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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 18:39:39 MDT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 18:09:10 MDT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 21:08:13 MDT</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/torideel/Wedding%20Pictures/?action=view&amp;current=MeandJeannie.jpg&quot; title=&quot;MeandJeannie.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/torideel/Wedding%20Pictures/th_MeandJeannie.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;MeandJeannie.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Me with my Stepparents - MeandJeannie.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Me and Jeaniewell and Steve getting in on the shot lol They&apos;re the best We&apos;ve been really blessed in that department Steve raised us when he was married to our Mom We spent more time with him than anyone else My Dad never came to any of our activities or school functions or anything like that but Steve has always been there for all four of us like that even after my Mom and him split up He married Jean a few years later and I guess you&apos;d say we were part of the package lol shrugs They&apos;ve played the role my Dad and Stepmom should have for most of my life We&apos;re closer to the two of them actually and see them more Jean is the best thing that ever happened to my little sister and brother even my Mom knew that I feel like we&apos;ve always been close also but obviously she played more of a Mom influence to me after I lost mine It&apos;s neat she&apos;s sort of a combo of a Mom and a Sister in one She was a huge support and help to me when I was pregnant with Jaeli and when she was born it made not having my own Mom there much more easier than I  anticipated They&apos;re Papa and Nana where Jaeli&apos;s concerned and I&apos;m grateful for that too it was something I stressed about when I was pregnant with hernot having my Mom and not being close to my Dadit bothered me to think Jaeli would have a lacking in the grandparent area there Obviously she never has though lol Anyway yeah lol&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>Me and Jeaniewell and Steve getting in on the shot lol They&apos;re the best We&apos;ve been really blessed in that department Steve raised us when he was married to our Mom We spent more time with him than anyone else My Dad never came to any of our activities or school functions or anything like that but Steve has always been there for all four of us like that even after my Mom and him split up He married Jean a few years later and I guess you&apos;d say we were part of the package lol shrugs They&apos;ve played the role my Dad and Stepmom should have for most of my life We&apos;re closer to the two of them actually and see them more Jean is the best thing that ever happened to my little sister and brother even my Mom knew that I feel like we&apos;ve always been close also but obviously she played more of a Mom influence to me after I lost mine It&apos;s neat she&apos;s sort of a combo of a Mom and a Sister in one She was a huge support and help to me when I was pregnant with Jaeli and when she was born it made not having my own Mom there much more easier than I  anticipated They&apos;re Papa and Nana where Jaeli&apos;s concerned and I&apos;m grateful for that too it was something I stressed about when I was pregnant with hernot having my Mom and not being close to my Dadit bothered me to think Jaeli would have a lacking in the grandparent area there Obviously she never has though lol Anyway yeah lol</media:description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:51:41 MDT</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s427.photobucket.com/albums/pp353/Alexia_Ujimachi/Nosebleed/?action=view&amp;current=sasusaku-1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;sasusaku-1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th427.photobucket.com/albums/pp353/Alexia_Ujimachi/Nosebleed/th_sasusaku-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;sasusaku-1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;SSasuke - sasusaku-1.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nightshade Mystaria is one of my Naruto RPC girls She is in love with Sasuke Uchiha and when he left Konoha she used her kakki genkei which enables her to turn into any animal she chooses and turned herself into a cat Three years later Lady Tsunade forced her back into a human and she was put on a team with Alexia Ujimachi and Enola Jurichu She was sent on a mission with the two to search for some scrolls that contained forbidden jutsus written on them that had been stolen The girls each searched different areas Nightshade searched the Sound Village While she was there Sasuke found her snooping around and attacked her She was so in love with him she wouldn&apos;t fight back and he noticed this He pinned her to the ground and demanded to know why she wouldn&apos;t defend or fight back In a shaky voice she replied I love you Sasuke I could never ever hurt you He was surprised by his reply and decided to test this statement He pulled the zipper of her shirt and felt her tense up but she didn&apos;t try to stop him Hn your serious he whispered Nightshade left the Sound Village the next day at midnight she had a bite mark on her left hand that looked like it came from a snake but no other wounds She simply told her comrades I ran into some complications nothing I can&apos;t handle but to her shock and horror three weeks later she discovered she was pregnant&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>Nightshade Mystaria is one of my Naruto RPC girls She is in love with Sasuke Uchiha and when he left Konoha she used her kakki genkei which enables her to turn into any animal she chooses and turned herself into a cat Three years later Lady Tsunade forced her back into a human and she was put on a team with Alexia Ujimachi and Enola Jurichu She was sent on a mission with the two to search for some scrolls that contained forbidden jutsus written on them that had been stolen The girls each searched different areas Nightshade searched the Sound Village While she was there Sasuke found her snooping around and attacked her She was so in love with him she wouldn&apos;t fight back and he noticed this He pinned her to the ground and demanded to know why she wouldn&apos;t defend or fight back In a shaky voice she replied I love you Sasuke I could never ever hurt you He was surprised by his reply and decided to test this statement He pulled the zipper of her shirt and felt her tense up but she didn&apos;t try to stop him Hn your serious he whispered Nightshade left the Sound Village the next day at midnight she had a bite mark on her left hand that looked like it came from a snake but no other wounds She simply told her comrades I ran into some complications nothing I can&apos;t handle but to her shock and horror three weeks later she discovered she was pregnant</media:description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:06:04 MDT</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa285/ilovebrambleclawlots/?action=view&amp;current=VANITY-2.gif&quot; title=&quot;VANITY-2.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th202.photobucket.com/albums/aa285/ilovebrambleclawlots/th_VANITY-2.gif&quot; alt=&quot;VANITY-2.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vanity signature - VANITY-2.gif&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t think she&apos;s ready came a soft voice of a beautiful white shecat with piercing blue eyes Her gaze was troubled as she looked over her friend Poisonrain the deputy of ShadowClan Sirencall I don&apos;t know if I can make it through this pain If you ever see that tom againFinish him Sirencall finished her eyes very serious Sirencall hadn&apos;t known what it felt like to be in love But Poisonrain had She was taking the damage of it now with these kits she was bearing His name was Vivacious He was a gentleman sincere but there was a flaw to him Not just something small unnoticable He was disloyalHe had managed to get close to the deputy not out of love But for bloodlust He wanted to kill Echostar the leader of the Clan He had gotten close to her just for this And when Poisonrain was at her most vulnerable Vivacious struck He had given her a gift but in her mind it was no gift at all But it was a gift in Sirencall&apos;s eyes for she had always wanted some of her own She had never been so blessed to have them And though Sirencall knew this was not the way Poisonrain would have wanted it to happen Sirencall felt envious of her friend She knew Poisonrain was unhappy She had always known But with Vivacious she acted as though she had life She was happy But after what he did to her she was never the same Always in shock and so timid She would barely even confide in Sirencall Sirencall closed her eyes and wished to herself I hope one day I can have kits as wellYes that&apos;s right Vivacious had gotten Poisonrain pregnant She didn&apos;t want these kits though She didn&apos;t want to bear the blame They could possibly excommunicate herThen the kits came One was a beautiful black and white splotched tom with piercing emerald eyes just like Vivacious The other didn&apos;t look like either of them It was a shekit with bloodred eyes and silver fur The tom&apos;s name was Terrorkit and the shecat&apos;s name was VanitykitThe tom was okay but the shekitPoisonrain feared that ambition flickered in the orbs of blood&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>I don&apos;t think she&apos;s ready came a soft voice of a beautiful white shecat with piercing blue eyes Her gaze was troubled as she looked over her friend Poisonrain the deputy of ShadowClan Sirencall I don&apos;t know if I can make it through this pain If you ever see that tom againFinish him Sirencall finished her eyes very serious Sirencall hadn&apos;t known what it felt like to be in love But Poisonrain had She was taking the damage of it now with these kits she was bearing His name was Vivacious He was a gentleman sincere but there was a flaw to him Not just something small unnoticable He was disloyalHe had managed to get close to the deputy not out of love But for bloodlust He wanted to kill Echostar the leader of the Clan He had gotten close to her just for this And when Poisonrain was at her most vulnerable Vivacious struck He had given her a gift but in her mind it was no gift at all But it was a gift in Sirencall&apos;s eyes for she had always wanted some of her own She had never been so blessed to have them And though Sirencall knew this was not the way Poisonrain would have wanted it to happen Sirencall felt envious of her friend She knew Poisonrain was unhappy She had always known But with Vivacious she acted as though she had life She was happy But after what he did to her she was never the same Always in shock and so timid She would barely even confide in Sirencall Sirencall closed her eyes and wished to herself I hope one day I can have kits as wellYes that&apos;s right Vivacious had gotten Poisonrain pregnant She didn&apos;t want these kits though She didn&apos;t want to bear the blame They could possibly excommunicate herThen the kits came One was a beautiful black and white splotched tom with piercing emerald eyes just like Vivacious The other didn&apos;t look like either of them It was a shekit with bloodred eyes and silver fur The tom&apos;s name was Terrorkit and the shecat&apos;s name was VanitykitThe tom was okay but the shekitPoisonrain feared that ambition flickered in the orbs of blood</media:description>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn144/jillian1117/?action=view&amp;current=April20080172.jpg&quot; title=&quot;April20080172.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th303.photobucket.com/albums/nn144/jillian1117/th_April20080172.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;April20080172.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jeremy - April20080172.