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Sometimes it's really hard for me to think of a topic to write about and then when I do, I usually mess around on Myspace and watch Family Matters before I finally get started. Since this is a wonderful advice column, I try to write about things that will help others. That's why I'm writing about something that has become a growing problem on our campus and probably campus's all over the world. Of course I'm talking about hippies, the eventual downfall of society as we know it.
Personally, I hate hippies. Why? There are plenty of reasons and hopefully, by the end of this article, you will join me in this ongoing struggle against hippy-kind. But before you can do this, you must first be able to spot them out in the wild. Therefore, I've written the following guide that'll outline pretty much all the major characteristics of a dirty (there aren't EVER any clean ones) hippy.
- Hippies have long, greasy, hair. Usually put in a ponytail or wrapped up in a tie-dye bandana, the greasy hair, which may or may not have insects crawling through it, is one of the most distinguishing characteristics of hips today. This, of course, is not to be confused with the shaggy hair sported by most punk-rockers today, which is perfectly acceptable in the event that your skateboard broke and your girlfriend dumped you.
- Hippies don't shower, which would explain the greasy hair mentioned above. Showering is a waste of water and it hurts Mother Earth. This trait is quite helpful when trying to determine if a person is a hippy or not. If they smell like a cross between garbage and weed, chances are you have a winner.Actually, I shouldn't say they never clean themselves. Occasionally, they'll all get together and hop into a nearby river and splash around in their own filth. Fact: This is the number 1 cause of water pollution in our lakes and streams today.
- Hippies are snappy dressers. If by "snappy" I mean "awful" and I totally do. Most hippies are usually so skinny that still fit into their ratty old t-shirts from elementary school. Also, they can often be seen sporting girl jeans with patches covering the holes. Very stylish. And let's not forget about sandals, the official footwear of hippies. With all that sitting around they do, I guess they really don't have a reason to wear shoes so they might as well be comfortable. Many may make the argument that my friend, Jesus, also wore sandals and had long hair. Well, Jesus died for my sins, therefore, not a hippy.
- Hippies don't hate anyone, they dislike. Although most of the time they slip-up and use hate anyway but quickly correct themselves.
For example, a hippy might say, "I really hate, I mean dislike, John Stamos."
OK, there are two problems with this statement. First off, quit trying to pretend that you love everyone by using dislike. If you hate someone just say it. Hate isn't, in fact, as strong a word as people, mostly hippies, make it out to be. I mean just because you hate someone doesn't mean you wish they were dead. When I hate someone, I'm not afraid to admit it. The other problem with this statement is that they don't like John Stamos. Let me tell you right now, if you don't like John Stamos, not only are you a hippy but you're also a jerk!
- Hippies "dislike" the government. In fact, they hate the government so much that they let it affect their entire life. One time I made the mistake of talking to a hippy.
"Hi, how are you?" I said.
"Crummy, just crummy!" replied the hip.
"Oh no, why is that?"
"Because George Bush is our president!"
Seriously, hippy? Is that why your day has been crummy? Just because George Bush is our president? Well I guess that credible video made by some college kid on the internet did say that he single-handedly planned 9/11. Then he went on trying to fill my head with some ridiculous hippy nonsense until I threw up all over the place. That'll teach those tie-dye dirtballs to try and talk to me.
- Hippies play Ultimate Frisbee. In the never ending quest to be different from the rest of society, some hippy, probably with the help of LSD thought it would be a good idea to create a sport that would take Frisbee to another level. The Ultimate Level! I hate this game so much. It seems like every time I go to the rec center to play hockey (a real sport), a group has congregated on the middle court tossing around the old discus. It's a great time. Well not if you're playing but if you happen to catch their Frisbee and throw it across the rec center, it's awesome.
- Hippies are playful, which isn't a bad thing if you're a five-year-old child. The other day I was walking to my friend's apartment, and some hippies live above him. They even have a sign declaring their hippyness, which is surprising to me because I didn't think they knew how to read let alone make a sign. Anyway a group of the hippy's friends were outside and one playful little scamp started to throw snowballs at his friend's window to get his attention. How carefree. The snow ball thrower was also with an old man hippy. Now you tell me, why would a young hippy be going to another hippy's house with an old man hippy? Certainly not to do drugs! Never.
So there it is; my little guide for you to determine "Good" from "Hippy." You should probably cut it out and put it in your purse or wallet in case you think you might have run into one. In the event you do, stay calm. Simply find a sharp utensil, stab them in the eye, and run away.


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Married life should be nice, right? Only, Michiko feels that something is missing in her life. So, Kato writes on a charm to help her find the answer.
Michiko and I lived in happy matrimony. I worked as a priest and Michiko became manager of the brewery. I put up my apartment for sell and we bought a house in the countryside of Kobe. We always made time for each other. But yet...
I kept noticing my wife was trying to be happy. I couldn't understand what was wrong.
"Michiko-chan, what's the matter?" I asked her one summer after in 1968. Michiko looked at me with a tired smile.
"Nothing dear," she lied. I gave her a kind little smile.
"You haven't been happy lately. What's the matter? Is the problem with me?" I asked. She shook her head at me.
"No, it's not you," she said. I closed my book.
"Then what's the problem?" he asked. Michiko shook her head. She lowered her shoulders and sighed.
"I don't know," she said. "I just feeling something is missing from our lives." I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Like what?" I asked. She shook her head at me.
"I don't know," she said. "Just... something..." I really that I could help ease my wife's endless feeling of emptiness. I just want to see my wife happy again. So the next morning at my temple, I wrote down a little wish for Michiko.
"Help Michiko-chan find whatever she missing in her life," I wrote down and tied it the altar. I drew in a breath and hoped that it would work. That night, Michiko and I spent the night in for once. It felt really nice to have just us in the house on a good summer. Maybe she would find what she was looking for tonight.
Two weeks later, Michiko started to feel really sick. I became worried when she started throwing up in the mornings. I didn't know what to do.
"Is something wrong?" I asked her.
"I don't know," she whimpered in the bathroom one June morning.
"Is it something you have been eating?" I asked.
