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The 8th annual nafe SuccessUp conference held at the Corporate Room in Wildomar CA, saw 120 women and some men SHOWING UP for a day of learning, networking, shopping, opportunity drawings and building relationships. This is the first year we had men SHOWUP and they loved it, and said they would be back next year. There was also a wide variety of items that 16 vendors had to display and as you know women love to shop, but I also saw the men who attended shopping as well
The MC for the day was Robbie Moss Manning (yes there were two Robbie's in the Room) Robbie did an amazing job, she is also an entertainer and during lunch entertained us with a few songs.
Everyone loved all the speakers who were Ursula Mentjes, Stone Love, Helene Segura and Dr.Barbara Young and our Hoop it Up Dancing Queen Kelly Breaux who closed the show and got us all up moving as she shared the wonderful work she does with youth in schools across the country. Michelle Patterson was to be one of our speakers but she was in a car accident that morning on the way to the conference so Stone Love who is a national speaker and who had flown in from San Francisco for the conference jumped in. What was amazing is that each topic though different all came together like they all knew what each other was going to say and they did not.
We have been receiving lots of testimonial letters from attendee's telling us they loved the day, learned much from the speakers, loved the entertainment and the food and looking forward to next year.
The Corporate Room did an amazing job for us, and it was such a pleasure to work with them.
The Corporate Room located at 34846 Monte Vista Drive in Wildomar, CA is a great place to hold any kind of event as they have a magnificent catering company as part of their venue where the food they prepare is magnificent. I heard so many say It was the best Buffet Lunch at a conference they have every had..
We had 4 entertainers, one that filled in for Camryn Cregger who had to go to Hollywood to audition for something that could turn into a TV show that she would be one of the regulars on. So it was great to have Robin Uncapher SHOW UP and jump in to fill in.
We were also thrilled to see some of our Sponsors attending, From Riverside Board of Supervisors District 5 Jaime Hurtado Chief of Staff was present, Abbott Labs who was our Gold Sponsor we had Robin Brosman and Rosemarie Trausch also the The Assistance League of Temecula sent two of their new Board members, Diane Guilin and Joy Kihara,. Our other Silver Sponsor was Southern CA Gas, Sempra Utilities Randon Lane, and Cynthia Nemelka Re/Max Diamond Realty and Mike Davis Insurance.
Also our wonderful inkind media sponsors were Menifee Buzz, Neighbors, City by App, Creative events International Paul Gross, other inkind sponsors were Archibald's, Geico, Hawthorne Worldwide, Gary Hawthorne CEO, Evolution Solution Marketing, Johnathan Carlson CEO and nafe.
This is the first year we streamed the conference across the country and we could not have done it without Media on location headed by Ted Groves, and his team consisting of Johnatha Carlson, Rob Candu, Tim Carney and Jon Thore.
Ted Groves who coordinated the whole process, Johnathan Carlson, Rob Candu, Tim Carney, Jon Thore and Shawn Carter Victorian who took lots of photos of the attendees and gave them copies that day.
We were excited to have one of the Motte Museum Cars come for a few hours so photos could be taken It was a beautiful blue 1970 T-Bird.
Supervisor Marion Ashley's Chief of staff Jaimie Hurtado and in the car Robbie Moss Manning our MC for the Day.
A big thank you for all who attended, our speakers, entertainers, sponsors, in-kind sponsors and vendors,


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Season: 3-5 , Episodes: 49, Faction: The Others/Survivors
Dr. Juliet Burke (née Carlson) was a fertility specialist who was recruited to the Island by Richard Alpert. On the Island, she tried to solve the fertility problems, but was unsuccessful. She had an affair with Goodwin, until a jealous Ben sent him to the Tailies, where one of them killed him.
After the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, Juliet was sent as a mole to the Survivors camp, however Juliet betrayed the Others and chose to stay with the survivors. Jack and Juliet became very close, until Jack and five others escaped on the helicopter from the Kahana. After the Oceanic 6 left, however, Juliet, along with Sawyer, Locke, Jin, Daniel, Miles and Charlotte began to randomly skip through time. After Locke turned the Wheel, and Charlotte died, the other survivors settled in 1974 with the DHARMA Initiative for three years with Sawyer, who she was in a relationship with, Jin and Miles until Jack, Kate and Hurley returned.
Knowing their cover was blown, Juliet helped Jack with his plan to change the past. As she, Sawyer, Kate and Miles aided Jack at the Swan site, she got pulled into the shaft. Down the shaft, she noticed the bomb, and in a desperate attempt to save everyone's lives, she detonated it. The explosion sent the survivors to 2007, where Sawyer tried to save her, but was unsuccessful, and she died in his arms. With Miles Straume acting as a medium over her grave, she told Sawyer "It worked", although Sawyer didn't know what she meant by this.
In the flash-sideways, she was reunited with her lover, James Ford and along with their friends, they moved on.
5×17 – The Incident, Part 2
Juliet's family moved frequently. Her parents divorced when Juliet was a child, after difficulties which her older sister Rachel noticed. The divorce affected Juliet, particularly her outlook on relationships. ("The Incident, Part 2")
Medical Career
3×07 – Not in Portland
Juliet received a medical degree, specializing in obstetrics and fertility. She married Edmund Burke, and though they split up, he continued to control her. She worked under his tight control at the Miami Central University Medical Research Laboratory, where he flaunted his affairs with coworkers in front of her. She even managed to impregnate a male mouse, though it didn't carry to term.
She conducted her most important research though in private on Rachel, whose cancer treatment had left her infertile. With Juliet's help, Rachel conceived, and Juliet kept this private for her sister's sake.
Richard Alpert approached her with a job offer from Mittelos Bioscience. The opportunity intrigued her, and one particular medical puzzle, a young woman whose uterus looked 70 years old, convinced her she wanted to accept. But Edmund would object unless, she joked, a bus hit him. A bus did hit him soon after, right as he confronted her about Rachel. Richard and his associate then successfully recruited her, promising to return her in time for Rachel's delivery. ("Not in Portland")
3×16 – One of Us
The job turned out to be "not quite in Portland" though, and she had to take a submarine, tranquilized, to get there – to the Island. ("One of Us")
On the Island
3×16 – One of Us
Juliet's early attempts to save the island's pregnant women failed. While crying after the death of one of the women, she met Goodwin, a worker at The Tempest station, and treated him for chemical burns. He comforted her after the death of a second woman as well, and eventually the two began a relationship. ("One of Us")
4×06 – The Other Woman
Soon after arriving on the island, Juliet began seeing a therapist named Harper Stanhope, who also happened to be Goodwin's wife. During one session, Harper revealed to Juliet that she knew of her affair with Goodwin. She warned Juliet to stop the affair, stating that she was worried about what would happen to Goodwin if Ben found out.
Harper's concern, it turned out, was warranted. Ben had quickly become obsessed with Juliet, associating her with his mother. He met her as soon as she came to the island and gave her her own house within a week. Juliet asked several times to be let off the island, but every time Ben refused, even after the three months that Juliet had originally agreed to be on the island had passed. In order to get her to stay, Ben told her that her sister's cancer had returned, but, if Juliet continued her work on the island, he would cure Rachel. ("The Other Woman")
Mx12 – The Envelope | 3×01 – A Tale of Two Cities
Three years later, however, Ben himself was diagnosed with cancer, which convinced Juliet he'd lied about being able to cure Rachel. She prepared to share his x-rays with a friend, but her book club's arrival interrupted them. The club discussed her favorite book, one Ben didn't like, but the group dispersed when a plane crashed on the island. ("The Envelope") ("A Tale of Two Cities")
After the crash
4×06 – The Other Woman
Ben sent Goodwin to infiltrate the new survivors' camp, and Harper and Juliet exchanged glances. ("The Other Woman")
3×16 – One of Us
Ben then showed Juliet live footage in the Flame of Rachel, alive and healthy, with her toddler son. She was overjoyed, and she again asked to return home, but Ben said she must stay for future research. The two began dining together, and he tried to turn her off Goodwin by suggesting he'd grown close to one of the survivors. Then 27 to 44 days after the plane crash, when Juliet tried showing him a file on a spinal surgeon from the plane, Ben led her to Goodwin's dead body. He said he'd deliberately sent Goodwin on a suicide mission, knowing of their affair. He claimed Juliet as his own. Despite the awkwardness between them, they continued working together. ("One of Us")
3×14 – Exposé
They spied on survivors in the Swan together from the Pearl, and Ben confided his plan to kidnap Jack, Kate and Sawyer. ("Exposé")
Mobisode x06 – Room 23
Juliet helped take care of two children that the Others kidnapped. She also oversaw Walt's care when they kidnapped him, and when she noticed his odd abilities, she suggested they return him to Michael. ("Room 23")
Mobisode x04 – The Deal
Later, when they kidnapped Michael too, she told him Walt was "special" and that they'd return him and give Michael a boat. She told Walt about the deal she'd made with Ben, and compared her sister with his for Walt. ("The Deal")
Days 68-91
3×01 – A Tale of Two Cities
The Others kidnapped Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Ben exploited Juliet's resemblance to Jack's ex-wife, telling her to visit, feed and grow close to him. Despite this, Jack attacked her, opening one of the underwater cell's hatches against her warning. The corridor flooded, and Ben locked them inside to drown. They escaped though, and Juliet kept visiting her prisoner. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
3×02 – The Glass Ballerina
Juliet oversaw Kate and Sawyer's manual labor, holding a gun on Kate when Sawyer tried escaping. ("The Glass Ballerina")
3×04 – Every Man for Himself
Jack referenced Ben's authority over her, and, perhaps piqued by this suggestion, Juliet freed him to operate on an injured Colleen. Juliet, not a surgeon, couldn't save her alone. The patient died despite Jack's efforts, but he saw Ben's x-rays in the operating room. ("Every Man for Himself")
3×05 – The Cost of Living
Ben confronted her at Colleen's funeral about her oversight.
