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Day Two of "A Week With One Direction" hope you like it!
The next morning, Jess came to the boys' room. "Hey guys, wake up. I'll take you to a waterpark and club today, remember?" she said softly, waking them up one by one. "Huh? Oh, right, we're staying here for the week... I had a dream that we were staying here, but turns out we are staying here. I still can't believe we're staying with such a pretty girl here." Niall said, in a cheery morning voice. Jess blushed, then said, "just woke up in the morning and making a girl blush. You're a weird man, Niall." the other four laughed. "Just, hurry up guys, the waterpark opens early. Breakfast is ready by the way. Eggs, bacon, and pancakes. There's some juice in the fridge if you want."
A few hours later, they're in Jess' car, driving to the waterpark. They all look so pretty, the six of them. Jess had her hair in a ponytail as always, wearing a black tank top and light blue jean shorts, with blue flip-flops and sporting a Ray Bans sunglasses, Harry wearing a white shirt and black jeans with gray sandals, and Louis wearing a blue striped shirt with a white background, and red man shorts (lol, I don't know what to call them) with white shoes, Zayn wearing a dark blue loose tank top that shows off his MASSIVE tattoos and beige cloth shorts with black sneakers, Niall sporting his "crazy mofos" shirt with matching white shorts and white shoes, with his Ray Bans sunglasses that's identical to Jessica's, and Liam wearing a blue plaid shirt and black shorts with blue sneakers. They all look gorgeous (Fashion Police like?).
"Alright guys we're here, at Superslide Waterpark (I don't know any waterparks in the US cuz I don't live there, weak. ). " Jess said. "This might actually be fun." Zayn said. "Look who's talking, Zayn, the man who can't swim! Do you hear that people? Zayn thinks this might be fun, despite he can't swim!" Louis said to everyone jokingly. Zayn punched him in the arm. "Ow!" he said. "I'll buy the tickets. You guys stay out of trouble." Jess said, pointing two fingers to her eyes, then pointing them to all five of the lads, then went to the ticket counter. "She's hilarious." Louis said quietly. "I know right?" Niall said out loud. Then they all laughed.
A few minutes later, Jessica and all five of the boys went in. "Wow." Louis said. "You can say that again." Liam chimed in. "Wow." Louis said that again. Jessica giggled. "Let's change. You guys brought you swimsuits?" she said. "Yeah." the lads shouted. "First one to come back with their swimsuits can have a first go at the surf simulator pool!" Jessica said happily, then ran off to the changing room. "Wait, there's a surf pool?" Louis and Liam shouted after Jessica, but she's too far away.
A few minutes later, Louis came back first, with dark blue swimming shorts, followed by Liam, wearing a black suit with red streaks on the edges, then Harry, wearing a dashing Hawaiian patterned shorts, then Niall with a purple wavy patterned shorts, then Zayn, wearing an all black suit. "Where's Jess?" Liam asked. "I don't know. Let's just go to the surf pool. That's where she said the first person to come out can go first anyway." Harry answered. When they arrived at the surf pool, they're all surprised to see a gorgeous Jessica wearing a bright orange frill bikini, surfing her way to the open mouthed boys. "Well, boys, looks like I beat you." she said, flipping her wet hair from her face, smiling.
All the lads could do was just stare. Her wet hair hanging from her head, the curves of her body enhanced by the bright colour of her bikini looking very beautiful, and the sun glinting from her skin. "Woah, we've never seen you like this before..." Zayn said, astonished. "You look beautiful." Niall said. "You're amazing." Liam added. "This is pretty weird..." Louis said quietly. "Wow." Harry just said. "Thanks... I think," Jess said, unsurely. "Trying the surf? Or not? The four of you can try it, but Zayn, come with me." she continued. "Ok..." Zayn said, then followed Jess.
The two of them headed to the deep pool. Deep enough to cover a man's chest with water. "Wait, we're going here? I can't swim mate." Zayn said surprised. "Exactly. I'm gonna teach you how to swim," Jessica said. "Now get in." she continued. "I can't do this, I can't swim." Zayn stated. "Sure you can. I'll hold you." Jess said, then she got in. "Come on in. The water's fine." she said. Zayn just shook his head a little. Jess frowned, then said sternly, "get in or I'll push you in." Zayn shrugged, but eventually got in slowly. "Alright, class is in session." Jess said cheerfully. "You might wanna learn how to float first..." she continued with a giggle. "Now do what I do, and I'll hold you."
Meanwhile, Louis and Liam are having the time of their lives surfing. "It's like being in Doncaster again!" Louis shouted, laughing happily. "This is really fun!" Liam shouted, following Louis. "Hey guys, it's our turn!" Niall yelled over the roaring of the wave. "Really? Wow, time goes by fast!" Liam said, then got off the board, giving it to Niall. "Thanks." Niall said, and got on the board, paddling to the wave, then standing up. "This turns out to be easy enough!" Niall said. "Louis, it's my turn! Give it up!" Harry yelled to Louis. "Oh, alright then." Louis said, then got off the board to Harry. "Thank you." Harry said. "I gotta film Niall surfing. I have a feeling he'll be an epic fail right here. The wave's too big for him." Louis said, taking out a video camera from his pack, and started filming. Niall on the other hand was starting to wobble, and finally fell to his face, his board barely missing his torso. "Agh!" he screamed. Louis, Liam, and Harry laughed hard. "This is going to be on twitter Niall!" Louis yelled, still laughing. "Hell no!" Niall screamed, and scrambles to Louis, falling again. "It's no use Niall! Ha ha ha, it's too late for you!" Louis said, laughing harder. "Aw, seriously guys?" Niall yelled, flat on the pool floor.
