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|2009-04-01, 07:18
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Simple answer: it's because its drawn more realistically.
|2009-04-01, 12:09
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✖ ǝʇ ɯıqnɾl ☆
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mortuary : D
More info in the thread below : )
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|2009-04-01, 13:07
|Link #2684
Join Date: Mar 2006
@ganbaru - Myrrh has a "sweet" smell. It's extremely potent, and is similar to pine but more fragrant (I guess potpourri would be more accurate?).
Not all manhwa features characters where it is difficult to determine their gender, but the relative scarcity of translated manhwa versus manga makes it easier to pick out what has been translated and notice the difference. A recurring theme I've noticed is that male leads tend to look more feminine than not, sometimes to the point where a running joke in a title are other characters incorrectly saying "she" instead of "he" (like Id).
Like I said this isn't always the case, for instance Veritas has very manly men, but the manhwa style often has men with very long hair, big eyes, and thinner (sometimes longer limbed) body types.
Hence why I was wondering if there were any specific reasons for it (for instance cultural) or if it's just an evolution of the art style over the years and it just kind of "happened". Perhaps because there isn't as much translated manhwa I'm just noticing something that seems common, but is actually rare?
|2009-04-01, 14:01
|Link #2685
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 31
Okay I was sitting in the train letting my imagination running freely while listening to some music, well the thing I started thinking of was teleportation and I started wondering if you fall from a great height (gravity etc. taking effect) and for example you have teleportation abilities and you teleport yourself in water, not above it and then splash but like in the ocean/pool or whatever watery substance may be, what would happen? Would the gravity still have effect or will it be cancelled out or slowed down o.o;
|2009-04-01, 15:24
|Link #2688
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
"A body persists its state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force." Newton's laws of motion
I know you want to hear this as a: "what it is in a nutshell" but if you really want more then "yes/no" just read about it and think about it; I can give you the "1" the "+" and the "2" but only you can put the "=3" in there.
|2009-04-01, 16:00
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|2009-04-01, 16:04
|Link #2690
Hina is my goddess
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
|2009-04-01, 16:15
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|2009-04-01, 16:22
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Hina is my goddess
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
After reading Cats answer, i think i have to modify mine slightly. Gravity is the same no matter what substance you are in. However the effect of gravity does change because different forces are at work to balance those of gravity. Buoyancy for one.
|2009-04-01, 16:37
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Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 38
Lets imagine this scenario to be a little different.
What you describe is basically the same as a large cylinder filled with water falling down and hitting the ground. Lets assume this cylinder is made of a very robust material and does not burst. Lets further assume you are inside the cylinder.
Gravity lets you have potential energy (depending on your distance to the ground/ center of gravity). When falling down (in vacuum) it will be transformed into kinetic energy (in air a part of the energy is transformed into heat through friction).
The inertia impuls when hitting the ground will almost immediately reach you, since water cannot be compressed very well. Thus forwarding the inertia impuls is almost instand.
Anyway, when you/cylinder hit the ground you have a certain amount of kinetic energy. This energy will be transformed into deformation energy and friction energy.
The forces of the deformation energy will be higher the shorter your stopping distance is.
Now since water has a high density, you will be stopped quite fast. But you do not have to break through the surface of the water first. Water at its surface has surface tension, this makes an impact on water very hard (assuming a rather high impact velocity).
Since you are in the water already surface tension is not so much a problem. Still the density of water will slow you down very rapidly. Except you are fast enough for super cavitatation (rather unlikely). If you shoot a bullet from a gun inside water the bullet will be stopped within a few meters (just to get an idea of the stopping power of water).
Anyway, hitting concrete ground will reduce your speed much faster and setting free far more deformation energy, then being stopped inside water. Furthermore the water is all around you, so the forces are better spread over your whole body. When hitting concrete ground the deformating forces will come almost entirely from the direction where the ground is.
So to summarize this, you will be less hurt when slowed down in water instead of hitting conrecte ground (with only air as surrounding medium).
|2009-04-01, 16:40
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*my inference, since the question wasn't clear.
@Seed: Yeah, thanks for reminding me you have to watch your wording when it comes to physics. (I don't study it) But you're totally right.
|2009-04-01, 17:05
|Link #2696
Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 32
Teleportation makes the question a lot weirder than the answers have implied. I mean, who knows how the teleportation works in the first place? Maybe it cancels momentum on its own (and the question seems to be about momentum rather than gravity itself, considering that he's asking what would happen if some already falling in air suddenly teleported into water). I think the answer depends entirely on how the teleportation works, and is therefore kind of meaningless without more context.
Incidentally, teleportation as it is often portrayed in fiction would probably violate some basic laws of physics because of potential energy.
|2009-04-01, 17:13
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NERV Personnel
In some shows teleportation has been shown to have canceled the current velocity of the object (it is suspended in the air for a second or two before falling after teleporation). This means of transport would mean the object is deconstructed and then re-assembled at the new location in a neutral state. Another type of teleportation is the worm-hole type where an object is moved to a new point instantaneously through space. In this way the object maintains the velocity it had at the point of teleportation.
|2009-04-01, 17:20
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Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 38
|2009-04-01, 19:49
|Link #2699
Uncountable rationality
We don't know the effects of instantaneous changing of mediums that an object is traveling through. We cannot say that when we do teleport with some velocity into water we don't have to face surface tension. What I would like to know before answering the question is would there still be a surface tension effect if we instantly go from air to water as the medium of travel?
I think that a wormhole would still have surface tension because there is still a "surface" between the air on one side of the hole and the water on the other side. Would the case be different with something like materializing instantly in water? Of course, how you think about a wormhole would change that...
Also, falling from something like 30 meters into water is like falling onto concrete from the same height... or was that in feet?
|2009-04-01, 23:58
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Gregory House
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The worldwide cult of cosplay is seeing a boom across Latin America, spread by increasing legions of fans of comics and video games.
Many of the 17,000 people who attended Mexico's most established comics convention over the weekend wandered the halls dressed in a riotous variety of costumes, from Spiderman to the video elf Sylvannas Windrunner.
The costume play trend, which emerged in Japan and the United States several decades ago, features people who dress up as fantasy figures from films, anime, comic books and video games.
It can get very elaborate. And expensive.
Andrea Garcia, Angel Flores and Ricardo Villanueva roamed the La Mole Comic-Con International as figures from "The Legend of Zelda": the princess Zelda, the villain Ganondorf and hero Link. They spent a month and about $315 each working on their costumes.
Jacqueline Corona, who is a physician by day, dressed as a gothic version of Little Red Riding Hood. She said the hobby isn't just for kids.
"It's done by adults, people with good professions, very serious careers," she said. "It's a pastime that helps us relieve stress in a very healthy way."
"It's a lot of fun," Corona added. "For one time we can leave our personality and do things that we don't usually do. We get out of the routine. Every time we go out in the street they see as something pretty strange."
On the Internet:
La Mole Comic-Con: http://www.lamole.com.mx/
Isaac Garrido on Twitter: https://twitter.com/igarridoAP

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It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay.
[Members sang the national anthem]
House of Commons Hansard #169 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was care.
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan
It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay.
[Members sang the national anthem]
Quebec Dairy IndustryStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC
Mr. Speaker, our dairy industry is a vital economic driver for Quebec as a whole. It generates 85,000 direct and indirect jobs in every region of Quebec.
Quebec favours family farms, which are often passed down from one generation to the next, but the American system favours industrial farms.
Maintaining supply management is crucial to maintaining Quebec's dairy industry, and that goes for our egg and poultry producers too.
The Bloc Québécois invites everyone who is concerned about our agriculture sector to visit our website or our Facebook page to sign our petition.
It is time for anyone who cares about the future of our regions to stand up and tell the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec to make sure that supply management is not on the table when NAFTA is reopened.
Canada-Mexico RelationsStatements By Members
May 3rd, 2017 / 2:05 p.m.
Julie Dzerowicz Liberal Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am blessed to be a Canadian with two distinct cultural backgrounds. My last name, Dzerowicz, betrays me as Ukrainian, but what is hidden is my Mexican heritage. My mother is Mexican, and thus I am also a proud Mexican Canadian.
I mention all this as background to acknowledge the hard work of His Excellency Agustin Garcia Lopez. The Mexican ambassador to Canada is finishing his term in Canada at the end of this week. His hard work was instrumental in building closer ties and stronger relations between Canada and Mexico, paving the way for a successful visit of the Mexican president last June, for the Mexican visa requirement to be lifted, new education partnerships, stronger cultural and social ties, and greater economic opportunities between our two countries.
As the co-chair of the Canada-Mexico Friendship Group and the proud representative of a growing Hispanic community in my riding of Davenport, as well as a proud Mexican Canadian, I would like to extend my best wishes to Embajador Lopez, his wife Katya, and family.
