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General FAQ's about the clubsWho can attend your clubs? Sweaty Betty clubs are free for all members. Simply sign up as a member in store. How do I become a Sweaty Betty member? Next time you are in a Sweaty Betty boutique ask one of the team to sign you up. It's quick, easy and free. Can I attend a club if I am not a member? Sweaty Betty clubs are a privilege for our members. If you are not already a member you can still book a class and sign up on the day. How do I book in for a club? To book in for a club at any of our boutiques, please call the individual store the day before ensuring you have your membership card number to hand. What time are the clubs? Sweaty Betty clubs are held at a variety of times throughout the week. See your local boutique for individual club times here. What skill level do I have to be to join? We welcome all skill levels from beginner to expert, when you arrive just let the club coach know your level and experience. Can I change into my kit once I arrive? We have fitting rooms available in our boutiques for you to change in. Is there a safe place to keep my valuables? You are able to keep your valuables in our shops during our clubs. During outdoor clubs we lock our boutique so your valuables will be safe. Does Sweaty Betty provide the necessary equipment for the class I am taking? Mats are provided for all yoga and Pilates classes. Who leads the club session? Sessions are led by Sweaty Betty Club Coaches or Ambassadors who are certified experts in their given fields. Whilst we believe they are great, they are not on the payroll and we do not take responsibility for them. If you are interested in booking an instructor for a personal session always take common sense precautions e.g. do not have your initial meeting at your house, make sure a friend is present etc. |


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Feb 28th 2012 6:17PM I can understand not being able to use another guild's perks, but if I'm helping a different guild raid, I should be able to use their money for my repairs. I have access to their feasts and cauldrons which are from guild rewards. Why not their repairs?
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Feb 28th 2012 5:30PM I was thinking the "old style of dungeon finder" meant the Burning Crusade style where there was an actual window that you would open up in-game. You'd select your role, put notes for yourself, etc. A little similar to the Dungeon Finder we have today.
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I liked this style of Dungeon Finder because it promotes community on the server. You could build a server-wide reputation that way (with your faction at least). The only way to find people on your server to group with now is by spamming Trade Chat (because no one uses LookingForGroup Chat).
Also, Blizzard needs to incorporate some kind of temporary guild perks for people who are picked up to fill in for raids and rbgs. For instance, if I were to help a different guild raid Dragon Soul, I should have access to their guild repairs, guild perks (if they're a higher-level guild), etc...if they choose to let me.
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Deathwing can one-shot anyone in Uldum when he randomly flies over and spews forth his fire, and he can destroy whole sections of Stormwind and Orgrimmar, but he doesn't directly attack us at all during his raid encounter aside from shooting an elementium bolt.
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Steadicam Exovest: The beginning – From Concept to Creation
It was late September, 2005, while hurtling through a stop light in Paris, that Garrett Brown asked, "Have you any thoughts on how we might improve the vest?" I'd just arrived on the Steadicam scene, invited to lecture on posture at the Paris Steadicam Masterclass. As Jerry Holway cocked an ear, I might have voiced something memorable, but more likely, being in the presence of giants, I mumbled incoherently—but the idea set me spinning.
In more than 30 years, every part of the Steadicam system had been through multiple upgrades, but the current vest still looked like the one Garrett had used on Bound for Glory. It worked, and worked well, for sure—just look at the shots that have been made with it—but was it as comfortable as it could be? I'd tried various vests and had settled on the Steadicam LX. I liked the simple, hard padding, better than the softer U2 vest, and the straight shape of the front spar suited my body shape better than that of the angled front spar on the PRO vest that dug into my abdomen. I ruled out a back-mount vest for various reasons. I hated the hard spar pushing into the centre of my back. Really, I disliked the chest straps on the LX almost as much. I also hated that I had to hold my pelvis level while walking, but when I came to think of it, I knew that the LX demanded some degree of locked-pelvis walk too.
In the short time I'd been operating, I'd almost gotten used to these shortcomings, but the question for Garrett came just in time. My niggling doubts had not yet faded. I first set about my LX vest, installing a pivot between the waistband and the front spar, and immediately found I could walk more naturally, and in a slow walk, could hold a much steadier shot. That encouraged me to mess around with outlandish chest-strap systems that variously triangulated, ran through pulleys, and generally avoided compressing the ribcage, but they also managed to avoid resisting the torque of holding the weight of the Steadicam sled in front of the body. The front spar, in all my systems would pull away from the upper chest as soon as the vest was loaded. This was good, for it helped me identify that that the vest had to fulfill two distinct purposes. First, it had to transmit the weight of the Steadicam into the body, and second, it had to resist the torque of holding the Steadicam out front.
Soon, I became so accustomed to my pivoting vest, that when I would wear a regular vest at a workshop, it felt wrong, but for years, nothing else came to mind until in October 2008, I had an extended opportunity to do nothing but think about solutions. I'd just shot a feature film in the Amazon rainforest, and had a week to spare at the end. I decided to go to a beach resort in Suriname to just kick back in the sun. After a maniacal taxi ride, I hired a fisherman to carry me downriver to a recommended spot, and to return for me a week later. As his boat coasted through the surf, I hallucinated hammocks and tropical music playing. I could almost hear ice chinking in cocktail glasses, and the buzz of interesting conversation, but as the boat pulled away, the vision faded, and I saw a deserted beach with a Carib Indian village piled up behind it. A local looked amazed to see me, then negotiated to let me sleep in his fishing hut, where his wife would feed me one meal a day.
The beach was patrolled by stingrays, and the village surrounded by a vast mangrove swamp. That was it—nothing else. So I set down to figuring out what Garrett had asked me four years previously. I had no paper or pen, but I had sand and a camera, and soon this appeared…
…which shortly after returning to Europe turned into this
This first prototype was a threaded-rod monstrosity that Garrett and Jerry dubbed 'The Iron Maiden.' It required tools to get in and out of, but the threaded rods allowed me to tweak the geometry until it worked. What I wanted to do was to primarily put the weight into the pelvis, avoiding the abdomen at front and the base of the spine at back, but most important was where the torque would go. With both the front and back-mount vests, we resist the torque at mid-back level. I wanted to double this lever arm to the height of the upper back, thus halving the force necessary to resist it, and engaging all of the back muscles to aid in the work. Placement was important too. Instead of tightening a strap around the ribs, or placing a back spar against the spine, this system had to place the torque into the bulk of the high trapezius muscles, avoiding both the shoulder blades and the spine. Another major design consideration was that this vest had to work just as well for women as for men.
