Down the stairs into the Basin's repository of knowledge Fae went, until the path finally leveled out and the narrow stairwell opened into a vast room. Fae stared in awe. Shelves and shelves of boxes, books, vases, jars, bags, files, and so much more filled the space, stretching out under blue lights as far back as Fae could see, and then some.
"We only have eleven minutes to search all of this?" Fae asked.
"Right!" Jupiter said excitedly, waving around her sheet of paper on which Fae had drawn copies of the five symbols they were seeking out. She started heading out to the right, while Mercury headed left. As those two stuck along the perimeter, seeing how far the outside walls went, Neptune headed down the center a short ways before turning left.
Suddenly, Fae was all alone.
Guess I'd better get moving. She held up her list, occasionally glancing at it under the blue light as she took her time, starting from the very first shelf. She'd seen the symbols enough times to have them memorized, but she still liked to reference them so she knew for certain what she was looking for.
The first two symbols seemed related. Both looked like simplified artist's renditions of ceramic jars. The first had a sort of rope tied around its top, as if holding down a covering. The second was broken, split down the middle, with some kind of substance pouring out of it.
The third symbol was a box within a box. The inner box was darker, and the shading suggested it was a sort of vanishing point. It made Fae think of staring down into a square pit, so deep that she couldn't see the bottom.
The final two symbols were very simple. The first was a flame, and the second was an eye. The eye was one that Fae found she couldn't look at very long. There was no pupil, just a very large, dark iris. It unnerved her to see an eye drawn in such a way, almost like it had no soul.
She could see it in her mind, and that was enough. By the time Fae had finished examining her shelf, Neptune called out loudly in the lonely space.
Already? I'm too slow. Fae took the next shelf faster, forcing herself to pass over things that were interesting and caught her eye if they didn't display the symbols she was looking for. Speeding up her search, Fae managed to look over two more shelves before Neptune called out again: four minutes.
Can we really find all of these in time? I'm still almost right next to the stairway. And… Fae looked beyond again, as far as she could into the repository.
She couldn't see the end. The shelves could easily stretch for miles.
Eleven minutes would never be enough time to even reach the back of this place and then return. Are there some things in here that are simply impossible to find?
No. Selphine said it changes every time the Basin fills and drains again.
So if we don't find our five items, then we just leave and come back, hoping for luck to give us better results?
Neptune announced the three minute mark. Jupiter and Mercury bantered back at her, but no one said they'd found anything yet.
I'm not very fast or athletic. Is one minute enough time to get all the way up the stairs? And even then, it's a long distance between the door outside and the stairs up to the shore. Should we start leaving now? Try and time our next trip here better, so we have more time once we arrive? Run as much as we can, even down the stairs to shave off more seconds? Every second counts like this.
Fae realized she'd spaced out from checking her shelf, so she started over from the top, scanning over the contents. It was easy to get drawn in by how intricate, fancy, old, and intriguing the items here were, but she couldn't afford that.
Fae tucked the small urn into her bag, then moved to the next shelf. Its weight didn't bother her since the bag was enchanted – it could hold far more items than it seemed, and cancelled out the weight of its contents, keeping a constant and comfortable weight at all times. Unless one of the symbols was on a car or something really big like that, Fae would be able to carry all five items marked with the mysterious symbols.
"Two minutes!" Neptune called out.
"Thank you!" Fae cried out, breathless with excitement and anxiety.
Can we really do it? Can we get that lucky?
She worked her way through the next shelf, and then another, picking up the pace even as Neptune called out the one minute mark. Mercury and Jupiter, the ones who had gone out the farthest, started making their way back, following different aisles than they had on their way out in an attempt to find the rest.
Fae grabbed a book, gasping in shock, but stopped herself from calling out.
False alarm. The cover looked sort of like the eye symbol on her sheet, but it was just a circle with a weird pattern. Gritting her teeth, Fae continued to search, desperation building.
I don't want to keep doing this over and over. I want to find everything now. Please let me find everything now. We got so lucky, finding two already. I don't want to keep gambling again and again. I have so much I need to do. So far I need to go. I can't get stalled here.
"We gotta go!" Neptune shouted, and Fae could hear the hurried footsteps of the Star sisters as her heart sank. She heeded the warning nonetheless, rushing the best she could to the stairs.
