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Diamond Sutra for Dummies, 2002.
This paper gives a synopsis of the main points of the Diamond Sutra - a component of Buddhist philosophy.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper highlights the four main philosophies of the Diamond Sutra:
1) Liberation
2) Newton's Third Law
3) Perception of Attributes
4) "Swwshowing the Way"
The paper is built around various quotes from the sutra. An explanation for each quote is given, and the quotes are studies for what light they shed on Buddhist teachings.
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"This passage is meant to expand the reader?s understanding of the multitude of creatures that must be liberated in Buddhist culture. By including all of these categories, the reader can easily understand that humans are not the only creatures that this text must be applied to. Instead, it can be applied to all creatures that are born. This group includes, but is not limited to: bugs, fish, elephants, mice, as well as humans. It also includes creatures that can think and ones that do not have the ability to think at all. No matter how many beings there are, they must all be liberated."
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College Life for Dummies, 2004.
This paper is a personal essay about how to succeed in college written in both a sincere and humorous style.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper explains that making the grades and staying out of trouble should be every student's most important priorities. The author points out that learning what works best for you and making the best out of every downfall will get you where you want to be; but remember, the keyword is simply "study" because if you do not study, you do not make the grade, and that is the end. The paper concludes that, after admitting you surely do not need alcohol or drugs to have fun, and procrastination and loneliness are things that can be worked on, you will have more chances of succeeding, making your four years in college the best of your life, so far.
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"You find yourself doing something you never before thought possible; paying hundreds of dollars to spend hours in classes you cannot stand with teachers who would not exactly put you on their Christmas lists if their lives depended on it. Just imagine what your reaction would have been if someone had asked you to pay in order attend your least favorite class back in your public high school. Although Mom and Dad will not be around to make sure you take out the garbage and do your homework before going out, you will have to learn what it takes to excel in college."
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Diamond Wars in Western Africa, 2002.
This paper discusses that throughout Western Africa the quest for diamonds has caused civil wars and affected the stability of many governments and their economies.
2,245 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The paper discusses the battles over diamonds in the Western Africa nations especially the civil wars in Angola, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The paper points out that many African countries especially Botswana, the world's largest diamond producer, have avoided the diamond wars and developed a prosperous economy fuelled by diamonds. The author states that world governments and organizations, diamond traders, financial institutions, arms manufacturers, social and educational institutions, human rights groups and celebrities are combining their efforts to demand the strict enforcement of sanctions and encourage peace in Africa.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Competing for Diamonds
Would-Be Success of Diamond Countries
Fighting the Rebels
Conclusion
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"National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), a rebel group, has been in constant conflict with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA) for about twenty years. These two groups have created a civil war in Angola as both groups fight for control of the country. As a result, the country is covered in land mines that kill many innocent people on a daily basis. Still UNITA refuses to relinquish diamond mines to the MPLA government and the country remains in a dangerous civil war."
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The Heart Sutra, 2002.
This paper reviews and analyzes Thich Nhat Hanh's ?The Heart Of Understanding? which introduces the Heart Sutra in Buddhist philosophy.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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Thich Nhat Hanh wrote ?The Heart Of Understanding? as a commentary and evaluation of the Heart Sutra in Buddhist philosophy. The paper introduces the book as a synopsis of Hanh?s interpretation of what has been described as the central sutra or philosophical teaching of Zen Buddhism. There has over the centuries been much discussion on the relevance of Buddhist teaching and the meanings held within each of the sutras. The paper discusses how a great deal of emphasis has been placed on the heart sutra, or ?Prajnaparamita? sutra, as described in great detail in Hanh?s work. According to Hanh and other religious scholars, this sutra is ?the essence? of Buddhist teaching. The paper analyzes the book and reviews it from a westerner's perspective, showing that many of the ideas in the book are difficult to grasp and understand.
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"Hanh encourages the reader to meditate and argues that focusing on a mantra every day will assist the reader in eventually attaining enlightenment, which is likely to happen after several years of dedicated practice and conviction. Hahn finally leaves the reader with the following recommendation: ?At the beginning of each meal, look at your plate and recite, My plate is empty now, but I know that it is going to be filled with delicious food in just a moment. Then think, at this very moment, many, many people around the world are also holding a plate, but their plate is going to be empty for a long time.? (Hanh, 54). In this last section of the book, Hanh is encouraging the reader to gain a broader perspective of the world, realizing that not everyone has the same luxuries such as eating a full meal, encouraging the reader to understand that everyone?s perspective of a mealtime is different. He claims ultimately, that ?Understanding is the fruit of meditation, the basis of everything.?"
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Synthetic Diamonds, 2004.
This paper discusses the industrial and gemstone capacities of synthetic diamonds.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that synthetic diamonds have the same unique qualities as natural diamonds, hardness, density, superlative strength, and thermal conductivity. The author points out that synthetic diamonds are created in a laboratory, avoiding the high costs of mining, transportation, foreign taxes, and tariff issues. The paper relates that the future of synthetic diamonds is limitless, especially their use as radiation sensors, light emitters, and unwettable coatings.