A few minutes later, Jessica and Zayn came back, and Louis ran to the two of them followed by Liam and Harry. "Guys, you have to see this! This is Niall surfing!" Louis said. "I'd like to see that. Show it to us." Jess said, and Louis played the film. "NOOOOO!!!!!" Niall screamed. "Oh my God, that's hilarious!" Jess yelled out laughing. "He's so dead... when this gets online!" Zayn said between laughs. "My life is over..." Niall said, broken.
A few hours later, they left the waterpark, and went to the club Jess promised. "Guys, we're here. The club I promised you about." Jess said. "Now let's party!" she continued, and they all went in. Their night have just begun.
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Prep baseball: Naples, Estero one win away from advancing to state semis
NAPLES - To win the program's second regional championship, the Naples High baseball team has to travel across Alligator Alley to take on two-time defending champ Archbishop McCarthy.
And the host Mavericks will be raring to go against a team they've been waiting to face for three years.
McCarthy has won back-to-back state titles, but it could have been three in a row if not for Naples. The Golden Eagles beat the Mavericks in the state semifinals in 2009 before winning the Class 4A championship, the team's only state title.
"They're still (angry) about it," Naples coach Rick Turner said. "Some of the players know each other, and they still talk to our guys about (the loss). They'll be ready for us."
Naples and McCarthy play for the Class 6A regional title tonight at 7, and the winner moves on to the state semifinals in Port St. Lucie.
In a Class 5A regional final, Estero (27-2) hosts Plantation-American Heritage (25-4). The semifinals for 5A and 6A are Thursday at Digital Domain Park, the spring training home of the New York Mets.
McCarthy (20-4) has won 18 straight playoff games, including district, since losing to Naples. The Golden Eagles (20-8) are having their best postseason run since winning the title, and it might be a surprise to some considering the team's inexperience.
In Tuesday's regional semifinal win over Cape Coral-Baker, Naples started six sophomores and two juniors. However, the Eagles didn't become this good overnight — it took a 2-5 start before the team came together. Since then Naples has won 18 of its past 21 games.
"We decided to focus," said sophomore Kilton Anderson, who scored the winning run against Baker. "We came in the season goofy, messing around, playful attitude. We weren't 100 percent sure if we'd go anywhere with a team as young as we are. But we all buckled down, came to practice, worked hard and it paid off."
Estero also is facing a team with a successful postseason history. American Heritage won a state title in 2008 and finished runner-up in 3A in 2009.
The Wildcats hope to have a leg up on their opponent thanks to their regional schedule. Estero's semifinal game was Tuesday, allowing coach Frank Turco and four players to travel to East Coast to watch the Patriots play Wednesday.
"One through nine, every kid has a pretty good swing," Tyler Selesky, one of the Estero players who went to scout, said of the Patriots.
The 5A regional final will be a showdown of teams that were dominant through the regular season at the plate and on the mound.
Led by Selesky's .527 batting average, Estero is hitting .377 as a team. Wildcat pitchers have a combined 0.99 ERA. Senior Matt Pearce, who will start Friday, has a 0.77 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 64 innings.
The Patriots have been nearly as impressive. American Heritage hits .353 as a team with a 1.39 ERA.
"We're going to have to play solid baseball," Turco said. "If Matty hits his spots, if we play good 'D' behind him, it should be a good game."
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott subpoenaed MySpace to release information for all registered sex offenders who use the website. The investigation is ongoing, but Abbott says they've made seven arrests since the beginning of June.
"These predators are incorrigible. They will stop at nothing in order to try to find their next victim, and that's exactly the kind of platform the internet is providing for them. They can go on to MySpace.com and surf the net and look at MySpace.com as a buffet of children where they can select and target their next victim."
Of the seven arrests, four were here in Houston, two in Austin and one in Dallas. The Attorney General's office has been in talks with MySpace for more than a year trying to gain access to the website's user information.
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Abbott says MySpace is the only social networking site providing such information, and as the largest such site it remains the primary focus of the investigation. But Abbott says he believes child predators are using a variety of sites to find victims. The men who were arrested are charged with violating the terms of their parole or probation. Laurie Johnson, Houston Public Radio News.


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Two outstanding Montanans will be representing the United States in London at the Summer Olympics.
23 year old Nick Mower of Butte will be competing in the Olympic Shooting Competition...
Brantley Gilbert is bringing his very first headlining tour to Big Sky Country this fall! The Hell on Wheels Tour featuring Uncle Kracker kicks off on September 27 in Lafayette, Indiana. Brantley is set to play two shows here in Montana, one at the Adams Center in Missoula on October 4 and the other at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman on October 5.
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a law firm with offices in New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Washington, D.C.; Charlotte, North Carolina; Palo Alto, California; and Irving, Texas; and an affiliated entity—Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish LLP—in London, England. The firm has over 665 attorneys practicing in more than dozens of areas.
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Kohl's.com: Extra 20% Off = Great Deals on Fisher Price, Baby Alive, and Barbie Toys
This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Thursday, December 6th, 2012 at 12:39 pm.
Yay! Kohl's is at it again with some sweet toy deals! And, as I mentioned earlier, Kohl's.com is offering up an extra 20% off when you enter the promo code JINGLE at checkout through 12/9. Plus, score FREE shipping on orders of $50 or more. And you will have earned $10 in Kohl's Cash for spending $50+ (redeemable from 12/9 – 12/16)! Awesome!