He made her ask Jack to operate on him, but she secretly played a videotape asking him to kill Ben during surgery. ("The Cost of Living")
3×06 – I Do
To persuade him, she threatened to kill Sawyer and made Kate tell Jack. Jack slit Ben's kidney sac in surgery, but rather than kill him, he revealed Juliet's plan and blackmailed the Others into freeing Kate and Sawyer. ("I Do")
3×07 – Not in Portland
Juliet called his bluff, saying he wouldn't deliberately let a patient die. She ordered the Others to capture Kate and Sawyer and kill them if necessary. She changed her attitude, however, after Ben privately told her he'd let her leave the island if she helped them escape. She caught up with them, and she killed Pickett when he refused to let them go. She let Kate call Jack to confirm their safety and let them row to the main island, but she told Ben's daughter, who'd helped them, that she had to stay. ("Not in Portland")
3×09 – Stranger in a Strange Land
The Others imprisoned Juliet for Pickett's murder, and she later visited Jack, who refused to examine Ben's stitches. Jack testified for Juliet in front of the Other's sheriff, who saw through his lies and sentenced Juliet to death. Jack saved Ben though in exchange for Juliet's life, and they merely marked her as punishment. Jack treated her wound and they sailed with the Others to the Barracks. ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
3×13 – The Man from Tallahassee
True to his word, Ben arranged Jack and Juliet's passage on the submarine, but hours before their departure, Locke, Sayid and Kate arrived to save Jack, and Locke destroyed the submarine with C-4. Ben then gave Juliet a mission: enter the survivors' camp, help Claire after her implant activated, gain their trust and help the Others kidnap their pregnant women. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
3×15 – Left Behind
The Others gassed the camp and left, and Juliet handcuffed herself to Kate and pretended they'd left her behind. Kate attacked her and dislocated her arm. The Monster then chased them into some trees, and it "scanned" them. Juliet claimed not to know what it was, but the next day, she repelled it with the sonic barrier. They freed Jack and Sayid at the Barracks. Kate and Sayid objected to bringing Juliet to their camp, but Jack was adamant that she join them. ("Left Behind")
3×16 – One of Us
The camp treated Juliet with suspicion; she only spoke with Hurley, whom the camp chose to watch her. When Ben activated Claire's implant, Juliet blamed withdrawal from a drug she'd developed. She left to recover the medicine from a supposed cache, and Sayid and Sawyer accosted her on the way about her intentions. She used background knowledge of them to assert moral superiority. She feigned treating Claire with the supplies, and Jack helped her set up a tent. ("One of Us")
3×18 – D.O.C. | Mx05 – Operation: Sleeper
Another pregnant survivor soon asked Juliet's help, and Juliet took Sun to the Staff for a sonogram. She learned Sun had conceived on the island, so would die like the last nine expectant mothers she'd examined. She recorded a tape for Ben about Sun's condition, also saying she'd sample Kate's blood next. But after she switched the tape off, she added, "I hate you," and she soon confided fully in Jack. The two recruited Danielle to fetch dynamite to fight the Others. ("D.O.C.") ("Operation: Sleeper")
3×19 – The Brig
Later, Kate told Jack about a woman's arrival to the island, and Juliet suggested they tell her Ben's plan. Jack refused. ("The Brig")
3×20 – The Man Behind the Curtain
Sawyer then found her tape, and Juliet played its other side, showing Ben's full plan. She and Jack then shared their own plan. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
3×21 – Greatest Hits
Sayid wanted to use Naomi's phone to call her boat, and Juliet explained the Looking Glass jammed all signals. ("Greatest Hits")
3×22 – Through the Looking Glass, Part 1
She started toward the radio tower with Jack to turn off the distress signal, then split to join Sawyer as he went back to the beach to help Sayid, Bernard and Jin. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
3×23 – Through the Looking Glass, Part 2
Hiding at the beach, Juliet and Sawyer tried to form a plan, but Hurley intervened with the DHARMA van. Juliet then turned a gun on Tom forcing him to surrender. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
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Hathor's name means either 'House of Horus', implying an early and exclusive association with Horus either as consort or son, or 'High/Heavenly House'. Even if the latter was originally the case, Hathor's name comes to be written exclusively in the form incorporating the name of Horus. Perhaps the most ubiquitous of Egyptian Goddesses, Hathor is the preeminent solar Goddess in the Egyptian pantheon as well as the Goddess of beauty, sexuality, pleasure, intoxication and ecstasy, music and dance, as well as foreign lands and the luxury goods imported from them. She is also the chief executive of Re, his so-called 'Eye'—irt, a pun on ir.t, 'doer' or 'agent'. The most active element in the solar nature is always represented in Egypt as feminine, and Hathor shares the title of 'Eye of Re' with other Goddesses such as Sekhmet, Tefnut, and Wadjet, to name just a few, but in the breadth of her functions Hathor perhaps embodies it to the highest degree. Hathor is depicted as a woman wearing a headdress with the solar disk, uraeus and cow's horns, as well as a red headband; or in bovine form, wearing a solar disk, uraeus and two plumes between her horns and often the menit (or menat), Hathor's characteristic necklace. The bovine Hathor is typically shown emerging from a papyrus thicket, which evokes the role of the Hathor-cow as wetnurse of Horus when he was hidden in the marshes. The eye of the bovine Hathor is often rendered in the form of the wedjat, the composite human/hawk/cheetah eye associated with Horus. A very distinctive mode of depicting Hathor, which seems to have been transferred to Hathor from the Goddess Bat, occurs atop columns or adorning sistra, showing her by face alone, frontal, with cow's ears. In these depictions Hathor does not wear a headband, but a thick wig or natural hair bound by fillets, Hathor's beautiful hair being one of her important attributes. Hathor is associated with two objects in particular: the rattle or sistrum and the menit, a necklace of turquoise beads with an elaborate counterpoise. One theory as to the function of the sistrum (zesh'shet) is that its noise resembles the rustling of papyrus in the marsh, one of Hathor's major festivals being that of 'rustling the papyrus' (zesh'sh wadju) (Bleeker, 88). Substances with which Hathor is particularly associated are gold—'the Golden' is a common epithet of hers—and turquoise, both perhaps evoking the sky. Although especially associated with sexuality and with bringing lovers together, Hathor is also strongly associated with maternity, and a group of 'seven Hathors' is mentioned as prophesying at the individual's birth (e.g., in the folktales of The Doomed Prince and The Two Brothers (trans. in Lichtheim vol. 2). Hathor is herself the mother of Ihy as well as Harsomtus, 'Horus the Uniter of the [Two] Lands', a cosmogonic form of Horus.
Hathor can be regarded as either mother or consort of Horus, as well as mother, consort or daughter of Re, and can be posited in similar relationships to any number of other Gods of the pantheon, none of these relationships being exclusive, even—indeed, especially—those instances in which she is mother, consort and daughter at once of the same God, for Hathor embodies in a certain sense the very activity or presence of the Gods with whom she is most intimately involved. A spell in the Coffin Texts for "Becoming Hathor" (CT spell 331) affirms, "I am Hathor who brings her Horus and who proclaims her Horus … I am she who displays his beauty and assembles his powers … Truly I am she who made his name." That this role governing manifestation extends, in some sense, to the rest of the Gods is implied when the Goddess affirms, in the same spell, "there is no limit to my vision, there are none who can encircle my arms … I am the uraeus who lives on truth, who lifts up the faces of all the Gods, and all the Gods are beneath my feet." Such statements are typical of Egyptian hymns, which generally seek to express that unique sense in which the deity in question is indeed supreme; what is important in each case is the nature of the supremacy, its specificity, not the generality of the attribution of supremacy to each and every God or Goddess, which is a virtual ritual requirement. In the case of Hathor, her supremacy derives particularly from her association with beauty itself. Thus a hymn invokes Hathor as "the beautiful, the lovely one, who stands at the head of the house of the beautiful; the Gods turn their heads away in order to see her better," (Bleeker, 26).