[Member spoke in Spanish as follows:]
Senor Embajador, quisiera agradecerle por todo su trabajo y desearle muchisima suerte, sabiendo que siempre podemos contar con su apoyo.
Mental HealthStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON
Mr. Speaker, this morning, parliamentarians of all stripes joined members of the military, veterans, families, and mental health advocates for the fourth annual Sam Sharpe breakfast. Each year, the Sharpe breakfast explores mental health issues related to service, and it helps us remember Sam Sharpe, one of two MPs who died in battle during World War I.
This year, RCMP Corporal Curtis Barrett shared his journey back to wellness following his experience during the shooting on Parliament Hill in 2014. Corporal Barrett showed tremendous bravery confronting danger on October 22, 2014, and he showed greater courage on the Hill again this morning sharing his struggles. His story is important to help confront the stigma surrounding mental injuries while in uniform.
I would like to thank Corporal Barrett along with General Roméo Dallaire and the MP for Durham for making this worthy event a part of mental health week each year.
Curling ChampionsStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Paul Lefebvre Liberal Sudbury, ON
Mr. Speaker, I want to share with the House a recent unprecedented sporting achievement in Canada.
On April 22, two teams representing northern Ontario, a boys' team and a girls' team, were crowned Canadian under-18 curling champions in Moncton, New Brunswick. It is very rare for men's and women's teams from the same province to win curling championships in the same year. What makes this achievement rarer is that both rinks are from my riding of Sudbury, from the Sudbury Curling Club.
The girls' team was made up of Jessica Leonard, Sydnie Stinson, Kate Sherry, skip Kira Brunton, and coach Steve Acorn. The boys' team was made up of Shane Robinson, Nicholas Bissonnette, Max Cull, skip Jacob Horgan, and coach Gerry Horgan.
Congratulations to Team Brunton and Team Horgan. Sudbury is very proud of our 2017 Canadian under-18 curling champions.
Multiple SclerosisStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Kennedy Stewart NDP Burnaby South, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is an unfortunate fact that too many Canadians are affected by multiple sclerosis. I am consistently inspired by my sister, Julia diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in 2004. Julia is here today in Ottawa along with other advocates to deliver a message.
In Julia's words: "When you're diagnosed with MS, it is forever. But our government support systems don't see it that way. Each time I relapse, I have to start from scratch to access government services. All of this is very stressful, and can amplify my symptoms. The federal government needs to officially recognize that disabilities can be episodic, so we no longer need extra documentation from our doctors or 'lawyer up' to access support."
I have seen first-hand the daunting challenges facing those living with MS. I wear a carnation today in honour of MS Awareness Month, and to express solidarity with my sister and others living with MS.
I urge the Prime Minister to recognize episodic disabilities and do everything he can to help the MS community.
Community Organization for SeniorsStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Ramez Ayoub Liberal Thérèse-De Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to mark the anniversary of a community organization in my riding, La Popote à Roland, in Blainville. Founded in 1977 to help end the isolation of seniors, this organization has been making a real difference in the lives of many people for 40 years now.
By offering recreational activities, a sympathetic ear, a meal to share, a physical presence, as well as services and referrals, La Popote à Roland has become a meeting place and a unifying force in our community. I feel so privileged to be part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, which will also be a time to recognize the hard work of the organization's founder, Roland Dagenais, and its current president, Josée Collard Beauregard, as well as all its wonderful volunteers, who won the 2010 Hommage bénévolat-Québec award.
Happy birthday, Popote à Roland.
Drugs and PharmaceuticalsStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
John Barlow Conservative Foothills, AB
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of a brave and strong young girl from my riding.
This young woman's name is Haley Chisholm, an aspiring nurse. She is a high school student from High River whose extremely rare kidney condition requires the treatment of a costly drug, Soliris.
This young woman is fighting for her life. The drug she needs is currently unavailable to her because of its high cost and its off-label status.
Her physician has been clear. Soliris is the treatment that she has recommended for patients like Haley who are suffering from this painful, debilitating disease.
In collaboration with her caregivers and my counterpart, the MLA for Highwood, we have been working hard to obtain support from the federal and provincial governments to access funding through Alberta's specialized high-cost drug program. Unfortunately, thus far we have been unable to gather that support.
This girl and her family are suffering. Each day she does not receive that treatment, her condition worsens.
I am calling on the Minister of Health to please work with her provincial counterpart and secure access for funding for this drug, and to do the right thing for a young girl who is suffering so Haley's family can see their daughter grow up with a normal life.
Mental HealthStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
James Maloney Liberal Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, May 1 to 7 is Mental Health Week. In honour of that, last week I held a mental health forum in my riding and heard from local service providers and speakers, including Jacob Hartley Rosser, a youth mental health advocate, and CAMH.
The statistics for youth are staggering. Symptoms for common mental health problems and illnesses can begin as early as four years of age, and a reported 1.2 million children and youth under the age of 19 live with mental health challenges. It is also worth pointing out that it is a proven fact that dealing with these issues early can save 25% in health care costs per person down the road.
The first step in dealing with this is for people to speak out. I had the honour to make a mental health awareness video with Jacob and the Hon. Michael Wilson, chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, to do just that, to encourage people to speak out and to #GetLoud. It was a moving experience and a touching video. It is now available online for everybody to see. I encourage people to do so.
Italian-Canadian WorkersStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Marco Mendicino Liberal Eglinton—Lawrence, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to Italian-Canadian workers who were killed or injured at work during the last century. As the House already knows, Italian-Canadian labourers played a key role in building our country.
Unfortunately, thousands of Italian immigrants lost their lives while labouring in the most difficult conditions. This year we added another column to the memorial in my riding, honouring the fallen workers whose names are already etched in.
This monument reminds us of the many sacrifices made by the Italian-Canadian community here in Canada. I know all members in this House will join me in acknowledging their memory, and those who lost their lives building this country.
Grazie per il loro sacrificio.
PolandStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Tom Kmiec Conservative Calgary Shepard, AB
Mr. Speaker, I want to draw the attention of the House to two important events for the over one million Canadians with Polish heritage.
Today marks the 226th anniversary of the May 3 Polish constitution. A symbol of freedom and democracy in a world when authoritarianism reigned supreme, it recognized the inherent dignity of all human beings, regardless of social class. It honoured long-held traditions and ensured religious tolerance was a central pillar of society.
Canada has played a major role in the preservation of Polish identity, culture, and history during World War II. The Polish national treasures were evacuated from Wawel Castle in Krakow to Canada in September 1939, including Jagiellonian tapestries; Szczerbiec, the sword used for the coronation of Polish kings; a Guttenberg Bible; and many other priceless artifacts. When these treasures arrived at the port of Halifax, they received the honour of an RCMP escort to Ottawa.
Today, I join with Polish people around the world who will mark the occasion of this constitution, and for those in Canada, the special relationship created when Canada preserved the national treasures of Poland.
Canada PostStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Kyle Peterson Liberal Newmarket—Aurora, ON
Mr. Speaker, as our government and millions of Canadians prepare to celebrate our great country's 150th anniversary, Canada Post is no exception.
Canada Post is joining in the celebrations by issuing 10 stamps marking unforgettable moments in Canada's history.
Today, at 3:30 p.m., Canada Post will unveil its next stamp.
This stamp will celebrate one of Canada's most significant modern-day moments, one that occurred right here on Parliament Hill just over 35 years ago.
I invite, you, Mr. Speaker, and all members to "charter" some time today and join their colleagues on the front steps of Centre Block at 3:30 p.m. to participate in this historic unveiling.
World Press Freedom DayStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Andy Fillmore Liberal Halifax, NS
Mr. Speaker, today we celebrate World Press Freedom Day because journalists have a critically important role to play in Canada, and in any democracy. Their stories and investigations expose injustice, unfairness, and prejudice. Their work can hold the powerful to account, and can raise up those without a voice in our society. They celebrate the good and call out the bad, and can do this without an agenda of their own. Canadians and Canadian democracy itself benefit from strong, vibrant, local journalism.
We cannot take a free, vibrant press for granted. There are too many examples around the world of journalists punished and imprisoned simply for doing their job. Tragically, some have lost their lives.
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, I would like to thank Canada's journalists for the excellent work they do. I would like to call on all members of the House to speak out in defence of free speech, free journalism, and a free press in improving, strengthening, and protecting our cherished democracy.
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness MonthStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Kerry Diotte Conservative Edmonton Griesbach, AB
Mr. Speaker, today, in honour of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, I am wearing a carnation. It shows my solidarity with my late friend Ted Marianix and the entire MS community.
Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world. Sadly, MS is Canada's disease. We must join together across the nation to improve life with MS for Canadians.
Let us take the case of Joshua Kelndorfer, a 13-year-old from Edmonton. His mother was diagnosed with MS when he was just one year old. Joshua said this:
I see the impact that MS has on my mom and I want to do something about it. I see the pain she feels and I pray every night that she will wake up without MS. I want MS to leave my family. I want a cure for MS, for my mom and for all the other families living with this terrible disease. I know the way to find a cure is by raising money for research.
Joshua is right. Let us keep raising money to find a cure.
Ovarian Cancer CanadaStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Sonia Sidhu Liberal Brampton South, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Ovarian Cancer Canada to Parliament Hill.
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most diagnosed cancer in Canada. Last year, it was estimated that 2,800 women would be diagnosed with it, and more than 1,700 would lose their lives to ovarian cancer. However, when diagnosed early, women can increase their chances of survival.
I know personally that ovarian cancer impacts many women across the country, including a very special person in my life. Watching her struggle with this disease has been heartbreaking. I encourage all women to see their doctors regularly, before it is too late.
As a member of the Standing Committee on Health and a former health care professional, I am eager to continue the work with organizations like Ovarian Cancer Canada to highlight ongoing innovative research.
I want to thank the group here today for all of the work it is doing in our communities across Canada. With its efforts, Ovarian Cancer Canada is saving lives.
Indigenous AffairsStatements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Georgina Jolibois NDP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
Mr. Speaker, until this day, the Prime Minister excludes the most important voices from consultations to advance reconciliation: the voices of indigenous women.
For decades, indigenous women and girls have struggled to have their voices heard. They are silenced from critical decision-making processes. The Prime Minister states there is no relationship more important than the relationship with first nations, Métis, and Inuit, yet he is specifically excluding families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
Uncertainty and criticism around the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls continues to pile up. Across the country, including in my riding, local men, women, and families are doing the work. They go door to door, put up posters, and search, hoping to find their missing loved ones. The government said great things, but there is no action. When is the government going to do the right thing and help these families?
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness MonthStatements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
Mr. Speaker, May is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, and many of us in the House and across the country have family members and friends stricken with this terrible disease. MS has no prejudice. It attacks victims of all ages.
My sister Mary Lou was 28 years old when she was diagnosed with MS. We suspect she suffered from MS for a number of years prior to that. Like all diseases, it is not easy to watch loved ones suffer. My sister does not complain. With the support of her husband Brian, she soldiers on.
We will find a cure for MS. I am very convinced of that, but we are not there yet. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out to raise awareness of this disease. I have pinned carnations on MPs as they have entered the House of Commons and I will continue to wear this carnation in support of finding a cure for MS.
Collectively, both in the House and in our home communities, we must not rest until we find a cure for MS.
Fort McMurray WildfireStatements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Darshan Singh Kang Liberal Calgary Skyview, AB
Mr. Speaker, one year ago today, with a growing wildfire threatening the city, Fort McMurray was placed under a mandatory evacuation order. In the days and weeks that followed, the fire chased some 90,000 people from their homes, destroyed whole neighbourhoods, and burned over half a million hectares of land.
While the story of Fort McMurray wildfire was obviously one of widespread destruction, it was also a story of courage and compassion.
Firefighters, first responders, and other support workers came from across Alberta, across Canada, and around the world. Over 3,200 of them worked tirelessly to limit the damage and keep people safe. Canadians gave generously, with $104 million in donations to the Red Cross, matched by the federal government. We also should never forget the contributions of newly arrived Syrian refugees, who quickly went from being recipients of aid to becoming donors themselves.
A year later, we know that much recovery and rebuilding work remains to be done, but we also know that the courage and community spirit demonstrated by Canadians of all walks of life while the fire was blazing will ensure Fort McMurray comes back stronger than ever.
New MemberRoutine Proceedings
2:25 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan
I have the honour to inform the House that the Acting Clerk of the House has received from the Acting Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of the election and return of Mr. Bob Benzen, member for the electoral district of Calgary Heritage.
Mr. Bob Benzen, member for the electoral district of Calgary Heritage, introduced by the Hon. Rona Ambrose and Mr. Blaine Calkins.
New MemberRoutine Proceedings
2:25 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan
I have the honour to inform the House that the Acting Clerk of the House has received from the Acting Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of the election and return of Mrs. Mona Fortier, member for the electoral district of Ottawa—Vanier.
Mrs. Mona Fortier, member for the electoral district of Ottawa—Vanier, introduced by the Right Hon. Justin Trudeau and the Hon. Jane Philpott.
New MemberRoutine Proceedings
2:25 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan
I have the honour to inform the House that the Acting Clerk of the House has received from the Acting Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of the election and return of Mrs. Stephanie Kusie, member for the electoral district of Calgary Midnapore.
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie, member for the electoral district of Calgary Midnapore, introduced by the Hon. Rona Ambrose and Mr. Blaine Calkins.
New MemberRoutine Proceedings
2:25 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan
I have the honour to inform the House that the Acting Clerk of the House has received from the Acting Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of the election and return of Ms. Emmanuella Lambropoulos, member for the electoral district of Saint-Laurent.


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I haven't made mini cupcakes before but wanted something to serve at Iron Cupcake London that was relevant and bite sized. Hence, cupcapés were born!
Here are 36 of the 50 cupcapés made. If you are now counting the cupcapés to validate the numbers I recommend that you either pursue a career in audit or go and get your OCD sorted!
I used my trusted basic cupcake recipe and simply adjusted the cooking time to take into account that mini cupcakes will bake quicker. They really are lovely to eat – down in one is definitely the best way to enjoy these!
Nude cupcapés:
For the cupcakes:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g self raising flour
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
For the buttercream:
100g unsalted butter, at room temperature
200g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Splash of milk
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
- Line two mini cupcake tins with paper cases. This quantity will make 24 mini cupcakes
- Beat the butter and sugar together until they are smooth, fluffy and pale. This will take several minutes even with soft butter. Don't skimp on this stage.
- Add the eggs , flour, vanilla and milk and beat until smooth.
- Spoon into the paper cases and bake for approximately 15 minutes until a skewer comes out cleanly. Best to start checking them after 10 minutes.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Now make the buttercream: beat the butter in a bowl until very soft.
- Add the icing sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the vanilla and milk.
- Either spread or pipe over the cupcakes
- Decorate as desired
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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When the Chrysler 200 was unveiled during Monday's press day at the North American International Auto Show, no one was more proud than Derrick Jones of Detroit.
"I feel honored just to be here," said Jones, one of several workers from Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant greeting the crowd gathered on the platform at Cobo Center in Detroit. "I work on the assembly line and to see this new car that is so beautiful – it tells me that we have a promising future, not only for our plant but for Chrysler as well."
Jones said his work on the completely redesigned 2015 Chrysler 200 begins when the car returns from the body plant with a fresh coat of paint.
"I work on the interior," Jones said. "I can tell you – because we put a lot of wires in – that this car has a lot of features."
He even hinted that it does everything but fly – "but I'm sure the engineers are working on that part, too."
It's nice that Jones was able to joke slightly about the future, because when Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, he and so many of his fellow employees at the Detroit plant were unsure of their future there.
"We've been through hell and back… and now I'm living a dream," said the plant's area manager Jeannine Joy, who started her career at Chrysler as a single mom more than 20 years ago. "I needed the money so I quit school and went to work on the assembly line making like $12.59 an hour. I have lived through the highs and lows – from making enough money to buy a house to not being sure if the plant would remain open or be closed."
During the roller-coaster ride when Joy's hours were cut in half and she had to supplement her income by babysitting, she managed to finish school and earn a degree in human resources. When the plant returned to full capacity, she was promoted from the line to management, where she is today.
"This car is a sign for me of good things to come, for people at the plant and those in the community looking to buy a new car."
Joy added among the buyers who are really going to appreciate the Chrysler 200 are moms and first-time drivers.
"It's reasonably priced and it (practically) parks itself," she said. "I know a lot of teenagers who struggle with learning how to park. I'm short so I have a hard time with that as well."
Chrysler wasn't the only automaker putting on a party.
Chevrolet was celebrating two wins: the Corvette Stingray (previewing in bright yellow) has been named the 2014 North American Car of the Year and the Chevy Silverado the 2014 North American Truck of the Year. Both the Stingray and the Silverado were engineered and designed just outside of Detroit in Macomb County, which is well known regionally for being a leader in manufacturing and development.
"We are proud that Macomb County has played such a substantive role in helping to create some of America's best vehicles," said Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel, in a statement released to the press. "The workforce and talent we have here has made these awards possible."
