The play presents Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle whose pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly mask her nymphomania and alcoholism. Blanche arrives at the house of her sister Stella Kowalski in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where the seamy, multicultural ambience is a shock to Blanche's nerves. Explaining that her ancestral southern plantation Belle Reeve has been "lost" due to the "epic fornications" of her ancestors, Blanche is welcomed to stay by a trepidatious Stella, who fears the reaction of her husband Stanley. Blanche explains to them how her supervisor told her she could take time off from her job a ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, A Streetcar Named Desire - Plot, A Streetcar Named Desire - Themes and Motifs, A Streetcar Named Desire - Illusion versus Reality, A Streetcar Named Desire - Abandonment of Chivalric Codes, A Streetcar Named Desire - Film and Opera adaptations, A Streetcar Named Desire - Performances, A Streetcar Named Desire - Comparison with other works, A Streetcar Named Desire - Streetcar revival in New Orleans, A Streetcar Named Desire - Oh! Streetcar!

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Earthly desires are enlightenment

(Jpn.: bonno-soku-bodai)

A Mahayana principle based on the view that earthly desires cannot exist independently on their own; therefore one can attain enlightenment without eliminating earthly desires. This contrasts with the Hinayana view that extinguishing earthly desires is a prerequisite for enlightenment.

According to the Hinayana teachings, earthly desires and enlightenment are two independent and opposing factors, and the two cannot coexist; while the Mahayana teachings reveal that earthly desires are one with and inseparable from enlightenment. This is because all things, even earthly desires and enlightenment, are manifestations of the unchanging reality or truth-and thus are non-dual at their source.

The Universal Worthy Sutra, an epilogue to the Lotus Sutra, states, "Without either cutting off earthly desires or separating themselves from the five desires, they can purify all their senses and wipe away all their offenses."

T'ien-t'ai (538-597) says in Great Concentration and Insight, "The ignorance and dust of desires are enlightenment, and the sufferings of birth and death are nirvana."

In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Nichiren (1222-1282) states: "The idea of gradually overcoming delusions is not the ultimate meaning of the 'Life Span' chapter of the Lotus Sutra. You should understand that the ultimate meaning of this chapter is that ordinary mortals, just as they are in their original state of being, are Buddhas," and, "Today, when Nichiren and his followers recite the words Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, they are burning the firewood of earthly desires, summoning up the wisdom-fire of enlightenment."

(See also: Earthly desires are enlightenment, Enlightenment, Buddhism Enlightenment, Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary)

In 1951, Elia Kazan directed a movie based on the play; see A Streetcar Named Desire (film) In 1995, the opera, A Streetcar Named Desire composed by André Previn with a libretto by Philip Littell, after the play by Tennessee Williams had its premiere at the San Francisco Opera during the 1998-99 season. ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, A Streetcar Named Desire - Plot, A Streetcar Named Desire - Themes and Motifs, A Streetcar Named Desire - Illusion versus Reality, A Streetcar Named Desire - Abandonment of Chivalric Codes, A Streetcar Named Desire - Film and Opera adaptations, A Streetcar Named Desire - Performances, A Streetcar Named Desire - Comparison with other works, A Streetcar Named Desire - Streetcar revival in New Orleans, A Streetcar Named Desire - Oh! Streetcar!

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ISD is a very common sexual disorder. The most common cause of ISD seems to be relationship problems wherein one partner does not feel emotionally intimate or close to their mate. Communication problems, lack of affection that is not associated with continuing into sexual intercourse, power struggles and conflicts, and a lack of time alone together are common factors. ISD may also be associated with a very restrictive upbringing concerning sex, negative attitudes toward sex, or nega ...

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Inhibited sexual desire, Inhibited sexual desire - Causes incidence and risk factors, Inhibited sexual desire - Signs and tests, Inhibited sexual desire - Treatment, Inhibited sexual desire - Expectations prognosis, Inhibited sexual desire - Complications, Inhibited sexual desire - Prevention, Inhibited sexual desire - External link

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A Streetcar Named Desire - Illusion versus Reality. A recurring theme found in "A Streetcar Named Desire" is an ever-present conflict between reality and fantasy, actual and ideal. Blanche does not want, "..what's real, but what's magic." This recurring theme is read most strongly in William's characterization of Blanche DuBois and the physical tropes that she employs in her pursuit of what is magical and idealized: the purple shade she employs to cover the harsh white light bulb in the living room, her chronical ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, A Streetcar Named Desire - Plot, A Streetcar Named Desire - Themes and Motifs, A Streetcar Named Desire - Illusion versus Reality, A Streetcar Named Desire - Abandonment of Chivalric Codes, A Streetcar Named Desire - Film and Opera adaptations, A Streetcar Named Desire - Performances, A Streetcar Named Desire - Comparison with other works, A Streetcar Named Desire - Streetcar revival in New Orleans, A Streetcar Named Desire - Oh! Streetcar!

