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Posted by Kimberly Winston 5 weeks 11 hours ago
An organization of nonbelievers is threatening legal action against public schools that participate in an evangelical Christian charity that delivers Christmas toys to poor children.The American Humanist Association, a national advocacy organization with 20,000 members nationwide, sent letters this week to two public elementary schools after parents complained their children were being asked to collect toys and money for Operation Christmas Child.Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical relief organization founded by Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham. Its stated mission is "to follow the example of Christ by helping those in need and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel."The toys collected by Operation Christmas Child come with an invitation for recipients to accept Christianity. Since its founding in 1993, Operation Christmas Child has sent 100 million boxes of toys to poor children.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 6 weeks 2 days ago
Like lots of college students, Lauren has a smartphone loaded with some of the most popular apps around — Facebook, Twitter, and eBay. And like a lot of unbelievers, she asked to not use her full name because her family doesn't know about her closet atheism.One of the apps she uses most regularly is YouVersion, a free Bible app that puts a library's worth of translations — more than 700 — in the palm of her hand. Close to 115 million people have downloaded YouVersion, making it among the most popular apps of all time.But Lauren, a 22-year-old chemistry major from Colorado, is not interested in the app's mission to deepen faith and biblical literacy. A newly minted atheist, she uses her YouVersion Bible app to try to persuade people away from the Christianity she grew up in."I know of a lot of atheists who have come to their nonbelief by actually reading the Bible rather than just the fluffy stories they choose to tell you about in church," she said. "Reading the full story with all its contradictions and violence and sexism, it should make you think, 'Is this really what I believe in?' At least it did for me."Lauren is not alone. No one knows how many atheists have downloaded YouVersion and other smartphone and tablet Bible apps, but it is enough that word of the phenomenon has reached the Edmond, Okla., headquarters of LifeChurch.tv, the evangelical megachurch that created the app.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 7 weeks 3 days ago
Air Force Academy cadets will no longer be required to include the words "so help me God" when taking their annual Honor Oath.On Friday officials at the Colorado Springs, Colo., campus announced its 4,000 current cadets would be allowed to opt out of the final phrase of their honor code, which they reaffirm each of their four years of study and training."Here at the Academy, we work to build a culture of dignity and respect, and that respect includes the ability of our cadets, Airmen and civilian Airmen to freely practice and exercise their religious preference — or not," said Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, the academy's superintendent, in a statement."So in the spirit of respect, cadets may or may not choose to finish the Honor Oath with 'So help me God.'"The current oath reads: "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does. Furthermore, I resolve to do my duty and to live honorably, so help me God."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 8 weeks 3 days ago
What was supposed to be a touchy-feely, one-on-one interview by Oprah Winfrey with long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has morphed into a broader, sometimes angry exchange about what it means to be an atheist.Earlier this month Winfrey, 59, hosted Nyad on "Super Soul Sunday," her weekly talk program on cable's Oprah Winfrey Network. Nyad, 64, recently completed a 53-hour solo swim from Cuba to Florida.During the hourlong segment, Nyad declared herself an atheist.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 9 weeks 12 hours ago
The number of Hispanic-Americans who say they adhere to no religion is growing and now rivals the number of Hispanic evangelicals, a new study has found.The share of Hispanics living in the U.S. who say they are atheist, agnostic, or have no religious affiliation has reached 12 percent, according to the 2013 Hispanic Values Survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. That is double the rate reported in 1990 by the American Religious Identification Survey.Researchers say Hispanic "nones" are now statistically equal to the number of U.S. Hispanic evangelical Protestants — 13 percent — and warn of a religious divide in the Hispanic community that will be felt for decades to come.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 11 weeks 3 days ago
A former United Methodist minister-turned-atheist was dismissed from her high-profile position at Harvard University on Thursday after it was revealed she falsified her resume.Teresa MacBain, one of the most high-profile nonbelievers in the country after profiles by NPR, The New York Times, and Religion News Service, was fired from her newly created position with the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 13 weeks 3 days ago
Few outside the atheist community — and even many inside it — would argue that atheism has an image problem.Every challenge to the First Amendment seems to bring to the airwaves some version of an angry atheist versus a sputtering religious pundit. Cooler, calmer heads seldom make an appearance.Now, a new feature-length documentary from a first-time filmmaker hopes to put a more human, middle-of-the-road face on American atheism. Called "Hug an Atheist," the film will made its debut Saturday at the fifth annual San Francisco Atheist Film Festival before seeking wider distribution at other film festivals and on television.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 15 weeks 2 days ago
Massachusetts' highest court on Wednesday will consider whether the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is a violation of students' rights.Since the addition of the phrase "under God" in 1954, the pledge has been challenged repeatedly as a violation of the separation of church and state. In 2004, one case reached the Supreme Court, but ultimately failed, as have all previous challenges.But the current case before the state's Supreme Judicial Court, Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, is different because lawyers for the plaintiffs, an anonymous atheist couple, won't be arguing about federal law but rather that the compulsory recitation of the pledge violates the state's equal rights laws. They argue that the daily recitation of the pledge is a violation of their guarantee of equal protection under those laws.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 17 weeks 3 days ago
A new study of almost a century's worth of data shows that the smarter you are, the less likely you are to believe in God.The study, conducted by Miron Zuckerman, a psychologist at the University of Rochester, examined the findings of 63 earlier studies — one dating back to the 1920s — that measured intelligence and religiosity. The majority of those studies found that more intelligent people were more likely to lack religious beliefs."The relation between intelligence and religion is negative," Zuckerman said. "It was very early in the study that we realized that."But Zuckerman is careful to point out that his work — known as a "meta-study" because it examines a range of other studies — does not mean only dumb people believe in God.Rather, he said, it shows only that more intelligent people may have less need for religion.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 21 weeks 17 hours ago