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lord blessed my life with your presense on November 11 2000 I had no idea that night at Smead Church that God had set up a Divine Meeting between you and me When you and I met there in that altar to talk we should have just said I do right then and there Ha I consider it a true act of God that I went home and announced to my family that I knew I&apos;d be with that preacher from Shady Grove for the rest of my life I&apos;ll never forget reading your first email Oh how I fell in love Remember our first date Man I could hear you coming a mile away in the Mazda LOL You knew I loved YOU and definitely NOT your car Isn&apos;t it amazing that thing is still going down the road in Sparkman I remember our first kiss ahh I was SOLD I&apos;ll never forget the first time you told me that you loved me We&apos;d been dating 8 months my sister and I had been to see you You set me down and said those beautiful words that melted my heart into a million pieces Remember reading my school work to me in the afternoons the bike rides the walks the love notes The night you asked me to marry you was most definitely the MOST romantic night of our dating relationship I was so retarded not to have guessed it Ha You are such a romantic man The day that we got married was a day I&apos;ll never forget You looked SOOO handsome in your tux Your vows to me were absolutely beautiful Remember us feeding each other cake Remember you taking my garter off LOL Remember the first month of marriage It was a blast You were out of school for the summer and I got called off of work everyday We spent 247 together I remember the day that we said goodbye to our home 2 months after marriage to follow God&apos;s leading to a new church I&apos;ll never forget how big our new house seemed It was you and me and no one else Although we were at a faster pace our love was never shaken Thank you for putting me AFTER your relationship with God but BEFORE your ministry The 2nd year of marriage I went to nursing school and you dried every tear that fell from my eyes Thank you for believing in me when I didn&apos;t have the confidence to believe in myself The 3rd year of marriage was hard We found out we were expecting in July which was an answer to 22 months of trying crying and praying I remember the joy in your voice when I called to tell you that you were going to be a Daddy Oh and what an awesome Father you are Your Grandpa Horton died in October and my Mom died in November Thank you for letting me Move back home for 4 months while I helped take care of Mom Thank you for driving to come stay with me Thank you for praying when the family wanted to pray but Pop and Ken couldn&apos;t Thank you for being so strong for me Thank you for holding me when no words could heal the pain Thank you for wiping my tears and holding me up when I wanted to fall Thank you for helping me see that Mom was with Jesus The joy of our lives entered this world on March 11th a few months after our loved ones departed to be with Jesus What a vibrant little boy with a wonderful loving spirit and personality We both have agreed that the Lord has mighty plans for Noah&apos;s life You are a wonderful magnificent Father to our children I know that the lack there of while you were growing up has made you to be a very determined Daddy Thank you for your love for our children Noah can&apos;t wait for his Daddy to walk thru that door everyday What a wonderful blessing I LOVE to watch you and Noah play together like you do everyday You guys are hilarious I think that AnnaKate has you wrapped around her finger You are such a sucker for her smiles laughs and coos Especially now that she&apos;s saying DaDa which I still don&apos;t understand that You are a true Father and I thank you for allowing Jesus Himself to guide you to lead our children and home The 4th year of marriage the Lord called your ministry to Immanuel I will never forget the fear that I had considering I was 8 months pregnant and we were talking about moving I will always remember the talk that I had with God that day and how I got out of my car and never looked back I had a peace that only HE can give Thank you LORD You are a true Godcalled Preacher You have an annointing that only God Himself can give Thank you for listening to Him Thank you for following Him and leading our home in the way of TRUTH You are a man who is not afraid of what people may say or think You are a man who stands for what you believe in no matter the cost Thank you for helping me grow in my daily walk with Christ I&apos;m so thankful that you and I are a team Our most important goal for the team is for our children to learn about Jesus and know Him as Savior and Lord Thank you for your Christlike example Thank you for being &apos;YOU and for being my lover my best friend and my soul mate I&apos;m so grateful for the years I&apos;ve had with you and the memories we&apos;ve made I&apos;m excited about the future bc as long as I&apos;m with youI&apos;ll be happy You are the most absolute wonderful man in the world You are the definition of romantic and sexy I love you more everyday I cherish our sweet pillow talks at night I love to fall asleep in your arms and know that this love is not a fairytale or a dream This love is a love that very few people find and I&apos;m so glad to have it with you I love you&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>The Lord blessed my life with your presense on November 11 2000 I had no idea that night at Smead Church that God had set up a Divine Meeting between you and me When you and I met there in that altar to talk we should have just said I do right then and there Ha I consider it a true act of God that I went home and announced to my family that I knew I&apos;d be with that preacher from Shady Grove for the rest of my life I&apos;ll never forget reading your first email Oh how I fell in love Remember our first date Man I could hear you coming a mile away in the Mazda LOL You knew I loved YOU and definitely NOT your car Isn&apos;t it amazing that thing is still going down the road in Sparkman I remember our first kiss ahh I was SOLD I&apos;ll never forget the first time you told me that you loved me We&apos;d been dating 8 months my sister and I had been to see you You set me down and said those beautiful words that melted my heart into a million pieces Remember reading my school work to me in the afternoons the bike rides the walks the love notes The night you asked me to marry you was most definitely the MOST romantic night of our dating relationship I was so retarded not to have guessed it Ha You are such a romantic man The day that we got married was a day I&apos;ll never forget You looked SOOO handsome in your tux Your vows to me were absolutely beautiful Remember us feeding each other cake Remember you taking my garter off LOL Remember the first month of marriage It was a blast You were out of school for the summer and I got called off of work everyday We spent 247 together I remember the day that we said goodbye to our home 2 months after marriage to follow God&apos;s leading to a new church I&apos;ll never forget how big our new house seemed It was you and me and no one else Although we were at a faster pace our love was never shaken Thank you for putting me AFTER your relationship with God but BEFORE your ministry The 2nd year of marriage I went to nursing school and you dried every tear that fell from my eyes Thank you for believing in me when I didn&apos;t have the confidence to believe in myself The 3rd year of marriage was hard We found out we were expecting in July which was an answer to 22 months of trying crying and praying I remember the joy in your voice when I called to tell you that you were going to be a Daddy Oh and what an awesome Father you are Your Grandpa Horton died in October and my Mom died in November Thank you for letting me Move back home for 4 months while I helped take care of Mom Thank you for driving to come stay with me Thank you for praying when the family wanted to pray but Pop and Ken couldn&apos;t Thank you for being so strong for me Thank you for holding me when no words could heal the pain Thank you for wiping my tears and holding me up when I wanted to fall Thank you for helping me see that Mom was with Jesus The joy of our lives entered this world on March 11th a few months after our loved ones departed to be with Jesus What a vibrant little boy with a wonderful loving spirit and personality We both have agreed that the Lord has mighty plans for Noah&apos;s life You are a wonderful magnificent Father to our children I know that the lack there of while you were growing up has made you to be a very determined Daddy Thank you for your love for our children Noah can&apos;t wait for his Daddy to walk thru that door everyday What a wonderful blessing I LOVE to watch you and Noah play together like you do everyday You guys are hilarious I think that AnnaKate has you wrapped around her finger You are such a sucker for her smiles laughs and coos Especially now that she&apos;s saying DaDa which I still don&apos;t understand that You are a true Father and I thank you for allowing Jesus Himself to guide you to lead our children and home The 4th year of marriage the Lord called your ministry to Immanuel I will never forget the fear that I had considering I was 8 months pregnant and we were talking about moving I will always remember the talk that I had with God that day and how I got out of my car and never looked back I had a peace that only HE can give Thank you LORD You are a true Godcalled Preacher You have an annointing that only God Himself can give Thank you for listening to Him Thank you for following Him and leading our home in the way of TRUTH You are a man who is not afraid of what people may say or think You are a man who stands for what you believe in no matter the cost Thank you for helping me grow in my daily walk with Christ I&apos;m so thankful that you and I are a team Our most important goal for the team is for our children to learn about Jesus and know Him as Savior and Lord Thank you for your Christlike example Thank you for being &apos;YOU and for being my lover my best friend and my soul mate I&apos;m so grateful for the years I&apos;ve had with you and the memories we&apos;ve made I&apos;m excited about the future bc as long as I&apos;m with youI&apos;ll be happy You are the most absolute wonderful man in the world You are the definition of romantic and sexy I love you more everyday I cherish our sweet pillow talks at night I love to fall asleep in your arms and know that this love is not a fairytale or a dream This love is a love that very few people find and I&apos;m so glad to have it with you I love you</media:description>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn57/mama_mandy05/?action=view&amp;current=042908_13121jg.jpg&quot; title=&quot;042908_13121jg.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th301.photobucket.com/albums/nn57/mama_mandy05/th_042908_13121jg.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;042908_13121jg.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Amanda - 042908_13121jg.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey people my name is Amanda Mae You should already know thatlol but if you dont there you go I have a great boyfriend named Fubu or Justin Corneliuswho just asked me to marry him the day before he bought me my first carlol Which was in March So I guess he is my fiancee now Well anyways we have been together for 6 years He&apos;s the love of my life and I wouldnt be able to live without him We have a two year son together His name is Devonhe will be three in July He is my everything He&apos;s a lil pain thoughlolBut what can I say I love him He has a lil sister on the way She&apos;s is due June 13th If she comes out a girl like they saidlol her name will be Skye Desiree Cornelius Justin Devon and I just moved to Philipsburg I am pretty happy about it He works in State College so its closer to his work Umm lets see I am afraid of being alone spiders heights the dark turning out like my dad deep water and having a true friendthey seem to leave alot I love the color pink animals but my favorite is a kitty cat I love the sun one tree hill flavor of love rock of lovefavorite tv showsand I love my family more than anythingI graduated High School in 2005 I was eight months pregnant with my son I dont work right now I have a kitty named Tia who is 9 years old I am a mamas girl I have two sisters Chelsie and Shawnawhich I love them to death I have a father I hate I also have a brother named Tonywho I love but never see I have lost so many people close to me and dont wish that on anyone First there was Josh Gustafson then my uncle Donny then Skippy and then my first niece Hailley I miss them all dearly Andumm thats about all I can think of If you want to know anything else just ask but I think I covered it alllol Love you&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>Hey people my name is Amanda Mae You should already know thatlol but if you dont there you go I have a great boyfriend named Fubu or Justin Corneliuswho just asked me to marry him the day before he bought me my first carlol Which was in March So I guess he is my fiancee now Well anyways we have been together for 6 years He&apos;s the love of my life and I wouldnt be able to live without him We have a two year son together His name is Devonhe will be three in July He is my everything He&apos;s a lil pain thoughlolBut what can I say I love him He has a lil sister on the way She&apos;s is due June 13th If she comes out a girl like they saidlol her name will be Skye Desiree Cornelius Justin Devon and I just moved to Philipsburg I am pretty happy about it He works in State College so its closer to his work Umm lets see I am afraid of being alone spiders heights the dark turning out like my dad deep water and having a true friendthey seem to leave alot I love the color pink animals but my favorite is a kitty cat I love the sun one tree hill flavor of love rock of lovefavorite tv showsand I love my family more than anythingI graduated High School in 2005 I was eight months pregnant with my son I dont work right now I have a kitty named Tia who is 9 years old I am a mamas girl I have two sisters Chelsie and Shawnawhich I love them to death I have a father I hate I also have a brother named Tonywho I love but never see I have lost so many people close to me and dont wish that on anyone First there was Josh Gustafson then my uncle Donny then Skippy and then my first niece Hailley I miss them all dearly Andumm thats about all I can think of If you want to know anything else just ask but I think I covered it alllol Love you</media:description>
