program A is adopted‚ 200 people will be saved but if program B is adopted‚ there is a one-third chance that 600 people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no one will be saved. If you are like the majority of respondents‚ you chose option A.[1] (Kahneman‚ 2003) Let’s imagine that instead we stated that if program A is adopted‚ 400 people will die but if program B is adopted‚ there is a one-third probability that nobody will die and a two-thirds probability that 600 people would die. The
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Old Man Jenkins’s House In the happy little town of Bradberry‚ everything was absolutely normal; except for old man Jenkins’s house. There was a story in the town‚ that Thomas Jenkins had gone mad in the house and killed his wife and children on October thirty-first‚ 1981. It is still believed that Jenkins lives in the house all alone‚ consequently‚ everyone avoids the house‚ only going near it if it is absolutely necessary. However‚ there was a game between the children of the town and it happened
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six‚ seven‚ eight. C’mon girls you look like crap! There is no way you will win a trophy if you suck at dancing.” Comments like this lead to laps around the basketball courts with our arms in a high V. This is how the coaches would treat us nine year olds at practice. As a child I felt like it was me who was in the wrong. So I would go home and practice until my parents would have to tell me to go to bed. Years after‚ I ventured off to a local dance company. This was a big chance in dance styles‚ it
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No. of Printed Pages : 5 FEG-1 BDP / BCA / BTS Term-End Examination December‚ 2011 24266 FEG-1 : FOUNDATION COURSE IN ENGLISH-1 Time : 2 hours Note : Answer all the questions. 1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : Vimala Devi prefers being addressed as the mother of Sarita rather than people calling Sarita her daughter. "Who wouldn’t like to be known as the mother of the brave heart girl. For me‚ it’s immense honour to have given birth to a girl who has carved
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observed:__________________________________ Date Observed:__________________________________ Directions for observer: Place a check() mark in the space under YES if the statement is true and place the check mark under NO if the statement is not true. Statement YES NO 1. The place is safe from the rain/direct sunlight 2. Benches‚ chairs and tables are provided 3. The place is conducive to learning 4. The place is free from noise 5. Orderliness and cleanliness is observed 6. Student are organized
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Child Observations Observation 1: Physical Development Background information: Age Group: 0-1 year Observation Number: 001 Date: 25/01/2013 Method Used: Checklist Media Used: Pen and paper Time Started: 13:10 Time Finished:
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The Nutrition Month theme for 2013 is “Gutom at malnutrisyon‚ sama-sama nating wakasan!”. This is to raise awareness on the need for more action in addressing hunger as part of the Philippine’s commitment to the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. And the objectives of this year’s celebration are to: a) increase awareness on hunger issues and actions to mitigate hunger and malnutrition; b) encourage stakeholders to contribute in addressing hunger
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Literary Analysis of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” “When Pelayo and Elisend first find the fallen man‚ they regard him as human‚ he is “dressed like a ragpicker”” (McFarland). Gabriel Garcia Marquez short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a fabulous story about an angel in “pitiful condition of a drenched great-grandfather” with “Huge buzzard wings” (Marquez 294). Marquez uses magical realism to express the literary elements of the old man‚ in third person point of view‚ and
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NARRATIVE OBSERVATION FORM Child’s first name: ______________LaMya Gamble________Child’s age __5_______ Date: _____10/13/2014___________ Time: ____5:19____ to ___5:56____ Setting: ______________Home____________ Focus on __Cognitive/Language______ _______ developmental domain FACTUAL DATA What did I actually see the child doing? INDICATOR Which performance indicator does this observation demonstrate? (Use the Bright from the Start or GPS weblinks) REFLECTIONS/ INTERPRETATIONS From your factual data
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Create an activity diagram for the following system. Of-the-Month Club (OTMC) is an innovative young firm that sells memberships to people who have an interest in certain products. People pay membership fees for one year and each month receive a product by mail. For example‚ OTMC has a coffee-of-the-month club that sends members one pound of special coffee each month. OTMC currently has six memberships (coffee‚ wine‚ beer‚ cigars‚ flowers‚ and computer games)‚ each of which costs a different amount
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