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    the text conform to‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a particular genre‚ and for what purpose? ! ! Known for his dislike of conventions and structure‚ the highly structured nature of a sonnet would‚ at first glance‚ appear to be unappealing to e e cummings. However‚ Cummings has struck the fine balance between maintaining traditional form and introducing radical reform. His sonnet ‘it may not always be so’ conforms to the conventional fourteen-line length‚ positioning of the volta and iambic

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    expected results. The case of Fran and Octavia is a clear example that can explain the doctrine of promissory estoppel. In this scenario‚ Fran approaches Octavia to give him a room to conduct her business of storing her goods. She promises Octavia that indeed she will consider lending the house for her business deals. The warehouse had no functional extractor fan in which Fran requested Octavia to put in place. In the case‚ Octavia asked Fran to promise him that she will take the house

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    air brought light goose bumps to my arms. Still a bit bothered by the cold‚ I took my long brown hair out of its usual ponytail and let it spread out across my back‚ warming my in the slightest. I rubbed my arms absentmindedly‚ looking around for Octavia. We always met here‚ on the metal bleachers‚ which rose above the green football field‚ waiting until the practice was over and Jake could drive us home. When I realized that she wasn’t anywhere near me‚ I turned my attention to the players on the

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    Kindred Spirits vs Christina’s World When you look at two pieces of art‚ side by side‚ there are always things you notice. Some of these observations may be similarities‚ some may be differences. So‚ what observations can we make about the two classic American pieces Kindred Spirits and Christina’s World? Let’s find out. Kindred Spirits is a painting made in 1849 by Asher Brown Durand. It was a tribute to the deceased Thomas Cole‚ a friend of Durand. It shows Cole standing

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    are various electronic commerce activities and mechanisms. E-Commerce Activities and Mechanisms include the following but not limited to: E-Market Place: It is an online market usually B2B where buyers and sellers exchange goods or services. EC transactions take place in the electronic equivalent of a mall called the electronic marketplace (e-marketplace). Electronic marketplaces utilize different tools (electronic shopping cart‚ e-catalog‚ fulfillment technologies‚ and checkout and payment

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    While it cannot be for certain how Butler would reply to my argument‚ her book offers a clear insight into what she might have said. In response to my argument on precarity‚ I believe Butler would use the principles of “we the people”. She states that that even when all people are recognized‚ there are those who still don’t acknowledged. In fact‚ these disregarded groups of people are stripped of their rights to assemble and fall side to larger bodies of people. I think she would argue that even

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    Notes: Judith Butler – Gender Trouble PREFACE (1999) Gender Trouble has been received as a “provocative ‘intervention’ in feminist theory” and as a “founding text of queer theory.” “In 1989 I was most concerned to criticize a pervasive heterosexual assumption in feminist literary theory. I sought to counter those views that made presumptions about the limits and propriety of gender and restricted the meaning of gender to received notions of masculinity and femininity. It was and remains

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    In 1990‚ both Eve Sedgwick (Epistemology of the Closet) and Judith Butler (Gender Trouble) made significant contributions to the ever burgeoning field of queer studies with theories about sexuality as performance. Following the central Foucauldian thread in which sexual conduct is but a construct specific to one’s cultural context and a factor of historical and cultural connotations‚ queer theorists proposed gender as a socially and culturally constructed performance. The performance of gender is

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    BUTLER LUMBER COMPANY CASE REPORT Francis Davidson Tanguay Paula Zalba Dounia Tazimezalek Carl Helou Applied Corporate Finance Larbi Hammami McGill University‚ Montreal Tuesday‚ May 14th‚ 2013 1. Problem 1.1 Why was sales growth so robust‚ but net income growth anemic at best? 1.2 Does Mr.Butler need additional funding to fuel his growth? 1.3 Why does butler lumber have a cash shortage problem to begin with? 1.4 Could the cash flows of Butler Lumber support additional debt? 1.5 Should butler lumber

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    and several ethical codes for OD practice have been developed by various professional associations. Ethical dilemmas in OD arise around misrepresentation‚ misuse of data‚ coercion‚ value and goal conflict‚ and technical ineptness. In this case Kindred Todd who had just finished the master’s degree in organization development and had landed her first consulting position with a small consulting company. But Todd met a problem with ethics. After Todd was hired‚ her boss assigned her to a new client

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