House lawmakers late Tuesday approved an amendment to a Pentagon spending bill to prevent the appointment of nonreligious military chaplains.The amendment, sponsored by Rep. John C. Fleming, R-La., requires that only religious organizations be permitted to endorse chaplains for the military."The amendment holds the military to its current standards on endorsing agencies, which must be recognized religious and faith-based organizations," said Fleming's spokesman, Doug Sachtleben.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 21 weeks 2 days ago
If Jason Heap has his way, he'll trade his Oxford tweeds for the crisp whites of a newly minted U.S. Navy chaplain."This is my chance to give back to my country," said Heap, 38. "I want to use my skills on behalf of our people in the service. Hopefully, the Navy will see where I can be useful."But Heap's goal is not assured. He fits the requirements — with master's degrees from both Brite Divinity School and Oxford University. His paperwork is complete. He passed the physical tests and has been interviewed by a Navy chaplain. The only thing he does not have is an endorsement from a religious organization approved by the Navy.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 23 weeks 3 days ago
Nearly half of all Americans — 48 percent — say the growing number of nonreligious people is "bad for society," according to a poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.But about the same amount — 50 percent — say the rise in nonreligious people is either a good thing (39 percent), or doesn't matter (11 percent).The findings flesh out last year's Pew Forum survey on the "nones," the one in five Americans who report no formal religious affiliation. But the results also illustrate the divided reactions to this trend between those who are religious and those who are not.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 24 weeks 2 days ago
When KellyAnne Kitchin began home schooling her three sons three years ago, she had difficulty finding curriculum programs that fit her atheist and humanist beliefs.So Kitchin, 33, cobbled together what she could. She left out one geography textbook's description of the earth as God's creation and another's disdain for Darwin, and substituted her own point of view — that no supernatural powers guide human beings, who alone have the power to improve the world.She also found many online forums for home-schoolers were unwelcoming. Some had statements faith members needed to agree to. On others she was made to feel unwelcome because of her lack of beliefs.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 25 weeks 3 days ago
A woman who has lived legally in this country for more than 30 years was granted her request to become a naturalized United States citizen Thursday after initially being refused conscientious objector status because she is not religious.Margaret Doughty, who came to the U.S. in 1980 from England, was informed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that unless she provided a letter from a church or a religious official by June 21 backing up her assertion that her "lifelong spiritual/religious beliefs" would prevent her from taking up arms for the U.S., her application would be denied.Immigrants seeking citizenship must pledge to defend the U.S., unless they can prove they are conscientious objectors — people whose religious beliefs prevent them from engaging in war. Conscientious objector status has been awarded to Quakers, Buddhists, and others.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 28 weeks 12 hours ago
After years of fights over religious monuments on public land, a county courthouse in Northern Florida will soon be the home of the nation's first monument to atheism on public property.On June 29, the group American Atheists will unveil a 1,500-pound granite bench engraved with secular-themed quotations from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and its founder, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, among others, in front of the Bradford County Courthouse in Starke, Fla.The New-Jersey-based group, which has a membership of about 4,000 atheists, humanists, and other non-believers, won the right to erect the monument in a settlement reached in March over a six-ton granite display of the Ten Commandments on the same property.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 29 weeks 12 hours ago
The decision by the Boy Scouts of America to accept openly gay Scouts has raised the question: Are atheists and other nonbelievers — the only remaining group BSA still bans — next?No one is holding their breath, least of all Neil Polzin, an Eagle Scout who was fired from his job in 2009 as an aquatics director at a Boy Scout camp in San Diego after he admitted to being an atheist."I don't see that happening, at least not in the immediate future," Polzin said. "The focus has always been on the Scouts' discrimination against gays and it seems atheists were always on a back burner or not discussed at all."But that doesn't mean nonbelievers — atheists, humanists, and other nontheists — have abandoned their quest for inclusion. In the wake of the BSA's May 23 vote that led to the inclusion of gay Scouts — but not gay scoutmasters — every major organization of nonbelievers has issued a statement condemning their continued exclusion.A BSA official declined to comment, but issued a statement that said, in part, that since the organization had "just completed a lengthy review process, there are no plans for further review on this matter."The problem for atheists lies in an oath in which scouts promise to "do my duty to God and my country." Some nonbelievers have suggested their sons change the word "God" to "good," but the BSA has remained firm. Some atheist children have been asked to leave after years in Scouting when it was revealed that they did not believe in God.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 29 weeks 1 day ago
Meet Robert Ingersoll, the most famous American atheist you've probably never heard of.A self-educated attorney and atheist, Ingersoll was a Victorian-era rock star who could pack theaters from Texas to New York with people who came from hundreds of miles around to hear "The Great Agnostic" lecture against religion.He was courted by politicians, his likeness was carved in stone, and when he died in 1899, newspapers around the country carried his obituary. A Civil War veteran, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 33 weeks 6 days ago
Several atheist protests planned for Thursday outside Bangladeshi embassies and consulates were postponed in the wake of Wednesday's building collapse that killed at least 244 people in that country's capital, Dhaka.A coalition of secularist advocacy groups originally planned to rally in London and several cities in the U.S. and Canada over the arrests of four atheist bloggers who were charged with blasphemy in the officially Muslim nation.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 34 weeks 1 day ago
An international consortium of nonbelievers is planning rallies Thursday outside Bangladeshi embassies and consulates to demand the release of several Bangladeshi bloggers who were arrested on charges of blasphemy.The rallies are in support of four Bangladeshi men arrested earlier this month for "hurting religious sentiments," a crime tied to an 1860 law that can carry up to 10 years in jail.The four men — all bloggers — staged a sit-in at a public square demanding a ban on the country's largest Islamic political party; Islam is the official state religion in Bangladesh.