Hathor's most important roles in myth are as the nubile daughter and victorious enforcer of Re, on the one hand, and as the wet-nurse and consort of Horus, on the other. Her roles as mother of Re and of Horus seem more metaphorical than mythic, but they are commonplaces of Egyptian theology. Hathor is a sky Goddess, but is distinguishable from Nut inasmuch as Nut is the sky (or, rather, the divinity immanent in the sky) whereas Hathor resides in the sky. Although the bovine Hathor, on account of Hathor's association with the sky, is often identified with the celestial cow who is, strictly speaking, Mehet-Weret, Hathor's cow is more characteristically a wild cow of the marshes. This is vividly conveyed by a reported epiphany of Hathor in which a cowherd, tending his herd in the marsh, sees Hathor in the form of a naked woman with disheveled hair and, frightened, urges his herd homeward out of the marsh (Bleeker, 39). Living sacred cows of Hathor were kept at several sites in Egypt, perhaps the most important one being at Momemphis in the southwest Delta, who was known as 'She who remembers Horus', alluding to the myth in which the Hathor-cow suckles the infant Horus in the marsh. The pharaoh may be depicted being suckled by the Hathor-cow as a symbol of the transmission of sovereignty, or encircled by the Hathor-cow's menit necklace as a symbol of divine charisma. The office of the pharaoh involves a tight bond with Hathor, and part of the reason why so many other Goddesses may be identified with Hathor to varying degrees is because of Hathor's tendency to absorb the functions of other deities insofar as they touch upon this office. Hathor is depicted presiding over the pharaoh's birth, suckling him either in her bovine or human form, presiding over his rejuvenation at the heb-sed festival, and ensuring his resurrection after death. In turn, as the symbols appropriate to the pharaoh are increasingly taken up by commoners over the course of Egyptian history, Hathor's role in relation to the pharaoh is generalized.
In the Book of the Celestial Cow, when Re, who has grown elderly reigning as immanent sovereign upon the earth, learns that humans are conspiring in rebellion, he sends Hathor, as his enforcing 'Eye', to strike the humans and kill them "in the desert lands," a task which she reports back to Re as having been "sweet for my heart," (Piankoff, 28). Hathor can be Goddess of pleasure and executrix of divine wrath at once because she embodies the potency of solar divinity as such. The term used in this text for the place where Hathor strikes the humans is significant, inasmuch as it can mean either a high place in the desert or a necropolis, and Hathor was strongly associated with the western desert as the land of the setting sun and the entrance to the netherworld, and is often identified with Amentet, the personification of Amenti, the western or 'Hidden' land, bearing the sign for the west on her head. One of the important festivals of Hathor was the 'beautiful festival of the desert valley', in which banqueting, dancing and other festivities at the necropolis sought to bring joy to all the dead there interred. It was also common in later times for deceased women in personalized copies of the afterlife literature to be referred to as 'Hathor N.', the same way that deceased men and women alike are referred to as 'Osiris N.'.
Another important mythic episode involving Hathor occurs in the Conflict of Horus and Seth. When Re's efficacy has been called into question by the phallic God Babi, who taunts him with the phrase, "Your shrine is empty," Re withdraws from the divine tribunal over which he is presiding and which is to decide whether to award the kingship to Horus or to Seth. Hathor, bearing here the epithet "Lady of the southern sycamore," (Lichtheim vol. 2, 216), lifts Re's spirits and induces him to return and convene the tribunal again by displaying her genitalia to him. By awakening the desire of the demiurge, Hathor acts as the engine driving the cosmogonic process. Barguet 1953 remarks on the similarity in shape between the counterpoise of the menit-necklace and certain wooden plaques found in certain tombs of the 11th dynasty which depict in simplified fashion a woman displaying her genitalia, and which are perhaps the basis for the elaborate forms taken by later menit counterpoises. Later in the Conflict, when Horus has had his eyes gouged out by Seth, Hathor, again characterized as "Mistress of the southern sycamore," milks a gazelle and pours the milk into his eyes, healing them. In this way the same function of cosmic regeneration is expressed in radically different symbolic forms linked by the common epithet borne by the Goddess in the two episodes.
The word menit, with the boat determinative rather than the necklace and counterpoise, means a mooring-post, and the verbal form mni, "to moor", has a range of metaphorical uses. The association between Hathor's necklace and symbolic mooring-ropes appears to be exploited in CT spell 753, which refers repeatedly to the "bark of Hathor", the operator wishing that he might "lift up the mooring-ropes, for I have tied the knot for Hathor," (Gosline 1994, 42-5).
Texts also allude to a myth in which Hathor suffers an attack of some kind upon her hair. Hathor's beautiful hair is indicated by her epithets "Lady of the tress" or "She of the tress," and scenes of hairdressing have sometimes been interpreted as alluding to the cult of Hathor. In a fragmentary spell from the Ramesseum Papyrus (XI), the operator declares "My heart is for you… as the heart of Horus is for his eye, Seth for his testicles, Hathor for her tress, Thoth for his shoulder," thus placing the episode of Hathor and her tress alongside other well-known episodes in which some distinctive part of a deity suffers injury: Horus, as a hawk, is distinctive for his eyesight, while Seth's sexual appetite is essential to him. The myth involving an injury to Thoth's "shoulder" is not well understood, but it may refer to the wing of the ibis. In attempting to reconstruct the myth concerning Hathor's tress, Georges Posener compares it to a similar incident in the Egyptian novelette The Two Brothers, in which a supernatural female, suggestive in certain respects of Hathor, is walking by the sea when it surges up toward her out of desire for her. She runs away, and the sea commands a pine tree by the shore to seize her, but it only manages to pull off a lock of her hair, which is carried by the sea to the place where the pharaoh's wash is being done. The pharaoh, smelling the delightful fragrance coming from the lock of hair, decides to seek out the woman it came from. This tale also strongly resembles a myth involving Astarte. Another tale which may echo the lost myth involving Hathor's hair is found in the Westcar Papyrus (5, 7). The pharaoh Sneferu goes boating on a lake with twenty beautiful women as his rowers. The leader of the rowers, while fingering her braids, accidentally causes a turquoise ornament to drop from her hair into the water. The magician Djadja-em-ankh parts the waters and retrieves the ornament, to the pharaoh's great satisfaction.
Hathor is also said to reunite Atum with his children Shu and Tefnut in CT spell 331, and a text from Dendara (Chassinat IV, 233-234; discussed in Daumas 1951, 381f) connects this with the presentation to Hathor of a necklace of nine lotus petals, representing the Ennead, or idealized totality of the Gods. In the Bremner-Rhind Papyrus (xxvii), this reunion, effected here by Atum's personified 'Eye', results in the creation of humanity from Atum's joyful tears, a play on the words remi, 'tears', and romi, 'humans'. Sometimes Hathor is depicted with four faces, in which case she is particularly identified as 'Temit' (or 'Temet'), the feminine counterpart of Atum or an epithet meaning 'the universal one': "How beautiful is your visage when you appear as Hathor with these four faces that Re loves to see. Turn you your visage toward the west, Temit is the Lady of Saïs. Turn you your visage toward the east, Temit is the Lady of Bubastis. Turn you your visage toward the north, Temit is Wadjet, Lady of Pe and Dep, Lady of Life at Pe and Dep, Wadjet who makes life flourish. Turn you your visage toward the south, Temit is Nekhbet, Lady of Nekheb, at the head of the beautiful ones who are found among the followers of the bark of Re and in the bark of Khepri when you open the northern sky," (Papyrus Chester Beatty VIII, in Derchain 1972, 4).
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Other Names: Het-Hert, Hetheru
Patron of: the sky, the sun, the queen, music, dance and the arts.
Appearance: A cow bearing the sun disk between her horns, or a woman in queenly raiment wearing the sun disk and horns on her head. Depictions of her as a woman with a cow's head do not occur until later periods.
Description: Hathor is a very ancient goddess, dating to predynastic times. When dynastic rule began, as Horus was associated with the king, Hathor was with the queen. Her name translates to "The House of Horus," and so she is associated with the royal family. But also, as the entire world could be said to be the House of Horus, Hathor can be seen as the mother-goddess of the whole world, similar to Isis.
Hathor's cult is unusual, as both men and women were her priests (most deities had clerics of the same gender as they). Many of them were artisans, musicians, and dancers who turned their talents into creating rituals that were nothing short of works of art. Music and dance were part of the worship of Hathor like no other deity in Egypt. Hathor herself was the incarnation of dance, and stories were told of how Hathor danced before Ra when he was in despair to cheer him up.
Inspiration was also Hathor's bailiwick, and many would come to the temples of Hathor to have their dreams explained or to beseech her for her aid in creation, much in the same way the Greeks invoked the Nine Muses.
Worship: Worshipped throughout all of Egypt, her cult center was at Dendera in Upper Egypt.
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Hathor (ḥwt-ḥr, Egyptian for Horus's enclosure), was an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt. Hathor was worshiped by Royalty and common people alike in whose tombs she is depicted as "Mistress of the West" welcoming the dead into the next life. In other roles she was a goddess of music, dance, foreign lands and fertility who helped women in childbirth, as well as the patron goddess of miners.
The cult of Hathor pre-dates the historical period and the roots of devotion to her are, therefore, difficult to trace, though it may be a development of predynastic cults who venerated the fertility, and nature in general, represented by cows.
Hathor is commonly depicted as a cow goddess with head horns in which is set a sun disk with Uraeus. Twin feathers are also sometimes shown in later periods as well as a menat necklace. Hathor may be the cow goddess who is depicted from an early date on the Narmer Palette and on a stone urn dating from the 1st dynasty that suggests a role as sky-goddess and a relationship to Horus who, as a sun god, is "housed" in her.
The Ancient Egyptians viewed reality as multi-layered in which deities who merge together for various reasons, whilst retaining divergent attributes and myths, were not seen as contradictory but complementary. In a complicated relationship Hathor is at times the mother, daughter and wife of Ra and, like Isis, is at times described as the mother of Horus, and associated with Bast.
