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    Halfway Houses

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    Halfway Houses: And Other Prison Alternatives For as long as there have been people‚ there have been violations of societal norms. With these violations comes the question‚ how do we solve these problems or violations? There have been many attempts to solve these problems‚ for example‚ in many cases from the beginning of time retribution has been the answer. Another form of punishment was eventually invented that would isolate offenders from the rest of the community. This punishment called

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    The White House

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    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban‚[1] and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801‚ he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward

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    The House of Wisdom

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    The House of Wisdom The Bayt al-Hikma‚ or House of Wisdom was founded in Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mamun. The goal of the House of Wisdom was to become a wellspring of knowledge by gathering the best scholars and translators to translate the ancient texts from Greece and India‚ and then to further advance Arab sciences. Al-Mamun established the House of Wisdom in hopes that it would bring prosperity to the Muslim empire. In 833 Al-Mamun died and his son Abu Ishaq al-Mutasim ibn Harun became Caliph

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    Abandoned House

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    enter the realm of an abandoned house left many years ago‚ and discover what secrets might be held inside. Before entering‚ I took a good observation of the outside. Vines had clung itself to the outer walls of the house‚ while the top floor window looked as if a baseball had been thrown through it. The roof was tattered‚ and a whole was present beside the chimney large enough for the neighborhood birds to nest. Around the house was unkempt undergrowth as if the house had grown up from the very earth

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    causes lots of problems. e.g. (Keeping medicines straight) medical bills - Due to frequent illnesses and health complications‚ their medical bills are very high. Loneliness - It is sad that most old people spend their last years alone in a big empty house as their children and grandchildren are either abroad or in some other city. Getting along with others - Most people find it difficult to get along with others as they become stubborn‚ suspicious and unwilling to adapt to change. Boredom - Being

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    The Pecking Order Theory

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    Theoretical Approach Pecking Order theory The pecking order theory is a financial management theory that was developed by Donaldson in 1961‚ and was modified by Stewart and Nicolas Majuluf in 1984 (M.Z Frank and V.K Goyal‚ 2003). I chose this theory because it is one of the most important theories in financial management‚ it applicable in my study because it shows how important financial management skills and decisions are in ensuring sustainability and profitability of a business. A business

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    House Rules

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    |Microsoft | |House rules | |By : Jodi Picoult

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    House as a Home

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    HOUSE AS A HOME… How can you consider your house as a home? Before proceeding to answer this query‚ it would be better to know first the meaning of home and house. According to International New Webster Dictionary of the English Language‚ a home is a “private living quarters of a person. A house is a “building for a person of family to live in”. HOME… a home should be a ” little heaven on earth” . a home is a place where the affections are cultivated instead of being repressed. Our happiness

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    Data Will Set You Free

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    Ford CEO Alan Mulally is known for starting meetings by saying “Data will set you free” and for trying to change Ford’s culture to one that is based on increased accountability‚ more information sharing‚ and hard metrics. “You can’t manage a secret‚” he is also fond of saying. Although it’s not clear whether Mulally’s approach will work at Ford‚ which is known for its self-contained fiefdoms where little information is shared‚ some companies have found that managing people according to hard metrics

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    Dolls House

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    Kate Godfrey Professor Hynes 7 Feb 2013 Final Draft A Doll’s House Marriage: a bond between two loving people‚ who commit to each other through thick and thin‚ and for better or worse. This idea of love and happiness is a common and often desired wish for many people who seek to fulfill one of many life’s offerings. Although marriage is a sacred bond between to people‚ it is often abused and superficial‚ diminishing its purpose entirely. Marriage and love is a very centralized and

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