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Pascal, Blaise
Blaise Pascal 1623–1662
French scientist, theologian, and philosopher.
Considered one of the most advanced thinkers of his time in the areas of science and mathematics, Pascal is admired today mostly for his spiritual insights, argumentational style and form, and mastery of the French language. His queries into matters both secular and religious involved a uniform methodology—the construction of mathematical proofs—and focused chiefly on the dichotomy between reason and faith. Modern critics and scholars agree that Pascal's influence and participation in some of the most prominent intellectual debates of his time, as well as his writings on such disparate subjects as science and religion, make him an important contributor to the history of ideas.
Biographical Information
Pascal was born to Étienne and Antoinette Begon Pascal, members of the petite noblesse, in the provincial town of Clermont en Auvergne in 1623. Pascal's mother died in 1626, leaving his father alone to raise him and his two sisters, Gilberte and Jacqueline. In 1631 the family moved to Paris, where Pascal was schooled solely by his father, a mathematician, who prevented Pascal from studying mathematics until he had first mastered Latin and Greek. A child prodigy, Pascal had secretly taught himself geometry and, by the age of twelve, had demonstrated thirty-two propositions in Euclid's Elements of Geometry. Pascal accompanied his father on weekly mathematical lectures organized by Father Marin Mersenne, one of the foremost scholars of that period. In 1638 Pascal's father fled Paris because of disputes over policy issues with Cardinal Richelieu, but was pardoned a year later and appointed royal tax commissioner at Rouen. In 1639 Pascal began writing his first major work, Essai pour les coniques (1640). In 1642, he invented the machine arithmétique—a device that performed basic mathematical functions—to help his father in his tax work. Pascal also pursued geometry, number theory, and probability theory, and undertook a series of important experiments concerning the behavior of liquids in equilibrium. These experiments in which Pascal attempted to disprove the notion that nature abhors a vacuum, were published in Expériences nouvelles touchant le vide (1647). In 1646 the elder Pascal injured his hip in a fall, and for three months was cared for by two men
who were followers of Cornelius Jansen, a Dutch theologian whose ideas about Catholicism were based on the teachings of St. Augustine. Pascal's association with the Jansenists compelled him to practice his own Catholicism more conscientiously. In 1647 Pascal returned to Paris for treatment of chronic headaches, stomach pains, and partial paralysis of the legs. With the death of his father in 1651, Pascal abandoned his religious interests for the Paris social scene. He associated with the freethinking and libertine friends of the Duc de Roannez, his childhood companion, but eventually came to view his social amusements as an impediment to his spiritual progress. On the evening of November 23, 1654, Pascal claimed to have had an experience so profound that he vowed thereafter to devote himself solely to religious activities: he claimed to have been in the presence of the "God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and of the learned." Pascal documented this religious experience in a series of notes (called the Mémorial) which he had sewn into the lining of his coat and carried around with him to serve as a reminder. In 1655, Pascal made several visits to two Jansenist convents and became acquainted with Antoine Arnauld, a prominent Jansenist accused of heresy by the Jesuits. With the help of Arnauld and Pierre Nicole, Pascal wrote (under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte) Lettres provinciales [1656-57; Provincial Letters], a series of eighteen published letters that attacked Jesuit doctrines. By 1659, Pascal's health had deteriorated so much that he was unable to write for extended periods of time. He spent the last years of his life mostly praying, reading the Bible, and helping the poor. Pascal left behind a collection of unfinished fragments at his death—published posthumously as the Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets [1670; Thoughts]—that was conceived as an Apologie de la religion chrétienne [apology for Christianity], which he hoped would dispel the widespread skepticism and hostility toward religion he had witnessed among the upper classes of French society.
Major Works
Pascal's religious writings, especially the Provincial Letters and the Pensées, enjoy wide readership, and his mathematical and scientific writings continue to interest specialists in these fields. Literary and religious scholars are studying Pascal's mathematical and scientific works to understand not only his concepts of truth and knowledge, but to gain further insight into his religious beliefs. For example, in two of Pascal's most important mathematical works—originally intended as a geometry textbook for the Jansenists schools—De l'esprit géométrique and De l'art de persuader [On the Art of Persuasion], Pascal outlined his epistemology, arguing that certainty in propositions can be logically deduced from simple or first principles. Moreover, Pascal developed many of the ideas concerning the human condition in the Pensées that he had previously expressed in the Provincial Letters. He explained that shortcomings in man's rational capacities require that these first principles are instinctual or heartfelt. According to Pascal, then, man's dubious understanding of the truth naturally makes him skeptical, but this skepticism can be overcome through divine revelations he receives once he submits to God. Man's limitations and dependence on God are also an important theme of the Provincial Letters. These letters assume several different forms: in some, an unnamed observer writes to a friend in the country about the disputes between Jansenist and Jesuit theologians taking place at the Sorbonne; in others, the unnamed observer writes directly to Jesuit theologians; in others, the unnamed observer addresses the Jesuit Père Annat, Louis XIV's confessor. In many of the letters Pascal attempted to disprove the Jesuits' doctrine of sufficient grace: the power of humans to either accept or reject God's graces, thereby shaping their own destiny. Rather, Pascal advocated efficacious grace: the Jansenist notion that God's graces always ensure salvation, but only for those who have been predestined for a life of Chrisian virtue. In other letters, Pascal attacked the laxity of the Jesuits' system of moral casuistry, and sought to discredit their moral and theological views by carefully uncovering errors in their reasoning.
Critical Reception
The continuing popularity of the Provincial Letters and the Pensées derives in large part from their readability. Scholars have consistently remarked on Pascal's literary artistry, praising his various styles and tones; his clever use of imagery, irony, and wit; and his habit of discussing mystical questions in terms of practical problems and consequences. Studies of the Provincial Letters and the Pensées often focus on Pascal's method of argument—specifically, on how he evidences his analyses of theological doctrines with the construction of mathematical proofs. Pascal's strict separation of reason and faith in both the Provincial Letters and the Pensées is also a frequent topic of analysis. Books and essays on the Pensées, the more widely discussed of the two works, commonly examine Pascal's theories of knowledge as well as correllations between his threefold understanding of reality (corporeal, intellectual, and spiritual) and his three-part system of knowing (sense, mind, and heart). In addition, much critical debate has been stimulated by Pascal's "wager" argument in the Pensées which reasons that it is more advantageous to believe than not believe in God. The critical history of the Pensées is also in large part a history of its publication. Pascal's planned "apology for Christianity" consisted of approximately one thousand notes of varying lengths, some collected in identifiable units, others not. The first edition of these notes, published in 1670 as the Pensées, included only portions of the original manuscript, organized and amended by the editors. It was not until the 1840s that a complete version of the Pensées appeared, based on manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale. The 1952 version of the Pensées published by one of Pascal's relatives, is believed by scholars to be most accurately representative of the ordering of the notes as Pascal wrote them. This version, compiled by Louis Lafuma, is considered the definitive edition of the work. Critical controversy still exists, however, concerning how the fragments of the Pensées should be ordered for purposes of reader accessibility. Some critics argue that they should be arranged according to subject matter, based on informed opinions of what Pascal intended to say. Others contend that Pascal's original ordering should be preserved because it reveals important aspects of his conceptual and compositional process.
Principal Works
Essai pour les coniques (nonfiction) 1640
Expériences nouvelles touchant le vide (scientific nonfiction) 1647
Lettres provinciales [with Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole under the joint pseudonym of Louis de Montalte] [Provincial Letters] (letters) 1656-57
Traité de l'équilibre des liqueurs (treatise) 1663
Traité du triangle arithmétique (treatise) 1665
Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets (nonfiction) 1670
Oeuvres complètes, publiées suivant l'ordre chronologique, avec documents, complémentaires, introductions et notes. 14 vols. (nonfiction) 1904-14
The Physical Treatises of Pascal: The Equilibrium of Liquids and the Weight of the Mass of Air (treatises) 1937
Pensées. The Provincial Letters, (nonfiction/letters) 1941
Great Shorter Works (nonfiction) 1948
Pensées sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets (nonfiction) 1952
Isaac Taylor (essay date 1894)
SOURCE: An introduction to Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy, by Blaise Pascal, translated by Isaac Taylor, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1894, pp. iii-lx.
