<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Young children 'should be taught evolution so they don't mistake Fred Flintstone for scientific fact' : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Young children 'should be taught evolution so they don't mistake Fred Flintstone for scientific fact' : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-30T22:39:16+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Young children 'should be taught evolution so they don't mistake Fred Flintstone for scientific fact']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/126635/1/" /><id>126635</id><summary><![CDATA[Young children 'should be taught evolution so they don't mistake Fred Flintstone for scientific fact']]></summary><issued>2009-07-03T21:06:05+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-03T21:06:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Children should be taught about evolution to prevent them mistaking Barney and Fred Flintstone for scientific fact, an academic has claimed.<br/><br/>The failure to teach primary school children scientific truth is playing into the hands of advocates of creationism - according to James Williams, lecturer in education at Sussex University.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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C'mon Brits, what's wrong with you?!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Evolution vs. Creationism according to Ali G.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53710/1/" /><id>53710</id><summary><![CDATA[Evolution vs. Creationism according to Ali G.]]></summary><issued>2008-03-10T08:09:54+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-10T08:09:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[very little of the topic actually gets discussed, for those of you wanting serious dialogue.<br/><br/>BTW:  Creationism and Evolution, in my opinion, can both co-exist.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Parents Lose Custody of Their Children for Teaching them Nazi]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65062/1/" /><id>65062</id><summary><![CDATA[Parents Lose Custody of Their Children for Teaching them Nazi]]></summary><issued>2008-06-11T08:57:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-11T08:57:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A couple from Manitoba province, Canada lost custody of their children when it was found about their attempts to impose Nazi beliefs and racists feelings on their children. Two children, a seven-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy were removed from their parents and are cared by the local Child and Family Services.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[15 Misconceptions About Evolution]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/51258/1/" /><id>51258</id><summary><![CDATA[15 Misconceptions About Evolution]]></summary><issued>2008-02-19T12:12:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-19T12:12:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It's not &quot;just&quot; a theory, fossil record gaps prove nothing and science classrooms should shun creationism. Overzealous creationists might want to pay particular attention, and those who accept evolution may learn something, too.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pope: Creation vs. evolution clash an &#8216;absurdity&#8217;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/129509/1/" /><id>129509</id><summary><![CDATA[Pope: Creation vs. evolution clash an &#8216;absurdity&#8217;]]></summary><issued>2009-07-30T22:04:32+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-30T22:04:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries &#8212; particularly the United States and his native Germany &#8212; between creationism and evolution was an &#8220;absurdity,&#8221; saying that evolution can coexist with faith.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/85781/1/" /><id>85781</id><summary><![CDATA[The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom ]]></summary><issued>2008-12-19T10:38:47+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-19T10:38:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever changing guises]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Couple swap children for exotic bird]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/134835/1/" /><id>134835</id><summary><![CDATA[Couple swap children for exotic bird]]></summary><issued>2009-10-18T04:07:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-18T04:07:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Louisiana couple admitted giving an exotic bird to a woman in exchange for two children. The Romeros traded their cockatoo and $175 for the children]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[IMSafer - Safer Instant Messaging for your children]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/31592/1/" /><id>31592</id><summary><![CDATA[IMSafer - Safer Instant Messaging for your children]]></summary><issued>2007-08-14T18:07:25+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-14T18:07:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[IMSaferTM - IMSafer monitors the instant messenger conversations of your children to help you balance protecting your children and respecting their privacy. The IMSafer service will only notify you when your child is engaged in a potentially dangerous conversation on IM. <br/><br/>At IMSafer, we have worked with law enforcement officials to learn how potential predators initiate, develop and maintain inappropriate online relationships with children. We are always working to fine tune and update our analysis engine. <br/><br/>Getting your child protected online is as easy as signing up. <br/><br/>Once you have installed the IMSafer software on any computer you wish to monitor, if your child receives an IM with content that is flagged by IMSafer, you will receive an email notification within 90 seconds that includes the screen name of the person speaking with your child, the community rating of that person, and the category of the flagged content. <br/><br/>You can follow the link in the email or log on to the web site to see more detail about the conversation, the flagged content, and why it was it was considered dangerous. The IMSafer service understands not just English, but common misspellings, slang and even leet speak, where numbers and punctuation are interchanged with letters. <br/><br/>The parent can view the questionable portion of the IM conversation and explanations as to why the conversation was flagged as potentially dangerous. Furthermore, IMSafer will help parents by explaining slang and IM acronyms that may be related to the questionable portion of the conversation. <br/><br/>IMSafer works hard to honor the privacy of the child by not allowing parents to read full chat transcripts. Spying on children is known to drive their activities underground. Working together is the best way to ensure that your child is protected. <br/><br/>IMSafer gives you the ability to leave feedback on any person who is flagged as having a potentially inappropriate conversation with your child. This feedback allows IMSafer to alert you about someone other parents think has inappropriate relationships with their children the second they begin talking to your child online. <br/><br/>The IMSafer Community is large and growing. As more parents get involved, the stronger IMSafer becomes, which results in better protection for all of the children. <br/><br/>Copyright IMSafer, Inc. 2006-2007]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Elementary School Students Reportedly Taught Songs Praising President Obama]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/133603/1/" /><id>133603</id><summary><![CDATA[Elementary School Students Reportedly Taught Songs Praising President Obama]]></summary><issued>2009-09-24T14:19:39+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-24T14:19:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The video shows nearly 20 young children taught a song overflowing with campaign slogans and praise for &quot;Barack Hussein Obama,&quot; repeatedly chanting the president's name and celebrating his accomplishments, including his &quot;great plans&quot; to &quot;make this country's economy No. 1 again.