Posted by Caleb Bell, Kimberly Winston 34 weeks 6 days ago
President Barack Obama praised Bostonians for their actions "in the face of evil" during an interfaith memorial service on Thursday for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing."You've shown us, Boston, that in the face of evil, Americans will lift up what's good. In the face of cruelty, we will choose compassion," Obama said.The 90-minute service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross featured local political figures and religious leaders from Christian, Jewish and Islamic traditions. Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley shared a greeting with the congregants from Pope Francis."The Holy Father invokes God's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering and God's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response," O'Malley said.Obama opened his remarks with Scripture, and quoted it throughout his speech.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 35 weeks 2 days ago
HOUSTON — Sunday mornings at Houston Oasis may look and feel of a church, but there's no cross, Bible, hymnal, or stained glass depictions of Jesus. There's also nary a trace of doctrine, dogma, or theology.But the 80 or so attendees at this new weekly gathering for nonbelievers come for many of the same reasons that others pack churches in this heavily Christian corner of the Bible Belt — a sense of community and an uplifting message that will help them tackle the challenges of the coming week, and, maybe, the rest of their lives."Just because you don't believe in God does not mean you do not need to get together in community and draw strength from that," said Mike Aus, a onetime Lutheran pastor who is now an atheist and founder of Houston Oasis."We are open to any message about life as long as no dogmatic claims are made."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 37 weeks 3 days ago
For someone who was once dubbed "the most hated woman in America," Madalyn Murray O'Hair is getting a lot of love in this city she once called home. Ten years after her mysterious disappearance in August 1995, the legacy of activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair still influences atheists in America today. She was known for her role in the landmark 1963 Supreme Court decision in Murray vs. Curlett, which, combined with Abington vs. Schempp, ended prayer in public schools across the U.S. and turned her into the self- described "most hated woman in America." She is depicted here in a Religion News Service file photo from the 1970s.New Jersey-based American Atheists, the group O'Hair founded here in 1963 to further the separation of church and state, is marking its 50th anniversary with a three-day convention that's expected to draw more than 900 people in its former hometown.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 38 weeks 2 days ago
This Easter, Teresa MacBain will mark an anniversary that's uncommon for an ordained minister — her first year as an atheist.Last March, MacBain, now 45, stood at a podium before hundreds of people in a Maryland hotel ballroom at the national convention of American Atheists and told them that, after a lifetime as a Christian and 15 years as a pulpit pastor, she had lost her faith.Her coming out was national news, and she expected it would cost her her position as pastor of a United Methodist church, and she expected she might lose some friends and family members. In the last year, she has lost all those things.But there have been gains, too, including a new career, the embrace of a new community that she had been taught to distrust and a newfound sense of confidence.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 39 weeks 3 days ago
What would an "atheist Lent" look like? A group of young nonbelievers are finding out, observing the Christian practice minus its religious context.They have given up alcohol, animal products, and various Internet and cellphone interactions. One has vowed to make a daily Lenten practice of telling those he encounters how important they are to him.But their observance of the 40-day period in which many Christians abstain from worldly desires in a bid to come closer to God has upset some atheists who say borrowing religious traditions is antithetical to nontheism.The exercise has also illustrated a divide in the nontheist community – between older atheists who see religion as inherently evil and younger atheists who are more open to interactions with religious belief.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 41 weeks 2 days ago
On a summer night in a Western town of flat fields and hazy sunsets, a young woman stood outside a Greyhound bus with a ticket in her hand and a backpack over her shoulder. Boarding the bus, she said later, would be the hardest thing she had done in her 18 years.Harder than saying a last goodbye to her mother, father, and five siblings that morning. Harder than the two years since as she tried to make a new life, alone, in a strange city.Now 20, she asked to go by the name Samya. If her true identity were known, Samya believes, her family would seek her out and possibly kill her. They would certainly try to persuade her — if not force her — to come home.Her parents, she said, think she is guilty of two serious crimes: She rejected a marriage arranged by her father, who came to the U.S. from the Middle East when Samya was an infant. And perhaps more serious to her parents: She has become an atheist.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 15 hours ago
A new report on global religious identity shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation — including atheists and agnostics — are now the third-largest "religious" group in the world.The study, released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, found that more than eight in 10 (84 percent) of the world's 7 billion people adheres to some form of religion. Christians make up the largest group, with 2.2 billion adherents, or 23 percent worldwide, followed by Muslims, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent worldwide.Close behind are the "nones" — those who say they have no religious affiliation or say they do not believe in God — at 1. 1 billion, or 16 percent. That means that about the same number of people who identify as Catholics worldwide say they have no religion."One out of six people does not have a religious identity," said Conrad Hackett, a primary researcher and demographer on the study. "But it is also striking that that overwhelming majority of the world does have some type of religious identity. So I think people will be surprised by either way of looking at it."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 1 day ago
A billboard bearing a positive message about atheism has been vandalized — again.A billboard posted in Chico, Calif., that originally read "Don't believe in God? Join the club" was defaced on Dec. 12, less than a week after it appeared, with vandals removing the word "don't." The billboard was one of 12 purchased this month by a local chapter of the United Coalition of Reason (UnitedCoR), a national organization that works to unite small, local groups of atheists and other freethinkers.They are the latest in a long line of billboards erected by atheist groups to draw ire, both locally and nationally. Every national freethought organization that has purchased billboards or bus advertisements in the last five years has reported some form of vandalism or protest.If the billboards attract negative attention, criticism, and vandalism, why do atheists — a group that polls repeatedly rank among the least-liked group in America — buy them? Are they worth the money and the ill will they cost the groups that buy them?