[In the following excerpt, Taylor argues that the Pensées reveal Pascal to be an opponent of, rather than apologist for, Roman Catholicism.]
Those periodic agitations to which all social systems, whether civil or religious, are liable, carry with them a twofold and opposite influence; the one, and the most direct, tending to give rise to similar movements in neighbouring communities; and the other, operating with hardly less force, to preclude any such convulsions where else they probably...
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Jean Mesnard (essay date 1952)
SOURCE: A conclusion to Pascal: His Life and Works, translated by G. S. Fraser, Harvill Press, 1952, pp. 179-201.
[Below, Mesnard examines Pascal's life and career as a scientist, thinker, theologian, and artist.]
I. The Man
"Pascal, not the writer, but the man": with this phrase the Swiss moral philosopher, Vinet, drawing his inspiration from one of the most famous of the Pensées, headed one of the chapters of his Etudes sur Pascal. It is, indeed, one of the most notable facts about Pascal's astonishing personality that, however great his genius as a mere writer may appear to us to be, it is Pascal the man, in the end,...
(The entire section is 7750 words.)
Jan Miel (essay date 1969)
SOURCE: "Pascal and Theology," in Blaise Pascal, edited by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House Publishers, 1989, pp. 115-22.
[In the following essay, which originally appeared in Pascal and Theology in 1969, Miel emphasizes the historical nature of Pascal's vision of humanity as well as his theological basis for nearly all his thought.]
The historicity of man's condition is certainly one of the most difficult of all theological principles to discuss and keep firmly in mind. Rational thought is by its nature opposed to historical truth, aiming as it does at a truth that transcends historical vicissitudes. Yet, as we have seen [elsewhere], every important element of...
(The entire section is 3836 words.)
David Wetsel (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: "Catechesis and Conversion in the Pensées," in Pascal and Disbelief: Catechesis and Conversion in the "Pensees," The Catholic University of America Press, 1994, pp. 327-86.
[In the following excerpt, Wetsel seeks to determine the person(s) to whom the Pensées are principally addressed, largely basing his conclusions on Pascal's portrayal and analysis of atheists and agnostics in fragments 427 and 429.]
Many sections of the Pensées must remain enigmatic until we are able to reconstruct more completely the mental universe of Pascal's potential convert. But … who is he? The Pensées give us a number of quite dissimilar portraits of...
(The entire section is 6039 words.)
Donald Adamson (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: "The Provincial Letters," in Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God, St. Martin's Press, 1995, pp. 85-114.
[In the following essay, Adamson analyzes the various structural and stylistic methods Pascal used in the Provincial Letters to attack the Jesuits' beliefs about casuistry.]
'If the Provincial Letters were serious, nobody would read them any more', Gide has written.1 The Letters are in fact profoundly—even, at times, desperately—serious, but Pascal does not become pompously solemn or tediously earnest: he is never boring. Yet to many, if not most, people the subjects he is basically canvassing...
(The entire section is 11296 words.)
Leszek Kolakowski (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: "Good Reason, Bad Reason, Heart," in God Owes Us Nothing: A Brief Remark on Pascal's Religion and on the Spirit of Jansenism, The University of Chicago Press, 1995, pp. 145-60.
[In the following excerpt, Kolakowski examines several key aspects of Pascal's theology, including his concepts of heart, free will, truth, faith, knowledge, and reason.]
[The] heart, at least in its primary sense, that related to the acquisition of religious truths, is not a sentimental attitude or an emotion. It is a faculty of intellectual intuition whereby we accept truths unattainable either by mathematical reasoning or by the testimony of sense experience. In the essay De...
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Further Reading
Cole, John R. Pascal: The Man and His Two Loves. New York: New York University Press, 1995, 349 p.
Seeks to revise Gilberte Périer's (Pascal's sister's) portrayal of Pascal's life in he Vie de Monsieur Pascal. Unlike Périer, Cole presents a "darker conception" of Pascal's life.
Mortimer, Ernest. Blaise Pascal: The Life and Work of a Realist. London: Methuen & Co., 1959, 240 p.
A study of Pascal's life that emphasizes his modernity while differentiating Pascal as a man and as a writer.
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In short: Disappointing event. Organisation was below par and not what I would have expected. In full: This event was sour from the start when I queued for 60 minutes on the Monday to collect my race pack. This was quick as others took even longer!I was in the last wave of runners to start this event and we started 20 minutes after the first wave. On a warm day this might not have been an issue but on the cold and overcast day any warm up was just a waste as you had cooled down by the time you started. They chap on the mic did nothing to motivate the runners in the last groups other than telling everyone that they could be over by the burger van eating a greasy burger on top of announcing the male and female competitors who were having to take toilet breaks in the neighbouring bushes because of the long delay to start. The race was well marshalled but was hugely let down at the 5k water station for those later runners to arrive and find the was no water available. Most of the runners in these groups are the ones who would have really required the drink. Thankfully it was not as hot as the previous day. As I went by, desperate for a drink, I saw the scouts (through no fault of their own) picking up half drunk bottles to hand out. Very disappointing when they claim there was 10000 bottles. In hindsight I would now always carry some money so I could stop at a shop. On completing the event you have to complete pretty much a full lap of the football stadium before you got a drink. There were no goodie bags with the usual energy bars etc just a load of promoters trying to stuff other events in your hand. There wasn't event a medal just a cheap polyester t shirt which was handed out before the event which the majority didn't even wear. Overall very very disappointing for an event costing £20. My 5k fun run cost less and gave more. Come on Sporting Futures you can do better than this.Date of review: April 25, 2015
In short: I have taken part in every Derby 10K since 2011 and have looked forward to each one since, but have been increasingly disappointed as the route has changed each year seeming to take in less of the city centre and more of the industrial areasIn full: I too am one of those who on arriving at the half way drinks station, found that there was no water left! Not a problem for me, but my 16 yr old daughter was running her first 10K and would have liked to have a drink and I am sure that the many people coming up behind me would have needed one.I have got used to the two-wave start from previous years but this year's three-wave start was a big surprise and led to my daughter and I standing in the chilly, dull weather for what seemed like an age as the bloke on the microphone did nothing to cheer us up but instead reminded us how long we had to wait and told us to boo another bloke who seemed to only be doing what the organisers had told him to. I didn't want to be starting the Derby 10K with boos! The most appealing thing about previous years has been the party atmosphere at the start and the stadium finish in front of crowds.What an anti-climax too! No goody bags, no t-shirt just people stuffing flyers for the next event in your hand as we left the stadium tunnels. Last year I think it cost £16, this year it cost £20 and to me seemed to be an inferior event and a poor experience.Date of review: April 23, 2015
In short: more bad than goodIn full: The Good:run on city roads, nice tee, chip timed, stadium finish.The Bad:obviously organised by non-runners. I got caught in that 1hr 20 wait on Monday for my race pack on my hour lunch break-thanks!!!!(first sign of things to come), no pre-race maps and just got a quick print out of some basic points with lots of glossy advert leaflets, long queue for toilet, poor signage, queue for baggage when it was found, no marshals to help direct, some looney on the lorry saying how to warm-up, "village" in a car park with vehicles parked everywhere, lined up then told to wait over 25mins getting cold, no halfway drinks left, no finish bag, no medal, poor atmosphere except stadium cheer for finish. Poor for high entry fee!Anna - take a look at last year's event: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/ratingsall.asp?sp=&v=2&ugn=13333&en=80228...maybe we should have been warned!Date of review: April 19, 2015
In short: Bit of a disastrous city eventIn full: The organisation was bit better today compared to the race pack debacle however it isl not worth doing again. The car parking was an improvement on the farce last year but the atmosphere was dull! No music, no entertainment, nothing for the kids except balloons and a warm-up far too early for my late wave start! We had certainly cooled down after the long wait. A simple ipod plugged in to some speakers would have done it!The route was good and nice to see so many police back showing their support for sports events like the old days but for the 2nd yr, I didn't get a well-needed drink at the drinks station as they ran out…..and there were loads of runners behind me who probably needed it more!Once crossed the finish line, we were funnelled around in a good manner despite a crowd in a tight space (no pitch invasion this year!)…..to be give a bottle of water………and nothing……and nothing. We did get a t-shirt when collectig our race packs but what an anti-climax! What happened to all of those freebies, toiletries and goodie bag???? At least substitute this with a medal!Date of review: April 19, 2015
In short: Well orgainised race with a great finish setting, back again this year !Date of review: March 24, 2010
In short: Great experience and a great first10k pb sub 35. Loved the stadium finish. It certainly encouraged me to do more road racesDate of review: December 18, 2009
In short: Not bad mid size city raceIn full: A twisty course through the city centre means a slow first 5k but the second 5k is quick along wide roads and embankment. Nice finish in the football stadium. Good that sub 35 runners got their own pen. Parking and organisation seemed fine. Good race for beginners.Date of review: September 5, 2009
In short: Enjoyed it, relatively Flat, proper Town race, Parking & Toliets abound - Start time sectioned, can avoid the many "fun runners" In full: Good location, race for all levels and can avoid or join in with the "First Time/Run Warm up"! Was get a crowded in the town but overall enjoyed it and did not impact on the time,Stadiumn finnish & 3/4 lap round the pitch was good. Good city centre raceDate of review: April 26, 2009
In short: A race that doesn't really deliver its full potential.In full: Poor organisation, narrow routes, MP3 users, chaos near stadium all put me off doing this again. Nice try though could do a lot better.A nice technical T-Shirt doesn't really make up for it I'm afraid. Date of review: April 26, 2009
In short: Great race with fantastic supportIn full: Really enjoyed this race. Fantastic finish in Pride park with brilliant support...Only complaint is that if you're going to bother to organise sectioned start areas you need to make sure people stick to them. Other than that great organisation.Date of review: April 24, 2009
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The Big Ten Conference office announced on its Web site that it will impose a one-game suspension on Purdue guard Zach Reckman for violating the Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement during Purdue's game against Northern Illinois on Sept. 19.
