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  • Century-old butter found in Scott's Antarctic hut

    12/16/2009 5:43:33 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 28 replies · 1,383+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 12/16/09 | AFP
    WELLINGTON (AFP) – Two blocks of butter have been found intact after nearly a century in an Antarctic hut used by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his doomed 1910-12 expedition, a report said. Television New Zealand reported that conservators found the two blocks of New Zealand butter in bags in stables attached to the expedition Hut at Cape Evans in Antarctica. The extreme cold of the polar region has preserved the hut and expedition equipment inside, but recent signs of deterioration had prompted the Antarctic Heritage Trust to launch a preservation project. The trust's Lizzie Meek said the butter...
  • TX Board Gives Final Approval to Biology Books {Darwinist Theory}

    11/08/2003 9:31:42 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 24 replies · 285+ views
    Laredo, TX, Morning Times ^ | 11-08-03 | Castro, April, AP
    Board gives final approval to biology books BY APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer AUSTIN - Biology books in Texas will continue to present the origin of life according to the theories of Charles Darwin. The State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to 11 biology books, among others, despite a major campaign to poke holes in Darwin's theory of evolution as presented in the textbooks. School districts in Texas will be able to purchase books from the approved list for use beginning in the 2004-2005 school year. Texas Education Agency Director Robert Scott said any factual errors in the...