A Book Review of The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch This book review will identify the important origins of Ch’an Buddhism in China through The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch‚ which has been edited and transcribed by Phillip Yampolsky. This book provides the most accurate origins of the Tun-huang text‚ which was found in a “sealed cave in Central Asia” (Yampolsky 5). This authentication of the text defines the origins of the Lankavatar School‚ which identifies a story of the Buddha
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Tiffany&co can be seen in every advertising video or picture‚ and even in their products. The topic is very interesting in two aspects: First of all‚ it is very rich of symbols. As mentioned‚ they can be seen in the jewelry. For example‚ a diamond heart pendant. The heart has long been used as a symbol relevant to the mental‚ emotional‚ moral‚ and in the past also as a symbol of intellectual core in man. As widely believed that the heart is the core of the human mind‚ the word "heart" is still
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Modern Sex and How to Manage It: Sex Manuals and the Creation of Sexual Knowledge‚ 18701914 by Hannah Witton 1 Contents Introduction: The History of the History of Sexuality 3 1. Scientia Sexualis Vs Ars Erotic: Knowing Ignorance in the Late Nineteenth Century 9 2. Creating Sexual Knowledge 18 3. Dispersing Sexual Knowledge 29 Epilogue: Sex War and War Sex 40
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PROCESS ESSAY Written by: Salman Diamond‚ a precious metal‚ is famous for two important characteristics which are its hardness and thermal conductivity‚ although‚ extraction and processing of a diamond are a very difficult process. Diamond is one of the most expensive metals in the world as it is rarely found in the world. The extraction and processing of a diamond is done in the following manner: Discovery of diamond mine‚ Extraction of diamond in raw form‚ further processed in industries and
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functions help expand the economic pie in the diamond industry? CSO stands for Central Selling Organisation. After Rhoodes flooded the market with diamond inventory and therefore decreased its price‚ Ernest Oppenheimer founded the CSO (1930). Oppenheimer believed that by limiting the quantity of diamonds put on the market the stability of the diamond trade could be maintained. The function of the CSO is to stimulate and control the demand for diamonds. These functions help to expand the economic
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Cecil Rhodes‚ by which time the company was the sole owner of all diamond mining operations in the country.De Beers doing diamond exploration‚ diamond mining‚ diamond retail‚ diamond trading‚ and industrial diamond manufacturing. The company operates in 28 countries and mining take place in Botswana‚ Namibia‚ South Africa‚ and Canada ((Wekipedia). In the early 1990s‚ De Beers dominated diamond industry. De Beers produce 45% of world diamond‚ but sold 80% of world supply (Reavis‚ 2008). The Organization
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J. &W. Diamond Company is one of the most prominent diamond cutters‚ importers‚ and designers of fine jewelry in the country. Members of B.G.J. &W are Diamond Graduates of the Gemological Institute of America and proud members of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the Diamond Dealers Club of New York. As such‚ B.G.J. &W Diamond Company offers an astonishing assortment of diamonds and an elite assemblage of jewelry motifs. The organization firmly believes that purchasing a diamond should
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Lypsa Diamonds relocate its factory from Mumbai to Surat? Candidate name: Sahil Patel Candidate number: 002151-041 Word Count: 1976 RESEARCH PROPOSAL RESEARCH QUESTION To evaluate if Patel Diamonds should relocate its factory from Mumbai to Surat. RATIONALE FOR STUDY Patel Diamonds is one of the largest retailers of diamonds in the
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and technology oriented Now that DVDs come out‚ you target the VCR to poorer people and people that are older and people that want to build a collection. As product moves through life cycle‚ find new ways to Ø DeBeers and Diamond: 1930s and 1940s – 75% of diamonds sold for rings and jewelry were sold in the U.S (mostly low priced and small stones)‚ but DeBeers could not open shops bearing their name. WHY? They were accused of being a monopoly. They hired a marketing firm‚ Ayer‚ to advance
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cartel‚ restricting the supply of diamonds on the market and raising the price far above what would have been market levels How could DeBeers maintain such a flourishing‚ century-long cartel on the free market? The market has not been really free. In particular‚ in South Africa‚ the major center of world diamond production‚ there has been no free enterprise in diamond mining. The government long ago nationalized all diamond mines‚ and anyone who finds a diamond mine on his property discovers that
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