"No," she wailed. I worked my brain to try and find the cause. I kept thinking about the worst that could be happening to her. There was a stomach virus going around in our village that year. Maybe...
I quickly shook my head. /No!/, I thought. You don't know that for certain! Don't even think about saying that out loud; you'll freak her out! But still, we had to find out.
"Michiko-chan," I spoke up.
"What?" she asked.
"I'm going to take you to the hospital," I said.
"Why?" she asked.
"This is just in case, okay?" I answered.
"Okay," my wife said. I walked her all the way to my car and drove her to the hospital in the next village.
"Hang in there," I said. "It's just a few kilometers away." Michiko quickly held my hand.
"I'm scared," she whispered.
"Shhh," I whispered. "It's okay. I'm here for you." We made it to the hospital without any problems. Michiko squeezed my hand as we walked inside. I waited in the waiting room as the doctor examined for five minutes. I took in heavy breaths as I tried to not make myself worry again. Maybe it's not something really bad. Maybe she just has a minor stomach pains. Yeah, that's it. I tried to keep myself calm.
I almost jumped up when I heard the door slide open. I rushed over to the doctor.
"How is she?" I asked. "Is it a stomach virus?" The doctor smiled as he shook his head at me.
"No, no," he said. "It's just a little morning sickness." I blinked at him at first.
"Morning sickness?" I asked. The phrase's meaning finally sank into my head.
"You mean... I'm daddy?" I asked. The doctor gave me a proud smile.
"That's right," he told me. "Your wife is pregnant." I felt like flying high around the sun and back. We were going to become a family now.
For the next nine months, I took good care of Michiko with the best way that I could. I tried her like a goddess every day. I talked to our unborn child every morning.
"Hey there," I whispered to the baby. "I can't wait for you to meet us." I followed that up with a little kiss on her belly. Michiko smiled at my affection towards our unborn child.
"You'll make a wonderful father," she told me on her eighth month of pregnancy. I looked at her with dreamy eyes.
"You think so?" I asked. My wife smiled as she ran her slender finger along my cheek. She gave me a kiss on the lips. I kissed her back. Michiko slowly pulled away from me. Her plump, little lips curved into a smile.
"Convincing?" she asked. I smiled back at her as I nuzzled her nose with mine.
"Oh yes," I said. Michiko giggled. On February second 1969, my wife gave birth to a baby girl. We named her Midori after her little sister. My wife's parents were so overjoyed to have a new grandchild that they named her the heir of the whole Hino. Michiko and I didn't mind it. Our beautiful daughter was all that mattered to us in our lives. After Midori-chan was born, I noticed a change in Michiko. She had became much happier.
"So, Michiko-chan," I said three days after we brought Midori home from the hospital.
"Uh-hm," my wife said as she held our daughter in her arms on the back porch.
"Do you feel that your life is complete now?" I asked as I watched her with dreamy eyes. My wife smiled as she gently played with the baby's fat, pink little cheeks.
"Yes," she said. "My life is complete now." I smiled at my family.
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- Calories: 352
- Fat: 8.9g
- Saturated fat: 4.3g
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (California Baptist University) -- Nationally syndicated radio talk show hosts Hugh Hewitt and Leslie Marshall verbally clashed Oct. 10 at California Baptist University, debating the 2012 presidential election, the economy, foreign policy and domestic policy.
Regarding the economy, Marshall spoke from a liberal point of view regarding President Obama's attempts toward "working from the middle class out." She went on to say that people would vote as a result of how they "feel" about the nation's deficit rather than based on specific numbers.
Hewitt, from a conservative perspective, addressed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's private sector experience and the 50 percent unemployment or underemployment rate college graduates have faced under the current administration.
"President Obama does not trust the private sector," Hewitt said. "Romney does because he is from the private sector."
During a discussion of foreign policy, Marshall, whose son was adopted from Pakistan, said she favors withdrawing U.S. troops from the Middle East.
"Are [Middle Easterners] hating us more because we are there?" Marshall asked.
Hewitt, however, criticized President Obama's self-proclaimed foreign policy attempts to "lead from behind," preferring Romney's plans to be a "quiet but determined strength."
When the discussion turned to social issues such as abortion, Marshall attacked Romney for switching views after deciding to run for president as a Republican.
"As a Democrat, I consider choice of what I do with my body something the federal government shouldn't be involved in," Marshall said.
Hewitt countered Marshall's position, taking the side of the nation's Roman Catholic population.
"It's the wrong thing to do in America to tell Catholics they have to sterilize patients in their hospitals and provide the morning-after pill," Hewitt said.
The discussion ended with a question-and-answer session for audience members.
The day also featured a live broadcast of the Hugh Hewitt Show during which CBU students had the opportunity to participate.
Campbellsville campus revival: 20 professions of faith
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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (Campbellsville University) -- Twenty students made professions of faith at Campbellsville University during a chapel service and three-day campus revival with evangelist Neal Hatfield, director of the Uplands Reach Conference Center. Many more made decisions to rededicate their lives to Christ, Ed Pavy, director of campus ministries, said.
"Jesus Christ, who exactly is he?" Hatfield asked at the Campbellsville University weekly chapel service Oct. 3. "He is factual."
Hatfield quoted Paul's writing in 2 Timothy 1:12: "That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day."
Paul knew, believed, and was convinced of everything Jesus said and did.
"The work of Jesus is a fact," Hatfield said. There were many witnesses, and His work continues today. He said, "Look at my life, and the radical way I was changed. That is something that can't be denied. You can't meet the Son of God and walk away the same. He changes lives."
Hatfield also said the cross and the tomb are factual. "Thousands of people died on the Roman cross, so we know of its existence. There is also an empty tomb that exists today where Jesus was once laid," Hatfield said. "Dig deep, search and try to uncover the factual evidence of Jesus Christ and you will."
Hatfield said Jesus' love is a fact. He used John 3:16-17 to reveal this: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
He said we cannot earn our salvation, and even if we could that we wouldn't. Hatfield said, "Christ loves me in spite of what I've done embrace the facts."
Hatfield also spoke throughout the week in a campus revival, focused on bringing CU students closer to God.