"You were on the swim team in middle school!" Mercury said.
"You were good," Neptune said.
"Too late," Fae said, heart rising into her throat as she heard a dripping sound.
Water started trickling down the stairs. At first it was just a small line of water here, another there, until soon, the stairs were coated in water, and the girls' steps splashed and sloshed as they ran.
"Take this," Mercury said, shoving a small leather-coated box into Fae's hands. Fae hurriedly shoved it into her bag.
"I see the door!" Jupiter shouted. A few more steps, and she yanked it open, letting in even more water along with the bright light from outside.
"We can make it!" Fae said, racing forward and outside as water reached her knees, slowing her pace considerably.
"I hate this place," Jupiter groaned, still trying to run in the steadily deepening water, pushing ever forward towards the shore.
"Don't," Neptune said, pulling her sister to a stop. Fae stared at the blue-haired girl in shock. Stopping? Here?
"We won't make it to the shore in time," Neptune said. "And it's too far to swim for me, at least. But look." She looked up, and Fae looked with her, shuddering as the water reached her waist. It seeped into her shoes and pants, a sensation Fae wasn't remotely fond of. Thankfully her bag was waterproof, but swimming with it wouldn't be easy.
She understood what Neptune was getting at, though. They were right next to the towering plateau. "You think we'll have safe ground to stand on?" she asked.
"Treading water for that long?" Jupiter asked, groaning.
"And we don't even know how long it takes for the Basin to fill and drain," Mercury said.
"I guess that's fair," Jupiter said.
"Here we go," Neptune said, beginning to float as the water got too high. Fae and the other girls followed suit, and began to pass a strange time where all they really did was tread water and wait as they rose higher and higher while the Basin filled.
"This is so boring," Jupiter groaned.
"Are the items safe?" Neptune asked, swimming closer to Fae.
"The broken jar, the fire, and the eye," Fae said.
"Selphine said these were all in the book marked by the symbol of the Intangibles, right?" Mercury asked.
"Yeah, I can't think of any that have to do with eyes or fire," Mercury said.
"And we don't even know what Collapse is," Mercury said with a sigh.
"I still don't like this," Jupiter said, glaring at the water that was carrying her higher and higher.
"We're halfway there, calm down," Mercury said.
Fae nodded. "They're more like concepts than actual things," she said.
"And the Dreamer's Heart isn't an actual heart, but a quality to a person," Mercury said.
"But most Intangibles are a single entity," Mercury said.
"They can't just figure that out for themselves?" Fae asked.
"I already said that," Mercury said.
"Oh," Jupiter said. "I hadn't thought about that." She resumed sulking, complaining about getting wet as Mercury splashed water in her face, ruining her spiked-up hairdo.
I wonder how high the water will rise. Fae looked across to the far shore, with the door to Selphine's Eventide Archive, and tried to judge height based on that. It's hard just eyeballing it. I hope it'll be shallow enough for us to stand on top of the plateau. As much as Jupiter complains about the ascent, the descent is going to be the worst. It was so humid when we entered, and now it's cooled and dried a bit, but once the water starts evaporating to drain again… and we have to sit in it and wait until it reaches the bottom… ugh. My hair's going to hate me.
"Here we go," Neptune said, swimming closer to the plateau and climbing up onto it at the first chance she had.
"It seems like it's slowing down," Fae said, accepting Mercury's hand up as they were the last to stand atop the plateau. The water rose to cover her ankles, then halfway up her calves, and then… it stopped, just short of her knees.
"How long do you think it'll take to drain?" Jupiter asked.
"Longer than it took to fill," Neptune said.
"Even places like the Forlorn Peaks have people living there, if you can believe it," Mercury said.
"I wonder why…" Fae said, trailing off as she took in the view. With the water covering up even the plateau, the highest point in the Basin of Antiquity, there was a wide expanse of glassy water all around. Aside from ripples nearby from the girls' movements, the water had gone incredibly still, and it was so clear that Fae could see down to the very bottom, even from what seemed to be hundreds of feet up.
"I found dry land!" Jupiter exclaimed. She now stood on a small sort of pedestal in the center of the flat ground the girls were on that rose just slightly above the water. It wasn't the same color as the plateau – it seemed to shift and change in an attempt to match the colors around it, so it was hard to see until Jupiter was hopping up and down on it.