The Big Ten determined that Reckman's actions – a late hit on NIU defensive end Sean Progar after the final play – at the end of the Northern Illinois contest violated Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01.1.A.1 – "Striking or attempting to strike or otherwise physically abusing an official, opposing coach, spectator or athlete." The conference office also publicly reprimanded Reckman for his actions.
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Large Cities
- Washington, D.C.
Although Congress may be populated by purveyors of "pork," Washington is making a bid to become the nation's capital of veggie dining. Folks on both sides of the aisle could surely reach a bipartisan consensus on the faux turkey club sandwich from Java Green, ratify the vegan pepperoni and mozzarella pizza at Busboys and Poets, and put an end to the gridlock for a trip to Sunflower Vegetarian Restaurant in nearby Falls Church, Virginia, to enjoy Popeye's Favorite—a potato pie mixed with spinach, soy protein, and veggie bacon in a black-pepper sauce—followed by egg-free and milk-free organic pumpkin pie or almond-blueberry pie.
- Portland, Oregon
Portland's volcanoes may be extinct, but the city's vegan scene has erupted—enough to propel Portland into our number two position. From the luscious lasagne at Papa G's Vegan Organic Deli to the sizzling TLP (tempeh bacon, lettuce, and peppers) at Red and Black Café, to the barbecue tempeh platter at the Blossoming Lotus, vegan Portlanders have plenty of reasons to be happy with their hometown.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
Going vegan in Albuquerque is easier than learning how to spell the city's name! You'll find vegan options aplenty, such as the veggie chicken nuggets and boba tea at the Fei Health Café and the tofu scramble at Flying Star Café. Also check out both locations of Annapurna's World Vegetarian Café, offering a selection of vegan bakery items and ayurvedic cooking classes.
- Atlanta, Georgia
Life for Georgia's vegans is increasingly peachy, with restaurants such as Café Sunflower (offering stuffed mushroom caps in a miso mushroom sauce), Green Sprout (presenting veggie pork with tofu and Szechuan sauce), and Ria's Bluebird (serving up Southwest tofu scramble with veggies). The South will rise again—and ask for seconds.
- Seattle, Washington
Seattle has a reputation for being rainy, but even when it's overcast, Seattle is a sunny place for vegans. For instance, Araya's Place curries favor with a Thai red curry with tofu, Thrive tops its fiery Chili con Marvelous with onion cashew cream, and Wayward Vegan Café dazzles with the Warlock, a faux-chicken sandwich spiced up with a savory chipotle-tahini sauce.
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
While we had our differences with the recent Olympic Games held there, we can't hold that against this beautiful city. Especially not while they're serving up almond masala cakes at Organic Lives, spicy falafel wraps at Gorilla Food, and a golden rice bowl with marinated Gardein strips, mock shrimp, and sautéed tofu at Loving Hut.
- San Francisco, California
The City by the Bay has opened its Golden Gate to a wide variety of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants and cafés. While celebrated spots such as Millenium and Greens are well worth a visit, don't miss out on the "Neatloaf" at Ananda Fuara, the Broccoli Beef & Black Mushroom entrée at Golden Era, or the grilled portobello mushroom over creamy polenta, sautéed spinach, and crostini at the all-vegan Herbivore.
- Los Angeles, California
The City of Angels offers a wide range of heavenly delights for residents and visitors alike. Start with Flore Vegan Cuisine, where you can indulge in vegan Griddle Cakes (with strawberries), or perhaps you'd prefer the signature "TV dinner"—with veggie loaf, mashed potatoes, golden gravy, and vegetables—from Real Food Daily. Better yet, try both, and then have a Santa Fe Crispy Chickin'—made with crispy fried chillin' chickin', lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, and a southwestern-spiced vegan mayo—made by Veggie Grill.
- New York, New York
They may live in the city that never sleeps, but Big Apple residents are clearly using those extra waking hours to think up more great vegan stuff to eat. With choices like the pumpkin noodles with sautéed vegetables at HanGawi, a marinated and grilled Bamburger or spaghetti and "meatballs" at Red Bamboo, and spinach omelets, pesto noodles, or Unchicken Nachos at the all-vegan Caravan of Dreams, no wonder Gothamites are staying up nights!
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canada's largest city comes through for the hungry vegetarians of the Great White North. No one who's had the raw vegan Pasta Bolognese at Rawlicious, the eggplant in ginger sauce at Commensal, or the beer-battered deep-fried tofu with cornmeal at Fressen would be surprised to find Toronto rounding out our list in style.
Small Cities
- Olympia, Washington
Blue Heron Bakery: Vegan spelt muffins, brownies, walnut–chocolate-chip cookies, and peanut-butter cookies
Tofu Hut: Tofu Sweet and Sour (deep-fried tofu with pineapples, bell peppers, onions, cucumbers, wild mushrooms, and carrots in a tangy sweet-and-sour sauce)
Vic's Pizzeria: Vic's Vegan Calzone (stuffed with black olives, mushrooms, white onions, spinach, fried sweet peppers, red sauce, and a choice of yellow or white sauce
- Burlington, Vermont
Magnolia Bistro: The Incredible Mr. Limpett: (vegan tuna-salad sandwich with pickles); Garbanzo Burger (garbanzo beans, oregano, and scallions); Magnolia French Toast (organic bread with walnuts in a wash of soy, rice, vanilla, and cinnamon)
Bueno Y Sano: East/West Burrito (Asian stir-fried veggies, basmati rice, and grilled tofu topped with an Asian plum sauce)
Bite Me Organic Pizza: Vermont Intervale Ghosts Pizza (cheese-free pizza with marinated tofu, baby spinach, a variety of squash, roasted peppers, red beets, caramelized onions, yellow and red tomatoes, and lemon-oil drizzle)
- Iowa City, Iowa
The Red Avocado: College Green Sunset (layered herbed white-bean pâté, tempeh sausage, tofu ricotta, and caramelized onions wrapped in a flaky filo pastry purse on spinach polenta with horseradish-root vegetable–sweet-corn relish, roasted-red-pepper sauce, and a fine drizzle of sweet balsamic reduction)
Fair Grounds Coffeehouse: Grilled Vegan Panini Cheeseburger (Boca burger with your choice of vegan cheese and veggies served on panini bread)
Thai Flavors: Massaman Curry (coconut milk with onions, potatoes, and peanuts, served with a cucumber salad and your choice of tofu or gluten-based meat substitute)
- Bloomington, Indiana
Siam House: Gang Garee (yellow curry with coconut milk, sweet potatoes, onions, and white, yellow, or fried tofu, served with jasmine rice). All dishes can be prepared without fish sauce on request.
