diff --git a/AStar/participantSolutions/bendra.js b/AStar/participantSolutions/bendra.js
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+/*
+  Hello, algorithmicists!  Today we're going to implement the A* search algorithm.
+
+  The fundamental unit of this algorithm is the `node`.  Nodes represent spaces on the
+  board, and have the following properties and methods.
+
+    Properties:
+      f: // estimated path length through this node.
+      g: // shortest path found (so far) from start to this node.
+
+    Methods:
+      indexIn(set):    // returns the index of the node in the set, or -1 if not present.
+      isGoal():        // returns whether the node is the goal.
+      neighbors():     // returns a list of nodes adjacent to the current one.
+      calcHeuristic(): // returns the heuristic distance from this node to the goal.
+      visit():         // tells the visualizer that you've visited the current node. (good for debugging)
+
+  You should also note that we've given you the first two lines, defining the closed
+  and open sets.  The closed set is a list of nodes that you've visited already, and
+  the open set is a list of nodes "on the boundary" - that is, you've visited one of
+  their neighbors, but you haven't yet processed them.  You don't have to mess with
+  the sets directly - you can also use Node.indexIn(set).
+
+  Finally, we've done a little magic with the "neighbors" function, which will allow
+  the visualizer to retrace your steps and draw the path.  Don't worry about this part!
+
+  Just be sure to return the goal node once you've found it.
+
+ */
+
+//trampoline - we will use this to recurse
+function trampoline(n) {
+	while (n && n instanceof Function) {
+		n = n.apply(n.context, n.args);
+	}
+	return n;
+}
+
+window.solve = function(startNode) {
+	var open = [ startNode ];
+	var closed = [];
+	startNode.g = 0;
+	startNode.f = startNode.g + startNode.calcHeuristic();
+	var current = startNode;
+	// recursively find path
+	// this is the actual work...
+	function findNextStepInPath(current, open, closed) {
+
+		// look at open nodes for shortest path
+		var shortestIdx = 0;
+		for ( var i = 0; i < open.length; i++) {
+			if (open[i].f < open[shortestIdx].f) {
+				shortestIdx = i;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// remove shortest from open set, add to closed set
+		current = open.splice(shortestIdx, 1).pop();
+		closed.push(current);
+
+		// tell visualizer we have visited current node
+		current.visit();
+
+		// are we done?
+		if (current.isGoal()) {
+			return current;
+		}
+
+		// assign values to neighbors
+		var neighbors = current.neighbors();
+		for ( var i = 0; i < neighbors.length; i++) {
+			var nextNode = neighbors[i];
+			//only add process if we haven't looked at nextnode yet...
+			if (nextNode.indexIn(closed) === -1 && nextNode.indexIn(open) === -1) {
+				nextNode.g = current.g + 1;
+				nextNode.f = nextNode.g + nextNode.calcHeuristic();
+				open.push(nextNode);
+			}
+		}
+		//recursively call function again (note bind to keep stack from growing)
+		return findNextStepInPath.bind(null, current, open, closed);
+	}
+	//recursively call function again (note bind to keep stack from growing)
+	return trampoline(findNextStepInPath.bind(null, current, open, closed));
+
+}
diff --git a/MakingChange/participantSolutions/bendra.js b/MakingChange/participantSolutions/bendra.js
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+/*
+  Greetings, algorithmics!
+
+  Today, your challenge is to figure out the number of ways to make change for a given amount of money.
+  More precisely, given a number of cents and a set of coins, determine how many combinations of those coins
+  sum to that number of cents.
+  This is a classic algorithms problem that's common in interviews!
+
+  Your only helper is a list of common US currency denominations.
+  I didn't include half-dollars, two-dollar bills, and the like, but if you'd prefer, you can adjust
+  the list of coin-values and the tests will auto-update.
+
+  Enjoy!
+*/
+
+var coinValues = [10000, 5000, 2000, 1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 1];
+
+var  cache = [[]];
+  for (_i = 0, _len = coinValues.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
+    value = coinValues[_i];
+    cache.push([]);
+  }
+
+var makeChange = function(amount) {
+  return makeSomeChange(amount).length;
+};
+
+//returns array of array-of-possible-combinations
+var makeSomeChange = function(amount, coins) {
+    coins = coins || coinValues;
+    if (cache[coins.length][amount]) {
+      result = cache[coins.length][amount];
+    }
+    var output = [];
+    for(var i = 0; i<coins.length; i++){
+      var coinValue = coins[i];
+      if(coinValue === amount){
+        output.push([coinValue]);
+      } else if (coinValue < amount){
+        var remainder = amount - coinValue;
+        var smallerCoins = coins.slice(i);
+        var smallerCoinChange = makeSomeChange(remainder, smallerCoins);
+        if (smallerCoinChange.length > 0){
+          for(var j = 0; j< smallerCoinChange.length; j++){
+            output.push([coinValue].concat(smallerCoinChange[j]));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    cache[coins.length][amount] = output;
+    return output;
+};
diff --git a/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/BFselect.js b/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/BFselect.js
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+// Write your code here
+
+// Write your code here
+Tree.prototype.BFSelect = function(fn){
+	var out = [];
+	var depth=0;
+	bfSearch([this], depth, out, fn);
+	return out;
+};
+
+
+function bfSearch(trees, depth, out, fn){
+	var nextRow = [];
+	for( var i= 0; i< trees.length; i++){
+		var nextTree=trees[i];
+		if(fn(nextTree.value, depth)){
+			out.push(nextTree.value);
+		}
+		//NOTE: concat does not mute the target array, instead it produces a new one
+		nextRow = nextRow.concat(nextTree.children);
+	}
+	if(nextRow.length){
+		bfSearch(nextRow, depth+1, out, fn);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/DFselect.js b/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/DFselect.js
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+// Write your code here
+Tree.prototype.DFSelect = function(fn){
+	var out = [];
+	var depth=0;
+	dfSearch(this, depth, out, fn);
+	return out;
+};
+
+
+var dfSearch = function(tree, depth, out, fn){
+	if(fn(tree.value, depth)){
+		out.push(tree.value);
+	}
+	for(var i=0; i< tree.children.length; i++){
+		dfSearch(tree.children[i], depth + 1, out, fn);
+	};
+};
diff --git a/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/testBF.html b/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/testBF.html
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+<html>
+<head>
+<script src="src/tree.js" /></script>
+<script src="src/BFselect.js" /></script>
+
+</head>
+<body>
+	<h1>hi mom</h1>
+
+	<script language="javascript">
+var exampleTree = new Tree(1);
+var branch2= exampleTree.addChild(2);
+var branch3= exampleTree.addChild(3);
+var leaf4 = branch2.addChild(4);
+
+var leaf5 = branch2.addChild(5);
+var leaf6 = branch2.addChild(6);
+var leaf7 = branch2.addChild(7);
+var filterFunction = function(value, depth){
+	return value % 2 === 1;
+}
+console.log(exampleTree.BFSelect(filterFunction));
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/testDF.html b/TreeSearch/participantSolutions/bendra/testDF.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
+<script src="src/tree.js" /></script>
+<script src="src/DFselect.js" /></script>
+<title>Test Depth First</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1> hi mom</h1>
+<script language="javascript">
+var exampleTree = new Tree(1);
+var branch2= exampleTree.addChild(2);
+var branch3= exampleTree.addChild(3);
+var leaf4 = branch2.addChild(4);
+
+var leaf5 = branch2.addChild(5);
+var leaf6 = branch2.addChild(6);
+var leaf7 = branch2.addChild(7);
+var filterFunction = function(value, depth){
+	return value % 2 === 1;
+}
+console.log(exampleTree.DFSelect(filterFunction));
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>