"Is there anything interesting about it?" Mercury asked. The girls met around Jupiter, examining the strange discovery.
"Ruining my fun…" Jupiter complained, but she obliged, hopping down and taking hold of the second handle. She and Neptune pulled, and a hatch opened up, about four feet in diameter. Cool, dry air rushed out of it, and Fae gasped.
"It's just like the repository," she said, leaning over to look down. A ladder was built into the interior of the pedestal, descending down a shaft about thirty feet before hitting flat ground below. Blue, caged lights like the ones the girls had seen inside the repository lit the way.
"Well, we can see what we can see," Mercury said, giving Jupiter a boost up. The redhead was the first to descend, with Neptune following. Mercury turned to Fae, offering her a lift, which she took.
"Let's try not to think about that," Fae said, feeling her heart beat faster at just the idea of being trapped underwater.
The sisters stepped aside, nodding to Fae to lead the way. From the small room at the bottom of the ladder was a hallway. Fae led the way until it turned a sharp right, and then she stopped.
"Well, that's something," Mercury said, looking past Fae.
At the end of the hallway was a wooden door. On it hung a simple sign, which was written on with red lettering: Welcome, honored guests Fae and the Star sisters.
"Did Selphine call ahead?" Jupiter asked.
"Whoever it is was expecting us all on their own," Neptune said.


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This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.

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Today's global economic crisis is the worst since the Great Depression. And developing-Asia is being hit much harder than initially thought. It is now time-in fact it is an opportunity-to rebalance our recent rapid economic growth to help protect us from future external shocks and to strengthen our internal sources of growth.
Many Asian governments responded quickly to the crisis with appropriate financial, monetary and fiscal policies. And we believe Asia will weather the global recession in relatively good shape.
Because external demand drives a major part of Asia's growth, our region should recover quickly when industrialized economies show signs of life.
It would be easy for the region's policy makers to muddle through by relying on immediate short-term responses. But this certainly isn't the best route. We should instead tackle the fundamental cause of the crisis.
Although spawned by the US subprime mortgage meltdown, the fundamental cause of the crisis was lack of discipline and regulation in the financial system and lax fiscal and monetary polices in the US. As it unravels, the crisis clearly shows that inappropriate policies and poor governance in industrialized countries can severely harm the growth and welfare of the developing world.
Asia has already proven it can turn crisis into opportunity. In the 12 years since its own devastating financial turmoil, developing Asia has worked hard to improve its economic health. Fiscal and reserve positions are generally sound; external debt is more manageable; and exchange rates are more flexible.
With the luxury of hindsight, Asia may have pursued its export-oriented strategy a bit too forcefully.
After the 1997/98 crisis, the region developed macroeconomic imbalances while quickly transforming itself from net borrower to net saver. While our region's openness embraced and benefited much from globalization, today we also see the associated risks, particularly given Asia's large reliance on exports and external funding.
As Asia's share of the global economy continues to rise, it can no longer overly rely on exports as its primary engine of growth. A more balanced approach can boost social welfare by using its savings more productively. It would mitigate the return of the unsustainable current account surpluses that helped feed the current crisis.
Asia is hugely diverse. The optimal policy mix for rebalancing will necessarily differ across national economies. But the underlying principles will remain the same. Rebalancing growth will require developing Asia to adopt a judicious mix of polices to build strong domestic demand and apply its resources more efficiently.
First, policy makers must strive to strengthen domestic consumption. In several economies, high savings rates have been driven largely by high corporate profits. Promoting good corporate governance, requiring firms to pay dividends, and applying appropriate taxes to move undistributed profits to households can work. In addition, expanding health, education, and pension systems can help reduce incentives for precautionary household savings.
Second, investment climate and social infrastructure must be improved. Rather than seeking greater investment for its own sake, policy makers should concentrate on building a climate conducive to efficient investment. For the most part developing Asia still lags far behind the world's most competitive economies. Government investments in public infrastructure (like roads and ports) and social infrastructure (education) will raise returns to private investment.