Bloomingfoods Market and Deli: Meatless Mondays at the Deli (menu varies)
Laughing Planet: Cuban Burrito (organic brown rice, black beans, salsa fresca, sweet potatoes, plantains, housemade barbecue sauce, and your choice of tofu or seitan, served with tropical fruit salsa on the side)
- Syracuse, New York
Strong Hearts (all-vegan restaurant): Supreme Vegan Pizza (four vegan meats and soy cheese with a tasty tomato sauce), Tofurky sandwich, grilled "cheese" sandwich, cookies, muffins, cupcakes, cakes, pies, and milkshakes
Alto Cinco: BBQ Tofu Burrito (rice, black beans, salsa, and crispy tofu with a chipotle barbecue sauce), Vegan Quesadilla (grilled tortilla with roasted-tomato pesto, sautéed spinach, roasted eggplant, guacamole, and salsa)
Sparky Town: The Jocko Sandwich (grilled tempeh, lettuce, tomato, artichoke, red pepper, red onion, black-bean paste, sun-dried tomato spread, and avocado spread)
- Topeka, Kansas
Blackbird Espresso Bar and Bistro: Hummus and veggie wraps and vegan bakery items such as chocolate-chip cookies and banana-nut bread.
Globe: Baingan Bartha (fresh eggplant baked over an open flame, served with green peas and gently tempered with aromatic herbs and spices), Chana Masala (whole chickpeas cooked with onion, tomato, garlic, ginger, herbs, and spices)
Tup Tim Thai: Thai Curry Triangles (golden wontons filled with veggies such as sweet potatoes and celery, flavored with turmeric and served with chili-garlic sauce), Massaman Tofu Curry (with peanuts, potatoes, and vegetables). Any curry can be made with tofu and without fish sauce.
- Worcester, Massachusetts
Belmont Vegetarian Restaurant: Spaghetti and veggie balls, macaroni and soy cheese, barbeque "chicken" and rice (all items rotate)
Nancy Chang: Sesame Vegan Chicken, Mango Vegan Chicken, Sizzling Vegan Shrimp With Japanese Tepanyaki Sauce, and more than 50 vegan items on the menu
Loving Hut: Kung Pao Wow (soy chicken, baby corn, carrots, snow peas, bamboo, water chestnuts, onions, bell peppers, celery, cucumbers, and cashews)
- Lincoln, Nebraska
Maggie's Veggie Café: Baked Tofu Wrap (oven-baked organic tofu, red onions, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and sweet mustard sauce), Curried Tofu Wrap (organic tofu marinated in mild coconut curry with red onions, tomatoes, and lettuce, served cold)
Taj Mahal: Aloo Matar Tofu (potatoes, fresh garden peas, and tofu chunks in a sauce with exotic spices), Mushroom Matar (green peas and mushrooms in a sauce with exotic herbs and spices)
Grateful Bread/Freakbeat Vegetarian: Different vegetarian soups every day, plus at least one vegan soup every day, including African Peanut, Moroccan Tomato, Cuban Black Bean, Egyptian Red Lentil, Irish Stew, and Thai Carrot
- Providence, Rhode Island
AS220: Pulled-Pork Sandwich ("pulled" tofu, spicy tomato spread, and vegan cheddar on a sourdough baguette), Spicy Chorizo Sandwich (vegan housemade chorizo, crumbled tofu, vegan cheddar, and R1 hot sauce), Vegan Reuben (corned seitan, housemade sauerkraut, vegan Swiss, and Thousand Island dressing on rye bread)
Garden Grille Café: Chipotle seared seitan with wasabi mustard dipping sauce, "crab" cakes with Veracruz sauce and saffron aioli over millet polenta and sautéed greens, eggplant rollatini grilled and stuffed with herb tofu-nut cheese, crispy polenta, garlic sautéed spinach with housemade pomodoro sauce
Julian's: Vegan Steak & Cheese Wrap (house seitan, onions, mushrooms, peppers, and soy cheese in a tortilla)
- Boise, Idaho
Shangri-La Tea Room and Vegetarian Café: Corn Chowder (corn, potatoes, and a bit of onion in a veggie broth seasoned to perfection), Mock Toona and Crackers (housemade Mock Toona spread and raw housemade crackers made with sprouted almonds and flaxseed), Curry Wrap (tofu, potatoes, and red peppers in a scrumptious red curry sauce, wrapped in a warm tortilla)
Boise Fry Company: Vegan Burger and Fries (made with your choice of russet, white, gold, sweet, yam, purple, or Okinawa potatoes)
Mai Thai: Black Pepper Steak (veggie black-pepper steak sautéed with mixed veggies in vegetarian sauce), vegan orange chicken sautéed with mandarin oranges and mixed with veggies in a special sauce), Veggie Citrus Spareribs (sautéed in a special sauce and served on a bed of fresh lettuce with fresh pineapple chunks)
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Was Philadelphia in contention? There are so many great Veg only and veg friendly places, from the "Vegetarian McDonald's" Hip City Veg, to the upscale Vedge. Almost every pub has a vegan friendly offering (try the Kale burger at Cedar Point, or the Veggie Burger at Monks). Anyway, great list, will have to check some of these places out.
Just returned from extended stay in Halifax,Nova Scotia Canada from my home in Toronto,Ontario, Canada. Toronto is listed as a top 10 vegetarian city in Canada. I strongly disagree. Everywhere we went in Halifax there were close, easy to reach vegetarian and vegan places to eat with excellent choices. I return to Toronto and have to drive quite far or travel a fair distance to get about 20% of the variety. In Halifax, I can either walk, cycle in this bicycle -friendly city or drive 5-10 minutes maximum to find local source markets, or numerous vegetarian and vegan restaurants everywhere. Plus, most restaurants have vegetarian listed items on their menus! 🙂
I agree with Lori, Victoria BC should be a serious candidate for top 10 small cities. We have at least three good vegan cuisines off the top of my head, maybe more: Green Cuisine (buffet), Lotus Pond (Buddhist), Cafe Bliss (raw).
IF you live near or happen to visit Vancouver, this place called Deserts on Commercial Drive is to die for!!! ( Try the lentil curry! )
Portland is defiantly correct. There is a place called Voodoo donut, and they sell really good vegan donuts. There are actually a lot of good choices when it comes to eating vegan/ vegetarian in Portland. I was happy to see it on here.
santa cruz, ca should definitely in the top small cities list
I think Boulder, Colorado might be near the top of the Small Town list. They were one of the earliest towns to welcome alternative/hippie/vegetarian life styles. Many of their early coops turned into veg/organic groceries stores that Whole Foods models themselves after. Falafel King on Pearl Street has to be one of the first of its kind. Now plenty of Indian/Nepalese restaurants are there as well.
I would say Vermont is not that veg-friendly. Only a few places around Burlington have vegan options. We are planning to move someday to a truly veg friendly city like Portland, OR
Considering that its 7th day adventist population is SO veg and health oriented that it fought to try and keep a McDonald's restaurant out of its town, I'd say that Loma Linda California definitely deserves mention. Granted that it's a small community of about 21,000 on the outskirts of Riverside.
Thanks for the blog article. Great.
Gainesville, Florida is very good for vegetarian food, and not bad for vegan food. At a lot of restaurants, if there aren't specifically vegan dishes, they can be tailored vegan.
For small cities Victoria BC really should have been on here! We have great vegetarian restaurants and cafes. Vegan cookbook author Sarah Kramer lives here and has a cute little vegan shop. Her and her husband Gerry also own a tattoo shop where of course they use vegan ink. We also have a new vegan shoe and accessory store. We are very vegan friendly 🙂
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Hoping you don't leave Frederick, Maryland off your small cities list next year! In our small city, we have over 30 veg-friendly (or total Veg) restaurants and supermarkets, most within an 8-block long, 4 block-wide historic downtown area!