The cult of Osiris promised eternal life to those deemed morally worthy. Originally the justified dead, male or female, became an Osiris but by early Roman times females became identified with Hathor and men with Osiris.
The Ancient Greeks identified Hathor with the goddess Aphrodite and the Romans as Venus.
Early Depictions
Hathor is not unambiguously depicted until the 4th dynasty. In the historical era Hathor is shown using the imagery of a cow deity. Artifacts from pre-dynastic times depict cow deities using the same symbolism as used in later times for Hathor and Egyptologists speculate that these deities may be one and the same or precursors to Hathor.
A cow deity appears on the belt of the King on the Narmer Palette dated to the pre-dynastic era, and this may be Hathor or, in another guise, the goddess Bat with whom she is linked and later supplanted. At times they are regarded as one and the same goddess, though likely having separate origins, and reflections of the same divine concept. The evidence pointing to the deity being Hathor in particular is based on a passage from the Pyramid texts which states that the Kings apron comes from Hathor.
A stone urn recovered from Hierakonpolis and dated to the 1st dynasty has on its rim the face of a cow deity with stars on its ears and horns that may relate to Hathor's, or Bat's, role as a sky-goddess. Another artifact from the 1st dynasty shows a cow lying down on an ivory engraving with the inscription "Hathor in the Marshes.." indicating her association with vegetation and the papyrus marsh in particular. From the Old Kingdom she was also called "Lady of the Sycamore" in her capacity as a tree deity.
Relationships, associations, images and symbols
Hathor had a complex relationship with Ra, in one myth she is his eye and considered his daughter but later, when Ra assumes the role of Horus with respect to Kingship, she is considered Ra's mother. She absorbed this role from another cow goddess 'Mht wrt' ("Great flood") who was the mother of Ra in a creation myth and carried him between her horns. As a mother she gave birth to Ra each morning on the eastern horizon and as wife she conceives through union with him each day.
Hathor along with the goddess Nut was associated with the Milky Way during the third millennium B.C. when, during the fall and spring equinoxes, it aligned over and touched the earth where the sun rose and fell. The four legs of the celestial cow represented Nut or Hathor could, in one account, be seen as the pillars on which the sky was supported with the stars on their bellies constituting the milky way on which the solar barque of Ra, representing the sun, sailed. An alternate name for Hathor, which persisted for 3,000 years, was Mehturt (also spelt Mehurt, Mehet-Weren't, and Mehet-uret), meaning 'great flood, a direct reference to her being the milky way. The Milky Way was seen as a waterway in the heavens, sailed upon by both the sun deity and the moon, leading the ancient Egyptians to describe it as The Nile in the Sky. Due to this, and the name mehturt, she was identified as responsible for the yearly inundation of the Nile. Another consequence of this name is that she was seen as a herald of imminent birth, as when the amniotic sac breaks and floods its waters, it is a medical indicator that the child is due to be born extremely soon. Another interpretation of the Milky Way was that it was the primal snake, Wadjet, the protector of Egypt who was closely associated with Hathor and other early deities among the various aspects of the great mother goddess, including Mut and Naunet. Hathor also was favoured as a protector in desert regions (see Serabit el-Khadim). Hathor's identity as a cow, perhaps depicted as such on the Narmer Palette, meant that she became identified with another ancient cow-goddess of fertility, Bat. It still remains an unanswered question amongst Egyptologists as to why Bat survived as an independent goddess for so long. Bat was, in some respects, connected to the Ba, an aspect of the soul, and so Hathor gained an association with the afterlife. It was said that, with her motherly character, Hathor greeted the souls of the dead in Duat, and proffered them with refreshments of food and drink. She also was described sometimes as mistress of the necropolis. The assimilation of Bat, who was associated with the sistrum, a musical instrument, brought with it an association with music. In this later form, Hathor's cult became centred in Dendera in Upper Egypt and it was led by priestesses and priests who also were dancers, singers, and other entertainers.
Hathor also became associated with the menat, the turquoise musical necklace often worn by women. A hymn to Hathor says:
Thou art the Mistress of Jubilation, the Queen of the Dance, the Mistress of Music, the Queen of the Harp Playing, the Lady of the Choral Dance, the Queen of Wreath Weaving, the Mistress of Inebriety Without End.
Essentially, Hathor had become a goddess of joy, and so she was deeply loved by the general population, and truly revered by women, who aspired to embody her multifaceted role as wife, mother, and lover. In this capacity, she gained the titles of Lady of the House of Jubilation, and The One Who Fills the Sanctuary with Joy. The worship of Hathor was so popular that a lot of festivals were dedicated to her honor than any other Egyptian deity, and more children were named after this goddess than any other deity. Even Hathor's priesthood was unusual, in that both women and men became her priests.
As Hathor's cult developed from prehistoric cow cults it is not possible to say conclusively where devotion to her first took place. Dendera in Upper Egypt was a significant early site where she was worshiped as "Mistress of Dendera". From the Old Kingdom era she had cult sites in Meir and Kusae with the Giza-Saqqara area perhaps being the centre of devotion. At the start of the first Intermediate period Dendera appears to have become the main cult site where she was considered to be the mother as well as the consort of "Horus of Edfu". Deir el-Bahri, on the west bank of Thebes, was also an important site of Hathor that developed from a pre-existing cow cult.
Temples (and chapels) dedicated to Hathor:
- The Temple of Hathor and Maat at Deir el-Medina, West Bank, Luxor.
- The Temple of Hathor at Philae Island, Aswan.
- The Hathor Chapel at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. WestBank, Luxor.
Bloodthirsty warrior
The Middle Kingdom was founded when Upper Egypt's pharaoh, Mentuhotep II, took control over Lower Egypt, which had become independent during the First Intermediate Period, by force. This unification had been achieved by a brutal war that was to last some twenty-eight years with many casualties, but when it ceased, calm returned, and the reign of the next pharaoh, Mentuhotep III, was peaceful, and Egypt once again became prosperous. A tale, (see "The Book of the Heavenly Cow"), from the perspective of Lower Egypt, developed around this experience of protracted war. In the tale following the war, Ra (representing the pharaoh of Upper Egypt) was no longer respected by the people (of Lower Egypt) and they ceased to obey his authority. The myth states that Ra communicated through Hathor's third Eye (Maat) and told her that some people in the land were planning to assassinate him. Hathor was so angry that the people she had created would be audacious enough to plan that, that she became Sekhmet (war goddess of Upper Egypt) to destroy them. Hathor (as Sekhmet) became bloodthirsty and the slaughter was great because she could not be stopped. As the slaughter continued, Ra saw the chaos down below and decided to stop the blood-thirsty Sekhmet. So he poured huge quantities of blood-coloured beer on the ground to trick Sekhmet. She drank so much of it—thinking it to be blood—that she became drunk and returned to her former gentle self as Hathor.
Wife of Thoth
When Horus became identified as Ra in the changing Egyptian pantheon, under the name Ra-Horakhty, Hathor's position became unclear, since in later myths she had been the wife of Ra, but in earlier myths she was the mother of Horus. Many attempts to solve this gave Ra-Horakhty a new wife, Ausaas, to solve this issue around who was Ra-Horakhty's wife and Hathor became identified only as the mother of the new sun god. However, this left open the unsolved question of how Hathor could be his mother, since this would imply that Ra-Horakhty was a child of Hathor, rather than a creator. Such inconsistencies developed as the Egyptian pantheon changed over the thousands of years becoming very complex, and some were never resolved. In areas where the cult of Thoth became strong, Thoth was identified as the creator, leading to it being said that Thoth was the father of Ra-Horakhty, thus in this version Hathor, as the mother of Ra-Horakhty, was referred to as Thoth's wife. In this version of what is called the Ogdoad cosmogeny, Ra-Herakhty was depicted as a young child, often referred to as Neferhor. When considered the wife of Thoth, Hathor often was depicted as a woman nursing her child. Since Seshat had earlier been considered to be Thoth's wife, Hathor began to be attributed with many of Seshat's features. Since Seshat was associated with records and with acting as witness at the judgment of souls in Duat, these aspects became attributed to Hathor, which, together with her position as goddess of all that was good, lead to her being described as the (one who) expels evil, which in Egyptian is Nechmetawaj (also spelled Nehmet-awai, and Nehmetawy). Nechmetawaj can also be understood to mean (one who) recovers stolen goods, and so, in this form, she became goddess of stolen goods. Outside the Thoth cult during these times, it was considered important to retain the position of Ra-Herakhty (i.e. Ra) as self-created (via only the primal forces of the Ogdoad). Consequently, Hathor could not be identified as Ra-Herakhty's mother. Hathor's role in the process of death, that of welcoming the newly dead with food and drink, lead, in such circumstances, to her being identified as a jolly wife for Nehebkau, the guardian of the entrance to the underworld and binder of the Ka. Nevertheless, in this form, she retained the name of Nechmetawaj, since her aspect as a returner of stolen goods was so important to society that it was retained as one of her roles. Hathor votive faience balls are usually associated with this deity although the precise significance of their relationship remains unknown.
In Egyptian mythology, Hesat (also spelt Hesahet, and Hesaret) was the manifestation of Hathor, the divine sky-cow, in earthly form. Like Hathor, she was seen as the wife of Ra.
