Taylor Gray 1/31/11 POW 6: linear nim For this game of Linear Nim you draw 10 line marks on a piece of paper and two players take turns crossing off only 1‚ 2‚ or 3 marks per turn. The person who crosses off the last mark is the winner. Firstly what I did was play a few games with my Mom and what I realized right away was that if you stopped just before the last four dashes in the game then you would always win. Since you aren’t always guaranteed of being the one who can put these dashes
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story starts off with a young Englishman named Jonathan Harker. He travels to Eastern Europe in order to sell some property to Count Dracula. The antagonist is a reclusive but seemingly normal “man” from Transylvania. This section of the story takes place from the view of Harker‚ who decided to chronicle his adventures abroad for his fiancée‚ Mina Murray. As he travels to Count Dracula’s castle‚ Jonathan ignores the warnings that the locals give him about Dracula‚ but does accept a gift of a crucifix
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Question: Assess the experience of Australian POWs in World War II. Being captured as a POW in WW2 was never a good position to be in regardless of what nationality you were and who had captured you. Each country had their own system for managing POWs‚ some of which were definitely better than others but none were ever overly pleasant for the captives. Australian solders were captured and held by three different countries. These countries were: Germany‚ Italy and Japan. Being captured by the German
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The movie The Count of Monte Cristo took place in France in the nineteenth century around 1814 on the islands of Elba‚ Chateau d’If and Monte Cristo. This was during the time after the fall of Napoleon’s empire. The Count of Monte Cristo tells a story of betrayal‚ ultimate revenge‚ and undying love. Edmond Dantes‚ a sailor who was falsely accused of treason by his best friend was sentenced to prison where he plots his revenge against those who betrayed him. Armond Mondego the friend who out of jealousy
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Final word count _______________ / 400 words minimum This writing sample fulfills the first writing assignment in the course. Instructions: According to The Little Seagull Handbook‚ “A descriptive writing provides specific details to show what something looks like—and perhaps how it sounds‚ feels‚ smells‚ and tastes” (Bullock‚ Brody‚ and Weinberg 23). Descriptive arguments should make a “clear dominant impression” (Bullock‚ Brody‚ and Weinberg 367) and should prove a point. To the
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Geneva Convention prisoners only had to give their name‚ rank‚ and serial number. German camps were usually rows of barracks enclosed by a barbed fence‚ lined with guard towers. These towers contained guards that would shoot any escaping prisoner. POWs were given two meals a day consisting of soup and bread‚ though this was not enough‚ and most had to coop with hunger. Sometimes the Red Cross would bring items such as butter‚ chocolate‚ or condensed milk. Only some of men had to work while the
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Kayla Bruene Gen Bio II Lab 11am Bean Count Lab In the Schnabel method of estimating number of animals‚ the number of recaptures has been assumed to follow a Poisson distribution. This approximation is useful in testing differences in population levels when the Schnabel method is used for estimation‚ since the distribution of recaptures from one population‚ conditional on the total number of recaptures from both populations‚ is approximately binomial with parameters n and p‚ where
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Viviana Rubalcava 10/16/13 English 1b/Hotchkiss The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas The classic literary novel‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexandre Dumas‚ is a dramatic adventurous story of hope‚ envy‚ justice‚ and vengeance. Alexandre Dumas creates a clear distinction between characters that are forces of good as well as negative forces. In this narrative novel the reader deeply sympathizes for characters who directly suffer from the evil actions of others. This novel illustrates
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II. Plot Synopsis "The Count of Monte Cristo" has a touching story. It is about injustice‚ love‚ revenge‚ friendship‚ jealousy‚ justice‚ selfishness‚ betrayal‚ and the power of money. Edmond Dantes (James Caviezel)‚ the second mate of a French trading ship‚ a young and successful merchant sailor‚ is planning to marry Mercedes‚ his lover‚ after he gets his captain’s paper. Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) promises to marry him‚ for she is in love with him. Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce)‚ a representative
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numbers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Touchdown rest Field Goals = 3‚8‚13‚18‚23‚28‚33 I noticed that one the digits got into the teens there was a pattern of hitting all the numbers ending with 3 and 8. Field Goal rest Touchdowns
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