I'm sorry, but I live in Burlington, I have my whole life, and we have no vegan restaurants. Sure you can pick and choose what goes in your meal, and there are always salads, but honestly, there are barely any places that have vegan options on the menu. I would suggest stocking up at the health food store, but even that gets old after a while.
Hello?? Wheres Boulder, Colorado? Or Anywhere in CO?? It's the most Veg-Friendly state there is!!
I'm sorry, but Washington DC has to be more like the number 1 least friendly city for vegans and vegetarians. If you're planning to spend some time there, as I did a couple weeks ago, you will be disappointed and hungry. The downtown area has little to nothing to offer. My recommendation is to stop by Wholefoods and stock up, but this gets old very quickly and you can't take food into the hot spots. There is one vegan cafe that is popular, but it is expensive, and a walk to get to. Good luck, and let us what you find if you decide to go. The museums are great, so some suffering is worth while.


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Skip to comments.Expert warns terrorists may be setting wildfires across American West
Posted on 06/17/2013 5:54:01 AM PDT by Innovative
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld of the New York-based American Center for Democracy's Economic Warfare Institute warns that last July "al-Qaeda's English-language online magazine, Inspire, published an article called 'It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb,' which featured instructions on how to build an incendiary bomb to light forests on fire.
"A few months later, Russia's security (FSB) chief, Aleksandr Bortnikov warned, 'al-Qaeda was complicit in recent forest fires in Europe' as part of the terrorists' 'strategy of a thousand cuts.' Bortnikov spoke of 'extremist sites [that] contained detailed instructions of waging the forest jihad and stressed that such a method had proved itself effective as it inflicted both physical and moral damage, needed little training or investment and it was extremely hard for police to find and apprehend the arsonists.'
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Federal investigators called in as Colorado firefighters make progress
"The 16,000-acre Black Forest Fire, which was 65% contained Sunday, is now considered a crime scene, according to El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa... "
If there is evidence of this it will be covered up
Who'd a thunk... terrorists in America... naaaaa
That's the first thing I thought when I heard that officials were certain that the fires where not natural.
Much as I hate to see the willful destruction of anyone's property, the idea of Terrorists' culpability may get up the noses of some Colorado Liberals.
They'll have to re-arrange some of your mental furniture, I guess.
Just a small outcome of having an open-border society, with a welfare state (so that undocumented terrorists can get tax-payer funded cars, gas, matches, maps).
But for the idiots liberal greenies who inhibit forest management, that fire would have been a crawling yawner.
And blowing up chemical factories.
They will blame Bush.
As long as the left and the media can blame it on 'global warming' and Bush, we will hear nothing of it in the media.
Look at all the "fires" they've been starting around the country lately - Boston bombings, nosing around water supply, planes, the Canadian border train, and now this.
Of course, that goes without saying!
Who does the IRSNSADOJFBI investigate first? Bible thumping, gun toting , Conservative Americans.
If only the NSA had the ability to wiretap and collect data without warrants they could stop thi... Oh wait never mind.
This shows we need surveillance cameras to cover all forest land to prevent this. /s
Would not be surprised if the recent fires in CO WERE SET.
Tea Party folks with Bic lighters?
That is why the "new media" has stepped up to the plate.
"...your mental furniture..."
Had to read that twice, even after 3 mugs of coffee, but it's a great phrase.
Yeah, how about a little forest management so that there isn't enough underbrush fuel to make any of these fires a problem.
This is something that I have really worried about. It would be easy for 10 men to wreak absolute havoc and destruction on a state like mine that is suffering from a drought and has many areas overloaded with fuels ready for a match. We came close to losing our house in a wildfire caused by some kids playing with matches in 2000. Over 50 homes were destroyed along with about 15,000 acres. The national forest roads are pretty deserted so they could drive along setting fires every mile and no one could stop them unless they just shut down access. Many towns and cities have forest lands bordering or surrounding them. In 2002 a woman was burning a letter in a fire pit in the national forest and started a fire that burned down over 500,000 acres. It took weeks and millions of dollars to fight it. The disruption to the economy would be massive.
And there was this from CBS News two months ago: "Vandalism At San Jose PG&E Substation Called Sabotage"
"The vandals objective appears to have been shutting down the system, Sheriff Laurie Smith said at a news conference at the substation Tuesday afternoon."
How incredible it must be to be a liberal. You advocate for the demise of your own country, property ...even your own species.
To be liberal is to cease to BE. I don't get it.
It takes three things to make a fire: Air, fuel, and ignition. Air we can do nothing about. Ignitions, such as lightning strikes, happen all the time. The only tool available to control the damage a fire can do is to manage the fuel.
might also apply to chemical plants — 3 so far.
That is why the US Congress and Obama
deliberately LEFT THE borders open.
Did Terrorists Holder have to give matches
out with his weapons to them in FAST&FURIOUS
or FAST&FURIOUS++???
Probably, it was not necessary.
El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa was the sheriff who instigated the civil rights lawsuit against Colorado state over the two unconstitutional gun control laws passed this last legislative session.
He's been joined by 55 of the 63 elected sheriffs in CO, but he started the whole thing.
This fire is payback to those who elected him.
I'll wager no outside person started this, this was a CO job, as I believe most CO fires are.
Except maybe the Hayman fire more than 10 years ago. That was started by a Federal Forest Service worker, and burned over 400,000 acres as the local fire departments fought with the Forest Service over the right to fight the fire. Obviously the Forest Service won that fight.
I don't either. They are truly the 'enemy within', and have infiltrated all levels of society and gov't. We're so compromised now, that I don't know if we can ever recover from the past 50yrs of liberalism.
Nobody in the commie media wants to even hint at this, yet we are bombarded by lowest-common-denominator PSAs on the radio quoting "Smokey Bear" who has said FOR YEARS that "nine out of ten wildfires are caused by humans." But, no "news"casts ever claim this. Hmmmmm....
This is impossible because Dear Leader declared the War On Terror completed.
There is a problem here. Yes, there are many potential terrorists in our midst, but they didn't necessarily start fires. They could but...
The problem is that the government can say "terrorists" about any problem just so they can justify spying on Americans and ignoring the Constitution. The government morons can then justify doing anything they want because of the "potential" terrorism. I believe the terrorists that do exist are total morons because there are so many thousands of things that they could be doing to create disruption in this somewhat free society...but they don't. So the question becomes confused. Freedom entails some risk. We should kill terrorists immediately and humiliate them whenever they threaten or do terrorist acts. Leave the average American citizen alone.
Would be very helpful as would allowing companies to log out dead trees in areas ravaged by beetle kill. Unfortunately the area in the black forest fire is not a forest so much as a wooded residential area, as you can tell by the number of homes lost. There are similar communities spread all through the Colorado foothills and front range.
Agreed 100%. They use 'terrorism' as an excuse for everything, now.
I've heard what a giant dead tree will do when it comes down during a fire. Due to the energy of the fall, the embers shoot out in all directions for very long distances.
Cleaning out the dead wood, indeed, would make these fires far less devastating.
I have heard for decades that 99 percent of forest fires are started by lightning. Are you saying that you have recently heard the other claim?
There are areas in the Colorado front range where 90+% of trees are dead from beetle kill. The envirowhackos will not allow logging out of the dead wood. There will be many devastating fires in the years to come. Interestingly the black forest fire was in healthy trees, though it is very dry in Colorado over the past few years.
Are you up in the Jemez?
The "vandals" also cut the fiber optic line.
'To be liberal is to cease to BE. I dont get it.'
But darn it, one can feel good about themselves when they sit down in the evening for that first toke...
And our ever-vigilant government is planning to import a bunch of Syrian militants. Wow! Are we ever lucky to be governed by these people.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I dont add you to the list...
Look a rag head riding a camel starting a fire with a flame thrower would be covered up.
What makes you think they wait until evening? Haven't you heard of "wake and bake"?