Although the vehicles inspire of local and national pride, they also attracted international attention. By day's end, more than 5,000 members of the press from more than 60 countries will have seen 50 global unveilings including the new 2015 zippy-looking two-door, red MINI Cooper Hardtop ushered into the show by a rock band from Holland.
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Short winter jacket
Added Jan 23, 2014
Nedre Vats, Norway
This jacket is based on pattern #105 Burda 09/2008. I bought this lovely wool in Copenhagen, and I fell in love with the colorful fabric! Ji-ha – so Happy :) Since I didn't bought so much of the fabric, I found this nice pattern. I have used press buttons and the others on the outside is just for decoration. As lining I have used satin fabric.
Material Notes
Wool and satin.
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Feb 6, 2014, 04.03 AMby Anjovis
What a gorgeous jacket you have made Ellen! This is perfect. And do I even need to say how much I love the fabric and your choice of lining. One can never go wrong with pink satin – right :) I would love to have a jacket like this to cheer up these dark and cold mornings <3
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Feb 6, 2014, 07.47 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much sweet Anjovis! and you're right – it's cheering up with colors in the wintertime :-))
Feb 4, 2014, 09.55 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Lovely, lovely colour – and it looks so cosy too!
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Feb 4, 2014, 10.40 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much! It's warm and cosy :)
Feb 3, 2014, 09.02 PMby janene
Absolutely beautiful! :-)
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Feb 4, 2014, 08.23 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thanks a lot Janene! ;)
Jan 28, 2014, 03.41 PMby anajan
Gorgeous jacket, the fabric is amazing.
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Jan 28, 2014, 04.35 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much Anajan! :)
Jan 26, 2014, 02.00 PMby cchristie
What a fabulous jacket and a real pleasure to wear in the winter. The secret lining is like a luxurious secret, enjoyed exclusively by you. Really we'll put together. Enjoy!
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Jan 26, 2014, 05.25 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Ooh, thank you very much Christie! :-))
Jan 25, 2014, 06.27 PMby poldapop
Beautiful jacket! Love the fabric and the hot pink lining. It looks gorgeous on you!
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Jan 25, 2014, 10.19 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very, very much Poldapop! :)
Jan 25, 2014, 12.23 PMby sewing fanatic
what a gorgeous jacket! nicely done. bright gorgeous fabric X
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Jan 25, 2014, 10.19 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much sweet Nadia! :)
Jan 25, 2014, 05.49 AMby melodym
Great fabric. The buttons add a lovely contrast to the rich and bold fabric. Another stunning jacket Ellen!
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Jan 25, 2014, 10.18 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much Melodym! :)
Jan 25, 2014, 02.56 AMby Regan Mackenzie
Ellen you are such an inspiration to so many people and this jacket just jumped out at me. The colour, jacket and everything is so exciting. The wool looks like boiled wool, is it a heavy fabric? I see these fabrics online and tempted to purchase but I think they may be too heavy for me, I don't live where it snows though. Another winner by you!
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Jan 25, 2014, 08.02 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very, very much for such kind and lovely comments Regan. I think this is too heavy for you where you live, specially at the moment!.. I normally buy fabrics on the Internet, and I think this is medium weight – so it's more for use in the cold places like wintertime in Norway.. :-) Happy weekend to you!
Jan 24, 2014, 11.31 PMby Luz Kettle
Lovely jacket! lovely fabric! you wear so well colourful fabrics. Great to see your lovely craftsmanship Well done xx
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Jan 25, 2014, 07.54 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Oh, thank you very much Luz – you are so kind :-)
Jan 24, 2014, 06.59 PMby Kocotte
what a nice fabric ! you have found the right model for this colorful fabric. I really love orange color. I am also very lucky to find georgous fabric in my region
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Jan 24, 2014, 10.21 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Yeah, I have seen that – and I'm really impressed! You have an eye for Great fabrics! I think we like more or less the same fabrics :-))
Jan 24, 2014, 06.06 PMby liliv-1
Once again a wonderful fabric and an awesome project! Bravo Hellen you are very productive!
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Jan 24, 2014, 10.18 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much Liliv! – you are always so kind :-)
Jan 24, 2014, 05.44 PMby sarahsdaughter
Ellen this jacket looks great,I agree with every comment that has been posted Well Done!
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Jan 24, 2014, 10.16 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thanks a LOT for your kind comments Sarahsdaughter! :)
Jan 24, 2014, 03.59 PMby velvetribbon
This is a great jacket my dear friend! I love the orange color very much. Happy weekend!
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Jan 24, 2014, 10.15 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you sweet Hana! Then it makes two of us :-D
Happy weekend! I'm joining a song technic course this weekend :-)
Jan 25, 2014, 01.58 AMby velvetribbon
Enjoy your course! I am still working on my cape, and coincidently… in orange color :-)
Jan 24, 2014, 02.33 PMby kisses
Beautiful jacket and fabric….love the photos
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Jan 24, 2014, 10.10 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much Kisses! :-)
Jan 24, 2014, 12.57 PMby PennyMac
What beautiful fabric; it makes me warm just looking at it. A really lovely jacket. You complete so many projects, I wish I was as industrious! :)
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Jan 24, 2014, 01.18 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Hi Penny, Thank you for your lovely comments :-)
Jan 24, 2014, 09.08 AMby gouacherocks
Beautiful ! I love the fabric, it is a well chosen pattern for it.
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Jan 24, 2014, 12.23 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much! :)
Jan 24, 2014, 07.15 AMby martinK
realy great jacket and an amazing fabric!
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Jan 24, 2014, 07.18 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much sweet Martin :-)
Jan 24, 2014, 05.29 AMby liliarike
Very, very chic, marvellous fabric! And very difficult to sew I guess.
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Jan 24, 2014, 07.16 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much Lillarike! I do like challenges, so this jacket was a new one :) I have been looking in your studio and I'm really impressed of all the beautiful outfits you have made, and specially all the lovely handbags :)
Jan 24, 2014, 12.56 AMby rita61
Oh, your jacket is wonderful! Such nice colourful fabric, and a great design to make use. Great fit. I wish I had this issue.
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Jan 24, 2014, 07.10 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thanks a lot Rita! The model in this issue was bright yellow and looks very nice, but I'm happy that my version turned out nice as well :-)
Jan 23, 2014, 11.12 PMby Mary Athey
What a beautiful jacket ellen. The fabric is just gorgeous. I think you have made the most wonderful colourful jacket that fits you perfectly. Just gorgeous x
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Jan 24, 2014, 07.08 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Thank you very much sweet Mary! :-)
Jan 23, 2014, 09.53 PMby schnui
Hi Ellen.I have been away and I have now just caught up with all of your wonderful projects. This jacket is just gorgeous and the fabric is beautiful. I have never seen anything like it and probably wouldn't considering where I live. You are so lucky to be able to purchase such beautiful fabrics in Norway that keep you warm and help you look so sunny and bright. Well done, sewn perfectly as always.
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Jan 24, 2014, 07.07 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Hi schnui, Thank you very much for you lovely comments – I was very lucky to find this gorgeous fabric and since orange is one of my favorite colors – you can imagine I was Happpy :-))
Jan 23, 2014, 08.02 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
It is not a jacket – it is a winter-autumn dream…. I'd love to wear it at summer, too, and ready to move to the North Pole for summer time to do that instead of spending it at our South seaside:-))) Great fabric: both the texture and the print. Despite the brightness all the relief lines are seen well and the jacket keep the shape well. Very positive thing for cold grey weather (and warm, I'm sure!)
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Jan 23, 2014, 09.39 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Your are so kind with so many lovely words.. ♥ but I do agree – this is a dream of a wonderful fabric – and I like it a LOT :-) and for sure this is brighten up the winter and the cold weather!
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22 comments :
- Rita said...
I am so impressed that you are doing this trip;what an adventure.
- November 4, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
Mary: I feel as if I just received a postcard from you. I've had the pleasure of dining with a number of Indian friends through the years and know how delicious the food can be. Too bad you can't have that in every country--at least I hope what you're getting is nutritious! The closest I've come to a rhino is the San Diego Zoo--and I believe there were four (two couples?).
- November 4, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- Velva said...
Wow! I feel like Bonnie-like I just received a postcard from you. What an amazing opportunity. I know that you are going to have some great posts upon your return. I look forward to them.
- November 4, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Susan said...
Mary, glad you are safe and so enjoy hearing snippets of your trip. Sometimes to travel to enjoy the food and culture and sometimes you travel for the scenery and the people. And sometimes, you can't have both. Looking forward to your pictures.
- November 4, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Foodessa said...
So glad to read how well you are doing especially with all this amazing adventure you're living through.
Wow...on an elephant for 4 days...you amaze me Mary ;o)
Ciao for now and keep safe!
- November 4, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
What an adventure! Take care!
- November 4, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- black eyed susans kitchen said...
