it means A house where paying guests are provided with meals and lodging.a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guestsAustral a house for boarders at a school.Formerly boarders would typically share washing‚ breakfast and dining facilities; in recent years it has become common for each room to have its own washing and toilet facilities. Such boarding houses were often found in English seaside towns (for holidaymakers) and college towns (for students). It was common
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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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House of Asterion‚ written by Jorge Luis Borges‚ is a short story that takes a first person point of view of a Minotaur named Asterion. The story is about Asterion’s life style and how he occupies his time. However the reader doesn’t find out that Asterion is a Minotaur until the very end of the story. Without this key piece of information the reader cannot view Asterion as a regular person. Another important part of the story that is left out is how his house is labyrinth. This again makes it easier
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each of our minds once in a while‚ through his play‚ Our Town. In Our Town‚ he exemplified his view of life and what it truly means by not only reflecting upon life‚ but also‚ death. Through death‚ we learn what life really is‚ and what life has to offer us. It is not the grand and fine things in life‚ but the minor everyday things in life that truly make life worth living. When speaking of Our Town he said‚ “It is an attempt to find value above all price‚ for the smallest events in our daily life
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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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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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HOUSE WIRING Wiring is not a duck soup. Period. If you are among those freebies‚ who want to do wiring just because their neighbors are doing it‚ you are on a wrong trail. Wiring is a very serious subject and it’s better to get some information about basicelectrical wiring before you step into it. Any gaffe can burn down your beautiful house in a few minutes. It is a common fact that people get confused when they are cabling for the first time. Gathering some information about circuits‚ wires and
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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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In "The Fall of the House of Usher"‚ Poe uses the life-like characteristics of the decaying house of Usher as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. This not only makes the story act upon the reader in a grabbing way‚ but it also creates an impression of fear‚ mystery and horror‚ typical for Poe’s literary works. For example‚ from the very beginning of the story‚ the reader can tell that there is something unusual and bizarre about the old house. As the narrator approaches the
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layperson‚ begins: Peace be with this house and with all who live here. Blessed be the name of the Lord. All respond : Amen. The leader may use these or similar words to introduce the house blessing: When Christ took flesh through the Blessed Virgin Mary‚ he made his home with us. Let us now pray that he will enter this home and bless it with his presence. May he always be here among us; may he nurture our love for each other‚ share in our joys‚ comfort us in our sorrows. Inspired by his teachings
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