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Monday, December 5, 2011

400-408 – Tony Pallotto, and his wife Maryann started TAPS in Oceanside back in 1995, the Teen Adolescent Placement Services (taps14.org, tony@taps14.org, 866-411-8277), and since then, they've helped over 16,000 families deal with troubled teens, offering everything from simple advice over the phone all the way to physical interventions.  If you're dealing with a difficult teen, call them, they can help.

413-423 – Tony Pallotto

428-438 – Tony Pallotto

443-452 – Tony Pallotto

458-508 – Phil Hotsenpiller (friendschurchyl.com), pastor of Yorba Linda Friends Church, author of the seven-part graphic novel series with Rob Liefeld entitled Armageddon Now (armageddonnow.net), and along with his wife Tammy, founder of {la}god, a ministry they lead for young Hollywood actors, directors, writers, musicians and models that meets monthly at the W Hotel in Hollywood – but, it's invitation only – contact them through the website.  Out of the study, came their first worship CD "Shake the Earth" (lagodmusic.com). 

512-523 – Phil Hotsenpiller

528-539 – • The Blaze (12/5/2011) THUG PUMMELED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MUG CHICAGO MAN WHO TURNS OUT TO BE AN MMA FIGHTER.

• Fox News (12/4/2011) Boy, 9, Suspended from School for Sexual Harassment After Calling Teacher 'Cute'.

(:29) Virgin Diaries Promo. (Official Promo of TLC's new show "Virgin Diaries" that starts Sunday night.)

(:27) Virgin Diaries Sneak Peak. (Engaged couple featured on Virgin Diaries shares about their upcoming wedding, first kiss, and wedding night.)

• Fox News (12/2/2011) TLC's 'Virgin Diaries': Ridiculing or Celebrating Celibacy?    

Calls – Those of you who watched the show, was TLC honoring or mocking celibacy?  Did any of you watch it with your kids?  Isn't there something really precious – and wonderfully romantic – about the wedding ceremony when both the bride and groom are virgins?  Would you want this for your children?  Where does one virgin find another virgin?  Is there such a thing as an "eHarmony for Virgins"?  Teens, how is virginity viewed at your school?

• Melissa Healy (LAT, 12/5/2011) Teen 'sexting': less common than parents may fear.  Quelling some of today's rampant juvenoia (a distrust of the mores and values of youth).

My Summary – The Pediatrics study was based on a survey of 1,560 children, 10 to 17 years old.

7.1% said they had received a sext in the past year.

3% of those who received sexts forwarded them to others.

2.5% said they had made or appeared in "nude or nearly nude pictures or videos" of themselves. 

1% said they had engaged in sexually explicit pictures showing "naked breasts, genitals or bottoms." 

10% of those who took sexually explicit images of themselves actually distributed them to others. 

544-554 – Calls – 

558-608 – The Xposed Worship Factory (worshipfactory.net) for college students and young adults, airs the last segment Saturday nights at 7pm on KKLA.  The co-hosts are: Jon Bryan, and Mariana Muzzi.

612-623 – Jon Bryan, and Mariana Muzzi.

628-639 – Jon Bryan, and Mariana Muzzi.

644-654 – Jon Bryan, and Mariana Muzzi.

• Fox News (12/5/2011) Recent Charges of Sexual Abuse of Children in Hollywood Just Tip of Iceberg, Experts Say.

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