Third, financial development needs to be accelerated. A mature financial system will better channel Asia's savings into Asian investment - as opposed to investing in low-yielding foreign government bonds. It will also lessen the need for precautionary savings and encourage greater consumption. On the supply side, efficient financial systems help new small and medium businesses, particularly in services.
And fourth, Asia must strengthen regional integration and cooperation. Although trade within the region has grown rapidly, much of it has been feeding China's assemblers who export final goods outside Asia. So for the moment, intra-Asian trade remains hostage to extra-regional demand. Asia must build more substantive intra-regional trade. We should also strengthen our regional monitoring and surveillance initiatives within existing regional arrangements to provide additional resilience against even larger external shocks. For example, the expansion and multilateralization of the Chiang Mai Initiative by ASEAN+3 can help meet any members' emergency liquidity requirements.
At the same time it reduces accumulation of excess foreign exchange reserves.
Developing-Asia's policy makers must make rebalancing growth a central medium- and long-term objective, even as they grapple with short-term responses to the economic crisis. The region came out of the 1997/98 crisis stronger. It must use this crisis as an opportunity to strengthen itself further. I believe that lessons from the current crisis will lead to a more balanced growth path, one that benefits not only our region's economies, but also contributes to both the global recovery and a return to sustained growth.
The author is the Acting Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank in Manila. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the ADB, or the countries they represent.


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Students' self-determined and integrative orientations and teachers' motivational support in a Japanese as a foreign language context
Maya McEown, Kimberly A. Noels, Kristie D. Saumure
To support students' motivation to learn a foreign language, teachers should understand the reasons why their students wish to learn the language and incorporate this information in their teaching practice. The survey of 128 Canadian learners of Japanese focused on three questions: What are students' orientations for wanting to learn Japanese, and how are these orientations interrelated? Do orientations differently predict learning engagement and academic outcomes on the one hand, and language community engagement, on the other? What aspects of teachers' support best facilitate students' self-determination and intercultural integrativeness? The results showed that self-determined orientations were the best predictors of learning engagement and academic outcomes, but cultural knowledge development and intercultural interaction best predicted Japanese community engagement. Students who perceived their teacher as supporting competence and relatedness also reported greater self-determination. These results underscore the motivational significance of self-related and integrative orientations for learning a foreign language, even in settings where there is little opportunity for interaction with members of the target language community. These findings emphasize that foreign language teachers can foster students' motivation by supporting their sense of competence, relatedness and cultural understanding, although these supports may differ in their importance depending on the students' level of self-determination.
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While scientists are still trying to determine exactly how many of theses species exist, we do know that many of these sharks lose their lives from getting caught in fishing nets. Not only does it significantly reduce their population, it compromises the fragile ecosystem around coral reefs. Many new laws and regulations are being put into place to protect this ever important fish.
Living in warm shallow waters often near coral reefs in the Western Atlantic, from Florida to Brazil, the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) is the most abundant shark in the Caribbean. It feeds mostly on bony fishes and rarely attacks humans. Despite the shark's abundance in some regions, it has a high mortality rate from bycatch and is sought by commercial fisheries for its fins and meat. It is illegal to catch Caribbean reef sharks in U.S. waters. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species' status as "Near Threatened."
^ Garla, R.C.; Chapman, D.D.; Shivji, M.S.; Wetherbee, B.M.; Amorim, A.F. (2006). "Habitat of juvenile Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, at two oceanic insular marine protected areas in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Atol das Rocas, Brazil". Fisheries Research. 81 (2–3): 236–241. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.07.003.
The grey reef shark is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In the Indian Ocean, it occurs from South Africa to India, including Madagascar and nearby islands, the Red Sea, and the Maldives. In the Pacific Ocean, it is found from southern China to northern Australia and New Zealand, including the Gulf of Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.[4][9] This species has also been reported from numerous Pacific islands, including American Samoa, the Chagos Archipelago, Easter Island, Christmas Island, the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, the Marianas Islands, Palau, the Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, the Hawaiian Islands and Vanuatu.[1]
Typically a solitary animal, juvenile blacktip reef sharks will commonly conjugate in shallow regions during high tide. Vulnerable to larger predators, they will reside in shallower areas until larger in size. Blacktip reef sharks tend to be more active during dawn and dusk, but like most sharks they are opportunistic feeders. Their diet consists of crustaceans, squid, octopus, and bony fish.