So, instead of a vest that tightened indiscriminately around the body, it became an exoskeletal structure that could place weight and torque into specific areas. Due to its front-to-back rigidity, it became possible to transfer weight around the waistband to the lower back, and torque over the shoulders to the upper back. As well as the existing pivots front and back at waist level, at this stage the vest also gained a new pivot point front and back at shoulder level to accommodate natural movements of the shoulder girdle. We locked off both sets of pivots to plus and minus three degrees, and though we've experimented with different angles since, this six degrees of rotation so far suits everybody regardless of sex, shape, or size.
With Garrett and Jerry's help, my crude prototype morphed into this…
Now Jerry became involved in the design, and you can see the change he wrought on it. We could now get in and out of it by two dovetail latches, adjust fit on the fly via double and triple-purchase velcro straps, and relax the entire vest by means of one over-center lever. We went through another period of testing, and were delighted that the principle worked as we expected, and that we'd gotten the geometry right first time round. We were then amazed that it fit a vast range of body sizes and carried any weight of Steadicam with ease. First comments from experienced operators were heartening, "I can breathe," I can walk normally," and best of all, "the rig just feels lighter." Women operators liked it too.
Working with the new prototype, I noticed immediately that even compared to my pivoting vest, this felt like I was doing much less work when walking. The abdominal muscles I'd normally use to stabilize my pelvis could relax, along with the muscles at the sides of the pelvis that stabilize the hip joint—and now that I was balanced on bone and tendon, instead of muscular tension, I was more stable. Another benefit was that as one hip joint rose the other fell, thus smoothing out the level of the socket block above the ground during walking. Running felt good too, with more freedom of movement for the hip and shoulder girdles, and then afterwards to stop dead and hold a perfect lock-off while breathing deeply without affecting the trim of the rig was gratifying.
At this stage, we spilt the two bottom pads into four, so that the weight would now go into the front and rear of the pelvic bones, avoiding compressing the gluteus muscles at the sides. This had the unexpected benefit of increasing general circulation, and allowing the waistband to tighten fore–aft, thus loading the rear of the pelvis more effectively. We refined this prototype for presentation at NAB 2012 and again at Cinegear where it was met with great interest.
Comments now came in regarding how much control placing the torque so high up could give you over the rig, "It comes back like a sports car," was one memorable quote. In between, we've been putting it on as many people as possible (taking it off them has sometimes been more problematic), getting as much feedback as possible. Now the vest is in the hands of a team of engineers led by Rob Orf, where he, Jerry, Jacob Hawkins, and Bob Haddock are battling to get the parts count down from its present double that of a normal vest, to something more manageable. They are exploring options for everything, including extending the already huge vertical socket-block travel, before we settle on a final design that will be lightweight and strong. We're close, but give us a little more time to make it perfect.
Concurrently with the Exovest, Tiffen is designing a third arm section, the Exomount. Due to the semi-rigid exoskeletal nature of the vest, it doesn't matter where you insert the load, so we're attaching a single arm section to the rear vest rods that will extend out to the side of the operator's body. You'll just dock your existing arm straight into this to increase your boom range by 50%. Now low mode can go from ankle to eye level. You'll like it.
Author: Chris Fawcett
Twitter: @Steadivision
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Awesome! Great to learn about the back ground story behind the creation – thank you Chris.
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I feel like eating a taco now.
Yo quiero Taco Bell!
looks like brandon davis was wrong….
Second nah
Hooray for SKANKS!!!
she's looking a little protective of that area in a few of the other photos.
it's a shame that pretty dress is wasted on such a slut.
Looks like she's storing some silver dollars in that ol' saggy coinpurse of hers.
Reminds me of that famed interweb picture of the squirrel with the big, floppy nutsack.
20,000 different swimsuits, no panties…
Um… I think Superwriter missed anatomy and physiology class.
You can't see her VAGINA from that vantage point. Her gtube is INSIDE, people.
That's her vulva. VULVA. Say it with me: VULVA…cuz it's funny to hear people say 'vulva.'
well, given the progession on the superfish over the past couple of weeks, from side boob to ass grab to boob grab, it only makes sense her pink taco now makes an appearance. Next time I ever need to lose a hard-on, I'll just stare at this pic for 30 seconds
I thought it was Sharon Stone with that wrinkly neck. I wish I would have left good enough alone and NOT gone to Spanks to see the actual firecrotch. Thanks a fucking lot Stallion…
thanks alot stallion, i was eating oreo cookies when i clicked on the link, do you know how oreo cookies look like when you spit it out, fucking gross.
Skanks for the memories Lindsay
Here is the sad thing, she actually started the day wearing a brand new pair of panties, but they were dissolved by the firey, acid-like fluids that her body generates.
Ew, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Is it necessary really for us to have to view every celebs nasty junk? Ugh..Paris was bad enough..now this?
HA! I've been saying for months that the sole purpose of this site is to inch toward Lohans vagina. All that's left is the pap smear. I expect it before October.
All I have to say is that I love Karl Wang. I want to marry Karl Wang. Also, I'm sorry that I had to post this next to a picture of Lindsay Lohan's secret parts. That is all.
it was a Harry-queef that puffed out the dress. thank got it went back down – you didn't want to see what was going to come out next.
9 Italian stallion – thanks for the site… I think… >
Her meat lobes look like haggis.
I HATE when people ruin comfort food for me. =(
My bad everyone, but if I had to suffer, I figure why not bring you guy's down with me. Told you the bitch had balls, that should have been enough of a clue…………..
Did anyone see the post of her recent shopping receipt on socialitelife.com?? Hot Pockets, Trojans, Unisom sleeping pills and a shit load of cold medicine.
looks sloppy.
may I have an order of roast beef curtains with genital herpes on the side please?
She looks like she's wearing a flesh colored pair of Always with wings…
#14 with you on this one.
#21–did you notice the three other items after? in order: condoms, excedrin, tums, sleeping pills. Did she subconsiously put those up on the belt in that order?? hhhhmmmmm…
Why do I look at this site while eating?
A perfectly good muffin ruined.
Thanks a fucking lot, Stallion.
Looks like we finally get a glimpse of a firecrotch, so that is what they look like.