Since she was the more earthly cow-goddess, Milk was said to be the beer of Hesat, a rather meaningless phrase as Hesat means milk anyway. As a dairy cow, Hesat was seen as the wet-nurse of the other gods, the one who creates all nourishment. Thus she was pictured as a divine white cow, carrying a tray of food on her horns, with milk flowing from her udders.
In this earthly form, she was, dualistically, said to be the mother of Anubis, the god of the dead, since, it is she, as nourisher, that brings life, and Anubis, as death, that takes it. Since Ra's earthly manifestation was the Mnevis bull, the three of Anubis as son, the Mnevis as father, and Hesat as mother, were identified as a family triad, and worshipped as such.
Hathor outside the Nile river in Egypt
Hathor was worshipped in Canaan in the eleventh century BC, which at that time was ruled by Egypt, at her holy city of Hazor, or Tel Hazor which the Old Testament claims was destroyed by Joshua (Joshua 11:13, 21).
A major temple to Hathor was constructed by Seti II at the copper mines at Timna in Edomite Seir. Serabit el-Khadim (Arabic: سرابت الخادم) (Arabic, also transliterated Serabit al-Khadim, Serabit el-Khadem) is a locality in the south-west Sinai Peninsula where turquoise was mined extensively in antiquity, mainly by the ancient Egyptians. Archaeological excavation, initially by Sir Flinders Petrie, revealed the ancient mining camps and a long-lived Temple of Hathor. The Greeks, who became rulers of Egypt for three hundred years before the Roman domination in 31 BC, also loved Hathor and equated her with their own goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite.
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Ariel is a fictional spirit who appears in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Ariel is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island. Prospero greets disobedience with a reminder that he saved Ariel from Sycorax's spell, and with promises to grant Ariel his freedom. Ariel is Prospero's eyes and ears throughout the play, using his magical abilities to cause the tempest in Act one which gives the play its name, and to foil other character's plots to bring down his master.
The source of Ariel's name and character is unknown, although several critics have pointed out his similarities to the Ariel mentioned in Isaiah chapter 29 in the Bible. The name means "Lion of the Lord", in this sense. Ariel may also be a simple play on the word "aerial". Scholars have compared him to sprites depicted in other Elizabethan plays, and have managed to find several similarities between them, but one thing which makes Ariel unique is the human edge and personality given him by Shakespeare.
Since the stage directions in The Tempest are so precise, critics and historians are better able to see how this play may have originally been performed than with other Shakespearean plays. Several of the scenes involving magic have clear instructions on how to create the illusion required, causing critics to make connections and guesses as to exactly what sort of technology would have been used in Shakespeare's troupe to stage Ariel's role in the play. Also, a line by Ariel in Act IV brings other scholars to ask questions as to whether the original actor for Ariel played the part for Ceres as well, due to a shortage of boy actors.
Ariel is widely viewed as a male character, although this view has wavered over the years, especially in the Restoration, when women played the role, for the most part. Ariel has also been involved, though lightly, in the debate over the colonialist nature of the play, as scholars have tried to determine how he compares to the more rebellious Caliban in terms of service to the European Prospero.
Role in the play
Ariel first appears in the second scene of the play to report to Prospero his success in carrying out his command to shipwreck the King of Naples and his crew in a violent tempest. Ariel adds that, as commanded, he saw that none of the group were harmed, but that all landed safely on the island, scattered and separated along the coast. After being praised by Prospero, Ariel pleads for his freedom from the magician's service in return. Prospero declines, reminding him of the state he was in before Prospero rescued him: Ariel had been trapped by the witch Sycorax in a "cloven pine" as a punishment for resisting her commands. After 12 years of pain (and the death of Sycorax), Ariel was released from his prison by Prospero, who pressed the spirit into his service. The magician denies Ariel's request for freedom at this time, but promises that on the condition he follows the rest of his commands, he will grant his wish in two days. For the rest of the play, Ariel is Prospero's eyes and ears—spying on the shipwrecked sailors in invisible form, but only Prospero can see Ariel.
In the second act Ariel briefly appears to stop a conspiracy to kill Alonso, King of Naples, whose brother (and heir to Dukedom), Sebastian, plots to kill him in his sleep. Ariel sings in Alonso's ear to wake him and foils the plot. Ariel also appears in Act Three to foil Caliban's plot to turn the sailors against Prospero and murder him. Later in the same act, he appears with a clap of thunder and rebukes those who were involved in the plot to banish Prospero to the island, displaying his fearful power to the men. He is later called on to gather the spirits of the island before Miranda and Ferdinand, and to bring Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban before Prospero for judgment.
In the final act, Ariel releases the prisoners of Prospero and awakens what is left of the crew of the ship from a deep slumber. Thanks to Ariel's work, Ferdinand and Miranda have fallen in love. Prospero is so impressed by Ariel's matchmaking that he says that he would set Ariel free for that one act. Thus, having fulfilled Prospero's tasks, and Prospero himself now being free to leave the island, Ariel is set free.


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New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said a court ruling that found his department's "stop and frisk" policies unconstitutional could lead to more violent crime.
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Disconnect the usb cable from the usb board. Remove the jumper next to the battery for 10 seconds. Reinstall the jumper and reconnect the cable. Try a factory reset again.Shredso wrote:First reset crashed the system. 2nd reset worked but high scores are still not saved. In game settings from before the reset stayed, I would think they should have been restored to factory.


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Life in a fire lookout was great for people who enjoyed seeing wildlife – moose, caribou, or bears – and hearing wolves howl. But sometimes the wildlife came too close for comfort. A towerman tells this story.
In 1953…my brother was on this tower and one day the tower started to shake and rumble, and he didn't know what was happening.
Then he finally realized that it was the phone line was jumping and jerking, so he went down and he followed the phone line down. There was a moose that got tangled in the phone line, of that number 9 phone wire around its hind leg and it had caught, so there was no way of saving the animal, he had to shoot it.
The conservation officers or game wardens came the next day and flew the moose meat out to give to charity, but they were good enough to leave him 10 or 15 pounds of fresh meat.


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The remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, Terry - a mentor to Miles Davis - is among the few performers ever to have played in both Count Basie's and Duke Ellington's bands. In the 1960's, he broke the color barrier as the first African-American staff musician at NBC.
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Can wearing make-up be actually good for your skin?
Yes if you know what to choose and how to use them…!
Our founder Anita Cheung has been using Jane Iredale "skin care make up" products for close to 10 years now. We love them, for many reasons –
For one they are non-toxic and do not contain common skin-irritating, carcinogenic, or endocrine-disrupting chemicals. (Did you know a woman in average swallow 4 to 5 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime? And the lips are only a small area of her skin!)
Their products are made with micronized minerals, with a sophisticated color palette.
They form a very fine layer on the skin surface and look natural, and a little goes a long way also because there's no fillers.
The minerals are inert and do not attract bacteria nor do they get absorbed into the skin.
Unlike most make-up products which clog pores and discolour the skin over long term use, these make-up products contain truly skin improving ingredients (such as moringa butter, avocado oil, essential oils, and many other herbal extracts) which improve skin quality, and also provide physical (not chemical) protection against harmful UV light by naturally reflecting light.
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Jane Iredale is a 20-year-old company and leader in mineral make-up products.
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Sign Painting at Heartfelt Designs is taking place December 8th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
Make a beautiful sign for yourself or as a personalized gift for someone on your Christmas list! Everything will be supplied to paint your own 11 x 24 sign. The cost for this event is $45 per person.
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The Walton County School District is looking for land.
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS � The Walton County School District is looking for land.
District officials started hunting for property in the south end after noticing the growth trend in the area appears to be continuing, according to Superintendent of Schools Carlene Anderson.
It isn't clear what grade level of school will be built, but acquiring land clearly is necessary based on the last nine years of data, she said.
�We�ve got to find us some property,� Anderson told the Walton County School Board on Thursday.
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Between May 2009 and May 2013, about 77 percent of the school district�s population growth has been in South Walton, according to Tom Blackshear, the school district�s facilities planner.
Ideally, the district would like to find 30 to 40 acres, but that is proving difficult because South Walton has grown so rapidly and so much land lies in flood zones and wetlands or is owned by government agencies such as the Florida Forest Service, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Northwest Florida Water Management District.
�There�s lots of land constraints on the land down there,� Blackshear said.
Officials have identified a few possible locations, but are most interested in a parcel two miles east of Emerald Coast Middle School.
The property is mostly useable, has been cleared and has a road in front of it, Blackshear told the School Board.
Board members didn�t offer much direction Thursday, but Anderson pressed them to consider making a decision soon.
�I want to know what else you want us to do,� she said. �Because this parcel is clear, there will be a road put through it, probably not at our expense.�
Blackshear said there is no exact timeline to buy property, but added that he hopes it will work out soon.
�We�ll get there,� he said.
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Papillon kids clothing store by Greece-based Anarchitect studio is a delightful retail space featuring a whimsical environment.
The clothing store located in Katerini, highlights the playfulness and fun factor loved by kids right from its entrance facade. The welcoming entrance has a separate door for little fellas to step into a interiors with wooden cutouts of animals and birds flying around. Inside is a window display decorated with wooden toys and clothes next to the billing counter at the entrance. The clothes displayed in wooden shelves have pitched roofs similar to kids representation of a typical house drawing.
