www.newsok.com/religious-roles-keep-coming-to-atheist-paul-bettany/article/3433688?custom_click=lead_story_title Darwin's difficult 'Creation' msnbc.com He knows just how explosive any suggestion that humans are part of the pattern of evolution would be. He puts nothing explicit into “The Origin of Species,” ... http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/22/2182300.aspx Creation Gets Up Close, Very Personal With Darwin Wired News That could change if the PG-13 Creation , which stars Paul Bettany as the evolution-touting scientist (pictured), catches fire with a humanity experiencing ... http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/01/creation/ New Darwin Film Creates Controversy Discovery News While the vast majority of scientists-- and virtually all biologists--accept Darwin's theory of evolution, according to some polls, fewer than half of ... http://news.discovery.com/human/new-darwin-film-creates-controversy.html Marcus Brigstocke: I could easily empty the fridge — I just don't know when to ... This is London “Atheism is an absence of a deity. I don't like fennel but I don't hang out with other anti-fennelists. I don't want to be defined by an absence of ... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/article-23799556-marcus-brigstocke-i-could-easily-empty-the-fridge-i-just-dont-know-when-to-stop.do FILM REVIEW: 'Creation' needs to evolve Daily News Tribune ... fills the woman with strength and conviction, so much so that she could have given Bettany a perfect foil in debating the merits of Darwin's atheism. ... http://www.dailynewstribune.com/entertainment/x1685421925/FILM-REVIEW-Creation-needs-to-evolve EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. UW-Madison opens institute for evolution Daily Cardinal The institute, called the JF Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, will consist of evolutionary research, teaching and outreach programs, according to ... http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/uw-madison-opens-institute-for-evolution-1.1086497 Medical students may soon be tested on evolution What does evolution -- a field that often deals with changes over many generations -- have to do with preventing and treating disease in our lifetime? http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/nesc-msm012510.php SCIENCE Congo Receives Help from Space After Volcano Eruption ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2010) — On 2 January, Mount Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, spewing lava from its southern flank and raising concerns that the 100 000 people in the town of Sake could be under threat... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100122102439.htm Neuron Connections Seen in 3-D ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2010) — A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in communication between neurons. The method is based on a novel technique in electron microscopy... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100122102427.htm Spectacular X-Ray Tails Surprise Astronomers ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2010) — Astronomer were surprised to find two distinct "tails" found on a long tail of gas that is believed to be forming stars where few stars have been formed before... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100122114434.htm Human Running Speeds of 35 to 40 Mph May Be Biologically Possible ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2010) — Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's record-setting performances have unleashed a wave of interest in the ultimate limits to human running speed. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology offers intriguing insights into the biology and perhaps even the future of human running speed... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100122102843.htm Rover Gives NASA an 'Opportunity' to View Interior of Mars ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2010) — NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100121170142.htm Want to Convince? Use Abstract Rather Than Concrete Language ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2010) — When consumers talk to each other about products, they generally respond more favorably to abstract language than concrete descriptions, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100119121427.htm Disclosing Sexual Abuse Is Critical ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2010) — Half of sexual abuse survivors wait up to five years before disclosing they were victimized, according to a collaborative study from the Université de Montréal, the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Université de Sherbrooke published in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100119121422.htm Communication Problems in the Brain ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2010) — For brain cells to communicate, the contacts to each other must function. The protein molecule neuroligin-1 plays an important role in this as it stimulates the necessary maturation processes at the contact sites (synapses) of the nerves... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100120104004.htm Cosmology: Weak Gravitational Lensing Improves Measurements of Distant Galaxies ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2010) — Weak gravitational lensing is a uniquely promising way to learn how much dark matter there is in the Universe and how its distribution has evolved since the distant past. New work by a team led by a cosmologist from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100119172846.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Hawaii Senate passes civil-unions bill, 18-7 Honolulu Advertiser State Sen. Rosalyn Baker, D-5th (W. Maui, S. Maui), spoke of the separation of church and state and said many of the same emotional arguments used in the ... http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100123/NEWS01/1230329&source=rss_localnews When the Church weighs in with a sledgehammer Cyprus Mail Chrysostomos' intervention has again raised the question of the separation of Church and state. Should the Church finance a public campaign? ... http://www.cyprus-mail.com/features/when-church-weighs-sledgehammer/20100124 Legislator, religious group team up for 'Christian education' series at Capitol Iowa Independent Rob Boston, senior policy analyst for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, isn't necessarily concerned that a state lawmaker is utilizing ... http://iowaindependent.com/26336/legislator-religious-group-team-up-for-christian-education-series-at-capitol Inland reactions vary regarding law on prayer during government events; many ... Press-Enterprise Doing otherwise violates the constitutional separation of church and state, the court said. Yet a review of archived video and audio tapes of 15 Inland city ... http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_prayer25.43de3f7.html Gay rights rally: 'Separate church and 8' Park Record The demonstrators on Sunday chanted the slogan "Separate church and 8," a play on the phrase "separation of church and state." They held signs with the same ... http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_14272557 Calgary church loses charitable status for its "non-partisan political activities" Charles Lewis, National Post A Calgary church has lost its charitable status in part because it spends too much of its time advocating on social issues such as abortion and marriage... http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/holy-post/archive/2010/01/22/calgary-church-loses-charitable-status-for-its-quot-non-partisan-political-activities-quot.aspx Bill Seeks to Further Define Separation of Church & State for California Marriages LAist (blog) A newly introduced bill by State Senator Mark Leno will affirm that no clergy member will be forced under law to perform any civil marriage that is against ... http://laist.com/2010/01/27/bill_seeks_to_define_separation_of.php Bill fires up church vs. state fight AZ Central.com Russell Pearce of Mesa has proposed legislation that could bring the battle over the separation of church and state to Arizona's door. ... http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/01/27/20100127politics-brief0127.html Church/State Group Demands Ohio Judge Remove 10 Commandments Opposing Views An Ohio judge should remove a poster displaying the Ten Commandments from his courtroom, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told a ... http://www.opposingviews.com/i/church-state-group-demands-ohio-judge-remove-10-commandments 'Philosophy' poster containing Ten Commandments gets judge back in spotlight Columbus Dispatch On Tuesday, Americans United for Separation of Church and State joined Hindu, Jewish and other groups in filing a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the ... http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/01/27/poster-with-10-commandments-puts-judge-back-in-spotlight.html?sid=101 Enfield's Decision To Stop Using Cathedral For Graduations Appeases ACLU Hartford Courant Enfield was one of five school districts warned by the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State about holding high school graduations at ... http://www.courant.com/community/enfield/hc-enfield-graduation-0128.artjan27,0,5668557.story Forsyth County commissioner prayer ruled unconstitutional; Buncombe next? Mountain Xpress ... by the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Winston-Salem chapter of American United for Separation of Church and State, ... http://www.mountainx.com/news/2010/forsyth_county_commissioner_prayer_ruled_unconstitutional MISCELLANEOUS None ================================================== |