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 2 days ago
The estranged son of a Kansas pastor famous for protesting the funerals of soldiers and AIDS victims has condemned his family's plans to picket the funerals of the 26 people — including 20 children — who were killed when a gunman stormed a Connecticut elementary school.In the wake of Friday's massacre in Newtown, Conn., members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., posted Twitter messages saying they would picket outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The messages provided no information on the time of the planned picketing."Westboro 'God hates Fags' Baptist Church is planning to picket at Sandy Hook, to praise 'God's judgment,'" was posted by Margie Phelps, the daughter of Westboro leader Fred Phelps Sr. Her sister, Shirley Phelps-Roper, tweeted Saturday that the group would "sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 2 weeks ago
A federal court in Indiana has rejected atheists' requests to preside at wedding ceremonies, saying only clergy or public officials are licensed to solemnize marriages.A lawsuit filed by the Indiana chapter of the Center for Inquiry argued that an Indiana law that requires marriages to be "solemnized" — made official by signing a marriage license — only by clergy, judges, mayors or local government clerks violates the Constitution.But Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled on Nov. 30 that marriage has religious roots. Therefore, government regulation of marriage is an act of religious accommodation — not endorsement — and protected by the Constitution.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 3 weeks ago
As the assistant humanist chaplain at Harvard University, Chris Stedman coordinates its "Values in Action" program. In his recent book, Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious, he tells how he went from a closeted gay evangelical Christian to an "out" atheist, and, eventually, a Humanist.On the blog NonProphet Status, and now in the book, Stedman calls for atheists and the religious to come together around interfaith work. It is a position that has earned him both strident -- even violent -- condemnation and high praise. Stedman talked with RNS about how and why the religious and atheists should work together.Some answers have been edited for length and clarity.Q: What does the term "faitheist" mean? Is it a positive label or a derisive one? A: It's one of several words used by some atheists to describe other atheists who are seen as too accommodating of religion. But to me, being a faitheist means that I prioritize the pursuit of common ground, and that I'm willing to put "faith" in the idea that religious believers and atheists can and should focus on areas of agreement and work in broad coalitions to advance social justice.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 4 weeks ago
A First Amendment watchdog group is suing the Internal Revenue Service for failing to challenge the tax-exempt status of churches whose pastors engage in partisan politicking from the pulpit.The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which advocates total separation of church and state, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Western Wisconsin, where the 19,000-member organization is based.The lawsuit claims that as many as 1,500 pastors engaged in "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" on Sunday, Oct. 7, when pastors endorsed one or more candidates, which is a violation of IRS rules for non-profit organizations.IRS rules state that organizations classified as 501(c)(3) non-profits — a tax-exempt status most churches and other religious institutions claim — cannot participate or intervene in "any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any political candidate."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 5 weeks ago
Rep. Pete Stark, (D-Calif.), the only openly atheist member of Congress, lost his race for another term on Tuesday.But nonbelievers will not remain unrepresented in the Capitol. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, a former Arizona state senator, Mormon-turned-nontheist and a bisexual, has narrowly won her pitch for a House seat by 2,000 votes."We are sad to see Pete Stark go," said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, which gave Stark its Humanist of the Year award in 2008."He was a pioneer for us, and by being open about his lack of a belief in God we hope that he has opened the door for people like Kyrsten Sinema and others that will come after her."Stark, who turns 80 this year, is the dean of the California congressional delegation and has served Fremont, a religiously diverse community near San Jose, since 1972. He "came out" as a nonbeliever in 2007, and went on to win two re-election bids. But this time he faced recent redistricting and a fellow Democratic challenger, Eric Salwell, almost 50 years his junior. "I don't think his lack of belief in a god had anything to do with the results of this election," Speckhardt said. "The numbers were close."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 5 weeks ago
Last month, Lauren Anderson Youngblood, communications manager for the Secular Coalition for America, approached Broderick Johnson, a senior adviser to the Obama campaign, as they both left a conference on religion and the election.The SCA is an umbrella group representing 11 nontheistic organizations. So who, Youngblood asked Johnson, could she reach out to with their concerns about civil rights, access to health care and education?"He said, 'We don't view you as a constituency,'" Youngblood said. "He said, 'We don't do outreach to that community.'"After Tuesday's election, that may soon change. According to a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life study released last month, "nones" — those who say they have no religious affiliation or do not believe in God — are the fastest-growing faith group in America, at 20 percent of the population, or 46 million adults.In addition, nationwide exit polls conducted Tuesday show that "nones" made up 12 percent of all voters — more than the combined number of voters who are Jewish, Muslim or members of other non-Christian faiths (9 percent), and only slightly smaller than the combined number of Hispanic Catholics and Black Protestants (14 percent).
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 7 weeks ago
Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a non-religious family that's challenging the mandatory daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in their children's classrooms.The family, who are secular humanists, claim that the phrase "under God" in the pledge is a violation of the state's constitutional ban on religious discrimination.In June, a lower court ruled against the family, saying the required recitation of the pledge was not discriminatory because it did not uphold one religion over another. The family appealed, and will now gain a hearing from the state's highest court.The battle to remove "under God" from the pledge has been a long and, so far, unsuccessful one within atheist circles. California atheist Michael Newdow unsuccessfully argued for its removal before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004.This time, the suit seeks protection under a state constitution's equal protection measure, not under the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of the separation of church and state."There is very little case law that precedes this," said Bill Burgess, director of the American Humanist Association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center, which is representing the plaintiffs. "The court will be making new law when it issues its decision."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 12 weeks ago
Hester Prynne would be so proud.The red letter "A" that Nathaniel Hawthorne's heroine was forced to wear as a badge of shame in the classic novel The Scarlet Letter is now proudly chosen by atheists to wear on jewelry made from ceramic, silver, gold, and wood.Christians have their crosses and crucifixes, Jews their Stars of David, Hindus their oms, and Buddhists their lotuses. Atheists ask, why shouldn't they and other nonbelievers have their own symbols as well?"It is the most recognized symbol in our community right now," said Amy Roth, a Los Angeles atheist who makes ceramic "A" pendants for her "Surlyramics" jewelry line that she sells at atheist conventions and meetings, as well as online.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 12 weeks ago