Wooden crafted deer for displaying clothes
As the kids move around they encounter upon blown up sizes of a dinosaur, deer and Rubik's cube-all crafted precisely by CNC machines. The house shaped changing rooms with variable heights stands out as visual focal point. Cut-outs of colorful, small birds acting as wall lights are part of the fun furnishings. This memorable kid's clothing store strays from the traditional, incorporating a design which embraces the inner child of the young customers !
Wooden shelves along the wall
From the Architects –
Papillon is a retail store in the field of kids clothing.
"The intention was to create an environment where kids should feel happy to go, stay, play and get dressed. What we achieved, is a place where kids never go away from."
Rubik's cube as base for the glass counter
With this in mind from conception stage through to completion, the whole process was a task of happiness for the client, the designer and all those who worked there. The design concept was to create an interior space like no other in kids retail store, with dinosaurs, birds and all sort of what a young client would love to see.
Cutout of CNC milled wooden dinosaur
The design was based on a study of scale, where lego figures were designed 20 times larger, rubik's cube 50 times larger to work as a drawer and lots of other kids games that had to grow, so they look attractive in everyone's eyes. Besides from that, emphasis was given to the elevation, where a small entrance for the little fellas located at the centre of the façade, having width of half a meter and height about a meter.
Kids only !! – Little entrance for the little ones.
Graphical font above the little entrance door
It is so rewarding watching the kids going inside and outside over 10 times within a minute from this door…
The wood craftsmen were happy working on this particular project. It was not one more kitchen for them, or a shelf, it was something beyond work. Happy faces created perfect details in all constructions with the CNC machines working more than 15 hours a day. Eco-friendly colors on all surfaces were a must on this project.
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Variable heights for changing rooms
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Project details –
Project name – Papillon – Kids clothing store
Architect – Anarchitect | www.anarchitect.gr
Lead Architect – Dimitrios Tsarouchas
Location – Katerini, Greece
Client name – Ms Oikonomidou
Project type – Retail store, Commercial design
Completion Year – 2018
Built Up Area – 200 sq.m.
Photography Credits – © Nikos Trevlas
Graphic design – Pink Moustache
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"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
King James Version (KJV)
1:9 There is - There is nothing in the world but a continued and tiresome repetition of the same things. The nature and course of the beings and affairs of the world, and the tempers of men, are the same that they ever were and shall ever be; and therefore, because no man ever yet received satisfaction from worldly things, it is vain for any person hereafter to expect it. No new thing - In the nature of things, which might give us hopes of attaining that satisfaction which hitherto things have not afforded.


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The easiest Gluten-Free Mexican Pasta Salad recipe ever! It's just 7 ingredients, vegan, allergy-free, and takes just 10 minutes! Whether you're feeding a crowd at a summer potluck, cookout, bbq, or you just need a super quick and healthy lunch or dinner, this Mexican macaroni salad is a must! Easy to meal prep and make-ahead!
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Hello everyone! It's early in the morning of the last Sunday in January now in Japan. This winter was unusually warm and there were even very warm days with the temperature of April. I really sometimes thought if spring had already come. But if spring comes this early, stores might not be able to produce spring items in time. Just a trivial worry that came to my mind:(
But despite my worries, spring items are now in stores just in time! 🙂
I would like to introduce the latest product "The Name of the Rose – spring side"" from LIKKA*HOUSE.
These dresses are new color variations of the dress which came out last summer. Let's have a look at the "spring side(bright colors)" at first. The colors are gray, cyan, pink and innocent.
Next coming up is the "autumn side(dark colors)" dresses. The colors are espresso, gold, bronze, black. 8 colors in total.
There's also a fatpack which includes the crimson dress which was previously released.
This special color dress below(beige)is sold to support the Haiti Earthquake. The price is set at a reasonable price L$50(the other regular colors are L$300). The sales will be sent to Haiti earthquake victims through Red Cross. It is sold not only at Scribble special booth but also at Sannomiya mainstore. Your donation is greatly appreciated.
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Soon after Sarah Parish graduated from ALRA, she broke into every British household with her role in a cult advert for Manchester-based Boddingtons Bitter in 1994.
The popularity of the TV advert led her to a series of roles including Northern women, amongst others:
- Dawn Rudge in Peak Practice (1993)
- Allie Henshall in Cutting It (2002)
- Annie Naylor in Trust (2004)
- Natalie Holden in Blackpool (2004)
Sarah starred as Beatrice in the BBC series Shakespeare Retold and in 2009 she took the role of GP Katie Roden in the TV series Mistresses aired on BBC One. She played Lady Catrina in the TV series Merlin (BBC).
In 2011, Sarah co-starred in ITV's medical drama Monroe alongside James Nesbitt. From 2013 to 2015, she was Pasiphaë in the BBC TV series Atlantis. In March 2014, she was Anna Rampton in the BBC comedy W1A. She has also portrayed Cheryl Fairweather in Sky 1 sitcom Trollied.
She is most recently in the third series of the ITV crime drama Broadchurch.
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May 12, 2019 (KHARTOUM) - Gen Mohamed Hamdan Daglo aka "Hemetti" deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) reassured the Chadian ambassador to Khartoum that bilateral relations would not be affected by the regime change in Sudan.
- RSF Commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, (aka Hametti) (SUNA photo)
The meeting came days after a visit to Ndjamena by the chief of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Abubakar Demblab on 7 May where he conveyed a message to President Idriss Deby from TMC head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
According to a statement issued by the military media, Hemetti assured Ambassador Saleh Hamid Hgaira of the strength of relations between the two countries adding that it will not b affected by the change of regimes.
In press statements after the meeting, the ambassador said that the meeting dealt with the relations between the two countries and that the TMC deputy head briefed him about the situation in the country and the ongoing negotiations between the military council and the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change.
Hgaira said that Chad hopes for political stability in Sudan during the peaceful transition period and that it supports the people's choice in the process of change.
He, also, pointed out that instability in Sudan will affect all neighbouring countries.
Sudan and Chad have a joint force deployed on the borders between the two countries and near their borders with troubled Libya.
Also, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Musa Faki, a Chadian diplomat, is tasked with reporting on the transition process to the Peace and Security Council which gave the TMC two months to hand over power to civilians.


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|Beyond the Lights film poster.
".....truth is the only safe ground to stand on."- Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Beyond the Lights begins with a frantic white English mother needing her biracial child's hair done. She is to sing "Blackbird" for a talent show. Aide begrudgingly comes to the rescue. Next day Noni, partly cornrowed with springy curls tamed and properly combed, graces London stage, only brown "tainted" girl amongst contestants. However, as soon as she breaks into Nina Simone, youthful tentativeness disappears, evaporating into an older, worldlier soul. Each harrowing note is belted in wisdom and strength-- components that drove Simone's sorrow tipped ballad. Noni the child has grown up before teary-eyed, applauding listeners affected by bestowed gift.
However, fiercely delivered tenacity isn't enough to win.
Instead of telling Noni to take loss with dignity and grace, Mama Macy Jean abruptly pulls Noni offstage and forces first trophy to be trashed. A cruel reminder that runner ups are never remembered, never worth celebrating.
|Young Noni (India Jean-Jacques) wows the crowd bellowing out, "Why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly?"
Years later, overtly graphic images flash subliminal messages. Noni is a dehumanized vessel, a fabricated industry product. Nowadays most pop music lacks profound substance. Quick, easily manufactured garbage is instantly popularized. The now is imperative-- fifteen minutes of fame, the speediness of existential high wrapped in bling and sexual voyeurism. Wearing more weave and makeup than clothing, Noni the voided robot, sings lifeless songs over loud, hyper synthesized beats. Oceanic pretend, more vast and abyssal than anything she's ever swam in, drowns out her real voice, her real soul. Popping and twerking like a stripper dancer, images of T&A displayed like twenty-first century Sarah Barrtman, Noni is finally victorious-- what Macy Jean always craved. It's an interesting contrast against earlier little girl showcasing vocal tenure, breathing into Simone's lyrical prowess, echoing desires of being free from cage.
Thanks to Macy Jean's insatiable hunger for winning, Noni is still trapped and sees only one way out.
|Mama Macy Jean (Minnie Driver) says less is more for her daughter Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw).
When he saves her from almost falling, he holds her. In this intense moment, everything changes. Connection starts to grow. World around them becomes silently unnecessary. Nothing matters more than this profound destiny in the hotel suite. She is seeing him seeing her. The clutch is both sedimentary and powerful. Eyes meeting and greeting each other, offering comfort and balance. There is truth nestled here-- a real unexpected truth. Macy Jean drags Noni away, but Kaz is left rooted in same spot, stunted in same position. Noni's eyes stays transfixed to where he is located, searching and needing him still.
|Unexpected connection forms between Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Kaz (Nate Parker). It's the longest eye contact Noni herself has had with anyone in the film.
Kaz is the genuine good guy. Not a thug. Not a gun toting drug dealer. He is the American anti-black male perception. However, like Noni, he is a blackbird too. Following his father's hierarchy-- science whiz, police officer, politician, Kaz seems to desire stretching out his wings. His home is an intellectual landmine of books and post it note quotes. Off the job he wears empowering t-shirts with civil rights leaders like Malcolm X. At times, he speaks in the quotes inspiring him.