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hyperactivity in Children Increases Due to Food Additives and Artificial Color]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34717/1/" /><id>34717</id><summary><![CDATA[Hyperactivity in Children Increases Due to Food Additives and Artificial Color]]></summary><issued>2007-09-06T05:42:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-06T05:42:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A lot of foods for children include artificial food color and additives (AFCAs). These AFCAs significantly increase hyperactive behaviors in children. The negative effect, brought by the AFCAs, can last till middle childhood.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[FRONTLINE - Eye of the storm or A Class Divided ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42269/1/" /><id>42269</id><summary><![CDATA[FRONTLINE - Eye of the storm or A Class Divided ]]></summary><issued>2007-11-22T07:38:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-22T07:38:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This film is about an Iowa schoolteacher who, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, gave her third-grade students a first-hand experience in the meaning of discrimination. This is the story of what she taught the children, and the impact that lesson had on their lives.&quot;<br/><br/>This teacher was able to get a very life altering view point of understanding across to young children with simple eye colour segregation...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Evidence for evolution]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/72478/1/" /><id>72478</id><summary><![CDATA[Evidence for evolution]]></summary><issued>2008-08-15T15:40:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-15T15:40:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There seems to be an ongoing debate here at Plime. It goes something like this:<br/>&quot;There is no evidence for evolution, other than questionable fossil records!&quot;<br/><br/>Well, here's some other evidence courtesy of Brittanica.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[$250k to anyone who can prove evolution]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/88234/1/" /><id>88234</id><summary><![CDATA[$250k to anyone who can prove evolution]]></summary><issued>2009-01-07T22:20:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-07T22:20:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution.* My $250,000 offer demonstrates that the hypothesis of evolution is nothing more than a religious belief.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Marriages improve after children fly the coop, according to research]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/87744/1/" /><id>87744</id><summary><![CDATA[Marriages improve after children fly the coop, according to research]]></summary><issued>2009-01-05T10:41:31+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-05T10:41:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Marriages improve after children grow up and move out, according to an academic study which suggests an &quot;empty nest&quot; is not always a bad thing.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/73539/1/" /><id>73539</id><summary><![CDATA[A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash]]></summary><issued>2008-08-25T14:39:34+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-25T14:39:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An interesting article about a science teacher's efforts to teach evolution to Florida students who do not believe in it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New legal threat to school science in the US]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/68194/1/" /><id>68194</id><summary><![CDATA[New legal threat to school science in the US]]></summary><issued>2008-07-09T13:28:31+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-09T13:28:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On the 28 June, The Science Education Act was passed as law in the State of Louisiana. This piece of legislature now allows teachers in this US state to present non-scientific alternatives to evolution, global warming and cloning &#8211; including ideas related to intelligent design. Opponents fear that Louisiana teachers are now free to present evolution and other targeted topics as matters of debate rather than broadly accepted science, and could have national implications.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Darwinian Evolution]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67324/1/" /><id>67324</id><summary><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Darwinian Evolution]]></summary><issued>2008-07-01T08:44:18+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-01T08:44:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[July 1st 1858 was the first occasion that Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was introduced to the scientific community.<br/><br/>Presented by Alfred Russel Wallace to the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnean_Society" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Linnean Society</a>, what would later go on to be described as <i>the single best idea anyone has ever had</i>* barely caused a ripple first time out.<br/><br/><br/>*<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Daniel Dennett</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Putting Evolution to Use in the Everyday World ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/85350/1/" /><id>85350</id><summary><![CDATA[Putting Evolution to Use in the Everyday World ]]></summary><issued>2008-12-17T05:34:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-17T05:34:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The theory of evolution provides humankind with more than just a scientific narrative of life&#8217;s origins and progression. It also yields invaluable technologies.  Understanding of evolution is fostering powerful technologies for health care, law enforcement, ecology, and all manner of optimization and design problems]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Foundational falsehoods of creationism]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/88246/1/" /><id>88246</id><summary><![CDATA[Foundational falsehoods of creationism]]></summary><issued>2009-01-07T23:37:35+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-07T23:37:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here is a great video series about the serious mistakes that creationists make when trying to characterize evolution, or science in general. Links to the rest of the series are in the first two comments.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Banning McDonalds is Not the Answer to Stop Obesity in Children]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12261/1/" /><id>12261</id><summary><![CDATA[Banning McDonalds is Not the Answer to Stop Obesity in Children]]></summary><issued>2007-03-05T04:49:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-05T04:49:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Obesity in young children is growing more and more in numbers all the time and it is not only these children that are suffering but the parents as well, children who are overweight are bullied and ridiculed all the time and also parents are being blamed]]></content></entry></feed>