That looks like one beat up piece of hamburger.
Seriously, it looks like Tom Cruises ass after bending over his couch and letting the entire NHL use him as their "Party Hole"
i very innocently opened up spankcheeks.com to see what spanks had for us this morning and an UP CLOSE bare shot of linds nutsack was looking right at me. i swear that thing has eyes.
Photoshopped, and not well.
Looks like balls to me. Somethin' you wanna tell us, Lindsay?
Apparently we now know where her boyfriend got the name of his taco joint. Linds' legs aren't the only part of her anatomy that looks like an old lady's. That clamshell looks like she borrowed it from Betty White.
Ahhh, there is nothing better in life than a young, tight, freshly shorn vagina staring you in the mouth, unless it is a young, tight, fresh and clean chocolate starfish. Looks tasty. And, according to my doctor, HSV2 transmission from vagina to mouth is relatively low-risk as far as sexual behaviors go, so quenching ones thirst with Lindsay's trim is virtually risk free. So, dine at the Y, and enjoy your meal.
Someone needs to brush up on their photoshopping, because that sucks.
Fake or not, I think I'm gonna hurl.
#32 – Aaaahhhh… I remember seeing Betty White's juicebox when watching some of the unauthorized outtakes from Golden Girls. Just me, a few candles, some smooth jazz, my DVD remote, a bottle of Jergens, and some Ben Gay for my elbow. Good times man, good times.
#36: Betty White is a handsome woman… remember her as the horny chick on Mary Tyler Moore? Ay carumba!
Have not checked out Lindsay's alleged crotch, really don't want to. Seen one, seen 'em all.
I was more surprised than anything that the dress she's wearing is actually pretty. Makes her look a teeny bit preggers, but all in all, not bad. And it's not a bikini, that in itself is amazing. She has decent-looking clothes and can throw them on every once in awhile. She seems to be doing better than Paris right now, sad Paris who can't get into clubs and is forced to hang out with that greaseball.
In fact, in the Paris-Lohan Stakes, I think Lindsay has pulled ahead by a nose.
Large orange bush located in the pubic area of the human body. Forest fire crotches are known to occur most often in Ireland and Scotland. quote: "I have a fire crotch and if you mess with me I will burn your fucking face off you fucker." Don't touch that fire crotch…it will burn off your hand,or maybe even your tongue. Caution:
These people have the ability to light cigarettes without the use of an incendiary device purely by placing their crotch in contact with it! I need to scrub my brain with acid and a wire brush now.
#36 – never ever EVER put Ben Gay on your – um – you know – "elbow".
ok adn eff Lindsay Lohan she is such a whore. can someone please arrest her for under age drinking?
Definitely a photoshop. Her "lips" would actually be parted and stretched a wee bit by the action of raising her leg to step out of the boat. Funny shot nonetheless.
Look like Billy Idols lips. When I saw it, in my head I heard "It's a nice day for a White Wedding"
Here is the original photo:
thank you superdooperfish for posting this pic! firecrotches are funny!
i'm going to mail her a pair.. no, a box of my funderpants and ask that she wear them all at once (and put the box on her head)
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Holy crap! It looks like she has E.T.'s finger down there between her legs.
Once again, Ms. Lohan is rocking the shoes that don't fit.
Way to go, Smokey The Firecrotch.
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She has weasel teeth.
Check out this pic:
Sorry but her vagina doesn't interest me. It's like, been there, done that.
#39 – Let's just say that's something you'd never do TWICE… damn you Betty White, damn you to hell!!!
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Explosive sketch | Cartoonist draws threat for mixing football, TNT
Posted By John Turnbull On 17 February 2006 @ 14:29 In Iran,Regions | No Comments
[1]Berlin | A provocative sketch by Der Tagesspiegel cartoonist Klaus Stuttmann [2], depicting Iranian footballers strapped with explosives, has thrown Germany into the imbroglio over caricatures seen as anti-Islamic. Stuttmann has abandoned his apartment following death threats; an image on the cartoonist's home page shows him cowering beneath a manhole cover. Violence stemming from the images of Muhammad published in Denmark and the German cartoon, published on Feb 10 [1], resulted in rioting in Pakistan as well as protests at the German Embassy in Tehran.
Stuttmann has defended the cartoon as a metaphor that pokes fun at reports that German World Cup organizers would use the military to help provide security in June. The image shows four Iranian players—stereotypically rendered, with moustaches and five-o'-clock shadows, perhaps to show them as they might appear in the minds of German organizers—with German soldiers as counterparts. The legend reads, "Warum bei der WM unbedingt … die Bundeswehr zum Einsatz kommen muss!" or "Why the German army should definitely be used during the World Cup [3]."
Already upset at suggestions by German chancellor Angela Merkel that her nation might support military action against Iran, diplomats from Iran wrote Der Tagesspiegel to call the cartoon an "immoral act [4]" and to ask for an apology. The paper has refused, although Stuttmann made clear, in a statement [5], his intent behind the drawing:
I don't see the Iranians as suicide bombers [6]. On the contrary: They are athletes like all other athletes. And that is exactly why you do not need the army. I used a metaphor. However, many Iranians have misinterpreted the drawing to mean: We need the army because of the Iranians.
Adds Malte Lehming, editor of the newspaper's comment section, "Cartoonists have to be satirical and mean." But the integrity of the Iranian footballers is not under question, the paper says.
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[1] Image: http://www.stuttmann-karikaturen.de/archivseq.php?id=1618
[2] Klaus Stuttmann: http://www.stuttmann-karikaturen.de/karikatur.php
[3] Why the German army should definitely be used during the World Cup: http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoonprotests/story/0,,1710020,00.html
[4] immoral act: http://archiv.tagesspiegel.de/archiv/14.02.2006/2352305.asp#art
[5] in a statement: http://archiv.tagesspiegel.de/archiv/14.02.2006/2351964.asp#art
[6] I don't see the Iranians as suicide bombers: http://www.playthegame.org/News/Up%20To%20Date/Iran_demands_apology_for_German_World_Cup_cartoon.aspx
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Wow, what a difference! All the samples we've seen were more like the slab in the back. I think we were lucky to find a light colored one. Thank you! |
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Tamrat Gebere has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Aster Kassa.
Credits: OTTAWA SUN/QMI AGENCY
Her ex-boyfriend, Tamrat Gebere, 37, is on trial for second-degree murder.