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"In addition to the time saved, there is also a cost issue. Natural diamonds are produced in a limited number of countries, including Australia, Botswana, Russia, and Congo Republic. There is only one mine found in the United States. Since Americans are the consumers of over 50 percent of the world?s diamonds, this produces a costly problem. The costs of mining in foreign countries are high. According to De Beers mine, a leading producer of natural diamonds in South America, 250 tons of ore would need to be excavated to find one stone that would be large enough to equal a one-carat diamond."
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The "Lotus Sutra", 2008.
An analysis of the importance of the "Lotus Sutra" in Chinese Buddhism, particularly its relationship to emptiness.
1,602 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains and accounts the popularity of the "Lotus Sutra" in Chinese culture in its prescription of three paths of the hearer, the solitary Buddha. It specifically focuses on the relationship between the "Lotus Sutra" and emptiness in Chinese culture and Buddhism, in particular. The paper provides examples to explain the "Lotus Sutra"'s power in Chinese Buddhism.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
What Emptiness Is
Concluding Remarks
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"The Lotus Sutra's power in Chinese Buddhism and culture may lie in its entirely popular appeal, its message plain, not a scholarly text but a text for people, reassurance of what one's efforts can bring and clarification of Buddhism as an ethical system to improve everyone's lives and of which the divine, in one sense or another is aware. Amid so much to say denounce the self and the world, restrain and expect nothing more than order, this exuberant text tells people to straighten up, live their virtues as are meant to have creative ends. In a sense, the Lotus Sutra points to a kind of messianic Buddhism that happened to combine well with other philosophies and religion not the least of which were Daoism and Christianity."
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Diamond Advertising and Civil Strife, 2004.
This paper is a literature review to answer the question: ?Does diamond advertising lead to civil strife that damages international relations and causes vast amounts of human suffering??
3,255 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper explains that advertising contributes to the conditions that cause prices to increase, making diamonds ever more valuable for clandestine transactions among the world?s criminals and terrorists. The author points out that the media is responsible for carrying the messages that create the demand; the mine owners create the profit motive. The paper concludes that, even though diamonds reach the consumer via a number of criminal, corrupt, or terrorist individuals or organizations, De Beers's advertising is at the root of the civil wars, international ill will, and maiming and murdering of civilians, which happens in the countries that produce at least the so-called ?blood diamonds?.
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"It was noted in the introduction that De Beers conducted an advertising campaign to decrease the number of those ?forever? gemstones available for resale from family treasures, as well as using advertising worldwide to increase demand. This article contends that De Beers, which had been directly involved in Sierra Leone until the 1980s, did much more to control the prices paid for diamonds, which would in turn control the lengths people would go to in order to obtain them. After the beginning of the Sierra Leone civil wars, De Beers ?its attempts to mop up supplies everywhere in the world, De Beers not only sustained the artificially high price of diamonds, it also undoubtedly bought diamonds from war zones?."
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"The Diamonds", 2007.
A review of J. Sorie Conteh's novel "The Diamonds".
1,411 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses how J. Sorie Conteh's novel "The Diamonds" examines the real, economic impact of the stone upon recent history and the story that lies behind the diamond's glittering surface.
It looks at how the story is set in the African region of the Sierra Leone and how Conteh portrays a world of great misery caused by the pursuit of diamonds in this region. It shows how eventually, rather than resulting in prosperity, the devotion of the inhabitants of the region fall into a profound state of personal and social dissolution.
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"The climax of the novel details Gibao's willingness to commit ritual murder to find out where the largest diamonds of the mine will lie. A local sorcerer who also profits off of the diamond industry in the Sierra Leone by fueling speculation in the hearts of the businessmen of the area, by telling their fortune and giving them tips about where to find the best jewels informs the too credulous Gibao that by committing this murder, he will be able to find the biggest diamonds. Superstitious rural farmer at heart that he is, Gibao is all too willing to believe the lies of the witch doctor."
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"Diamond Grill", 2008.
An analysis of how Fred Wah reflects on his multicultural heritage in his biofiction work, "Diamond Grill".
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines Fred Wah's bio-fiction work, "Diamond Grill." It describes how Wah's words and ideas challenge binaries and how he reflects on his multicultural heritage throughout the book. The paper also questions why deconstructing oppositional thinking is important and discusses this in the context of Wah's work, "Diamond Grill."
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"One must deconstruct oppositional thinking and analyze whether one can be both taken at face value based only on their individual person (regardless of race), and at the same time still champion a love for one's racial origin. Wah asks, "Why deny the immigrant his or her real world?" (125) and, at the same time, rejects society's ideal of what his family's "residue" must be: "Sorry, but I'm just not interested in this collective enterprise erected from the sacrosanct great railway imagination dedicated to harvesting a dominant white cultural landscape" (ibid). Again, even Wah admits it is difficult to loosen oneself from the bias that directs us to categorize people based on their race. The author himself notices glimpses of Chinese in his children's body posture, and searches for the hint of the "Nordic gloom" in their countenances (133). His brother Donnie is "the blondest Asian in our family" (140), "too blond to be the best Chinese cook in the family" (ibid). This is a bit of comic rhetoric on behalf of the writer: it is difficult to rid ourselves of these illusions, as society imputes them on a continual basis."