His immaculate world is turned asunder, much to his father's dissatisfaction, when saving Noni grants "fifteen minutes."
"What do you see?" Noni asks."Nothing," Kaz replies.
He doesn't mean "nothing" in a hurtful way. He sees a lost woman, floating without lifesaver.
Kaz and Noni both want him to be that lifesaver.
Honest Kaz doesn't like to lie, but for Noni he must.We started on a lie so it could never be perfect.
Oh but the remarkable rendering of that "perfection."
The balcony "incident" is major headline news and not in a good way. Noni has an immediate press conference and coerces Kaz to falsify events. Noni's label is outraged and threatens not release impending album. They are to sell sex. Not suicide. Blind Macy Jean sugar coats visceral reality, saying "cry for attention" will never happen again. Mental illness is a sensitive issue and should be taken into utmost consideration, especially when desire to inflict self harm comes to light. In lethal combination of a mother's dismissive behavior and a record exec's blatant disrespect, how can Noni's self esteem rise any higher when it dwindled lower than below balcony? Kaz, however, sees a woman in need. The kind of need that a man on a white horse cannot give her. She starts to lean on him, drawn into playing "victim," coming to his job, stealing him away. Their connection is undeniable. They start seeing beyond the seeing in each other, opening imprisoned doors, shamelessly indulging. Noni shows him her secret lyrics box-- illustrious prose deeper than what she sexily spews onstage. Kaz shows her his special place, watching planes fly.ahead. He fears putting his life "in someone else's hands" and she has never steered her own. Under heart of everything, he knows that she is not a narcissistic, self absorbed pop tart wannabe. He is merely waiting on her to acknowledge it too.
After horrible events escalate, reaching horrific climax, Noni and Kaz take a much needed getaway. In Mexico, they are free to lose themselves in this private haven, a sweet endearing family unit complete with dog. Passionate discoveries lead to erotic interplay, as camera turns camaraderie into lustful gratification. Although earlier love scene is depicted in a humorous mile high club fashion, this private session draws on just how deep connection has become-- confessional euphoric commitment. Chemistry is smoldering, almost overwhelming. Touching is both titillating and seductive. Urban version of Spiderman's infamous upside down French kissing offers slow, deliberate suggestion-- artfully maneuvered craftsmanship. We are taught anatomy of eye sex, of touching, of kissing. Longing and need painted in genuine strokes of rapturous harmony. The scene is fascinating. It's rare viewing minorities become explicitly sensual and desirous with each other onscreen. Brown skin on brown skin create fervid matrimony against white inside mahogany room, compositions of love and sensuality evoke candid intimacy.
Beyond the Lights is a simply must see for all its poignant metaphors and compelling similes. The soundtrack is excellent from Yuna (one of my favorite artists) to Cynthia Erivo and beyond-- an eclectic symphony of independent R&B and hip hip musicians. Director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Blythewood's masterful ability to record moments astound and stimulate sometimes simultaneously. She wields bravery with both pen and camera lens, taking strands of African DNA to United States and England. Making fresh faced virgins plunder into uncharted travel.
The cast is brilliant.
Gugu Raw-Mbatha shines again. First in Belle, now in a modern contemporary piece, she showcases phenomenal depth, diving inside Noni's exterior to viscerally connect necessary puzzle pieces. Each layer is peeled. An invisible knife slices Noni, exposing old wounds and fragile scars. She is unveiled to not just Kaz, but herself. She cuts away contact, the weave, the loud, emotionless beats, and finally her mother-- the barriers of which kept her from being genuine, the one person who should have never misguided her. That broken down acapella scene in Mexico illustrates raw vocalization and riveting integrity. Mbatha-Raw is flawless in three dimensional art form, forcing viewers to use eyes to witness facial language and ears to listen to emotional story. Bared naked gem effectively expresses vulnerable girl's desperation to seek validation in exasperating adulthood. One cannot help crying over sheer genius. We are witnesses to fatherless blackbird thirsting for elixirs to heal loneliness and pain.
Nate Parker is definitely capable of playing male lead. I first saw him in Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters and found him to be one of the film's strongest components. His character Kaz is both protective-- standing up for women when no one else would and compassionate-- using ears to listen and comprehend. From the very beginning, he knows that Noni needs help. No one in her corner is willing to see or understand. Parker embodies power and charisma, filling screen with enchanting beauty and sincerest conviction. Yes, he is a gracious model to fetch feminine gaze, but his portrayal solidifies place as an actor. He is quite articulate and sympathetic-- balancing between soft and hard, this fluid embodiment supposedly not seen to be masculine. Let's hope Hollywood follows Washington's and Prince-Blythewood's wise advice and give Parker prestigious notoriety. This young man is amazing.
In Jezebel, Prince-Blythewood explains breaking romance film genre tradition.
It was very important for me that this film was not just about a man saving her. It was about a woman saving herself. You can't love unless you love yourself, and that was really an important theme that I wanted to put out there. This is a woman who's literally on the edge and wanted to let go. She has to climb back from that, both physically and emotionally and discover in herself what's worth saving. Yes, Kaz was there to let her know there was something worth saving, but she had to ultimately find out what that was in herself....
The film is really about two people saving each other.
|Noni and Kaz + dog are the centers of each other's universe, addictive drugs in themselves.
Prince-Blythewood is a magician-- capturing hypnotizing scenes difficult to look away from. She is both soft and tender like a woman's gentle caress and brave and fiery like a lioness tearing apart prey. She shows no mercy. Evocative shot of Noni's tears on the balcony, tears dripping down her cheeks, clear bubbling snot escaping nostrils was beautifully rendered, moving photography well done. Brutal domestic abuse depictions whether it be from a victim refusing Kaz's help or Noni being violently attacked in front of cheering millions. Noni's mortifying embarrassment is publicly chastised. Instead of focusing blame on what is perceived to be rape enactment, by ex-boyfriend rapper all blame shifts to Noni-- giving credence to our victim shaming culture. Sadly enough that particular stage scene is similar to Macy Jean snatching Noni off the stage earlier. There are further elaborate twists and turns. Scenes are terrifying, gritty, affectionate, and arresting.
At last, the Noni and Kaz "lie" turns into validated truth.
The end is a wonderful nod towards Noni's humble roots both figuratively and mentally. Noni's adult natural coiled hair is styled same as ten-year-old self by same kind savior. This symbolizes rebirth, a new path Noni controls. Closing vocal narrative reenforces Simone's guttural melody. However, twist is pure Noni. The song is about her journey, but includes Kaz too. They have both overcome fears, flown free from parental shadows. Maya Angelou said she knew why the caged bird sings. Here bellows answer in haunting powerful range. Mama Jean, Noni's first fan, is left listening to beginnings of her little girl, of the daughter she sold out on a meaningless device. Meanwhile, audience is left with real honesty, the stoic truth of a young woman just wanting to be heard and loved.
Oh dearest Nina Simone, blackbirds are no longer lonely or crying pained tears. Prince-Blythewood has ensured them a joined joyous flight to infinite love and sincerest happiness.


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Ralph's first album on Disney was a compilation of some of the best songs off his first six albums, complemented by videos created by Disney's finest and played on heavy rotation on the Disney Channel. The Welcome To Ralph's World CD/DVD includes six of those videos as well as a great collection of fan favorites, setting the stage for the next level of Ralph's World's musical journey. The album also includes With A Friend (The Pooh Song), commissioned to accompany the re-release of the original Disney Winnie The Pooh movie.
Disc: 1 (Recordings)
1. Fee Fi Fo Fum
2. Puppy Dog
3. Dance Around
4. The Coffee Song
5. The Mighty Worm
6. Things That I Like
7. With A Friend (The Pooh Song)
8. Dinosaur Rumble
9. Peggy's Pie Parlor Polka
10. All I Want To Do Is Play
11. At The Bottom Of The Sea
12. Animal Friends
13. Surfin' In My Imagination
14. Happy Lemons
15. Riding With No Hands
Disc: 2 (Videos)
1. Things That I Like
2. Dance Around
3. Dinosaur Rumble
4. Surfin' In My Imagination
5. Mighty Worm
6. Puppy Dog


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All submissions are anonymous of course. I would hate to see someone lose their medical care because a pissed off doctor gets angry when their negligence gets pointed out. Let's hope I don't get sued BTW… Doctors — and their insurance companies especially — have deep pockets when it comes to legal bills.
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During his 2016 US presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump didn't articulate a coherent Middle East policy. Although he regularly criticized former President Barack Obama's policies in the region, including the Iran nuclear deal and US backing of Syrian rebels, Trump offered no clear vision of what he would do differently. But his administration's stances on various challenges in the region are now starting to crystallize. While Trump's approach to the Middle East certainly differs from his predecessor's, Trump finds himself running into the same difficulties. In this erudite analysis, former Israeli diplomat Zvi Mazel surveys some of the challenges the current US administration faces in the Middle East.
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Collegiate Super-Conferences Are a Matter of When, Not If
By Akiem Bailum, host of TRST's "10 Minutes on the Clock"
Twitter: @Li495Akiem
The classic Yogi Berra line "It ain't over 'til it's over" has been repeated time and time again in the sporting lexicon.
This is where the specter of conference realignment in college sports enters the picture.
Yesterday, this became true when the University of Maryland announced that they would be jumping ship from the ACC over to the Big Ten. Rutgers also announced similar intentions to ditch the ACC in favor of the Big Ten.
