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August 21, 2009
Volume 5, Issue 34
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
Ads for atheists stir up free speech debate
DES
MOINES, Iowa - A dispute about bus advertisements seeking to publicize
atheist views has touched off a free speech debate after the signs were
torn down — then posted again...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32418140/ns/us_news-faith/
DART suspends driver after she refuses to use bus bearing atheist ad
DesMoinesRegister.com
By CYNTHIA REYNAUD • creynaud@dmreg.com • August 19, 2009 Controversy over a bus advertisement promoting a local atheist group has found its way to the ...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090819/NEWS/908190370/-1/BUSINESS04
Some Cape residents object after town allows churches' booth on ...
Boston Globe
“There has to be a clear separation between church and state,'' said Peter Waasdorp, a West Falmouth carpenter who
was one of 16 residents who sent ...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/20/some_residents_object_after_falmouth_allows_churches_booth_on_public_land/
ATHEISM
Report: Atheism On The Rise In US
NPR
A
study by Trinity College in Connecticut reveals atheism is on the rise
in the US Host Michel Martin interviews Blair Scott, Founder of the
North Alabama ...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111885128
Athiest bus ads create free speech debate in Iowa
The Associated Press
DES
MOINES, Iowa — A dispute about bus advertisements seeking to publicize
atheist views has touched off a free speech debate after the signs were
torn down ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHoNPRepOxFqU1b77go-ADxUmoCAD9A2OQI84
DART, atheist group benefit from ad debate
DesMoinesRegister.com
By CYNTHIA REYNAUD • creynaud@dmreg.com • August 14, 2009 A controversy
over whether an advertisement for an atheist group should be displayed on the side ...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090814/NEWS/908140354/-1/NEWS04
Dallas Mother Organizes Kids Atheist Camp For Kids
CBS 11
Read
more in our Privacy Policy A group is planning a statewide atheist
summer camp for kids in Collin County. What do you think? You need the
latest Flash ...
http://cbs11tv.com/local/atheist.atheist.camp.2.1132718.html
DART Driver Refused Bus With Atheist Sign
KCCI.com
There
are some empty seats on DART buses thanks to those controversial
atheist ads. That includes the driver seat. Des Moines Area Regional
Transit confirms ...
http://www.kcci.com/news/20444693/detail.html
BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE
Ricky Gervais on Atheism
The
creator and star of the British smash hit television comedy which
inspired it's American counterpart, "The Office," discusses the genesis
of his Atheism...
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=RICKY+GERVAIS+ATHEISM&search_type=&aq=f
Harvard Primatologist Says Joys of Barbecue Sparked Evolution
Bloomberg
Lundborg:
How did cooking speed up human evolution? Wrangham: You have these two
big effects -- you get more energy out of your food, so humans could ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aXFCfZgi9R1A
Faith rites boost brains, even for atheists - book
Reuters
Whether
the meditator believes in the supernatural or is an atheist repeating a
mantra, he says, the outcome can be the same - a growth in the
compassion ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLG306827
The ancestor's tale
Times Online
The
book's most obvious accomplishment is to rout “scientific” creationism
and its equivalent (and equally absurdly named) doctrine of Intelligent
Design. ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6805826.ece
EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.
Evolution Teaching 'Improving' in Schools, Report Says
U.S. News & World Report
Science
standards today tend to cover evolution more extensively than they did
a decade ago, but "certain types of creationist language are also
becoming ...
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/08/14/evolution-teaching-improving-in-schools-report-says.html
Major insights into evolution of life reported by UCLA molecular ...
ScienceBlog.com
UCLA
molecular biologist James A. Lake reports important new insights about
prokaryotes and the evolution of life in the Aug. 20 advance online
edition of ...