From Smokey Bear Guidelines:
Statistics showed that nine out of ten of the fires were person-caused and, thus, preventable. With this in mind, in 1942 the Forest Service organized the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program with the help of the Wartime Advertising Council. The Wartime Advertising Council was composed of people experienced in the business of advertising who donated their talent to the U.S. Government to get important messages to the people.
Posters and slogans were created through the Wartime Advertising Council, including "Forest Fires Aid the Enemy," and "Our Carelessness, Their Secret Weapon." By using catchy phrases, colorful posters and other fire prevention messages, the CFFP Program encouraged people to prevent accidental fires and help with the War.
... PS: Granted, the Smokey Bear emphasis was on carelessness, not malice, however the point remains that, especially today, we have every reason to believe there are enemy agents behind some or even many of the wildfires.
Sad to say, but some of those terrorists wear the uniform of the USFS.
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Debates of Feb. 21st, 1994
House of Commons Hansard #26 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was petitions.
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Kate Pace
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bob Wood Nipissing, ON
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all Canadians and in particular on behalf of the people of Nipissing I would like to congratulate Kate Pace of North Bay, Ontario for her outstanding performance in the women's Olympic downhill race this past Saturday.
As the reigning world champion, Kate once again finished among the best downhillers in the world and is looking forward to competing in the remaining World Cup races to defend her world championship title.
A capacity crowd of over 1,000 people jammed the North Bay Art Centre at four o'clock in the morning in order to watch Kate compete in her race. This show of support for Kate Pace by the people of North Bay and area is due to Kate's commitment to her sport and to her community and to her country, Canada.
I am very proud to congratulate Kate today after a terrific performance at the Olympic Games and I wish her all the best as she defends her World Cup downhill title later this year.
Fonds De Solidarité Des Travailleurs
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2:05 p.m.
Yves Rocheleau Trois-Rivières, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I inform the House that owing to an investment from the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec, the Trois-Rivières plant of Canadian Pacific Forest Products Limited will reopen on February 23 under the name of TRIPAP after having been closed for two years and will start producing paper again, thus giving jobs back to 300 workers.
Over the past few years, the Fonds de solidarité has made it possible to create or maintain more than 700 jobs, in particular at FABRON of Trois-Rivières, Cadorette Marine of Grand-Mère, in the Prime Minister's riding, and Nova Quintech of Pierreville, a total investment in excess of $41 million.
On the 10th anniversary of its setting up the extremely useful role the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec has played in the Mauricie-Bois-Francs region had to be brought to the attention of this House.
National Debt
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ken Epp Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am very excited about an initiative being taken by several women in my Elk Island riding. Maralyn Benay and her colleagues are undertaking the formation of an organization which will receive voluntary donations by citizens to be applied directly to the national debt. They are receiving a great deal of positive publicity and the momentum for the plan is growing by leaps and bounds.
While warning her about the magnitude of Canada's debt and over-spending problem, I compared the efforts with spooning water into a rain barrel while ignoring the fact that the bottom is out of the barrel.
We have citizens who are ready to tackle our huge debt problem with the same fervour as we accepted the emergency situation of our country during World War II. How wonderful it would be if we here in Ottawa could do our part by stemming the flow out of the bottom of the barrel.
Mrs. Benay and her group deserve all the encouragement they can get and all the people who are ready to donate, whether a small amount or a large, are to be commended as Canadian heroes.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
David Berger Saint-Henri—Westmount, QC
Mr. Speaker, last Friday, it was very amusing to hear the statements made by two members of the Bloc Quebecois.
The member for Richmond-Wolfe condemned those who oppose official bilingualism. I am very happy to hear that the Bloc supports official bilingualism.
For his part, the member for Louis-Hébert congratulated Isabelle Brasseur on winning a bronze medal. But he did not even mention the name of her partner, Lloyd Eisler, who comes from Ontario. Does he think that Ms. Brasseur would have won in pairs skating by herself?
This reminds me of the Canada Cup tournament held a few years ago when we won with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Many people said that we could not have won without both of them, for is it not true that unity is strength?
These statements by two members of the Bloc Quebecois show the contradictions and weaknesses in that party's positions.
Heritage Day
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Gurbax Malhi Bramalea—Gore—Malton, ON
Mr. Speaker, today is Heritage Day.
It comes as no surprise that Canada would choose to celebrate diversity among its peoples. This is a country where cultural differences are considered a strength rather than a weakness. It is just one of the reasons Canada has acquired a sterling international reputation for fairness to all people.
While some Canadians may take their freedom for granted, those who worked hard to emigrate here will never do so. Canada is secure enough in its own virtues that it allows and encourages new Canadians to retain their own culture.
We should remember that most countries force immigrants to purge themselves of their heritage. Canada, however, sees the value of heritage and celebrates it from coast to coast.
Happy Heritage Day, one and all.
Heritage Day
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Rey D. Pagtakhan Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, Heritage Day holds great significance for our country. Today we reflect on the many faces of Canada and celebrate diversity and unity.
I am reminded of my own immigration and of how my wife and I have been blessed with four sons born and raised in this great nation. I am privileged to live in Canada, honoured to serve the constituents of Winnipeg North and proud to be part of the beautiful diversity that is the Canadian mosaic.
Heritage Day is also about our national institutions, our railways, schools, parks and system of government. It is about the building of our nation which touched generations of Canadians' lives in numerous ways, politically, economically and socially.
It is also about governments playing a major role in preserving our cultural landscape, fostering closer relationships with our First Nations peoples and sustaining official bilingualism in a multicultural framework.
The sum of all defines our national values-democracy, freedom, social justice and peace.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jean-Paul Marchand Québec-Est, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want to denounce an inhuman situation experienced by a Romanian family from my constituency, Mr. and Mrs. Maraloï and their two sons, who have been in Canada for three years. As soon as they arrived here, they started the procedures with the department of immigration to straighten out their situation in Canada. These people made a lot of effort to integrate themselves to the Quebec community. They never asked for any form of government assistance. The academic successes of the children illustrate how well integrated they are. This is a model family.
Yet, the applications made by that family have been rejected because authorities feel that there is no proven risk of persecution if they return to Romania. So, after three years in Canada, they are told they must go back. This is inhuman. Are we going to celebrate the International Year of the Family by uprooting these people from the community in which they have settled and are appreciated, and by deporting them to a country where they no longer have anything and where they have every reason to believe they will be in danger?
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jim Abbott Kootenay East, BC
Mr. Speaker, last week I had the privilege of taking part in a series of meetings in Vancouver with the Canadian European Parliamentary Association. We had an extensive field trip in the air and on the ground at Clayoquot Sound.
As the House may know, the Europeans had brought forward a resolution to the European Parliament which would have seen a boycott of up to $2 billion worth of Canadians softwood lumber products. They had based their tentative decision to boycott on the basis of information and representations made by certain B.C. protectionist forces and they are to be applauded for taking the time to view first hand the practices which are so soundly denounced by those certain protectionist groups.
I am pleased to report that after thorough discussion and observation we have arrived at a reasonable approach to the resolution of their concerns. The environmentalists should consider the progress that has been made in sustainable forestry management practices. I suggest they consider compromise instead of confrontation and co-operation instead of controversy.
Electoral Reform
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Nick Discepola Vaudreuil, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to express my total disagreement with the proposed electoral redistribution and ask that steps be initiated to halt the process immediately.
Last Friday over 30 municipal leaders of my riding, as well as the West Island of Montreal, were consulted. They agreed unanimously that the proposal does not reflect the reality of our region. In these difficult economic times, when tomorrow once again in this very House Canadians are going to be asked to make difficult sacrifices, can we really afford the millions of dollars that this reform will cost, let alone ask ourselves what it will accomplish?
I have consulted with many of my colleagues from Ontario, Quebec, the west and the Atlantic provinces, and we all agree it is our duty to be frugal with the taxpayers' hard-earned money. We can save millions of dollars by simply passing a bill to delay electoral reform until the next census.
I do not believe Canadians are under represented by the current 295 MPs. Allow me to conclude by reminding the House that it is quality, not quantity that should be the focus here.
