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- 241: A Critical Look At The Foster Care System
- ... turn leased back to the group home at excessive rents. Sources in the Department of Social Services told Union-Tribune reporters that the state may go after the families assets, including a $1.6 million house in Fairbanks Ranch. Mayuiers also reportedly enjoyed frequent restaurant meals, and drove a Mercedes Benz. While one would imagine that a man who enjoys such an opulent lifestyle could well afford to be generous to ... other problems identified by investigators were several instances in which children in the care of California Crest were mistreated or left unsupervised; a female staff member having had sex with a boy at the Ivy House group home numerous times; a suicidal girl given bottles of pills by a staff member and subsequently attempting suicide; a girl having been molested at a bus stop after a staff member failed to pick ... reason to believe that equal, if not worse, abuse won't occur behind the walls," said David Rothman, a professor of social medicine at Columbia in reference to the question of expanding congregate care to house more children. "The difference will be that nobody will hear the screams." Even at highly-regarded institutions such as Mooseheart, four house parents were arrested and convicted of sexually molesting about a dozen children ...
- 242: Gun and Children: Ways to keep them Safe in the House
- Gun and Children: Ways to keep them Safe in the House Bang! There is a shot and you rush to see what the hell just happened, but it is to late your child is no the ground with their brains all over the wall and is ... you have to do is put the device behind the trigger so it can not be pulled while in place. They do work for all you nonbelievers, I have seen them used in my own house on pellet guns that my little brothers have and the lock is more durable than you think it is. If you want to keep your children and gun safe in the same house at the same time, please think about what you have read just now. Do you really want to be waken, with a loud “BANG” at the wee morning hours? Just to find that your ...
- 243: Fahreheit 451
- ... days, Montag talks to Clarisse more and more. On the eighth day, Montag doesn t see Clarisse. He goes to work that day, and the alarm sound for them to go to a decayed old house. Montag finds hundreds of books in the old lady s attic, and one falls onto his hand. He unthinkingly hides the book under his coat and begins to spray kerosene over the house. The old woman that owns the books refuses to leave the house. Beatty begins to light the fire, but Montag stops him. Then, suddenly, the woman strikes a match and lights the house. The spectators watch in horror as the old woman burns up along side ...
- 244: Say A Prayer for the Youth of America
- ... young age, and mature much faster than any other person her age. This is shown through her in-depth observations about the world and people around her, such as “He was a big wind up doll of a man.” This metaphor depicts her father, a lazy drunk who dies early in the book, probably from alcohol poisoning. Her life with him is one of constant fear and hatred. She blames him ... at home alone, sometimes for days at a time, to fend for herself. This is only one of the many hardships she must face. After her father’s death, Ellen is forced to move from house to house. She is miserable in all of them, but they are still better than what she had to put up with before. When she finally does reach a house which she likes, her aunt Betsy ...
- 245: Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. Auden
- ... based on the urban surroundings 5. The fifth stage a. Rosetta visits a mansion in which she wishes she were raised and to which she wishes she shall return b. While Rosetta is within the house, the others examine its exterior and its comparison to he human body c. Rosetta finds life inside the house no better than before 6. The sixth stage a. A "forgotten graveyard" is the setting b. Symbolizes "The results of life" 7. The seventh stage a. The characters wander deep into a forest, each taking ... of the city not on the basis of personality content, but on that of the surroundings of which he thinks so lowly (Nelson 122). The fifth stage is reached when the group sights "the big house" while riding on a trolley. Rosetta, with her false past as an outline, references the house to one in which she was imaginarily reared, and to which she shall return. During her visitation to ...
- 246: Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. Auden
- ... based on the urban surroundings 5. The fifth stage a. Rosetta visits a mansion in which she wishes she were raised and to which she wishes she shall return b. While Rosetta is within the house, the others examine its exterior and its comparison to he human body c. Rosetta finds life inside the house no better than before 6. The sixth stage a. A "forgotten graveyard" is the setting b. Symbolizes "The results of life" 7. The seventh stage a. The characters wander deep into a forest, each taking ... of the city not on the basis of personality content, but on that of the surroundings of which he thinks so lowly (Nelson 122). The fifth stage is reached when the group sights "the big house" while riding on a trolley. Rosetta, with her false past as an outline, references the house to one in which she was imaginarily reared, and to which she shall return. During her visitation to ...
- 247: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... for private clients in his spare time. Sullivan disapproved, resulting in Wright leaving the firm in 1893 to establish his own office in Chicago. In the spring of 1893 Wright decided to build his own house in Oak Park, Illinois. Taking six years to build, Wright was free to experiment with his objectives in residential architecture over the next twenty-year period. Designing and re-constructing his buildings was a continuous ... years this home served as an independent labatory for Wright. This too went under constant changes. Rooms were enlarged or added, ceilings heightened, the arrangement of the windows changed, and the entry route into the house was modified. Wright even allowed the growth of a willow tree to be uninterrupted by placing a hold in the roof of the studio. Wright created the philosophy of organic architecture, the central principal of ... emphasize the sense of spaciousness, which derived from open planning with one room flowing into another. This concept was particularly evident in his early single family houses, thee so-called prairie houses, among the Martin House in Buffalo, New York; the Coonley House in Riverside, Illinois; and the Robie House in Chicago. Wright s Frederick C. Robie House, designed in 1906 for a bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer, is one of ...
- 248: Eileen Gray
- ... Gaughin, Seurat, and Bonnaard. Eileen Gray admired Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture, and found it to be a stating point in her designing of buildings. It could be seen in her E-1207 house, Tempe A Pailla, and her Lou Perou house built near St. Tropez. Eileen Grays’ most significant piece of work is the E-1027 house built on the shores of Menton (1926-29). Eileen responds to each of Le Corbusiers’ points at E.1027. The roof garden is transformed into an accessible roof terrace without plantings. Pilotis support portions ...
- 249: Personal Writing: My Poor House
- Personal Writing: My Poor House My parents decided that they needed to get away from all their problems for a while. They planned a little weekend excursion to Ocean City Maryland. This was the first time they left my sister and I home alone, and they trusted us to take good care of the house and keep everything under control. Late Friday afternoon at about five o'clock was their time of departure. Before they even pulled out of the garage, the supplies, for the party tonight, which we have been planning for a good week, were already on their way over. As I waited for my friends to arrive, I took notice of how the house was so neat and clean. The fresh aroma of simmering potpourri spilled out of the kitchen, where my mother had a little pot full of it.. The freshly painted walls were covered with portraits ...
- 250: Great Gatsby And Money
- ... characters. Daisy's voice is a symbol for money, her voice and her whole personality is controlled by money. One character that is ultimately created and run by money is Tom. When Gatsby shows his house to Daisy he makes sure to include all the luxurious and extravagant items of his in the tour of his house. Daisy is a material girl who focuses on what brings her joy whether it be love by a pearl necklace or lovely shirts and her voice is the communication of this. She is careless with ... dogs with it" (32). Tom uses his money to get what he wants, whether it be a wife or a mistress, and spares no expenses in doing so. The episode where Gatsby shows Daisy his house is full of material items that only money can buy. Gatsby's house is his pride and joy. Gatsby's reason for having such an extravagant house is simply to impress Daisy. Gatsby is ...
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