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"The Lotus Sutra", 2004.
An analysis of Burton Watson's translation of Buddhism's "The Lotus Sutra".
618 words (approx. 2.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 22.95
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This paper discusses how, from "The Lotus Sutra", Buddha passed on teachings that became known as the ?Expedients? and how within these teachings is the wisdom of the Buddha. It looks at how the Expedients exist through basic understandings and how Buddhism fundamentally revolves around simple virtues and teachings that require of its practitioners merely simple things, like peace, understanding, and honor of oneself and others. It also discusses how, although such solutions in a corrupt and vice-filled world may seem like lofty goals, it is with teachings like the Lotus Sutra and the practice of the Dharma that it is possible to have guidelines on a path that follows through the thickest and darkest of forests.
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"For this reason, Buddha appeared in the world: to develop this Truth through teachings and practicing Bodhisattvas, while applying wisdom through sutras like the Lotus Sutra. The final basic understanding for the Expedients is that people initially were not aware of the way of the Truth and therefore could not apply it naturally to their lives. It was for the Buddha to apply different teachings to the different classes of people, for example, different doctrines would enable different castes and intellects to grasp the Buddha?s teachings and allow them to apply them to their unique lifestyles. These different doctrines were all expedient teachings that had one purpose ? to teach the Truth; the Lotus Sutra."
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Synthetic Diamonds, 2005.
This paper discusses the prospects of using synthetic diamonds as gemstones.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines the development of the use of synthetic diamonds as gemstones, rather than primarily for industrial purposes. The paper approaches this issue from several angles. These include the current nature of the market and the demand for synthetics, the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) manufacturing process and the differences between these and natural diamonds.
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"Synthetic diamonds, according to some, represent the future of the diamond industry, if not in whole then at least in part. The demand for diamonds combined with rising costs has caused manufacturers and consumers to look for other options to meet their fine gemstone needs. Simply put, there are only so many natural diamonds to go around. As a material, diamonds take an exceedingly long time for nature's pressures to create. Synthetic diamonds offer the possibility of diamond production on demand, rather than an industry that is subject entirely to the whims of mining and the possibility of unearthing new stores of this finite limited resource. Demand for diamonds in general is up, even though supplies of the gem have dropped significantly. The result is excellent market conditions for the viable emergence of a synthetic diamond industry."
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Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel", 2005.
This paper discusses the theme of Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper explains Jared Diamond's theme in his book that geography determines all of the differences between the world's societies. The author points out that, according to Diamond, geographic factors have been responsible for all historical developments. The paper describes such geographic factors as population size, the transfer of knowledge between continents, the availability of potential crops and domesticated animals and the orientation of continental axis to facilitate the spread of agriculture.
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"In the epilogue of "Guns, Germs and Steel", Yali asks Jared Diamond, "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" This question is answered by Diamond through the theme of his book, for according to Diamond, geography determines all of the differences between the world's societies. Population size in civilizations and diffusion between continents have been determining factors, as the geography of Yali's homeland demonstrates, for it imposed isolation from the rest of civilization and kept the population low, which resulted in a primitive culture in which material progress was not valued or pursued."
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Diamonds and African Development, 2002.
Examines the relationship between diamond exploitation and African development.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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The roots of diamond production in African colonial exploitation and expropriation are identified in this paper. Additionally, their current links to civil warfare are outlined: guerilla forces use diamonds to procure cash and cash to buy weapons.
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New Zealand- Fonterra and Porter's Diamond, 2002.
Discusses the importance of Michael Porter's Diamond with regard to New Zealand economy.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page graduate level paper discusses the importance of Michael Porter's Diamond with regard to New Zealand economy and its recent mega-merger Fonterra. New Zealand is a growing economy that ought to instill competitiveness in all its firms in order to attain prosperity. For this purpose the country last year united all its dairy firms, which resulted in the creation of the fourth largest dairy Group in the world. New Zealand hopes to increase productivity with this merger as now all the resources can be pooled together for better and more efficient utilization.
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?Sunflower Sutra?, 2002.
An analysis of Allan Ginsberg's poem, "Sunflower Sutra".
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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A descriptive analysis of Allan Ginsberg's poem, "Sunflower Sutra". The paper analyzes the poem's commentry on society, technology and conformity, through looking at the language and imagery contained within the poem. The poem speaks of a bleak, miserable world and Ginsberg's attitudes toward society are analyzed in detail.
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"The car and the tin cans emanate sickness. Their weakness alludes to system failure, to an existence so frenetic and unnatural that the only available conclusion could be ?burn out?. The personification of such objects, alongside ?the cunts of wheelbarrows? and ?the milky breasts of cars?, makes reference to a world in which roles have been reversed so that modernity is the new ?man?, its precedence over all blocking our right to an otherwise natural existence. Man?s absence in the scene, coupled with the pervading sense of darkness, both suggest that the sacrifices made in order to establish a landscape as ?modern? can be only detrimental and exhaustive. The ?rubber dollar bills? illustrate the falsity and meaninglessness of the scene facing Ginsberg."
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