11/15/09 Class G Lauren McCarthy Pow 3: Eight Bags of Gold Problem Statement A king divides his gold among 8 trusted people. One of the trusted people is selling his gold. The king wants to find the thief but only has a pan balance. Being conservative‚ he wants to use the pan balance as few times as possible. What is the least number of trials he will have to do in order to guarantee that he has found the lightest bag? Process To solve the problem‚ I accumulated the least number of trials into
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What was the role of the POW camps and what treatment was received by the prisoners and what did the prisoners do in the camps? During World War II over 140‚000 prisoners were kept in Japanese’s camps. These camps took away the prisoners clothes‚ food and anything they have been carrying through-out the war. The prisoners who lived in these camps were contained by guards‚ the guards were cruel and abusive mentally and physically. These type of camps were often kept as a secret to the rest of
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Mary Chalmers Johns English 1101 September 12‚ 2013 Recovery is Possible My mom has been an addict my entire life. It started in Rogers‚ Arkansas. That’s where my dad and mom met and had me and my little brother. One day‚ ten years ago‚ we finally made it to Georgia where my dad’s family lives. It was unexpected because we weren’t supposed to move until the summer time‚ but my dad knew what he was doing. My parents had divorce when I was three years old. Later‚ my mom had moved
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Kathy Nguyen Professor Hohenzy English 101 January 29‚ 2012 Anything is Possible If I looked back at myself a year ago I can’t deny that wasn’t me. I looked back a year ago and seen not even a glimpse of a bright light at the end of my tunnel. My family didn’t give me any type of direction nor support. I was forced out of my home and this led me to start making decisions on my own. I balanced school and over-night shifts. I abstained from going to an alternative school in Pilsen‚ which was
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Reflect and Respond 1. As you read the stories about the Korean War POWs‚ how would you explain the connection between encouragement and success? In the story they was not receiving any encouragement therefore they gave up on life. Encouraging someone can play an important part in someone’s life and that could lead to success or it either can go in the opposite direction. The connection between the two are you cannot have one without the other. 2. One of the most important ways we connect with
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Kramer‚ after he terminated Elaine. Kramer had less work experience and education than Elaine‚ but Jerry hired him anyway. It is very easy to see why Elaine feels the way she does in this situation‚ however‚ she cannot read Jerry’s mind. It is very possible that Jerry fired Elaine for a legitimate reason and chose not to share this with her. Elaine may have produced a rather large error in her part that she overlooked and either cost the company a lot of money or reputation. Perhaps Jerry realized
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Amogha Dalvi Prompt #4 Is Advancement Possible? Progress and growth has always been the underlying cause for our existence. We define progress‚ in terms of material growth‚ by the option of affording better or more cars‚ or to a luxurious lifestyle. We appreciate technological advancement in the field of science that we once thought was impossible to explain let alone exist. Advancement holds a very important place in history and science. However‚ understanding advancement is difficult because
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1000 miles away. Sounds easy right? Wait there’s a catch. For every mile she walks she has to eat one banana. See now it got hard. So with all of this said how many bananas will he be able to take to the market and sell? Process Doing the mini POW helped a lot with this one. Because knowing that Corey Camel can drop bananas on the way to the market is an important part‚ because of he couldn’t the answer would be an obvious zero. Since you can drop them I decided to drop 800 bananas at the 100
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Possible Selves Possible selves refer to the selves taht you might become. "Possible selves are highly personalized‚ vivid‚ futuristic images of the self that feflect hopes‚ fears‚ and fantasies" (Hockenbury and Hockenbury‚ 2003). Some examples of positive hoped for possible selves might be the successful self‚ the creative self‚ the rich self‚ the thing self‚ or the loved and admired self. Some examples of the negative dreaded possible selves might be the alone self‚ the depressed self‚ the
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Everything is possible. Charles F. Kettering said that “Nothing ever built to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should‚ some man believed that it could‚ and some man willed that it must.” Everything is possible in each of our lives; we simply have to sense it‚ see it and act upon it. After all‚ where would we be without men like Thomas Edison who believed there could be light‚ saw the vision in his mind and acted upon everything that was possible for him? Emily Dickinson phrased it
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