In your opinion did Aaron Burr commit treason? Please explain your reasoning.

I would have to say that I do not see how Burr's acts
could possibly constitute treason.  They were certainly against the interests of the
United States, but that does not rise to the Constitutional definition of
treason.

The Constitution specifies
that

Treason
against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in
adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and
Comfort.

If this is the
definition of treason, how could Burr have committed treason?  His conspiracy, it seems
to me, was meant to capture land from Spain.  I do not think that he was actually trying
to break off any part of the United States to form his
"empire."

In other, words, I think he was filibustering,
but I do not think that he was engaged in war against the United
States.

In chapters 27-28 why is Pip unable to recognize Joe's real intelligence?Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

When Pip receives a letter from Biddy that Joe will pay
him a visit in London, the young gentleman demonstrates his newly-acquired snobbishness
and reacts with "considerable disturbance and some mortification" as he becomes anxious
about how Joe will be perceived by Herbert Pocket, his roommate, and especially by
Drummle since this man would mock him.  And, so, Pip
comments,

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throughout life, our worst weaknesses and
meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most
despise.

Perceiving Joe
through what Pip believes Drummle's vision would be, Pip finds Joe's awkwardness
disturbing while the reader finds his attempts to balance his hat on the mantel
amusing.  Pip is embarrassed that Joe does not know how to properly use the tableware,
forgetting in his snobishness that he himself had to be taught by Herbert. For Pip now,
Joe appears backward and "common." Because of his discomfiture at embarrassing Pip, Joe
falls into

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unaccountable fits of mediations....and dropped
so much more than he ate, and pretended that he hadn't dropped it; that I was heartily
glad when Herbert left us for the
city.

Keenly aware of the
embarrassment that he has caused Pip, Joe tells him that he is out of place at the
forge; he says that he will not return to London:

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"Diwisions among such must come, and must be met
as they come.  If there's been any fault at all today, it's mine.  You and me is not two
figures to be together in London; nor et anywheres else but what is private, and benown,
and understood among friends....You won' find half so much fault in me if you think of
me in my forge dress, with my hammer in my hand, or even my pipe....And so God bless
you, dear old Pip, old chap, God bless
you!"

It is only after this
speech, that Pip realizes Joe's wisdom and dignity.  He narrates
that

the
fashion of his dress could no more come in its way when he spoke these words than it
could come in its way in
Heaven.

Pip has been blind to
this dignity and intelligence of Joe because he has been concerned with people's
appearances too much, and has placed value in appearances.  Joe's illiteracy is an
embarrassment for Pip as well as he manner of dress and
speech.

Furthering the theme of Appearance vs. Reality, Pip
is concerned in Chapter 28 with going to the forge and staying before he visits Estella
at Satis House.  He rationalizes that Joe might not be prepared to have him stay, and he
might be too far from Miss Havisham's.  But, the truth is that he feels it is not like a
gentleman to bed at the forge; so, he stays at the Boar's Inn.  Pip's snobbishness
prevents him from the reality of Joe's intelligence and his unconditional
love.

In the end of the Crucible, what is it that is of utmost importance to John Proctor?

When Proctor screams that Salem has taken everything from
him, and that the least they can do is allow him to keep his name, there is much
present.  Proctor's evolution in character is steeped in the idea that an intolerant and
inauthentic social order takes people's reputations as its grist.  These social orders
take individuals' names and perceptions and destroys them.  When Proctor pleads for his
name, pleads for his reputation, and for everything else to be taken, it is his moment
to take a stand.  It is a moment in time where he recognizes that the limits of the
Salem social order will not be able to do much else, except to take people's names and
drag them through the mud.  In pleading for his reputation, Proctor understands the
reality of death, the reality of being branded as an "outsider," and what comes with
it.  Yet, he is defiant in his belief that his "name" is his own.  It is this that
becomes the most important element by the end of the play.

Analyze "The Slave Mother" by Frances E.W. Harper.

Frances E.W. Parker (1825-1911) was an African-American
poet who was active in the movement to abolish slavery.  Her poem "The Slave Mother"
illustrates one of the cruelest aspects of slavery: that children could be separated
from their parents and sold to a different master.

The poem
begins with the sound of a shriek that "seemed as if a burden'd heart / Was breaking in
despair."  The poem describes the frightened appearance of a slave woman and her young
son.