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            <title>Jonna on Iltalehti</title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s562.photobucket.com/albums/ss67/eilenmoon/Interviews%20an%20Articles/?action=view&amp;current=iltis5-vi.jpg&quot; title=&quot;iltis5-vi.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th562.photobucket.com/albums/ss67/eilenmoon/Interviews%20an%20Articles/th_iltis5-vi.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;iltis5-vi.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jonna on Iltalehti - iltis5-vi.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a very good translation about the article made by ProvinceJonna Nygren 25 has a strong handshake Her glance is straight and eyes amazingly green like emeralds Her fianc s eyes are the same with a hint of Aegean ocean s blue in them Abroad people often think that HIM s frontman and his model fiance 173cm and 50kg are siblings Even their mothers agree that they look suprisingly alike Jonna has some Gypsy blood running through her veins That s why I ve had a very strict upbringing My grandpa made sure that everyone had good table manners Parents have to be respected You have to be honest Jonna explainsJonna s mother was 17 when she got married to the blueeyed white man Jonna was born first then her little brother Jonna s father now has three sons with his new wife the youngest is only one and a half years old Jonna s mother on the other hand has a sevenyearold daughter I love my little sister and brothers very much Mom and Dad have always been my real parents But because they are so young we re probably more like friends than what average children and parents areJonna says that she and Ville want to have children too But they are in no hurry Ville s only 28 after all I suffer from a terrible fear of giving birth though I wonder how I could get rid of that Maybe it fades once you get pregnant Surely they ll get the baby out somehowJonna doesn t think that getting married is absolutely necessary even if they d like to have children Oh the children would be bastards she laughsEventhough Jonna s been the host for music programs on MoonTV and SubTV and worked as a model for Paparazzi she is somewhat of a stranger to the major public except as Ville s girlfriend and now fiance The reason probably is that she lived mainly abroad for three years She lived in Manhattan with some models she knew until she rented a 20 square meter flat for herself In summer she used to come to Finland to work at restaurants and the winters she spent in Thailand Indonesia and Malaysia Apart from English I also speak some Bahasa Indonesia because I used to live in small fishing villages away from tourism Altough there were some surfers there every now and then I don t surf myself because I don t like the water I can t stand it when I can t see the bottom of the sea I suffer from a mild fear of closedin places But I like the Asian culture Eventhough Europeans would think that they re lives are in very bad condition they can still be happyOne of Jonna s FinnishEnglish friends has founded a Children s home in Nepal Jonna is planning on going there to work and help out someday for longer than just a few days My dream is to study to become a child therapist when I m older I d like to be able to help the abused little ones Many have to suffer a lot of damage because of their parents substance misuse problems or sexual abuse for exampleJonna s mother works as a therapist Mother Amma and her messages to the world are important to me When I read her books it makes me want to care about people the same way without demanding anything from anyoneSoon it s been two years since Jonna started going out with a man that many girls and boys would like more than just HIM s music from In Finland we basically just hang out Watch dvds at home and meet friends in safe circles Ville is the cook in our family He cooks lovely Eastern foodJonna can&apos;t get Ville to join her at the public swimming pool where she goes to exercise and do water walking At our friends summer places we can then relax naked I fell asleep in the sun a couple weeks ago so now I definitely don&apos;t have any sun lines she smiles The love for Ville Valo was the final reason for Jonna to return to Finland in November two years ago The other reason was Finland s cheap medical care In New York I had to spend hundreds of dollars a week to a doctor The pollution and the airconditioning indoors made my asthma so bad that I had to breath with the help of an apparatusJonna s health has gotten better in Finland But still she never leaves home without her inhaler I had to quit smoking because my asthma got worse Nowadays I smoke whenever I m at a bar I simply like to have a smoke when I m drinking Of course it s not wise  it wasn t wise when I did ballet and show dance and modern dance eitherAnd of course smoking doesn t fit a person who goes to the gym in winter to run on a treadmill and goes jogging for an hour every summer morning No I don t have poles with me I can go fast enough without them she laughs at my questionShe hasn t got her singersongwriter excited about extra sports I never think of Ville as the Ville Valo from HIM who s already before the age of 30 earned so much money with his music that he d never have to work again to live a normal life I consider Ville to be normal guy All the fans and stuff seem really weird for meThe magazines reported earlier that Ville and Jonna got engaged at Ruisrock and got theirselves Dilligaf tattoos that stand for Do I Look Like I Give A Fck Actually we ve been engaged for a long time already We got our engagement tattoos at Ruisrock though but they re not Dilligaf Jonna says and shows me her left ring finger that has a beautiful V on it Ville has a J on his I have eleven tattoos They are just pieces of flesh Also Ville s V on my finger is a piece of flesh just like we re a piece of each other s lives If we break up someday that part of our lives will be overJonna doesn t wish that to happen though That s why she doesn t want to get a permanent job even in television although she is fascinated by it That s why she is working as a waitress and a model I don t want to be clinging to Ville at every gig he does But I want to be able to go with him when we both feel like it&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>There is a very good translation about the article made by ProvinceJonna Nygren 25 has a strong handshake Her glance is straight and eyes amazingly green like emeralds Her fianc s eyes are the same with a hint of Aegean ocean s blue in them Abroad people often think that HIM s frontman and his model fiance 173cm and 50kg are siblings Even their mothers agree that they look suprisingly alike Jonna has some Gypsy blood running through her veins That s why I ve had a very strict upbringing My grandpa made sure that everyone had good table manners Parents have to be respected You have to be honest Jonna explainsJonna s mother was 17 when she got married to the blueeyed white man Jonna was born first then her little brother Jonna s father now has three sons with his new wife the youngest is only one and a half years old Jonna s mother on the other hand has a sevenyearold daughter I love my little sister and brothers very much Mom and Dad have always been my real parents But because they are so young we re probably more like friends than what average children and parents areJonna says that she and Ville want to have children too But they are in no hurry Ville s only 28 after all I suffer from a terrible fear of giving birth though I wonder how I could get rid of that Maybe it fades once you get pregnant Surely they ll get the baby out somehowJonna doesn t think that getting married is absolutely necessary even if they d like to have children Oh the children would be bastards she laughsEventhough Jonna s been the host for music programs on MoonTV and SubTV and worked as a model for Paparazzi she is somewhat of a stranger to the major public except as Ville s girlfriend and now fiance The reason probably is that she lived mainly abroad for three years She lived in Manhattan with some models she knew until she rented a 20 square meter flat for herself In summer she used to come to Finland to work at restaurants and the winters she spent in Thailand Indonesia and Malaysia Apart from English I also speak some Bahasa Indonesia because I used to live in small fishing villages away from tourism Altough there were some surfers there every now and then I don t surf myself because I don t like the water I can t stand it when I can t see the bottom of the sea I suffer from a mild fear of closedin places But I like the Asian culture Eventhough Europeans would think that they re lives are in very bad condition they can still be happyOne of Jonna s FinnishEnglish friends has founded a Children s home in Nepal Jonna is planning on going there to work and help out someday for longer than just a few days My dream is to study to become a child therapist when I m older I d like to be able to help the abused little ones Many have to suffer a lot of damage because of their parents substance misuse problems or sexual abuse for exampleJonna s mother works as a therapist Mother Amma and her messages to the world are important to me When I read her books it makes me want to care about people the same way without demanding anything from anyoneSoon it s been two years since Jonna started going out with a man that many girls and boys would like more than just HIM s music from In Finland we basically just hang out Watch dvds at home and meet friends in safe circles Ville is the cook in our family He cooks lovely Eastern foodJonna can&apos;t get Ville to join her at the public swimming pool where she goes to exercise and do water walking At our friends summer places we can then relax naked I fell asleep in the sun a couple weeks ago so now I definitely don&apos;t have any sun lines she smiles The love for Ville Valo was the final reason for Jonna to return to Finland in November two years ago The other reason was Finland s cheap medical care In New York I had to spend hundreds of dollars a week to a doctor The pollution and the airconditioning indoors made my asthma so bad that I had to breath with the help of an apparatusJonna s health has gotten better in Finland But still she never leaves home without her inhaler I had to quit smoking because my asthma got worse Nowadays I smoke whenever I m at a bar I simply like to have a smoke when I m drinking Of course it s not wise  it wasn t wise when I did ballet and show dance and modern dance eitherAnd of course smoking doesn t fit a person who goes to the gym in winter to run on a treadmill and goes jogging for an hour every summer morning No I don t have poles with me I can go fast enough without them she laughs at my questionShe hasn t got her singersongwriter excited about extra sports I never think of Ville as the Ville Valo from HIM who s already before the age of 30 earned so much money with his music that he d never have to work again to live a normal life I consider Ville to be normal guy All the fans and stuff seem really weird for meThe magazines reported earlier that Ville and Jonna got engaged at Ruisrock and got theirselves Dilligaf tattoos that stand for Do I Look Like I Give A Fck Actually we ve been engaged for a long time already We got our engagement tattoos at Ruisrock though but they re not Dilligaf Jonna says and shows me her left ring finger that has a beautiful V on it Ville has a J on his I have eleven tattoos They are just pieces of flesh Also Ville s V on my finger is a piece of flesh just like we re a piece of each other s lives If we break up someday that part of our lives will be overJonna doesn t wish that to happen though That s why she doesn t want to get a permanent job even in television although she is fascinated by it That s why she is working as a waitress and a model I don t want to be clinging to Ville at every gig he does But I want to be able to go with him when we both feel like it</media:description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:59:09 MDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sanaa Lathen</title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s89/diamondzdivaz_2007/?action=view&amp;current=s2.jpg&quot; title=&quot;s2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th150.photobucket.com/albums/s89/diamondzdivaz_2007/th_s2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;s2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sanaa Lathen - s2.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sanaa Lathan is thankful for everything she has But thats not stopping her from working hard to get even moreOne of the perks of interviewing Sanaa Lathan is that you dont always know what shes going to say but you kind of know what youre in for And that is a really engaging conversation with a woman who exemplifies a plethora of C words Cool Calm Considerate Clever Conscientious Committed Constructive Certain Chic Conversant Courageous Crazy Confident Colorful Contemplative Creative Compassionate Complex Courteous Credible Plus at least one word that doesnt start with the third letter in the alphabet Sexy adds Blair Underwood who played Lathans rebound love interest in the 2006 romantic comedy Something New Shes very easy on the eyes Lathan is also so earthy that interviewing her never quite feels like work Its more like sitting down and dishing with an old girlfriend you havent seen in a while Theres something undeniably relatable about her She seems like one of those celebrities who actually does check her ego with the valet  And theres also pretty solid evidence that shes one of the ones who understand that the moon and stars dont necessarily revolve around her 247Or it could be that people are drawn to Lathan because the girl has a knack for picking just the right spots for interviews That was certainly the case when I meet up with Lathan at a small unpretentious tea caf on Sunset Boulevard where she can eat and spill in peace Lathandressed in a chartreuse sundress that serves notice to all couch potatoes in the vicinity that exercise is worth the sacrificeis already standing at the counter poring over the menu when I arrive a few ticks lateAre you hungry she asks as I sit down This place has really good food Indeed it does but the Cobb salads and rooibos tea drinks are not nearly as tasty as the conversation Lathanwhose new film Tyler Perrys The Family That Preys hits theaters this monthis her usual engaging yet somewhat guarded self She talks about working with Perry and shares anecdotes about the abandonment issues the companion pooch she recently bought for her English bulldog was having Then she gets a little deeper delving into her spirituality being Black in Hollywood her upcoming projects and her current beau Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye who calls once during our interview  Judging by the softness in her voice and the smile on her face it appears shes found her brownsugar boo Lathan and Ogunleye whom she calls Wale were initially hooked up by Lathans older brother Tendaji and have been dating for two years He came highly recommended by my brother Lathan says with a grin We just hit it off right away Hes really smart and really sweet At that moment Lathans internal censor gets reactivated and the intensely private actress politely says I dont think I should talk about him Should I It would be lovely to learn more about Wale but she has every right to be wary of the press During her