An online poll that asks people to determine which feathered fowl should be Canada's national bird raises an interesting question; what kind of debate would there be if the matter was taken up in the House of Commons?
One might expect the Conservatives to stand behind the current frontrunner - the red-tailed hawk - which is, of course, hawkish, nests in every part of the country, and has a very slight tinge of red as some Tories do.
Pearsonian Liberals would no doubt object and counter with the mourning dove, given their recent decline to third-party status and objections to increases in military spending.
For the NDP, it would have to be a goose of some sort that lays golden eggs, just as the party did under Jack Layton in the last election.
One can see the Bloc Québécois being sympathetic to an endangered species such as the eastern harlequin duck.
But what of the Green party that has only one seat in Parliament? The hawks may unfairly disparage Elizabeth May as a cuckoo, but we can see her backing the green warbler, which is small and vulnerable to parasitism, just as the Green party is when the NDP and Liberals steal its ideas.
And if the Senate were consulted? Some wag would be prompted to recall the extinct Jurassic creatures from which all birds are descended.
Teachable moment on Chimp treatment
In a curious - dare we say eerie? - twist, the commercial DVD version of The Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released in the same week that a high-level call was issued in the United States for tighter regulations on experiments involving chimpanzees.
Of course, it's possible the leaders of Washington's National Institutes of Health are earnest 14-hour-a-day types who never even heard of the latest instalment of the Apes franchise,Welcome to monclerouterwear In Nyc on Facebook. much less found time to see it on the big screen this past summer. It's possible that changing attitudes about treatment of our nearest evolutionary relatives have been leading to the change for years.Publique anuncios sobre mencanadagooseparkaforcheap gratis.
The federal research agency has been urged by the non-governmental Institute of Medicine to allow experimentation on "great apes" such as chimpanzees only if no alternatives are available that wouldn't endanger human subjects, and if the research is necessary to make progress on lifethreatening conditions. Those certainly seem like sensible guidelines.
Still, American conspiracy theorists will be pleased to have new material to work with. Could it be that the vengeful rebellion of the film's chimps have touched a nerve in uneasy consciences in some shadowy Area 51? Or have scientists already crossed the Rubicon, so to speak, with a real-world Caesar of their own?
Reptile rendezvous rattles Calgarians
For some reason, Calgary has an affinity for unattended-snake stories. In August, a seven-foot boa constrictor was found in the bathtub of a vacated apartment, and this week, a three-footer was discovered to have taken up residence under a sink.
Both creatures are constrictors - and one imagines they lived up to their names, given the difficulty the discoverers must have had breathing immediately after making their acquaintance.
But our main points today are not related to cardio-pulmonary reactions.
First, we contemplate the caution all visitors to our southern sister city are surely adopting when approaching the local plumbing.
And perhaps more importantly, one has to note the initial report, which stated that the most recent discovery was "thought" to be a corn snake.Take advantage of our laurenhoody today. In fact, it turned out to be a harmless Brazilian rainbow boa - but as a general rule, as any Australian will tell you, it is poor practice to engage with a snake of any length on the basis of purely conjectural identification.
Oilers struggle to enjoy Phoenix season
Finally, while we're on the subject of animals and the wide variety of ways in which humans interact with them, we feel compelled to close with a note of sympathy for the Edmonton Oilers, who, according to a headline writer, were "torn apart by Desert Dogs" Thursday night.
True, the description was only figurative.We've seen all the best authenticcanada of 2011. (And if you think the heading was a bit overwrought, give a moment's thought to how challenging it is to come up with alternatives to the verbs "won" and "lost" over the long months of successive sports seasons).
Still, "torn apart" does convey something of the local NHL team's unhappy evening in Glendale, Ariz., and their need to do better managing their relations with varied creatures - Hawks, Sharks, Blue Jackets, Predators,A client requested a video to promote his iwcwatches site. Senators, Bruins and Penguins - in the ecosystems they visit.
One might expect the Conservatives to stand behind the current frontrunner - the red-tailed hawk - which is, of course, hawkish, nests in every part of the country, and has a very slight tinge of red as some Tories do.
Pearsonian Liberals would no doubt object and counter with the mourning dove, given their recent decline to third-party status and objections to increases in military spending.
For the NDP, it would have to be a goose of some sort that lays golden eggs, just as the party did under Jack Layton in the last election.
One can see the Bloc Québécois being sympathetic to an endangered species such as the eastern harlequin duck.
But what of the Green party that has only one seat in Parliament? The hawks may unfairly disparage Elizabeth May as a cuckoo, but we can see her backing the green warbler, which is small and vulnerable to parasitism, just as the Green party is when the NDP and Liberals steal its ideas.
And if the Senate were consulted? Some wag would be prompted to recall the extinct Jurassic creatures from which all birds are descended.
Teachable moment on Chimp treatment
In a curious - dare we say eerie? - twist, the commercial DVD version of The Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released in the same week that a high-level call was issued in the United States for tighter regulations on experiments involving chimpanzees.
Of course, it's possible the leaders of Washington's National Institutes of Health are earnest 14-hour-a-day types who never even heard of the latest instalment of the Apes franchise,Welcome to monclerouterwear In Nyc on Facebook. much less found time to see it on the big screen this past summer. It's possible that changing attitudes about treatment of our nearest evolutionary relatives have been leading to the change for years.Publique anuncios sobre mencanadagooseparkaforcheap gratis.
The federal research agency has been urged by the non-governmental Institute of Medicine to allow experimentation on "great apes" such as chimpanzees only if no alternatives are available that wouldn't endanger human subjects, and if the research is necessary to make progress on lifethreatening conditions. Those certainly seem like sensible guidelines.
Still, American conspiracy theorists will be pleased to have new material to work with. Could it be that the vengeful rebellion of the film's chimps have touched a nerve in uneasy consciences in some shadowy Area 51? Or have scientists already crossed the Rubicon, so to speak, with a real-world Caesar of their own?
Reptile rendezvous rattles Calgarians
For some reason, Calgary has an affinity for unattended-snake stories. In August, a seven-foot boa constrictor was found in the bathtub of a vacated apartment, and this week, a three-footer was discovered to have taken up residence under a sink.
Both creatures are constrictors - and one imagines they lived up to their names, given the difficulty the discoverers must have had breathing immediately after making their acquaintance.
But our main points today are not related to cardio-pulmonary reactions.
First, we contemplate the caution all visitors to our southern sister city are surely adopting when approaching the local plumbing.
And perhaps more importantly, one has to note the initial report, which stated that the most recent discovery was "thought" to be a corn snake.Take advantage of our laurenhoody today. In fact, it turned out to be a harmless Brazilian rainbow boa - but as a general rule, as any Australian will tell you, it is poor practice to engage with a snake of any length on the basis of purely conjectural identification.
Oilers struggle to enjoy Phoenix season
Finally, while we're on the subject of animals and the wide variety of ways in which humans interact with them, we feel compelled to close with a note of sympathy for the Edmonton Oilers, who, according to a headline writer, were "torn apart by Desert Dogs" Thursday night.
True, the description was only figurative.We've seen all the best authenticcanada of 2011. (And if you think the heading was a bit overwrought, give a moment's thought to how challenging it is to come up with alternatives to the verbs "won" and "lost" over the long months of successive sports seasons).
Still, "torn apart" does convey something of the local NHL team's unhappy evening in Glendale, Ariz., and their need to do better managing their relations with varied creatures - Hawks, Sharks, Blue Jackets, Predators,A client requested a video to promote his iwcwatches site. Senators, Bruins and Penguins - in the ecosystems they visit.
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