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Reef sharks play a major role in shaping Caribbean reef communities. As the top predators of the reef and indicator species for marine ecosystems, they help maintain the delicate balance of marine life in reef environments. Reef sharks are highly valued for their meat, leather, liver oil, and fishmeal, which make them prone to overfishing and targeting. Yet, their importance for the tourism industry makes them more valuable alive than dead. In 2011, Honduras declared its waters to be a permanent sanctuary for sharks, making fishing for these species completely forbidden.
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This sturdy shark is abundant in the Caribbean, and because of its average features, is often confused with other requiem sharks. Usually growing 6.5 to 10 feet long, these are the apex predator of their food web. They have been found 'sleeping' in caves and on the ocean floor, behavior that is still unexplained. There has been concern over eating these sharks because of the build-up of toxins in their flesh, but now they are valued for tourism more than food, which brings its own safety issues.
Despite its abundance in certain areas, the Caribbean reef shark is one of the least-studied large requiem sharks. They are believed to play a major role in shaping Caribbean reef communities. These sharks are more active at night, with no evidence of seasonal changes in activity or migration. Juveniles tend to remain in a localized area throughout the year, while adults range over a wider area.[7]
The small shark is named for its distinct black-tipped fins. Not to be confused with the blacktip shark, a larger species with similar fin coloration, the blacktip reef shark can be found in shallow inshore waters throughout the Indo-Pacific, including coral reefs, reef flats and near drop offs. It may be seen in mangrove areas and even freshwater environments near to shore, moving in and out with the tide. The blacktip reef shark feeds primarily on fish, including many common reef fishes, but will also consume crustaceans, mollusks, and even snakes!
Reproduction is viviparous; once the developing embryos exhaust their supply of yolk, the yolk sac develops into a placental connection through which they receive nourishment from their mother. Mating is apparently an aggressive affair, as females are often found with biting scars and wounds on their sides.[4] At the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Atol das Rocas off Brazil, parturition takes place at the end of the dry season from February to April, while at other locations in the Southern Hemisphere, females give birth during the Amazon summer in November and December.[4][12] The average litter size is four to six, with a gestation period of one year. Females become pregnant every other year.[8] The newborns measure no more than 74 cm (29 in) long; males mature sexually at 1.5–1.7 m (59–67 in) long and females at 2–3 m (79–118 in).[4]
The Caribbean Reef Shark, also called the Carcharhinus Perezi in the scientific community, is a member of the requiem shark species. They are mostly found on the East coast of America (Atlantic coast) and southwards. The structure of this shark is streamlined and robust and can be easily confused with other sharks in its family. When you look up close, they have an extra rear tip on the second dorsal fin. The first dorsal fin is slightly angled or curved and the gills slits are also longer than most other varieties of sharks.
Measuring up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long, the Caribbean reef shark is one of the largest apex predators in the reef ecosystem, feeding on a variety of fishes and cephalopods. They have been documented resting motionless on the sea bottom or inside caves, unusual behavior for an active-swimming shark. If threatened, it may perform a threat display in which it frequently changes direction and dips its pectoral fins. Like other requiem sharks, it is viviparous with females giving birth to 4–6 young every other year. Caribbean reef sharks are of some importance to fisheries as a source of meat, leather, liver oil, and fishmeal, but recently they have become more valuable as an ecotourist attraction. In the Bahamas and elsewhere, bait is used to attract them to groups of divers in controversial "shark feedings". This species is responsible for a small number of attacks on humans. The shark attacks usually happen in spring and summer.


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Kanye West Thinks Kim Kardashian Deserves Star On Walk of Fame & We Totally Agree
By Kristie Rohwedder
Unless you've made a conscious effort to block out any Kanye West news, you surely know about his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The interview was a ratings goldmine, as well as an opportunity for the two to hash out their post-Twitter feud feelings. I thought the interview was perfect, but I found myself punching the air triumphantly when Kanye said, "There's no way Kim Kardashian shouldn't have a star on the Walk of Fame. It's ridiculous old concepts. I'm just gonna give y'all the truth."
YES!!!!! Kim is one of the most famous people in the world, and the Walk of Fame should honor that. If they're going to have "Fame" in the title of the award, then award famous people. I don't recognize, like, half of the stars on the Walk, but I will fight anyone who says Kim Kardashian will be forgotten in 50 years.
