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7/16 Darwin Stickers
http://tinyurl.com/6y62o (swarthmore.edu)
\_ It's a bit late now. This is the trend of America:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/17/mega.church.ap
\_ Nothing in that article says that the members of that church
are opposed to evolution, but I generally agree w/ your sentiment
that we are stuck in a strange society that embraces all the
benefits of science while refusing to acknowledge the true nature
of the world as revealed by science.
\- parenthetically, society has now and then gone too far
in the other direction. see e.g. "positivism". but i
agree if i would king you would have to take pledge
renouncing creationism if you wanted antibiotics.
\_ Or using coal or oil.
\_ Not to mention the fact that the current status of America
as a world superpower was fueled by our technical superiority
and leadership in the sciences in the 50s and 60s.
\_ Best quote in that story "It was almost surreal"
\_ I don't get the joke. Are these a parody of some gangsta thing
I've never seen?
\_ I assume it's a parody of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse |
| tinyurl.com/6y62o -> www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/evolk12/posse/chazhasaposse.htm Charles Darwin Has a Posse These stickers are being introduced to incr ease awareness and appreciation of Charles Darwin. His theory of natural selection provided a simple, non-supernatural explanation for how life on earth had evolved and continues to evolve. Although scientists worldw ide view evolution and natural selection as completely uncontroversial, popular support in the United States is waning. Without more public disp lays of affection for the theories of natural selection and evolution, i t is likely that more and more schools will allow or even promote the te aching of evolution "alternatives" that invoke dabbling by supernatural entities. To provide some of the needed visible support for science and reason, please consider stickering something with his image. Sure, these efforts are probably completely futile, but wouldn't you sleep better t onight knowing that you've done your part to delay our slip into Dark Ag es II? enough left over for your skateboard, bicycl e, and one dozen close friends (or whatever). Highly recommended for har d-surfaced luggage: imagine the Darwin exposure you can generate just by letting your suitcase travel around the baggage carousel a couple dozen times, slowly parading in front of hundreds of travelers desperate for something to look at while they wait for their bags. Just be careful tha t the sticker doesn't accidentally slip off the luggage and onto the car ousel surface itself. Stickering a lunch box -- especially your kid's lu nch box -- is another great way to promote evolution awareness in public spaces. FPDImages also offers Darwin stickers in oval forms, if you are averse to squares. If you need a supersized sticker, magnetic car decal , large-format banner (great for Darwin Day), or iron-on transfer, give FPDImages a call -- the owner is a Darwin fan, so don't be shy. Sheet o' Darwins" PDF file and print it onto a "full sheet" label page (eg, Avery 5265). Ho wever, peeling the sticker backing off the resulting squares is indescri bably annoying, and downright impossible if you've had too much coffee. If your current boyfriend or girlfrie nd is a closet science-hater, these tattoos are the perfect way to termi nate the relationship before it results in hybrid children. And if you'r e totally hot, please consider sportin' a temporary Darwin tattoo at the beach so that you can evangelize lustful gawkers. PUBLIC SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS: Giving one of these beauties to a student says "Good job!" COLLEGE BIOLOGY TEACHERS: Motivate your students by offering a Darwin sti cker as a prize. LABORATORY SUPERVISORS: Leaving out a pile of Darwin stickers improves la b moral faster than a box of Krispy-Kremes, and they won't cause heart d isease and obesity. PARENTS: Stickers make great stocking stuffers and party favors for your children and their friends. LOVERS OF CAR ART: Like science but don't like to offend or annoy people? Please note that this sticker has been carefully designed to be pro-sci ence, not anti-religion. And Darwin's undergraduate degree was in theolo gy, not biology. You can, therefore, stick one of these on your car's bu mper without worrying when Flanders is going to let the air out of your tires. EVERYONE ELSE: If you are not a teacher, don't run a research laboratory, hate kids, despise cars, and generally could care less about science, y ou should still value the production of students (ie, future voters) w ho lean toward natural explanations of reality and favor, in general, ra tional approaches to life's challenges. Please send me more photographs to upload, or tag your o wn with "darwinposse" so that others can find them. I want to encourage would-be stickerers to target the viewing heights of children in particu lar -- raising awareness of evolution starts with raising awareness of i ts discoverer. Cafe press site where you can waste good money on such things. If image posi tioning on any item annoys you, let me know and I'll see what I can do to fix it. And if you want a whole bunch of an item for personal use, b ut hate Cafepress and its outrageous prices, I can be bribed to send yo u via e-mail a high-quality jpg that you can use at a local print shop (just promise me you won't run off and sell the items). Also, if any of you prefer non-text versions of the image, I could also be bribed to s et up a new Cafepress page that offers such things. Andre The Giant Has A Posse" art project that I got to witness when I was a youth in Providence. Regardless , at one point in his life (if even for only a day) he did weigh 163 pou nds. He was actually 5' 11 1/2", if you want more of the gruesome detail s By the way, Chuck's dad weighed 24 stone; definitely supersized, but not as heavy as Andr the Giant (37 stone). And yes, using his image is just a lame ploy to increase the face recognition of Darwin among childr en; |