Here are a few toy deals I spotted…
Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Learning Kitchen $29.99
*After entering code JINGLE at checkout, your final cost will be just $23.99. As a price comparison, this same highly rated toy is selling for $36 on Amazon.com.
Baby Alive 1st For Me Splash 'n Giggle Doll Brunette $9.99
*After entering code JINGLE at checkout, your final cost will be just $7.99. As a price comparison, this is currently priced at $18.95 + $5.49 shipping on Amazon.com.
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Barbie Glam Pool $9.99 (reg. $19.99)
*After entering code JINGLE at checkout, your final cost will be just $7.99!
Barbie Dinner Date Dining Set $13.99 (reg. $19.99)
*After entering code JINGLE at checkout, your final cost will be just $11.19! This toy is currently selling for $25.48 on Amazon.com!
Barbie Sisters Slumber Party Set $16.99 (reg. $34.99)
*After entering code JINGLE at checkout, your final cost will be just $13.59! This toy is currently selling on Amazon for $34.80!
Be sure to browse around as there are lots of toys on sale and lots of great deals to be had. Then don't forget to come back and let us know what you snag!
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Baby Alive 1st For Me Splash 'n Giggle Doll is not pulling up on the site.
Did you try clicking on Collin's link above? It worked for me.
i think a lot of the toy deal are going to be even better tomorrow with the early bird/night owl specials
Also, if you sign up for their email/newsletter list, they will send a $5 off $5 coupon via email. It took a few days to arrive, but I used it today and was able to combine with the extra 20% off coupon going on right now!! I scored a $69 work tote for my mom for just $29 after sale and coupons!
Nice! Thanks :) I'm going to signup and try to get one!
Shucks, looks like it's just in store purchases that they give you the $5 off coupon for now. Still, it's a great coupon!
Sign up for our Sale Alerts today and save $5 off your next in-store purchase and 10% off your next Kohls.com purchase! You'll receive e-mail updates about our biggest sales and clearance events, notice of exclusive free shipping offers, plus promo codes valid for online savings! Enter your email address to sign up.
Yes, I went to the store. Sorry, I should have mentioned that!
on a total side note, did anyone get a blue nile $50 off $100 one time use code from shoprunner yesterday that they are not going to use??
mom, if you give me your email address, I'll send it to you! :)
You are amazing!!!!! my email is firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!
I did! Here you go: SRHD103ZZF1
Did anyone else have one that I might use? :)
i have one you can use. give me your email
Here is another if someone wants it: SRHD10921XR
Thank you so much!
here is another one SRHD10LX25K
Another one for Blue Nile, Enter Code: SRHD10BH4VJ at checkout.
I tried but it has me blocked here at work. I put the doll in the search field and nothing came up. I will try when I get home. :)
The Baby Alive doll is a great gift for doll lovers. Only doll I've ever seen that can be fully emersed in the tub. My daughter got one last year for Christmas. Still works fine.
Just so I know in the future…is there a certain place we should pass on codes to each others if we are not going to use them? I know I get a bunch and would love to give them to people if they need them :-)
I was wondering if anyone else got the Blue Nile coupon! I want to use mine but don't know that I can.
I received the Blue Nile coupon also and I will not be using it. Here's my coupon code: SRHD107DF9N
The fisher price imaginext pirate ship is $17.49 after the discount and amazon has it listed for $47.21. Great deal for a pirate lover!
I have never been bold enough to ask before, but with Xmas spending – if anyone has a code that they would let go to waste – I would be ever so grateful. Thanks much. email@example.com. Happy holidays!!
what code are you looking for?
Blue Nile 20% off silver
baby alive is gone.
I need a code for Kohl's also. I have over $100 to buy from there. email@example.com
Thanks –
I was wondering the same thing!! If anyone has a code they are not going to use I would love it. :-)
I got some great deals!!! The Playskool super spud for $17.59, originally $49.99. A Lalaloopsy doll for $22.19, originally $36.99. And an imaginext pizza planet woody truck for $9.99, originally $24.99! So over $110 worth of toys for only $49.77 + tax…awesome deal! Plus, it was stuff my son and nieces had been wanting, so I couldn't pass it up :) Thanks Collin!
Oh, and not to mention the $10 in Kohl's cash I earned!!! (I put in a towel for 1.99 to get the free shipping and the Kohl's cash) :D
I could really use a Bile 50 off 100 code. My has been wanting a tablet for Christmas but I can not afford it unless it is a really good deal.
does anyone know if i place an order for $51, and use $45 worth of kohls cash to pay for it, will i still get free shipping? or does my total need to be above $50 after my kohls cash is deducted? TIA!!
I had to be above $50 after the 20% off code to get free shipping. Just try it out, it will let you know when you check out. It will have your shipping cost right there where it deducts coupons and cash back! HTH!
hi stephanie – i do know that that is the way it works with % off codes, but i was wondering specifically about kohls cash. i don't have any kohls cash codes to try it out, but wanted to know before i cook up a scenario ;) thanks!
Be careful about the cash back. I asked the clerk how we got the cash back at the register and she told me it came in the mail. It never came and that was the last time I shopped there.
Sure it wasn't an email? I've always gotten my cash back. Sorry, it is really frustrating when those things happen!!
Does anyone have a new 30% off code which will be good to use in a few days? Thanks!!


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Was the Buddha a Deadbeat Dad?
It's part of the Buddha's life story.
It could easily be skipped over when the story is told, but it usually isn't. Before he was the Buddha, Siddhartha was a prince. He didn't even start his spiritual journey until the age of 29. He was married to a woman named Yasodhara, which makes sense given his status and the culture of the time.