Canada Scholarship
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Patrick Gagnon Bonaventure—Îles-De-La-Madeleine, QC
Mr. Speaker, allow me to express in this House my most sincere congratulations to eight young students in Bonaventure-Îles-de-la-Madeleine who received scholarships from the Canadian government to maintain their academic excellence in post-secondary science, engineering and mathematics.
These fields of learning are important to the economic future of the region and of Canada and I count greatly on the professional contribution of these scholarship students from Gaspé and the Magdalen Islands for our economic future. I offer my sincere congratulations to Frédéric Aspirot, Nadia Bouchard, Julie Cummings, Anik Henry, Pascal Poirier, Steve Renaud, Stéphane Thériault and Serge Vigneau.
With this Canada Scholarship worth up to $10,000 at the university level and $7,500 at the college level, these young people will be able to excel in their studies.
These scholarship recipients will help maintain Canada's scientific excellence and I am very proud of that.
Canada Scholarship
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
The Speaker
Dear colleagues, for several weeks, some of you have been asking me about Standing Order 31.
You have addressed the Chair and asked if I could give some kind of indication as to the length of Standing Order 31s. I am happy to report to you that after five weeks, if the statements are about 150 to 160 words, everyone seems to be able to get them in. So I report to you that this seems to be going well.
I would like to thank again those of you who have prepared statements and sent them to the interpreters. It does help in the translation and I do thank you on behalf of all colleagues.
Oral Question Period
February 21st, 1994 / 2:15 p.m.
Lucien Bouchard Leader of the Opposition
My question is directed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Yesterday, NATO and UN leaders decided against authorizing air strikes at Sarajevo. It seems that UN peacekeepers are taking control of Serb positions and that at last peace will come to Sarajevo.
I want to ask the minister whether he could report to the House on the situation today in Sarajevo and give us assurances that the withdrawal of Serb heavy artillery was sufficient to justify cancelling the air strikes.
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
André Ouellet Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker the withdrawal of heavy artillery or its transfer to UN control has improved the situation very substantially, and the process is definitely producing the results expected by UN and NATO members.
The demilitarization of Sarajevo will continue, and that is why we felt it was important to maintain the threat of air strikes for the use in cases where either the Serbs or the Muslims would be inclined to bring back and use this heavy artillery.
However, we think the diplomatic initiatives produced results and the peace process has definitely been started and we hope that no air strikes will be necessary under the circumstances.
Oral Question Period
2:20 p.m.
Lucien Bouchard Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, I must agree that this is good news and that the government was right to join its partners in order to produce the results we see today.
However, the war goes on in other parts of Bosnia. I would like to ask the minister whether he could tell us what strategies are being considered by Canada and its partners to end the fighting in Bosnia and thus prevent the Serbs from taking the heavy artillery withdrawn from Sarajevo and using it to fight elsewhere in Bosnia?
Oral Question Period
2:20 p.m.
André Ouellet Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, we feel that diplomatic initiatives by the Americans and the Russians helped to create a climate that is far more promising than has been the case so far. We feel that these diplomatic initiatives must continue and should be pursued in order to get the three parties involved in this conflict-Serbs, croats and Muslims-to agree to a peace process that would extend to all of former Yugoslavia. Meetings will be held in Europe tomorrow and at some time during the next few days in order to put in place, at the highest levels, a mechanism that will bring a durable peace to the region.


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Wolves show gritty instinct to survive
CLAM LAKE, Wis. (AP) – As Adrian Wydeven drove the snowy wilds of the Chequamegon National Forest, keeping an eye out the truck window for signs of wolves, his thoughts returned again and again to one old wolf, different from any he had ever encountered, and that for years made these remote forests and swamps her home.
An ecologist and conservation biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, Wydeven has helped run the agency's wolf recovery program for the past two decades. He spends his days tracking wolves, trapping and radio-collaring them, howling on summer nights for them. He traipses despondently toward steady signals from their transmitters, known in the trade as "mortality" signals, to collect the stilled bodies of dead wolves.
And now, he is helping to figure out how the state's first wolf hunt affected an animal that just a little over a year ago was listed as an endangered species, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
But on this sunlit late winter day, it was one wolf that preoccupied Wydeven. The wolf had no name. She was known only by the number on her radio collar: 475. In her story, Wydeven believes, can be read the story of all Wisconsin wolves and their frequently inspiring, sometimes violent, always controversial return to a state that is still trying to figure out how it feels about living with these enigmatic creatures.
Wydeven told the story of 475 as he conducted a winter tracking survey of her pack, the Shanagolden pack southeast of Clam Lake. Such winter surveys have been conducted throughout Wisconsin's wolf country since 1979 – at the very beginning of the wolf recovery effort – so biologists can get a handle each year on the number of animals as well as the number and size of packs.
In the wake of the state's first wolf hunt, the field work has taken on new importance. This winter, trackers, both DNR professionals and volunteers, gather information that will allow ecologists to determine the impact of the hunt on both the overall number of wolves and the social structure of the packs, which is an important factor in successful reproduction.
The data gathered will be used to set a statewide population number and, later this year, quotas for the next wolf hunt. The information might play a role in the coming year in an even more controversial debate – whether to revisit the population goal of 350 wolves, which some believe is dangerously below the current population of about 800 and not an accurate reflection of how many animals the Wisconsin landscape can sustain. Observations of packs could also prove valuable in the agency's deliberations over rules for using dogs to hunt wolves in the coming season.
Wydeven has kept close track of the Shanagolden pack for years because of its notorious reputation. It has killed perhaps more bear-hunting dogs than any pack in the state. The deep woods of the Chequamegon National Forest and sparsely settled surroundings nearby have in the past been a favorite spot for bear hunters to train their hounds, and bloody, fatal encounters between the dogs and wolves have been frequent.
Until her death, 475 was part of that story.
Wydeven recalled first slipping the radio collar around the tranquilized wolf's neck on June 24, 2004. She was scraggly, 3 or 4 years old and weighed 60 pounds, about 10 pounds less than the average adult female. Both of her lower canines and outer lower incisors had been broken off. She was not in good shape, and Wydeven did not expect her to last long.
On Aug. 4 that same year, bear hunters training their dogs in the Shanagolden territory reported three of their dogs were killed by wolves. The next night, Wydeven visited the area to conduct a howling survey. In an area not far from where the dogs had been killed he raised howls from 475 and her pack, probably four adults and at least three pups. It was likely, Wydeven concluded, that 475 was involved in the attack on the hunting dogs.
Over the next several weeks, other run-ins between wolves and dogs were reported in the Shanagolden territory, and a number of dogs were killed. A pattern emerged. It seemed almost all of the dogs were killed near the pack's summer rendezvous site. The sites are like summer homes for the animals, where young pups are raised and schooled. Wolves, Wydeven said, will fiercely defend pups in such areas, and 475 was probably among the wolves tending her pups near where the hunting dogs were killed.
The agency warned bear hunters to stay away from the area and recommended that, if they did train their dogs in the pack's territory, the dogs be outfitted with bells. Even so, at least three more dogs were killed that season, Wydeven recalled.
Over the next couple of years, perhaps because of growing awareness on the part of hunters, there were no hunting dogs killed by the Shanagolden pack. The attacks, however, resumed in 2008 and 2009.
Wydeven recalled how pleased he was back then to find that, despite his initial misgivings about her condition, 475 seemed to be thriving. Between 2005 and 2009, she was probably the alpha female in the pack, he said. And the pack itself was healthy in its remote stronghold, ranging anywhere from six to 10 wolves. Time and again, Wydeven would pick up 475's signal, or pilots would spot her in the forest below as she roamed a territory as large as 86 square miles.
Wolves love to roam, especially in the winter, and as Wydeven conducted his tracking survey a few weeks ago in the Shanagolden territory, he stitched together a story from the tracks and a snapshot of the pack's current health. A recurring group of tracks told him that four or five animals were mapping and marking their territory, just as 475 did for years with her companion animals. Several times he pointed out spots of blood in the tracks, a good sign that one female was in heat, he said, and that the pack was likely to produce pups this breeding season.
The health of this pack, Wydeven said as he recorded data on his clipboard, can be at least partly attributed to its territory of thick forest and swamp, designated for hunting purposes as a core, or protected area, buffered from the full impact of the hunt. Such areas will be important, he said, to ensure the future of the animal in Wisconsin.