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Five Desires (Five Sensual Pleasures)

Desires connected with the five senses, i.e., form, sound, aroma, taste and touch.

 (See also: Five Desires (Five Sensual Pleasures, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

To function as money, the monetary item should possess a number of features: To be a medium of exchange: It should be liquid, easily tradable, with a low spread between the prices to buy and sell. A low spread typically occurs when an item is fungible. It should be easily transportable; precious metals have a high value to weight ratio. This is why oil, copper, or bricks are not suitable as money. Paper notes ...

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It is generally agreed that power chords sound best when the following conditions are met: 1. They sound best when the intervals lie within a single octave. That is, the contained perfect 5th (or 4th) should be a simple interval rather than a compound interval, as this results in the closest matching of overtones (notwithstanding the slight discrepancy between the pitch ratios of overtones and the pitch ratios of notes fretted in accordance with equal temperament). 2. They are mostly played with just 2 or 3 notes. Other notes can be added by further octave doubling but this is rarely done, as too ma ...

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Power chord, Power chord - Definition and Background, Power chord - Essential features, Power chord - Desirable features, Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism, Power chord - Fingering, Power chord - First hits

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It is often speculated that advanced AI is likely to have goals inconsistent with those of humanity and may threaten humanity's existence. AI researcher Hugo de Garis suggests superintelligent AI may simply eliminate the intellectually inferior human race, and humans would be powerless to stop it. This is a major issue concerning both Singularity advocates and critics, and was the subject of an article by B ...

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Technological singularity, Technological singularity - Early conceptions, Technological singularity - The Vingean Singularity, Technological singularity - Creating superhuman intelligence, Technological singularity - Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns, Technological singularity - The desirability and safety of the Singularity, Technological singularity - The Singularity in fiction and modern culture, Technological singularity - Organizations and other prominent voices

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Even after Carmichael's discovering him, Laine still was considered to be only an intermission act at Billy Berg's. His next big break came when he dusted off a fifteen-year old song that few people remembered in 1946: "That's My Desire." Frankie had picked up the song from songstress June Hart a half a dozen years earlier, when he sang at the College Inn in Cleveland. He introduced "Desire" as a "new" song -- meaning new to his repertoire at Berg's -- but the audience mistook it for a new song that had just been written. He ended up singing it five times that night. After that, Frankie Laine quickly became the star attraction at Be ...

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Frankie Laine, Frankie Laine - Early Years, Frankie Laine - That's My Desire, Frankie Laine - At Mercury, Frankie Laine - At Columbia, Frankie Laine - Film and Television, Frankie Laine - At Capitol ABC and Beyond, Frankie Laine - Later Years, Frankie Laine - Marriages, Frankie Laine - Frankie Laine Today, Frankie Laine - Samples, Frankie Laine - Discography, Frankie Laine - Lyrics By Laine, Frankie Laine - Filmography, Frankie Laine - Television, Frankie Laine - Guest star as actor include, Frankie Laine - Autobiography/Biographies, Frankie Laine - Video Documentary, Frankie Laine - See Also

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See also: Material properties of diamond In order to be considered for use as a diamond simulant, a material must possess certain diamond-like properties. The most advanced artificial simulants have properties which closely approach diamond, but all simulants have one or more features that clearly and (for those familiar with diamond) easily differentiate them from diamond. To a gemologist, the most important of differential properties are those that foster non-destructive testing, and most of these are visual in nature. Non-de ...

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Diamond simulant, Diamond simulant - Desired and differential properties, Diamond simulant - Durability and density, Diamond simulant - Optics and color, Diamond simulant - Thermal and electrical, Diamond simulant - Artificial simulants, Diamond simulant - Summary table, Diamond simulant - 1700 onwards, Diamond simulant - 1900–1947, Diamond simulant - 1947–1970, Diamond simulant - 1970–1976, Diamond simulant - 1976 to present, Diamond simulant - Natural simulants, Diamond simulant - Composites

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Some speculate superhuman intelligences may have goals inconsistent with human survival and prosperity. AI researcher Hugo de Garis suggests AIs may simply eliminate the human race, and humans would be powerless to stop it. Other oft-cited dangers include molecular nanotechnology and genetic engineering. These threats are major issues for both Singularity advocates and critics, and were the subject of an article by Bill Joy appearing in Wired Magazine, ominously titled Why the future doesn't need us. Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom summarizes the p ...

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Technological singularity, Technological singularity - History and definitions, Technological singularity - Creating superhuman intelligence, Technological singularity - Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns, Technological singularity - The desirability and safety of the Singularity, Technological singularity - Neo-Luddite views, Technological singularity - The Singularity in fiction and modern culture, Technological singularity - Organizations and other prominent voices

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To function as money, the monetary item should possess a number of features: To be a medium of exchange: It must be liquid, easily tradable, with a low spread between the prices to buy and sell. A low spread typically occurs when an item is fungible. It must be easily transportable; precious metals have a high value to weight ratio. This is why oil, copper, or bricks are not suitable as money. To be a unit of account: It must be divisible into small units without destroyin ...