It would have been a conspicuous story if he was not married before his spiritual journey. He was married and shortly before he left the palace to start his spiritual journey, he had a son named Rahula. He left his wife and son behind to embark on the spiritual quest.
In the modern world, we sometimes struggle with this part of the story. His son was just born and he left. He didn't know how long his spiritual journey would take but he left anyway. He felt a great desire to find the end of suffering and he thought that that was more important than his own desires and the needs of his family. He was gone for years.
Now, to be fair for a second, he didn't leave his wife with a child to care for and no means to do it. When we think of deadbeat dads we think of children left with nothing. Rahula did still grow up in the palace of Siddhartha's father and he almost certainly had all of his needs met…except that he didn't know his father.
This is what we need to remember. This is a story. It's a mythic narrative. Some of it is probably true and some of it isn't. (Does anyone really believe the Buddha spoke the moment he was born?)
We also need to remember that there are two versions of the ideal Buddhist. One is the Arhat, who retreats from the world to pursue the spiritual journey. The other is the Bodhisattva, who lives in the world and does everything to help others while pursuing the spiritual journey.
The Arhat ideal basically says the best thing one can do is leave family life and become a monk. It's the older ideal and one that the Buddha's life story resonates with.
The Bodhisattva ideal hadn't been conceived yet when this story was written.
The concept of Buddha nature is a more recent development within Buddhism. It's the notion that we are all enlightened already, that it's just something we have to uncover, not something to attain. If we believe in Buddha nature, then did Siddhartha have to leave his family? Could he have stayed with them? Could he have gone for the Bodhisattva ideal instead?
Why not?
If enlightenment is within us, then what's the difference between going away to a monastery and staying in the world?
I hope people don't get too hung up on it.
It's just a story.
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10 Responses to "Was the Buddha a Deadbeat Dad?"
Thanks for sharing Daniel,
As a Zen priest and family man with a wife and 2 wonderful kids, I too struggled with this aspect of the Buddha's life. It is not a message for everyone's life and I most certainly don't think people should leave their families in general to pursue a "spiritual" life, of course there are always extremes. Yet , in one sense, since the Buudha found The Path, we can all benefit from his wisdom and guidance without without leaving our families or the world and torturing ourselves as aesthetics. That is the peace I came to in regards to this story. It still must have caused much pain to his wife and son as he grew up at times I'm sure. Eventually he returns home and teaches his own family and Rahula even joins the Sangha as a monastic.
If you want a story/myth that explains and gives a reason to lessen the blow of the Buddha leaving his family, read Chapter 36, titled "Lotus Vow," of Thich Nhat Hanh's amazing narative biography of the Buddha's life, "Old Paths, White Clouds." This book to me is one of my all-time favorites and hands down the best bio of the buddha's life and I have read many. It reads like a movie, a real page turner and you feel like you were there. It truly moved me in many places. Basically, the Lotus Vow was a vow taken by the Buddha and his wife in a past life many lives before he became the historical Buddha and it basically said that their love was so strong that his wife would love and support him in multiple lives and eventually even let him completely go when the time was right. Real or myth? Don't know. Yet, nice story where at least someone put some thought into it, knowing this would be seen as irresponsible and unloving/not compassionate action on the Buddha's part. This story came from the sutras, not the author, just FYI.
The beauty of the Buddha story, in my opinion,is that the Buddha was a human being. He made mistakes and hard decisions, just like every other human being in the history of humans.He lived a life of extreme luxury and extreme poverty, and ultimately became a being who realized his own divinity on that perilous journey.It is difficult not to have compassion for the young Siddharta, whose thirst for ending the suffering of all beings led him to leave all that he loved and suffer for many years until he finally found his answers. The Buddha was Arhat and Bodhissatva. Had he not left his world behind, he would not have realized his own divinity. Both paths lead to the same end, and they are likely not the only two. We can walk in the direction that the Buddha points, but we do not need to sit under the same Boddhi tree to become unbound.Indeed, I believe he would encourage us to find our own.
nuts alive…your statement that the path of an Arhat and the Bodhisattva "lead to the same end" is just not true. An Arhat's enlightenment is not without karmic residue because they aspire to liberate only themselves. The bodhisattva vows to attain enlightenment only when all beings before them attain supreme enlightenment and that enlightenment is complete liberation without stain. This can be referenced in Kunzang Lamai Zhalung, or The Words of My Perfect Teacher, a commentary on Longchen Nyintik Ngondro written by Dza Patrul Rinpoche. This of course is not the only reference. There are bhumis of realization and then there are stainless complete realizations. Also the bodhisattva path inherent in Vajrayana is known as the quick path.
The Buddha was well aware that though we pray for all beings…those same beings have different acumen and needs. That the "story", as you put it, rings true for those who want to limit the Buddha's activity which is an also valid view. But it is also valid that on Vulture Peak he taught to the Mahayana sangha the Prajnaparamita Sutra. To King Indrabhuti he taught the Vajrayana, which is a bodhisattva imbued practice as are all Vajrayana, in the form of Ghuyasamvajra Tantra. If your statements, to which I disagree, regarding "the Buddha never taught Buddha Nature" or "the bodhisattva or bodhicitta is a recent creation" are your interpretation from your particular school of buddhism then please site the school. You make controversy where there needs not be, i.e., the "deadbeat dad" thing with no references.. When you do not site reference for the above statements or qualify them as particular doctrine then it comes off as your historical version and a little passive aggressive.
I hold a historical view and not a mythic one.
Is it possible that the Buddha gave some of his teachings to snake men to deliver to humanity later, at the proper time?