Mary, Stay safe...I can't wait to see some of the pictures...it sounds like the adventure of a lifetime!
- November 4, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- EliFla said...
Thank you Mary.... have a nice trip ..... and thank you for this beautiful post!!!Ciao
- November 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Faith said...
Wow, a tiger search! My hubby would love that. :) Sounds like you're having an adventure-filled time!
- November 4, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Gloria said...
Mary Im happy you enjoy your trip, sounds wonderful!xx gloria
- November 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- Kath said...
Thank you so much for all of your posts! I'm enjoying hearing about your trip so much. I'm really looking forward to seeing some of your photos. It sounds like the trip of a lifetime!
- November 4, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- RamblingTart said...
I'm so glad that you are safe, Mary, and I can't wait to see your tiger picture!! :-) So happy you've had your Kathmandu experience too. How marvelous! :-)
- November 4, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Jen_from_NJ said...
I am looking forward to photos of your adventure! So exciting!
- November 4, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Ginny said...
Hi Mary! I know you are not reading posts in India, so just a quick not to let you know I have been off the computer for a few days due to sickness, a nasty virus!! I'm starting blogging Friday night, and have missed everyone!
- November 4, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Country Dreaming said...
Looking forward to hearing about your trip.
- November 4, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Susi said...
I don't think I've ever known anyone to ride an elephant in Nepal! You truly amaze me and I simply can't wait to see your pictures and read more about your adventure :o)
- November 4, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- Monet said...
I'm glad to hear that you are doing okay! We had horrible traffic when we went to Egypt, so I can relate. I can't wait to hear more about your trip when you return!
- November 4, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Lori said...
Looking so forward to seeing you trip adventures in pics. Have a great trip home Mary.
- November 4, 2010 at 9:55 PM
- Jeannie said...
Sounds like a great adventure indeed...looking forward to your posts.
- November 5, 2010 at 12:53 AM
- Marguerite said...
Sounds like you're having a great time! Thanks for keeping us posted.
- November 5, 2010 at 1:38 AM
- daphne said...
what an adventure Ms. Rita. . hope you're fine and them as well! India has a great bite. Tasty culture and food, indeed=)
- November 5, 2010 at 2:44 AM
- Pondside said...
I can't wait for your return and the possibility of some posts with photos. I've long dreamt of a trip such as the one you're making!
- November 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM


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Surprise: White House's Intelligence Review Task Force Suggestions Much More Than Just Cosmetic
from the wasn't-expecting-that dept
That's not to say this is perfect. There are significant areas where it seems the recommendations could and should go much further. But it does argue for reining in significant amounts of surveillance, providing much greater oversight, protecting non-US persons' privacy as well as US persons, and a variety of other very real changes. It also (as Judge Leon did on Monday) says that there's no real evidence the bulk collection of metadata was useful in any real way... but, oddly, then allows the program to continue, but in a different manner: having the telcos retain the data in case it's later needed (along with relevant court approvals) rather than just keeping the whole database to troll through. There are all sorts of problems with mandatory data retention as well, but we'll talk about that eventually.
It recommends putting significant restrictions on the ability of the FISA court to force companies to disclose private information, and also includes restrictions on the regularly abused "national security letters" process, which the FBI frequently uses to get information without a warrant. It supports much greater transparency about the programs, including allowing companies to reveal details of the number of requests they received for information. And, as mentioned above, they don't just stop at protecting the privacy of US persons, but non-US as well, including that any spying on non-US persons needs to have a direct national security purpose, and cannot be based on political or religious views alone. It also recommends against revealing information about non-US persons, such as the reported plans to leak the porn viewing habits of certain non-terrorists with views with which the American government disagreed.
The report clearly notes the drift by the NSA away from its core mission of national security, and suggests that various actions need to get back to having a specific national security reason. It also argues for splitting up parts of the NSA by designating the NSA itself as only covering foreign intelligence, moving its "Information Assurance Directorate" and (as we'd discussed last week) finally separating US Cyber Command from the NSA (something the White House has apparently already rejected). The report highlights the need for greater privacy assurances, including reconstituting the Civil Liberties Oversight Board into the Civil Liberties and Privacy Protection Board -- and granting it much more power for oversight, while also placing a Special Assistant to the President for Privacy in the executive branch. As many had expected, it also recommends making the FISA court a more adversarial process (something the White House has suggested it may be open to).
The report also recommends that the NSA be blocked from trying to undermine or weaken encryption standards, and actually says that the White House should support greater use of encryption across the board.
There are recommendations to better lock down information within the intelligence community to prevent another Snowden from walking off with documents... but also more avenues for whistleblowers, including having them go to that newly constituted privacy board.
It's final recommendation is one that's most telling, and one of the issues that's most confused me throughout this process. It suggests that the government start actually doing a "cost-benefit" analysis of the various security efforts it engages in. As we've noted, the incredible thing about the revealed programs is that they provided very little benefit, but the costs were astounding, both in managing the programs themselves, but, more importantly, in the impact economically and diplomatically of having those programs revealed.
Now, this report is just a set of proposals, which the White House can reject. In fact, it's likely that many will be rejected or ignored. But, to actually have this review board -- which many expected to be nothing more than yet another rubber stamp -- issue something this detailed, comprehensive... and which really does recommend some very real changes, is a pleasant surprise.
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Archive for Tuesday, July 3, 2012
All-Star Game sparks stories of baseball's past
July 3, 2012
What's your story?
One doesn't need to look far to find a web of baseball tales. Whether it's nostalgia over a high school or college championship, a grandfather's story of playing in the majors, or an encounter with a legend, we'd love to hear your stories. Send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
A morning in mid-June, and it may as well be evening in April, or dusk in Colorado at the end of May or, for that matter, later that same June day in Emporia, a two-hour drive from Shawnee.
That's where Billie Thompson will be. A police officer at Shawnee Mission Park going on 29 years, Thompson is off work today, and he's going to watch baseball.
In less than a week, he'll help drive his eldest son, Jake, to Bowling Green, Ky., where he'll join the Hilltopper baseball program after two years pitching at Iowa Western Community College. A little more than a month later, Thompson will take his youngest, Ty, to report for his freshman year at the Missouri Institute of Science and Technology, where he, too, will pitch.
When his sons leave, they'll take with them the same things Billie will keep. Scores of stories, each delivered by rattling off the names of supporting characters: coaches, teammates, family, fans.
Stories like this one: When Billie was 7 and growing up in Pratt, he was asked to help fill in on a men's recreational team low on players that week. ("And that's when I got to hit my first home run," Thompson said. "Hit it to right field — which I never did again.")
Or stories like the one that helps explain why we're here in the first place talking about baseball, why Thompson is wearing an Iowa Western National Champions T-shirt and is about to drive and watch Ty pitch on a summer ball team. Billie was All-State in football and bounced between Pratt Community College, Fort Hays State University and the University of Hawaii before he came back to Kansas. Within days, he'd go from 80-degree weather to being snowed in at Emporia State on a visit over the holidays. "I fell in love with Emporia," he said, without an ounce of sarcasm. He was about to commit to play both football and baseball, but the football coach offered a full scholarship.
"I drop baseball, they win the national championship and we win three games in football," Thompson said.
His boys, and we'll get to them soon, would never play football.
This being summer, Philip Hannon is sitting in his office thinking about recruiting, thinking about who next will don a Baker University baseball cap. He's just concluded his 12th season as head coach of the Wildcats. Their playoff chances looking up this year, the Wildcats lost their final 12 games, eight of them by a margin of just one run.
An error here, a home run conceded there.
"Just really freakish things," he said. Baseball in so many words.
Baseball has kept Hannon a part of the Baldwin City community for three decades now, his wife Charlene by his side and four children coming up out of their household (three of which attended the same university.)
He grew up in Lexington, Mo., a football town. His high school didn't even have a baseball team, so Hannon would spend his summers baking in the heat in front of family, friends and fans at a local ballpark.
Still, it was his football proclivity that earned Hannon a scholarship to Baker. Baseball still found him. Keith Hackett, Baker's head baseball coach, was also the football team's offensive line coach.
"Heard you played summer baseball," was something like how it started one day. "We're down in numbers this year. Won't you come out and try this college baseball thing?"
Soon after, Hannon joined a freshman-laden club, comprised of what he'd call some "darn good baseball players."
After his eligibility was up, Hannon worked out for major league scouts on diamonds in Chicago, Tulsa, Joplin. He played five years for the Chicago Cubs' minor league organization, making it all the way up to AA ball. After a while he transitioned into a player/coach and then a full-time outfield instructor.
From 1992-1995, Hannon shuffled between minor league coaching jobs before he returned to Baldwin City to spend more time raising his children. After bouncing between non-hardball occupations for four years, Hannon received a call from Baker's athletic director, asking Hannon to return to his old team as manager, the job he's now held for more than a decade.
"It ended up being real good for me," he said.
Hannon's mindset has been that of the .300 hitter. Making an out on 70 percent of your at-bats is still good for the Hall of Fame in this game. So while a conference title has eluded Hannon's Wildcats over the years, he doesn't take for granted his program's 87 percent graduation rate, or players like Vidal Nuno, now working his way up as a pitcher in the New York Yankees organization, or those holiday weeks that find Christmas cards waiting in Hannon's mailbox, concealing photos of former players who've grown to be friends and fathers.
"You have to understand that you're going to fail more times than you will succeed," Hannon said. "Savor those moments you succeed because they don't come around too often."
When Billie Thompson started a family in Shawnee, youth soccer was the sport to play. His boys played for a while before finding a baseball program through the local parks and recreation department. Each worked their way on up from tee ball to machine pitch and, finally, kid pitch. Soon enough, Billie would be coaching, too, and helped manage Ty's LePeep Mustangs to the 2003 national championship tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Each morning they'd be up and on a field by 6 a.m. "We had a routine going," Thompson said. "Every game in the tournament we ran through just about everybody."
But in the first game of the final round, the Mustangs lost. Though they were still in the hunt, Thompson had to return to work and wouldn't be able to see the title run through.
He ribbed them for that, and before he took his exit, added: "I'm going to leave. You guys win me a game. I don't want you to come back to Kansas City unless you win me a national championship."
By the time he reached Mound City, he got the call from his wife.
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More Bonner Springs baseball milestones can be found here.
Say, Coach, you still have the video of my home run?
Bonner Springs alum Mike Pier encountered his old baseball coach Mike Moulin, now the high school's vice principal, at a gas station a few weeks ago. The sight of each other stirred old memories.
Memory's a funny word. It suggests something that needs recalling. And when you play at Kauffman Stadium, how can you ever forget?
On three occasions — in 2003, 2004 and 2006 — rivals Bonner Springs and Basehor-Linwood met in the Frank White Classic, a high school baseball showcase held for 10 years at the home of the Kansas City Royals.
The Bobcats made short work of the Braves in their first meeting, in front of their largest audience until then: 1,100 spectators. Basehor-Linwood ran through Bonner Springs, 16-3. David Svoboda, Basehor-Linwood's assistant head coach in 2003 and head coach from 2004-10, had built a philosophy of winning with pitching and defense, something he perfected while leading Junction City to state title contention in the late '90s. These Bobcats had those tools, but their bats were just so hot, too.
"They flat out mashed," he recalled. "They could score 15 to 20 runs on you without trying."
The Braves cut it closer the next year, rallying from a 6-0 deficit before Bobcats second baseman Michael Armstrong turned an unassisted double play to silence the Braves' attempted turnaround. Four years later, Armstrong was killed in an automobile accident at just 21 years old. Svoboda still has a photo of himself using the Kauffman Stadium bullpen phone, Armstrong peering over his shoulder with a look of mischief wiped across his face.
"Looking back now means even more to me," Svoboda said. "Little did we know how fragile life can be. He's not even here now just scant years later to share that."
It was on that April afternoon, captured in that photo, midway through their game, that Pier got every bit of Josh Ishmael's pitch, blasting it eight rows north of the left field fence.
"Every kid dreams of hitting a home run in a major league stadium," Moulin said. "He hit a bomb."
Two seasons later, the Braves returned to finally end Basehor-Linwood's Kauffman Stadium streak. The Braves finally got theirs, a 7-2 victory and a chance to pose in front of the scoreboard for photos.
It was a series that heightened a rivalry already circled on calendars in both towns. Friendly, yes, but a desire to win, and win decisively, did not relent.
"We flat out wanted to beat them," Svoboda added. "We wanted to beat them like a drum every time we were there."
At the last Frank White Classic the Bobcats played, a few seasons after the Braves stopped playing in the game, Svodoba stood in the third base box with tears in his eyes.
"I realized it was the end of a run — a real special thing to be a part of a program that had the opportunity to play over there," he said. "The kids may not necessarily have gotten it or thought of it in the way Rick and I appreciated it. But most of these kids today didn't see the Royals when they were good, when the place just hopped and the Royals were right."
Moulin never could find that video of the home run. Just as well. How could it show how lush the sunlit field was, how crisp the air and just how hard Mike Pier crushed that pitch?
Jake Thompson left Iowa Western with school records in games won (19) and shutouts (4). He also leaves a champion.
On Memorial Day weekend, Thompson's traveled to Grand Junction, Colo., longtime site of the Junior College World Series. Thousands turn up, with large swaths adopting their own teams well ahead of time. Iowa Western being a perennial contender, one boy convinced his family to take him on a road trip to Council Bluffs just to see the school.
A woman in her 70s, whose daddy once owned the grocery store nearby, had seen enough games at Suplizio Field to know after watching Iowa Western lose 5-2 to San Jacinto, the same Texas community college that Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite attended, that Billie's son's team needed to play them again.
"That was the championship game we just watched," she told him. And so it was.
Six days later, Iowa Western clinched the championship in the rematch. The stands cleared as pirate-dressed fans and players' families crowded the field.
Children ran up for autographs and memorabilia. Billie caught a glimpse of a young boy approaching Jake, asking for his hat.
Jake shook his head, he couldn't part with the hat.
But he tied his cleats together and tossed them to the boy.
"Mom, mom!" the boy cried "Jake Thompson gave me his cleats!"
The Thompsons cried, too.
It was Phil Thomas' small stature that led him away from the gridiron and hardwood and toward his true passion for America's pastime as a boy in Kansas City, Kan.
"I was kind of used as a tackling dummy when it came to playing football, and they were all taller than I was when we played basketball, so basically, I had a wall and a glove," Thomas said. "While everybody was playing football, I was playing catch with myself."
What started as a neutralizer eventually became a forte, as Thomas developed into one of the premier baseball players in the state. After moving to Tonganoxie as a teenager, he flourished on Ban Johnson and American Legion teams in Leavenworth. He played in both leagues at once, logging as many as 100 games per summer.
Thomas had several notable pitching performances during his teenage years, including three consecutive no-hitters as an eighth-grader, but another game sticks out in his mind as the most memorable. Pitching against a Marysville squad headlined by Junior Riggins, brother of Kansas University football star John Riggins, Thomas didn't allow a hit in the game, but suffered a 1-0 defeat.
"(Junior) was just as fast as John Riggins, and he could hit," Thomas said. "I said I wasn't going to let him hit a home run off of me, so I pretty much pitched around him and walked him. On one pitch, he was on second, then the next pitch he was on third, then somebody popped up to the outfield. He went home, and I got beat 1-0."
Thomas' talents didn't go unnoticed by professional scouts, as he was pursued by the San Francisco Giants as a Tonganoxie High senior in 1966. However, rather than accepting $500 to play in a three-month league with the Giants' rookie affiliate — the Magic Valley (Idaho) Cowboys — Thomas accepted a scholarship at the College of Emporia, where he pitched for two years. He was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in July 2010.
After graduating from college and a three-year term in the Army, Thomas returned to northeast Kansas.
He continued playing baseball for a few more years, including a semi-pro stint with the Halstead Cowboys but eventually got married and hung up his cleats for good. He still lives in Tonganoxie.
We still haven't gotten to the day Billie Thompson coached his son Ty's little league team against George Brett and his son. Billie's team won, 2-1, that day, and Brett signed a ball for his boy.
"I never will forget that," Thompson said.
Or the story of when Jeff Montgomery presented Billie with the Good Sportsmanship Award at 3&2 Baseball in 2005, and asked Billie, "Do you really know every umpire's name?"
Yes, he replied. He keeps a ledger of them.
Oh, sure, there are more stories. And Ty and Jake will no doubt have their share of contributions to family lore.
Did we mention that in their day, their grandfather and granduncle each played for the minor league affiliates of the Cardinals and Dodgers, respectively?
They may or may not realize it, but their memories and ecstasies and disappointments either coincide with or echo those of a kid up the interstate filling up his gas tank, or a coach sitting in his office, thinking of the days he toiled in the sun, dreaming.
They're all connected, all-stars in their communities, woven together in baseball's infinite web.
— The section on Phil Thomas was written by The (Tonganoxie) Mirror's Justin Nutter, email@example.com.
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Crash and burn
October 11, 2011 § 8 Comments
Shit happens quickly, but in slow motion at the same time. In a split section I had launched sideways, but it took hours to hit the asphalt. With the side of my head. Hard. I lay in a pile, unable to breathe, eavesdropping on the traffic lining PCH that was jammed at the stoplight, listening to the amazed drivers. "Shit, he went down in a heap!" and "He looks bad," and "Call 911," and "He's not moving," and "He hit his head hard," and then doors opening and closing and kind, helpful faces staring down at me.