Stanzas 5-6 make effective use of anaphora: the
repetition of a phrase.  The phrase "He is not hers" is repeated three times; this
emphasizes the point that although the mother's "blood / Is coursing through his veins,"
the boy does not legally belong to the mother, but rather to the slavemaster, who may
"rudely tear apart" this family by selling away the
child.

Stanzas 7-8 describe the great joy that the child
has brought to the mother.

In Stanza 9, the child is
forceably separated from his mother:

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They tear him from her circling
arms,

    Her last and fond
embrace.

 Oh! never more may her sad
eyes

    Gaze on his mournful
face.

The last stanza returns
to the child's shriek and even repeats the phrase "heart...breaking despair."  This
creates symmetry in the poem's structure.

The poem is
written in stanzas of 4 lines (quatrains).  The rhythm is consistent: Line 1 - 8
syllables, Line 2 - 6 syllables, Line 3 - 8 syllables, Line 4 - 6
syllables.

The rhyme scheme is also consistent:
abcb

Discuss the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell.

Susan Glaspell wrote the one act play,
Trifles, after working as a reporter.  The play is based on an
actual account of a murder.  Working as a reporter on a newspaper, Glaspell covered a
similar murder case in a small town in Iowa.

Before the
play begins, there are several important events that have already occurred.  John
Wright, a farmer, has been found dead in his bed.  Someone strangled him with a rope.
The only other person in the house was Minnie, John’s wife.  The police are going to
charge Minnie with murder. Mrs. Wright [Minnie] never appears on stage; yet, she is
discussed throughout the
play.

Setting

The
play takes place somewhere in the midwest in the early twentieth century.   The time is
the day after the murder.  The entire play takes place in the  kitchen of the Wright
home.  The kitchen seems to have been left with unfinished work.  The bread has been
left out; a dish towel in on the table; and there are unwashed dishes.
 

Women Characters Dominate
Play

Mrs.
Wright is accused of killing her husband.
 

Mrs. Hale is a neighbor who
has not been to see Mrs. Wright in over a year.  Her guilt dominates her
character.

Mrs. Peters
proceeds in looking at the scene with a less empathetic face and a more logical
approach.  Her character changes as the play exposes her to Mrs. Wright’s
life.

Themes

Men’s
Dismissive Attitude Toward Women

It exposes
the attitude of the male in thinking that the women are only interested in the
unimportant, trivial aspects of life.

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 HALE: Well, women are used to worrying over
trifles........ And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the
ladies?

COUNTY ATTORNEY: Not much of a housekeeper, would
you say ladies?

This is only
one of the disparaging comments made by the men to lessen the importance of women. 
 

Revenge

Mr.
Wright was an abusive husband. Mrs. Wright suffered under his dominance for years. He
went one step too far and pushed his wife over the edge of
rationality.

Loneliness

Mrs.
Wright was alone.  Her husband did not like anything that she liked. They had no
children.  Mr. Wright killed the only thing that she
loved.

Summary

When
the men go upstairs to search for information, the women hurriedly try to clean the
kitchen.  Minnie was not a messy housekeeper.  Something  happened to keep her from
doing her work.

The men have already implied that the women
are only interested in trifles. These are the vital details that the women
find:

• Bread that has been left out of its
  box.


• An unfinished
  quilt.


• A half clean / half messy table
  top.


• An empty bird
  cage.

The most important clue is found by Mrs.
Peters who has not until this point been sympathetic to Minnie. In a pretty little box,
Mrs. Peters finds the canary that Minnie loved so much with its neck wrung.  Minnie was
going to bury it in the box.  Obviously, Mr. Wright had killed her bird, the only thing
that Minnie really cares about in the house.  She loved to hear it
sing. 

In her despair, Minnie paid her husband back by
wringing his neck as well. The women realize that Minnie killed her husband not just
because of her unhappy and abusive marriage, but from her husband suppressing any
happiness that she could find.   The women  serve as an impromptu jury and choose to
dismiss the charges in the name of justice.

When the men
return to the kitchen, the women do not share what they have found.  Still dismissive of
women, the men are only concerned about what they have failed to
find. 

How can you tell the difference between a substance and a mixture?

A substance is a general word that can be used for any
kind of material including elements, compounds and mixtures. Perhaps the the word
substance is used by mistake instead of compound. A third type of substance often
referred in chemistry is an element.