Cheerleaders at an East Texas high school are fighting their school district's orders to stop using Bible quotes on their signs at football games.In August, cheerleaders at Kountze High School, a school with fewer than 500 students 30 miles north of Beaumont, Texas, began painting Bible verses on large paper signs football players burst through at the beginning of games.But this week, Kountze Independent School District Superintendent Kevin Weldon called for an end to the banners after consulting with a legal adviser at the Texas Association of School Boards."It is not a personal opinion of mine," Weldon told KHOU, a Houston television station. "My personal convictions are that I am a Christian as well. But I'm also a state employee and Kountze ISD representative. And I was advised that such a practice would be in direct violation of United States Supreme Court decisions."That prompted the cheerleaders and their supporters to launch a Facebook page, "Support Kountze Kids Faith," which attracted 34,000 members in its first 24 hours — more than 10 times the population of Kountze.Parents of at least three cheerleaders have hired an attorney and are considering suing the school district.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 13 weeks ago
Jacques Berlinerblau wastes no ink in his new book trying to flatter his fellow nonbelievers."American atheist movements, though fancying themselves a lion, are more like the gimpy little zebra crossing the river full of crocs," he writes in How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom. Ouch. "In terms of both political gains and popular appeal, nonbelievers in the United States have little to show. They are encircled by cunning, swarming [religious] Revivalist adversaries who know how to play the atheist card." Berlinerblau, a Georgetown University biblical scholar who teaches a course on secularism, wants to rescue that little zebra. But his plan may be a hard-sell with some atheists — he wants atheist groups to drop their black-and-white opposition to religion and its adherents in order to preserve the Constitution's guarantee of freedom of religion. "The gimpy zebra remark was a little goofing on this over-the-top chest-thumping that emerges from Movement Atheists," he said in an interview, referring to atheist organizations with political goals, like American Atheists. "They wildly overestimate their numbers. They tend to overestimate the efficacy of their activism. They underestimate how disciplined and organized their adversaries in the religious right are, too."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 15 weeks ago
[Editor's Note: David Niose is president of the American Humanist Association and vice president of the Secular Coalition for America, a group that lobbies on behalf of nontheist and secular Americans. In his new book, "Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans," he charts the development and growth of the religious right and what he sees as the increasingly organized response from Americans who are committed to the separation of church and state. Some answers have been edited for length and clarity.]Q: You write about the 1912 presidential election as one in which all four candidates were sympathetic to evolution, science and religious skepticism. Today, a presidential candidate favors evolution at his or her peril. What's changed?A: What has changed is the environment of politics, particularly the level of political discourse. Thanks to the rise of the religious right, many candidates today actually emphasize their anti-intellectualism as a selling point to voters. Conservative Christians have always been part of the voter pool, of course, but only in recent decades have they been organizing and flexing their muscle as a voting bloc. Many candidates get mileage by pandering to conservative religion, by openly rejecting science and emphasizing their biblical literalist views.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 17 weeks ago
There were no red carpets, no paparazzi, no celebrities, and definitely no God at the recent annual Atheist Film Festival.Instead, there were more than a dozen films, long and short, about separation of church and state, freedom of religion (and no religion), the conflict between science and religion in public schools, and a couple hundred people eager to see them."If we don't do this, who will?" said festival organizer Dave Fitzgerald, as people picked up atheist-themed books and T-shirts at the Aug. 10-11 festival. "Atheists are not well-represented by Hollywood, and a lot of people don't get any exposure to real atheist thought except through things like this."Fitzgerald, who calls himself "a freelance heretic," started the festival four years ago. His main criteria for including a film is that it shows at least one atheist figure in a positive light."My motto is: Are they heretic friendly?" Fitzgerald said. "We are in a position where we can actually turn away movies because their hearts might be in the right place, but they may be stilted and preachy."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 18 weeks ago
Religiosity is on the decline in the U.S. and atheism is on the rise, according to a new worldwide poll.The poll, called "The Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism," found that the number of Americans who say they are "religious" dropped from 73 percent in 2005 (the last time the poll was conducted) to 60 percent.At the same time, the number of Americans who say they are atheists rose, from 1 percent to 5 percent.The poll was conducted by WIN-Gallup International and is based on interviews with 50,000 people from 57 countries and five continents. Participants were asked, "Irrespective of whether you attend a place of worship or not, would you say you are a religious person, not a religious person, or a convinced atheist?"The seven years between the polls is notable because 2005 saw the publication of The End of Faith by Sam Harris, the first in a wave of best-selling books on atheism by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and other so-called "New Atheists."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 20 weeks ago
For the second time in less than a year, the Gallup poll reports that a majority of Americans would vote for an atheist for president.The latest survey, from June, found that 54 percent of those asked said they would vote a "well- qualified" atheist into the Oval Office — the highest percentage since Gallup began asking the question in 1958, when only 18 percent said they would back a nonbeliever.On the other hand, the survey showed that those who do not believe in God still come in behind every other group polled for, including gays and lesbians (68 percent) and Muslims (58 percent).Still, an imaginary atheist candidate passed the 50 percent threshold for the first time when Gallup asked the question in August 2011, so the trend is upward."We have seen an enormous change over time in the willingness to vote for an atheist," said Karlyn Bowman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, which reports the numbers in its current newsletter."But I think the numbers also remind us that this is a deeply religious country. That doesn't mean we are all going to church on Sunday, but that having religion in your life is valuable to most Americans and I think that explains the resistance."
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 21 weeks ago
The atheist community has embraced the cause of an Indonesian man, Alexander Aan, who was beaten and jailed after denying God's existence on Facebook and posting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.The Center for Inquiry, a Washington-based humanist organization, launched a petition Tuesday (July 17) on behalf of Alexander Aan, a 30-year-old Indonesian civil servant currently serving a 30-month jail sentence for "deliberately spreading information inciting religious hatred and animosity," according to the judge who sentenced him.The petition asks the Obama administration to pressure the Indonesian government for Aan's release and for better protection of religious freedom in that country, the most populous Muslim nation in the world.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 22 weeks ago
For one hot August night, the St. Paul Saints, a Minnesota minor league baseball team, will become the "Mr. Paul Aints" in a game sponsored by a local atheist group.Dubbed "A Night of Unbelievable Fun," the Aug. 10 game against the Amarillo Sox will include an auction of players' special "Aints" jerseys, fireworks and a ceremonial first pitch by David Silverman, president of American Atheists.The letter "S" in all Saints signs and logos around the stadium will be covered, and there are planned references to Big Foot, UFOs, and other targets of the skeptical community, team officials said.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 22 weeks ago
Nontheists — both male and female — have shared stories of unwanted sexual attention at nontheist gatherings, including propositions for sex and unwelcome touching. Chatter has ranged from calls for more women to attend nontheist events to personal attacks on prominent female skeptics for discussing harassment. Meanwhile, two more skeptic/feminist bloggers announced they will not attend TAM.The debate has had two major impacts — a call for cooler tempers and the immediate implementation of sexual harassment policies by all of the major nontheist organizations, both national and regional.No one is suggesting that all nontheist events are unsafe for women. But the controversy has members of the nontheist community, which prides itself on its embrace of rational thinking, asking whether they have a sexual harassment problem. And if so, what should be done?
