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...Pennsylvania trial over the place of evolution in school curricula has been called "Scopes II," after the infamous "Monkey Trial" of 1925 - and 80 years after a Tennessee teacher was indicted for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution, the issue is hotter than ever. New challenges to the teaching of evolution have sprung up all over the country, but the focus this week is on the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, PA, where 11 parents from the town of Dover have sued the local school board over its mandate that students hear a statement insisting that evolution is a theory...
...cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds if you have the patience to browse through mountainous displays in the artisan shops located along Jalan Raya Ubud and Monkey Forest Road (store aisles will be almost impassable with paintings and carvings?take a deep breath and watch your step). One more word of advice: guides and drivers will often try to steer you to a shop or gallery run by a friend or family member, few of which will rival...
...cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds if you have the patience to browse through mountainous displays in the artisan shops located along Jalan Raya Ubud and Monkey Forest Road (store aisles will be almost impassable with paintings and carvings - take a deep breath and watch your step). One more word of advice: guides and drivers will often try to steer you to a shop or gallery run by a friend or family member, few of which will rival...
...landscapes and animals. She was also inspired by local retablos - naive pictures given as votive offerings to saints for miraculous recoveries. Unrescued, Kahlo presents herself, bleeding like a martyr. Later she turned to mysticism, and her paintings became overburdened by symbols, with Karl Marx and Jesus meeting Satan and monkeys. She liked to paint herself with simians, often with an arm round her shoulders (Self Portrait with Monkey, 1940, above). Kahlo's work, like the monkeys, retains a wild, playful quality...
...latest and most sophisticated attempt to discredit the famous theory, which many Americans believe leaves insufficient room for the influence of God. Early efforts to thwart Darwin were pretty crude. Tennessee famously banned the teaching of evolution and convicted schoolteacher John Scopes of violating that ban in the "monkey trial" of 1925. At the time, two other states--Florida and Oklahoma--had laws that interfered with teaching evolution. When such laws were struck down by a Supreme Court decision in 1968, some states shifted gears and instead required that "creation science" be taught alongside evolution. Supreme Court rulings...