All told, during the six years that 475 wore her collar and unwittingly transmitted her whereabouts, the Shanagolden pack killed 18 dogs and injured one. Though it is difficult to know for sure, Wydeven said, 475 was probably involved in a number of the attacks, including possibly one fatal attack on a pet black Labrador in 2010 in the far eastern, more settled portion of the pack's territory.
But Wydeven said 475 and the Shanagolden pack offered important lessons, too. The DNR, for example, now has an email notification system to alert hunters to areas such as the Shanagolden territory where attacks on dogs have been frequent. And the science behind such attacks is somewhat better understood. If wolves in a pack kill a hunting dog, they are likely to do so again, Wydeven said. And attacks seem to happen more frequently in rendezvous and denning sites where wolves are protecting their young.
On Oct. 5, 2010, a DNR pilot picked up a mortality signal from 475. A few days later, Wydeven found her body in dense forest near the edge of a bog not far from the Chippewa River.
Later examination of her body showed she had lost all of her lower incisors and other teeth, probably from the blast of a shotgun fired at her lower jaw when she was no more than 2 years old. Shotgun pellets were found embedded in her skull, scapula, upper portions of the front leg and portions of a hind leg. A recent shot to the side of her skull might have contributed to her death.
Despite those disabling injuries over the years, placental scars showed the old wolf had borne at least seven litters of pups. Such a remarkable feat would be impossible were it not for 475 having been surrounded by a supportive pack that helped feed her and share the parenting chores – a reminder, Wydeven said, of the importance of making sure future hunts are not disrupting the social structure of packs.
Mostly, Wydeven said, the story that 475 wrote on the landscape with her wanderings and her struggles and, no doubt, her pain, is testament to the wolf's gritty instinct to survive season after season with a modern and frequently hostile world closing hard upon its wild home.


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Skip to comments.Benishek for Congress (Stupaks opponet on Facebook)(see the donations)
Posted on 03/21/2010 3:29:06 PM PDT by bilhosty
Hi, I am Dan Benishek. I am running for U.S. Congress in Michigans 1st District and would like your support.
I was born in Iron River, Michigan. My mother was of Polish descent and my father of Bohemian descent. My father worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps and then in the iron mines of Iron County. He died in a mining accident in 1957 and my brother and I were raised by my mother, with the help of family. I graduated from West Iron County High School in 1970. I earned a B.S.... (read more)
I'll give him a few bucks just so the story reads "Stupak's opponent raises $1M in 2 hours."
Follow him on twitter @Benishek .
well old bart stood up there and lied like a dong....he deserves it. I can hear it now....Obamer saying ..."we have enough union and acorn members to swing any election...you dont have to worry and besides...we can steal enough to set you all up with a dynasty."
I think he was told he was going to have a horse head on his bed unless he voted YES
Do you have to mail the donation in, or does he have an online site to contribute?
He never intended to vote no.
LOL! Poor George Preppard (sp?). I know someone who worked with him once and said he was a very nice person.
What is the district like? Can this guy win? Stupak is EVIL.
Let us know when he has his online donation website up and running.
Just sent $150.
I just joined this afternoon at 4:15pm, there were 236 fans. Now there are 2652!
Wow. Americans are truly fired up. He is getting commitments from all over the country and in such a short time.
I would support anyone running agaist him, my check is already in the mail.
Stupid is as Stupack does
Bart Stupak Is A Traitor
Banacek is on RTV, RetroTV. I just caught an episode not long ago, I think he's on Saturday nights.
Love that second one. The "old Polish Proverbs"...
I don't get that channel but I have the DVDs.
Over 3000 now...I sent his page to my list and will donate as soon as I can do it online.
He didn't have a twitter as of 4:15 pm, someone urged him to get a twitter account and a ton of people "Liked" it.
Glad he listened.
JUDAS Stupek is a meme that is catching on...
Here is a link to Stupak traitor Driehaus's opponents site you can make an online donation here.
7,456 Facebook fans so far.
Benishek has PayPal now....link is under his photo on face book......
Let's help him defeat Benedict Arnold Stupak who was the deciding factor in passing the Obama HealthCare nightmare!
Please ping your friends to this thread.
Just sent him $20. Not overloaded with money right now, but am going to do what I can.
Mr. Stupak, you are a sorry excuse for a pro-lifer. You were going to vote for this all along, all that was left in question was the price.
He has paypal rigged up now. Go back to his site and donate.
you can donate on line now.
Thanks for the heads up. Just made my donation via paypal...took fewer than ten seconds! Buh bye, Stupak!
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (74 votes).
In short: Great organisation, wonderful scenery, PB potentialDate of review: February 26, 2009
In short: Absolutely brilliant!!! In full: Well organised, thank you to all the marshalls and organiser for a great race! :)Date of review: February 25, 2009
In short: Anything with PB potential is worth doing again. Loads of support too.Date of review: February 25, 2009
In short: I did enjoy the race In full: Very nice place to run, I did miss the water at 5k but it was not hot on the day. Good for PB I got one so will back next year. My Garmin made it 6.09Date of review: February 25, 2009
In short: Although there are som concerns about the length of this one, I would have obtained a PB anywayIn full: Although there are some concerns about the length of this one, I would have obtained a PB anyway!I like this race, great surrounding and the finishing laps spur you on!Date of review: February 24, 2009
In short: Quick time soured by rumoursIn full: I normally ignore Garmin users who claim a course is short, but I can't help thinking this is. I've mapped the run on mapmyrun.com and the turn is in a different place to where we actually turned. It backs up the Garmin users. Given the high proportion of big PBs, it seems the organisers have made a right royal c*ck up here, which is very disappointing.If the course was the right distance it would still have excellent PB potential and I would still have broken my own best. A bit of hypocricy from the organisers - no water station at 5k is in breach of UKA rules. Two runners DQ'd for wearing iPods, which despite the organisers claims, is not prohibited by UKA. However, I do agree with the no-iPod rule and the lack of water in February isn't a major issue.The village laps were good - the last 2k felt much easier than the normal struggle at the end of a race.Will run it again and hope that it get's officially measured again to either dispell the rumours, or correctly place the turn point.Date of review: February 23, 2009
In short: My favourite 10kIn full: Almost perfect conditions - warm but with a headwind on the return into the village.The course has been tweaked a few times over the years, but I have to say that I liked it when it stayed in the village for three long laps.Those who say the course is short are wrong.Date of review: February 23, 2009
In short: A PB course for sure - the course is short!In full: Chose this race deliberately because of the fast times my friends have run on it. I ran a 2 minute personal best - but my Garmin measured the course as 9.71km. My friends also had short measurements on their GPS devices. Whilst I am very pleased with my pb, I feel I can't really shout about it as it's not the right distance. Is this course ever going to be remeasured?Date of review: February 23, 2009
In short: Another great raceIn full: Well done Bourton. Another classic & thanks for taking a stand against the ipod runners.Date of review: February 23, 2009
In short: Top NotchIn full: First went to Bourton for last years Hilly Half.Beautiful Place and today was no exception.Well worth a trip for this excellent little race.Date of review: February 22, 2009
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A high-ranking executive of Seagate Technology said that he would not be surprised if the vast majority of hard disk drives (HDDs) in five years will have a special flash buffer to ensure high performance. The leading maker of hard drives also indicated that the demand towards the company's Momentus XT HDD is high.
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The manufacturer admits that solid-state drives (SSDs) still have a lot of benefits for enterprise personal computers. But considering their cost per gigabyte, clients are likely to prefer traditional hard drives with increased performance to SSDs.
"I think in enterprise clearly there is a play for SSDs which Seagate feels very good about its roadmap right now. But in the mid-range of enterprise and clearly in the client, the hybrid drive has basically all the benefits of an SSD," added Mr. Mosley.
The hybrid hard drives (HHDs) are not ideal. They still consume more energy than SSDs and their performance advantage over traditional HDDs is not always obvious. Moreover, since flash memory has limited amount of write cycles it remains to be seen how durable the cache will be and how efficient it will be over time.