| www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/17/mega.church.ap -> www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/17/mega.church.ap/ Lakewood Church external link HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- America's largest church celebrated its move into the former arena for the Houston Rockets with a capacity crowd of 16,000 , an upbeat sermon from its televangelist pastor and a spirited welcome from the governor of Texas. Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen asked to thunderous applause. The new home for the nondenominational Christian church is the former Com paq Center, once home to the Rockets. There were no vacant spots in the arena as Lakewood, which recently becam e the first church in the United States to average more than 30,000 wors hippers weekly, held its first service there Saturday night. Rick Perry praised the church's new look and told the crowd, "As law makers we do a lot of things, but only the church can teach people to lo ve. "It is so great to look a cross this crowd and see the wonderful diversity of this great state we call Texas." It took more than 15 months and $75 million to complete the renovations - - which included adding five stories to make more room. "I couldn't believe how beautiful it was," Osteen said afterward when ask ed to describe how he felt when he first entered what he called the "Tex as-sized" sanctuary. Video clips playing on three huge screens showcased the building and reco unted the history of the church. One video recalled the church's humble beginnings in an abandoned feed store in 1959 and traced Osteen's rise t o the pulpit after his father and church founder, John Osteen, died 40 y ears later. Osteen took over the church in 1999 and has increased the size of the con gregation almost five-fold since then. His book, "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living Your Full Potential" has sold almost 3 million copies. The service was highlighted by a 25-minute sermon by Osteen, who told the crowd that he and his wife, Victoria, went on their first date in the a rena 19 years ago. The crowd roared with approval throughout the message and was often broug ht to its feet as Osteen spoke in front of a large golden-colored globe that rotated slowly. Members of the choir swayed happily, belting out several different songs below pictures of a crisp blue sky with puffy white clouds. While collection plates were passed, video messages from people around th e world, including Pastor TD Jakes of the Potter's House in Dallas, we lcomed Lakewood to its new location. "It is overwhelming, unbelievable, fantastic," Ann Bell, one of the churc h's original members, said after the service. |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse In effect, Fairey and associates were creating a 'posse' of a w ide audience of those who were in on the joke and willing to spread the message, and those who were not but found the original image profoundly irresistable. WWE spurned Fairey to stop using the nam e Andr the Giant, or Giant, and create a more iconic image of the wrest ler's face, now most often with the equally iconic branding, OBEY and DI SOBEY. Over time, Fairey's artistic imagery has evolved into a sometimes subtle, sometimes not, parody of a range of iconic styles, mostly a juxtapositi on of popular political propagandas and multi-national commercialism. It usually bears the text OBEY Giant, DISOBEY, or most commonly OBEY. wheatpaste posters, covering public spaces from abandoned building faces and street sign backs, to commercial space s such as billboards and bus stop posters. Furthermore, the popular "OBE Y" slogan and stylized Andre The Giant face continues to be reproduced o n products ranging from art and clothing to home accessories and decor, considerably expanding the impact of the campaign. Despite the ever-growing popularity of the OBEY Giant campaign, the actua l objective is still unclear. Fairey occasionally creates work with actu al messages (one OBEY graphic declares "Make Art Not War") but most of G iant's pictures have no text. doublespeak: "Frequent and novel encounters wi th OBEY propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, revitalizin g the viewer's perception and attention to detail." World Giant movement was created in 20 05, which seeks to alleviate concerns that Fairey's commercial success w as nullifying the movement's momentum and unfairly capitalizing on the l abor of the original co-founders and anyone around the world who had eve r put up a sticker. The original "Andre the Giant has a posse" sticker format has been widely imitated for humorous intent. In these parody stickers, the image of An dre the Giant has been replaced with a similarly stylized black and whit e photo of some other person or character, along with the new figure's h eight and weight. |