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=================================== FEATURED ARTICLES 'Atheist' Palestinian jailed 'for his own safety' Sydney Morning Herald On the English-language version of his blog, entitled "Proud Atheist," Husseini explains why he decided to renounce Islam, describing it as "this hollow ... http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/atheist-palestinian-jailed-for-his-own-safety-20101207-18n2p.html Jailed Palestinian atheist sorry The Gouverneur Times A Palestinian atheist jailed for more than a month for sharing his anti-Islam views on the Internet has apologized for offending Muslims, and a Palestinian ... http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/dfw-section-f-artsentertainment/24171-jailed-palestinian-atheist-sorry-.html ATHEISM Ad Campaign Promoting Atheism Across US Draws Ire and Protest ABC News But one group says it is using the most religious time of the year to call attention to the plight of an often forgotten group: non-believers and atheists. ... http://abcnews.go.com/US/ad-campaign-promoting-atheism-us-draws-ire-protest/story?id=12314529 New Atheism Ad Promoting Protests Across America CompareCarrentals.com However, one group is using this religious time of the year to call attention to one forgotten group, atheists. Just recently, advertisements paid for by ... http://www.comparecarrentals.com/news/new-atheism-ad-promoting-protests-across-america-53857971.html West Bank: Free Suspected Blogger Human Rights Watch (press release) Hasayin, 26, was arrested at an internet café in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, where he allegedly wrote blogs advocating atheism and posted comments and ... http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/05/west-bank-free-suspected-blogger Atheists upset they can't post sign downtown KGO-TV This year, a group of atheists wanted a chance to display their message as well. Instead, there are no signs of the season at all. Santa Cruz area atheists ... http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7822447 Atheist ad no big deal: Vancouverites Metro Canada - Vancouver Some transit riders said they wouldn't blink an eye at a potentially anti-religious ad that could appear on TransLink buses early next year. ... http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/709220--atheist-ad-no-big-deal-vancouverites Taking on Christmas The Spokesman Review Drivers approaching the Lincoln Tunnel this holiday season will be the targets of an atheist advertisement that its sponsors describe as a strike against ... http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/dec/04/taking-on-christmas/ Atheists plan new transit ad offensive Abby News By Jeff Nagel - BC Local News A wave of atheist advertising intended to provoke skepticism about the existence of God could soon be coming to TransLink ... http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/111412214.html# AP Exclusive: Jailed Palestinian atheist sorry San Jose Mercury News 6, 2010 by a friend who wished not to be identified, shows Walid Husayin, 26, a Palestinian man who was imprisoned after declaring himself an atheist on his ... http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16788979?nclick_check=1 Secular Student Alliance quizzes students on world religions USD Volante Online "The surveys said that the people who usually knew the most about different religions were those who declared themselves to be agnostic or atheist. ... http://www.volanteonline.com/opinion/secular-student-alliance-quizzes-students-on-world-religions-1.2423179 New bus ads to take on Bigfoot, Christ Toronto Star The people behind last year's atheist bus campaign are casting a wider net with their new campaign. The atheist campaign on Toronto buses last year hit ... http://www.thestar.com/news/article/902810--new-bus-ads-to-take-on-bigfoot-christ?bn=1 BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE Reason.tv: Skeptic Michael Shermer on Atheism, Happiness, and the Free Market Reason Online (blog) ... Cavanaugh at Libertopia 2010 in Hollywood to discuss why self-help gurus aren't the key to happiness, what the New Atheist movement hopes to accomplish, ... http://reason.com/blog/2010/12/07/reasontv-skeptic-shermer Ben Young: Atheist Advent at Beat Thing, City Screen's Basement Bar, York ... The Press, York This year, Ben is to perform his Atheist Advent at Beat Thing, at City Screen's Basement Bar on Tuesday, at 8pm. He will add a performance into his ... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/music/8718698.Ben_Young__Atheist_Advent_at_Beat_Thing__City_Screen___s_Basement_Bar__York__December_7/ Book review: 'Hitch-22' by Christopher Hitchens Press-Register - al.com (blog) In the current issue, Hitchens, an avowed atheist, wonders what to think of all the believers praying for his recovery, particularly the designation of Sept ... http://blog.al.com/entertainment-press-register/2010/12/book_review_hitch-22_by_christ.html An atheist Christmas coloring book NewsOK.com (blog) Well, not if you follow the thinking of the “Atheist Christmas Coloring Book” which has been creaed for families “who want to enjoy a Christmas holiday free ... http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2010/12/09/an-atheist-christmas-coloring-book/ EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. Recommended: Evolution texts survive in Louisiana msnbc.com John Roach writes:The theory of evolution has survived the latest attack in the struggle to insert creationism-flavored themes into science classrooms. ... http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/09/5618529-evolution-texts-survive-in-louisiana Science textbook adoption sparks evolution discussion KPLC-TV "This topic always draws some passionate feelings from people who have differing views on creationism verses evolution." The Calcasieu Parish School System ... http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13637718 Evolution Survives Assault on Louisiana Textbooks Wired News By Brandon Keim Louisiana's high school biology textbooks have survived the latest creationist-flavored attempt at distorting education about evolution. ... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/louisiana-biology-textbooks/# SCIENCE Global Sea-Level Rise at the End of the Last Ice Age Interrupted by Rapid 'Jumps' ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — Southampton researchers have estimated that sea-level rose by an average of about 1 metre per century at the end of the last Ice Age, interrupted by rapid 'jumps' during which it rose by up to 2.5 metres per century. The findings, published in Global and Planetary Change, will help unravel the responses of ocean circulation and climate to large inputs of ice-sheet meltwater to the world ocean... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201120605.htm Blame the Environment: Why Vaccines May Be Ineffective for Some People ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — A new discovery may explain why a tuberculosis vaccine is not as effective for some people as anticipated, and potentially explains why other vaccines do not work as well for some as they do for others. In a research report presented in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, scientists from Singapore show that Mycobacterium chelonae, a common environmental bacterium found in soil and water, can decrease the effectiveness of the bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis, especially in countries outside of the United States... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201102559.htm Color-Changing 'Blast Badge' Detects Exposure to Explosive Shock Waves ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing patch that could be worn on soldiers' helmets and uniforms to indicate the strength of exposure to blasts from explosives in the field. Future studies aim to calibrate the color change to the intensity of exposure to provide an immediate read on the potential harm to the brain and the subsequent need for medical intervention... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101129121121.htm Novel Metal Catalysts May Be Able to Turn Greenhouse Gases Into Liquid Fuels ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — It sounds a bit like spinning straw into gold, but novel metal catalysts may be able to turn greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide into liquid fuels without producing more carbon waste in the process... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130103615.htm Interspecies Electron Transfer: Anaerobic Bacteria Found to Cooperate ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologists Derek Lovley, Zarath Summers and colleagues report in the Dec. 2 issue of Science that they have discovered a new cooperative behavior in anaerobic bacteria, known as interspecies electron transfer, that could have important implications for the global carbon cycle and bioenergy... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101202141914.htm More Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) — Researchers from Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have developed a process capable of producing a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer on textured substrates that improves the efficiency of polymer solar cells by increasing light absorption... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101202181128.htm High Performance Infrared Camera Based on Type-II InAs/GaSb Superlattices Created ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2010) — Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new infrared camera based on Type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices that produces much higher resolution images than previous infrared cameras... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101203101626.htm Fear of Being Envied Makes People Behave Well Toward Others ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2010) — It's nice to have success -- but it can also make you worry that the jealous people will try to bring you down. New research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, has found that the fear of being the target of malicious envy makes people act more helpfully toward people who they think might be jealous of them... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101203123601.htm Dark Matter Could Transfer Energy in the Sun ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2010) — Researchers from the Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC) and other European groups have studied the effects of the presence of dark matter in the Sun. According to their calculations, low mass dark matter particles could be transferring energy from the core to the external parts of the Sun, which would affect the quantity of neutrinos that reach Earth... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201095822.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Judges Hint They'll Support Ruling Against Prop. 8 CBS News Being an atheist, you can be amused at these things. by sngore December 6, 2010 7:36 PM EST I don't care if the gays get the right to marry. ... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504564_162-20024762-504564.html Cherokee Debates Graduation at Church News/Talk 750 WSB Americans United for Separation of Church and State in Washington said it received a complaint from a resident. The group's spokesman said the sanctuary ... http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2010/12/cherokee-debates-graduation-at.html Obama's stimulus pours millions into faith-based groups Politico (blog) ... for the congregation, not the American taxpayer," Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, told POLITICO... http://www.mysinchew.com/node/49305?tid=14 Proposed bill calls for bible curriculum Today's THV Critics argue the bill teeters the line of seperation of church and state. "When you go in and use one religion over others that's where you cross that ... http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/2880-a-bunch-of-possibilities-for-your-book-lover Religious monument unveiled in front of Courthouse KFDA ... monument in Oklahoma, no one at Saturday's ceremony had any concerns about the separation of Church and State, or the controversy it might stir up. ... http://www.newschannel10.com/Global/story.asp?S=13617855 Compromise Reached In King Flag Debate WXII The Triad But Robert Boston, spokesman for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, says the new policy is still problematic. ... http://www.wxii12.com/news/26045883/detail.html Canonsburg moves creche off borough property Pittsburgh Post Gazette Like an old fruitcake, disputes about nativity scenes and the separation of church and state seem to follow the Pittsburgh area around. ... http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10341/1108855-58.stm Douglas County school board to take up voucher proposal Tuesday Denver Post He cites a 1982 legal challenge over a Colorado grant for higher education — Americans United for Separation of Church and State Fund Inc. vs. ... http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16794486 School graduations in church eyed in Cobb, DeKalb Atlanta Journal Constitution ... about the environments in those churches," Alex Luchenitser, an attorney for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said Wednesday. ... http://www.ajc.com/news/school-graduations-in-church-770625.html Douglas County moves school vouchers proposal forward kwgn.com "I personally believe in a strong separation of church and state," said Cindy Barnart. All of these issues will now be researched to determine the ... http://www.kwgn.com/news/kdvr-douglas-county-wrangles-with-s-120710,0,3350541.story Outrage over plans for Noah's Ark theme park NEWS.com.au But ABC News reported that critics are claiming it's "a violation of the separation of church and state", and that "the government shouldn't be using its ... http://www.news.com.au/travel/world/noahs-ark-park/story-e6frfqai-1225967725655 MISCELLANEOUS Door To Door Atheists Give Mormons A Taste Of Their Own Knock-Knock Medicine BestWeekEver.tv (satire) Anyway, he bought himself a button down and tie, a ticket to Utah, and began his crusade as a door-to-door atheist. As you can imagine, the locals were not ... http://www.bestweekever.tv/2010-12-07/door-to-door-atheists-give-mormons-a-taste-of-their-own-knock-knock-medicine/ 'Desaturated Santa' hits SantaCon for second year Los Angeles Times Brody, an atheist who doesn't celebrate the holiday, first appeared as “Desaturated Santa” at the Bay Area event last year as “something of a lark. ... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/12/desaturated-santa-hits-sf-santacon-for-second-year.html |