relationship with her Love  Basketball costar Omar Epps there were reports that she was either pregnant or engaged nearly every other week And shes also had to suffer through all those vicious rumors about an affair with her Out of Time costar Denzel Washington which she wisely declines to dignify with further discussionHustle  FlowThese days Lathan tries to keep everything on the positive tip Although playing a hoops star in 2000s Love  Basketball was her breakthrough role Lathan actually made her feature film debut in Life opposite Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Since then she has amassed an impressive rsum that includes The Best Man Brown Sugar Alien vs Predator the HBO production of Disappearing Acts and the Broadway and network TV versions of A Raisin in the Sun In addition to Preys Lathan is in Wonderful World a compelling drama about a divorced man Matthew Broderick who falls in love with a Senegalese woman Lathan Its expected to hit the festival circuit this fall And shell provide the voice of Donna in The Cleveland Show an animated primetime spinoff of Family Guy on Fox  Its no surprise that shes in such high demand Even if she werent one of the best actresses of her generation shes also a joy to have on the set Generally those who have worked with her in the past yearn to do it again Lathan and Taye Diggs have played lovers in three films The Wood The Best Man and Brown Sugar  Shes such a warm person and that translates when youre working with her says Diggs Shes a very generous actress Shes beautifulwhich doesnt hurtand shes smart Im waiting to do something else with herThat shouldnt be a problem as the casting gods have already seen how hot they are together Remember the scene in the radio control room from Brown Sugar Some folks are still sweating Then theres Alfre Woodard who has played Lathans mother in The Family That Preys Love  Basketball and Something New She says that Lathan has been a really good daughter Sanaa is a trained actor but you never see the training she says It just gives her facility so she has an intelligence that translates into an ease She brings characters off wellIn an era when its hard for women of color to even get a foot in the door Lathan has seen a steady flow of opportunities come her way Maybe thats because shes that rare actress who is both beautiful and talented Or perhaps its because she doesnt cower when she hears Hollywoods favorite Nword No There are scripts out there with Black women in lead roles she says emphatically Its just that the people in power who are making decisions arent interested in our stories Thats why you focus on the positive and know that theres always an exception If theyre not interested in telling my stories then Ill get them told somewhere else Lathan might just have that kind of power Studio heads will tell you that Black films dont do well overseas which is one of the reasons why theyre hesitant to make more than a handful per decade They obviously havent been to Japan Lathan claims that she was once mobbed at a hotel by Japanese tourists calling her Brown Sugar  So whats the problem Its a doubleedged sword Lathan says The studios decide who opens movies They only give a person one chance and if the movie doesnt do well they make that the rule Thats bullHope  FaithLathan who records all of her blessings in a gratitude journal is a deeply spiritual person whose faith allows her to see opportunities that others would overlookespecially when it comes to her career Unlike some of her peers who are living paychecktopaycheck shes not afraid to turn down roles when shes not feeling them  The day before our interview she walked out on a wellknown director whom she declines to name when he pulled the old baitandswitch on her She was duped into auditioning for a role she was uninterested in after initially being asked to do a simple stage read as a favor She refused It was funny because I think people look at actors as disempowered she says People think they always need someone to give them a break and they think theyll do anything to get it But no you have to stand up for yourself You have to protect yourself No one else is going to do it for you Along with her humility confidence has always been one of Lathans strongest traits At 36 she is coming to grips with who she is and who she wants to be She delights in discovering new things about herself and the people places and things around her Im constantly trying to grow as a human being and be the best person I can be she says Thats part of my belief that were responsible for our own growth Perhaps thats the reason why Lathan doesnt feel that many of the veteran actresses she respects like Angela Bassett Woodard Audra McDonald and Ruby Dee have paved the way for her in Hollywood Nor does she feel as though shes done likewise for the Lauren Londons Meagan Goods and Jurnee Smolletts of the world The truth is that I dont think of it that way she says I love seeing usBlack womenworking in different roles and I wish that we had more opportunities I dont know that they specifically opened up any doors for me Maybe they did but thats not for me to say And I dont feel like I can open a door for somebody else All I can do is focus I can only hope that my success will open up peoples minds to hire more Black womenSomething NewerOne of the people who has been giving work to sisters of all ages lately has been Tyler Perry Now its Lathans turn to shine in The Family That Preys a comedy about a dysfunctional welltodo Black family that is being hailed as one of Perrys best efforts in his short but productive career as a filmmaker Lathan plays Andrea a character she described as being a real bitch Rockmond Dunbar plays Andreas husband and Cole Hauser is her something new on the side Also in the mix are Woodard Perry Kathy Bates Taraji P Henson and Robin Givens Its fun Its juicy Its scandalous Lathan says Apparently Andrea is such a trip that Lathan guarantees the audience will cheer out loud when she gets slapped Preys is the first time Lathan and Perry have worked together and she praises his work ethic and the positive impact hes had on a town that still has trouble believing that black is the new green  I think his success will definitely open up doors she says When anything is successful somebodys going to follow suit They follow money in this town Its all about the greenAll in the FamilyAs the daughter of Stan Lathan one of Hollywoods most prolific sitcom producers and Broadway actress Eleanor McCoy Lathan has known about the pitfalls of show business for a very long time But despite her pedigree the acting bug didnt really bite her until she was accepted into the prestigious Yale Drama Schoolthe same program that spawned the likes of Bassett Meryl Streep and Paul Newmanfollowing her graduation from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in English I was always acting in school she said I was in the Black theater workshop at Berkeley but I was on my way to law school when I got into Yale  Growing up Lathan was encouraged to always flex her creative muscles The native New Yorker recalls staging plays in the familys living room with her mother and writing her own scripts It was just kind of a constant vibe of creativity around her house said Lathan My mother was always very encouraging of creativity Stan who eventually moved to LA and Eleanor who remained in New York split up when Lathan was five turning her into a bicoastal kid Shuttling back and forth between parents on opposite sides of the country wasnt as stressful as it sounds Thats all I knew she says I dont know what its like to have my parents together Even though she now lives in the Hollywood Hills she still spends a considerable amount of time in New York Im always drawn to Broadway says Lathan who was nominated for a Best Actress Tony in 2004 for her role as Beneatha in Raisin  Ironically even though she has worked extensively in televisionincluding a stint as a regular on the NBC sitcom LateLine in the 90sLathan and her father the creative force behind Def Comedy Jam and Def Poetry Jam have never worked together  Early on there could have been stuff for me to do like some of his sitcom stuff but it quickly became a thing where it just wasnt the road I was taking she says And now hes doing more realitybased stuff and documentaries But I think we will eventually do something togetherLove  FootballWhen shes not working Lathan loves to pamper herself with spa days curl up at home alone with a good book hang out with her girls like Regina Hall or Nia Long watch The Iron Chef and work out I really sound kind of boring huh she apologizes  She also enjoys jetting off to fun spots with her man during the offseason During the season she attends his games in Chicago and on the road when her schedule allows Its no wonder her dog has an attitude about her being away so much  It doesnt take a psychic to see that Lathan is smitten with Ogunleye but if hes the one shes keeping it to herself While she hopes to become a wife and mother someday she isnt one to listen to the ticking of her pesky biological clock  I really want it to be organic I want it to happen because its right for me and my partner she says Of course there is that fear and the statistics about the biological clock and having kids Whenever that comes up I just try to breathe and say You know what Just have faith that it will all work out perfectly  Thats not to say that I dont have my days when I get depressed or angry she continues But I definitely practice optimism and gratitude Ive seen a difference since I started doing that Its like your 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                <media:description>Sanaa Lathan is thankful for everything she has But thats not stopping her from working hard to get even moreOne of the perks of interviewing Sanaa Lathan is that you dont always know what shes going to say but you kind of know what youre in for And that is a really engaging conversation with a woman who exemplifies a plethora of C words Cool Calm Considerate Clever Conscientious Committed Constructive Certain Chic Conversant Courageous Crazy Confident Colorful Contemplative Creative Compassionate Complex Courteous Credible Plus at least one word that doesnt start with the third letter in the alphabet Sexy adds Blair Underwood who played Lathans rebound love interest in the 2006 romantic comedy Something New Shes very easy on the eyes Lathan is also so earthy that interviewing her never quite feels like work Its more like sitting down and dishing with an old girlfriend you havent seen in a while Theres something undeniably relatable about her She seems like one of those celebrities who actually does check her ego with the valet  And theres also pretty solid evidence that shes one of the ones who understand that the moon and stars dont necessarily revolve around her 247Or it could be that people are drawn to Lathan because the girl has a knack for picking just the right spots for interviews That was certainly the case when I meet up with Lathan at a small unpretentious tea caf on Sunset Boulevard where she can eat and spill in peace Lathandressed in a chartreuse sundress that serves notice to all couch potatoes in the vicinity that exercise is worth the sacrificeis already standing at the counter poring over the menu when I arrive a few ticks lateAre you hungry she asks as I sit down This place has really good food Indeed it does but the Cobb salads and rooibos tea drinks are not nearly as tasty as the conversation Lathanwhose new film Tyler Perrys The Family That Preys hits theaters this monthis her usual engaging yet somewhat guarded self She talks about working with Perry and shares anecdotes about the abandonment issues the companion pooch she recently bought for her English bulldog was having Then she gets a little deeper delving into her spirituality being Black in Hollywood her upcoming projects and her current beau Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye who calls once during our interview  Judging by the softness in her voice and the smile on her face it appears shes found her brownsugar boo Lathan and Ogunleye whom she calls Wale were initially hooked up by Lathans older brother Tendaji and have been dating for two years He came highly recommended by my brother Lathan says with a grin We just hit it off right away Hes really smart and really sweet At that moment Lathans internal censor gets reactivated and the intensely private actress politely says I dont think I should talk about him Should I It would be lovely to learn more about Wale but she has every right to be wary of the press During her relationship with her Love  Basketball costar Omar Epps there were reports that she was either pregnant or engaged nearly every other week And shes also had to suffer through all those vicious rumors about an affair with her Out of Time costar Denzel Washington which she wisely declines to dignify with further discussionHustle  FlowThese days Lathan tries to keep everything on the positive tip Although playing a hoops star in 2000s Love  Basketball was her breakthrough role Lathan actually made her feature film debut in Life opposite Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Since then she has amassed an impressive rsum that includes The Best Man Brown Sugar Alien vs Predator the HBO production of Disappearing Acts and the Broadway and network TV versions of A Raisin in the Sun In addition to Preys Lathan is in Wonderful World a compelling drama about a divorced man Matthew Broderick who falls in love with a Senegalese woman Lathan Its expected to hit the festival circuit this fall And shell provide the voice of Donna in The Cleveland Show an animated primetime spinoff of Family Guy on Fox  Its no surprise that shes in such high demand Even if she werent one of the best actresses of her generation shes also a joy to have on the set Generally those who have worked with her in the past yearn to do it again Lathan and Taye Diggs have played lovers in three films The Wood The Best Man and Brown Sugar  Shes such a warm person and that translates when youre