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Money, Money - Essential characteristics of money, Money - Credit as money, Money - Desirable features of money, Money - Modern forms of money, Money - Money and economics, Money - History of money, Money - Private currencies, Money - Money supply, Money - Growing the money supply, Money - Shrinking the money supply M3

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Proponents of anonymous P2P sometimes argue that such technology is desirable and in some cases necessary to ensure freedom of speech and the free flow of information. They claim that true freedom of speech, especially on controversial subjects, is difficult or impossible unless individuals can speak anonymously. They argue that if anonymity were not possible, one could be subjected to threats or reprisals for voicing an unpopular view. ...

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Anonymous P2P, Anonymous P2P - Anonymous P2P as a misnomer, Anonymous P2P - Uses of anonymous P2P, Anonymous P2P - Views on the desirability of anonymous P2P, Anonymous P2P - Consequences of P2P anonymity, Anonymous P2P - Technical drawbacks of current anonymous P2P networks, Anonymous P2P - Anonymous P2P clients, Anonymous P2P - Hypothetical or defunct networks

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Anti-Oedipus - Desiring Machines & Social Production. Michel Foucault writes in the introduction, "Anti-Oedipus is the guide to the nonfascist life." Where Capitalism trains us that desire equals lack and that the only way to meet our desires is to consume, Anti-Oedipus, has a different take: desire does not come from lack, as in the Freudian understanding. O ...

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Anti-Oedipus, Anti-Oedipus - Key Concepts, Anti-Oedipus - Desiring Machines & Social Production, Anti-Oedipus - Body Without Organs, Anti-Oedipus - Deterritorialization

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Noted US economist Paul Samuelson was skeptical about the viability of countertrade as a marketing tool, claiming that "Unless a hungry tailor happens to find an undraped farmer, who has both food and a desire for a pair of pants, neither can make a trade". But this is a too simplistic interpretation of how markets operate in the real world. In any real economy, bartering occurs all the time. The truth is, that the volume of countertrade is growing. In 1972, it was estimated that countertrade was used by business and governments in 15 countries; in 1979, 2 ...

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Counter trade, Counter trade - Types of countertrade, Counter trade - Role of countertrade in the world market, Counter trade - Desirability of countertrade

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Art by Bill Sienkiewicz This story is about several mentally unbalanced people who are brought together on a quest to save Delirium from herself. It's possible at the end of this story that Delirium is somewhat healed in some fundamental way. ...

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Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

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Zipporah at the inn - Meaning. The text is particularly ambiguous, using pronouns multiple times, without ever identifying which of the three individuals of Moses, Yahweh (the LORD), and Zipporah's son, is being referred to by each instance. The prior verses only describe the words that Moses is commanded to say to the Pharaoh, and consequently are not of much assistance. There are two main solutions: Since the prior passage concerning the message to the Pharaoh refers to the Pharaoh's firstbo ...

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Zipporah at the inn, Zipporah at the inn - Interpretation, Zipporah at the inn - Meaning, Zipporah at the inn - Cause of Yahweh's desire to kill Moses, Zipporah at the inn - Variant texts

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Art by Glenn Fabry This is a story about some archaeologists who uncover and explore a peninsula from many years in the future. Chronologically, this takes place after Delirium's Going Inside, the chapter preceding this one. ...

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Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

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Depending on the cause of the disorder, hormone therapy or a blood-flow enhancing medication, like Viagra, may be appropriate. A new medication, PT-141, is directly increasing sexual desire in both males and females, and is currently in clinical tests. A scientific study on PT-141 is available at PNAS 101: 10201 (2004). ...

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Sexual arousal disorder, Sexual arousal disorder - Signs and symptoms, Sexual arousal disorder - Diagnosis, Sexual arousal disorder - Treatment

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Art by P. Craig Russell This story is about the ruler of an island off the coast of Venice who changes things so that his island and his people keep living the same day over and over again, always staving off Death. ...

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Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

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Art by Barron Storey, designed by Dave McKean This collection of very short vignettes illustrate fifteen different people experiencing Despair in fifteen different ways. One is about an unemployed man who's feeding cats, only to have them end up eating each other to survive when he goes on an extended leave for work. Another is about a priest who's being forcibly defrocked due to a molestation scandal that he knows he can prove false. A third is about a woman who, after committing suicide ...

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Endless Nights, Endless Nights - Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice, Endless Nights - Chapter 2: Desire - What I've tasted of Desire, Endless Nights - Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star, Endless Nights - Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair, Endless Nights - Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside, Endless Nights - Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula, Endless Nights - Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights

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