"Are you okay?" the kind hippie in the Porsche asked.
"Yes," I said, noticing that no words actually came out, and finishing the sentence with "I am always okay when I smash my head and lay down in the middle of the fucking street on my brand new bike before work." None of those words came out either, but the thought of my brand new bike, now crumpled in a heap somewhere, was enough to make me jerk upright. Only, like the words that didn't come out, I didn't move. Finally a big fresh draft of air poured into my lungs, and with it a giant harpoon that had been rammed into my ribcage.
"Shit," I said. And everyone heard it.
"I'm calling 911," the kind hippie said.
"No," I said. "Don't. I'll be okay." Everybody moved back a step. I sat up, my head still ringing from the huge smack I had taken on my right temple, a smack that, had I taken sans helmet, would have meant brain on the pavement.
The inventory had already begun. Bleeding elbow, check. Bleeding knee, check. Bleeding hand, check. Lucid thoughts, no, just a confused jumble of randomly inappropriate ideas. Double check. I glanced over at the new bike with less than 40 miles on it. Brake hoods, twisted over to the side. Bars crooked. Brakes slightly bent. Wheels, check. Frame, not a scratch. Game onnnnnnnn! I threw a leg over and pedaled off after thanking the helpful people.
They looked at me like I was crazy. Immobile and crumpled one second, rolling off the next to find Fuckdude to fix my brakes and straighten my bars.
We're kicking you off the team for excessive displays of dorkitude
Fuckdude came to the gate and started laughing. "You're a fucking idiot, dude. Fucking fucked up your new bike on your first ride? Well, at least you got it out of your system. I hope. Better not pull that shit on Man Tour, dude."
Fuckdude's awesome wife offered some first aid, but in the Man Tour spirit of things I offered up the old, "I'm okay," even though my head was still ringing. Fuckdude straightened the bars and the brakes. "Don't be such a dork, dude. Course, you can't really help it, dude, being such a fucking dork. Sweet bike. How does it ride? Rad, huh?"
"It really cuts the wind when you're flying sideways through the air," I said. "But its handling when the bars hit the asphalt leaves something to be desired."
Back at the office I showered and tried to reconstruct the crash. I was heading south on PCH, coming up to the intersection at Beryl. A left turn, then briefly onto the sidewalk per the StageOne shortcut in front of the fortune-teller's, then a tiny 3-inch drop off the curb onto North Gertruda, and…only problem was that the fortune-teller had turned on the sprinkler and the little lip of curb was wet. The slight angle off the curb slicked the wheel out from under me, sending me and the bike into a nice Blue Angels-type aerial formation, you know the kind they do just before they touch wings and plunge down into the viewing stands.
Of course, the Karma God noted with pleasure that a few minutes earlier I'd been sitting on the porch at the Center of the Known Universe, ribbing Frankendave for his propensity to finish out crits with a trip to "crit"ical care. A couple of bandages and an Advil later, though, it's all good…just waiting for the laughter and ridicule to start raining down. As ye sow, or something like that.
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Fuckdude, is awesome. You are awesome-er.
Funny. I actually saw you on my morning commute as you were crossing Gould going south on PCH.
Three things crossed my mind:
1. There's the new bike!
2. It matches the all Black PV kit pretty darn well
3. What the f**k is Seth doing on PCH – at rush hour no less!?!
Happy to hear the bike* is OK.
*and most of you
Mr Davidson, please see my lawyer on this matter. The StageOne shortcut is actually an illegal moving violation. What the hell were you doing on that route anyhow!?!? Bummer my friend.
Just remind fuckdude about his shinny new green Cannondale from Helen's years ago….maiden ride was the Donut & after entering Lunada Bay, the group slowed up, someone in the back didn't & fuckdude's new Cannondale came flying past me. It bounced off the rear tire about 15 feet off the ground & ended up in the dirt. Fuckdude was fine thankfully but his first new bike in a long time was fucked up……both levers chewed up, top tube dented…..etc.
Glad you're ok & nothing a carefully placed SPY sticker can't hide….I assume Madam Bonnie missed your crash because she saw it coming!
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Through the screen of trees on Pantigo Road, the steady thrum of bulldozers comes from an area that has been quiet for many years — the four-acre property that once housed the Stern's department store.
"The building was deteriorating, and the town wanted us to demolish it," said Alan Heller of Heller Design, the group that owns the property as an investment.
From the early 1990s until last December, the property was leased to the A&P Corporation, which had originally intended to build a 38,878-square-foot supermarket at the site.
But A&P, which is headquartered in Montvale, N.J., "rejected the lease in December 2010, and no longer has any ties to this property," said Marcy Connor from the company's public relations department.
Stanley Schuckman of Schuckman Realty, whose sign is prominently displayed in the field in front of the property, is also interested in the future of the parcel he represented on behalf of A&P. "The party I represented disaffirmed its lease after filing for bankruptcy several months ago," he said. A&P filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in White Plains, N.Y., on Dec. 11 of last year.
A&P, which once occupied the Newtown Lane, East Hampton, property where Waldbaum's — a division of the company — is now, brought a lawsuit against the town in 1996, charging that it had deliberately blocked the company from opening at the Pantigo location. The case was dropped in 2003.
The suit forced the town to take a closer look at the possible invasion of superstores, which led to a ban on new stores over 10,000 square feet, and also prompted the town in 1999 to refine its definition of superstore to include more than one building on the same parcel if "owned, operated, or controlled by a single entity, either directly or through affiliates."
The zoning on the property was updated to limited business use, meaning that proposals for it are subject to planning board approval.
Mr. Heller said there are no plans of any kind for the property at present. Prior to Stern's, the property was the Gertz department store. Before that, the parcel was part of the East Hampton Riding Academy, which operated for over 125 years and held yearly events including fox hunts.
Barbara Johnson, who owns the house that was the Riding Club on Cross Highway, built in 1745, said, "I used to keep my horse there as a child. The stables went from Route 27 all the way back to Further Lane."
Ms. Johnson, as an abutting neighbor, has closely monitored the goings-on at the parcel next door. When the dilapidated buildings, including a farmhouse that was the Stern's department store's children's department, were torn down this past week, she ventured a stroll over and "burst into tears."
Over the years, nature had begun to take over the former department store. "The buildings may have been old, but they housed some vermin, with whom I was friends," she said with a laugh. (Ms. Johnson is Ms. LeRoy's mother-in-law.)
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Who's the Boss? Danza is in broadcast booth
There's a certain generation of people who would think it's absolutely normal to hear Tony Danza talk like an actual ballplayer when discussing the national pastime.
After all, despite the fact that Danza has had a long, successful acting career and is famous for several roles, he's arguably most recognized for his run as Tony Micelli -- hunky ex-ballplayer, neurotic dad, master housekeeper and heck of a nice guy -- in the 1980s sitcom "Who's the Boss."
There's a certain generation of people who would think it's absolutely normal to hear Tony Danza talk like an actual ballplayer when discussing the national pastime.
After all, despite the fact that Danza has had a long, successful acting career and is famous for several roles, he's arguably most recognized for his run as Tony Micelli -- hunky ex-ballplayer, neurotic dad, master housekeeper and heck of a nice guy -- in the 1980s sitcom "Who's the Boss."
Most remember Danza's character for his mad skills in the kitchen and occasional struggles with his daughter's determination to grow up too quickly (but when your daughter is Alyssa Milano, can you blame him?), but these days, few probably recall that Micelli was a second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was forced to retire due to a shoulder injury, and ... yada, yada, yada ... he ended up keeping house for a hot-shot advertising executive in a Connecticut suburb.
Sure, it's fiction, but it's fun to associate Danza with baseball. It beats the alternative, which would be associating him with cab driving, which is how we were first introduced to him back in the '70s, as Tony Banta in "Taxi". Or boxing, which is what he did before he turned to acting.
Anyway, it seemed only fitting that Danza would be a part of MLB.com's "Express Written Consent," where mainstream celebrities gather in the Klondike Suite at a Major League ballpark to take in some on-field action and talk about whatever comes to mind.
As it turns out, Danza does have a little personal experience with baseball, even if he's not been as close to it as his fictional on-screen alter-ego.
Danza has participated in his fair share of celebrity games at Dodger Stadium -- the site of more celebrity games than any other venue in baseball, for obvious reasons -- and recalled one endearing moment that involved him and Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda.
"I'm at bat, 50,000 people in the stands," he began, chatting with MLB.com's Jeremy Brisiel while watching the Home Run Derby at Citi Field in New York. "It's the sixth inning of a celebrity game, which is a long game. We're down a run, [runners on] second and third."