working with her says Diggs Shes a very generous actress Shes beautifulwhich doesnt hurtand shes smart Im waiting to do something else with herThat shouldnt be a problem as the casting gods have already seen how hot they are together Remember the scene in the radio control room from Brown Sugar Some folks are still sweating Then theres Alfre Woodard who has played Lathans mother in The Family That Preys Love  Basketball and Something New She says that Lathan has been a really good daughter Sanaa is a trained actor but you never see the training she says It just gives her facility so she has an intelligence that translates into an ease She brings characters off wellIn an era when its hard for women of color to even get a foot in the door Lathan has seen a steady flow of opportunities come her way Maybe thats because shes that rare actress who is both beautiful and talented Or perhaps its because she doesnt cower when she hears Hollywoods favorite Nword No There are scripts out there with Black women in lead roles she says emphatically Its just that the people in power who are making decisions arent interested in our stories Thats why you focus on the positive and know that theres always an exception If theyre not interested in telling my stories then Ill get them told somewhere else Lathan might just have that kind of power Studio heads will tell you that Black films dont do well overseas which is one of the reasons why theyre hesitant to make more than a handful per decade They obviously havent been to Japan Lathan claims that she was once mobbed at a hotel by Japanese tourists calling her Brown Sugar  So whats the problem Its a doubleedged sword Lathan says The studios decide who opens movies They only give a person one chance and if the movie doesnt do well they make that the rule Thats bullHope  FaithLathan who records all of her blessings in a gratitude journal is a deeply spiritual person whose faith allows her to see opportunities that others would overlookespecially when it comes to her career Unlike some of her peers who are living paychecktopaycheck shes not afraid to turn down roles when shes not feeling them  The day before our interview she walked out on a wellknown director whom she declines to name when he pulled the old baitandswitch on her She was duped into auditioning for a role she was uninterested in after initially being asked to do a simple stage read as a favor She refused It was funny because I think people look at actors as disempowered she says People think they always need someone to give them a break and they think theyll do anything to get it But no you have to stand up for yourself You have to protect yourself No one else is going to do it for you Along with her humility confidence has always been one of Lathans strongest traits At 36 she is coming to grips with who she is and who she wants to be She delights in discovering new things about herself and the people places and things around her Im constantly trying to grow as a human being and be the best person I can be she says Thats part of my belief that were responsible for our own growth Perhaps thats the reason why Lathan doesnt feel that many of the veteran actresses she respects like Angela Bassett Woodard Audra McDonald and Ruby Dee have paved the way for her in Hollywood Nor does she feel as though shes done likewise for the Lauren Londons Meagan Goods and Jurnee Smolletts of the world The truth is that I dont think of it that way she says I love seeing usBlack womenworking in different roles and I wish that we had more opportunities I dont know that they specifically opened up any doors for me Maybe they did but thats not for me to say And I dont feel like I can open a door for somebody else All I can do is focus I can only hope that my success will open up peoples minds to hire more Black womenSomething NewerOne of the people who has been giving work to sisters of all ages lately has been Tyler Perry Now its Lathans turn to shine in The Family That Preys a comedy about a dysfunctional welltodo Black family that is being hailed as one of Perrys best efforts in his short but productive career as a filmmaker Lathan plays Andrea a character she described as being a real bitch Rockmond Dunbar plays Andreas husband and Cole Hauser is her something new on the side Also in the mix are Woodard Perry Kathy Bates Taraji P Henson and Robin Givens Its fun Its juicy Its scandalous Lathan says Apparently Andrea is such a trip that Lathan guarantees the audience will cheer out loud when she gets slapped Preys is the first time Lathan and Perry have worked together and she praises his work ethic and the positive impact hes had on a town that still has trouble believing that black is the new green  I think his success will definitely open up doors she says When anything is successful somebodys going to follow suit They follow money in this town Its all about the greenAll in the FamilyAs the daughter of Stan Lathan one of Hollywoods most prolific sitcom producers and Broadway actress Eleanor McCoy Lathan has known about the pitfalls of show business for a very long time But despite her pedigree the acting bug didnt really bite her until she was accepted into the prestigious Yale Drama Schoolthe same program that spawned the likes of Bassett Meryl Streep and Paul Newmanfollowing her graduation from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in English I was always acting in school she said I was in the Black theater workshop at Berkeley but I was on my way to law school when I got into Yale  Growing up Lathan was encouraged to always flex her creative muscles The native New Yorker recalls staging plays in the familys living room with her mother and writing her own scripts It was just kind of a constant vibe of creativity around her house said Lathan My mother was always very encouraging of creativity Stan who eventually moved to LA and Eleanor who remained in New York split up when Lathan was five turning her into a bicoastal kid Shuttling back and forth between parents on opposite sides of the country wasnt as stressful as it sounds Thats all I knew she says I dont know what its like to have my parents together Even though she now lives in the Hollywood Hills she still spends a considerable amount of time in New York Im always drawn to Broadway says Lathan who was nominated for a Best Actress Tony in 2004 for her role as Beneatha in Raisin  Ironically even though she has worked extensively in televisionincluding a stint as a regular on the NBC sitcom LateLine in the 90sLathan and her father the creative force behind Def Comedy Jam and Def Poetry Jam have never worked together  Early on there could have been stuff for me to do like some of his sitcom stuff but it quickly became a thing where it just wasnt the road I was taking she says And now hes doing more realitybased stuff and documentaries But I think we will eventually do something togetherLove  FootballWhen shes not working Lathan loves to pamper herself with spa days curl up at home alone with a good book hang out with her girls like Regina Hall or Nia Long watch The Iron Chef and work out I really sound kind of boring huh she apologizes  She also enjoys jetting off to fun spots with her man during the offseason During the season she attends his games in Chicago and on the road when her schedule allows Its no wonder her dog has an attitude about her being away so much  It doesnt take a psychic to see that Lathan is smitten with Ogunleye but if hes the one shes keeping it to herself While she hopes to become a wife and mother someday she isnt one to listen to the ticking of her pesky biological clock  I really want it to be organic I want it to happen because its right for me and my partner she says Of course there is that fear and the statistics about the biological clock and having kids Whenever that comes up I just try to breathe and say You know what Just have faith that it will all work out perfectly  Thats not to say that I dont have my days when I get depressed or angry she continues But I definitely practice optimism and gratitude Ive seen a difference since I started doing that Its like your life shifts around you when you practice that attitude of gratitude</media:description>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s481.photobucket.com/albums/rr178/MercuriusTJ/Greek%20Gods/Olympians/?action=view&amp;current=ares1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;ares1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th481.photobucket.com/albums/rr178/MercuriusTJ/Greek%20Gods/Olympians/th_ares1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ares1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ares - ares1.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ares is the great Olympian God of War Battlelust Civil Order and Manly Courage Ares who became the Greek god of war had a miserable childhood The only son of the mighty Zeus ruler of the Olympians and his wife Hera Ares was disliked by his father from the moment he was born and was barely tolerated from then on   Perhaps Zeus just couldn&apos;t warm up to the little guy because he hadn&apos;t had a part in Ares&apos; conception or his birth Hera with the help of a magical herb had managed to get herself pregnant with the help of Zeus or any man a process called parthenogenesis Note Most myths name Ares as the son who was born as a result of this immaculate conception but in some versions the son was HephaestusHera had done this to even the score with her husband for having given birth to Dionysus by himself  A short version of that story Semele one of Zeus&apos; many lovers lay dying while pregnant with Zeus&apos; son Dionysus With the help of Hermes Zeus removed the unborn child and implanted him under the skin of his thigh where he remained until he was ready to be born For whatever reason Zeus failed to bond with his infant son Ares Zeus was not even particularly concerned when the young boy went missing a few years later and didn&apos;t expend much effort looking for the poor lad As it turns out the young Ares had been abducted by two playmates the giant Aloadai twins who had caught him and locked him in a bronze jar Ares stayed captive in the bronze jar almost losing his mind in captivity until the stepmother of the unruly twins figured out what had happened and told Zeus&apos; assistant Hermes who was able to release Ares from the jarAfter this incident Hera decided that Ares&apos; might be better off living somewhere else and arranged for him to live with Priapus one of the minor deities Priapus trained the young Ares in the art of dancing and later in the martial artsEven though he was welltrained and served as the god of war Ares wasn&apos;t a great fighter and lost many of his battles especially those involving his halfsister and archenemy Athena who was the goddess of wisdom as well as the goddess of war not to mention being Daddy&apos;s favorite  Ares represented war conducted up close and personal hand to hand combat and the frenzy of battle and bloodlust Athena and Zeus  superbly rational  favored war at a distance strategic planning playing according to the rules of the game cold and calculating by comparison   Ares style was instinctual passionate and primitivenot destined to make him appear heroic in the eyes of a culture that valued reason and moderation There were other reasons as well The Greek god Ares the god least favored by the citizens of Greece and by his parents Zeus and his wife Hera was seen by the ancient Greeks as a mercenary warrior filled with a bloodlust that could not be appeased and a fickle god as well    one who would fight for either side just to have a chance to vent his rage Ares&apos; unpopularity was probably inevitable given that the Greeks of that time were mostly involved in petty wars amongst themselves  wars where allegiances were unclear and shifted frequently Any god of war would have found it very difficult to please everyone in that situationIt&apos;s easy to see why Ares&apos; other incarnation as Mars the Roman God of War fared much better  the Roman viewpoint was no doubt influenced by the fact that Rome was usually at war with foreign powers so that a god of war could be someone that could be worshipped and viewed as heroic one always battling for a just cause ie their side During the Trojan War Ares fought on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks as a show of support for his lover Aphrodite who had set the war in motion  This did not win him any points with the other Olympians who except for Apollo supported the Greeks  He charged at Athena who was taunting him about it and she calmly reached down and picked up a rock and smashed him over the head with it stopping his advanceAthena also convinced one of the Greek warriors to wound Ares in the side during the battle and Ares bellowed so loudly in pain and rage that the earth shook He complained to Zeus about Athena&apos;s humiliating him on the battlefield and Zeus dismissively called him a whine who enjoyed nothing but brawling   Ares rarely went out of his way to come to the aid of his fellow Olympians But once bored with the endless petty wars of the Greeks he decided to rescue Hades who was being held captive by King Sisyphus Ares came to his assistance threatening to decapitate Sisyphus if he didnt release him and turn himself in as Hades prisoner Trembling with fear Sisyphus surrendered to HadesAres may not have matched the Olympian ideal of rationality and moderation but he was not without his followers Unfortunately they were mostly a band of malevolent minor deities and mortals including several of his sons most of whom ended with unhappy fates Ares usually rode into battle accompanied by his two sons Phobos Fear and Daiemos Panic Although the Greek god Ares was heavily criticized for reacting emotionally rather than rationally and for not always following the rules he was quick to jump to the defense of those with whom he felt a kinship including his large brood of offspring Unfortunately his feelings often propelled him into battles that he could not winWhen one of his sons was killed during the