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=================================== FEATURED ARTICLES Atheist Group Sues Lakeland For Prayers The Ledger By Cary McMullen LAKELAND | Making good on an earlier threat, a Central Florida atheist organization has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of ... http://www.theledger.com/article/20100712/NEWS/7125028/1410?Title=Atheist-Group-Sues-Lakeland-For-Prayers ATHEISM Unbelievers claim a new label for friendly skeptics -- 'Neo Humanist' Jackson Clarion Ledger The New Atheists, described by Barbara Bradley Hagerty at NPR, in her coverage of the schism among skeptics, as presenting a "more aggressive, ... http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100708/FEAT/100708054/Not+atheist++new+moniker+++Neo+Humanist+ Kurtz launches venture to explore morality, values in secular society Buffalo News Kurtz has maintained that under the new leadership, the center has become too overtly focused on promoting atheism, criticizing religion and pushing First ... http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/07/10/1108924/kurtz-launches-venture-to-explore.html Religious Right's attack on PM The Australian In the first public attack on the Prime Minister over her self-proclaimed atheism, Danny Nalliah, head of the Catch the Fire Ministries, has described Ms ... http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/religious-rights-attack-on-pm/story-e6frg6nf-1225890946024 Florida atheists outraged because city commission begins meetings with prayer The Underground A group of atheists from Florida filed a lawsuit recently against the City of Lakeland because the city commission always start its meetings with prayer. ... http://theundergroundsite.com/index.php/2010/07/florida-atheists-outraged-because-city-commission-begins-meetings-with-prayer-12996 BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE Sometimes, life's a Hitch Rocky Mount Telegram Since Chertoff had asked, Hitchens said he would like a personal citizenship ceremony; that is how Hitchens — atheist, liberal and congenital activist ... http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/sometimes-lifes-hitch-21511 EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. New exhibit traces 65 million years of evolution myCentralJersy.com It's the first permanent museum exhibition in the world to trace 65 million years of evolution based on geology and climate, said curator John Harris. ... http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100711/ENTERTAINMENT03/100708032/-1/ENTERTAINMENTFRONT SCIENCE Saturn Propellers Reflect Solar System Origins ScienceDaily (July 10, 2010) — Scientists using NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn have stalked a new class of moons in the rings of Saturn that create distinctive propeller-shaped gaps in ring material. It marks the first time scientists have been able to track the orbits of individual objects in a debris disk. The research gives scientists an opportunity to time-travel back into the history of our solar system to reveal clues about disks around other stars in our universe that are too far away to observe directly... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100709110506.htm Novel Ion Trap With Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks ScienceDaily (July 10, 2010) — Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects light emitted by single ions (electrically charged atoms), allowing quantum information stored in the ions to be measured. The advance could simplify quantum computer design and serve as a step toward swapping information between matter and light in future quantum networks... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708111208.htm Moms' Favoritism Tied to Depression in Adulthood ScienceDaily (July 10, 2010) — Whether mom's golden child or her black sheep, siblings who sense that their mother consistently favors or rejects one child over others are more likely to show depressive symptoms as middle-aged adults, finds a new study by Cornell gerontologist Karl Pillemer... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707220510.htm Researchers Use Robot to Determine How Human Strangers Develop Trust ScienceDaily (July 10, 2010) — What can a wide-eyed, talking robot teach us about trust... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707220933.htm Rain of Giant Gas Clouds Create Active Galactic Nuclei: New Research Explains How Galaxy Centers Light Up ScienceDaily (July 10, 2010) — Galaxies like our own were built billions of years ago from a deluge of giant clouds of gas, some of which continue to rain down. Now new calculations tie the rain of giant clouds of gas to active galactic nuclei (AGN), the extremely bright centers of some galaxies... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708171351.htm New System Helps Locate Car Park Spaces ScienceDaily (July 10, 2010) — A research group from the Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering, led by José López Vicario and Antoni Morell, took part in the development of a new system which locates unoccupied car park spaces and guides users to the nearest one... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707093740.htm Mathematical Formula Predicts Clear Favorite for the FIFA World Cup ScienceDaily (July 9, 2010) — A sophisticated new analysis of team tactics predicts a Spanish win in Sunday's FIFA World Cup final and also shows why England were beaten by Germany... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100709102721.htm Miniature Energy Harvesting Technology Could Power Wireless Electronics ScienceDaily (July 9, 2010) — The journal NanoLetters recently published an article highlighting the fascinating nanogenerators developed by Dr. Yong Shi, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100709131308.htm New Parallel Found Between Cold Gases and 'Hot' Superconductors ScienceDaily (July 9, 2010) — Scientists at JILA, working with Italian theorists, have discovered another notable similarity between ultracold atomic gases and high-temperature superconductors, suggesting there may be a relatively simple shared explanation for equivalent behaviors of the two very different systems... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708111338.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Groups back judge on prayer Winston-Salem Journal ... for Religious Liberty, a Washington group that has weighed in to support the separation of church and state in such cases as prayer in public schools. ... http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/jul/09/090030/groups-back-judge-on-prayer/ Spartanburg County Council prayers facing protest Spartanburg Herald Journal ... can pray or meditate in their own way, Miles said she plans to contact Americans United for Separation of Church and State about “possible next steps. ... http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100711/ARTICLES/7111049/1051?p=1&tc=pg Russian Court Convicts Two for Controversial Art Exhibit Voice of America He also said one the important objectives of the Sakharov Museum should be to defend the separation of church and state. Evgeny Ihlov of the Russian group ... http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Russian-Court-Convicts-Two-for-Controversial-Art-Exhibit-98240244.html Mayor's Prayers Draw Letter From ACLU WGAL Lancaster The Washington DC-based American's United for the Separation of Church and State has commented on the issue. "Government is not supposed to be promoting ... http://www.wgal.com/news/24246908/detail.html France divided over Muslim veils euronews One of the core principles of the Fifth Republic is secularism, the separation of church and state. Justice Minsiter Michčle Alliot-Marie says the ban on ... http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/13/france-divided-over-muslim-veils-/ Poll shows most Texans reject school curriculum process News 8 Austin Texas voters have complex views regarding the intersection of religion and education, with 68 percent saying separation of church and state is a key ... http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/272487/poll-shows-most-texans-reject-school-curriculum-process Atheists, Lakeland Mayor Address Lawsuit The Ledger Jeff Sibio, left, stops to ask the question, "Where did atheism come from?" at the conclusion of the conference of lawyer Eric Husby and Ellen Wachs, ... http://www.theledger.com/article/20100713/NEWS/7135035/1410?Title=Atheists-Mayor-Address-Suit CHURCH AND STATE DEBATE: Aiken faces possible litigation for prayer in council ... NBC Augusta One of the city attorneys, Benjamin Moore, explains this is about keeping the separation of church and state. "The idea is to have a generic prayer,” Moore ... http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/Keeping-church-and-state-separate-in-Aiken-98461164.html Poll: Public school curriculum should be left to educators Houston Chronicle More than two-thirds of the respondents - 68 percent - agreed that "separation of church and state is a key principle of our Constitution," although 49 ... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7107095.html City Council questioned on use of prayer Aiken Standard (subscription) ... a seven-page letter received from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit group that focuses on violations of separation of church and state. ... http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0714-City-Council-Prayer Alabama's Judge Roy Moore Back in the News Associated Content I am tired of these atheist organizations trying to remove God from our public lives. And I am tired of politicians who use God to get in office then ... http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5588024/alabamas_judge_roy_moore_back_in_the.html?cat=8 Foundation led by Roy Moore calls for Hoover school board to reinstate prayer ... al.com (blog) Ian Smith, an attorney for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the organization first learned of the Hoover school board's meeting ... http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/07/foundation_led_by_roy_moore_ca.html Norfolk teacher removed for anointing students with 'holy oil' The Virginian-Pilot ... teacher's activity violated the school system's instructional curriculum "and violates policies and laws related to the separation of church and state. ... http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/norfolk-teacher-removed-anointing-students-holy-oil Aiken must reassess meetings The Augusta Chronicle ... From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit group based in Madison, Wis., that investigates what it terms violations of the separation of church and state. ... http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-07-14/city-must-reassess-meetings MISCELLANEOUS None =============================================== |