It wasn't an entirely bad day at the office for the Atlantic Coast Conference, though. The University of Connecticut announced themselves that they are planning on leaving the Big East in favor of the ACC. This same conference is said to be in conversation with Louisville, South Florida, and Cincinnati (two of which are basketball schools) about replacing Maryland.
And if that wasn't enough, Boise State, BYU, and San Diego State are now reconsidering the Big East to remain in the Mountain West Conference.
Let's face it, though. The only way Boise State, BYU, and San Diego State should be considered east is if the NCAA is considering adding a conference for any schools in the Pacific Ocean. We already have the Pac-12. What about the Poc-12?
There's even talk of Georgia Tech and North Carolina leaving for the Big Ten.
Conference realignment is like the significant other whom you just had a bad breakup with and don't see for a year. And then, you see that person out the corner of your eye for about 10 times in a month. Then it becomes obvious that the person with whom you broke up with is stalking you to try and get back in your good graces.
Or, it could be to even get back and start anew with a new relationship.
Conference realignment is back and it's not going anywhere until all of the pieces are in place. It may not be the rumoured mega-shift that was supposed to happen last year when the Big 12 was supposed to be absorbed into 3 conferences (Pac-12, Big Ten, SEC), but these colleges are looking at one thing and one thing only.
Green. As in dead presidents with green faces.
This whole thing is all about money. Let's take why Maryland is jumping ship to the Big Ten. There hasn't been much money stashed away in the turtle's shell as of late, so the Terps have been cutting back on sports recently. This is a money-chase for them as they go wherever the money is.
There's a truckload of it in the Big Ten. Why? The answer is easy—The Big Ten Network.
This network, while much maligned for its seemingly shoddy coverage of the Penn State scandal from last year, has been a gold mine for the ten (plus 4 now) schools that occupy this conference. Unlike other conferences (notably the Big 12) that disproportionately share money between the schools, all of the Big Ten money is shared equally between the respective schools. The Big Ten Network was priority #1 in Nebraska's decision to join the conference and it is clearly Maryland's as well. The same scenario rings true in the case of Rutgers.
Also, with the Big Ten Network, this conference is now a media conglomerate in addition to being a conference based on competition of student athletes. Adding Maryland and Nebraska opens the Big Ten Network in two new markets—Baltimore/Washington and the New York City area.
The Big Ten (and by proxy, its network) now will get major coverage in two of the top 3 markets in the country as it already has Chicago locked. The Big Ten Conference & Big Ten Network are both headquartered in the Windy City.
It has even been suggested by some that the move is a preemptive strike by the Big Ten aimed at Notre Dame. The reasoning behind this theory starts with the fact that the Fighting Irish will be moving all sports (sans football) to the ACC and that the majority of the Fighting Irish's football games will be in the ACC.
If the ACC is seen as unstable because of Maryland and Rutgers leaving the conference for the Big Ten, it could make Jack Swarbrick (Notre Dame athletic director) reconsider the ACC for the B1G.
The bottom line is that if this doesn't convince college football (and college basketball) fans that conference realignment will lead to Super-Conferences, nothing will. It is an inevitability and not a probability. Conference realignment will not end until we are stuck with either 4 or 5 "super-conferences", each of which with 16-20 teams. The casualties from all of this will likely be either the (not so) Big East or the Big 12.
I've always maintained that Texas' Longhorn Network was only the equivalent of applying a band-aid on a gash on your forehead after being bashed in the head repeatedly with a lead pipe. Slowly, but surely, that wound is starting to open itself up again. Last year, the Big 12 was within an eyelash of closing up shop for good as the Pac-12 had its eyes on virtually every Big 12 South school not named Baylor.
The only reason the Pac-12 didn't pull the trigger was because it wouldn't expand without Texas. And they didn't want the Longhorn Network interfering with their own Network(s) they launched just recently.
It'll still happen. It may not be the so-called "seismic" shift we were supposed to see, but this is something that will happen in small drops before the ceiling collapses with water falling on everyone's heads.
The shame of it all is that there's a real threat to some longstanding rivalries that would result from all of this. But in a college athletics landscape that still tries to find ridiculous reasons for not paying the players, ESPN, Fox, CBS, and NBC television monies are now the preferred commodity in what was supposed to be amateur athletics.
Except the money in 2012 NCAA is anything but amateur.
Maryland, see you in the Big Ten somewhere.
UConn, see you in the ACC somewhere.
Big East (or Big 12), see you….under the grass somewhere?
2012 NBA Draft: Predicting The Top 5
by Tom Mullins- TRST NBA Writer
1. New Orleans Hornets- PF Anthony Davis
Davis is a lock at the number one spot, he's the future of the franchise and will make an immediate impact, not only on the team but in the ticket sales. His athletic game along with his defensive presence will help the Hornets notch up a few more wins next season and give the team potential moving forward. The bigger question for the Hornets is their decision with the tenth overall pick.
2. Charlotte Bobcats- PF Thomas Robinson
Since they were 'robbed' out of the first pick, the struggling Bobcats will take one of the most NBA ready players in the draft. Many compare Robinson to the Clippers' Blake Griffin, but with a better jump shot and slightly less athleticism, even though he is explosive at the rim. Charlotte has also been interested in trading the pick for a young star such as Rudy Gay or James Harden.
3. Washington Wizards- SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
John Wall needs to be surrounded with talent, who better than Kidd-Gilchrist to help him out in the nation's capital. After winning the NCAA Championship with Kentucky, the 18-year-old has been described as a natural leader with an extreme level of competiveness. He has a perfect build for the NBA and could make the Wizards a playoff team in seasons to come.
4. Cleveland Cavaliers- SG Bradley Beal
Florida's freshman shooting guard Bradley Beal will be taken by the Cavs and be the future of Cleveland along with their exciting young point guard Kyrie Irving. He's a solid rebounding guard and can be an offensive threat from almost anywhere on the court. Cleveland will take him if he's available, but I could also see them selecting MKD.
5. Sacramento Kings- SF Harrison Barnes
With Tyreke Evans' future in Sacramento uncertain, the Kings may look to trade their lottery pick or Evans in exchange for a veteran leader. If they stay put, Barnes would probably be the best available player left on the board and could definitely be part of Sacramento's future with his outstanding work ethic and great outside game.
What to look out for?
Andre Drummond may be a 'risky' pick but could possibly sneak into the top five, some even predicting him to be taken by Charlotte. Also don't be shocked if we see multiple trades occur in the top ten, or even the first five picks.


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This post is going to highlight the awesomeness of these two lovely ladies that stood up as my bridesmaids!
My sister, Katherine, was my maid of honor! She was an obvious pick, as any bride that has a sister could tell you. At first I was a little hesitant to pick her since she was in Green Bay while most of the planning process took place in Saint Paul. But I stuck with my gut, and I'm grateful I did! She threw a fabulous bridal shower for me, which we planned a lot of while my parents were in Guatemala. She also helped plan my bachelorette party (which I promise to tell you about soon)! She was my rock when any issues right before the wedding popped up and while Trevor was at work unable to communicate with me. I couldn't be more thankful for her in the planning process.At the wedding itself, she killed her speech. I know she was incredibly nervous, but you honestly couldn't tell. I nearly cried when she passed the role of late night talking buddy from herself to Trevor (and it brings me close to tears thinking about her toast now). Thanks for being the best sister I could ask for – even through the rough years. 😉
Trevor and I decided early on in the planning process to keep the wedding party small. My other bridesmaid was another obvious pick. Ana and I have been best friends for over six years now (trust me, Timehop told me just the other day). We went through the brutal and ugly years of high school together. She helped host my killer bridal shower and bachelorette party to0. I couldn't have asked for a better bridesmaid on my big day, she's been so supportive of everything. I am also super blessed to say that I get to stand up as a bridesmaid for her wedding this coming year! Who would have thought that the two of us would both be getting married so closely together and stand up in each others weddings!? She had been such a blessing to me on feedback on wedding details since she's going through the same thing. Along with the perfect gift at the bridal shower, she also made me cry with the lovely card on our wedding date. Seriously though – I was bawling. I love you girly – come visit me SOON!
So something I greatly looked forward to after picking these two lovelies to stand up with me was getting to buy them presents! I love gifting things, it's seriously the best. I began the buying process about a month before the wedding and slowly built up their presents with little things I saw. Here's a breakdown of what their goody baskets contained:
- Basket (to hold everything) – Target, $16.99
- Wooden Hanger with name put in – I found someone through a Green Bay Area Resale group to make these for us, $10
- Essie Nail Polish (Mademoiselle color) – Target, $8.49
- Sleep Shorts (in black) – Target, $9.99
- V Neck T Shirt (in lilac) – Wal-Mart, $4? I couldn't find it on their website, but my biggest save on money is buying my v necks through Wal-Mart. They are decent quality and have great colors for a low price.
- Lauren Conrad bracelet – Kohl's, $12.99 They didn't have the exact two I got for them, but similar here. We all love Lauren Conrad, so this was an obvious buy!
So the grand total for each of their gifts was approximately: $62.46. This was a little higher than the budget I had set, but I don't think I could have given them a better gift honestly. Here are some pictures I snagged while they opened their gifts!
These girls are the best! Love you both dearly!