Trojan War Ares leapt onto the battlefield defying Zeus&apos; orders that the gods and goddesses not take part in the battleAnd Ares felt strongly about his daughters as well When his daughter Alcippe was raped by one of Poseidon&apos;s sons Ares promptly killed him This lead to the first murder trial in recorded history The trial was held on a hill in Athens that was subsequently named the Aeropagus Ares&apos; Hill Ares was acquitted of the crimeSometimes Ares&apos; loyalties led him astray One of his sons Cycnus was a thief who fell upon travelers murdering them for their bones which he was using to construct a gruesome temple to his father Cycnus picked the wrong victim when he tried to assault Heracles Hercules As they fought Areas rushed to fight on his son&apos;s side but they were no march for Heracles who killed Cycnus and wounded AresLittle is written about Ares in his aspect as Lord of the Dance but much can be inferred Just as in many tribal cultures warriors drum and dance before doing battle the passion and intensity of the ecstatic dance the sheer physicality of it is closely associated with the masculine energy the forceful and aggressive impulse that can bring courage in its wake And no one every doubted that Ares had courageBut what of his loves Ares never married although he had over twenty lovers who bore him children And apparently his love affairs weren&apos;t overnighters but were long lasting relationships because many of them bore him several children Being deceptive or even indirect could not be listed among his shortcomings Unlike the other Greek gods Ares did not rely on trickery abduction or rape to establish his love affairs Ares is best known for his longterm love affair with the goddess Aphrodite the goddess of romance and beauty His lengthy love affair with Aphrodite led to the birth of four childrentheir daughter Harmonia Harmony later became the mother of the Amazons a tribe of fearsome warrior women The tabloids were probably invented for the sole purpose of keeping up with the latest gossip about what the couple were up to Be sure to read the story of Hephaestus for an account of how Aphrodite&apos;s husband managed to catch them in the act and haul them into court for the Trial of the Century   which ended in their acquittal of course So important was Aphrodite to Ares that when she fell in love with the beautiful Adonis who was some say effeminate Ares&apos; polar opposite Ares&apos; was overcome with such jealousy that he turned himself into a wild boar in some accounts it was a bear and killed his rival  the only time he was known to battle disguised in another form The union of Ares and Aphrodite the original machoman and the ultrafeminine sex kitten seemed unlikely to survive for long but it certainly did Ares contributed the passionate intensity and Aphrodite taught him to accept and enjoy the vulnerable unprotected parts of himself the loving and tender feelings he otherwise would never have displayed&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>Ares is the great Olympian God of War Battlelust Civil Order and Manly Courage Ares who became the Greek god of war had a miserable childhood The only son of the mighty Zeus ruler of the Olympians and his wife Hera Ares was disliked by his father from the moment he was born and was barely tolerated from then on   Perhaps Zeus just couldn&apos;t warm up to the little guy because he hadn&apos;t had a part in Ares&apos; conception or his birth Hera with the help of a magical herb had managed to get herself pregnant with the help of Zeus or any man a process called parthenogenesis Note Most myths name Ares as the son who was born as a result of this immaculate conception but in some versions the son was HephaestusHera had done this to even the score with her husband for having given birth to Dionysus by himself  A short version of that story Semele one of Zeus&apos; many lovers lay dying while pregnant with Zeus&apos; son Dionysus With the help of Hermes Zeus removed the unborn child and implanted him under the skin of his thigh where he remained until he was ready to be born For whatever reason Zeus failed to bond with his infant son Ares Zeus was not even particularly concerned when the young boy went missing a few years later and didn&apos;t expend much effort looking for the poor lad As it turns out the young Ares had been abducted by two playmates the giant Aloadai twins who had caught him and locked him in a bronze jar Ares stayed captive in the bronze jar almost losing his mind in captivity until the stepmother of the unruly twins figured out what had happened and told Zeus&apos; assistant Hermes who was able to release Ares from the jarAfter this incident Hera decided that Ares&apos; might be better off living somewhere else and arranged for him to live with Priapus one of the minor deities Priapus trained the young Ares in the art of dancing and later in the martial artsEven though he was welltrained and served as the god of war Ares wasn&apos;t a great fighter and lost many of his battles especially those involving his halfsister and archenemy Athena who was the goddess of wisdom as well as the goddess of war not to mention being Daddy&apos;s favorite  Ares represented war conducted up close and personal hand to hand combat and the frenzy of battle and bloodlust Athena and Zeus  superbly rational  favored war at a distance strategic planning playing according to the rules of the game cold and calculating by comparison   Ares style was instinctual passionate and primitivenot destined to make him appear heroic in the eyes of a culture that valued reason and moderation There were other reasons as well The Greek god Ares the god least favored by the citizens of Greece and by his parents Zeus and his wife Hera was seen by the ancient Greeks as a mercenary warrior filled with a bloodlust that could not be appeased and a fickle god as well    one who would fight for either side just to have a chance to vent his rage Ares&apos; unpopularity was probably inevitable given that the Greeks of that time were mostly involved in petty wars amongst themselves  wars where allegiances were unclear and shifted frequently Any god of war would have found it very difficult to please everyone in that situationIt&apos;s easy to see why Ares&apos; other incarnation as Mars the Roman God of War fared much better  the Roman viewpoint was no doubt influenced by the fact that Rome was usually at war with foreign powers so that a god of war could be someone that could be worshipped and viewed as heroic one always battling for a just cause ie their side During the Trojan War Ares fought on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks as a show of support for his lover Aphrodite who had set the war in motion  This did not win him any points with the other Olympians who except for Apollo supported the Greeks  He charged at Athena who was taunting him about it and she calmly reached down and picked up a rock and smashed him over the head with it stopping his advanceAthena also convinced one of the Greek warriors to wound Ares in the side during the battle and Ares bellowed so loudly in pain and rage that the earth shook He complained to Zeus about Athena&apos;s humiliating him on the battlefield and Zeus dismissively called him a whine who enjoyed nothing but brawling   Ares rarely went out of his way to come to the aid of his fellow Olympians But once bored with the endless petty wars of the Greeks he decided to rescue Hades who was being held captive by King Sisyphus Ares came to his assistance threatening to decapitate Sisyphus if he didnt release him and turn himself in as Hades prisoner Trembling with fear Sisyphus surrendered to HadesAres may not have matched the Olympian ideal of rationality and moderation but he was not without his followers Unfortunately they were mostly a band of malevolent minor deities and mortals including several of his sons most of whom ended with unhappy fates Ares usually rode into battle accompanied by his two sons Phobos Fear and Daiemos Panic Although the Greek god Ares was heavily criticized for reacting emotionally rather than rationally and for not always following the rules he was quick to jump to the defense of those with whom he felt a kinship including his large brood of offspring Unfortunately his feelings often propelled him into battles that he could not winWhen one of his sons was killed during the Trojan War Ares leapt onto the battlefield defying Zeus&apos; orders that the gods and goddesses not take part in the battleAnd Ares felt strongly about his daughters as well When his daughter Alcippe was raped by one of Poseidon&apos;s sons Ares promptly killed him This lead to the first murder trial in recorded history The trial was held on a hill in Athens that was subsequently named the Aeropagus Ares&apos; Hill Ares was acquitted of the crimeSometimes Ares&apos; loyalties led him astray One of his sons Cycnus was a thief who fell upon travelers murdering them for their bones which he was using to construct a gruesome temple to his father Cycnus picked the wrong victim when he tried to assault Heracles Hercules As they fought Areas rushed to fight on his son&apos;s side but they were no march for Heracles who killed Cycnus and wounded AresLittle is written about Ares in his aspect as Lord of the Dance but much can be inferred Just as in many tribal cultures warriors drum and dance before doing battle the passion and intensity of the ecstatic dance the sheer physicality of it is closely associated with the masculine energy the forceful and aggressive impulse that can bring courage in its wake And no one every doubted that Ares had courageBut what of his loves Ares never married although he had over twenty lovers who bore him children And apparently his love affairs weren&apos;t overnighters but were long lasting relationships because many of them bore him several children Being deceptive or even indirect could not be listed among his shortcomings Unlike the other Greek gods Ares did not rely on trickery abduction or rape to establish his love affairs Ares is best known for his longterm love affair with the goddess Aphrodite the goddess of romance and beauty His lengthy love affair with Aphrodite led to the birth of four childrentheir daughter Harmonia Harmony later became the mother of the Amazons a tribe of fearsome warrior women The tabloids were probably invented for the sole purpose of keeping up with the latest gossip about what the couple were up to Be sure to read the story of Hephaestus for an account of how Aphrodite&apos;s husband managed to catch them in the act and haul them into court for the Trial of the Century   which ended in their acquittal of course So important was Aphrodite to Ares that when she fell in love with the beautiful Adonis who was some say effeminate Ares&apos; polar opposite Ares&apos; was overcome with such jealousy that he turned himself into a wild boar in some accounts it was a bear and killed his rival  the only time he was known to battle disguised in another form The union of Ares and Aphrodite the original machoman and the ultrafeminine sex kitten seemed unlikely to survive for long but it certainly did Ares contributed the passionate intensity and Aphrodite taught him to accept and enjoy the vulnerable unprotected parts of himself the loving and tender feelings he otherwise would never have displayed</media:description>
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            <title>Artemis</title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s481.photobucket.com/albums/rr178/MercuriusTJ/Greek%20Gods/Olympians/?action=view&amp;current=Artemis-2.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Artemis-2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th481.photobucket.com/albums/rr178/MercuriusTJ/Greek%20Gods/Olympians/th_Artemis-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Artemis-2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Artemis - Artemis-2.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Artemis also known as the Roman goddess Diana was the daughter of Zeus the mighty ruler of the Olympian gods Artemis&apos; mother Leto gave birth to Artemis after a short and painless labor But then Leto&apos;s labor continued with her contractions growing weak and painful Moved to compassion the infant goddess Artemis born only a few minutes earlier became her mother&apos;s midwife and delivered her twin brother Apollo You could say that of all the Greek goddesses the goddess Artemis was literally born to serve as a nurturer and protector The Greek goddess Artemis was frequently called upon to nurture her needy and somewhat ineffectual mother  All too often she felt compelled to come to her rescue even though Artemis received little from her mother in return  As a result of her having caused her mother no pain in childbirth and her successful role as midwife in her brother&apos;s birth Artemis naturally became the patron saint of childbirth the protector of children and the goddess who especially heard the appeals of women The goddess Artemis was always responsive to the needs of the vulnerable and the suffering  She was quick to defend the powerless from unjust treatment at the hands of the Olympian patriarchy it is not surprising that in current times Artemis is seen as the feminist goddess Even as a small child the Greek goddess Artemis was decisive When Zeus asked Artemis what presents she wanted for her third birthday she responded without hesitation that she wanted six things  to be allowed to live without having to be distracted by love and marriage  a bow and arrow just like her brother&apos;s  a hunting costume and freedom from having to dress up like a lady  the job of bringing light into the world sixty young nymphs to be her companions and to help care for her hunting dogs and all the mountains on the earth to live on  Zeus was amused by her precociousness and happily granted the little goddess Artemis her wishes  Even at this tender age it was clear that Artemis was going to be the most independent of the goddesses one who thrived on challenges