On Thursday evening, Hatfield asked students if they knew for sure they were a man or woman of God's Word. He focused on how a person may think he or she is going to go to heaven after death, but how some of them people haven't completely accepted God into their hearts.
Hatfield said, "The saddest thing is knowing someone who thinks they are on their way to heaven but in reality they are on their way to hell."
He said in order to be accepted into God's Kingdom you have to not only believe in Jesus Christ but you have to repent to Him. You have to accept God into your heart and let Him know your problems and ask Him for help.
Hatfield gave a real-life example of one of his own family members who hadn't truly given herself to Jesus Christ. His daughter-in-law, Becky, always thought she was going to heaven but never really thought any further than that until his son witnessed to her and she accepted Christ into her heart.
Hatfield said he "believes pride will send a multitude of people to hell" because people with pride are not fully giving themselves to Jesus Christ; their pride is so strong they don't repent or ask forgiveness for what they have done that is of sinful nature.
Hatfield said, "Know with great confidence that you have eternal life."
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According to Georgetown County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Cuthbertson, the home invasion was reported on Hicks Drive in the Pee Dee community around 1 p.m. Sunday.
When the three teens burst into the home and realized someone was inside, they ran into the woods. Based on the descriptions given, deputies located one of the teens at a community center and he confessed. The other two were taken into custody a short time later.
Jamah Davis, 18, and 17-year-old Dequan Wilson of Hemingway have been charged with burglary and detained in the Georgetown County Detention Center for a bond hearing.
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As I sit to write this post, with my brain slightly frazzled from waking up at 5am for the past two days after having strangely erotic dreams, it occurs to me that it will in all likelihood be part one of two posts on the subject. Or I may just find a way of condensing my philosophy into a reasonable length blog post as well as apply it to FLRs.
For anyone wanting the backstory to this post, I suggest you read this post here on Lifestyle Domme v Pro Domme.
I have now decided to move beyond that and focus myself on Female-Led Relationships (FLRs). As I explore more my personal interests and how they mingle with what I do in life, the more I feel drawn to this specific framework of D/s relationship. It fits well with how I enjoy my D/s relationships as a Dominant Courtesan: loving Female Domination.
Generally, I am not one for labels as ultimately I find them constricting, however, I do enjoy and feel comfortable with both the terms 'Dominant' and 'Courtesan'. I feel that they fit me both equally well.
Someone once asked me an interesting question, 'A Dominant Courtesan? Do you see yourself more as a Dominant or as a Courtesan?'
It certainly was an interesting question but I have to say every time I thought upon it, the less clear my answer was.
'Courtesan' seems to be a widely used, and somewhat abused title recently and I would like to reclaim the term and raise the bar. What do I mean by courtesan?
Personally, I mean someone whose companionship is based upon who she is as her best self- and truly and authentically is- rather than a presentation of either a vanilla or FemDom fantasy masquerading as 'herself'. A courtesan is someone whose skills lie in creating deep and meaningful bonds with the suitors she chooses to see. She is someone who treats herself with the same love and compassion as she bestows upon those in her favour and her inner beauty is no less valuable to her than her outer beauty. In short, she is someone who can get to the core of a person and bring out that essence, that joy either lost or hidden inside a person and expand upon it, intensify it and create a space for it to flourish. It is all enhanced and held by the affectionate bond they share. Above all, she understands the value of what she has to offer and not only enjoys it but cherishes it too.
I say with no ego: that is who I am. That is what I do. And I'm good at it. Truly, I think I have found my calling.
So, how does that work in terms of a D/s relationship, and in particular, FLRs?
Fundamentally, I cannot do what I do in any other way because I enjoy being the one in charge and in control. Anything less doesn't do it for me and I will only spend my precious time on earth doing the things I enjoy with the people I enjoy doing it with. Anything less is to cheat myself out of my own life.
When I was introduced to FLRs as a formalised concept of conducting a relationship, my first thought was:
"But aren't all relationships like that?"
But of course, all relationships are different and in the same way, each FLR is different. However, the common thread of each of my relationships is me and whilst I think it worth explaining what I am looking for from a FLR, I do think that is another post.
That said, it goes without saying that I am charge of the entire connection, not just what happens behind closed doors. It isn't for the faint-hearted but daring actions can unearth startlingly wonderful treasures you didn't know you could experience. I rarely use quotes but I love this Tanzanian proverb:
"I pointed out to you the stars, and all you saw was the tip of my finger"
Given the fact I prefer to devote my Dominant time and energy to an exclusive circle of gentlemen, I would say that although I consider myself a Dominant Courtesan, maybe more accurately, I think of myself as a highly tributed lifestyle Mistress. As such I do not have paying clients but I have lifestyle sponsors. Once you look past the tip of my finger, maybe you'll see the stars.
So, yes, I am selective about the company I keep. I cannot imagine engaging on the level I do with my gents without the D/s bond. I am not an escort with a whip and I have no desire to be treated as one. Hence the introductory meeting before we play.
So, why choose to be a Dominant Courtesan specialising in FLRs when I could be a traditional Dominatrix? Yes, I could easily be a traditional Dominatrix, it was fun and I really enjoyed it but having the choice to go back and stifle myself behind professional boundaries or choosing to move forward in a way where I can express and enjoy myself on a multitude of levels as a Dominant Courtesan in a FLR, I choose the latter. I choose to be both: Dominant and Courtesan.


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Lisa Barry: If we could see clearly and literally all of the things that have shaped our lives good and bad, I think we would be amazed. Just think of it--people mold us, beliefs, circumstances, upbringing, tragedy, education, books and countless other things. Today on Gateway to Joy, Elisabeth Elliot along with her special guests, Bob Lepine and Nancy Leigh DeMoss, look at some of those influences and what kind of impact they have had.
Let's get started with this Wednesday edition of Gateway to Joy.
Elisabeth Elliot: "You are loved with an everlasting love," that's what the Bible says "and underneath are the everlasting arms." This is your friend, Elisabeth Elliot, talking with my friend, Bob Lepine.
Bob Lepine: That's right and we have also joining us in the studio, Elisabeth, Nancy Leigh DeMoss. I was thinking about people I know who have come up to me and reflected back on books or messages or talks they have heard you give, Elisabeth, lifechanging encounters through your obedience to do what God has gifted you to do in writing books and in speaking. I think about the book The Mark of a Man and how that was really around long before there were ever any Promise Keepers. It was a book calling men to be covenant keepers and then Let Me Be A Woman that you wrote for your daughter, Valerie. Of course the book Shadow of the Almighty and Through Gates of Splendor chronicling the times with Jim Elliot and the Aucas. Then Passion and Purity and Quest for Love--those books are really companion books related to the whole issue of purity. You have written books on suffering, 28 books--is that right?
Elisabeth Elliot: Yes, I believe so. That's a lot of writing, and Nancy, I know many of those books have been books that you have read. As you think back about Elisabeth's writing and her speaking does anything stand out as being most influential?
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Well, I have read most of those books that you just referred to and been influenced by all of them in different ways. I was born just after Elisabeth's husband, Jim Elliot, was martyred by the Auca Indians, and then early in those years she wrote Shadow of the Almighty followed by others.
I came to know the Lord as a little girl and then almost teethed on Christian biographies. We didn't have a television in our home, and my parents encouraged us to do a lot of reading and they helped select reading for us. Of course I am so thankful for that today. I read every biography of missionaries and Christian workers that I could get my hands on. In those early childhood years the Lord brought across my path books like The Shadow of the Almighty; The Savage, My Kinsman later the Journals of Jim Elliot. These were among books that God used in a significant way to call me to a full consecration of my life to the Lord and to give me a love and a heart and a passion for ministry.
In fact, I remember as a little girl writing my parents a letter telling them that I felt that God had called me to be a missionary for him and in a very passionate way spelling out my heart to serve the Lord. I know that it was books like the ones that Elisabeth has written of a biographical nature that so stirred my heart, fanned a flame in my heart of passion for the Lord that still really burns hotly today. Those books were a key part of that.
Bob Lepine: I have a friend who in church this past Sunday said "Any time you are going to talk about Amy Carmichael on the radio give me fair warning so that I can tune out so as not to become under so much conviction. Anytime I hear about the life of Amy Carmichael, I'm brought to a terrible point of conviction." So this is a warning for my friend. This is a time to tune out. That book A Chance to Die chronicles one of the great heroes of our era, doesn't it?
Elisabeth Elliot: Yes, you realize she wrote 40 books? There are only about 17 of them that are still available. Everyone one of them is worth its weight in gold. I think I have read all of them, most of them more than once. She has certainly been a great watchword to me. She was a beautiful writer. There's a very recent book with all the poetry that she ever wrote that has come out as a really thick book. Have you got that?
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Yes, I do.
Elisabeth Elliot: Mountain Breezes it's called.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Yes, it's a real treasure.
Elisabeth Elliot: So I was delighted that that was brought out because Amy Carmichael would never have thought of putting any of it in a book. It's fortunate that some of them were rescued.
Bob Lepine: You've read A Chance to Die as well, haven't you?
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: I have, and I tell you that if your friend is convicted all you need to be convicted by that book is just the title itself. Hers was a life, as has been Elisabeth's, of calling us to that life of self-sacrifice, of surrender, abandon; and that has helped me to have God's perspective on so many circumstances of life and see in it a chance to die. And then, in that an opportunity to offer up to the Lord some sacrifice that is pleasing to Him.
Elisabeth Elliot: I was gonna say I had a hard time with the English people who had worked under Amy Carmichael. They didn't like that title at all. I had to just argue with them a little bit.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Well, it's not a very comfortable title and probably the marketing people might not think it was wonderful.
Elisabeth Elliot: Well, for some reason it continues to sell constantly and there are very few books in the Christian bookstores that are that big and that thick; but it goes on. I was so glad that eventually they gave me their blessing. I don't know what Amy herself would have thought of it, but it's certainly something I learned from her writings. She cautioned the women who worked with her to say (whatever the situation may be) "always learn to see in it a chance to die." In other words, die to yourself. All your own ambitions and things you think you can do or ought to do or want to do.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: That is so contrary to our natural way of responding, but it is God's way.
Bob Lepine: I think one of the aspects of your legacy, as I think about the last 40 plus years of ministry that you have been involved with, one of the things that you have done in the book about Amy Carmichael, in the books about Jim Elliot, as you have told stories about Gladys Aylward and about others; you've raised missionaries to the rightful place of hero status at a time when no one looks at missionaries as heroes. You grew up with that vision. Missionaries were real heroes as you were growing up. You shed that vision for a new generation in your writings.
Elisabeth Elliot: Yes, I remember Betty Scott visiting in our home when I was probably four-or five-years-old. I don't remember her vividly, but I just remember the fact that she was there. It wasn't until I learned that she and her husband had been killed by Chinese Communists, I realized what missionary life is really meant to be. The fact that that lady had sat at our dinner table was just stunning to me.
When my father came home (I was ten-years-old) with a newspaper, a Philadelphia newspaper, telling about the martyrdom of John and Betty Stamm. Chinese Communists had captured them, they were marched half-naked through the streets of a Chinese village; and she had to watch while they chopped his head off and then they put her head on the chopping block. She had her head chopped off. To think that that lady had sat at our dinner table, that made it just unbelievable.
It was when I was about 12 or 13 that I came across her prayer which I made my own "Lord I give up all my own plans and purposes, all my own desires and hopes, and accept Thy will for my life. I give myself, my life, my all utterly to thee to be Thine forever, fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit, use me as Thou wilt, send me where Thou wilt and work out Thy whole will in my life at any cost now and forever." I copied that into my Bible and asked the Lord to give me that kind of martyrdom if he wanted me to have that.
Bob Lepine: When you went to your mom and dad and said I feel the call to the mission field, after they had had Betty Stamm at the dinner table and they knew what had happened to her, did they say, "Well we're so thrilled, God bless you?"
Elisabeth Elliot: My parents were missionaries, too. They were missionaries in Belgium and that's why I happened to be born over there. So they had missions in their minds and my mother, although she came from a very posh Episcopal Church where they didn't talk much about missionaries at all, she went to a missionary time at Stony Brook School in New York; and she heard missionaries speak then. It was then that she really began to ask the Lord, "Do you want me to be a missionary?" She couldn't imagine doing it, but she thought she ought to at least ask the Lord. So when she married my father they were poor missionaries in Belgium for just those five years when I was born and my older brother.
But five out of the six of us became missionaries so our parents of course sort of had to take a little gasp of breath each time they would hear that one more child had decided to become a missionary. They never in any way tried to stop us. Just the one who was not a missionary has always been in Christian work. So it was routine for us to read missionary biographies. I guess I have a shelf about so long of just missionary biographies. I devoured them and I am always trying to get young people to read those and get animated.
Bob Lepine: Okay, they accepted the fact that you were going to be a missionary, they may have even rejoiced in that. But then when you said, after your husband had been martyred by the Aucas, "I'm going into the village."
Elisabeth Elliot: That was hard on them. It was very hard on Jim's parents as well; and I got letters from both sides very carefully and graciously cautioning me very strongly, "Don't even think of going in there unless you feel absolutely sure that this is what God is wanting you to do." I took that very seriously. I prayed about it and as I realized that it might be that God would want me to go in there for some reason He was going to have to show me. I didn't see how it would ever work. If five men were killed, it didn't seem to make sense that one woman would go in there and come back alive. But, it happened. I'm sure it was very hard on my parents and I know it was hard on Jim's parents.
Jim's oldest brother is still a missionary and he has had at least 53 years in Peru, South America. No one has ever heard of Bert Elliot. Everyone has heard of Jim Elliot. He and his wife were never given any children, which was a great sorrow to them. Because of that they have been able to be free in the summertime in the Eastern Jungles where it's very, very hot and then the other extreme is in the high Andes where it's extremely cold. They are the happiest couple you have ever seen. Even though the Lord never gave them any children, they have hundreds of spiritual children; and when I hear the thousands of people that know about Jim Elliott, I always want to say, "I wish you could hear about Bert Elliot."
Lisa Barry: I think I hear the beginnings of a new book The Journals of Bert Elliot. I guess we'll have to wait and see on that. I hate to break in on the discussion, but we are almost out of time and I know many of you will want to get a copy of this final series of Gateway to Joy. It's called A Legacy of Faith. I consider this series to be an historic one. Think of it as twelve and a half years of Gateway to Joy rolled into one fabulous week. We are making it available today to those of you who ask for it. We'd like to suggest a donation of $5 or more when you contact us to request it. Our toll-free number is 1-800-759-4Joy. You can call any time day or night; 1-800-759-4569. If you prefer to write our postal address is Gateway to Joy, Box 82500, Lincoln, Nebraska 68501. Or dial up our Web site at gateway.org. Gateway to Joy has been a production of Back to the Bible and is supported by the generous gifts of people like you. Nancy Leigh DeMoss will be our guest again tomorrow so be sure and join us then for the next Gateway to Joy.


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Mr. Vanderkooi was a telephone repairman for Western Electric in Union, NJ for over 28 years before retiring. He served in the US Army from 1952-1954. He was a former member of the Elks Lodge in East Orange and Madison, NJ. He enjoyed fishing, crossword puzzles and watching sports. He also had an interest in computers. Most important, he was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, who enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
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This is what I understand of BB. I will use outside observer to help illustrate. At BB this observer would notice some event, a flash of light and then an infinitely small region, a Point, would plop into existence. (I know photons would NOT be able to actually leave region but i say it anyway for illustration).
At this point, the infinitely small region, Point, is fixed in size to observer and will never change. However, internally, the region develops space, time and structure further this space starts to inflate.
So, now I space/time being mysteriously defined inside this region, which is still infinitely small externally. Space time attributes are unique and do not exist outside of region; observer has no concept of space or time only sees a dimensionless point. Now, since space is defined within this region and then the universe itself defines space, it can not expand into space but rather it's space is growing or expanding. At this point I guess I can say that Space/Time is localize to this region and expanding relative to every point within the region.
Now, if I run the process backwards, the
within this region would collapse into super dense stuff; but the outside observer not notice anything different until the space inside the point, or region to us, becomes so dense that it collapses and plops out of existence. At this point observer would think he was seeing things because it would have vanish as quickly as it appeared, if it did at all.
But I guess the stuff our universe, region or point, to observer, persists in is of no consequence since we or any law of classical or QM physics could exist there anyway. Our world and laws are inside this infinitely small but vast point. But still I wish I could somehow how see it anyway.
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the bottom. And if you wanna improve your swing come softball season? Partner
up with a pinch hitter and ask for some tips.
3. Your lab partner
Partnering up with your buds is a brilliant idea…for your
next history project. But when it comes to science experiments, you really
don't wanna deal with a girlie you heart that can't take the Bunsen burner
heat. You don't have to pick the class brainiac, but do partner up with someone
reliable who is interested in doing the work well.
4. Your guidance counselor
A good relationship with your guidance counselor can work
wonders. Whether you wanna switch out of your second period ceramics class or
you're lookin' to get a head start on the whole college applications process,
she (or he) is your go-to gal (er, gent).
5. The fab fashionista
Sick of donning the same old jeans-'n'-tee combo every day?
Sidle up to a stylish sweetie and invite her on a shopping trip. Her honest,
no-holds-barred advice might be humbling at first, but by the time you're
picking out your homecoming dresses together, you'll be grateful for a girl who
will tell you what she really thinks.
6. A Hermione Granger look-alike
When you're out sick before midterms, life can get tough if
your friends aren't diligent note-takers. Befriend a classmate in every period
that you can rely on to lend you their notes if you miss a day or two. One more
thing: Make sure you can read their handwriting, okay?
7. The BGF
Crushing is great and all, but nothing tops a guy you can
chill with without all the pressure of impressing his socks off. Look for
common interests and be sure to keep your flirtatious grins out of the
equation. No mixed signals here, sistah!