An element is a
substance that has only one type of atoms in its molecules. A compound is a substance
formed by chemical combination of more than one elements. The molecules of compounds
contain more than one type of atoms. However, the molecules of any one compound are all
alike in composition.

A mixture is a combination of two or
more substances that have not combined chemically. The constituent substances can be
elements, compound, or a combination of the two. A mixture consists of combination of
molecules of different types.

How do the characterization and conflicts question the conventional psychological and social setbacks of institutionally educating children?From...

Wow, that's quite a question.  If I'm reading it
correctly, inherent in the question is the assumption that Julian's problems are caused
by the educational institution.  I'm just not willing to go that far; it seems pretty
clear that Julian's character, choices, and conflicts all stem from his efforts to teach
his mother some kind of a lesson. That's personal, not
instuitutional.

Julian is a recent college graduate. "'He
wants to write but he’s selling typewriters until he gets started,'" says his mother. 
He's still living at home but can't wait to move out. We don't know what his degree is,
but he's clearly not motivated to do much more than he has to in order to buy his
cigarettes and live his self-centered life.  We know his mother has gone without to
ensure he had everything he needed. She has also coddled him and made him too soft,
perhaps, but he is clearly in control of his own choices and actions by the time we meet
him.

He's angry at his mother for her
condescending ways and her prejudice--which we understand way more
than we understand his condescension and prejudice. He thinks he's
being friendly to blacks, somehow compensating for his mother's racism;
yet

"he had
never been successful at making any Negro friends. He had tried to strike up an
acquaintance on the bus with some of the better types, with ones that looked like
professors or ministers or
lawyers." 

It's clear Julian,
too, was prejudiced and was only interested in befriending the "right kind" of black
friends and even then, only so he could bring them home and cause his mother to have a
figurative stroke. 

Julian's conflicts are with everyone in
this story--blacks don't see him as a sympathetic character, and he's so angry at his
mother he spends his waking hours trying to seek some kind of revenge.  He creates these
conflicts himself, and he's going to have to live with the consequences (the most
significant of which is his mother's death, of
course). 

The "conventional psychological and social
setbacks of institutionally educating children" should be well known and documented in
order to be considered conventional.  While there are clearly flaws with the educational
system--including the segregated schools particularly in the South, for this story--it's
a system that regularly turns out reasonably well adjusted students and citizens. 
Julian is a product of both his education and his upbringing, it's true.  What's also
true is that Julian has his own motivations and makes his own choices.  Blaming the
educational system seems too simple and easy an out for this grown
man. 

In "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings", what is the symbolic meaning of the old man?

Your question seems to raise a much larger issue about how
we as readers interpret and assign symbols to objects and characters in our often futile
attempts to make meaning of what we read.

I think one of
the joys of this short story is that it defies interpretation. You need to note how the
villagers are often exposed as foolish and gullible in their beliefs, and also how they
try to make sense of the world. They stick fast to "facts" even though they are clearly
ridiculous, such as the fact that angels eat mothballs, and they jump to impossible
conclusions, for example when some argue that the old man should be proclaimed "mayor of
the world." It is almost as if once they have conceived of an idea they make reality
"fit" to support that idea despite any protestations to the contrary - or until a
"better" version of the "truth" comes along and then the process beings again. Of
course, the villagers, although they can be said to be figures of fun in this sense,
contain many characteristics which we can identify whatever our time or culture - for
example the unquestioning belief in their own wisdom and their stubborn clinging to
their own ideas are aspects which we can all identify.

It
is clear though that while there are a few hints into this story as to the "meaning" or
"allegory" there are no conclusive pointers that give one definitive explanation. We are
left, much like the villagers therefore, to try and make some sort of meaning from these
strange and bizarre events. The last laugh seems to be with Marquez, however, as we
prove ourselves to be like the villagers trying to make sense of this story and coming
up with very different and ridiculous answers. Therefore, if there is a "meaning", it is
that there is no "meaning" - it is more about the process by which we make "meaning" and
how we support our conclusions.

So I am not going to answer
your question, as I think if you do try to summarise the angel's symbolic significance
you are falling into precisely the kind of trap that Marquez wants you to fall
into!

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE BONES TO DETERIORATE AFTER DEATH?

It depends, what environment are the remains in? Is the
body buried or exposed to the elements? If the body was buried in a "sealing" casket and
if that casket was then placed into a "sealing" vault, the skeleton may remain for
several years. All soft tissue is fully decomposed in a couple of months. If however,
the body was buried in a non sealing casket and placed in a non sealing vault, then bone
decomposition will take place much sooner. All of this of course also depends upon if
the body was embalmed and if the embalming was done properly and
sufficiently.