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 23 weeks ago
Dale McGowan is an author and executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a nontheistic charitable organization. He was recently enlisted to write "Atheism for Dummies," the first book about nontheists from the "Dummies" series of books.He spoke recently with Religion News Service about religious doubt, what religious believers and atheists have in common, and what "dummies" need to know about atheism. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 24 weeks ago
In another sign of the emergence of nonbelievers in American society, the Secular Student Alliance, a national organization of more than 300 college-based clubs for atheists, humanists, agnostics and other "freethinkers," is helping to establish clubs for high school students to hang out with other teens who share their skepticism about the supernatural."I am hoping that atheist students having their clubs and religious students having their clubs will promote dialogue," said JT Eberhard, director of SSA's high school program. "I also hope it will let the atheist students know that you can be an atheist and its okay. You are still a good person. We want to say: Here is a place where you can feel that."There were about a dozen such clubs at the beginning of the 2011-2012 academic school year, a figure that rose to 39 in 17 states by summer break. The clubs are student-led, with SSA providing information and guidance only upon a student's request.Some clubs are in states with high levels of "nones" -- people who claim no religious affiliation -- such as New York, Washington and California. But some are in the buckle of the Bible Belt: North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas all have at least one high school with a club for atheists.And more are forming. Students at 73 different high schools have requested "starter kits" since January of this year, according to SSA.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 26 weeks ago
How much money does the U.S. government forgo by not taxing religious institutions? According to a University of Tampa professor, perhaps as much as $71 billion a year.Ryan Cragun, an assistant professor of sociology, and two students examined U.S. tax laws to estimate the total cost of tax exemptions for religious institutions — on property, donations, business enterprises, capital gains and "parsonage allowances," which permit clergy to deduct housing costs.Their article appears in the current issue of Free Inquiry magazine, published by the Council for Secular Humanism, an organization of nontheists. U.S. tax law grants religious groups and other nonprofits the exemptions because of their charitable nature.And while the authors do not claim theirs is a comprehensive or unbiased appraisal, their findings have raised eyebrows in the nontheist community, which has long sought to eliminate the tax exemptions on the grounds that they unfairly favor religious institutions.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 29 weeks ago
Atheists and others who don't adhere to a religion often say they can be good without God. Now, three new studies appear to back them up.Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley conducted three experiments that show less religious people perform acts of generosity more from feelings of compassion than do more religious people. The findings were published in the current issue of the online journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.Their results challenge traditional thinking about what drives religious people to perform acts of kindness for others."The main take-away from the research is that there may be very different reasons why more and less religious people behave generously, when they do," said Robb Willer, an assistant professor of sociology at Berkeley and a co-author of the studies.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 32 weeks ago
Their issues are predominantly liberal and their constituency strongly leans Democratic, but a leading secularist group hopes a high-rolling Republican lobbyist is just who they need to open doors on Capitol Hill.The Secular Coalition for America on Thursday (May 3) hired Edwina Rogers, who has worked for two Republican presidents and four Republican senators, as its new executive director. The SCA has 11 member groups -- many of them officially at odds with Republican politicians and policies -- including American Atheists and the American Humanist Association.
Posted by Kimberly Winston 1 year 33 weeks ago
The Clergy Project is an online support network for pastors who have lost their faith and found atheism.The goal of the project is not to pull pastors from the pulpit, but to provide those who have already lost their faith with a safe place to anonymously discuss what comes next. The hope is they will eventually feel strong enough to put their families, friends and careers on the line and announce their atheism."When you leave the ministry, you can lose all of that, " said Dan Barker, a former minister, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and a founder of The Clergy Project. "You have to ask yourself, 'Who am I now?' . . . . The Clergy Project is a place where their self-respect is restored."


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1 week 3 days ago | No good time for the wave |
I kept thinking about the wave and then I realized that we all needed to be. Into the game and not doing the wave. |
1 week 3 days ago | It was great |
One of the best I've been to. It definitely rivals UTL I and UTL II. I liked how the crowd was pumped up from beginning to end. |
1 week 6 days ago | Not angry |
I'm totally an opportunist. Every person who has more priority points than me who doesn't renew is great for me. If a lot of older fans with blue lot spots abandon, I might get one. |
2 weeks 14 hours ago | Tix same |
And PSD increases. I thought the letter said the PSDs were increasing to keep ticket prices the same. Or I could just be imagining that. I'm tired, so who knows? |
2 weeks 14 hours ago | Real answer |
No. |
2 weeks 15 hours ago | Totally renewing |
We are totally renewing and building our priority points. We will work our way into the Blue Lot and it will be great! And in 2 years, our home schedule is great! Maybe we can win by then. |
2 weeks 1 day ago | There's an app for that |
it's called PicToBrick. You can take any picture, you set the size and it converts your pic to legos. Now, you may not have all the variations of blue or yellow or red that it says you need, so you can just wing it and use the same blue all over for the jersey, but it will look better if you have more variety of colors. The app even tells you how many of each color and size you need, so you could go buy all the specific bricks. I will have to get a pic of our (4th grade level) mosiac to post. My son had a lot of fun doing it. |
2 weeks 1 day ago | Hockey |
Go to hockey. The atmosphere is great, the students are wound up and Michigan is doing pretty well this year. The tix aren't as expensive this year (I think only $20 for Friday's game against Ohio in the Big Ten opener). Any book reports or biographies that he has to do, make them Michigan centric. We just finished a bio on Tom Brady, including a Lego mosaic of TB playing in Michigan Stadium. |
2 weeks 1 day ago | Alt Candace |
I'm alt Candace from Phineas and Ferb movie. I am super tough and lead the resistance. I care nothing for boys, especially for Jeremy. I would be a relentless drill sargeant. We would do football drills as well as ninja drills. We would be doing the drills stealthily in the sewers and underground passages of the U. A week of intense drills and sweet new ninja moves would lead us to success! |
2 weeks 1 day ago | I think |
you forgot to specify that Creed would be shirtless and wearing leather pants for this. |
4 weeks 2 days ago | ? |
What do you do during TV timeouts? Stare ahead with glazed eyes? It's nice to be able to converse with the people next to you. For instance, my kids were asking about the chains, markers, how do they know where 1st down is, etc.. I was trying to explain but was drowned out. Makes it frustrating to say "Wait until we get home." |
4 weeks 2 days ago | Too loud! |
Play filler if you want, but please don't make me go deaf! It's impossible to talk. I try to talk to my kids and half of what I say is "Repeat that, I couldn't hear you." If they do an end of season survey, I;m definitely going to complain about the volume. |