I guess so, but I prefer a skeptical view based on historical sources to a mythic view.
It seems more likely to me that the creators of these teachings had a view that for a Buddhist teaching to be valid it had to come from the Buddha himself, so they created a narrative that tied back to him. I don't agree with that view.
And I think one of the important things about Buddhism is that it welcomes common sense. Buddhist teachings don't necessarily expect us to accept them blindly or turn off our rational minds.
Does it matter? I think it does. We live in the modern world and rational people that could benefit from Buddhism could be turned off by stories about snake people, couldn't they?
The teachings of the Buddha are not accepted by everyone. They are not exclusive though. An individual can find authentic buddhist teaching if they choose to. It is not required to convince others nor is it imperative to explain teachings to those who are not serious about dharma. There is nothing mythic about the Prajnaparamita Sutra nor, for that matter, the entire collections of Kangyur and Tengyur. I appreciate skepticism whole heartedly. In your bio you state you practice Vajrayana. How do you reconcile bodhicitta and refuge and the practicing of the three samadhi without faith and devotion in something other than a story or your corporeal self? Would not vajrayana come under your historical linear scrutiny.? Finally, rational people "that could benefit from Buddhism could be turned off" is fine. America is doing it's best to change buddhism to be more accessible to the western mind…how can that happen if those who allegedly are doing the "changing" do not understand it?
That final sentiment is soooo important!
Buddha was a dead beat dad? He was THE best dad that ever lived! That's like asking since fathers leave their children for war, are soldiers dead beat dads?
Buddha fought a war against death and won and came back to teach the world and his wife and son to beat death and suffering.
YOU and all nonBuddhist parents lazily enjoying their time with their kids while they are aging and in the hands of death are the true dead beat parents. I would rather have Lord Buddha as a father any day!
Look folks, to try to analyze a story, be it myth, fact or somewhere in-between that has been propagated for at least 2000 years outside of our own culture, and only recently (within a hundred years or so) translated and introduced for study through the lens of our own cultural karma and personal paradigms is folly.
The concept of a "deadbeat dad" is a uniquely western phenomenon, and with such terminology, a fairly modern one at that. Indian culture and thus culturally bound spirituality is VERY different from our own- in fact even in current day Indian men have VERY little to do with the rearing of their children, which is almost entirely the purview of mothers and grand mothers. In fact, in Vedic spirituality, the concept of family as we see it is non-existent. The highest calling for a male would be to become a spiritual seeker, in the Indian varna or caste system Brahmin or Priests are the highest rank, above even warriors and kings (Kshatriya).
In the scriptures of sanatana dharma (Hinduism) there is a system described in the varnashram wherein a couple are married and have children, and from then on the husband and wife progressively and purposefully work to detach from one another more and more so that the husband may do nothing less than completely leave the family life and become a mendicant (sanyassi) who completely dedicates his life to practicing austerity and traveling to teach the dharma, whilst the wife stays behind to help her own children (daughter) raise her children.
All is not as it seems- we have to step out of our own way and stop trying to interpret everything we find in other cultures through the lens of our own, as if in fact it was non-different. And that's not to say that we don't examine something and note, that hey yes, that is how it is in another culture and is not a problem for them and yet a direct transplant may not be compatible with our own culture, time and place.
The distinction between Arhat and Bodhisattva is not exactly correct- when the concept of a Bodhisattva arose, it was literally as one who put off final enlightenment (nirvana) and the escape from samsara (rebirth) in particular to be consistently reborn into this world to help all people attain to Buddhahood (by means of an arousing of bodhichitta) and then escaping him/herself. The concept of a Bodhisattva did not imply, or indeed have anything at all to do with one being householder, at all.
In our common vernacular today, we relate to having "Bodhisattva action" etc. which basically means self-less action, or action that puts the needs of others completely ahead of our own, as all action of a true Bodhisattva would be, but that is ALOT to live up to, that I doubt any of us (me included) approach with even remote consistency.
Bhikkhu Bodhi has taught (in summation from the Pali cannon) that Arhatship may be defined as the "attainment of nirvāṇa in this present life", which is why it is written in mahayana literature that the purpose of our training is to "first wake up, and then instruct all beings (on the causes and conditions of awakening)", therefore all Bodhisattva's are Arhats, and yet not all Arhats are Bodhisattva's. The paths are not distinct in the way that we in the west would like to think.
I believe it's important that we consistently evaluate own presuppositions (and even at times, motivations) for how we translate, literally or figuratively, the teachings of Buddhadharma to support our support our views. In the west, the most common thing I see, that skews understanding of the original concepts is our notion that all training is equal whether it be in robes in Thailand or on our couches- we like equality for all things and people, which is not innately bad of course, but none-the-less, if a factor concerning why concepts like Buddha nature has been so obscured, in that we dont need training outside of our daily lives, because we're already enlightened. Of course the latter is ALSO true, but so few of us are anything close to being an Arhat, let alone a Bodhisattva.
And further, the concept of Buddha Nature is not recent, it's an original teaching of Buddha Shakyamuni appearing Anguttara Nikaya (the fourth of five), in the sutra pitaka (sutra basket) of the Pali Cannon (tripitaka), where the concept appears as "prabhasvara chitta" or "luminous mind" (which always shining like the sun is only obstructed by passing clouds, which actually do not effect the sun or its shining). Thanissaro Bhikkhu translates the teaching from Pali as "Luminous, monks, is the mind. And it is defiled by incoming defilements. The uninstructed run-of-the-mill person doesn't discern that as it actually is present, which is why I tell you that — for the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person — there is no development of the mind. Luminous, monks, is the mind. And it is freed from incoming defilements. The well-instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns that as it actually is present, which is why I tell you that — for the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones — there is development of the mind."