8. A bus buddy
Break up boring mornings on the bus with a neighbor you can
giggle with in the early a.m. hours. A friendly smile and a nice "Is this seat
taken?" will position you perfectly for making an on-the-bus bestie. Bonus
points for packing an extra granola bar in your bag. Everybody likes a sharer.
9. The tech whiz
You can call the A.V. club kid in your math class a geek all
you want, but that's not gonna help ya when your calculator goes on the fritz
before a big test. Drop the stereotypes and be nice to everyone. You never know who'll you need to ask for
PowerPoint presentation pointers, ya know.
10. The chill chick
When your school days are loaded with drama, you're gonna be
yearnin' for a babe who's never phased by grapevine gossip. Follow her lead and
bond over how totally cray-cray the rest of your posse can be.
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Oasis Stripy Tee with Peter Pan Lace Collar
A firm favourite around Oasis HQ this gorgeous tee fuses their love of stripes with their lust for collars.
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Oasis Pleated Shell Top
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Textured fabric is luxe-to-the-touch, while the nude hue plays up this season's lust for minimal chic. Pleated, the crew neck is super flattering, while the simple keyhole fastening at the nape of the neck is an elegant finishing style touch.
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Oasis Rose Print Kimono with Lace Trims
Master the art of the kimono in the painterly rose kimono by Oasis - it's one of the hottest trends set to wow this season.
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Dress up your skinny jeans and vest tops with this kimono - we'll be wearing ours come Friday night over a black cami dress and of-the-moment block heels.
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Oasis Simple Chic Shirt - Blue
This simple shirt by Oasis is undoubtedly chic in its minimal, understated style making it perfect for the office as well as the weekend.
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Wear this shirt with black trousers and courts for the office and leather look leggings and block heels come evening.
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"We'll be together…Forever."
I drew this for an rp with Ellie that's still going on…and it turned out to be my 1400'th post as Kaalia. WELP.
I actually drew the bottom one first, just because I needed to flesh out what a "phyrexianized Kaalia" would look like. Fortunately, Shattered Angel and Chancellor of the Annex provided great references for how angels are "completed"…despite the fact that they really shouldn't be able to fly when their wings are torn up like that.
Moltensteel dragon provided the wings for that part though. :) I didn't even SEE them there until I took a closer look (All that time wondering how it flew…wasted).
I'm not happy that her Sunforger looks more brown than molten rock black, so I'll have to remember to change that part later on in future doodles. I'm also not happy with how Elspeth turned out in the bottom…I probably should've looked up some references for that, but I was trying to bang this out as quickly as possible. ^^;
Also…am I the only one who think Kaalia in the top one looks like she could be in Team Aqua if her hoody was colored blue, cuz' it looks like a bandanna to me.
Tags: You will also see that I repliced both of her tattoos with phyrexian symbols phyrexia kaalia mirrodin new phyrexia Elspeth
I'm a 23 year old bisexual. If you're meeting me here then feel free to call me William or Rachael. Either works just fine. =)
I love magical girls, power rangers, and Magic the Gathering. Those're my big three and I'm sticking to it.
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Happy Canyon Ranches is a populated place located in Douglas County at latitude 39.442 and longitude -104.864.
The elevation is 6,532 feet. Happy Canyon Ranches appears on the Castle Rock North U.S. Geological Survey Map. Douglas County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours).
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The Commission may create subsidiary mechanisms such as special rapporteurs, committees, and working groups. The creation and membership of such subsidiary mechanisms may be determined by consensus, failing which, the decision shall be taken by voting.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (May 7, 2014) – The Rutgers women's lacrosse team received public recognition from the NCAA for top academic performance for its multi-year Academic Progress Rate score, the NCAA announced.
The APR measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic performance for each team in each sport.
Women's lacrosse wrapped up the 2014 campaign with a 9-9 record, highlighted by capturing its first berth to the BIG EAST tournament in six years. The Scarlet Knights fell to eventual league champion, top-seeded Louisville in the league semifinals, as senior attacker Megan Clements (Pennington, N.J.) tallied a team-high three points in the loss to earn all-tournament team recognition.
Clements was also named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team, while senior defender Chelsea Intrabartola (Commack, N.Y.) and redshirt junior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli (Martinsville, N.J.) were named to the first team. The two First Team All-BIG EAST selections were the first for Rutgers since 2007, and the three Scarlet Knight all-conference selections marked the most for RU since 2008.
"As always, we take extreme pride in our academic performance," said 12th-year head coach Laura Brand-Sias. "Our program strives to teach our athletes progress both on and off the field, and this is a testament to all the hard work they put in day in and day out."
The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-2012 and 2012-13 academic years.
Multiyear APRs for all Division I sports teams, including the teams receiving public recognition, will be announced May 14.


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2013 Apple Harvest Festival Schedule of Events
2013 Apple Harvest Festival Schedule of Events
Saturday, October 5 & Sunday, October 6
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Apple Harvest Vendors Boutique
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Redwood Memorial Hospital Health Fair
Testing & info for all ages in the Rec Hall in Rohner Park. Informational booths, blood pressure and glucose checks, sugar and body fat testing and advance directives information.
Cook Shack: Lunch by Toddy Thomas 8th Grade Class.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Dutch Oven Demonstrations
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Live music
5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Apple Harvest Skate Night only $4 for all ages at the Firemen's Pavilion
Main Street between 9th and 13th Streets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ENJOY: Apple Pie, Apple Crisp, and Apple Fritters for sale by local non-profit organizations
Food vendors of every kind, from pulled pork to ice cream! Artisans & Crafters Booths, Antiques and Collectibles, Merchant Street Sales, and Kids' Bounce House
CLENDENEN'S CIDER WORKS, South 12th Street
Noon to 1 p.m. Scotia Band – Historic town band with a big sound
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. The "M" Notes ( Megan Hensley & Michael Norton, an eclectic acoustic duo)
Clendenen's Applewood Barbeque – Featuring "The Local Hamburger" and Big Dogs
Orchard Hayrides – tour the apple orchard with a narrated tractor hayride
Free Cups of Cider
Apple Tasting – taste new and vintage varieties from our orchard including Bellflower, Spitzenberg, Mutsu, and Jonagold
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. HealthSport Gymanastics demonstrations.