Human remains that are left exposed to the
elements will decompose much faster due in part to microorganism activity that degrades
the structures. A common misconception is that the bones will remain intact
indefinitely, this is simply false information.

What is the meaning of "fair is foul and foul is fair"? Act I scene 1I dunno if this is different from the first question but oh well. How...

The three witches speak this line together at the close of
the opening scene of Macbeth. The line sounds paradoxical because
of the syntactic inversion called chiasmus in the line. The two
words fair & foul appear and re-appear
in this line and the deliberate repetition shows an inversion. The line spoken by the
witches in chorus reads like an ambiguous formula thrown into the desert air by the
weird sisters so as to strike the key-note of the whole play in which Macbeth, whom the
witches want to meet, is going to be an embodiment of both fair
& foul. The line with its queer syntactic
inversion tends to suggest a deeper moral inversion: Macbeth who is so fair because of
his exemplary courage and skill is also so foul because of his evil ambition to usurp
the throne by killing king Duncan.

Is "Tell Them Not to Kill Me!" written in prose?

Prose is writing that most closely mimics ordinary speech.
It is not poetic in any sense—lacking "meter and rhyme," but uses the rhythms and
patterns of everyday speech.

In Juan Rulfo's short story,
"Tell Them Not to Kill Me!", the author uses prose.

"Tell
Them Not to Kill Me!" is the story of a man (Juvencio) who is going to be executed for a
murder he committed many years before. He is appealing to his son (Justino) to intercede
on his behalf with the colonel who is planning to carry out the execution for the murder
of Don Lupe.

There is no reprieve for Juvencio because Don
Lupe was the father of the colonel. We learn that Juvencio's murder did not bring death
to Don Lupe immediately, but that he suffered for days, even still worrying over his
family's fate. The colonel at least shows Juvencio more mercy than Juvencio had shown
Don Lupe by ordering the soldiers to allow Juvencio to get drunk so he does not feel the
bullets so fully, therefore not suffering—as his own father had
suffered.

The story is told with narrative text, mixed in
with the dialogue that would most naturally have been used by the characters in the
story. The story has been translated into English, but still copies the cadence and flow
of "normal" speech patterns and a storyteller's narrative.

If x = log[a]bc y = log[b]ca z = log[c]ab ptove that x+y+z+2 = xyz

x = log a (bc)  

y= log b
(ca)

z= log c (ab)

Prove that
:

x+ y + z + 2 = xyz

We will
start from left side:

x+ y + z + 2 = log a (bc) + log b
(ca) + log c (ab) + 2

We know that: log b (x) = log a (x) +
log a (b)

Let us the base 10 as
a:

==>  (log bc/ log a)+(log ca/log b) +(log ab)/
log c) + 2 

We know that log ab = log a + log
b

==> (log c + log b)/ log a +(log c + log a)/log b
+(log a + log b)/log c  + 2 .........(1)

Now let us
calculate xyz:

xyz= log a (bc)* log b (ac)* log c
(ab)

      = log bc/ log a * log ac / log b * log ab/ log
c

      =(log b + log c)(log a + log c)(log a + log b)/ log
a*logb*logc

=[ logb(loga)^2 + logb*logc*loga + logc(loga)^2
+ loga(logc)^2+ loga(logb)^2 + logc(logb)^2 + loga*logb*logc +
logb(logc)^2]/loga*logb*logc

= loga/logc + 1 + loga/logb +
logc/logb + logb/logc + logb/loga + 1 + logc/loga

=
(loga+logb)/logc + (loga+logc)/logb + (logb+logc)/loga + 2
.....(2)

Now we can see that (1) and (2) are
identical.

Then we conclude
that:

x+y+z+2 = xyz

What does Holden mean when he say's Pencey is full of "crooks" and "phonies"?Describe his feelings towards his school, its staff, and his fellow...

In the very first chapter, Holden
says:

Pencey
was full of crooks. Quite a few guys came from these wealthy families, but it was full
of crooks anyway. The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has. I'm not
kidding.

He explains that
someone stole his good camel hair coat the week before, so while he was watching the
football game, he was freezing, because of not having his good coat. Holden does not
understand why rich boys have to steal, but they do. He believes it is just the way
things are. The more boys don't need to steal because of their richness, the more they
do steal. It makes no sense tohim.

Throughout the rest of
the novel, Holden often refers to people at Pencey (and everywhere else, for that
matter) as phonies. The students are phonies, the teachers are phonies, the people that
come to Pencey as speakers are phonies (like the undertaker) and the administrators of
the school are phonies.

Holden's roommate Stradlater is a
phony because he has a "nice guy" image but he is really a jerk. He gets others to do
his work so that he can go out on dates and pretend to be a "stud". Robert Ackley, a
fellow classmate, is a phony and an annoying nuisance. Holden explains that Pencey in
general is full of phonies and even the advertisement for Pencey that is published in
many magazines is phony. It shows a boy jumping over a fence on a horse, which is phony,
Holden claims. It makes it appear as if all one does at Pencey is play polo, and that is
phony. The magazine ad claims to mold boys into upstanding young men and Holden
complains that the only upstanding young men at Pencey are only one or two boys he
knows, and they probably came to Pencey that way.

What is the crime that Chopin writes about in "The Story of an Hour"? How important is this to the theme of the story?

The "crime" that the narrator refers to in Chopin's "The
Story of an Hour" relates to the unwritten rules in the institution of marriage at the
time of the story.  Louise has just learned that her husband Brently is dead, so she
ponders the life that she has had with him compared to the life that she thinks she will
have in the future without him.  She thinks:  "There would be no powerful will bending
hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to
impose a private will upon a fellow-creature."  Here, Louise suggests that her husband
forced a lifestyle upon her that she did not want.  She does not believe that her
husband intended to make her unhappy or that he intentionally acted cruel; however, the
imposition was still wrong:  "A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no
less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination."  So, the
"crime" according to Louise is forcing someone to live a lifestyle that he or she does
not want.

This is related to the theme of the story because
the story overall is about the nature of freedom and its importance to the individual,
in this case, particularly women.  Louise is representative of married women in the late
19th and early 20th centuries who felt trapped in their marriages because they had no
say in how their lives progressed.  Chopin herself did not become a writer until her
husband passed away.  So, the story suggests that people do not have the right, even if
married, to hinder the freedom of their partners.

What do we learn about Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia near beginning of play?

Early in the play we can learn about Hamlet's feelings as
least as far as Ophelia understands them.  In the conversation with her father he
confronts her about her relationship with Hamlet, but Ophelia replies with assurance of
Hamlet's feelings for her.  Her first comment is "he hath, my lord, of late made many
tenders of his affection to me."  We don't know what those tenders are, but can assume
nice words or perhaps even poems or gifts.  She takes them to be sincere expressions of
Hamlet's regard for her.  Polonius makes them seem less than that.  He suggests that
Hamlet is not being true, but Ophelia again defends the relationship saying, "he hath
importuned me with love in honorable fashion."  Again, we don't know exactly what has
been said but have not reason to think that Hamlet is insincere with Ophelia.  She is
vehement in defending Hamlet when she says that Hamlet "hath given countenance to his
speech, my lord, with almost all the holy vows of heaven."  Of course, Polonius doesn't
trust any of this and calls Ophelia a young fool for love, but as an audience, we have
no reason but to believe, as Ophelia does, the honest emotions he has seemed to share
with Ophelia. 

Why did Atticus look like "his stomach hurt" after questioning Mayella during the trial?

I think that there are three possible reasons why Atticus
might feel this way.

First, I think he probably feels bad
for having cross-examined her the way that he has.  I think he feels bad that he had to
ask her the sorts of personal questions he did and he feels bad for having to sort of
bully her, trying to get her to admit the truth.

Second, I
think that he probably feels sorry for her.  If you knew that this girl had a father who
treats her the way Mayella's dad does, how would you
feel?

Finally, I think he may feel that he has lost the
case already.  He may feel that his only hope was to get Mayella to confess the
truth.

What ethical problems does this easy access to information cause in the area of academic honestywe are writing about plagiarism in college and work...

Absolutely agreed with the above post.  On another ethical
level, the trend towards plagiarism, especially of essays and research work, has led to
the appearance and spread of websites and individuals who sell pre-written essay work,
and/or contract their services to write research papers for
someone.

As far as simple copying and pasting goes, I am
starting to see a classroom trend where there is no social stigma to plagiarism, and
even some students who believe it is a sound academic practice, that they are entitled
to copy other works. I see this when I grade them, and hand out F's for plagiarism, then
hear endless protests - not of their innocence - but of how they do this all the
time.