4 weeks 6 days ago | Ebola air fresheners |
That is so funny! I almost spit my lunch over the computer. It's funny and terrifying. |
8 weeks 12 min ago | Yes |
of course, that, too. But they're not going to tell him, "Taylor, next year we are going to be phasing in a new scheme and we're going to be using our games as "extra practice time" so we think we'll lose more games next year. If you want to win a B10 championship, that's probably not going to happen, so go pro." |
8 weeks 1 hour ago | No |
I think they want Lewan here to show the younger guys the ropes and also as a motivator/leader. |
8 weeks 2 hours ago | Lots of help for people who need it |
I recently had surgery and needed to get some extra help for the MN game. I took a shuttle (Buffalo Lot shuttle on Hoover) and they will take you to your gate if you are more than 1 hour before kickoff. All of the ushers were very accomodating and helpful. Be sure to call the ticket office if you have a handicap sticker because you can get changed to handicap accessible seats. |
8 weeks 3 days ago | Imploding |
I know everything is imploding, but Clown Sauce needs to go to Bolivia and the Pass Interference thread and the Coaching failure threads could probably go, too. |
8 weeks 6 days ago | Thursday and last season |
I think the fact that it is a Thursday night and how bad they were last season is why there are still special deals at this point. I am a season ticket holder and I am not going. We have homework, soccer practice, piano and get to bed at a reasonable time for school. Did I mention last season was painful? |
9 weeks 2 days ago | Unfortunately |
Unfortunately, many times the development of medications falls squarely on the shoulders of large drug companies. There is no incentive for large drug companies to develop a cure, rather, they prefer treatments that can be given over and over. When the patent is up, they come up with a slight modification so they can keep getting the big bucks. You will hear many cases of drugs developed by smaller companies that have great promise towards a cure of many diseases that get bought up by larger drug companies and the drug is shelved. My husband has thought it would be great if someone (government, someone filthy rich, etc...) would give a BILLION dollar reward to the person/company that develops a cure for cancer, DM, etc... Until there is a lot of money in a cure (comparable to repeating monthly payments), there is no incentive for drug companies to do this. |
9 weeks 2 days ago | Yes |
I scrolled through the whole thread waiting to see a comment like this. My solution and yours are very similar: 1. Students get free admission. Note, there is no ticket to resell. The first 25,000 (or whatever allotment) get in free and once validated as students at the gate get a pass for a real general admission seat (i.e. they can sit anywhere in the student section). 2. A corollary to the above could be that students with excellent attendance could be eligible as upperclassmen/grad students to purchase tickets in an adjacent but "better" section. |
9 weeks 3 days ago | Ball control |
Not blowing assignments, blocking for runs, cohesive O line, positive yardage by toussaint, using Chesson and Funchess. |
9 weeks 3 days ago | How about |
A gopher rodeo instead? |
9 weeks 4 days ago | Tim Hortons |
I thought Tim Hortons is the official coffee provider at the Stadium. At least they use their cups. |
9 weeks 4 days ago | Wow! |
You're less optimistic than I am! I say 13-3 Michigan victory. |
9 weeks 4 days ago | Is it |
bittersweet? With bites of pure deliciousness mixed in? |
9 weeks 5 days ago | 13-3 |
Michigan wins a nail biter. |
9 weeks 6 days ago | Wow! |
I went to Case, and while I did know there was a FB team, I had NO IDEA that there was a rivalry with anyone. If anyone I would have guessed Carnegie Mellon or RPI, just based on out geeking each other. |
9 weeks 6 days ago | Generic trophy |
But really deep hatred for each other. They really, really hate each other, maybe even more than Iowa hates Iowa State. What's the N on the helmet stand for? Knowledge! |
9 weeks 6 days ago | Come for the corn.. |
And stay even though it smells like pig farm. If you say "what smell?", then you have lived there too long. I have fallen victim to that myself. Me to husband "Remember when it used to smell here all the time?" He answers. "Yeah, it doesn't smell anymore. We better move if we can't smell it." |
9 weeks 6 days ago | Iowa trophies |
They play Minnesota for Floyd of Rosedale (which was a live pig at first) and Wisconsin for the Heartland Trophy. Minnesota and Wisconsin battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. |

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Crikey! They ate the Christmas tree!
28 December 2007
As you can see from the photo, our goats in Kids Zoo have REALLY been getting into the festive season - so much in fact that they ATE the Christmas tree AND all the decorations!Whilst this taste for pine trees might be a problem if you invite a goat over to your place for Christmas, it actually has a positive aspect too.....
It is this "eating-machine" reputation that goats tend to have that's been used in creating both eco-friendly land clearing businesses and as a successful bush fire prevention method. Goats can be used effectively in almost any location and terrain type to clear unwanted vegetation. So instead of intrusive, heavy machinery damaging, scraping and pushing whatever is in their path into a big burn pile that unfortunately when burnt pollutes the air, a herd of goats let loose will selectively eat the unwanted plants, getting into areas too rocky for machines and without causing heavy weight damage. The added bonus is that the goats leave behind nutrients beneficial for creating healthier soil. Actually because of the way a goat's digestive system works, any seeds are so finely ground up that when passed out as fertilizer cannot germinate thus preventing the spread of unwanted plants. Great result!In high fire risk forest areas, particularly in California, herds of goats are used successfully to clear undergrowth, dry grass, bushes and new green sprigs growing on the sides of the trees. The goats will not eat through the hard bark of mature trees, they just pull down the lower branches with their front legs and eat whatever they can reach, leaving the mature tree unharmed. Clearing at this lower level reduces the fire risk and even if a fire does take hold, it minimizes the "ladder effect" of fire climbing up into the tops of the trees where, once the treetops are alight, spreads the fire rapidly and out of control due to fire embers leaping long distances through the air.
So really goats can be the perfect eco-friendly land clearers and fire fighters and if they want to eat the Christmas tree we reckon they should go for it, they are just practicing doing their bit for the environment!
So Happy Christmas to everyone from the Kids Zoo Crew and our Christmas tree eating kids!
P.S. The decorations on the tree were zucchini, carrot and apple slices hanging from strips of lomandra....yummy!


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Suzanne Garber first learned of a highly appealing job as chief operating officer for the Philadelphia-based Americas Region of International SOS Assistance, a provider of medical assistance and security services, from her longtime mentor. A senior vice president at the company where Garber worked as a manager, he heard about the position from an executive recruiter; it dovetailed with her passions for helping people and international travel. "My mentor received the fax for the job while I was sitting in his office, and he passed it over to me even though he knew it would mean my leaving the company," Garber says. He then provided a reference that helped seal the deal.


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Balance open space, transportation, general fund
Angelique Espinosa & Elisabeth Patterson
The numbers were compelling, and the polling was strong for a scenario that relied on business to do the heavy lifting. We advocated against this approach, arguing instead for the city to better prioritize transportation funding within the existing budget.
Since we last visited this topic ("Don't let transportation 'fee' take us for a ride" – Boulder County Business Report, April 25) a dramatic yet sensible plan for addressing the transportation funding gap has emerged.