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. . . . . . Apple Harvest Free Kids Festivities and Other Events -- Carousel, Bake Sales, Bounce House, Miranda's Rescue animals, Firehouse Apple Cider, MOPS Information Booth
Rays Food Place
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. snow cones and face painting, parking lot produce sale, a BBQ, and much more.
FORTUNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 320 South Fortuna Blvd.
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. OPEN HOUSE
Informational booths: Ladies auxiliary; Fire Explorers; Boy Scouts; Fire Department Membership; Disaster Preparedness including CERT Training; Fire Prevention.
Displays: Fire apparatus and equipment and Antique fire apparatus.
Demonstrations: Jaws of Life and Fire Prevention Trailer.
Fire Truck Rides.
Fortuna Volunteer Fire Dept. continued
Ladies Auxiliary: will be selling Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Hot Dogs, Nachos, Water and Soda
(All proceeds from the sales go to benefit Families that are burned out of their homes, to support our firefighters that are out on extended calls and to offer Scholarships for college education for our Firefighter's families.)
Clendenen's Cider Works
Noon to 4 p.m. "Falling Rocks" (Ken and Maria Jorgenson with Hal Krohn playing classic country and Americana)
All day:
Clendenen's Applewood Barbeque – Featuring "The Local Hamburger" and Big Dogs
Orchard Hayrides – tour the apple orchard with a narrated tractor hayride
Free Cups of Cider
Apple Tasting – taste new and vintage varieties from our orchard including Bellflower, Spitzenberg, Mutsu, and Jonagold
Downtown – Main Street
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. HARVEST MARKET
Live Music
Speeder Car Rides
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Roundtrip from Clendenen's to 8th Street
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It's been far too long since we've caught up with Charity Hodges, one of the premier bikini models on the planet.
In September 2008, I was approached by a guy that wanted me to write a post about Hodges and the Tropic Calendar Girls. At the time I didn't know who Hodges was but I'm glad the guy brought her to my attention.
For the last ten years, she's been a popular bikini contestant on various circuits, most notably with Miss Hawaiian Tropic. As a contestant, Hodges garnered an impressive haul of more than 30 awards. She's also graced the pages of Stuff, Maxim, Planet Muscle, The Hooters Swimsuit Calendar, and others.
Since that first post in 2008, we've highlighted Hodges on two other occasions, once as the featured chick of the day and a follow up post – both of which included nice photo galleries.
Today we're posting a photo gallery that includes some of Hodges' latest with her wearing a wifebeater on the beach and nothing else. It's as close to her being naked without technically being naked we're going to get.
Some of the photos contained enough nudity that it precluded me from including them in the gallery, but you can download the entire set here.
Enjoy these new photos of the ultra sexy Charity Hodges – and no drooling on my site.


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REBECCA VANDERMEULEN | Keystone Edge
In 1989, three programmers quit their jobs in the space division of General Electric's King of Prussia office to start their own software company.
More than two decades later, one of them freely admits that they knew few of the rules about running a business.
The trio's plans for launching Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) relied upon a commercial bank loan that didn't come. But, thanks to the tireless day-and-night efforts of early employees, the company rose above the challenge to succeed. To this day, co-founder and CEO Paul Graziani doesn't believe in time cards. As long as his 250 employees get their work done, he doesn't much care about when.
AGI, based in Philadelphia's western suburbs, makes software that plots the location and paths of satellites, aircraft, submarines and ships. While this may sound like a niche market, it has applications in the fields of intelligence, space and the military. AGI's software can show a jet's progress on the way to its destination and generate high-resolution satellite images of the earth's surface. And if you and your kids pored over NORAD's Santa tracker on Christmas Eve, you saw AGI's technology in action.
"We've basically invented this marketplace," Graziani says from his office in the company's Exton headquarters. "We pretty much set out to be all things to all people, which is generally a bad idea."
Just last month, AGI's software was chosen by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missilie Systems Center (SMC)/Space Superiority Systems Directorate. It's significant considering government agencies typically build similar software packages on their own rather than contracting that work to the private sector.
"Our early Ben Franklin investment was a big help,"
- AGI co-founder and CEO Paul Graziani.
Tracking objects in space
AGI's main product is a software package called Systems Tool Kit (STK). As Graziani describes it, STK is essentially a platform to model where an object is going, when it will get there, what it will be able to see, and what will be able to see it. While most of its users are military agencies or defense contractors, its applications are wide-ranging.
One of STK's most important features is a real-time visualization of 17,000 manmade objects in Earth's orbit. This includes active and inactive satellites, debris from spacecraft and everything in between. This information matters to any entity that sends satellites into space, from national space agencies to TV channel providers. After all, one strike from an errant object can decimate a multimillion-dollar piece of equipment. "Most satellites would be completely destroyed by something the size of a marble," Graziani says. Right now his company's technology is able to monitor anything at least as big as a softball.
Rocketing to success
With $50 million in sales in 2011, AGI has come a long way from its beginnings in Graziani's living room.
He and cofounders Scott Reynolds and Jim Poland were colleagues at General Electric, where they developed software for the National Reconnaissance Office. They found that they spent much of their time building slightly different versions of essentially the same software and thought their employer could save time by building one software tool that could be used for multiple tasks. So, as Graziani recalls, the trio pitched this idea to their bosses. Management didn't go for it. (Looking back, he says GE's decision made sense.)
So Reynolds, Graziani and Poland quit their jobs and coded the first version of STK.
"It was really a chance to break away completely from everything we had done before,"
Graziani says.
Their plans for AGI depended on a $650,000 bank loan, but that was not to be. As Graziani puts it, "They didn't quite laugh us out of the bank."
The three kicked in a much more modest $100,000 from their own savings and credit cards.
Over the next several years the company was funded through a variety of other sources, but dollars were hard to come by. "We were pushing all the financing buttons we could find," Graziani says.
In 1994, when AGI had only nine employees, it needed to build the critical first 3D version of tracking software. Graziani approached Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA for support, and earned an investment of $50,000 to fund the project.
With the completed project in hand, venture capital group SpaceVest soon invested in AGI. "Our early Ben Franklin investment was a big help," says Graziani.