Artemis&apos; association with the natural world the wilderness symbolizes her own untamed spirit  The most independent of the goddesses she roamed the forests in her role as huntress  The Greek goddess Artemis was famous for her hunting skills for the sharp focus of her attention and her unerring aim  She was known as a fearless and responsible hunter willing and able to bring down the most terrifying beasts  But Artemis was especially fierce in her protection of the gentle animals that were usually preyed upon  As the protector of animals and the young the goddess  Artemis was angered because a group of Greek sailors had slaughtered a hare and its young  She delayed them from sailing to join the Battle of Troy  Artemis was not the least interested in cultivating the land or in harnessing the forces of nature to benefit mankind she left those responsibilities to Demeter and Athena respectfully Artemis could easily be described as an early environmentalist Artemis seemed to be more comfortable with the companionship of women friends  Often depicted by artists while hunting or bathing with her band of nymphs the goddess Artemis valued her freedom and personal space and protected them with ferociousness Indeed those who restricted her freedom those who tried to thwart her commitment to reaching her goals or simply invaded her privacy paid dearly  When the hunter Actaeon accidentally came upon Artemis while she was bathing she turned him into a stag whereupon his own hunting dogs attacked and tore him to pieces  Artemis could be both vengeful and impulsive  When she discovered that Callisto one of the nymphs in her band of companions had violated her vows of chastity and become pregnant as a result of an affair with Zeus Artemis without a moment&apos;s hesitation Artemis changed her into a bear  Had Zeus not intervened to place her in the stars as the constellation Callisto The Bear the young nymph would have died quickly as the victim of a hunt With the exception of her brother Apollo who was a frequent ally and companion Artemis was not known to have had very satisfying relationships with men  Her one great love affair with the handsome and respected mortal Orion ended very badly  Upset that his sister&apos;s time and attentions had been diverted away from him the jealous Apollo tricked Artemis into killing Orion    Knowing that Orion was swimming in the ocean Apollo bet Artemis that she could not hit that distant object on the horizon with an arrow  Filled with confidence in her skills as an archer Artemis accepted the challenge  Successful as always Artemis discovered that her competitiveness and unerring aim had killed the only man she had ever loved  In her abject grief the goddess Artemis turned her dead lover into stars and shot him into the night sky where he remains as the constellation Orion  Never again did she allow herself to become vulnerable to romantic love The Greek goddess Artemis was often associated with the moon especially the crescent or new moon  Phoebe was one of the many names she was called  The name Phoebe means the light one or bright one Artemis Goddess of Light had the divine duty of illuminating the darkness  Artemis was often depicted carrying a candle or torch lighting the way for others leading them through territories yet uncharted  In Greek mythology Artemis despite her wildness her refusal to conform to conventional ways or tradition and her fierce independence was depicted as one of the  compassionate healing goddesses  Of all the Greek goddesses she was the most selfsufficient living  life on her own terms comfortable both in solitude and in holding the reins of leadership  The Greek goddess Artemis gives us courage Like her counterpart the Roman goddess Diana she illuminates those places that terrify us and lends us her strength to bring us safely through our fears&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>Artemis also known as the Roman goddess Diana was the daughter of Zeus the mighty ruler of the Olympian gods Artemis&apos; mother Leto gave birth to Artemis after a short and painless labor But then Leto&apos;s labor continued with her contractions growing weak and painful Moved to compassion the infant goddess Artemis born only a few minutes earlier became her mother&apos;s midwife and delivered her twin brother Apollo You could say that of all the Greek goddesses the goddess Artemis was literally born to serve as a nurturer and protector The Greek goddess Artemis was frequently called upon to nurture her needy and somewhat ineffectual mother  All too often she felt compelled to come to her rescue even though Artemis received little from her mother in return  As a result of her having caused her mother no pain in childbirth and her successful role as midwife in her brother&apos;s birth Artemis naturally became the patron saint of childbirth the protector of children and the goddess who especially heard the appeals of women The goddess Artemis was always responsive to the needs of the vulnerable and the suffering  She was quick to defend the powerless from unjust treatment at the hands of the Olympian patriarchy it is not surprising that in current times Artemis is seen as the feminist goddess Even as a small child the Greek goddess Artemis was decisive When Zeus asked Artemis what presents she wanted for her third birthday she responded without hesitation that she wanted six things  to be allowed to live without having to be distracted by love and marriage  a bow and arrow just like her brother&apos;s  a hunting costume and freedom from having to dress up like a lady  the job of bringing light into the world sixty young nymphs to be her companions and to help care for her hunting dogs and all the mountains on the earth to live on  Zeus was amused by her precociousness and happily granted the little goddess Artemis her wishes  Even at this tender age it was clear that Artemis was going to be the most independent of the goddesses one who thrived on challenges Artemis&apos; association with the natural world the wilderness symbolizes her own untamed spirit  The most independent of the goddesses she roamed the forests in her role as huntress  The Greek goddess Artemis was famous for her hunting skills for the sharp focus of her attention and her unerring aim  She was known as a fearless and responsible hunter willing and able to bring down the most terrifying beasts  But Artemis was especially fierce in her protection of the gentle animals that were usually preyed upon  As the protector of animals and the young the goddess  Artemis was angered because a group of Greek sailors had slaughtered a hare and its young  She delayed them from sailing to join the Battle of Troy  Artemis was not the least interested in cultivating the land or in harnessing the forces of nature to benefit mankind she left those responsibilities to Demeter and Athena respectfully Artemis could easily be described as an early environmentalist Artemis seemed to be more comfortable with the companionship of women friends  Often depicted by artists while hunting or bathing with her band of nymphs the goddess Artemis valued her freedom and personal space and protected them with ferociousness Indeed those who restricted her freedom those who tried to thwart her commitment to reaching her goals or simply invaded her privacy paid dearly  When the hunter Actaeon accidentally came upon Artemis while she was bathing she turned him into a stag whereupon his own hunting dogs attacked and tore him to pieces  Artemis could be both vengeful and impulsive  When she discovered that Callisto one of the nymphs in her band of companions had violated her vows of chastity and become pregnant as a result of an affair with Zeus Artemis without a moment&apos;s hesitation Artemis changed her into a bear  Had Zeus not intervened to place her in the stars as the constellation Callisto The Bear the young nymph would have died quickly as the victim of a hunt With the exception of her brother Apollo who was a frequent ally and companion Artemis was not known to have had very satisfying relationships with men  Her one great love affair with the handsome and respected mortal Orion ended very badly  Upset that his sister&apos;s time and attentions had been diverted away from him the jealous Apollo tricked Artemis into killing Orion    Knowing that Orion was swimming in the ocean Apollo bet Artemis that she could not hit that distant object on the horizon with an arrow  Filled with confidence in her skills as an archer Artemis accepted the challenge  Successful as always Artemis discovered that her competitiveness and unerring aim had killed the only man she had ever loved  In her abject grief the goddess Artemis turned her dead lover into stars and shot him into the night sky where he remains as the constellation Orion  Never again did she allow herself to become vulnerable to romantic love The Greek goddess Artemis was often associated with the moon especially the crescent or new moon  Phoebe was one of the many names she was called  The name Phoebe means the light one or bright one Artemis Goddess of Light had the divine duty of illuminating the darkness  Artemis was often depicted carrying a candle or torch lighting the way for others leading them through territories yet uncharted  In Greek mythology Artemis despite her wildness her refusal to conform to conventional ways or tradition and her fierce independence was depicted as one of the  compassionate healing goddesses  Of all the Greek goddesses she was the most selfsufficient living  life on her own terms comfortable both in solitude and in holding the reins of leadership  The Greek goddess Artemis gives us courage Like her counterpart the Roman goddess Diana she illuminates those places that terrify us and lends us her strength to bring us safely through our fears</media:description>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/salsa88/Gods/?action=view&amp;current=Apollo.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Apollo.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://th262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/salsa88/Gods/th_Apollo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Apollo.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Apollo - Apollo.jpg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis Apollo was the god of music principally the lyre and he directed the choir of the Muses and also of prophecy colonization medicine archery but not for war or hunting poetry dance intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks He was also a god of light known as Phoebus radiant or beaming and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus from sminthos rat and as Parnopius from parnops grasshopper and was known as the destroyer of rats and locust and according to Homer&apos;s Iliad Apollo shot arrows of plague into the Greek camp Apollo being the god of religious healing would give those guilty of murder and other immoral deeds a ritual purification Sacred to Apollo are the swan one legend says that Apollo flew on the back of a swan to the land of the Hyperboreans he would spend the winter months among them the wolf and the dolphin His attributes are the bow and arrows on his head a laurel crown and the cithara or lyre and plectrum But his most famous attribute is the tripod the symbol of his prophetic powers When the goddesss Hera the wife of Zeus it was he who had coupled with Leto found out about Leto&apos;s pregnancy she was outraged with jealousy Seeking revenge Hera forced Leto to roam the earth in search of a place to give birth  Since Hera had forbidden Leto to stay anywhere on earth either on terraferma or an island at sea the only place to seek shelter was Delos being in the center of the Aegean and also difficult to reach as there were strong undercurrents because it was said to be a floating island Because it was a floating island it was not considered either of Hera&apos;s prohibitions and so Leto was able to give birth to the divine twins Apollo and Artemis before Leto gave birth to Apollo the island was encircled by a flock of swans this is why the swan was sacred to him As a gesture of thanks Delos was secured to the seabed by four columns to give it stability and from then on it became one of the most important sanctuaries to Apollo A variation of Apollo&apos;s birth was that the jealous Hera had incarcerated Ilithyia the goddess of childbirth but the other gods intervened forcing Hera to release Ilithyia which allowed Leto to give birth  Apollo&apos;s first achievement was to rid Pytho Delphi of the serpent or dragon Python This monstrous beast protected the sanctuary of Pytho from its lair beside the Castalian Spring There it stood guard while the Sibyl gave out her prophecies as she inhaled the trance inducing vapors from an open chasm Apollo killed Python with his bow and arrows Homer wrote he killed the fearsome dragon Python piercing it with his darts Apollo not only took charge of the oracle but rid the neighboring countryside of widespread destruction as Python had destroyed crops sacked villages and polluted streams and springs However to make amends for killing Python as the fearsome beast was the son of Gaia Apollo had to serve king Admetus for nine years in some versions eight as a cowherd This he did and when he returned to Pytho he came in the guise of a dolphin bringing with him priests from Crete Apollo&apos;s cult title Delphinios meaning dolphin or porpoise is probably how Delphi was so named After killing Python and taking possession of the oracle the god of light Phobus became known as Pythian Apollo He dedicated a bronze tripod to the sanctuary and bestowed divine powers on one of the priestesses and she became known as the Pythia It was she who inhaled the hallucinating vapors from the fissure in the temple floor while she sat on a tripod chewing laurel leaves After she mumbled her answer a male priest would translate it for the supplicant Delphi became the most important oracle center of Apollo there were several including Clarus and Branchidae Apollo as with Zeus his father had many love affairs with