BUTLER SERVICE HISTORY The word "butler" comes from the Old French bouteleur (cup bearer)‚ from bouteille (bottle)‚ and ultimately from Latin. The role of the butler‚ for centuries‚ has been that of the chief steward of a household‚ the attendant entrusted with the care and serving of wine and other bottled beverages which in ancient times might have represented a considerable portion of the household’s assets. In Britain‚ the butler was originally a middle-ranking member of the staff of a grand
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Shumann Butler Lumber Company Background: Butler Lumber Company had been founded in 1981 in a suburb of a large city in the Pacific Northwest. The company s operations were limited to the retail distribution of lumber products. Their typical products included plywood‚ moldings‚ and sash and door products. Despite good profits Butler Lumber Company experienced a shortage in cash and found it necessary to increase its bank loans. Issues: y y Why does a Profitable company such as Butler Lumber
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Statement of firm’s position Butler Lumber Company is looking for more cash due to a fast-paced lumber market and a shortage of funding. Their regular bank‚ Suburban National Bank‚ is not willing to expand their exiting loan to an amount greater than $250‚000 without securing the loan with real property. Another loan is being offered by a second bank‚ Northrup National Bank‚ for $465‚000‚ with the understanding that the previous loan would be rolled into the second. The interest on the new loan
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Judith Butler and Performativity for Beginners (mostly in her own words) Film 165A 1. A central concept of the theory is that your gender is constructed through your own repetitive performance of gender. This is related to the idea that discourse creates subject positions for your self to occupy—linguistic structures construct the self. The structure or discourse of gender for Butler‚ however‚ is bodily and nonverbal. Butler’s theory does not accept stable and coherent gender identity. Gender
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ROLE OF A BUTLER Throughout history‚ the word “butler” has always been associated with service. The dictionary defines a butler as "The principal manservant of a household." This definition remains true even when the butler is employed in a hotel. When a guest checks in and has occupied his suite‚ then this becomes his household. The butler caring for him becomes the "manager" of the suite (household) and in effect an employee of the guest. Services butlers offer differ from place to place‚ but their
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The Butler Lumber Company 1) Is Butler Lumber a profitable business? 2) Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support their business? 3) Prepare pro forma income statement and balance sheet. Is Mr Buttler’s estimate loan requirement correct? What amount will he need to finance the expected sales increase? 4) As his financial advisor‚ would you support this expansion? As his banker‚ would you approve the loan and under what conditions? 1) The Butler Lumber Company has positive
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Florida Studio Theatre’s production of Butler by Richard Strand is witty‚ full of word play‚ and all too relevant. As a country embroiled in conversation around race‚ immigration‚ identity‚ and at the core of it all who has the right to humanity‚ this question is posed to us once again as with this play. Butler embodies both the past and present while presenting a unique opportunity to learn from it and change our future. At the top of Butler‚ both Major General Butler and Lieutenant Kelly refer to Shepard
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Introduction Education has been one of America’s prominent topics of conversation. For the first two hundred and fifty years‚ education was mainly enforced by either the local communities or the religious denominations. The federal government had no control or involvement in regards to the matter of education. Federal government slowly began its involvement during the Civil War era‚ and increased swiftly during and following World War II‚ and has continued to be involved to the present day. The Elementary
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The Elementary Education Act 1870 was the first piece of legislation in England and Wales which dealt specifically with providing education for children aged 5 to 13 years of age. Education was to become accessible by all and not just wealthy. The Act was sponsored by William Forster and became known as ‘The Forster Act’. Under the act voluntary schools were left unchanged and local education boards were set up to create schools where there was a gap. The local education boards were to inspect the
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were prevented from having a successful educational experience. However‚ in 1979 a law was passed IDEA called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act providing states with money for disabled students. Even though this law was created for these students‚ it did not provide the proper services so‚ in 2006 the act was revised and renamed Individuals with Disability education Act. This ensured that each student
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