diff --git a/Week1/assignments/pembe-miriam/Palindrome.java b/Week1/assignments/pembe-miriam/Palindrome.java
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+public class Palindrome {
+
+  // Function that checks if sting is a palindrome
+  static boolean isPalindrome(String string)
+  {
+
+    // Pointers pointing to the beginning
+    // and the end of the string
+    int i = 0, j = string.length() - 1;
+
+    while (i < j) {
+
+      // If there is a mismatch
+      if (string.charAt(i) != string.charAt(j))
+        return false;
+
+      // Increment first pointer and
+      // decrement the other
+      i++;
+      j--;
+    }
+
+    // Given string is a palindrome
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args)
+  {
+    String string = "mom";
+
+    if (isPalindrome(string))
+      System.out.print("true");
+    else
+      System.out.print("false");
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Week1/assignments/pembe-miriam/README.md b/Week1/assignments/pembe-miriam/README.md
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+# About me
+
+My name is Pembe Miriam. I'm a software engineering student at the university of Buea
diff --git a/Week1/assignments/pembe-miriam/Staircase.java b/Week1/assignments/pembe-miriam/Staircase.java
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+public class Staircase {
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    int number = 4;
+
+    for (int i = 1; i <= number; i++) {
+      for (int k = number; k > i; k--) {
+        System.out.print(" ");
+      }
+      for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++) {
+        System.out.print("#");
+      }
+      System.out.println();
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}