Many women have misshapen‚ maimed‚ bounded‚ altered‚ injured‚ and changed their bodies for their culture. Foot binding was a tradition that began in the 12th century and became more prevalent in the 17th century. Chinese women practiced foot-binding; this process forced women to have broken and bent bones in their feet‚ for what society considered the most desirable for women. This custom expanded from the class to class. This was considered crucial in order to get a good husband. Men desired women
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Foot binding originated in China during the reign of Emperor Yi Lu when one of his concubines with bound feet in the shape of a crescent moon danced for him on the points of her feet wearing lotus shoes. He was so enamored with her that she became his favorite concubine. The other women in his harem decided to follow suit‚ and the custom of foot binding was born (Foreman 1). The practice continued for dynasties to come and remained until the 1900’s (Lim 1). Eventually‚ the painful practice became
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of contract law applicable would be whether the offer and acceptance was put into a legally binding agreement. The offer of rewards given to the clerk from IRAS greatly depends on the usefulness of the information from the clerk to retrieve successfully the total amount of tax evaded by Evander. Firstly‚ to describe the contract‚ an offer is a definite intention by the offeror to enter into a legally binding agreement‚ be it a specific person‚ a group of people or the world at large‚ on the offeror’s
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“You name it!” Laptop‚ a portable personal computer‚ became commercially available in 1975. With the rapid development of high technology‚ the laptop market keeps expanding‚ but meanwhile faces a huge challenge. Although threat from potential entries and suppliers are relatively low‚ competitors‚ buyers and substitutes bring about high threat. Sony‚ a famous brand in laptop‚ plans to launch a new strategy—“You name it!”‚ aiming to tailor products based on each premium customer’s
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Scott’s Miracle-Gro has a plant in Temecula‚ CA that produces seed spreaders. Management is deciding if it should keep the Temecula plant open or if it should outsource manufacturing either to mainland China or offshore China. Before Miracle-Gro became Scott’s Miracle-Gro‚ they outsourced to contract manufacturers for production. Scotts manufactured their spreaders since it acquired Republic Tool and Manufacturing. Scott’s Miracle-Gro manufacturing facilities have a plant in Temecula‚
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Module 1: Business Decision in Project Management and Corporate Outsourcing Assignment 2 Date: 16-Nov-08 Subject: The outsourcing dilemma: a composite approach to the make or buy decision –case study in buy or make New Non-Air booking System of Cathay Holidays Limited (CHL) Written by Group 3: Executive Summary This paper is trying to appraise a range and complexity of outsourcing decision issues which Cathay Pacific Holidays (CHL) is
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14‚ 2015 Foot Binding “Beauty is not in the face‚ Beauty is the light in the heart.” – Kahlil Gibran. However true this utterance may be‚ in nearly every culture all through history‚ women have been required to undertake major and sometimes painful physical modifications in the insistence of the name of beauty and social status. The Chinese tradition of foot binding could be considered to be among the most barbarous of traditions. With that being said the custom of binding young girl’s feet
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For a contract to be legally binding all of the following elements must be present. If one or more is absent the contract will be considered invalid or void. The first element of the contract is Offer and Acceptance. For a contract to be considered valid one party (the offer) must make an offer to another party (the offeree). Before an offer is accepted it must be communicated to the offeree. A offer is immediately made into a contract when the offeree accepts the offeror’s tender. An offer can be
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Foot Binding and Today Different + Similar Foot binding has made girls’ feet look nicer. It still made people’s’ life different and has changed the look of others. As well as somebody adjustments today‚ it can also change people’s identity and mood from changing. Foot binding is different and similar from today because some surgeries or makeups can change the way people feel and how the people act. First‚ plastic surgery is a little similar to foot binding because people are getting
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Supplier: Customer: AVECO s.r.o. SRSG Veleslavinska 39 India 162 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic Quotation Code: 1302021-IN-BAG 25.2.2013 ASTRA – Hardware renewal This proposal is offering bundled solution for upgrading existing ASTRA automation systems: BO MAIN BO BACKUP ORB MAIN ORB BACKUP Following components of proposed upgrade are included: * Hardware * New automation servers incl. diagnostic display at the front panel * New
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