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By Neece
 The Morgantown Thomas Paine Society is having a dinner in honor of Thomas Paine on his birthday, on Friday, January 29th. He was born in 1737.
A chili dinner will be held at 6pm at Kent’s home in Morgantown. Kent and Lynne will cook chili and cornbread. Guests should bring drink/desserts
The First Annual Thomas Paine Doubles Ping Pong Tourney will be held
Dinner,drinks,ping pong ,and casual talk from 6 to 8 , then some serious Paine discussion for about 1 hour starts about 8. Bring a quote, comment, reading, or just contribute/listen. The loose ‘focus’ is “the later years: 1793-1809.
Contact Tim for details: timothynelms@hotmail.com, 304-685-9673 to reserve your seat.
By Neece
“Who Are These Doubters, Anyway? The Demography of Unbelief”
 presented by Tom Flynn, Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism and Editor of Free Inquiry magazine
Thursday, October 29, 7:00 p.m.
Carnegie Science Center
1 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh
You’ve seen the various religion polls and the reported percentages of unbelievers – and the polls vary widely. How do you know which polls are more reliable? Join Tom Flynn as he explores how sociologists and pollsters measure religious belief and unbelief. He will also cover the controversies and scandals in the polling field, and what the polling data on religion really mean (for example, how many of those “no religious preference” people are really atheists?).
Tom Flynn is Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism and the Editor of Free Inquiry magazine. A journalist, novelist, entertainer, and folklorist, Flynn is the author of numerous…
By Neece
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 7:30 pm in the Mountainlair Blue Ballroom.
You are invited to the 2009 Eberly College Distinguished Lecture, sponsored by the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, in association with the Division of Sociology and Anthropology, on Monday, October 12, 2009. Dr. Jonathan Marks, professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, will be delivering a presentation entitled Darwin’s Ventriloquists, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Blue Ballroom. There will be a reception held afterwards in the Gold Ballroom.
This event is intended as a counterpoint to last spring’s lecture by J. Philippe Rushton.
Human evolution expert Jonathan Marks, Ph.D., professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, believes today’s training of modern scientists commonly shields them from the history and politics of their work, forcing generations of evolutionary geneticists to rediscover the intimate connection between science and culture.
“What we…
By Neece
 On October 4th, Fred Edwords from United Coalition of Reason came to Morgantown to talk to us about the media and PR.
Fred Edwords is a public speaker well known to humanists, freethinkers, and religious liberals, and a specialist in media and PR areas. He is the head of UnitedCoR.
The seminar was 4 hours and was both informative and extremely helpful to our organization as we grow and move forward. It will also be helpful to us as individuals in our chosen fields.
Brent and I took a lot of notes, and Fred gave us several useful handouts. We then went to dinner at Mi Pueblos which was delicious, as always. Fred and his lovely wife Mary are great company.
Thank you, Fred, for the excellent seminar and the great conversation over dinner! 
By Neece
 Hey Everyone!
Monday afternoon we need to all meet under our shiny new billboard on the Mileground to get a great group picture! Which means we need YOU!
The time will probably be around 5:30 pm or a bit after, so that people can meet after work.
Email Neece or leave a comment letting us know you’ll be there. This is very important that we get this picture, hopefully with lots of people, so please try to come.
The billboard location is near Melvin’s Transmission on Mileground Road, westbound into town.
Here’s the map for the billboard on Google. The street view really shows you the situation.
Brent scouted the area for us. He recommends coming in from 68, not through Morgantown as the traffic at that time of day is pretty bad.
Drive most of the way down the Mileground, past the car dealerships, and the…
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The Morgantown Thomas Paine Society is having a dinner in honor of Thomas Paine on his birthday, on Friday, January 29th. He was born in 1737.
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