In August, the city council voted unanimously to offer voters a long-term, measured approach for which we have advocated so strongly. Ballot questions 2B, 2C and 2D, a package consisting of one new interim tax (2B) and two renewing sales taxes (2C and 2D), represents a careful rebalancing of resources that fully funds the open-space vision plan while investing resources in transportation infrastructure and other city services that contribute to our community's quality of life.
Now for the "wonky bits" (stick with us; this is complicated). The two renewing sales taxes, totaling 0.48 percent, were dedicated to open space programs when first passed. As the council reviewed the budget and prepared to put these taxes up for renewal, it became clear that the Open Space Department could fulfill its highest, vision level plan with significantly less than the full 0.48 percent.
The new plan directs 0.22 percent to open space, and 0.11 percent to basic services such as police, fire and libraries paid by the general fund (2C). Transportation needs (2D), including road maintenance and alternative modes, would receive 0.15 percent in sales tax revenue. A short-term bridge tax of 0.15 percent (2B) appears on the ballot to tide the transportation department over until 2D kicks in, if approved.
Open space will be well-served by this plan. Through 2034, an estimated $155 million would fund land purchases identified in the Acquisition Plan, with $5.6 million yearly for maintenance after 2034. As the land purchases are completed, the remaining revenue would supplement the general fund's 0.11 percent share of 2C to address much-needed basic city services.
As we recover and rebuild from the flood, supporting 2B also makes good sense. This conservative, sun-setting tax would help protect the infrastructure that is so vital to our local businesses. What's more, if 2B fails, look for a proposed transportation fee or property tax to rear its head in the next election cycle. Not only is this the right approach now, it will offset the need to revisit other, less attractive infrastructure financing measures.
A "yes" vote on 2B, 2C and 2D supports a balanced approach to addressing community needs. This package of initiatives maintains our investment in some of Boulder's most important services and programs without placing an onerous burden on businesses.
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Angelique Espinoza and Elisabeth Patterson are members of the public-affairs team at the Boulder Chamber.
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Ideas To Help You Make Valentine's Day Special For Your Kids
Using a little imagination, you can make your Valentine's Day a little more fun and a lot less expensive. If you want to add a little personalized romance or if you don't have the time or money to buy all the pre-made things in the store, here are some ideas to help you make the day special.
For the Kids
- My mom always made a great but inexpensive Valentine's Day treat for us. She would take construction paper and cut a big heart out of it (about 8 x 10 inches). Then, she would staple the edges together and write our names and an "I love you" on the outside. She would fill the heart with candy, purchased on clearance after Christmas. It was very inexpensive but we loved it!
- Do a Valentine's treasure hunt. Leave little notes around with the last one leading back to the kitchen table with a heart full of candy.
For Lunches
- Make heart-shaped Valentine's cookies by cutting the kids (or hubby's) sandwiches with heart-shaped cookie cutters to make a heart sandwich. Add a few Valentine's chocolates and put a note in red with a big heart on their napkin.
- Serve anything red for the day. Serve red Jell-O, red pudding, red apples, toast with strawberry jelly, tomato soup, red applesauce, red Kool-Aid, strawberry milk or red frosted cookies. Use powered food coloring from the cake store to get the deepest shade of red. Leave sticks of red gum in their Valentine's Day cards.
- Make red heart-shaped cupcakes. Make cupcakes as usual but place a marble down the side of the muffin tin between the muffin tin and each cupcake cup. This will make heart-shaped cupcakes.
- Make hearts out of chocolate chips in each of your pancakes.
- Mail your pre-addressed and stamped Valentines to Loveland, Colo., and they will postmark them and mail them for you. Send them to: Postmaster, Attn: Valentines, Loveland, CO 80537
- Make a treasure hunt for your spouse. Start by mailing or e-mailing him the first clue. Then leave clues all over the house, yard, car or his office telling him where to find the next clue. End the hunt by making a picnic in the backyard or going to a park for a picnic. Use your imagination and have fun. The simple things are the ones people remember.
For or With Your Honey
- Go to a bookstore and enjoy the silence and browse. Get a cup of coffee and make a date of it.
- Celebrate Valentine's Day after Valentine's Day. Everything is half off!
- Mail a love letter to your hubby's work.
- Send your spouse a sexy e-mail message.
- Leave "Why I love you" messages all over the house. Buy a package of the cheap Valentine's cards. Leave a message on each one and hide them all over the house for your honey. They will get to enjoy the gift for months!
- Use lipstick to make hearts and love notes on the rearview mirror, car windows, bathroom mirror or windows of the house. Leave a kiss on his napkin for lunch or dinner.
- Make a bunch of hearts out of construction paper. Put a love note on each one. Paste them all over the front door or car before your hubby or kids come home from work.
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When pregnant Beth (Tabrett Bethel) and her fiancé Cameron (late Spartacus star Andy Whitfield) stop off at a low budget hotel in the Aussie Outback, he goes to get something to eat - and returns to find her gone. The nightmare deepens as evasive motel staff serve only to get him arrested, while Beth wakes up in an ice-bath in some unknown warehouse. Worse yet, she's been C-sectioned against her will. And she's not the only one... An intriguingly nasty business.
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How do i send am automated PM(some sort of a Welcome message) to a newly registered member?
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In 2.0.2
Administration Center » Registration » Settings
Check box: Send pm to new members
Arantor Beeblebrox the First:
There is no such option on a stock 2.0.2. The nearest is 'Send welcome email to new members' which is to send the internal welcome email, not a PM.
Arantor is correct. We have the option for Send welcome email to new members and not Send pm to new members.
I am really surprised how SMF overlooked such an important feature. Maybe we should request this in Feature Requests board so that this option will be there in atleast the future releases.
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Oh my gosh, this is heavenly! I cut the milk in half (only 1 cup) and added a few extra strawberries to create a thicker texture. I don't think the shake needed any sugar or anything like some of the posts have suggested. It's perfectly sweet as it is. I had no idea this would be so yummy and creamy without icecream!:-) It's almost like a mix between a smoothie and a milkshake. Heavenly!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is pretty good. I didn't have frozen strawberries, so I used fresh ones instead and ice cubes. I used only half of the milk so that I'd have a thicker shake. Next time, I think I'll use artificial sugar instead of honey. The honey doesn't go well with strawberries! For a creamy shake, you can also use about 1/2 cup of plain non fat yogurt.
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