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    Farnsworth House

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    discussing the architectural qualities of the ‘Farnsworth House’ by ‘Mies Van Der Rohe’. Mies Van Der Rohe was born in Germany in 1886 and died in USA in 1969. He managed to complete projects such as ‘Commonwealth Plaza’‚ ‘860-880 Lake Shore Drive apartments’‚ Crown hall’ and ‘Seagram Building’ in which the structure for all was out of steel and glass. (Franz SCHULZE 2004:294) It could be said that architectural qualities can be the set of qualities that determine how good a result is. These

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    The Man Of The House

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    Of The Nation’ And ‘The Man Of The House’ Frank O ‘ Connors treatment of characters varies in both ‘The Man Of The House’ and in ‘Guests Of The Nation’. We can see how O’Connor treats different characters differently and we can see how through the use of imagery and language O’Connor’s Characters are treated very differently in both short stories. Sullivan the little boy of the house develops into the man of the house in Frank O’Connor’s ‘The Man Of The House’. In the opening lines of the story

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    The Bustle in a House

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    Emily Dickinson wrote The Bustle in a House in 1866. It is a ballad with two stanzas of four lines each‚ or two quatrains. There is no set rhyme scheme‚ because each of the lines is enjambled. The meter of the poem is trimeter‚ with every third line of each stanza being tetrameter. The theme of The Bustle In the House is about how losing a loved one‚ while it is depressing in many ways‚ must not affect how we live our lives. Having to deal with many deaths herself‚ Emily Dickinson wrote this poem

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    A House of Fire

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    It’s for this reason that fire needs to be handled with care. Playing with it can be dangerous‚ and at times can also prove fatal to those unfortunate enough to find themselves in its path. Our next-door neighbours were lucky in that nobody was injured‚ but the same thing cannot be said about their beloved house. Although it’s been ten years now‚ I can still remember the whole thing as if it were yesterday‚ and each time‚ the thought of that terrifying episode makes my blood run cold. It was a hot

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    society‚ order needs to be maintained through either extreme or moderate means. This so called “order” can either be maintained through the means of justice or fear. Ultimately justice provides the best results for maintaining order amongst people within a fully functioning society. Justice has been exemplified to be superior to fear on many occasions such as in the case of the Israelites‚ the teachings of John Loch‚ and the failure of principles mentioned in Machiavelli’s The Prince. Order amongst

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    The Abandoned House

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    Abandon House 1. Dust lay over every surface like dirty snow‚ pristine dust layer‚ not a foot print anywhere‚ dust bunnies the size of bowling balls tumbled across the floor boards toward unseen skittles‚ free papers piled up to the letter box and cascaded all the way to the foot of the rough wooden stairs‚ old tea cups lay on a coffee table thickly encrusted with dried up mould‚ dust covered mirrors‚ smell of mildew‚ stale air‚ air thick with dust‚ shafts of light bursting through gaps in the boarded

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    Beach House

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    toes..Crabs running everywhere.. Then I see it..a blue house..with its paint starting to fade from the hot sun..pink shutters that storms have almost destroyed..but the house still looks amazing sitting there facing forever... A little girl with curly red hair playing with a little boy with blue swim shorts...running into the ocean they seem 2 magically disappear... I stand there watching the waves crash along the deck of the blue house..remembering a moment that time has never touched..In this

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    Douglas House

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    DOUGLAS HOUSE‚ RICHARD MEIER‚ 1971-1973 The Douglas House was built by Richard Meier in 1971-1973 for Jim and Jean Douglas. The house is gently placed on a steep slope over the water‚ almost as if it is floating amongst the trees. As Meier stated about the house‚ “So steep is the slope to the water that the house appears to have been dropped into the site‚ a machine-crafted object that has landed in a natural world. The dramatic dialogue between the whiteness of the house and the primary blues and

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    Haunted House

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    Haunted House I have this fear of masks‚ haunted houses‚ and anything scary. It was a cool fall day in the month of October. All my friends were preparing for the upcoming Halloween festivals and trying to decide which ones to attend. One of my guy friends said‚ “let’s go to a haunted house it’s going to be spooktaculiar.” I am not a big fan of anything scary so going to a haunted house wasn’t my thing. I suggested having a pumpkin carving contest or baking things that looked gross but were delicious

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    Order Management System

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    It operates five different production facilities in the island‚ with corporate headquarters in Kingston. Management is looking for ways to make order processing more efficient. This is how the firm’s order processing works. A customer can call‚ fax‚ or mail in an order. A customer service representative (CSR) writes down the order information on an order pad. This information includes the customer name‚ shipping address‚ billing address‚ product number‚ product description‚ quantity‚ and shipping

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