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    young Melvyn 'Mel' Lorne House (b 1938) buys the land, Oak cottage and other buildings from Blackshaw. House's cottages or “House's House" for some, becomes Rock Garden Camp. Mel is from MacTier south of the lake. The rental cottages' names are after trees: Cedar, Elm, Oak, Evergreen, Pine, Spruce and Maple. Old summer residents, such as Nelson Bushnell were a little “exercised” as the camp to its form for they didn't want to have to look at it from Phoenix Is. 1959 Mr. House, as he was getting…

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    Have you ever wondered how to build a windmill? Or basically anything out of paper? Well, like William Kamkwamba did in the story, “A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill, Electrifying a Nation”, I will be demonstrating how to build a windmill, but out of paper. First and Foremost, you will need to have the supplies needed for the windmill! Can you guess which comes first? It’s not that laborious, all you need is paper! The most important detail you’ll need for making a windmill is making sure that…

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    forces her to scavenge for food and cleaning supplies because she has to spend more money towards their home. She suffers from chronic anemia because of poor dietary practice and nutrition. Parker faced a trade-off from electricity because if the house expenses are more than usual, she will have a harder time cleaning and feeding her children. Parker looked many times for help, but everyone turned their back and did not want to listen. Parker did have a…

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    been built with some fire resistive methods. One will discuss some of the major issues with this type of construction and some solutions and recommendations to resolve the matter. Balloon frame construction was an inexpensive and easy way to build houses, but that came with fire hazards. According to Corbett and Brannigan (2015), “in balloon–frame building, the stubs run two or more stories high from the foundation to the eave line. The channels between the stubs may be opened from the cellar…

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    For many high school students, home feels like a permanent safe haven, but Elizabeth Welch’s house in Winchester, Massachusetts only feels like a temporary destination for her. Andover has usurped the position of primary residence in her life, and her sojourn home on every Sunday never lasts long enough. In her old neighborhood, a new generation has displaced Elizabeth, her twin, and her three older siblings; neighbors put on a façade of kindness as they wait for her family to leave. As…

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    C. S. Lewis Analysis

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    Many people would describe home as a warm and welcoming place providing an individual shelter and security. Especially, after a long vacation, we all start to seek the comfort of home. Although, home is not necessarily a materialistic object in which we reside in. Home is rather an unimaginable longing that our hearts begin to seek when we are living in a constant circle of dissatisfaction. As humans, we are wandering around in a world where we are constantly striving to fill a void mentally,…

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    December 24th. Present day. As MADISON KNIGHT contemplates Christmas in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, she’s dead broke, and eviction looms. Her only chance to pay her bills rests on the New Year’s bonus from Once Again Antiques—if she can hold onto her consulting job for that long. One more misstep, one more unsatisfied customer, and she’ll be looking for employment elsewhere. While working from home, she takes a call from ZACH MURDOCK, a local rancher. Through a mix-up, the antique store…

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    There was Cody the citrus, and Brock-o-lee. Leon and his friends went off into the broccoli woods, Brock's homeland. They played for hours and then went home. The next day, the friends went to Cherry Hall again, but Cody wasn't there. They went to his house, but there was no one there. Brock and Leon walked around town and couldn't find him. They searched for weeks, but he was gone. They eventually gave up, and went their separate ways. Everyone regarded Cody as dead. As the years went by,…

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    Sweat pours forth leading to dehydration. Heart rate speeds up the brain becomes addled making it difficult to think. They were losing Jenny to the scorching hot heat. Donna was about to lose hope when she thought that maybe she could break into one of the trailers hoping to find food or water. Donna thought, “What should I use to get them open?” Gina enthusiastically, “Do you know if there is anything in the car maybe Jenny and I could go get it for you?” Donna thinking, “ Actually now…

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    Katie Wilson, and her mother Dorthy, moved into the Castle’s old house. Katie is attending Raven’s Park High School, her mother meanwhile stays in the empty home everyday working on her clothing website, as a widow. The two of them live alone in a huge house, in the quaint town of Raven's Gully. I am Jason Kirkland, and I live 4 houses down from their house. In our small neighborhood there are a total of 6 houses, including mine.To retrogress verbatimly to the opulent event, I remember hearing…

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