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/major-insights-evolution-life-reported-ucla-molecular-biologist-24248.html
SCIENCE
'Swiss Army Knife' Protein Plays Unexpected Role Protecting Chromosome Tips; Possible Tie To
Metastatic Cancer
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 16, 2009) — A protein specialist that opens the genomic door for
DNA repair and gene expression also turns out to be a multi-tasking
workhorse that protects the tips of chromosomes and dabbles in a
protein-destruction complex...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813142440.htm
Planck Sees Light Billions Of Years Old
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 16, 2009) — The Planck space telescope has begun to collect light
left over from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090814202536.htm
Smile As You Read This: Language That Puts You In Touch With Your Bodily Feelings
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 15, 2009) — Louis Armstrong sang, "When you're smilin', the whole
world smiles with you." Romantics everywhere may be surprised to learn
that psychological research has proven this sentiment to be true...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807103923.htm
World Record In Packing Puzzle Set In Tetrahedra Jam: Better Understanding Of Matter Itself?
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 15, 2009) — Finding the best way to pack the greatest quantity of
a specifically shaped object into a confined space may sound simple,
yet it consistently has led to deep mathematical concepts and practical
applications, such as improved computer security codes...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090812143943.htm
Mars Orbiter Shows Angled View Of Martian Crater
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 15, 2009) — The high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned a dramatic oblique view of the
Martian crater that a rover explored for two years...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090814202826.htm
Trigger-happy Star Formation: Radiation From Massive Stars
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 14, 2009) — A new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories
provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a
beautiful new image of a stellar nursery in our Galaxy...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090812163800.htm
'Hidden Portal' Concept Described: First Tunable Electromagnetic Gateway
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 14, 2009) — While the researchers can't promise delivery to a
parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark
Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now
that researchers in China have created the first tunable
electromagnetic gateway...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813083329.htm
One Nano-step Closer To Weighing A Single Atom
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 14, 2009) — By studying gold nanoparticles with highly uniform
sizes and shapes, scientists now understand how they lose energy, a key
step towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single
atom...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727102135.htm
Sleep Patterns In Children And Teenagers Could Indicate Risk For Depression
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 14, 2009) — Sleep patterns can help predict which adolescents
might be at greatest risk for developing depression, a researcher at UT
Southwestern Medical Center has found in a five-year study...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813083335.htm
Experiments Push Quantum Mechanics To Higher Levels
ScienceDaily
(Aug. 13, 2009) — Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have devised a new
type of superconducting circuit that behaves quantum mechanically – but
has up to five levels of energy instead of the usual two. The findings
are published in the August 7 issue of Science...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811143844.htm
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
Falmouth faces heat over beach prayer site
Cape Cod Times
"This definitely
seems like it was crossing the line of separation of church and state and it seems like an endorsement of religion. ...
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090815/NEWS/908150320/-1/NEWS
Some Collier teachers not happy about going to church for district ...
Naples Daily News
It
is a violation of church and state laws. COLLIER COUNTY — Separation of
church and state is a doctrine school districts try to follow. ...
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/aug/16/some-collier-teachers-not-happy-about-going-church/
Illinois May Not Fund Religion, Americans United Warns State Officials
Common Dreams (press release)
WASHINGTON
- August 19 - Americans United for Separation of Church and State today
challenged Illinois state government's plan to distribute millions of
...
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/08/19-11
Court Finds Separation Between Church and Post Office
WTIC
"There really
must be a separation of church and state, to comply with the establishment clause of the first amendment," McGuire said. ...
http://www.wtic.com/Court-Finds-Separation-Between-Church-and-Post-Off/5050702
Court nixes religious displays in postal station
Reuters
By
Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Connecticut church may operate
a postal station without violating the constitutional separation of
church and ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE57J64A20090820
Teachers concerned with meeting at church
NBC2 News
Teachers
with concerns say the fact that the event was held in a church is an
issue of separation of church and state. They say there are other
options to ...
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=10943946
MISCELLANEOUS
The clash of the evangelists christian islam mormon and even atheists?
Examiner.com - USA
"We don't want the public square to be dominated by the
atheists," said New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza believes Christians have ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-10177-Wichita-Christian-Faith--Culture-Examiner%7Ey2009m8d16-The-clash-of-the-evangelsists-christian-islam-mormon-and-even-atheists |
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