Graziani says AGI's size means the company is small enough to be nimble and be selective in hiring above-average talent. And he says he can count, on one hand, the number of developers who have left his business since 1989.
The on-site perks surely don't hurt. Besides the company cafeteria on the ground floor, AGI employees can take advantage of the on-site gym, a massage therapist who works at its building in Exton, and complimentary laundry services. The company has received numerous awards for being a great place to work.
Spokeswoman Stefanie Claypoole says these benefits aren't designed to convince employees to work long hours. They spend a lot of hours in the office anyway, she says, so management wants them to maximize their personal time.
Graziani says AGI is fortunate to have talented, motivated people on its payroll.
"We have an off-the-charts productivity rate," he says. "Any knowledge worker has a broad range of productivity levels. Anything you can do to keep these people at the high end of that metric has a lot of payoff."
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Health & Pregnancy
Doctors Overestimate Radiation Risk to Fetus
May 18, 2004 -- The risk of having a child born with a major birth defect is much lower than many doctors think for women who undergo abdominal X-rays or CT scans during early pregnancy, and doctors may be giving poor advice to their pregnant patients as a result, new research suggests.
Investigators from the University of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children surveyed 273 family doctors and obstetricians in Ontario and found that about a third overestimated the risk of major birth defects from a simple abdominal X-ray and about half overestimated the risk from a CT scan.
The doctors were informed about the1%-3% risk for major birth defects associated with these procedures and were asked whether they would recommend that a woman undergo an abortion because of radiation exposure from these procedures.
One percent said they would recommend an abortion to a woman who had abdominal X-rays and 6% said they would recommend an abortion following an abdominal CT scan.
A typical abdominal X-ray or abdominal CT scan contains radiation levels that are generally considered to pose little risk of permanent injury to a developing fetus.
"A big misperception exists among physicians about the risk to a fetus from diagnostic X-rays," study researcher Gideon Koren, MD, tells WebMD. "With the levels of radiation used today, there is little risk of a diagnostic procedure endangering the fetus."
Cancer Risk a Greater Concern
Fred Mettler, MD, a member of the International Commission on Radiation Protection and the U.S. representative to the U.N. on radiation effects, tells WebMD getting five or 10 CT scans during pregnancy could result in enough exposure to radiation where there might be a risk for developmental problems in the fetus.
A greater concern to most radiation experts is the long-term cancer risk to children and fetuses exposed to radiation, he says. Radiation-related cancer risk is generally believed to be three times higher for children and fetuses than for adults.
"Many people believe that a child's risk of leukemia doubles at fairly low levels of exposure," he says. "But you are still talking about a risk of one in 2,000, and that is still pretty small."
Low Birth Weight
Several recent studies suggest that dental X-rays conducted during pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of delivering a low-birth-weight baby. Koren says the studies are far from conclusive and may unnecessarily scare women away from dental checkups at the time when they need them most.
A woman's risk of developing gingivitis and other gum problems increases during pregnancy, and gum disease is also believed to increase the risk for early delivery.
"It is important that pregnant women get the care they need, and that they are given the right information about radiation risk," Koren says. "The message to physicians is please, please get the information you need to counsel patients."


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Chase Of A LifetimeChase Of A Lifetime (1987) Season 1 Episode 108- Beverly Hills Teens Cartoon Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- Beverly Hills Teens Cartoon Episode Guide
- DiC Entertainment
- Distributed by: Access Syndication
- Cartoon Characters: Tara, Jett, Shanelle Spencer, Bianca Dupree, Blaze Summers, Larke, Troy, Tiara, Empress, Chester, Jillian, Pierce Thorndyke, Switchboard, Radley, Gig, Wilshire, Nikki Darling, Buck.
- Originally Released in 1987.
- Season: 1
- Color
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
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Beverly Hills Teens - Chase of a Lifetime
Posted: February 25, 2011
Beverly Hills Teens - Chase of a Lifetime
By Anonymous Cartoon Lover
I just wanted to add that I thought the ending of this episode was somewhat heartwarming. Although Blaze was really the one who caught Troy, she gave him to Lark. She then decided to take Wilshire, who really needed the confidence booster, to the dance instead. Later, you see the poor soul (Wilshire) dressed up in a tux with too-short pants and Blaze unashamedly dancing with him. She tells him how lucky she was to have nabbed him in that she originally thought Bianca had. Bianca had accidentally caught him, but rejected him. Then Wilshire saves face by saying that he got away from Bianca. It was sweet.
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Chase of a Lifetime
Posted: May 01, 2002
Chase of a Lifetime
By chrisw
This was the first episode I ever saw of the show. A Sadie Hawkins' Dance is preceded by an event where the girls chase the guys throughout the Teen Club. Though Bianca does everything she can to get Troy first (including planting a homing device on him), it's Larke that grabs him. Pierce, who THINKS everyone's after him, ends up getting thwarted at every turn.
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well, he is a cute one(;
especially after that shower scene ;DDDDDD
ME TOOOOOOOO> so very in LOVE.
oh dear lord me too. long hair just really does it for me. LOVE him and hanna together!! hehehe
on a side note-my family is going to see In the Heights at DPAC tomorrow night for my mom's birthday! this is a musical i've been waiting to see for a minute now. can't wait!
that explains so much.
Daniel Radcliffe - Attitude Magazine, 2009 (via hogwartsstarrysky)
yeahhhh buddy!
Rolling in the Deep (via thesenatorsquarters)
best lyrics ever.
-Miranda Lambert
"that's so gay."
"that's so retarded."
"you're my bitch..that bitch is..ect."
i'm easily offended. buttt,
the boys that sit behind me in the lecture hall at school, referring to our teacher as a "dyke-ey bitch" at least once a day are about to get kicked in the balls.
also the men of Jersey Shore(i watched a full episode today, really hoping to like it) who at least three times we're talking about "stuffing" grenades(ugly girls?) i don't know.(maybe i'm a prude?) but i wanted to throw up a little in my mouth. i know the show is supposed to be funny, and not serious. but either way you slice it, it still feels degrading.


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