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    spouse works. Although the other spouse is at home and has time to clean, he/she chooses not too. This spouse would rather volunteer for a public interest organization, play tennis and golf, or just spend time how he/she chooses to. They have no desire to clean the house day in an out. To them that is not enjoyable and they have the money to pay someone to do that kind of work. This market has annual incomes over $200,000 and lives in expensive homes. According to Money Magazines Plano has 150, 100

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    Imagine a world of poverty. A world of dirt, garbage, filth, people who do not care about the planet they live on. One uses a cardboard box to inhabit because it just doesn’t matter anymore. It does not matter, as in the mold infested homes are unsafe to be inhabited. The world has been bulldozed down to flat land. We’ve gone backwards, not forwards. We live like Neanderthals who are in constant competition for natural resources. Philosophers and geniuses’ like Hobbes, Kant, and Einstein never

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    one lives, sleeps and eats. A home is a structure accumulated with love, memories, and lessons learned. “Homes have stopped being homes. Now they are real estate.” (Quindlen) These structures are no longer viewed as places of experience and reminiscence, they are given a literal and unemotional purpose. Perhaps the reason as to why nearly one million people are homeless is because they are no longer provided with the pure substance of what a home represents. A home is “everything” , one cannot be

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    For several years, the focus of much single parent home research has been concentrated on households where the father is not present. Due to the prevalent influence of various psychoanalytical theories, and the enormous amounts of female headed households. Research shows that there are six general effects bestowed upon children who live in single parent homes; regardless of the reason for the single parent status. The six general effects are: • Loss of concentration or attention • Delinquency

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    Where there is Love, There is a Home. Ever fantasize about your dream home? Better Homes and Gardens magazine has been the go-to magazine for homeowners, since it was first published in 1923 (Reuss). This magazine was in the song “Somewhere that’s Green," sang by the character Audrey, in the film Little Shop of Horrors (Adespotosify). During the song in the film, she is describing her picture perfect home, which she envisions to be featured in the magazine. This goes to show you, it wasn’t out of

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    The period of the antebellum south was among the most burdensome times for African American slaves, especially females. During the early 1800s the lives of enslaved women were extremely demanding. The female slaves were expected to bear children, as well as were required to work just as hard as the male slaves on the plantation. Days were long and laborious for slave mothers, they had to make sure that all the work that needed to be done was completed, and also care for their children. Female slaves’

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    the market crash are innumerable. They discovered the hard way since the government, Federal Reserve, and related financial institutions failed to scrutinize the effects of high-risk loaning . Many people in the United States economies lost their homes, lost their savings, and a good number of jobs got lost as well. Retirement accounts held by social security institutions got drained with the

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    values and community characteristics very few southern California locations can match let along compete, when it comes to selecting a location to call home. Within in this vase valley surrounded by rivers, mountains, and deserts, it may be the most diverse location and good reason for over 2 million people deciding to purchase residential homes. Although the area is still developing and market trends for real estate fluctuate form month to month, Riverside CA real estate is recovering and expanding

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    frequently be seen in Svava Jakobsdottir’s “A Story for Children.” The short story tells the tale of a woman as she raises her children and takes care of her household. The mother is completely devoted to her children and seeks to fulfill her role in the home to the fullest extent. As the story progresses, the main character slowly has pieces of herself removed by her children: her toe, her brain, and finally her heart. At the end of the text, after all of the children have become adults started families

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    Additionally, forty eight percent of parents who had children in school paid them for good grades. The average pay rate for an A was $16.60. Many children receive a pretty decent allowance, but just how do they spend it? Are they allowed by their parents to spend it? USA Weekend conducted a survey on teens and they found out that seventy five percent of teens are in complete control of what they spend their money on. They should be advised, but not restricted. The teens need to learn about what they

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