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Task force developing campus carry policy
Starting in October, the task force will hold town hall meetings to gather input, answer questions and discuss the impact of the law on UNT.
Merit pool raised to 2.5 percent
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of 'us' in the U.S.On this Thanksgiving Day we offer a simple message: The U.S. is "us" — all of us who live in this great country that is the land of the free and the home of the brave. For that we should all be thankful, even though we have political, religious and other differences.
Today, we remember all the men and women in our military services who are serving our country and helping to protect our freedom. God bless each and every one of you. We say thanks to all the other public safety workers and other workers here in our community and around the globe who are working on this Thanksgiving day to provide us the services and protection we often take for granted.
We say thanks for all of our blessings. Most of us enjoy an abundance of blessings, but we must never forget the needy and those less fortunate who are struggling. We offer a special thanks to all those who are helping the needy with food and other necessities during the holiday season and throughout the year.
Thanksgiving has become a day of traditions — food, family, fellowship and, in recent years, football. Today, as we gather around the table with family and friends, let's indeed count our blessings. Let's think of the wonderful times. Let's share happy thoughts, optimistic plans and dreams with our family.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of "us."


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I find Vera Wang's Princess scents can get overwhelming but Preppy Princess sounds fresher, sweeter….curious how it turns out!
Vera Wang Preppy Princess is now available at Macy's, Dillards, Nordstrom and Sephora.
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Part I: Interview with teacher.
When meeting someone for the first time,
1. What should you avoid doing to make a good impression? 2. What questions are inappropriate to ask someone? Why?
Part II: Role play this situation.
You are the Marketing Director of a sunglasses manufacturer. Role play a telephone call to talk about a focus group for the company's new range of sunglasses.
You want to do the following during the phone call
1. Note down when and where the focus group meeting will take place. 2. Suggest that these people attend the meeting:
• Irina Pavlovskaya
Tel no (812) 275 6381
She is a Marketing Consultant based in Moscow, Russia. • Bozenna Lenat
Tel no (361) 339 4032
She is Head Buyer for a department store in Budapest, Hungary. 3. Ask the European Sales Manager about last month's sales results in France. Did they increase or decrease?
Part III: Your studies and study habits.
1. What do you like most about your studies?
2. What is your major?
3. Which is the best university in your country?
4. Describe your study habits in about 3-5 minutes
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I was bored the other day waiting for my old horses to finish eating so that I could let them back out.. so I snapped a few pictures of my starving herd of horses!
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O.R Tambo International Airport today unveiled the Oliver Reginald Tambo Memorial exhibition, which is aimed at honouring one of South Africa's national heroes and extraordinary freedom fighters. The permanent exhibition, situated at the airport's International Viewing Deck, aims to bring to life Oliver Reginald Tambo's legacy of selfless character and great teachings.
This historic occasion, was celebrated on the day that Airports Company South Africa turns 20. 2013 also marks 20 years since the passing of Oliver Tambo, whose legacy continues to inspire South Africans and people across the world.
"O.R. Tambo International Airport is honoured to have this iconic figure who stood for education and selfless sacrifice, as our namesake. We always need to remind ourselves about the life and legacy of this revered elephant of the struggle for liberation and be able to inspire the nation," says Unathi Batyashe-Fillis.
The Oliver Reginald Tambo Memorial Exhibition celebrates both the life of OR Tambo and the history of the airport. Legacy is about life and living and it's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future and both Tambo and the airport deserve to be honoured.
In June this year, O.R. Tambo International Airport embarked on a campaign where airport travellers, the public, school children and Airports Company South Africa staff gathered to be part of this experience by personalising models symbolic of the thousands of people who welcomed Oliver Reginald Tambo back from exile. Over the four-day period, participants were guided through this process by 20 artists from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.
"O.R. Tambo International prides itself in its rich history. We have a story to tell, of where the airport has been and of OR Tambo, the selfless icon after whom the airport was named", said Batyashe-Fillis, Manager: Communications and Brand Management at O.R. Tambo International Airport.
"We also wanted to document the airport's history from its establishment in 1952 when it was still called Jan Smuts Airport, to Johannesburg Airport in 1994 as part of the new democratic order, and later O.R Tambo International Airport."
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"A small boy strolls down a road lined with dead bodies near camp at Belsen."
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December 14, 2011
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March 03, 2009
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Why Do So Many People Quote Carl Schmitt?
September 21, 2008
Why do so many people quote Carl Schmitt? After all, he was an out-and-out Nazi. Even someone as scrupulous as Christopher Caldwell quotes Schmitt in the weekend FT. And it isn't as if Schmitt's statement is so wise. Here it is: "Sovereign is he who decides whether there is a state of emergency." I think it's pretty obvious and banal.If you are at all interested in Schmitt you might read Bernard-Henri Levy's devastating treatment of him in BHL's new book, Left in Dark Times.
Without a Doubt
April 03, 2006
CATHOLIC MATTERS: CONFUSION, CONTROVERSY, AND THE SPLENDOR OF TRUTH By Richard John Neuhaus (Basic Books, 272 pp., $25) Liberal modernity exasperates traditional religion. It fosters a pluralism that denies any one faith the power to organize the whole of social life. It teaches that public authorities must submit to the consent of those over whom they aspire to rule, thereby undermining the legitimacy of all forms of absolutism. It employs the systematic skepticism of the scientific method to settle important questions of public policy.
