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    How Readers are Frightened by Poe and Cortázar “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe and “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortázar are both gothic novels that accomplish their goal (to scare the reader) in similar ways. Since their goals are similar‚ naturally‚ the two share elements of gothic literature‚ but they aren’t one and the same. “House Taken Over” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” are two very different stories‚ though they leave the reader with similar feelings after the story

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    1.2 Research Title The Effectiveness of the United Nations of Global Compact as a means of achieving Corporate Social Performance: a case study of Total Inc. 1.3 Research Background It is important these days for companies to adopt an attitude that knows how to deal with the economic situation but also the expectations of stakeholders. In order to remain competitive and sustainable‚ companies must consider the environment that surrounded them. Although it is complex and constantly evolving‚

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    Rosson House Analysis

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    The Rosson House Museum named after Dr. Roland Rosson and his family is located in downtown Phoenix. It was built in 1895‚ by an architect named Alexander P. Petit. It is over 120 years old and is one of the few historic houses in Arizona that still stands in its original foundation. The house is about 2‚800 square feet‚ with ten rooms and five fireplaces. In todays day the Rosson House is now a museum open to the public. In addition‚ the Rosson House is full of history. The House was first built

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    The main thing is‚ why don’t they just leave? The answer in the best haunted house literature is‚ they don’t leave because they cannot. Something keeps them inside. When someone takes on a house they form a bond between self and architecture. Houses are where people have to go when they are trying to hide. This makes it all the more terrifying when the houses turn on us. Our houses are everywhere. Author Shirley Jackson doesn’t require her characters to investigate and discover the real identity

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    of the House of Usher; More then Meets the Eye The Fall of the House of Usher written by Edgar Allen Poe was written in 1839‚ as the age of enlightenment and reason were on the rise. It is a horror gothic story‚ with an atmosphere of evil‚ as well as a sublime that overwhelmed the reader with fear. The Fall of the House of Usher is not only a dark romantic‚ written with a great deal attention to imagery‚ enhancing the parallelism and symbolism that arises as a correlation between the house the Ushers

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    The Vanna Venturi House

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    the house is simple and looks like a house‚ and it is connected to the interior. For some elements outside of the house like the chimney‚ it is easy to tell where it is located. It’s usually on either sides of the house‚ but in the Vanna Venturi House’s case it is in the middle. There are different sizes of windows placed in the house‚ which are designed instead of having repetitive shapes of windows. Robert Venturi used the invention of having those asymmetrical windows randomly in the house‚ not

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    Home vs House

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    people viewed as a house‚ but the bench near Carl’s Jr. was considered his home‚ a place of comfort and value close to the heart. “Homeless” an essay written by Anna Quindlen‚ focuses on the people who don’t have that sense of place‚ “a place of certainty‚ stability‚ predictability‚ and privacy” (Quindlen 528). “Homeless” is not about the people who are living on the streets‚ but the people who never had a house to call their home. The difference between the two is that a house is a possession that

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    The Omega House Hospice

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    Executive Summary This case study is based on a hospice by the name of Omega House. Due to financial distress‚ the Omega House was closed for several years. Thankfully‚ the Social Action Consortium (SAC) assumed responsibility for the Omega House; and it was able to reopen for those terminally ill patients who were in need of the best care during their remaining days. Ellen started off as a full-time nurse at Omega House who was deprived of sleep. Although the position as a nurse was exhausting

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    The House and the Ushers One of the central themes underlying the short story‚ The Fall of the House of Usher‚ is that of the nature of the house. The way it is described and the way it is so mysterious. Another central theme about this story is the nature of the people that live in the house. They are portrayed very much in the same manner throughout the story. Thus‚ they have several similarities with each other. All of which are of a bad feeling‚ showing how bad things are for the people

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    Energy Efficient House

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    they allow maximum solar radiation to reach house. Thermal Massing- Thermal Mass is basically a thick layer of stone or concrete on the floor. They prevent large temperature fluctuations. Stone floors absorb and store heat during the day‚ and then they give off that heat at night‚ warming the house. Salt Water Heat Exchange- Salt water in an enclosed system absorbs thermal energy during the day from the sun and passively releases heat into house at night warming it at night. The density of

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