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August 14, 2009
Volume 5, Issue 33
Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)
Editor: David Birnkrant
The Focus provides links to articles collected from major newspapers and magazines, and is emailed weekly.
This Week in Atheism is a cable show that discusses
the articles featured below, every Wednesday at 6:30 PM (EST),
Manhattan Cable station 57.
Live streaming is available at: http://www.mnn.org.
Comments, suggestions and subscription:
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Public Praises Science; Scientists Fault Public, Media
Politics and science have become entangled on numerous occasions over the past several years...
http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549
Kenneth Copeland
In
Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has constructed a religious
empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper. Over time,
some of Copeland's relatives and friends have done just that...
http://www.enlightenthevote.com/news/articles/CT-KC-072708.pdf
ATHEISM
Atheist group, DART officials to meet later today
DesMoinesRegister.com
The
Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers board will meet with Des Moines Area
Regional Transit officials this afternoon to discuss details about why
...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090807/NEWS/90807017
Atheist Ads May Come
Back
WHO-TV
Des
Moines Area Regional Transit officials may be softening their stance on
those controversial atheist ads on the sides of DART busses. ...
http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-atheist-ads-folo-080609,0,795636.story
DART: Atheist group's ads will go back on buses
DesMoinesRegister.com
An
advertisement promoting a Des Moines atheist group will be put back on
buses, Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority officials said Friday
night. ...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090807/NEWS/90807038/DART--Atheist-group-s-ads-will-go-back-on-buses
DART Discuss Bus Ads With Atheist Group
KCCI.com
"We've
had good support from people around the country," said Randy Henderson
of Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers. DART officials invited the group to
meet ...
http://www.kcci.com/news/20324083/detail.html
Atheist ads will go back on buses, DART decides
DesMoinesRegister.com
By CYNTHIA REYNAUD •
creynaud@dmreg.com • August 8, 2009 An advertisement promoting a Des Moines atheist group will be put back on buses, Des Moines Area ...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090808/NEWS/908080334/-1/BUSINESS04
BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE
DART To Restore Atheist Ads To Buses
KCCI.com
DES
MOINES, Iowa -- Look for several controversial ads promoting atheism to
appear back on DART buses soon. Late last night DART officials reversed
their ...
http://www.kcci.com/news/20327547/detail.html
EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.
Creation Museum: Is This How World Began?
ABC News
Adam
and Eve share the Garden of Eden with dinosaurs; the beaks of Darwin's
finches are explained by God's will, not evolution; and mankind spread
from ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=8280168&page=1
Chicago Scientist Finds Evidence of High-Speed Evolution
Chicago Public Radio
Evolution
takes place over long stretches of time: millennia and epochs. But some
new research shows that animals may be changing much faster than nearly
...
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=36066
Survey: School instruction on human evolution 'abysmal'
USA Today
More
state school standards include evolution, finds a nationwide report
card, but coverage of human evolution is "abysmal." Nationwide, 40
states receive ...
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/08/survey-school-instruction-on-human-evolution-abysmal.html
SCIENCE
Marine Microbes Creating Green Waves In Industry
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 8, 2009) — New technology designed to analyse large numbers of
novel marine microbes could lead to more efficient and greener ways to
manufacture new drugs for conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, flu
and other viruses, as well as improving the manufacture of other
products such as agrochemicals...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807091210.htm
Males Of High Genetic Quality Are Not Very Successful At Fertilizing Eggs
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 8, 2009) — Contrary to predictions, males of high genetic quality
are not very successful when it comes to fertilizing eggs...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625141458.htm
Surface Features On Titan Form Like Earth's, But With A Frigid Twist
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 8, 2009) — "It is really surprising how closely Titan's surface
resembles Earth's," says Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who is presenting
the results on August 7th...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141526.htm
Taking The Hard Work Out Of Software
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 8, 2009) — Developing software is a complicated and laborious
process. A new European platform automates much of the tricky building
and testing phases of programming...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729140241.htm
Chicken-hearted Tyrants: Predatory Dinosaurs As Baby Killers
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 7, 2009) — Two titans fighting a bloody battle – one that often
turns fatal for both of them. This is how big predatory dinosaurs like
Tyrannosaurus are often depicted while hunting down their supposed
prey, even larger herbivorous dinosaurs...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112357.htm
Long Debate Ended Over Cause, Demise Of Ice Ages? Research Into Earth's Wobble
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 7, 2009) — Researchers have largely put to rest a long debate on
the underlying mechanism that has caused periodic ice ages on Earth for
the past 2.5 million years – they are ultimately linked to slight
shifts in solar radiation caused by predictable changes in Earth's
rotation and axis...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141512.htm
New Alzheimer's Gene Discovered
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 7, 2009) — A UC Irvine study has found that a gene called TOMM40
appears twice as often in people with Alzheimer's disease than in those
without it. Alzheimer's, for which there is no cure, is the leading
cause of elderly dementia...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806201916.htm
New Planet-finder Shows Its Power: Kepler Orbiting Telescope Should Soon Find Alien Earths
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 7, 2009) — The first results are in from the Kepler orbiting
observatory, the world's most powerful planet-searching telescope, and
according to MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager they show that the
instrument should have no trouble detecting "alien Earths" -- planets
that are about the size of our own...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806184434.htm
Large Hadron Collider To Run
At 3.5 TeV For Early Part Of 2009-2010 Run, Rising Later
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 7, 2009) — CERN's Large Hadron Collider will initially run at an
energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year.
This news comes after all tests on the machine's high-current
electrical connections were completed last week, indicating that no
further repairs are necessary for safe running...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141714.htm
Micro Flying Robots Can Fly More Effectively Than Flies
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 6, 2009) — Engineers have long been stymied in their attempts to
fabricate micro aerial robots that can match the amazing flight
capabilities of nature’s most advanced flying insects ¾flies...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090731090042.htm
Structure Of An Entire HIV Genome Decoded
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 6, 2009) — The structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded
for the first time by researchers at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. The results have widespread implications for
understanding the strategies that viruses, like the one that causes
AIDS, use to infect humans...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805133015.htm
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
Faith Groups to Help Obama on Health Care
CBS News
If
it's separation of church and state for 1 pres, it's separation of
church and state for all. Trying adhering to principles, regardless of
who's in office ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/10/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5230474.shtml
Religious groups to rally for health care in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer
...
Rob Boston, spokesman for the Americans United for the Separation of
Church and State, said the health-care debate represents a different
dynamic. ...
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090811_Religious_groups_to_rally_for_health_care_in_Camden.html
Beach prayer booth brews controversy
Cape Cod Times
“Where's
the separation of church and state?” said an outraged Denise Marcoux.
“This is public property and it's a beach. Can you picture a beach full
of ...
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090812/NEWS11/908129969
Media Coverage of the Faith-Based Initiative
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Issues
related to the separation of church and state were the top concern in
the press in 2001. Fully 40% of the newspaper coverage focused on
whether the ...
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=431
MISCELLANEOUS
Protestors wrap up month-long controversy at library
Catholics
of all ages gathered Wednesday night outside of Marcellus Free Library
to protest Geri Keil’s “Bebe Coca,” the Trumansburg artist’s
interpretation of the Virgin of Guadalupe, on display at the library as
part of the July exhibit featuring art inspired by Mexican culture...
http://www.cnylink.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1249480810
Greenpeace plays on atheist campaign
TheChronicleHerald.ca
By
PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporter At least there won't be unless
we better manage our fish stocks, Greenpeace Canada wants Halifax
commuters to ...
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