Danza got a pitch to hit and knocked a line drive over second base. Two runs scored and his team won the game.
"Lasorda comes running out like I'm Mike Piazza," Danza recalled. "He said, 'This is what this team needs, another Italian.'"
While we ponder whether it's endearing or worrisome that Lasorda was that wrapped up in a celebrity exhibition game, we should note Danza's baseball skills aren't all fiction.
"I've got a little bit of a curveball that I can throw," he said. "I can throw strikes. I'm not afraid to drill. I usually drilled someone right off the bat. Usually, it was Alan Thicke."
Ba-da-bum. Now 63, Danza's career path has gone in many different directions following his long run as a sitcom star. He hosted a talk show, starred on Broadway as Max Bialystock in "The Producers," hosted reality shows, and then starred in one himself, as a high school teacher in Philadelphia in A&E's "Teach: Tony Danza." He was so moved by those experiences that he wrote a book about it, titled, "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High."
Today, Danza is touting a new movie, premiering Sept. 27, titled "Don Jon." He plays the traditional father of a young womanizer needing a clearer path in life -- portrayed by Joseph Gordon Levitt, who wrote the screenplay and directed the movie.
In addition to carrying a message, Danza said, the movie is also surprisingly funny.
"Medicine always goes down better with some sugar," he said.
He warned, though, that it may take a few minutes for viewers to get into the storyline.
"The first few minutes, you're going to say, 'What the heck am I watching here?'" he said. "And then you get a laugh and you say, 'OK, I'm going to hang with it here.'"
Danza often plays characters named Tony -- in fact, in his TV career, he's had four roles in which he's played a character named Tony. What better way to segue to the long-standing EWC feature "Start, Bench, Cut?"
"Tony Banta. Tony Micelli. Tony DiMeo," Brisiel offered up.
Unsurprisingly, Danza opted to cut DiMeo, the character from the short-lived "The Tony Danza Show." He benched Banta, and started Micelli. Makes sense.
But he wanted no part of the Round 2.
"Angela. Samantha. Mona." Brisiel said, referring to the three main characters on "Who's the Boss."
"Ah, man," Danza said, chuckling.
That's how it ended, so if he has favorites from that hit show, we'll never know.
But our money is on Milano.
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter.


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Celebrities do some some pretty crazy isht that would make for great reality TV. Here are 9 celebrities who should have their own reality TV show.
We would love to see Ri Ri piff-puff on that sticky icky, isht on Chris Breezy's rice cake and run around calling black babies her lil' ninjas. Oh what fun. Pour it up, pour it up.
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Nicki Minaj
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ASAP Rocky
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'You Are Such a Demon, Wendy": Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Original Aunt Viv Writes Hilariously Insane Letter to Wendy Williams
Tatyana Ali appeared on The Wendy Williams Show this week, and the talk-show host asked the actress about her early days on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. During the course of their discussion Williams brought up one of pop culture's great mysteries: Why Janet Hubert (pictured above, about to consume Camilla Parker Bowles' face) was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid as Vivian Banks after the show's third season. Ali rambled for about a minute, ending on, "I don't see why there would be tension or what the issue would be in a case like that." Great, thanks Tatyana. Back in Ed McMahon's vault of souls you go. That explanation was worth, like, one and one quarter stars.
Smarting at Wendy Williams' audacity for even mentioning her name, Janet Hubert wrote a letter to Williams that she read on BlogTalkRadio while sporadically flustered by her call waiting like many a mom would be. Once an Aunt Viv, always an Aunt Viv. This burgeoning feud wouldn't even be worth paying attention to were it not for the consistently hilarious content of Hubert's screed. It is below. Come laughing:
Dear Wiggy, I'm sorry, Wendy,
Recently, you found the need to put an end to the mystery surrounding my departure from a show that I did so damn long ago that I don't even remember why I departed.
(Jan, Wikipedia says you were fired after a contract violation resulting from your pregnancy. Maybe start there? That said, it's very polite to signal your status as an unreliable narrator upfront.)
Wendy Williams, or whatever you are supposed to be, I'm not quite sure, I'm writing you yet again, to appeal to your sense of womanhood or manhood as some suggest. Please close your mouth about things that you know nothing of.
(Wendy Williams, I'm pretty sure, is supposed to be Wendy Williams. And also a drag queen.)
Now, I watched your show to see dear Tatyana Ali sadly to say, fall into your trap. She even brought pictures of our days on the show from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. You know most people watch you just to see what heinous things your mouth will say compared to what an overflowing volcano will spew forth on that day.
(The best part of Wendy Williams' show is when lava pours out of her mouth. The worst is when ash does.)
Now perhaps other black women have allowed you to berate them and continued to support you in this manner of madness and rewarding hatefulness. It seems to become the norm and has taken over our society completely. But I, Janet Hubert, sat there and watched you tell the world that I was not a nice mother. I'm thinking to myself, the only person who has the right to say that is my child. So I sat there and watched you like some devilish sinkhole swallow up Tatyana Ali. You reduced her to a child sitting there tempting to keep some symbolism of dignity about her as you pried and invaded her life until you got what you wanted.
(If Wendy Williams' assessment of one's fictional parenting can affect a person this deeply, is it any wonder how she took over our society completely? That is power.)
You are such a demon, Wendy. You are wicked, awful, conniving, sinister, spiteful, jealous of every other woman. Simply put, Wendy you are a virus. You are not nor have you ever been a true woman. It seems as though your audience thirsts for the blood of others, as they are prompted to clap and hoop and holler at your shows and wigs and clothes.
("You are such a demon, Wendy," is such a matter-of-fact way of informing a person that she is a demon. It's best to be calm in these situations so as not to invoke demon wrath. Learn from Hubert the next time you need to note someone's demon status.)
Girl, you will have some stars on your show and demean them before they even make it back home. I just would like to know who died and told you that you were reborn as Oprah. You want to be Oprah so bad that you would kill for it and you will kill anyone to achieve success. Sister, you will never be another Oprah. Oprah lifted her audience up and exuded an air of class.
(I mean, I guess I'd feel bad for the people who died, but it would be really wild if Wendy Williams went on a murder spree all in the name of getting people to care about her favorite things.)
But you know what, Wendy? You are not even in my league. It is so beneath me to even bother with someone like you, but you asked for it. Didn't nobody tell you to say my name on your show. You will not destroy all of the hard work that I went through for the last decade to clear my good name. I simply will not allow you to do so. I'm a lady and a real one. Wendy girlfriend you just messed with the wrong sista.
(Wendy walked an alternate route to work that day and missed the "Say Janet Hubert's name on your show" memo from the homeless woman she usually passes on 9th Ave.)
Now it's funny for all that you and the world claim that I've done, I should have my own show like you. Darling there is nothing that I could have ever done in this lifetime in my career that would equal the vulgarity and ugliness and hatred that you spew on your show in one single day.
(Janet Hubert should absolutely have her own show.)
So, here is my advice to you Wendy. I want to help you. Learn to sit in a chair and stop fidgeting with yourself on camera. Wipe your giant teeth off camera, and don't smear the spit on the chair. Please put some sweat pits under your arms, and darling if your sweater is pulling until there are lines across your chest, its too tight. You might want to deflate those tremendous breasts. Take off the fake blonde hair. You have to stop playing the race card because you are coming off like a want to be white girl who will never be white.
(What is a "sweat pit" and what kind of solvent do you need to wipe teeth of a camera?)
Now, I have never seen anything besides hogs slobber at the mere mention of food, so I question your humanism at times. I have never seen a display of such self-hatred.
(I want to meet these Pavlovian hogs that understand the word "food.")
Just a couple more suggestions for you, please would you stop dissing all of us who've embraced our natural hair as many others and I have? And yes Wendy natural hair does belong on the red carpet whether you like it or not.
(I agree.)
I kind of feel sorry for you. You sit there on your big-footed tacky throne everyday while millions of people are laughing at you not with you. There is a big difference. Nobody cares about what you think about his or her lives. But we do care about what you put out there about us. My heart saddens that women, especially black women, have embraced her evil after all of our struggles in society. You and your kind have set us back a hundred years or so. How dare you chastise anyone when you are such a travesty?
("Nobody cares about what you think about his or her lives," but they do care about what you say about the kindness of the fictitious characters they played.)
Now take that, chew it my dear and stick it on your lord have mercy you are disgusting fly-ridden gum wall. And that's the advice I have for you my sister.
(What is a gum wall? Is it right around the corner from the sweat pit? Is there a hierarchy of gum walls? Are some relatively clean while others, like Wendy's, disgusting and fly-ridden?)
(Except, not really.)
You can listen to Hubert read this masterpiece below: