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    solve this problem I had to figure out different ways to solve it that would have the desired result. In this scenario there is a man‚ cat‚ dog‚ and a mouse that need to cross the river but unfortunately the raft will only hold two of them at a time and the man cannot send the animals on the raft without him. Initially this seems very easy to solve unfortunately the cat cannot be left alone with the mouse or the dog unless the man is present otherwise they will fight or try to eat each other. Once

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    compass First aid kit containing i.e. hypodermic needles Parachute silk 25 litres of water in 5 cans Box of matches Box of milk powder 25 meters of nylon rope Solar powered FM radio transmitter/receiver Food concentrate Self-inflating life raft Firework rockets Two 50-litre tanks of oxygen Map of the moon Two 45 caliber pistols Portable heater unit Rank Item Reason 15 Box of matches No air on the Moon so matches will not burn 3 Food concentrate Efficient means

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    It also contains a lot of action. For instance‚ during Russel’s rafting experience‚ he accidentally gets thrown off the raft. This is shown when the author writes‚ “Whunk! Brian heard it hit‚ felt the impact… The stern kicked off the ledge‚ slapped him up and away‚ clear of the raft‚ completely in the air” (Paulsen 113). Similar action scenes like this one keep the reader engaged‚ and they allow people to really picture the scenes in their heads and

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    expression. Behind that expression was something else. Wisdom. The most one could have at his age‚ too. He not only knew the name of every rapid if it had one‚ but he also knew where the rocks were in those rapids so that he’d know where to steer the raft. He also knew just about every joke about the Grand Canyon that one could imagine. Glade told the group to put our jackets on and to load up and just like that‚ we were on our

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    A BYTE OUT OF HISTORY Escape from Alcatraz06/08/07 | Aerial view of Alcatraz Island‚ January 1932. | In its heyday‚ it was the ultimate maximum security prison. Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay‚ Alcatraz—aka “The Rock”—had held captives since the Civil War. But it was in 1934‚ the highpoint of a major war on crime‚ that Alcatraz was re-fortified into the world’s most secure prison. Its eventual inmates included dangerous public enemies like Al Capone‚ criminals

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    01/28 Domain: Eukarya “Eu karyotic Protist Supergroups” 1. Supergroup Excavata Genus – Euglena Tryponsoma 2. Super group Chromolaveolata a. Ceratium b. Plasmodium c. Paramecium d. Laminaraia 3. Super group Archaeplastida a. Red Algae “ Polysiphonia” b. Green Algae “Chlamydomadas‚ Hydrodictyon‚ Spirogyra‚ Volvox” 4. Unikonta a. Amoeba b. Some other small creatures that have flagella Pro – No membrane‚ No Histone‚ They have a cell wall‚ unicellular Super groups in Eukarya domain:

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    The great and recurrent question about travelling is‚ is it worth getting there? I am always ready to visit a new place‚ always excited to find more things about an unfamiliar area. That is why‚ when we were informed that we’re going to have an educational trip at Cagayan de Oro‚ also known as the City of Golden Friendship‚ I was delighted. I love the road. It may be a little tough on my part because I easily miss my family‚ but it has been and will remain a great thrill and challenge to me. Though

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    “If Louie were recognized for doing something right‚ Pete argued‚ he’d turn his life around‚” and once he won his first race he was determined to win each race he was in. Louie had crashed with the Green Hornet‚ and had to find a way to survive on a raft with Mac

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    Chapter 32 – An Introduction to Animal Diversity All animals share a common ancestor‚ sponges are basal animals‚ eumetazoa is a clade of animals with true tissues‚ most animal phyla belong to the clade bilateria‚ and vertebrates and some other phyla belong Animals share a unique homeobox-containing family of genes‚ known as the Hox genes‚ suggesting that this gene family evolved in the eukaryote lineage that gave rise to animals. Hox genes play important roles in the development of animal embryos

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    guidelines: basically‚ if surface loading or other surface conditions will affect the bearing capacity of a foundation it is ’shallow’. Shallow foundations (sometimes called ’spread footings’) include pads (’isolated footings’)‚ strip footings and rafts. Shallows foundations are used when surface soils are sufficiently strong and stiff to support the imposed loads; they are generally unsuitable in weak or highly compressible soils‚ such as poorly-compacted fill‚ peat‚ recent lacustrine and alluvial

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