Kant at Ground Zero
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Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida Edited by Giovanna Borradori (University of Chicago Press, 208 pp., $25) I. Was philosophy prepared for the events of September 11? To judge by all available evidence, the answer must be a resounding "no." For some time now, contemporary philosophy has viewed "worldliness"—the perfectly natural idea that thought should take a healthy and constructive interest in worldly affairs—as a source of contamination. Analytic philosophy's triumph in the decades following World War II meant that henceforth philosophy would
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3) Tell us something about your Genealogy Space. How long does it take you to find something? Are you thinking of reorganizing your space?
OK... Here is a photo of my table where I do all my work (genealogy, paying bills, etc.) I am a "pile-er". When I'm working on something, it seems to generate tons of paper and it gets all piled (by category, of course) on the table. I have to go every few weeks and re-organize/file (and/or throw away) things I'm no longer working on or have finished.
Below is a photo of my genealogy filing cabinet. A few years ago I made all the color coded tabs and sorted the paperwork I had into files. This system works OK for now. I found that I can locate these filed items pretty quickly. However, if I have been working on them they are downstairs on the table in some pile or another.
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Posted: October 03, 2012|
Signs only 20 mph speed limits are now in place in Twerton and Southdown as the first step of Bath & North East Somerset Council's plans to introduce lower limits on all residential streets, district-wide.
New 20 mph signs were put in place a few days ago as the Council seeks to make residential streets safer for children and adults. Over the next two years, the vast majority of residential streets will get the same as part of a £500,000 investment.
Councillor Roger Symonds (Lib-Dem, Combe Down), Cabinet Member for Transport, said, "The feedback that Bath & North East Somerset Council has received about these proposals was very positive. People want to see safer streets and reduced speed limits so that their communities are better places to walk, cycle, and spend time in. Importantly, we have the support of the local police who welcome this concept.
"The statistics are on our side. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents estimates that a pedestrian has a ninety per cent chance of surviving being hit by a car at twenty mph, falling to a fifty per cent chance at 30 mph and to ten per cent at 40 mph."
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The new limit in Twerton has received support from Transition Bath. Matt Hemsley, who represents their Transport Group, said, "Slower speed limits will play a big part in making our communities places for people, rather than traffic. Parents can feel more confident in giving our children the freedom that many of us enjoyed when growing up, getting out and about independently without worrying about speeding traffic and a serious accident."
Chief Inspector Simon Ellis, Avon & Somerset Police, said, "Generally we welcome the concept of 20 mph in built-up areas. Reducing the speed of motorists in built up areas has to be a good thing and I have no doubts that it will make these areas safer places. I am hoping that drivers will take responsibility for the speed of their vehicles and adjust their driving habits accordingly. My officers will work alongside the Council ensuring we raise awareness of the new speed limits and encouraging drivers to embrace and adhere to the new speed limits."
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There is further information about the timetable and proposed order for introducing the limits on the Council's website on www.bathnes.gov.uk/20mphspeedlimit or email email@example.com or call 01225 39 40 41.
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Informal consultation is complete in Peasedown St. John and the next stage is the formal Traffic Regulation Order process which will take place in the near future.
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BETHLEHEM Bethlehem schools will see nearly no cuts in classrooms next school year if voters approve a $90.4 million spending plan, but the same can't be said for athletics.
The Bethlehem Central School District Board of Education opted to tap $1.75 million of reserve funds in the 2013-14 budget, leaving about $220,000 worth of reductions to get comfortably below the district's maximum allowable tax levy. District administrators had recommended board members use caution in spending reserve funds. But making more cuts wasn't palatable to a majority of the board.
Around three hours into the board's Wednesday, April 17, meeting, it decided to vote on the proposed spending plan totaling that holds a property tax levy increase of 3.59 percent. The board passed the budget in a 6-1 vote.
Only board member Caitrin Navarro voted against the budget, saying she primarily objected to cutting all freshman level sports for around a $70,000 savings.
"I don't believe in reducing a full level of sports," Navarro said. "I think you only reduce what is not possible for the kids."
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While reviewing the proposed reductions, Board President Diane Giacone Stever and Vice President Matt Downey joined Navarro's call to place eliminating freshman sport. Board member Laura Ladd Bierman said school districts are trending towards eliminating freshman sports and there are opportunities outside school sports for students to play on a team.
Navarro countered that Bethlehem shouldn't follow trends and eliminate freshman sports when there is still competition. Modified teams are generally more often supported in the Suburban Council, according to district officials.
"I think we are a leader, not a follower," Navarro said. "There are teams for us to play. I don't think playing on a team outside of school and playing on a team for school are the same thing at all."
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If you read many of our stories on this website, you will understand why we think we need all new leaders within local government as soon as possible. We do not support Mayor John Marks, State Attorney Willie Meggs, Sheriff Larry Campbell or Chief Dennis Jones as we feel that our local government is just one big good ol' boy network in which major changes need to be conducted along with changes in the times.
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Individualised Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) were used to process brief noise bursts for a 2-interval forced choice (2IFC) front/back discrimination of virtual sound source locations presented via two models of headphones, frequency responses of which could be made nearly flat for each of 21 listeners using individualised headphone correction filters. In order to remove virtual source timbre as a cue for front/back discrimination, spectral centroid of sources processed using rearward HRTFs were manipulated so as to be more or less similar to that of source processed using frontward HRTFs. As this manipulation reduced front/back discrimination to chance levels for 12 out of 21 listeners, performance of 9 listeners showing "good discrimination" was analysed separately. For these 9 listeners, the virtual sources presented using individualised headphone correction filters supported significantly better front/back discrimination rates than did virtual sources presented without correction to headphone responses.
