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    Butler Lumber 1. Why does BL need to borrow money to support its profitable business? Draw up a Fund Flow Statement‚ i.e.‚ Funding and Uses a. Funding would include Bank Borrowing‚ Trade Credit‚ Retained Earnings‚ Cash‚ Accrued Expenses b. Uses would include Inventories‚ A/R‚ Buyout‚ Reduction in debt‚ increase in fixed assets/accounts Response: BL needs to borrow money from the bank to take benefit of the purchase discounts. During the last two years‚ BL had taken very few purchase discounts

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    like the Mekong Delta‚ where they grew up. Their child‚ Bill‚ was born in America. He was much more Americanized and had little knowledge about his cultural background. The story‚ "Crickets‚" by Robert Olen Butler is about a father‚ who is trying to educate his son to be more Vietnamese. Butler is trying to let his reader understand that coming to a new land as a new immigrant is difficult. In order to have a better life‚ the father and his new bride struggle to come to America. In other words‚ you

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    Trang Le Antarctica – March 10‚ 2010 The Giver Essay Lois Lowry’s The Giver is set in a futuristic‚ dichotomous society‚ one that is both utopian and dystopian. In response to the overwhelming destruction and chaos in the world‚ the Elders have attempted to create and maintain a peaceful and orderly utopia‚ but this security comes at a price. The citizens of the community have sacrificed their individuality and freedom. Although most adult members have some knowledge of the hypocrisies involved

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    In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins depicts a dystopian world‚ in which a totalitarian government tries to control the people through a mixture of force and surveillance. Does it succeed with the protagonist‚ Katniss? Is she able to choose to be‚ behave‚ and do‚ as she wants? The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen‚ who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government

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    impairment are the loss of intellectual abilities‚ constant misunderstandings‚ murderous jealousy‚ violence‚ and the dissolution of society. In the first passage of the prompt‚ the bus driver responds to Obsidian’s superiority by gesturing “threateningly” (Butler 93) and by shouting “in wordless anger” (93)‚ which is an illustration of one of the major implications of the loss of communication. The bus driver’s brash reaction

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    Butler’s Tourism Lifecycle Model Butler developed a model which shows how any tourist resort may grow. A resort may start off from being a small‚ low key‚ destination. He suggests that all resorts go through the same sort of process. The seven stages of tourist development A graph of Butler’s resort life cycle model 1. Exploration - a small number of tourists visit the area. The area is unspoilt and few tourist facilities exist. 2. Involvement - local people start to provide some facilities

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    Introduction: The word Panem comes from the Latin expression “Panem et Circenses” which translates into “bread and circuses.” Bread and circuses is term use by ancient romans for describing an act of distracting the population of the real problem through entertainment. The most recognisable is gladiators. Doesn’t this sound familiar? yes‚ you’re right. The film‚ ‘The Hunger Games’ is based on the expression “bread and circuses” Today‚ I’m going to prove that Panem‚ is a dystopian society. First

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    Brianna M. September 15‚ 2011 Society vs. a Modern Dystopia Aldous Huxley’s historic book The Brave New World presents a horrifying view of a possible dystopian future in which the society is procreated through scientific advancements. This society shows a civilization that is controlled only by scientific methods and is based on a stringent caste system. Huxley illustrates elements of an advanced society that is ultimately dissimilar from ours through its thoughts‚ feelings‚ and morals; however

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    Judith Butler‚ attempting to bridge gender and feminist theories emphasized the notion of performance as an “analytical category that allows for critical intervention” (Hall‚ 2013‚ p. 112). Viewing identity as different facets of scripted performance‚ Butler saw the opportunity to subvert interpretation of gender and sexuality norms as an effort to destabilize hierarchical traditions‚ like those seen in medical and legal discourses (Hall‚ 2013). J. Jack Halberstam‚ who focuses on a melding of queer

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    In the passage of Undoing Butler‚ it shows an interesting point of view in the life of transexual. Often times‚ transgender topics will not go in depth with the process and the thoughts of the person. The passage focused on a David Reimer; his biological gender is a male and it was decided by his parent to raise him as a women after an incident. His parents renamed David to Branda. Brenda tends to enjoy toys that are designed for boys at the age of nine. At her pre-teenage years‚ she decided she

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