Kassa, 32, a single mother, also had numerous "defensive" wounds on her hands and arms.
Pathologist Dr. Jacqueline Parai took the jury through gruesome autopsy photos, starting with a photo of a 12.5-cm long gash to Kassa's neck.
There were so many injuries that Parai couldn't trace the path of each wound because they all blended together.
Even Kassa's backbone was cut.
"Severe force is required to break bones," Parai said.
Kassa had 27 cuts and stab wounds to her hands and forearms. One went right through her wrist, another through her hand.
"These are in keeping with defensive injuries -- injuries that are sustained when somebody tries to protect themselves," Parai said, explaining victims will raise their hands to protect their head and chest or try to grab the weapon being used on them.
Gebere, who has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter but not guilty to murder, sat with his head bowed, never looking up as jurors viewed the grisly photos.
Police were called on July 17, 2010, to an apartment that Kassa had moved into just the day before with her 17-month-old daughter.
Gebere made the frantic 911 call, confessing to killing Kassa, while their toddler screamed in the background.
It's up to the jury to decide whether he intended to kill her.
Defence lawyer Samir Adam argued that the evidence is consistent with a "sudden and frenzied" attack.
"Frenzy is not a pathological interpretation," Parai said.
She said the concentration of blood in the corner of a bedroom suggests her injuries and death happened in one area.
Kassa was found atop of the mattress in her daughter's crib.
Parai agreed Kassa's bled from 29 stab wounds, evidence her heart was still beating.
"Mr. Gebere was able to inflict all 29 wounds before the heart stopped beating?" Adam asked.
"Yes," Parai said.
She couldn't say how long it would have taken to inflict the wounds but said death would been quick after Kassa's neck arteries were cut.
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Dr. Petras V. Kisielius graduated from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 1982. He works in Elmhurst, IL and 1 other location and specializes in Urological Surgery. Dr. Kisielius is affiliated with Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, West Suburban Medical Center and Central Dupage Hospital. He speaks English and Spanish.
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So, I have recently noticed an area on my dog's paw that is red & pussy-looking. It isn't between any of her toes, but rather on the outside of her back left foot. It is tender to the touch (she kicks my hand away when I lightly rub over it), and it feels hard to my finger. Before anyone goes crazy on me, I AM TAKING MY DOG TO THE VET THIS WEEK to have it looked at. I just want to know if this sounds like anything cancerous. It doesn't look like a corn, and it doesn't look like anything else I've seen pictures of online. If you respond to this & would like to see a picture, I can personally e-mail it to you. I want to post a picture on here, but I don't know how if there's a way. Help! |
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Until you can get her into the vet, soak it twice a day for 10 minutes in betadine solution. This will at least keep it clean. Cover with Vet wrap or a sock for her walks. Corns aren't common (unless you have my breed), and would be on the pawpads and don't bleed. Sounds like she may have an injury. |
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If it's a pus-y lump then it's likely to be an abscess where she has cut her foot or something like a sharp grass seed has gone in and caused an infection. Get to the vet asap because if it's small enough it might be ok with lancing and antibiotics but once it grows larger it will need surgery to clean it out and put a drain in it. |
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Buying your first home can be a daunting prospect. The thought of entering into a new realm of finance, solicitors, reports and negotiations is a little overwhelming, to say the least. In order to assist potential buyers with this process I've complied a checklist of 15 things you'll need to consider before entering the market and some you will want to know once you've decided to take the plunge.
It's a list of things I learnt during the recent purchase of a property. Most, I wish I'd known before the process began!
One with plenty of experience in property matters. They cannot make your decisions for you but a good solicitor is an important resource who will think of various things you may have otherwise overlooked and will be able to reassure/advise you when your sticking-to-your-guns conviction fails. You will also thank your lucky stars for them during the often-stressful rigmarole that is the post-exchange process. FYI: exchange is what happens after your offer has been accepted and you have been given the all-clear on your reports. It is followed by settlement, six weeks later.
Make sure your finances are in order. Before you step foot in a lender's office you should have a very clear idea of what you can afford to borrow and still live comfortably. Don't over commit. DO NOT let your lender advise you on this amount. Most people will qualify for loans far and away above what they can afford to pay back. If, like me, you don't have a numbers brain, seek the advice of a financial planner or friend/family member who does. Gather advice from various sources if possible.
Once you have settled on an amount consider your options. Ask your lender your options regarding deposits, honeymoon periods, fixed vs variable, and also the option to fix a percentage and leave the rest floating. Shop that advice around and see if another lender can better it. For more information on potential savings see Five ways to save on your home loan.
You will need preapproval on a loan before bidding at auction or entering into a private treaty sale. Well, truth be told, you don't legally require it but you would be mad, or a stress junky, to proceed without.
I can't emphasise the importance of this enough. Oh, yes, I can: it ended up saving us almost $40k on the property we just purchased. Listen to real estate shows on the radio and read news articles. Follow the market. Make real estate your new passion. Attend auctions on the weekend. Bore your home-owning friends with endless questions about their experience.
My partner and I recently faced off with a pushy agent who fed us a lot of misleading information. We knew the advice the agent was giving us was not sound. Despite this fact, it was hard to remain convinced in the face of overt persuasion. Thankfully we did and saved a lot of time and disappointment by doing so. Read more about our experiences in Real estate: Mistake or misrepresentation?
Before you even consider tabling your first offer, work through as many potential outcomes as possible and decide what your reaction will be to all of them. How high am I willing to go? What will we do if they tell us another party has offered more? Are we willing to bid at auction if the vendor decides to switch from a private treaty sale to auction mid campaign? There will be curve balls thrown at you. If you have anticipated even half of them you will be in a stronger position and more likely to be able to lead the situation and determine the outcome, rather than be taken along for the ride. It will also help prevent emotional decision making.
Stick to your original plan. No matter what. Chances are you devised it in a calm state of mind. It's more reliable than an emotional, reactive decision made on the spur of the moment.
If you are planning on bidding at auction enlist the help of a strong-willed, trust-worthy friend or family member to bid on your behalf. Brief them on your limit prior to the auction. This is the best way to avoid an emotional purchase that could potentially blow your budget. Having someone else bid on a property saved us from me - in the heat of the moment I decided it was advisable to bid over budget. Thankfully our enlisted bidder's nerves held and he refused to do any further bidding on my behalf. Our future quality of life thanks him for that.
If you do decide to go to auction make sure you prepare for it well in advance. Order pest and building reports on the property. If it's an apartment, flat, villa or townhouse a strata report is also important. Have your solicitors review the contract and all reports before proceeding to auction.
All the advice we received on making an offer on a property going to auction, prior to the auction, was varied. Some advised against it – it can push up the vendor's reserve if there are a lot of offers tabled prior to the auction. Some advised it – you may successfully secure the property without the rigmarole of going to auction.
If you are making an offer on a property for sale by private treaty don't be afraid to offer well below what you're prepared to pay. It gives you much more room to move during the negotiation process. For me, offering $60k below the original asking price on a recent purchase meant that we ended up securing the property for $34k below this price. During this process, wherever possible, move up in small increments. Before tabling your final offer let them know that this is as far as you are willing to go.
Just because a house goes for a certain price at auction does not mean that is what it is worth. Don't overpay just because someone else is willing to. Do your research before bidding or entering into negotiations. There are plenty of sites available that will tell you sales history of a particular suburb (see below). This history will allow you to ascertain a rough guide for the value of this property.
If you can't find exactly what you want in a certain area, don't be afraid to reset your parameters a little. You may be able to buy better a few suburbs over. The rule of distance from the city varies depending on which experts you consult but most will say property within 10 – 15km of the CBD will always be a "good" buy. However, if buying further out means more bang for your buck, and better long term quality of life, you might decide to disregard this rule. Many do.
If this house does not suit all your needs, including budget, it's not your house, it's someone else's. Your house is still out there. So forget about this one and concentrate on finding it.
RPData The largest property database in Australia. Provides a range of information, including paid property evaluations. Australian Property Monitors Provides free top-line sales history, sortable by suburb and street. Property Value Report Provides property value reports. Users can purchase individual and postcode reports. Free postcode profiles also available.
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Extreme Bible-reading app coming to Xbox 360 {Joystiq}
Nov 12th 2009 5:15AM Their press release is wrong. There was a version of the King James Version made for Game Boy back in the 90s.
The Queue: Momma said knock you out {WoW}
Dec 19th 2008 3:38AM With the Night Elf/Blood Elf language thing, a better example to use would have been Vulgar Latin's split into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romansche etc. English hasn't had enough time really to split.
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Aug 22nd 2008 8:30AM If you'd been following the whole thing, you'd know the Black Guard was supposed to have been a Dark Elf class... Seeing as the Black Guard are Malekith's honour guard. They were never a Chaos thing.
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Aug 21st 2008 1:12PM The lack of female greenskins would be because in the Warhammer world Greenskins are basically sentient fungus. As for male Witch Elves, there are none. A Mahbid (bride of Khaine) can only be female. The men that the temples of Khaine take in become assassins. Dunno about the Chaos tank tho.
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I find it very sad that this kind of bias is still existant.
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As far as I'm concerned women gamers are an important part of playing WOW. Both my sisters play and often we end up questing together and prove that they can more than hold their own with the boys. This machismo and general pig-like behaviour of most male gamers is pathetic and unfortuneatly isn't reserved for women but also for those of us who happen to be gay.
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Hell Comes to Bath
Bath Cries
The following day, Nellie Price Kehoe was found on what remained of the Kehoe farm. Her body was burned almost beyond recognition. Her left arm was broken off and her right leg was missing. Of the cart in which she lay, only the axle and wheels were left. Near the cart, workers found various items of jewelry and valuables strewn about. All the buildings on the farm were destroyed. The horses that Kehoe had tied up were dead as well as all the other farm animals that he trapped inside the barn. As rescuers searched the property for clues to the devastation, they found the enigmatic wooden sign that Kehoe had wired up to the fence, the sign that he had worked on with his usual obsessive attention, a short message which he imagined could explain his wretched madness to the world, his final words to the families of the dead, as if this sentence could explain it all. The sign read: "CRIMINALS ARE MADE, NOT BORN." A total of 38 children were killed, 7 teachers died and 61 others were severely injured. It was the worst school violence in our nation's history.
Across the world, newspaper headlines announced the shocking tragedy in the village with the unlikely name of Bath. The story competed for page one space with the Charles Lindbergh flight and massive floods on the Mississippi River. The New York Times story of May 19 read "MANIAC BLOWS UP SCHOOL, KILLS 42, MOSTLY CHILDREN." The press struggled to find reasons for Kehoe's bombing rampage, but of course, there were none. In the wake of such a tragedy, there is never an acceptable explanation. The Bath community was devastated. Its loss could not be measured in simple numbers. No one in the village escaped harm. Virtually everyone had lost a relative, friend, classmate, teacher. In addition to the human casualties, Bath faced a financial catastrophe. A new school would have to be built by a town that had already sacrificed a great deal to build the first one. The future looked bleak.
Over the next few days, an endless wave of funerals took place in the Bath community. Eighteen funerals alone were held on Saturday, May 22. On Sunday, the very same day that Charles Lindbergh completed his historic flight to Paris, the last of the funerals were held. People from surrounding states descended upon Bath by the thousands. Over 100,000 cars passed through Bath that day, a staggering amount of traffic for such a small town. Some of the citizens of Bath saw this armada of cars as an intrusion into their private grief. Newspaper reporters of the time commented on these thousands of people milling about the town describing them as heartless curiosity seekers. But most people accepted it as a show of sympathy and support from surrounding communities.
A coroner's inquest was held the following week. Responsibility for the blast had to be formally assessed and although no one had any doubt as to the outcome of the proceedings, everyone knew it was a legal necessity. After several days of emotional testimony by dozens of Bath citizens and law enforcement personnel, a decision was announced. The inquest found that Superintendent Emory Huyck was murdered by Andrew Kehoe on the morning of May 18, 1927. It was also announced that the Bath Consolidated School was blown up by Kehoe's deliberate plan and he, in fact, murdered 45 people, including his wife Nellie. A judgment of suicide was decided as the cause of Andrew Kehoe's death. His remains were taken to another community, unspecified, where he was buried in an unmarked grave, alone, isolated, just as he was in life.


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The Prophet Joseph Smith observed that death and the spirit world are subjects "we ought to study more than any other. . . . If we have claim on our Heavenly Father for anything, it is for knowledge on this important subject."
Brent Top, a professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU, highlights the wealth of information the scriptures and latter-day prophets and apostles have provided to us about death and the spirit world—its location and conditions, the nature of departed spirits, and the work performed for and by those there. Removing much of the mystery and fear associated with dying, this book demonstrates that knowing what life will be like after death can help inspire us to live better lives here and now.
Product Details
- Published: 07/2012
- Pages: 94
About the Author
Brent L. Top is a professor and the chair of Church history and doctrine at BYU, where he has also served as associate dean of Religious Education. Brother Top has written numerous books, including co-authoring LDS Beliefs: A Doctrinal Reference, and is a popular speaker at BYU Education Week. He served as mission president of the Illinois Peoria Mission and is currently serving as a stake president. Brent and his wife, Wendy, are the parents of four children and live in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Chapter One
Dying to Live
We live to die. In fact, the seeds of death are sown at the same instant life is conceived. That is just part of mortality, in the literal sense of that word. In the eternal scheme of things there can be no life—eternal life—without death. We must die to really live. Death is both fascinating and somewhat frightening in that there is such apprehension about it. Some look forward with great anticipation to death. Others fear the inevitable. Still others are resigned to the fact that we all die and try not to think about it much. Sometimes our fears are expressed not in whether we will die but in speculation about how we will die. "I'm not afraid of death," a friend once said to me. "I'm just afraid of what I will have to go through to get there." Whether we articulate it or not, all of us have an in-terest in death, whether through fear or simple curiosity or some of each. It is part of human nature. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that "the Lord in his wisdom has implanted the fear of death in every person that [we] might cling to life and thus accomplish the designs of [our] creator."1
Not long ago I visited a dear friend in the hospital shortly before she passed away. She had lived a great life and was certainly prepared to go on. Yet she expressed some degree of apprehension regarding the unknown. She said, "You know, Brent, this is uncharted territory for me." It is uncharted territory for all of us. No matter what our age or circumstances, death is a new experience for each of us. Some look forward to passing to the "other side" where they can be free from pains and sicknesses, toils and troubles, or be reunited with a loved one from whom they have been separated, sometimes for decades. On the other hand, some spend their lives in search of a fountain of youth in hopes they will never die. Still others just ignore it, finding it too unpleasant to think or talk about it much. But ignoring it doesn't eliminate it. Someone once said that life is a terminal illness—no one gets out of it alive. In fact, death is a vital gateway to immortality, an important milestone along the road of eternal progress. For this reason we should learn all we can.
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: "All men know that they must die. And it is important that we should understand the reasons and causes of our exposure to the vicissitudes of life and of death, and the designs and purposes of God in our coming into the world, our sufferings here, and our departure hence. . . . It is but reasonable to suppose that God would reveal something in reference to the matter, and it is a subject we ought to study more than any other. We ought to study it day and night, for the world is ignorant in reference to their true condition and relation. If we have any claim on our Heavenly Father for anything, it is for knowledge on this important -subject."2
Our Heavenly Father has indeed revealed many things to us about the great plan of happiness and the next estate. From the scriptures (both ancient and modern) and the inspired teachings and experiences of prophets, seers, and revelators, we can glimpse beyond the veil of death and gain greater understanding of the role of our death and the conditions of the spirit world. The knowledge gained from the restored gospel is both interesting and inspiring, fascinating and comforting.
While attending the funeral of a friend, President Gordon B.Hinckley penned a poem about death that speaks of this comfort and knowledge. I have loved this poem from the first time I read it, but I was deeply touched by the musical rendition of it that was sung by the Tabernacle Choir at President Hinckley's funeral. The first sentence asks:
What is this thing that men call death,
This quiet passing in the night?3
The scriptures answer President Hinckley's question. In Ecclesiastes we read the familiar verse: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7). In the Book of Mormon, Alma expanded on this doctrine. He explained that an angel had taught him that at death "the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body . . . are taken home to that God who gave them life" (Alma 40:11). Many in the world think they cease to exist at death. Many think they sleep until the resurrection. Others speak of life continuing on but don't know exactly how or in what form.
"To the unbeliever [death] is the end of all," President Spencer W. Kimball taught, "associations terminated, relationships ended, memories soon to fade into nothingness. But to those who have knowledge and faith in the promise of the gospel of Jesus Christ, death's meaning is . . . a change of condition into a wider, serener sphere of action; it means the beginning of eternal life."4 The old phrase, "there is nothing so sure and so final as death" just isn't true. Death is not final at all.
Emanuel Swedenborg, the eighteenth-century Swedish scientist and religious philosopher who was also a faithful, Bible-believing Christian, and many others have given us accounts of their encounters with the spirit world. They tell us that departed spirits in that realm do not use the word death in describing their condition. The word that was frequently used was change. One person who had a near-death experience said, "It's not death. It's another kind of life." Another described his death as "like going into another dimension. Death is simply an open door."5
These people described from their own experiences what we understand through gospel principles taught by prophets and apostles.
We know that death is not the end but only a change, a transition from one condition to another. "Death is not as consummate as many believe," President Boyd K. Packer taught, "it is another graduation. When you come to your commencement from life, you will find a conclusion which is another beginning, this time to have no ending."6
Death is the opening of another door in our eternal existence. Without minimizing the sadness that occurs with the loss of a loved one, I like to think of death as walking from one room in the house to another. Doors open and doors close, but we are not really "gone" at all—we're just in a different part of our home. The next sentence in President Hinckley's poem captures it well:
'Tis not the end, but genesis
Of better worlds and greater light.
How blessed we are to have the restored gospel that teaches us of these "better worlds and greater light" as pertaining to what our spirits are like, where the spirit world is, what it is like, and what goes on there. Knowing what death really is (and isn't) and what role it plays in our eternal existence helps us put things into proper perspective. Revelations of the restored gospel teach us, at least conceptually, that death is nothing to be feared if we have lived and loved according to the best we knew.
In our dispensation the Lord declared, "And it shall come to pass that those that die in me shall not taste of death, for it shall be sweet unto them" (D&C 42:46).
President Brigham Young said of death: "We shall turn round and look upon it and think, when we have crossed it, why this is the greatest advantage of my whole existence, for I have passed from a state of sorrow, grief, mourning, woe, misery, pain, anguish and disappointment into a state of existence, where I can enjoy life to the fullest extent as far as that can be done without a body.7
The more we come to understand and appreciate the meaning of death in our eternal existence, the more we will appreciate life and use this mortal probation to prepare for "better worlds and greater light." No wonder the Prophet Joseph said this is a subject we ought to study more than any other.
Chapter 1: Dying to Live
^1. Larson and Larson, Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, 1:465–66.
^2. Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 6:50.
^3. Hinckley, "The Empty Tomb Bore Testimony," 66.
^4. Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, 39.
^5. Morse with Perry, Transformed by the Light, 64.
^6. Packer, address at funeral of Gary Willis, June 4, 1971, in Mine Errand from the Lord, 34.
Life after this life....
by Stephanie - reviewed on October 07, 2012
Life after death has been a popular topic on the store shelves over the last couple of years. Books about children returning from the dead with amazing and detailed stories of who and what they saw while on the other side of the veil are intriguing. Are they true? Or fanciful dreams? Brent Top has spent much of his adult life researching what happens on the other side. This book serves as a compilation of several talks, papers and requests. Gathering information from scripture, words of the prophets and near-death experiences from others, Top sheds light on dying, death and what may happen after this mortal life is over. This book was a welcome read. I don't really like to think about death. When I do I immediately feel insecure and worried. I think it is this insecurity that has always kept me from reading or pondering life after this life. This compilation of talks and thoughts by Top has saved me from struggling to find answers on my own and has brought me a measure of peace when I learn what the gospel teaches us about what happens in the Spirit World. I highly recommend this book!
What great comfort & hope this CD gave me
by Flora - reviewed on September 21, 2008
My husband was killed in an accident a few months ago. To deal, not only with the temporary separation and painful loss of my eternal companion, I began searching for sources to learn how to grieve. This CD gave me comfort and peace, in what was now my world of tears, pain, fear, and turmoil. I listen to it in my car and repeat verses from the prophets, in my mind, daily. These words and thoughts, of where my husband is now have help to melt the cold pain from a sudden tragic death and have given me comfort, joy, peace, and most of all a confirming knowledge of: where my dear husband is, and what he is doing.
Very very good!
by Stefania - reviewed on September 10, 2009
It brings a much deeper understanding of the Spirit World, and a great sense of comfort and peace.
by Bertha - reviewed on July 16, 2010
Brent L. Top shares remarkable, awe-inspiring insights and stories that expand your understanding of what lies ahead, and provides greater perspective on what this life is really all about. Excellent!
by Jace - reviewed on August 26, 2012
An absolutely amazing explanation of what awaits us in the spirit world. I've been an LDS member all my life but didn't know so much of what was said in this talk. I listened to this as an audio talk all in one long sitting and know everything herein to be absolute truth, with no exception. Very much recommended to all! Stop worrying about death - just listen to or read this book and your entire outlook on life changes completely, and all for the better. So much to look forward to. This book/talk is yet another source of proof that our Heavenly Father is all-loving and leaves you in a joyful state, and wondering about His infinite intelligence and love for everyone and everything. Stop reading my review that does this book/talk no justice and grab your copy. Guaranteed you will be left in awe, possibly even more so than I.
Exceptional talk!
by Erick - reviewed on February 08, 2012
I cannot say enough good about this talk by Brent L. Top. He has opened my eyes and changed the way I think about life and death. Don't miss out on this CD.
A wonderful book!
by Sandee - reviewed on August 24, 2012
I purchased this book last week and couldn't put it down. The quotes, personal accounts, prophets words and the scriptures cited provide great inspiration and insight to what we have to look forward to. It is a great reminder for all of us to keep focused and to truly prioritize what is important in this life in preparation for the next.
Fabulous, thought-provoking message. Life-changing (hopefully!!).
by Customer - reviewed on December 30, 2012
Reading this book made me take stock of my own life, and how I was living the gospel day to day. I gave this book to four of my friends at work, because most people are interested in life after death, and it is thought-provoking. Makes you have an eternal perspective on life, motivates you to be a better person. Everyone will take away what they need from this book. I highly recommend it!!! I have purchased 7 copies of it so far. What a great gift to give to someone, and to yourself!!
Amazing well documented words of comfort and peace in a time of grief and pain.
by Paula - reviewed on June 26, 2012
A friend gave this CD to me following the recent death of my husband. I wondered about his "new" life beyond the veil and continually thought about what he might be doing. After listening to this amazing CD I could actually envision my husband on the other side doing his eternal work. Listening to Brent Top's words gave me such a sense of peace and comfort and helped to lessen my grief and pain. I no longer wonder about what life is like after death. His words eased my burdens.


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The staggering anticipation surrounding Evita, Alan Parker's bombastically glossy musical epic, has something to do with the material itself Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's famous rock opera from the late '70s and a lot more to do with our desire to see Madonna finally connect on the big screen. About a third of the way into Evita, she gets her chance, as Eva Duarte, the future diva-saint of Argentina, throws herself at Juan Perón, the charismatic army general-turned-politician who's fast on his way to taking over the country.
As the two retreat to Eva's bedroom, they sing the imploring duet ''I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You.'' It's the prettiest number we've heard so far, if only because its wistful melody line makes more than a passing nod to ''Yesterday.'' With the camera gliding around them, Madonna's rapt, powerstruck Eva stares at Jonathan Pryce's wryly imperious Juan and begins to sing. Is she aflame with love, seduced by Perón's populist bravado? Or is she a visionary manipulator, affixing herself to a rising star? Technically, Madonna's singing is beautiful elegant, silky, refined. Yet there's no fire, no twinkle of ambitious joy, to her performance. Her face is fixed, almost tranquilized a porcelain mask. It's hard to tell what's going on in her. We're watching the defining moment of Eva Perón's life, and it looks for all the world like an upscale champagne commercial.
If there's a role Madonna seemed born to play, it was Eva Perón or, at least, the sexy, ruthless, camp-myth Eva Perón at the center of Evita, a musical that delights in holding up its heroine to the glitzy distorting mirror of showbiz. First produced on the London stage in 1978 (and then, a year later, on Broadway), Evita was ahead of its time in its chic fascination with fame, with the power of glamour, and with the once-novel idea of insatiable feminine ambition. Evita, fashion-plat goddess of the proletariat! Dead of cancer at 33 but really martyred by her pitiless drive! Politics as superstardom! Demagoguery as high kitsch!
It all looks more than a trifle old hat now. Still, Evita could have worked had it been staged as larger-than-life spectacle. The film was once set to be made by Oliver Stone (he retains a coscreenwriting credit), and a director like Stone might have tapped the lurid grandstanding appeal of a musical whose heroine merged the core qualities of Eleanor Roosevelt, Leni Riefenstahl, and Madonna herself. The way Alan Parker has directed Evita, however, it's just a sluggish, contradictory mess, a drably ''realistic'' Latin-revolution music video driven by a soundtrack of mediocre '70s rock.
The real challenge of making a movie out of Evita isn't that it's all songs; it's that the songs contain very little dramatic action. As Eva defies Argentina's strict Catholic-class-system hierarchy, rising from illegitimate peasant to mistress of a traveling tango singer to dance-hall girl to high-fashion pinup model to radio and movie star, Parker cobbles together scenes in the sluggishly dissociated, Edward Scissorhands-goes-to-the-editing-table style of MTV circa 1984. There are really just three characters: Eva, Juan, and a floating narrator named Che (Antonio Banderas, who, alone among the principals, sings with defiant theatrical zest). Almost everything that happens is naggingly abstract. Eva becomes the controversial toast of Buenos Aires. The establishment disapproves of her relationship with Juan. Juan goes to jail, is released after a popular uprising, and gets elected president. Eva makes her celebrated Rainbow Tour of Europe. These aren't scenes they're concepts for scenes. Even an actor as supple as Pryce is stranded; his performance consists of little more than flashing a wily crocodile grin and, in a ritually ''suave'' man-of-the-people gesture, removing his sport coat. The show's signature theme, the lugubrious anthem ''Don't Cry for Me, Argentina,'' might be the emblem of its muddled impersonality: It's Eva crooning a tender love ballad to... the peasant masses.
By the time we arrive at the centerpiece number, ''A New Argentina,'' the crowning irony of Evita that Eva champions the people by celebrating herself has been steamrolled. What the movie needed was a star who could put across the grand paradoxes of Eva Perón's life through the sheer power of her personality. But Madonna, astonishingly, turns out not to be that star. She is one of the most vital pop performers of her time, yet in this, her ultimate bid for Hollywood respectability, she neutralizes her most magnetic qualities: the teasing eroticism, the unashamed soul-force vulgarity. Nakedly desperate to be taken seriously as an actress, Madonna plays Evita not as an imaginative extension of her own persona, which is what the film all but cried out for, but as a kind of ghostly sanctified Other: passive, ''refined,'' not quite there. She drains the life out of herself, and drains it out of Evita, too. C-


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Five Overachievers Indicted for Stealing 160 Million Credit Card Numbers
The Justice Department announced today that five men have been indicted for what's probably the most successful data-breach scheme ever. The group (four Russians, one Ukrainian) is accused of targeting a slew of companies, including NASDAQ (not the trading platform), 7-Eleven, Carrefour, JCP, Hannaford, Wet Seal (!!), JetBlue, Dow Jones, Euronet, Visa Jordan, and others, between 2005 and 2012.
Go where the money is!
Allegedly they stole 160 million credit cards all told, and the Justice Department says damages are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Three breached companies alone claim more than $300 million in losses–ouch. Read More


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This week, Newtown, Connecticut lost 20 of the most precious things on earth. While the violent death of an adult is shocking and tragic, there is something so much more bewildering, so much more poignant in the deaths of those children. I almost can't even think about it, let alone write about it.
In every culture in the northern hemisphere, mid-winter, the winter solstice, Yule, Christmas, Hannukah, all of them, it's all about hope. From pagan times to the present, we hit that longest night, that dark night of the soul when despair and fear in the darkness threaten to overwhelm us. We long for the return of the light and reach for anything we can hang onto to remind ourselves that dawn is coming, spring is coming, there is reason to hope.
And it is no accident that, in most of these traditions, that hope comes in the form of a child. The baby new year, the holy infant. See, the light is fragile when it begins to return. At the winter solstice we have to take it on faith that the days are getting longer. We won't be able to see it for ourselves until well into January, maybe even the beginning of February. And that faith makes all the difference. It is what gets us through that longest night. Faith that no matter how long it seems it will never be longer than that, and no matter how afraid we are there will always be a dawn, a spring. Faith is the only thing we have to hang onto when hope is newborn and fragile.
Picture it with me. The longest darkest night and there is a turmoil of pain and transition. At the moment when it seems that it will never end, a final push of faith brings something new into the world. And it is tiny. Tiny like a flame that lingers when it should have died away. Tiny like a baby being swaddled for the first time. Tiny like the first stirring of hope. And it is fragile. It must be fiercely defended, wildly cherished, held in a gentle hand until it can be on its own. We don't even know its name or what it might portend. We only know that it is the most precious, most holy thing we can imagine and it has been entrusted to us to guard.
At this time of year we surround ourselves with as many of the symbols of hope as we can. We light lights, and bake goodies, and give gifts of love to those who are most precious to us. And, if we are very lucky indeed, we have children near us. Children who are filled with wonder at the magic of lights in the darkness. Children who are the most potent symbol of our love, our faith. Children, the walking embodiment of our hope. We take these dark days and fill them with light for the children.
How then should we even begin to encompass the loss of those 20 embodiments of hope? It is too much. Every time it even crosses my mind, I shy away, distract myself with one of the thousand things I have to do in this bustling season. When I can bring myself to look out of the corner of my eye at the edges of what happened in Newtown, I am shattered. Even at this moment, I am sitting at my desk with my fingers typing, and I am weeping. How much more are they weeping in Newtown? And what, oh, what on Earth will those mothers and fathers hang onto to give them hope in this most awful of long dark nights? If I could knit up those broken hearts, I would work my fingers bloody to make something of light and faith for those people, or even for myself.
I have faith that there will be a dawn. I have hope that there will be a spring. I believe with all my heart that the universe is a place filled with light and love. But there is little of ease in me this day, and I know this long dark night will be longer and darker than most. Still, I will hug my own child and fiercely guard the hope that was entrusted to me. I'll pray for peace for those in turmoil. I'll pray for comfort for those in pain. I'll sing a song of thanks for all my blessings and share them as best I can. And I will sing a song of mourning along with those who loved those children in Newtown, Connecticut. And that will be the sound of a heart breaking.