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You are looking for an easy to understand guide to buying real estate. If this is true, the information provided here will be exactly what you need. Read on to find some easy to follow tips and tricks to help you learn the ropes.
Every real estate agent should contact former clients at holidays and at anniversaries of their purchase date. When they hear from you, they will remember how much you helped them out. Make sure you remind them about you working with referrals and that you would be honored if they mentioned you to the people they know.
You may find that the sellers may work with you in order to ensure that you are able to buy the house, even if either of you needs to make some sacrifices. Explore options such as incorporating closing costs into the deal or asking for improvements to the home, prior to purchase.
Most real estate agents would advise that you should have a fund for unexpected costs that present themselves during the buying of property. Buyers should figure the closings costs by adding together, points for the bank, down payment, and real estate taxes. However, there are almost always local fees and other costs that can hit buyers unexpectedly. These will vary by location.
If you want to increase the value of real estate that you own, do some remodeling or repairs to the property. You will have the benefit of having an immediate return on your investment as your property value will go up. In some cases, the increase in property value is greater than the amount of money that you invested into the work.
There has never been a better time to start investing in real estate. Property values have sunk to an all-time low after the recent housing market crash. It is the best time to go from apartment living to being a home owner. Don't wait too long because before you know it, the market will quickly rise, and you'll want to have a nice piece of real estate in your back pocket to be able to reap the benefits.
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Are Fences the Last, Best Way to Save African Lions from Extinction?
By Richard Conniff for TakePart.com
Is building fences the best way to protect wildlife from people, and people from wildlife?
For a lot of wildlife enthusiasts, the question conjures up memories of zebra and wildebeest carcasses piled high in the 1980s, when fences meant to protect cattle from contracting diseases from wildlife cut off ancient migration routes in Botswana's Kalahari Desert.
But this time, some biologists think that fences might just be the only way to save Africa's rapidly disappearing lions, which have lost half their population just in this century.
While Africa is the focus of the argument, the debate has extended to the idea of building fences to separate wildlife from people and livestock even around habitats as remote and sacrosanct as Yellowstone National Park.
The argument this time got started in March 2013, when lion biologist Craig Packer and more than 50 coauthors published an article in the journal Ecology Letters noting that Africa's lions have already lost 75 percent of their original habitat. It predicted that almost half of the remaining unfenced lion populations "may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years."
On the other hand, "every fenced population is expected to remain close to its carrying capacity for the next century," largely because fences reduce habitat loss, poaching, illegal grazing, and other problems caused by the rapidly increasing human population. According to Packer and his coauthors, fences also make it possible to conserve lions for an annual cost of just $500 a square kilometer, versus $2,000 for unfenced lions.
That article provoked a response in the same journal from predator biologist Scott Creel and an equally large team of coauthors, pointing out that 10 of the 17 fenced reserves in Packer's study had a population of five or fewer lions and yet were counted as success stories. Meanwhile, Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, with 640 lions, "would be considered a failure." The fenced reserves were also less than a tenth the size of the unfenced ones, and in unfenced reserves, each management dollar conserved many more lions.
An article appearing today in the leading journal Science takes the fence argument to a broader audience. Sarah Durant from the Zoological Society of London and two coauthors argue that fenced reserves inevitably cause dramatic changes in vegetation and marked declines in wild herbivores. The antelopes are hammered from the top down by lions and other predators, and from the bottom up because they can no longer find enough vegetation to eat. Fences also frequently fail to deliver the promised results. In South India, for instance, a study of 37 fences found that elephants broke through almost half of them.
When I spoke to Packer at his research station in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, he argued that it might be necessary to fence in even the Selous, a Switzerland-size area where most of the 1,000 lion attacks in Tanzania on humans over a recent 15-year period have occurred. But in other cases, it might be more practical to fence in villages within protected areas, as in Mozambique's Niassa National Reserve. Or it might pay to fence in certain remote pastures to reduce conflicts with wolves outside Yellowstone National Park.
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Microsoft has already announced plans to start selling the Surface tablet through third-party retailers, so stores across the Old Continent have started receiving the device.
John Lewis will be the first non-Microsoft store selling the Surface in the United Kingdom, the company announced today.
The retailer will begin taking orders for the device today, while the tablet will be showcased in its stores over the weekend.
"Always first with the latest technology, John Lewis is delighted to announce that it will be the first high street retailer in the UK to offer the Microsoft Surface from the 14 December 2012 and with a two-year guarantee included at no extra cost," a John Lewis spokesperson told Pocket-lint.
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COPENHAGEN Firefighters from several departments extinguished a barn fire in the town of Pinckney on Thursday afternoon.
Everything went pretty good, said Lewis County Fire Coordinator James M. Martin.
Copenhagen firefighters were called to the Robert Lyndaker farm at 1647 County Route 194 about 2 p.m. and requested mutual aid from the Lowville, Castorland, Champion, West Carthage and Rodman fire departments.
The fire started because of hay combustion on the floor of the hay mow, but firefighters managed to contain the blaze before it spread throughout the dry hay, Mr. Martin said.
Volunteers and farmworkers spent most of the afternoon dousing hot spots and removing smoldering hay from the barn, and a trackhoe from the town of Pinckney was brought in to assist the effort, he said.
It just took some time, Mr. Martin said.
A portion of the mow floor had to be removed to gain access to the blaze, and cows were removed from the lower portion of the barn as a precaution, he said.
Lewis County Search and Rescue, National Grid and the Copenhagen Fire Department Auxiliary assisted at the scene.
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