goddesses and mortals Apollo&apos;s infatuation for the nymph Daphne which had been invoked by the young god of love Eros because Apollo had mocked him saying his archery skills were pathetic and Apollo&apos;s singing had also irritated him Daphne was the beautiful daughter of the river god Ladon and she was constantly pursued by Apollo To escape from Apollo&apos;s insistent behavior she fled to the mountains but the persistent Apollo followed her Annoyed by this she asked the river god Peneus for help which he did As soon as Apollo approached Daphne he tried to embrace her but when he stretched out his arms she transformed into a laurel tree Apollo distraught by what had happened made the laurel his sacred tree Apollo also loved Cyrene she was another nymph and she bore Apollo a son Aristaeus a demigod who became a protector of cattle and fruit trees and a deity of hunting husbandry and beekeeping He taught men dairy skills and the use of nets and traps in hunting The most famous mortal loves of Apollo was Hecuba she was the wife of Priam the king of Troy She bore him Troilius Foretold by an oracle as long as Troilius reached the age of twenty Troy could not be defeated But the hero Achilles ambushed and killed him when the young prince and his sister Polyxena secretly visited a spring Apollo also fell in love with Cassandra the sister of Troilius and daughter of Hecuba and Priam He seduced Cassandra on the promise that he would teach her the art of prophecy but having learnt the prophetic art she rejected him Apollo being angry of her rejection punished her by declaring her prophecies never to be accepted or believed Asclepius the god of healing was also Apollo&apos;s offspring after his union with Coronis who was daughter of Phlegyas king of the Lapiths While she was pregnant by Apollo Coronis fell in love with Ischys son of Elatus but a crow informed Apollo of the affair Apollo sent his twin sister Artemis to kill Coronis and Artemis carried out he brothers wishes While her body was burning on the funeral pyre Apollo removed the unborn child and took him to Chiron who raised the child Asclepius Apollo also as did his father Zeus fall in love with one of his own gender Hyacinthus a Spartan prince He was very handsome and athletic which inflamed the passions of Apollo One day while Apollo and Hyacinthus were practicing throwing the discus Zephyrus the god of the west wind who was also attracted to the young prince and jealous of Apollo&apos;s amorous affection towards the boy made the discus veer off course by blowing an ill wind The discus which Apollo had thrown hit Hyacinthus smashing his skull Apollo rushed to him but he was dead The god was overcome with grief but to immortalize the love he had for the beautiful youth he had a flower grow were his blood had stained the earth Apollo also loved the young boy Cyparissus a descendant of Heracles The impassioned Apollo gave Cyparissus a sacred deer as a love token The young deer became tame and was the constant companion of the boy until a tragic accident occurred As the young deer lay sleeping in the shade of the undergrowth Cyparissus threw his javelin which by chance hit and killed the deer Griefstricken by what had happened Cyparissus wanted to die He asked Apollo to let his tears fall for all eternity With apprehension Apollo transformed the boy into a tree the cypress which became the symbol of sorrow as the sap on its trunk forms droplets like tears Apollo could also be ruthless when he was angered The mortal Niobe boasted to Apollo&apos;s mother Leto that she had fourteen children in some versions six or seven which must make her more superior than Leto who had only bore two Apollo greatly angered by this slew her sons and Artemis killed Niobe&apos;s daughters Niobe wept so much that she turned into a pillar of stone Apollo was infuriated when the satyr Marsyas challenged Apollo to music contest After winning the competition Apollo had Marsyas flayed alive for being so presumptuous as to challenge a god  Apollo was worshiped throughout the Greek world at Delphi every four years they held the Pythian Games in his honor He had many epithets including Pythian Apollo his name at Delphi Apollo Apotropaeus Apollo who averts evil and Apollo Nymphegetes Apollo who looks after the Nymphs As the god of shepherds he also had the cult titles Lukeios from lykos wolf protecting the flocks from wolfs and Nomius of pastures belonging to shepherds Being the god of colonists Apollo influenced his priests at Delphi to give divine guidance as to where the expedition should proceed This was during the height of the colonizing era circa 750550 BCE Apollo&apos;s title was Archigetes leader of colonists According to one legend it was Apollo who helped either Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy In art Apollo is at most times depicted as a handsome young man clean shaven and carrying either a lyre or his bow and arrows There are many sculptures of Apollo and one of the most famous is the central figure from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia showing Apollo declaring victory in favor of the Lapiths in their struggle against the Centaurs&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <media:description>The son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis Apollo was the god of music principally the lyre and he directed the choir of the Muses and also of prophecy colonization medicine archery but not for war or hunting poetry dance intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks He was also a god of light known as Phoebus radiant or beaming and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus from sminthos rat and as Parnopius from parnops grasshopper and was known as the destroyer of rats and locust and according to Homer&apos;s Iliad Apollo shot arrows of plague into the Greek camp Apollo being the god of religious healing would give those guilty of murder and other immoral deeds a ritual purification Sacred to Apollo are the swan one legend says that Apollo flew on the back of a swan to the land of the Hyperboreans he would spend the winter months among them the wolf and the dolphin His attributes are the bow and arrows on his head a laurel crown and the cithara or lyre and plectrum But his most famous attribute is the tripod the symbol of his prophetic powers When the goddesss Hera the wife of Zeus it was he who had coupled with Leto found out about Leto&apos;s pregnancy she was outraged with jealousy Seeking revenge Hera forced Leto to roam the earth in search of a place to give birth  Since Hera had forbidden Leto to stay anywhere on earth either on terraferma or an island at sea the only place to seek shelter was Delos being in the center of the Aegean and also difficult to reach as there were strong undercurrents because it was said to be a floating island Because it was a floating island it was not considered either of Hera&apos;s prohibitions and so Leto was able to give birth to the divine twins Apollo and Artemis before Leto gave birth to Apollo the island was encircled by a flock of swans this is why the swan was sacred to him As a gesture of thanks Delos was secured to the seabed by four columns to give it stability and from then on it became one of the most important sanctuaries to Apollo A variation of Apollo&apos;s birth was that the jealous Hera had incarcerated Ilithyia the goddess of childbirth but the other gods intervened forcing Hera to release Ilithyia which allowed Leto to give birth  Apollo&apos;s first achievement was to rid Pytho Delphi of the serpent or dragon Python This monstrous beast protected the sanctuary of Pytho from its lair beside the Castalian Spring There it stood guard while the Sibyl gave out her prophecies as she inhaled the trance inducing vapors from an open chasm Apollo killed Python with his bow and arrows Homer wrote he killed the fearsome dragon Python piercing it with his darts Apollo not only took charge of the oracle but rid the neighboring countryside of widespread destruction as Python had destroyed crops sacked villages and polluted streams and springs However to make amends for killing Python as the fearsome beast was the son of Gaia Apollo had to serve king Admetus for nine years in some versions eight as a cowherd This he did and when he returned to Pytho he came in the guise of a dolphin bringing with him priests from Crete Apollo&apos;s cult title Delphinios meaning dolphin or porpoise is probably how Delphi was so named After killing Python and taking possession of the oracle the god of light Phobus became known as Pythian Apollo He dedicated a bronze tripod to the sanctuary and bestowed divine powers on one of the priestesses and she became known as the Pythia It was she who inhaled the hallucinating vapors from the fissure in the temple floor while she sat on a tripod chewing laurel leaves After she mumbled her answer a male priest would translate it for the supplicant Delphi became the most important oracle center of Apollo there were several including Clarus and Branchidae Apollo as with Zeus his father had many love affairs with goddesses and mortals Apollo&apos;s infatuation for the nymph Daphne which had been invoked by the young god of love Eros because Apollo had mocked him saying his archery skills were pathetic and Apollo&apos;s singing had also irritated him Daphne was the beautiful daughter of the river god Ladon and she was constantly pursued by Apollo To escape from Apollo&apos;s insistent behavior she fled to the mountains but the persistent Apollo followed her Annoyed by this she asked the river god Peneus for help which he did As soon as Apollo approached Daphne he tried to embrace her but when he stretched out his arms she transformed into a laurel tree Apollo distraught by what had happened made the laurel his sacred tree Apollo also loved Cyrene she was another nymph and she bore Apollo a son Aristaeus a demigod who became a protector of cattle and fruit trees and a deity of hunting husbandry and beekeeping He taught men dairy skills and the use of nets and traps in hunting The most famous mortal loves of Apollo was Hecuba she was the wife of Priam the king of Troy She bore him Troilius Foretold by an oracle as long as Troilius reached the age of twenty Troy could not be defeated But the hero Achilles ambushed and killed him when the young prince and his sister Polyxena secretly visited a spring Apollo also fell in love with Cassandra the sister of Troilius and daughter of Hecuba and Priam He seduced Cassandra on the promise that he would teach her the art of prophecy but having learnt the prophetic art she rejected him Apollo being angry of her rejection punished her by declaring her prophecies never to be accepted or believed Asclepius the god of healing was also Apollo&apos;s offspring after his union with Coronis who was daughter of Phlegyas king of the Lapiths While she was pregnant by Apollo Coronis fell in love with Ischys son of Elatus but a crow informed Apollo of the affair Apollo sent his twin sister Artemis to kill Coronis and Artemis carried out he brothers wishes While her body was burning on the funeral pyre Apollo removed the unborn child and took him to Chiron who raised the child Asclepius Apollo also as did his father Zeus fall in love with one of his own gender Hyacinthus a Spartan prince He was very handsome and athletic which inflamed the passions of Apollo One day while Apollo and Hyacinthus were practicing throwing the discus Zephyrus the god of the west wind who was also attracted to the young prince and jealous of Apollo&apos;s amorous affection towards the boy made the discus veer off course by blowing an ill wind The discus which Apollo had thrown hit Hyacinthus smashing his skull Apollo rushed to him but he was dead The god was overcome with grief but to immortalize the love he had for the beautiful youth he had a flower grow were his blood had stained the earth Apollo also loved the young boy Cyparissus a descendant of Heracles The impassioned Apollo gave Cyparissus a sacred deer as a love token The young deer became tame and was the constant companion of the boy until a tragic accident occurred As the young deer lay sleeping in the shade of the undergrowth Cyparissus threw his javelin which by chance hit and killed the deer Griefstricken by what had happened Cyparissus wanted to die He asked Apollo to let his tears fall for all eternity With apprehension Apollo transformed the boy into a tree the cypress which became the symbol of sorrow as the sap on its trunk forms droplets like tears Apollo could also be ruthless when he was angered The mortal Niobe boasted to Apollo&apos;s mother Leto that she had fourteen children in some versions six or seven which must make her more superior than Leto who had only bore two Apollo greatly angered by this slew her sons and Artemis killed Niobe&apos;s daughters Niobe wept so much that she turned into a pillar of stone Apollo was infuriated when the satyr Marsyas challenged Apollo to music contest After winning the competition Apollo had Marsyas flayed alive for being so presumptuous as to challenge a god  Apollo was worshiped throughout the Greek world at Delphi every four years they held the Pythian Games in his honor He had many epithets including Pythian Apollo his name at Delphi Apollo Apotropaeus Apollo who averts evil and Apollo Nymphegetes Apollo who looks after the Nymphs As the god of shepherds he also had the cult titles Lukeios from lykos wolf protecting the flocks from wolfs and Nomius of pastures belonging to shepherds Being the god of colonists Apollo influenced his priests at Delphi to give divine guidance as to where the expedition should proceed This was during the height of the colonizing era circa 750550 BCE Apollo&apos;s title was Archigetes leader of colonists According to one legend it was Apollo who helped either Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy In art Apollo is at most times depicted as a handsome young man clean shaven and carrying either a lyre or his bow and arrows There are many sculptures of Apollo and 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