Posted on 03/22/2006 6:22:07 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser
Huge crowds extend Darwin exhibit in New York
Wed Mar 22, 2:54 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - A monumental Charles Darwin exhibition in New York has been extended by five months amid an overwhelming public response to what was touted as a scholarly rebuke to opponents of teaching evolution in US schools.
The American Museum of Natural History said Wednesday that nearly 200,000 people had visited "Darwin" since it opened three months ago.
Originally slated to close at the end of this month, the exhibition will now run through August 20, said museum spokesman Joshua Schnakenberg.
"Darwin" had opened amid furious debate in many school districts over the teaching of the 19th century naturalist's evolutionary theory and the first trial on the teaching of the God-centered alternative favoured by many religious groups, "intelligent design," or ID.
That trial, in Pennsylvania, ended in defeat for the evangelical right with the judge in the case decrying the "breathtaking inanity" of the school board in the town of Dover which backed the concept that nature is so complex it must be the work of a superior being.
"Our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom," the judge said in his ruling in December.
An early section of the New York exhibit is devoted to the question, "What is a Theory?" and seeks to clarify the distinction between scientific theories and non-scientific explanations about the origins and diversity of life.
"This is really for the schoolchildren of America. This is the evidence of evolution," said the exhibit's curator, Niles Eldridge.
In a Gallup poll released last October, 53 percent of American adults agreed with the statement that God created humans in their present form exactly the way the Bible describes it.
Thirty-one percent stood by the "intelligent design" stance, while only 12 percent said humans have evolved from other forms of life and "God has no part."
Ok now...I give up...what is down-home, deep-dish toad pie? Is that anything like toad-in-the-hole?
Ah, I see...
The secret to pie crust is not to mix it completely, so the gluten doesn't develop all the way. Gluten makes dough tough. Also, try pastry flour for pastry. It's softer, less gluten.
Not a problem with bread dough, you can mix that to your heart's content. Use bread flour.
Lightly mix cake, too, and try cake flour.
If you're originally from the South, try White Lily flour -- even though it's all purpose, it's very soft.
You can keep all your flours fresh by sealing them up tightly and storing in the freezer. Your mama probably cooked more often than you do, so possibly her flour was fresher.
Also, do you use a sifter? That makes baked goods lighter.
BTW, when I said "your mama probably cooked more often" that wasn't intended to be an insult.
Seems like most of us these days eat out more or use frozen foods, since so many of us work.
Good hints...I will keep them in mind...yes, I am sure my mom cooked more from scratch, more often than I do...I guess my favorite thing to make from scratch is any type of dough that is yeast based...whether I am making bread, or coffee cakes, or doughnuts, I love making yeast based doughs......I love the smell of yeast based doughs rising...that smell permeates the whole house, and I just love it...
I knew exactly what you mean, about my mama...I knew it was not meant as an insult...most of us today, do eat out more often, and use more frozen foods, and more convenience foods...
The barrage of postings you've left on this thread pretty much proves that you're an expert on appearing stupid.
You don't suppose he makes this stuff up as he goes do you?
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Same holds true for spaghetti sauce.
( I came to catch up on the crevo fight and a food fight breaks out! )
I've run across this particular 'mistake' before in another forum. It still makes me laugh, although this time it came from a poster who sounds very much like a 'Loki' troll - a troll who adopts the mannerisms and arguments of the opposition in order to 'punk' his compatriots.
A few years ago in the other forum I frequent, I pulled a 'Loki' that got one of my posts nominated as POTM.
I love to make bread, too. Much more forgiving than pastry.
I don't know really.. The Ichster is very persistent.. Something in me has feelings for the Ichyosaurus.. I don't know why.. We are as far apart ideologically as Richard Simmons in Chicken Suit protesting Chickencide at Col. Sanders and Professor Irwin Cory postulating on Quantum Physics and I don't which is which.. MAYBE THATS IT!... When God invented humor he did a good thing..
"Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest." -- Professor Irwin Cory
Hmmmm.. nobody I would like HAS a chance.. I feel its gone to far.. When the apple barrel is more or less vinegar.. You need a new barrel.. Send a bright shineing star in that mess and you just have shiny vinegar..
My thoughts are in another direction.. When the chess game is rigged theres only one solution.. Turn over the table and make a scene.. Thats the proper move..
Thats a pretty good display for a freepin primate to post.. Cudos..
Next we use sign language...
Heres a banana.. d;-)~',','
Sort of like the French advancing in another direction?
You have the troops and the generals you have. You live with them or you become a right-wing Yippie. There will never be a time when everything goes your way.
The French advance to their knees.. to grovel..
GENERALS?.. We don't need no steenkin generals..
Its time for GOOD GUYS TO RIOT?.. RIOT?.. Yes RIOT!.. It works.. A White or maybe GREY RIOT... A RIOT by conservatives.. Would pull the rug out from under the progressives, MsM, the race PimPs, the democrats..
A RIOT nobody clued them in to.. they would be left him'ing and her'ing.. thunderstruck to explain it..
What to ATTACK is the question!??.. I've got it.. The TV and Radio stations.. and the newspapers.. and a few magazines.. OH! and some college administration buildings.. Thats it.. A full blown RIOT.. Trashing the MsM and MsP and academia..
Might Give the URPeans some ideas too.. "The people" uprising against those using the first amendment as cover to perform sedition and outright treason.. because that is exactly whats happening.. The progressives have found a loop hole in Americas Constitution.. The first amendment protecting sedition and treason.. THAT MUST STOP..
(Thru a megaphone)->> GIMME AN "?"
Oh! sorry the riot hasnt happened yet..
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