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    A study of rhinoceros and rhinoceros horn artifacts in the ancient China Rhinoceros(xi犀)‚ also named as si (兕)‚ is a rare animal in the ancient China. They were very active in the landscape of China during the prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found the evidence of rhinoceros bones in many Neolithic relics. Various ancient literatures such as “E Ya”‚ “Guo Yu”‚ “Lun Yu”‚ and “Shan

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    John Misto‚ playwright of the Shoe-Horn Sonata has clearly brought forward the women’s story to the audience. Shoe-Horn is a very powerful Australian play that seeks to commemorate the endurance and heroic struggle of women interned in Japanese POW camps during World War II. Misto achieves this through a combination of dramatic techniques‚ themes‚ characterisation and settings making the past vivid and understandable. The characters presented in the Shoe-Horn Sonata are fictional‚ but the events

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    IMP POW 1: The Broken Eggs Problem Statement: A farmer’s cart hits a pothole‚ causing all her eggs to fall out and break. Luckily‚ she is unhurt. To cover the cost of the eggs‚ her insurance agent needs to know how many she had. She can’t remember the number‚ but can remember some problems she had when packing the eggs. When she put the eggs in groups of two to six eggs‚ there was always one left over. However‚ in groups of seven‚ there were none left over. From what she knows‚ how can she figure

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    Reaves I pledge… 9/5/14 Pow #1 A Sticky Gum Problem This POW didn’t have a specific problem but it does have a few specific problems with gumballs. Question 1: Mrs. Hernandez comes across a gumball machine one day when she was out with her twins. Of course‚ the twins each wanted a gumball. They also insist on having the same color. They don’t care what color the gumballs are‚ as long as they’re both the same. Ms. Hernandez can see that there are only white and red gumballs in the machine. The

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    manure and it smelled bad.So after the wish Mr.White put away the monkey’s paw and went to sleep.In the morning the bucks were gone and Mr.White callled workers to come and clean the manure.After that was settle Mrs.White‚Mr.white and Herbert all sat around the box and talked about the next wish and they said they wanted to wish for a new house.The next bright moon and high in the sky Mr.White wished for a new house and the paw stated to shake in Mr.White’s hand and kepted shaking then it stopped.Mr

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    Pow #10 Possible Patches

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    1. Problem Statement Keisha is making a quilt that will be made up of rectangular patches of rectangular material. When she finds a box of satin material that is 17 by 22 inches long she wonders how many 3 by 5 inch patches she could include into the quilt. However‚ after we found out that 22 at minimum‚ rectangular patches can fit into the quilt and 24 at maximum‚ she decides to see how many 9 by 10‚ 10 by 12 and 8 by 9 inch boxes she can fit into the 17 by 22 inch quilt. Lastly‚ she had to

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    Pow #1- a Digital Proof

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    A Digital Proof Write-up The problem in A Digital Proof has two parts. The first is to fill in five boxes with numbers that fit the criteria: each box has a number‚ and the digit that is placed in each box must be the amount of times that number appears in the whole five digit number formed by the boxes. The second part of the problem is to prove that there is only one solution. How I went about solving this problem was somewhat simple; at least‚ it was at first. I started from the ‘four’ box

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    POW 11: Let’s Make A Deal 1. Problem Statement: For this Problem of the Week we were required to find out if our chances of winning Let’s Make A Deal were higher if we switched to the other door or stayed with our original door after a worthless prize was revealed behind one of the doors we did not chose. The game show host knew what was behind each door‚ so every time he would reveal something worthless behind one of the doors you did not choose after you made your first choice. Then he would

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    Gestures Around the World

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    Gestures Around the World General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience of the different meanings of specific gestures in certain countries or cultures. Central Idea: The thumbs up‚ v sign‚ and other gestures common in western culture may be offensive or not depending on where they are used. Method of Organization: Topical Introduction Imagine 20 years from now and you have finally achieved your childhood goal of becoming President of the United States

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    Life Around The 1400s

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    Life around the 1400 which was part of the middle ages was pretty tough. Technology was not the same so everyday things and task had to be performed differently. There was also of plenty of things going on in the world that made major impacts to people all around the world. Beginning with hygiene‚ people who lived in the 1400s had a hard time doing this. People did not bath or shower as much. The reason for this is because there was no running water and it was a big task just to bathe. In order

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