In fact, people will remember The Keeping Up With the Kardashians family-cast for decades to come, too. Every family member deserves their own star on the Walk of Fame. Please see my appeals below:
Kris: For a minute, let us forget about the bummer that is the Bruce and Kris split, and celebrate the pair. Sure, Kris turned her family into pop culture royalty, but we owe her so much for making black lacquer the picture of elegance. When the family ditched their Country Critter-style house from the early seasons of the show for the black-and-white manor we now know and love (and Oprah loves), it was revolutionary. My kitchen boasts ancient, scuffed linoleum chessboard flooring, but I know in my heart that it is classy and timeless because it looks somewhat like Kris's glamorous foyer.
Bruce: Yeah, he won a gold medal. That was really impressive. But you know what is more impressive? He put remote control helicopters on the map. I'm going to assume that RC helicopter sales went through the roof after Bruce first revealed his hobby. I mean, I know my dad bought one. Forget Kanye, Bruce is the real trendsetter.
Khloe: I love Khloe. She's been through a lot lately. It pains me. She should have a star simply because she's the funniest Kardashian. By a mile. Her most important contribution to society and popular culture is her raising camel toe awareness and acceptance. Progress, Kardashian-style!
Kourtney: Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney all say "bible" when they mean "I swear" or "I'm not kidding." However, Kourtney perfected the cadence and inflection. While I believe Kourtney could make "fetch" happen, her dry sense of humor coupled with "bible" is never not verbal perfection. It's a vocal-fried, no-nonsense command that revolutionized communication.
Rob: Perhaps the most deserving of a star, Rob has done so much. He was on Dancing With the Stars, dated a Cheetah Girl, caused Khloe and Lamar to put an alarm on their snack pantry, and popularized chainsaw art. But his most important contribution is his high-end sock line, Arthur George. He breathed much-needed life into the sock industry, capitalizing on the demand for $30 socks. Side note: Last weekend, I thought I saw Rob on Sunset Boulevard sitting in the backseat of a pickup truck. I started shrieking (BECAUSE I'M WELL-ADJUSTED), but then I realized it wasn't him. "Devastated" doesn't begin to cover how I felt.
Scott: Does the Walk of Fame hand out stars for "most improved human"? I'm going to err on the side of reason and assume that they do, and declare Scott Disick The Most Improved Human In History. On another note: the ongoing "Todd Kraines" prank was star-material.
Mason: That picture of him holding Mercy the cat (RIP) belongs in the Smithsonian. He deserves a star for being so damn cute 24/7.
Penelope & North : To uphold the integrity of the Walk of Fame, I've gotta admit something: the world hasn't seen enough from these two to award stars. The requirements are fairly tough to meet (as evidenced by the otherworldly accomplishments of their family members). Both will earn it eventually. Come on, it's in their genes.
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Kendall & Kylie: The Walk of Fame committee obviously hasn't heard their pee rap. The pee rap is a song they wrote for Kris. If your mom was afraid to number one in public, would you think to compose a song to help her get over her fear? No, because you're not a genius like Kendall or Kylie. Highlights of the song include the line: "I've been peeing since the day of birth/But my mama uncomfortable to urinate on this earth." Hi, Poetry? This is Kristie. Yeah, you've been reinvented by the Jenner girls. Hope that's cool.
Brody: Uh, hi, The HILLS. And Princes of Malibu. But THE HILLS. He's been on reality television for almost a decade. And he is infinitely more grounded than Vicki Gunvalson. Good for him! Such an accomplishment. Screw it, let him leave his handprints in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre.
Brandon & Leah: Leah didn't name-drop her dad (he was in the Eagles) until like, halfway through her first season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and that's mighty commendable. Give her a star! Brandon was on Princes of Malibu, too. He survived Spencer Pratt. Give him a star!
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Lamar: I don't want to talk about the sad Lamar news, so let's focus on the positives. Yeah, he's had a successful basketball career, but like, LAMAR'S DENTIST VISIT WAS EVERYTHING. And he enjoys candy as much as I do. WINNER.
B-Hop: AUGHHHH he's an adorable dog, and that should be enough.
Images: E! Online, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian