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Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is a continuation of Confessions of a Shopaholic. Becky Bloomwood is a financial adviser on a morning talkshow in London with a great boyfriend and a great roomate. Things start to change thought when she finds out that her boyfriend is going to start a company in New York and that her flatmate is dating her (the flatmates) cousin. Becky moves...
Published on May 6 2004 by Courtney Rabideau
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2.0 out of 5 stars Brainless can be fun, but sometimes it goes a bit too far
I enjoy a light read as much as anyone. Something light, fun, enjoyable. While I like the humor and quippy lines, I find that character development suffers in favor of ridiculous behavior. Instead of exploring the characters, for example, this mostly-unbelievable character goes to a store and proceeds to buy a number of items she doesn't even want, just for...
Published on July 8 2004
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2.0 out of 5 stars Brainless can be fun, but sometimes it goes a bit too far,
By A Customer
I enjoy a light read as much as anyone. Something light, fun, enjoyable. While I like the humor and quippy lines, I find that character development suffers in favor of ridiculous behavior. Instead of exploring the characters, for example, this mostly-unbelievable character goes to a store and proceeds to buy a number of items she doesn't even want, just for increasingly unbelievable attempts at saving face in front of people she doesn't know.
It gets annoying, as though the character really is without a brain at all, and in general, has no admirable qualities. She lies to cover up her stupid shenanigans, even to her boyfriend. You start to wonder why a high-powered, driven guy is with such a nitwit.
And in the end, everything is resolved in fairy-tale fashion, improbably and unbelievably. If you're wanting something where you could daydream yourself as the heroine, forget it. It's too farcical for that. It's highjinks and mayhem worthy of the most tired and predictable sitcom.
If this book were a food, it would be a pixy stick--pure sugar, no nutrition, and not belonging in a regular diet.
I did give it two stars though, because in spite of the ridiculousness of the plot and characters, the author does manage to write in a conversational tone that draws the reader. It's just a shame that she can't inject a little believability or substance into her stories.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like the first!,
T. abdee "toodles" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
I hate say how much this second novel let me down. The first "shopaholic", I truly enjoyed, perfect light hearted fun, and great cottage reading. Somewhat of a "shopaholic" myself, I found the first book to be hilariously enlightening. The sequel though, I found terribly predictable, boring, and the only thing that forced myself to finish it was the hope of a glimpse of fun to reveal itself, unfortunatley, I made it to end feeling it to be nothing more than a waste of my time. Wish I felt differently, I love an easy, fun read once in a while.
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1.0 out of 5 stars boring,
By A Customer
Is there anything more tedious than tagging along on someone else's shopping spree? That's about as much fun as this book is.
The bimbo main character really got on my nerves. And for her "successful business man" boyfriend - he's straight out of some silly commercial.
If you want fun chick lit, read Marian Keyes, India Knight or Helen Fielding instead! They've got brains as well as funny traumas.
4.0 out of 5 stars Kinsella Creates a Sequel as Good as the First!,
By A Customer
I read this book a day after I read the first Shopaholic book. It is just as good, maybe better, than the first. Since everything in the book was bought in dollars, not pounds, it was easier to really see how much money Becky was spending. (Although I don't think American money is play money!)
The only complaint I have about this book is how blind-sighted Luke was about his mother. Luke is an accomplished entrepenuer, yet he still can't see his mother as an "absolute cow." Even this didn't bother me so much.
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is definitely a great sequel to Confessions of a Shopaholic. It didn't ruin the first book, but enriched it. Many of the characters stayed the same, personality-wise, which is good, because sometimes in sequels the main characters are completely different then they are in the beginning, and not in a good way either.
This is definitely a great book and a worthwhile read. A chick-flick, so I wouldn't recommend it for guys, but any girl who loves to shop and knows what its like to want something and not need it will definitely relate to this book. Although Becky can be a bit annoying sometimes (she is incredibly naive about money), and you want to enter the book and tell her what's happening, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is hilarious, uplifting, and a great read.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book,
Courtney Rabideau (USA) - See all my reviews
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is a continuation of Confessions of a Shopaholic. Becky Bloomwood is a financial adviser on a morning talkshow in London with a great boyfriend and a great roomate. Things start to change thought when she finds out that her boyfriend is going to start a company in New York and that her flatmate is dating her (the flatmates) cousin. Becky moves with her boyfriend to New York and absolutly loves the city, except for one thing his bitchy mother. She does not let that get in the way of her shopping thought and spends most of the day going to places like Bloomingdales, Saks, and places like that. It all catches up with her though when a tabloid in London has a report about hopw London's top financial consultant owes many pounds to London shops and still spends her time shopping till she drops in all of New York's finest stores. This leads to her getting fired from her job at the morning show as well as her relationship with Luke. She goes back to London and just as she thinks that she hit it ruff she finds out about her flatmate and the flatmates cousin. The flatmate though has a plan. Sell her stuff, and pay off her cards. Becky does this and the plan works, she gets out of debt and she and Luke get back together.
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Chick Lit,
Kaikane "Shoujo Addict" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
The shopaholic series was my early introduction to Chick Lit read. It's entertaining, light and funny! If you have the shopaholic gene like me, you could deffinitely relate to Becky's habbit for retail theraphy. It's amusing to read how she tries to justify her purchases as investments, and her struggle to be frugal. It is as if like there is an angel and a devil on each side of her shoulder who tells her different things when she goes out shopping.
The setting of this book is in New York, Becky and Luke's relationship have grown more serious since the first book. Becky feels like she is on top of the world, she has new job with better pay to finance her shopping habbit, a boyfriend who loves her AND he wants her to go to New York with him!!
In New York, Becky faces new shopping temptations. She constantly juggles with her decision from the Prada sample sale, Vera Wang gowns, Sephora to Gugenheim museum. It's New York for goodness sakes! Becky is like a kid in Disneyland.
Being in New York brings new challenges to Becky and Luke's relationship. Can she and Luke survive in New York? Luke is constantly working trying to win his mother's heart. Becky meets Luke's mother and tries to gain her approval. And then there's that shopping addiction....then the credit card with only a certain limit. Can Becky triumph again?
This book is a must read for fellow shopaholics! you will laugh out loud, emphatize with Becky and be delighted with her purchases, and cheer for her as her character matures!
5.0 out of 5 stars A great and funny sequal!,
Tanya L. Schaub "TSchlaack" (Livermore, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (Audio Cassette)
This is the second book in the fabulous Shopaholic Series. In this story Becky seems to have it all. She and Luke are together she has a high profile TV career where she is helping people out with financial advice. The girl has it all right? Wait she is now going to Manhattan, one of the shopping Mecca's of the world, with Luke.
Can her finances hold up, how will she and Luke do? Why does Luke really want to go to New York and what is his mother really like? All these and more questions (like what is an allover body wax really mean) in this book.
This one not only made me laugh but honestly it made my really cry near the end. Becky's finances finally fall apart. You will get to see what she can to right the situation and who her friends really are as well as who she can count on.
Will she also finally find the job that is the best for her?
Kinsells makes all of the characters come to life and Emily Gray (audio version) is the perfect reader to portray the emotion of parts of the book.. I love how there are always a few local "characters" thrown into the mix. I also continue to love the letters to and from the financial institutions that Becky deals with.
5.0 out of 5 stars Shopaholic Takes Manhatten!,
Kala (Ft Lauderdale, FL United States) - See all my reviews
Becky Bloomwood, heroine of the novel "Confessions of a Shopaholic," is back! She paid off her bills, got a killer job as a financial advisor on her favorite morning TV show and has a wonderful boyfriend, Luke! When he tells her he is contemplating moving to New York, she is a little unsure. They decide to take a two week trip there to check it out and once Becky arrives, she is in love with the city!
She finds Bloomindales and Barneys and sample sales and Vera Wang, she thinks she's died and gone to heaven! She starts spending money like crazy .. and ends up getting herself in even bigger trouble than she did last time back in London.
I absolutely loved this novel. I read it the same night I read Confessions of a Shopaholic and I thought they were both hilarious. Becky is a very likeable character with thought processes we can ALL relate to! The writing is fast paced and I managed to read this entire book in a couple of hours.
My only problem with the book is that I wish the author (Sophie Kinsella) had spent more time on the relationship between Luke and Becky and a tad bit less time on shopping mishaps. Even so, it was a fun novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. I highly recommend reading it! It's one of those books that's so fun and fast, its hard to put down once you start reading!
4.0 out of 5 stars Shopaholics...BEWARE!,
By A Customer
Shopaholic takes Manhattan
Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is written by Sophie Kinsella. This is the second book in the series of Shopaholic books, which follows Confessions of a Shopaholic. The main character, Becky Bloomwood, is a financial expert on London's Morning Coffee. Becky doesn't even take her own financial advice. She is what the book calls her, a shopaholic. Her boyfriend, Luke, is all work no play, they are complete opposites. Luke wants to move his company to New York City and he wants Becky to move with him. They go for a two-week trip and Becky spends more in two weeks than she did in London. Becky goes back to London and loses everything; she moves out of her flat and sells everything at an auction. Luke's friend Michael offers her a job in Washington D.C. and she thinks that she will take it. Luke and Becky got into a fight and when Becky leaves to get on the plane Luke tries to stop her but she leaves anyway.
I enjoyed this book because it is realistic and far-fetched at the same time. A girl moves to NYC, loses all of her money and has to move back. Becky is a girl that thinks she has it all. She loses everything and learns how hard she has to work to get what she really wants. She tries to make it as a financial expert but realizes she'd rather do something that she likes. So Becky decides to do that, get a job that she enjoys and loves.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to shop. I also would recommend this book to anybody who just wants a good laugh in a book.
~Becky K.~
4.0 out of 5 stars Shopoaholic series,
Cari Ballejos "crabbycari" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
I enjoyed the entire "Shopaholic" series but I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 only because the books are easy to read and great way to just zone out and relax, they are not great literature. But they are rather fun to read and hard to put down because you are always wondering what the next crisis Becky will get herself into and how she will get herself out. You can relate to her if you have an ounce of the "shopaholic gene" in you, although, I wonder if there are people out there that are this crazy about shopping and if they get themselves this seriously in trouble. I consider myself a shopaholic but I have never gotten in the situations Becky has gotten into, not even close !
I have reccommended them and loaned the books to all my friends and we all agreed they are a great summer book to read or a way to get away from boredom and monotony of everyday life with a giggle. Do not expect a deep or serious novel with Sophie Kinsella's writing. She writes for the 20's and 30's woman who has a sense of humor.
I look forward to more books by Sophie Kinsella.
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First Sangha
The Dharmaguptaka (Sanskrit: धर्मगुप्तक; Chinese: 法藏部; pinyin: Fǎzàng Bù) are one of the eighteen or twenty early Buddhist schools, depending on one's source. They are said to have originated from another sect, the Mahīśāsakas. The Dharmaguptakas had a prominent role in early Central Asian and Chinese Buddhism, and their monastic rules for bhikṣus and bhikṣuṇīs are still in effect in some East Asian countries to this day, including China, Vietnam, and Korea. They are one of three surviving Vinaya lineages, along with the Theravāda and the Mūlasarvāstivāda.
- 1 Doctrinal development
- 2 Appearance and language
- 3 History
- 4 Texts
- 5 Relationship to Mahāyāna
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Doctrinal development[edit]
The Dharmaguptaka doctrine appears to have been characterized by an understanding of the Buddha as separate from Saṃgha so that his teaching is superior to the one given by arhats. They also emphasise the merit of devotion to stūpas, which often had pictorial representation of the stories Buddha's previous life as a bodhisattva, as portrayed in the Jātakas. The Dharmaguptakas regarded the path of a śrāvaka (śrāvakayāna) and the path of a bodhisattva (bodhisattvayāna) to be separate. A translation and commentary on the Samayabhedoparacanacakra reads:[1]
They say that although the Buddha is part of the Saṃgha, the fruits of giving to the Buddha are especially great, but not so for the Saṃgha. Making offerings to stūpas may result in many extensive benefits. The Buddha and those of the Two Vehicles, although they have one and the same liberation, have followed different noble paths. Those of outer paths (i.e. heretics) cannot obtain the five supernormal powers. The body of an arhat is without outflows. In many other ways, their views are similar to those of the Mahāsāṃghikas.
According to the Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra, the Dharmaguptakas held that the Four Noble Truths are to be observed simultaneously.
The Dharmaguptaka are known to have rejected the authority of the Sarvāstivāda prātimokṣa rules on the grounds that the original teachings of the Buddha had been lost.[2]
Twelve aṅgas[edit]
The Dharmaguptaka used a unique twelvefold division of the Buddhist teachings, which has been found in their Dīrgha Āgama, their Vinaya, and in some Mahāyāna sūtras.[3] These twelve divisions are: sūtra, geya, vyākaraṇa, gāthā, udāna, nidāna, jātaka, itivṛttaka, vaipulya, adbhūtadharma, avadāna, and upadeśa.[4]
Appearance and language[edit]
Between 148 and 170 CE, the Parthian monk An Shigao came to China and translated a work which described the color of monastic robes (Skt. kāṣāya) utitized in five major Indian Buddhist sects, called Da Biqiu Sanqian Weiyi (大比丘三千威儀).[5] Another text translated at a later date, the Śāriputraparipṛcchā, contains a very similar passage with nearly the same information.[5] However, the colors for Dharmaguptaka and Sarvāstivāda are reversed. In the earlier source, the Sarvāstivāda are described as wearing deep red robes, while the Dharmaguptaka are described as wearing black robes.[6] The corresponding passage found in the later Śāriputraparipṛcchā, in contrast, portrays the Sarvāstivāda as wearing black robes and the Dharmaguptaka as wearing deep red robes.[6]
During the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese Buddhist monastics typically wore grayish-black robes, and were even colloquially referred to as Zīyī (緇衣), "those of the black robes."[7] However, the Song Dynasty monk Zanning (919–1001 CE) writes that during the earlier Han-Wei period, the Chinese monks typically wore red robes.[8]
According to the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, the robes of monastics should be sewn out of no more than 18 pieces of cloth, and the cloth should be fairly heavy and coarse.[9]
A consensus has grown in scholarship which sees the first wave of Buddhist missionary work as associated with Gāndhārī and the Kharoṣṭhī script, and tentatively with the Dharmaguptaka sect.[10] However, there is evidence that other sects and traditions of Buddhism also used Gāndhārī, and further evidence that the Dharmaguptaka sect also used Sanskrit at times:[11]
It is true that most manuscripts in Gāndhārī belong to the Dharmaguptakas, but virtually all schools — inclusive Mahāyāna — used some Gāndhārī. Von Hinüber (1982b and 1983) has pointed out incompletely Sanskritised Gāndhārī words in works heretofore ascribed to the Sarvāstivādins and drew the conclusion that either the sectarian attribution had to be revised, or the tacit dogma "Gāndhārī equals Dharmaguptaka" is wrong. Conversely, Dharmaguptakas also resorted to Sanskrit.
Starting in the first century of the common era, there was a large trend toward a type of Gāndhārī which was heavily Sanskritized.[12]
In Northwest India[edit]
The Gandharan Buddhist texts, the earliest Buddhist texts ever discovered, are apparently dedicated to the teachers of the Dharmaguptaka school. They tend to confirm a flourishing of the Dharmaguptaka school in northwestern India around the 1st century CE, with Gāndhārī as the canonical language, and this would explain the subsequent influence of the Dharmaguptakas in Central Asia and then northeastern Asia. According to Buddhist scholar A.K. Warder, the Dharmaguptaka originated in Aparānta.[13]
Scholars over the years have asserted that the Dharmaguptaka were founded by a Greek monk. Bhikkhu Sujato writes:[14]
One of the major missionaries was Yonaka Dhammarakkhita. He was, as his name indicates, a Greek monk, native of 'Alasanda' (Alexandria). He features in the Pali tradition as a master of psychic powers as well as an expert on Abhidhamma. He went to the Greek-occupied areas in the west of India. Long ago Przyłuski, followed by Frauwallner, suggested that Dhammarakkhita be identified with the founder of the Dharmaguptaka school, since dhammarakkhita and dhammagutta have identical meaning.[15] Since that time two pieces of evidence have come to light that make this suggestion highly plausible. One is the positive identification of very early manuscripts belonging to the Dharmaguptakas in the Gandhāra region, exactly where we expect to find Yonaka Dhammarakkhita. The second is that the phonetic rendering of his name in the Sudassanavinayavibhāsā evidently renders 'Dharmagutta' rather than 'Dhammarakkhita'.
According to one scholar, the evidence afforded by the Gandharan Buddhist texts "suggest[s] that the Dharmaguptaka sect achieved early success under their Indo-Scythian supporters in Gandhāra, but that the sect subsequently declined with the rise of the Kuṣāṇa Empire (ca. mid-first to third century A.D.), which gave its patronage to the Sarvāstivāda sect."[16]
In Central Asia[edit]
Available evidence indicates that the first Buddhist missions to Khotan were carried out by the Dharmaguptaka sect:[17]
... the Khotan Dharmapada, some orthographical devices of Khotanese and the not yet systematically plotted Gāndhārī loan words in Khotanese betray indisputably that the first missions in Khotan included Dharmaguptakas and used a Kharoṣṭhī-written Gāndhārī. Now all other manuscripts from Khotan, and especially all manuscripts written in Khotanese, belong to the Mahāyāna, are written in the Brāhmī script, and were translated from Sanskrit.
A number of scholars have identified three distinct major phases of missionary activities seen in the history of Buddhism in Central Asia, which are associated with the following sects, chronologically:[18]
- Dharmaguptaka
- Sarvāstivāda
- Mūlasarvāstivāda
In the 7th century CE, Xuanzang and Yijing both recorded that the Dharmaguptakas were located in Oḍḍiyāna and Central Asia, but not on the mainland of India.[19] Yijing grouped the Mahīśāsaka, Dharmaguptaka, and Kāśyapīya together as sub-sects of the Sarvāstivāda, and stated that these three were not prevalent in the "five parts of India," but were located in the some parts of Oḍḍiyāna, Khotan, and Kucha.[20]
In East Asia[edit]
The Dharmaguptakas made more efforts than any other sect to spread Buddhism outside India, to areas such as Iran, Central Asia, and China, and they had great success in doing so.[21] Therefore, most countries which adopted Buddhism from China, also adopted the Dharmaguptaka vinaya and ordination lineage for bhikṣus and bhikṣuṇīs. According to A.K. Warder, in some ways in those East Asian countries, the Dharmaguptaka sect can be considered to have survived to the present.[22] Warder further writes:[23]
It was the Dharmaguptakas who were the first Buddhists to establish themselves in Central Asia. They appear to have carried out a vast circling movement along the trade routes from Aparānta north-west into Iran and at the same time into Oḍḍiyāna (the Suvastu valley, north of Gandhāra, which became one of their main centres). After establishing themselves as far west as Parthia they followed the "silk route", the east-west axis of Asia, eastwards across Central Asia and on into China, where they effectively established Buddhism in the second and third centuries A.D. The Mahīśāsakas and Kāśyapīyas appear to have followed them across Asia into China. [...] For the earlier period of Chinese Buddhism it was the Dharmaguptakas who constituted the main and most influential school, and even later their Vinaya remained the basis of the discipline there.
During the early period of Chinese Buddhism, the Indian Buddhist sects recognized as important, and whose texts were studied, were the Dharmaguptakas, Mahīśāsakas, Kāśyapīyas, Sarvāstivādins, and the Mahāsāṃghikas.[24]
Between 250 and 255 CE, the Dharmaguptaka ordination lineage was established in China, after Indian monks were invited to help with ordination in China.[25] No full Vinaya had been translated at this time, and only two texts were available: the Dharmaguptaka Karmavācanā for ordination, and the Mahāsāṃghika Prātimokṣa for regulating the life of monks. After the translation of full Vinayas, the Dharmaguptaka ordination lineage was followed by most monks, but temples often regulated monastic life with other Vinaya texts, such as those of the Mahāsāṃghika, the Mahīśāsaka, or the Sarvāstivāda.[26]
In the 7th century, Yijing wrote that in eastern China, most people followed the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, while the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya was used in earlier times in Guanzhong (the region around Chang'an), and that the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya was prominent in the Yangzi River area and further south.[27] In the 7th century, the existence of multiple Vinaya lineages throughout China was criticized by prominent Vinaya masters such as Yijing and Dao'an (654–717). In the early 8th century, Dao'an gained the support of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and an imperial edict was issued that the saṃgha in China should use only the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya for ordination.[28]
Gandhāran Buddhist texts[edit]
The Gandhāran Buddhist texts (the oldest extant Buddhist manuscripts) are attributed to the Dharmaguptaka sect by Richard Salomon, the leading scholar in the field, and the British Library scrolls "represent a random but reasonably representative fraction of what was probably a much larger set of texts preserved in the library of a monastery of the Dharmaguptaka sect in Nagarāhāra."[29][30]
Among the Dharmaguptaka Gandhāran Buddhist texts in the Schøyen Collection, is a fragment in the Kharoṣṭhī script referencing the Six Pāramitās, a central practice for bodhisattvas in Mahāyāna doctrine.[31]
Vinaya translation[edit]
In the early 5th century CE, Dharmaguptaka Vinaya was translated into Chinese by the Dharmaguptaka monk Buddhayaśas (佛陀耶舍) of Kashmir. For this translation, Buddhayaśas recited the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya entirely from memory, rather than reading it from a written manuscript.[32] After its translation, the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya became the predominant vinaya in Chinese Buddhist monasticism. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, or monastic rules, are still followed today in China, Vietnam and Korea, and its lineage for the ordination of monks and nuns has survived uninterrupted to this day. The name of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in the East Asian tradition is the "Vinaya in Four Parts" (Chinese: 四分律; pinyin: Sìfēn Lǜ), and the equivalent Sanskrit title would be Caturvargika Vinaya.[33] Ordination under the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya only relates to monastic vows and lineage (Vinaya), and does not conflict with the actual Buddhist teachings that one follows (Dharma).
Āgama collections[edit]
The Dīrgha Āgama ("Long Discourses," 長阿含經 Cháng Āhán Jīng) (T. 1)[34] corresponds to the Dīgha Nikāya of the Theravada school. A complete version of the Dīrgha Āgama of the Dharmaguptaka sect was translated by Buddhayaśas and Zhu Fonian (竺佛念) in the Later Qin dynasty, dated to 413 CE. It contains 30 sūtras in contrast to the 34 suttas of the Theravadin Dīgha Nikāya.
The Ekottara Āgama ("Incremental Discourses," 增壹阿含經 Zēngyī Āhán Jīng) (T. 125) corresponds to the Anguttara Nikāya of the Theravāda school. It was translated into Chinese by Dharmanandi in 384 CE, and edited by Gautama Saṃghadeva in 398 CE. Some have proposed that the original text for this translation came from the Sarvāstivādins or the Mahāsāṃghikas.[35] However, according to A.K. Warder, the Ekottara Āgama references 250 prātimokṣa rules for monks, which agrees only with the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya. He also views some of the doctrine as contradicting tenets of the Mahāsāṃghika school, and states that they agree with Dharmaguptaka views currently known. He therefore concludes that the extant Ekottara Āgama is that of the Dharmaguptakas.[36]
The Śāriputra Abhidharma Śāstra (舍利弗阿毘曇論 Shèlìfú Āpítán Lùn) (T. 1548) is a complete abhidharma text that is thought to come from the Dharmaguptaka sect. The only complete edition of this text is that in Chinese. Sanskrit fragments from this text have been found in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, and are now part of the Schøyen Collection (MS 2375/08). The manuscripts at this find are thought to have been part of a monastery library of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda sect.
Additional piṭakas[edit]
The Dharmaguptaka Tripiṭaka is said to have contained two extra sections that were not included by some other schools. These included a Bodhisattva Piṭaka and a Mantra Piṭaka (咒藏 Zhòu Zàng), also sometimes called a Dhāraṇī Piṭaka.[37] According to the 5th century Dharmaguptaka monk Buddhayaśas, the translator of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya into Chinese, the Dharmaguptaka school had assimilated the "Mahāyāna Tripiṭaka" (大乘三藏 Dàchéng Sānzàng).[38]
Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sūtra[edit]
The Dharmaguptaka biography of the Buddha is the most exhaustive of all classical biographies of the Buddha, and is entitled Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sūtra. Various Chinese translations of this text date from between the 3rd and 6th century CE.
Relationship to Mahāyāna[edit]
Kushan era[edit]
It is unknown when some members of the Dharmaguptaka school began to accept the Mahāyāna sūtras, but the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa records that Kaniṣka (127-151 CE) of the Kuṣāṇa Empire presided over the establishment of Prajñāpāramitā doctrines in the northwest of India.[39] Tāranātha wrote that in this region, 500 bodhisattvas attended the council at Jālandhra monastery during the time of Kaniṣka, suggesting some institutional strength for Mahāyāna in the northwest during this period.[40] Edward Conze goes further to say that Prajñāpāramitā had great success in the northwest during the Kuṣāṇa period, and may have been the "fortress and hearth" of early Mahāyāna, but not its origin, which he associates with the Mahāsāṃghika branch.[41]
Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra[edit]
Jan Nattier writes that available textual evidence suggests that the Mahāyāna Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra circulated in Dharmaguptaka communities during its early history, but a later translation shows evidence that the text later circulated amongst the Sarvāstivādins as well.[42] The Ugraparipṛcchā also mentions a fourfold division of the Buddhist canon which includes a Bodhisattva Piṭaka, and the Dharmaguptaka are known to have had such a collection in their canon.[43] Nattier further describes the type of community depicted in the Ugraparipṛcchā:[44]
... [T]he overall picture that the Ugra presents is quite clear. It describes a monastic community in which scriptures concerning the bodhisattva path were accepted as legitimate canonical texts (and their memorization a viable monastic specialty), but in which only a certain subset of monks were involved in the practices associated with the Bodhisattva Vehicle.
Ratnarāśivyākaraṇa Sūtra[edit]
The Mahāyāna Ratnarāśivyākaraṇa Sūtra, which is part of the Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra, is believed by some scholars to have a Dharmaguptaka origin or background, due to its specific regulations regarding giving to the Buddha and giving to the Saṃgha.[45]
Prajñāpāramitā sūtras[edit]
According to Joseph Walser, there is evidence that the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (25,000 lines) and the Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (100,000 lines) have a connection with the Dharmaguptaka sect, while the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (8000 lines) does not.[46] Instead, Guang Xing assesses the view of the Buddha given in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (8000 lines) as being that of the Mahāsāṃghikas.[47]
The translator Buddhayaśas was a Dharmaguptaka monk who was known to be a Mahāyānist, and he is recorded as having learned both Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna treatises. He translated the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, the Dīrgha Āgama, and Mahāyāna texts including the Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva Sūtra (虛空藏菩薩經 Xūkōngzàng Púsà Jīng). The preface written by Buddhayaśas for his translation of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya states that the Dharmaguptakas had assimilated the Mahāyāna Tripiṭaka.[48]
Buddhist canon[edit]
The Dharmaguptakas were said to have had two extra sections in their canon:[49]
- Bodhisattva Piṭaka
- Mantra Piṭaka or Dhāraṇī Piṭaka
In the 4th century Mahāyāna abhidharma work Abhidharmasamuccaya, Asaṅga refers to the collection which contains the Āgamas as the Śrāvakapiṭaka, and associates it with the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas.[50] Asaṅga classifies the Mahāyāna sūtras as belonging to the Bodhisattvapiṭaka, which is designated as the collection of teachings for bodhisattvas.[50]
Paramārtha, a 6th-century CE Indian monk from Ujjain, unequivocally associates the Dharmaguptaka school with the Mahāyāna, and portrays the Dharmaguptakas as being perhaps the closest to a straightforward Mahāyāna sect.[51]
See also[edit]
- ^ 《異部宗輪論述記》:謂佛雖在僧中所攝,然別施佛果大,非僧(果大)。於窣堵波興供養業獲廣大果。佛與二乘解脫雖一,而聖道異。無諸外道能得五通。阿羅漢身皆是無漏。餘義多同大眾部執。
- ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 52
- ^ Williams, Paul. The Origins and Nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism. 2004. p. 184
- ^ Williams, Paul. The Origins and Nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism. 2004. p. 184
- ^ a b Hino, Shoun. Three Mountains and Seven Rivers. 2004. p. 55
- ^ a b Hino, Shoun. Three Mountains and Seven Rivers. 2004. pp. 55-56
- ^ Kieschnick, John. The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture. 2003. pp. 89-90
- ^ Kieschnick, John. The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography. 1997. p. 29
- ^ Kieschnick, John. The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture. 2003. pp. 91-92
- ^ Heirman, Ann. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. The Spread of Buddhism. 2007. p. 97
- ^ Heirman, Ann. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. The Spread of Buddhism. 2007. p. 99
- ^ Heirman, Ann. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. The Spread of Buddhism. 2007. p. 99
- ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 278
- ^ Bhikkhu Sujato. "Abstract: Sects & Sectarianism. The Origin of the three existing Vinaya lineages: Theravada, Dharmaguptaka, and Mulasarvastivada".
- ^ In Pali, "Dhamma-rakkhita" literally means "Dhamma-protector" while "Dhamma-gutta" means "Dhamma-guard." In this context, "Dhamma" could be translated as either "Truth" or "teaching." "Gutta" is a Pali cognate for the Sanskrit "gupta." In the Pali Canon, the term dhammagutta can be found, e.g., in SN 11.4 (translated as "guarding the dhamma" by Andrew Olendzki, 2005).
- ^ "The Discovery of 'the Oldest Buddhist Manuscripts'" Review article by Enomoto Fumio. The Eastern Buddhist, Vol NS32 Issue I, 2000, pg 161
- ^ Heirman, Ann. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. The Spread of Buddhism. 2007. p. 98
- ^ Willemen, Charles. Dessein, Bart. Cox, Collett. Sarvastivada Buddhist Scholasticism. 1997. p. 126
- ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 52
- ^ Yijing. Li Rongxi (translator). Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia. 2000. p. 19
- ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 278
- ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 489
- ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. pp. 280-281
- ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 281
- ^ Mohr, Thea. Tsedroen, Jampa. Dignity and Discipline: Reviving Full Ordination for Buddhist Nuns. 2010. p. 187
- ^ Mohr, Thea. Tsedroen, Jampa. Dignity and Discipline: Reviving Full Ordination for Buddhist Nuns. 2010. pp. 187-189
- ^ Mohr, Thea. Tsedroen, Jampa. Dignity and Discipline: Reviving Full Ordination for Buddhist Nuns. 2010. p. 187
- ^ Heirman, Ann. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. The Spread of Buddhism. 2007. pp. 194-195
- ^ "The Discovery of 'the Oldest Buddhist Manuscripts'" Review article by Enomoto Fumio. The Eastern Buddhist, Vol NS32 Issue I, 2000, pg 160
- ^ Richard Salomon. Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra: The British Library Kharosthī Fragments, with contributions by Raymond Allchin and Mark Barnard. Seattle: University of Washington Press; London: The British Library, 1999. pg 181
- ^ Presenters: Patrick Cabouat and Alain Moreau (2004). "Eurasia Episode III - Gandhara, the Renaissance of Buddhism". Eurasia. Episode 3. 11:20 minutes in. France 5 / NHK / Point du Jour International.
- ^ Scharfe, Harmut. Education in Ancient India. 2002. pp. 24-25
- ^ Williams, Jane, and Williams, Paul. Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Volume 3. 2004. p. 209
- ^ Muller, Charles. Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, entry on 阿含經
- ^ Sujato Bhikkhu. "About the EA". ekottara.googlepages.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-11.
- ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 6
- ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 52
- ^ Walser, Joseph. Nāgārjuna in Context: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Early Indian Culture. 2005. pp. 52-53
- ^ Ray, Reginald. Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations. 1999. p. 410
- ^ Ray, Reginald. Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations. 1999. p. 410
- ^ Ray, Reginald. Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations. 1999. p. 426
- ^ Nattier, Jan. A Few Good Men: Based on the Ugraparipṛcchā, a Mahāyāna Sūtra. 2007. pp. 46-47
- ^ Nattier, Jan. A Few Good Men: Based on the Ugraparipṛcchā, a Mahāyāna Sūtra. 2007. pp. 46
- ^ Nattier, Jan. A Few Good Men: Based on the Ugrapariprccha, a Mahayana Sutra. 2007. pp. 46-47
- ^ Silk, Jonathan. The Maharatnakuta Tradition: A Study of the Ratnarasi Sutra. Volume 1. 1994. pp. 253-254
- ^ Williams, Paul. Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. 2008. p. 6
- ^ Guang Xing. The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory. 2004. p. 66
- ^ Walser, Joseph. Nāgārjuna in Context: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Early Indian Culture. 2005. pp. 52-53
- ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 52
- ^ a b Boin-Webb, Sara (tr). Rahula, Walpola (tr). Asanga. Abhidharma Samuccaya: The Compendium of Higher Teaching. 2001. pp. 199-200
- ^ Walser, Joseph. Nāgārjuna in Context: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Early Indian Culture. 2005. p. 52
- Foltz, Richard, Religions of the Silk Road, Palgrave Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2010 ISBN 978-0-230-62125-1
- Heirmann, Ann (2002). Rules for Nuns According to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi. ISBN 81-208-1800-8.
- Ven. Bhikshuni Wu Yin (2001). Choosing Simplicity. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-155-3.


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Bruins Fall 2-1 To Flyers In Season Opener At TD Garden
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On Thursday evening, in front of a sold-out crowd of 17,565, the Boston Bruins dropped their home opener, at the TD Garden, to the Philadelphia Flyers, 2-1.
The Opening Ceremonies:
The night began with a celebration, unlike any other. The Bruins and their staff really put together a fantastic presentation for the loyal and devoted fans of the Black & Gold. From reliving the Cup-Raising activities that took place following Game 7 in Vancouver, to bringing in legends like Bobby Orr, and Milt Schmidt to assist in the raising of the brand new 2011 Championship banner. As an extra special bonus for the fans, the Bruins brought back the now-retired Mark Recchi & Shane Hnidy, to take part in the on-ice celebration will all of their former teammates.
"To be on the ice with them and be in Boston with the crowd–their reaction to us winning the Stanley Cup has been absolutely amazing what this city has, how much they've embraced it and enjoyed it. It's a special time, and I was glad I was able to share it with Boston fans and be a part of it on the ice, too." –Mark Recchi
The ceremony did draw on a bit longer than planned, ending with the 2011 banner being put into place at around 7:30 PM. No matter how long the ceremony ended up taking, the fact of the matter, is that it was an all-around fantastic celebration of a team and a city that had long awaited a night like this. The Bruins' event coordinators should be very proud of the event they put on this evening. After the game, members of the Bruins shared their thoughts on the ceremony:
"That was really nice. Obviously it was emotional and all very exciting for us and all the fans and the whole city. I thought that they did a pretty good job to put up the nice presentation so it was very special." — Zdeno Chara
"That was a special moment. It was another one to add to the memory bank that you'll remember forever. While it was happening I was picturing myself coming back and visiting for a game thirty years from now and looking at that banner and saying "we helped raise that banner". " — Tim Thomas
The Game:
However, adjusting from a moment as emotionally intense as the Banner-raising ceremony, can be very difficult.The B's were able to get off to a great start, coming out with tremendous amounts of speed & energy. The B's fired off 5 shots in the first two and a half minutes, with only 2 of them making it on net. The Bruins dominated play for the better part of the first period, but were only able to cash in once, when Brad Marchand beat Flyers' goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov on the backhand, off of a beautiful stretch pass from Tyler Seguin. Former Carolina D-man Joe Corvo picked up a secondary assist on the goal by Marchand, his first point as a member of the Bruins.
However, the story of the night for the Bruins was missed opportunities. The B's missed countless opportunities to extend their lead, throughout the first period. Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron, among others, missed the net wide,on open shots from between the circles. Also, Tyler Seguin rang the right post from the outside of the slot, midway through the first.
When asked about tonight's game being a story of missed opportunities, Bruins' Center Patrice Bergeron had this to say:
"It was. We'll get up more traffic. He was a good goalie but we've seen him last year in the first two games in Prague. We knew he was a good goalie. We got to find a way to bury those chances."
It wasn't until 19:10 of the first period, when the Flyers capitalized on their first great scoring chance of the game, when Claude Giroux turned B's captain Zdeno Chara inside-out at the Boston blue line, before proceeding to beat Tim Thomas, on a beautiful deke to the forehand. It was a mere 0:48 seconds later that Jakub Voracek would put the Flyers ahead for good. With only 2 ticks left on the clock, in the 1st period, the Czech-born winger put home the rebound of an Andej Meszaros wrist-shot, and gave Philly the lead, 2-1.
As the second period went on, it became evident that the two goals that the Flyers scored in the final minute of the first, really deflated the Bruins' tires.
"I think it was the two goals at the end of the period there, that kind of put a damper on things. We had a pretty good first, and then you know, they get a couple quick goals at the end, it kind of takes the life out of your sails so that stuff happens but you have to learn how to regroup and bounce back from that." — Brad Marchand
The B's only managed 6 shots on goal during the 2nd period, and after 40 minutes of play, were being out-shot 25-12. Early in the first, it looked as though Philadelphia's game plan was to simply withstand the initial surge of emotion from the Bruins, but in the 2nd, the Flyers utilized a much more aggressive style of play. After a period of rather listless action, the B's entered the final frame, still down 2-1.
Throughout the 3rd period, the Bruins had some flurries of offensive activity, even out-shooting Philly by an 11-4 margin, during the final 20 minutes. However, some key saves from Ilya Bryzgalov and a timely shot block from veteran d-man Kimmo Timonen, were enough to shut down the Bruins, and capture the win for the Flyers.
Seguin Shows Glimpses Of Brilliance:
In the debut of his 2nd NHL season, Tyler Seguin showed signs of a very bright future. Tonight, the Brampton, Ontario native posted 3 shots on goal (and another rang the post) and 1 assist, in over 17 minutes of ice time. He was also 4th on the team in Power-Play TOI, with 4:31. The outlet pass that Seguin made to spring Brad Marchand on a breakaway for Boston's only goal of the nice, was a thing of beauty. Seguin's vision & puck skills make him a great player, but when you combine that with his explosive speed, and a willingness to battle, and you have the potential for an elite play-maker, in this league.
" I know what I want to continue improving on and that was really my core and my compete level. Keeping that hunger at a consistent basis." — Tyler Seguin
If tonight was any indication of things to come for #19, expect a big year, for the former 2nd overall draft choice.
Key Stats:
Goals – BOS (1) PHI (2)
Power-Play — BOS (1-5) PHI (1-4)
Penalty-Kill — BOS (3-4) PHI (4-5)
Shots — BOS (23) PHI (29)
Note– Tonight's game marks the 72nd consecutive regular season sellout at the TD Garden.
What's Next?
With all of the ceremonies & festivities that went along with winning the Stanley Cup now in the rear-view mirror, the Bruins will now look to re-focus themselves on the 2011-12 season.
"Yeah, we won the Stanley Cup, but that doesn't mean it's just going to happen now. We know that stuff, but we have a night like tonight– hopefully you learn from it, and get back on track quick. We need to get in the win column." – Tim Thomas
The B's will look to get back on track and get into that win column, when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning at the TD Garden on Saturday evening, in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference Final.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
The mother of a Newton boy who allegedly died at the hands of her live-in boyfriend is going to prison. Kathryn Dale was sentenced in Harvey County for the child abuse death of her son, 19-month-old Vincent Hill.
Dale was scolded by the judge Thursday afternoon, who told her that she could have saved her son's life, but instead, left the little boy with her live-in boyfriend, Chad Carr, who had a history of past abuse. Worse yet, she participated in the abuse.
"You never feel good when a mother is sent to prison for not protecting her son who ends up being brutally murdered, but I feel that justice was done," said Harvey County Attorney David Yoder after the hearing.
Dale sobbed as the judge sent her to prison for a little more than three years.
"I feel she needed to face appropriate consequences for failing to protect her son when he most needed it," Yoder said.
The family of Dale's live-in boyfriend, Chad Carr, doesn't believe three years is long enough. Dale eventually admitted to abusing Hill by slapping him in the face repeatedly and cutting his mouth with a fork to punish him for not eating his food properly.
"I don't think it's long enough," explained Jennifer Lopez, Carr's mother-in-law. "I believe she has known... my belief is that she has been the one that has done this. I pray that the truth will be out."
Carr's family staunchly defends the man, saying Hill was being abused long before Carr met Dale. They say she should get the same amount of time that Carr will likely get for murdering the boy.
"I'm a mother of five children and I'm a mother of five grandchildren and I babysat many kids and never laid a hand on them," Lopez said. "I believe in my heart of hearts that she should serve, too."
Dale was led away after hearing the sentence against her Thursday. At one point, her lawyer called her the victim. Greg Barker declined an interview with reporters.
"I think she has continually downplayed the seriousness of the situation leading up to his death," Yoder said.
Chad Carr is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing next Thursday. He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. His trial is expected to get underway by the end of October. As part of a plea deal, Dale is expected to testify against him.


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Date of Award
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Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Roman Studies
P. Kingston
This thesis is about Ovid's descriptions of the change of the human form into another form, e.g., an animal, stone, body of water or a tree, in his poem, Metamorphoses. The title indicates the importance of this phenomenon, metamorphosis, in that work.
There are about 250 examples of metamorphosis in the poem. Of these, Ovid describes approximately twenty per cent. To describe more might have been boring; to describe less might have left an open question for his audience: how does a metamorphosis work?
Previous work on this subject has been confined to either an attempt at analysis of all examples, or of so few that Ovid's method of description for these important examples has never been explored.
It has been found that Ovid's purpose was to explain the phenomenon in credible terms, which is his basic method of description generally. His use of previous sources shows that he explained the animal metamorphoses more in terms of prior tradition than the other groups. He seems to have provided a real impetus for change in the portrayal of persons metamorphosing into trees which appear particularly in the post Ovidian sources in art. Ovid appears to have been the most inventive in those descriptions of persons changing into stone.
Recommended Citation
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I stood and looked at myself in the mirror. I had on Rainbow tee with some ripped shorts and some dark green tights. I grabbed my yellow combat boots. I checked my curly brown hair that was up. That had rainbow dyed ends.I grabbed all my rings and slid them on. I grabbed my bag and smiled at myself. Today was the first day of my senior year. My last year of childhood. I felt the nerves building in my stomach. My phone vibrated. I knew it was Suzy. "Get out here:)" I smiled and took one last look at myself. I ran downstairs and grabbed a cutie then to Suzys car. "Goodmorning beautiful." I said kissing Suzy lightly on the cheek. "Goodmorning babe." She said pulling out of my driveway. "So you ready to go back?" She said with a smile. I nodded. "Yup,im so freakin excited." I said sarcastily. "Hey only one more year then were off to La." Suzy said glancing at me. I nodded. "I cant wait." "So how was the rest of your summer." I looked out the window a small smile forming over my lips. "It was okay.." I said in a nonchantley voice. I felt Suzy's eyes on me. "What about yours?" I said looking at my beautiful bestfriend. Her skin was a light golden creamy color. She had pretty light brown eyes. Which were brought out by her light brown curly hair. She had her hair in pigtails and her bang was straight and swept to the side. She had gold and green eye shadow on with lipgloss on her perfect natural plump lips. Her teeth were slightly crooked but somehow it made her more beautiful. "You look different." She said staring at me. I knew i hadnt changed anything but i knew i was different. "What do you mean?" I said. Suzy just stared. "I dont know but somethings changed." "I see it every summer but i never figure out what it is." She said. "Your weird" I said shaking my head. She took my hand. "You hiding something from me." "You dont have to tell me." I looked at my bestfriend. "At least not yet." She said with a smiled. We pulled into the parking lot of school. I found myself holding my breathe. I was nervous. This happened every year. My eyes found him. My heart fluttered at the sight of him. His creamy skin was still tanned. His hair still looked soft to the touch. He looked and found my eyes. My stomach dropped. It was the same thing every year. I felt tears clouding my eyes. But i swallowed them down. He turned and looked away from me. Suzy parked. She reached back and grabbed her stuff. She did one last mirror check. We got out and we linked arms. I saw his crowd in front of the doors. We reached them. I didnt glance his way. "Oh look the Skittle twins are back." Natalie his girlfriend said. "I see you didnt eat any Skittles over the summer." I said with a smile. Natalies face dropped and everyone erupted in laughter. I glanced at him to ses him smiling. "You need to watch your back." Natalie sneered at me."Oh you know all about backs right, since you laid on yours all summer." I said. Everyone gasped. Matt grabbed Natalie. "Come on Lil." Suzy said pulling me through the crowd. We got into the building. "Lily this year is going to be different." Suzy said in a serious voice. I nodded. " Okay meet me outside by the tree at lunch" Suzy said with a friendly smile. I smiled back. I took out my schedule and started looking over it. I didnt realize i was walking into a person until i felt them. I looked up and found Ian Summers staring at me. He smiled down at me. "Hey, Lily." He said smiling. He had a cute dimple smile. I smiled back. "Sorry." I said looking down shyly. "Its fine." "So where are you headed?" "Math." I said. Ian took my schedule. "Im actually headed to Mr. Roberts class too." Ian said. "Do you want to walk together?" He said with a hopeful expression. "Yeah, that would be nice." I said smiling. "So, how was your summer?" Ian said looking at me. His eyes were a light blue color. "Umm,it was interesting" I said. Ian looked at me. "Interesting hun, how so?" He said with a curious expression. We reached the door. I stepped on my tiptoes. Whispering in his ear. "Secrets are what make life interesting." I pulled away to find Ian smiling. I smiled back. I looked inside to see Matt glaring at me. My stomach filled with butterflies. He was jealous. I had seen this look before.
"Where are we going?" I said looking at the darkness passing us. "Packs." Matt said with a smile. "Happy birthday." He said. I smiled. I started seeing lights. We pulled into the parking lot. It was packed. "He handed me an id." The girl looked alot like me. I looked up at Matt. "My cousin." Was all he said. He took my hand. His hand was warm it felt nice. It felt right. We walked to the bouncers showing him our ids. He looked at us before shaking his head. He smiled. "You kids have fun." He said. Matt pulled me through. It was excatly how i imagined. It was all black but there were rainbow lights everywhere. It was warm. I slid of my jacket. I turned to see Matt staring at me. "What?" I said suddenly nervous. "You look amazing." He said pulling me close. I smiled. "Oh i do hun?" I said my lips so close to his i could feel his breathe. "Yes, you do." He said pulling away from me. He held my hand and pulled me to the middle of the dance floor.
Chris browns Oh my love Matt pulled me close to him. His warmth invading my body. I inhaled his scent. He smelled like a mix between the woods with a touch of cinnamon. The song started to fade. "Im going to go and get us something to drink." He whispered to me. He kissed me lightly on my ear. I shivered from his touch. He left. Another song by Chris brown came on Say it with me. I felt a pair of warm hands wrap around. I turned expecting to see Matt. But i was met with a Daniel. "Daniel" I said hugging my best friend. "Happy Birthday Lily Poo." He said pulling me close. I hugged my bestfriend knowing it wouldnt last long. "Hows Nebraska?" He said moving us to the music. "Boring." He said with a sad expression. "Hows life here?" Daniel asked. "Great." I said smiling. "Who is he?" Daniel said with a smile on his face. I knew i could trust him. "Matt leethan." I said. "Lily?" I heard Matt say my name. I turned to see his face angry. He walked away from me. I turned back to Daniel. "Im sorry." I said before running off. I ran outside. "Matt," "Wait." I said yelling. I caught up to him grabbing his hand. He pulled away from me. "Go back to your boyfriend!" Matt yelled at me. I laughed. He looked even more upset. "Thats Daniel one of my bestfriends not my boyfriend Matt." I said laughing. Matt looked at me i could see he was fighting hard not to smile but failed. He shook his head smiling. He pulled me close. "Dont leave me Lily Bear." He whispered against my lips. "Im not going anywhere." I whispered back. "You know what i want for my birthday?" I whispered. He pressed his lips to mine. When we both out of breathe he looked at me and smiled. "Happy Birthday."
I looked away from Matt. I looked at the list on the board. It was a sitting chart. I looked for my name my stomach dropped seeing who i was seated next to. I turned around and found Matt smiling at me. It took all my will not to smile back. I walked to my sit and sat down. I felt a warm hand on my leg. I willed myself to look in to his gray eyes. To find the sprinkles of blue in them. His hand squeezed my leg lightly. I laid my hand on his curling my fingers with his before pinching him lightly. He moved his hand. I looked at him. I saw the pain in his beautiful gray eyes. " Things are going to be different this year." I said.
Okay you have met Lily and Matt. This is one of my stories. Im going to explore with Lily's character. I hope you enjoyed this story. Thanks for reading. Please Comment.
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The day that you've been waiting for is here. The day when we're finally taking the wraps off of The O Music Awards 2, revealing which nominees will be battling it out in which categories for eternal digital fame.
April's inaugural O Music Awards, which streamed live from Las Vegas' iconic Fremont Street, garnered MTV's second-biggest-live stream audience ever, and featured performances by Mumford & Sons, Foster the People, Lupe Fiasco, Matt & Kim, as well as a world record for the longest freestyle rap by Chiddy Bang's Chidera "Chiddy" Anamege. The O Music Awards 2 promises to be an even more jam-packed affair. Teaser: It's going down right here on OMusicAwards.com (as well as MTV.com, VH1.com, CMT.com, LogoTV.com and MTVHive.com) on Halloween night. Insert joke about tricks and treats here.
As you can see below, some of the categories have remained from the first iteration of the show (like Fan Army FTW and Must Follow Artist on Twitter), but, by and large, we've delved into new areas of digital excellence to bring you a ton of musical freshness this time around.
Some of said freshness came from you, dear readers, in the form of five new awards generated by user submissions. We put the call out in August to brainstorm, and boy did you guys make it rain. The new, crowdsourced categories are: Oops! I Did It Online, Best Artist with a Cameraphone, Best Web Born Artist, Best Vintage Viral Video and Best Lyrics Video.
And the nominees are just as diverse at the categories. We've got everyone from pop princess Lady Gaga to mysterious up-and-comer The Weeknd in attendance (both tied with two nominations), as well as brainy folks like SoundCloud founder Alexander Ljung (for "Hottest Music NILF") and hot startups, like Turntable.fm (for "Most Addictive Social Music Service").
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3. Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Top of the Pops
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FNC's The O'Reilly Factor has marked its 200th consecutive week as the number one program on cable news, according to Nielsen Media Research.
"Since November 2001, Bill O'Reilly has regularly trounced his cable news competition each night across the board in ratings, viewership, households and all demographic categories, and in August 2005, The O'Reilly Factor averaged 2,474,000 viewers," a Fox News press release says. "Bill O'Reilly surpassed CNN's Larry King in the ratings in 2000."
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Former Dawson County High School baseball player Chase Gilreath has been named Pitcher of the Week for Columbus State for the week ending Feb. 28.
The Cougars play in the Peach Belt Conference.
Bill Elliott announced last week a partnership that will put the 1988 Cup champion from Dawsonville behind the wheel of a blue No. 50 Walmart-sponsored Chevy in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in July.
The retail giant unveiled the Legends of Racing venture as part of its 50th anniversary celebration last week during the annual Sprint Media Tour in Charlotte.
THOMASTON - After rescinding a measure that would have allowed schools to deduct special needs students from the enrollment counts, the Georgia High Schools Association passed its reclassification of member schools Monday morning.
With the state moving to a six-classification system, big changes are in store for some local schools.
There will be a packed house for Friday night's Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Induction ceremony.
Announced earlier this year, the 2011 class of inductees are George Elliott, Mike Head, Harold Kite, Swayne Pritchett and Ken Ragan.
Dawson County native Stuart Chester had the opportunity to coach some of the nation's best young baseball players recently in the ninth annual Perfect Game All-American Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego, Calif.
The East versus West matchup Aug. 14 featured 38 of the nation's most promising high school players.
With more than 500 feature go-cart victories and more than 40 championships, 12-year-old Spencer Davis has established himself as a winning driver before he's old enough to get a license.
This season, the Dawsonville resident moved up to late-model trucks, where his winning ways haven't missed a beat.
Former Dawson County Lady Tiger golfer Kasay Holbrook had a great junior year at Presbyterian College last season. A 2008 Dawson County High School graduate, Holbrook has set or broke several Blue Hose records during her 3-year career at the Clinton, S.C. school.
Holbrook played in 10 tournaments this past season for Head Coach Thomas Addison.
Dawson County High graduate and former University of Tennessee punter Chad Cunningham has signed a free-agent contract with the Tennessee Titans.
Cunningham went undrafted in April, but said that he believed he would get a shot with an NFL team.
There is another football team in town. Atlanta Sports Academy, located on the campus of the former Southern Catholic College in Gold Creek, recently began football conditioning and practice.
Players from all over the United States and Canada recently moved into the dorms on the school's campus.
On a sweltering Saturday morning 60 plus football players took to the field at Veterans Memorial Park in Dawsonville. They were there to participate in a joint effort by Beyond Sports Network and Atlanta Sports Academy to evaluate players for college and beyond.
The combine was structured as a National Football League type experience.
Chase Elliott and the HendrickCars.com/Aaron's Chevrolet team took another step forward on NASCAR's K&N Pro Series East Series as he finished fifth in the circuit's inaugural run at Langley Speedway and earned his second "Rookie of the Race' award.
Elliott, the youngest driver on the circuit at age 15, qualified seventh for the Visit Hampton VA 175 with a lap at 85.968 miles per hour around the .396-mile speedway.
Dawson County High School hosted a Fellowship of Christian Athletes football camp last week.
The camp was held Wednesday through Friday at the school's practice field.
The varsity Tiger basketball team received a huge loss last week with the injury of starting guard, Tyler Dominy. Dominy fractured his ankle during a game at Chestatee High School. The star basketball player and quarterback on the football team could be out a minimum of six weeks.
"This was a major loss for the summer because of his play and leadership," said Dawson County High School Head Basketball Coach Thad Burgess.
Tiger senior track athlete Rush Davenport was named to the Gainesville Times honorable mention All-Area team last week.
Davenport set several records while at Dawson County High School.
Upcoming Dawson County Middle School Lady Tiger eighth graders participated in a team camp at Pickens County High School last week.
The Lady Tigers went undefeated after winning all three games they played by a substantial margin.
Dawsonville's "hometown hero" Chase Elliott continues his Nationwide Series points lead with his latest top-five finish, taking second place.
HAMPTON - There was little doubt who the star of the Great Clips 300 to benefit Feed the Hungry was at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Dawsonville race fans will get a chance this weekend to see their hometown driver make his Atlanta Motor Speedway debut as the Nationwide Series arrives for the Great Clips 300.
This weekend saw another Nationwide Series race end with Dawsonville's Chase Elliott in a top-five position.
Dawsonville's Chase Elliott continues to hold onto his top points spot after his 15th top-10 finish of the season.
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, finished eighth in Saturday night's U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway.
Six Dawson County Lady Tiger soccer players join an elite group of All-Area performers as selected by The Times of Gainesville last week.
This article is the sixth in a summer series of "Get to Know" sessions with various high school and middle school coaches in Dawson County.
Dawsonville's Chase Elliott is leading the NASCAR Nationwide Series points race after claiming a third victory in his rookie season Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway.
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"Land of Shining Mountains," the Indians called it. But there are many shining mountains in the United States, and the white men now have another name for this glorious land. They call it Glacier National Park.
This area in northwestern Montana lies astride the Continental Divide immediately adjacent to the Canadian boundary. Glacier National Park, encompassing an area of nearly 1600 square miles, was set aside as a representative sample of the most beautiful mountain scenery and of glaciation in the United States. It was set aside by an act of Congress in 1910 as a "pleasuring ground" for the American people and is the fourth largest of our twenty-nine national parks.
Hundreds of thousands of people visit the park each summer to enjoy the scenic splendor and relaxation afforded by this vast area of mountains, streams, and lakes. Yet we often wonder how many pause in their pleasurable pursuits to ponder upon the history of the areafor here the panorama of pageantry unfolds before us. A billion years or more ago the Belt seas deposited layer upon layer of sediments which were destined to become the buff, the green, the red, and other layers of the mountains. The Lewis over-thrust built this range, only to have the glaciers scrape, pluck and grind away the rocks and carve out the valleys, cirques, aretes, and mountains.
Into this land then came the Indian; perhaps the legend of Napi will tell of the early beginnings. The story says that in the beginning Napi, Old Man of the Blackfeet, created the rocks and forests, the rivers, mountains, and prairie. He then made the animals and birds and fish. Then Napi molded a clay man and woman and gave them the breath of life. And he gave them dominion over all the creatures of the earth.
For a long time Napi dwelt among men, teaching them to fashion bows and arrows, tan hides, make shelters, use herbs, and know the magic of sacred objects. When man had learned how to take care of himself, Napi bade fare well to his beloved children. Then he returned to his home, the sun, going by way of Going-to-the-Sun Mountain. [1]
What did the area look like when white men first saw it, how was it established as a National Park, or how did the first park visitors reach the back country where one now drives a high-powered automobile over surfaced roads?
To fully answer these and other questions we must go back many years and delve into thousands of records, books, newspaper items, and other sources of information that have been deeply buried and long forgotten. Unfortunately much of the history of Glacier National Park has been lost because of lack of interest in its past and the scattering of written records.
Before we delve into the dim and faded records that lie before us, just a word of warning for those to whom the word "history" means merely a dull series of dates or a list of ancient peoples and placesthis story is not meant for you. But if to you the history of an area is the re-creating of the past and the re-living of adventures and experiences long since goneif the past is a living thing, a part and foundation of our present times, then you will surely enjoy the story of Glacier National Park's history that is to follow.
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Full Name: Emma Carter Alex Russo.
Status: Single. I am a very young girl. I'm only 10, Jeez.
Crushing: No.
On: No one. -.- Seriously?!
Best Friends With: No one at the moment.
Nicknames: Em or Emmy. Anymore?
First Kiss: Nope, I'm 10.
With: DUDE!
People On Mind: No one at the moment.
Thoughts: Hey guys.. *Smiles slightly*
Mood: Shy.
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Age: 10.
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Cat, 19, English-American girl living in ̶G̶̶e̶̶r̶̶m̶̶a̶̶n̶̶y̶ London, fighting depression/anxiety, recovered from anorexia.
I believe in life
Today's very late Intake
Breakfast (*ahem* at 4pm…): a larger bowl of cinnamon & ginger bread spice oatmeal with flax, a whole small banana, a large Braeburn apple, sultanas, chopped and whole almonds, and 2 types of honey. Plus a cup of black tea to *ahem* start the day after staying up all night :P
Early evening tea: 3 shortbread rings and a chocolate chewy bar, plus a biiig cup of black tea.
Dinner part 1: some leftover potato/mince/broccoli/carrot dish that my flatmate told me to try, with lettuce.
Dinner part 2: a bowl of cinnamon vanilla oatmeal with 1/2 a banana, a small apple, strawberry jam, almond butter, sultanas and a few chopped almonds.
Girly night in baking: about 1/3 of a Ginger Green & Black's chocolate bar (I'm talking the big 100g type), a very large amount of chocolate chip cookie dough, and like 5 cookies.
Today (or technically yesterday as it's now 3am) was a total girly day of food shopping, being silly, watching 10 Things I Hate About You, Pride & Prejudice, painting nails, talking about relationships and baking cookies. For lack of a good plan (and money), I stayed in with one friend and we just sat around eating cookie dough and being stereotypical girls. :P I do feel a little guilty for the excessive amount of cookies/chocolate/cookie dough I had (in fact, ED would call it a binge but it's NOT a binge, no it was not.) buuut I keep having to remind myself that I didn't manage 3 meals cause I stayed in bed so long, so I needed it.
Feeling slightly sick from all the sugar, but surprisingly non-bloated and not all too "fat", either.
I'm okay. I'm fine. It is not physically possible to gain even half a pound from that amount of cookie dough, and there is no need to feel bad or uncomfortable because if it. Okay. :P Good night!


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Iron Sky: Invasion Heading To Xbox 360, PS3, PC, iPhone & Android
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Iron Sky's moon Nazis are heading to a console near you really soon. Are you ready for Iron Sky: Invasion?
Published on Nov 20, 2012
Iron Sky, the outlandish German sci-fi that sees a secret Nazi moon installation that's been dormant since 1945 return to invade the modern world, has it's very own videogame adaptation heading to consoles, PC and tablets.
Iron Sky: Invasion is heading to all the major platforms and takes the old school WWII flight sim genre and gives it the moon Nazi treatment. Taking inspiration from Star Wars: X-Wing – which itself was an evolution of a WWII dogfighter from LucasArts – Iron Sky Invasion is exploiting its crazy setting to produce a game in-keeping with the films zany premise.
Developed by Reality Pump of Two Worlds and Two Worlds 2 fame, Iron Sky: Invasion looks just as mental as you would imagine. The game's website is counting down to release and Amazon has the release date set for 12 December, though we struggled to find it listed on other retailer's sites.
If you've yet to see just how awesome and crazy the Iron Sky movie actually is, check out the trailer below or look for it on LoveFilm.
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Slide TweetTwitter Search Module : This brilliant module show your tweet in twitter style sliding effect . Some of the salient features of this awesome module are as follows
***** Module support Twitter API v 1.1 *****
1 - Working awesome in all modern browsers (Firefox,chrome,safari,IE7+)
2 - Very Handy Module admin .
3 - Every thing is configurable (e.g height,width,color,speed and many more ).
4 - you can also use this module as Hash Tag '#' search , simple add this code in back-end seach string - %23searchstring or %23iphone
For any query or suggestion please visit our ticket support system : http://webkul.com/ticket/index.php
Thanks for your review . but as per the demo and description you can see that this module is not made for follow the tweets . It is very useful for grabbing your tweets based on your search string .
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I recommend this module to everyone.
First off it was easy to implement.
Second it was easy to configure.
Thirdly when I had a small problem with it, the author responded within 15 minutes and solved the issue. It actually wasn't his fault at all, but my lack of understanding about the Twitter API.
Top marks!!!
But the best part about Slide Tweet is the great support from Webkul developers. I had some specific questions that I asked using email. I got and quick respond and we were even using Skype to answer the questions - and I am in Germany! Never had a support for any other Joomla issue like this. Thumbs up and I can highly recommend this company and the great solutions they offer.
AND the module works too! :)
I surely don't regret to have paid those few dollars as it saved my valuable time.
A great enhancement for this module would be to be able to choose between user and keyword search.


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