In the workplace, the ethical problems are even
greater, as you are being hired and paid in a position to create and do your own work
for a company, but are tempted to be paid for someone else's work instead.  This can
then run the company into copyright issues and intellectual property
lawsuits.

When reading this poem do you find yourself more engaged with the emotion or the information in the poem?"The Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall

Primarily because this ballad is a tribute to innocent
children, the readers find themselves touched by the poignancy and irony of the poem,
rather than the information.  Besides, the facts are only sketchy at best.  The incident
happened in Birmingham, Alabama, and a church on Sixteenth Street was blow
up. 

The readers must know something about this city as
well as the historical context of the poem in order to focus on the information more
than on the emotion.  And, since the brutal act is committed on a church which
traditionally is sanctuary from conflict, and because the victims are innocent of any
act that could possibly explain such brutality, the readers cannot but be touched by the
poignancy of Dudley Randall's ballad.

How does "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" compare with "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce

You have asked a very interesting question because at
first glance, these two stories appear very different. Twain writes his story with
characteristic understated humour, combining use of hyperbole with a dry, dead-pan tone
to increase the comedy. Brose's story, on the, other hand, is set during the Civil War
and features a man being hung on a bridge. Two very different themes, I am sure you will
agree!

However, the similarity lies in the period in which
both stories were written and the school of literature which is used to describe works
produced during this time. Both are examples of realist fiction, in that both reject the
larger than life hero of Romantic literature, they give detailed depiction of ordinary
characters and realistic events and scenarios (even if Twain's story isn't realistic,
the setting definitely is), there is an emphasis on characters from the lower classes
and there is an avoidance of exotic and overly dramatic events (except of course in the
Tall Tale in Twain's story). Lastly, another key aspect of Realistic fiction is the use
of everyday speech patterns to reveal class distinctions. Twain in particular is a
master of this and uses the vernacular extensively in his
writings.

What are at least 4 Puritan beliefs?

First of all, the Puritans formed as a group whose purpose
was to "purify" the Church of England.

They
believed:

• that all humans were born evil (rather
  than good) and deserved eternal damnation.


• in the mercy
  of God, and that some people ("The Elect") were chosen to be saved by the death of Jesus
  Christ.

Their big
question was: How do you know whether you are "saved" or "damned?"  Answer: Ministers,
public officials, and the wealthy acted as if their salvation was already secure and
lived in hypocrisy.  Meanwhile, everyone else lived in fear of God, trying always to
earn salvation through goodness.

Politically
speaking:

• Puritans believed that a covenant
  existed between God and humanity.


• Therefore, people
  should freely enter into agreements concerning
  government.


• However, government was undemocratic because
  "The Elect" had the most influence over religious and therefore political
  matters.


• The Church and the government were nearly one
  and the same.

Form a quadratic equation with integer coefficients and one of its roots as 3 + 4*sqrt 5.

Let the equation be ax^2 + bx + c
=0

Now we have one of the roots as  3+ 4sqrt5, let the
other root of the equation be R.

So we have (x- 3 - 4*sqrt
5)(x- R) = ax^2 + bx + c

=> x^2 – x*(3 - 4sqrt 5) –
Rx + (3+4 sqrt 5)R = ax^2 + bx + c

=> x^2 – x*( 3-
4sqrt5 + R) + (3+4 sqrt 5)R = ax^2 + bx + c

Now if c is an
integer R has to be equal to 3- 4 sqrt 5 as (3+4 sqrt 5) (3-4 sqrt 5) = 9 – 16*5 = 9 –
80 = -71

Therefore (x- 3 + 4*sqrt 5)(x- R) = ax^2 + bx +
c

=> (x- 3 - 4*sqrt 5)(x- 3+ 4sqrt5) = ax^2 + bx +
c

=> x^2 + x( -3-4sqrt5 -3 + 4 sqrt5) + 9 – 80 =
ax^2 + bx + c

=> x^2  -6x -72 = ax^2 + bx +
c

=> a =1 , b = -6 and c=
-71

Therefore the equation is x^2 -6x -71 =
0

How does the character of George Babbitt begin to change?

Throughout the course of Sinclair Lewis's novel,
Babbitt, the character of George Follansbee Babbitt undergoes the
only major rebellion of his meaningless and conforming life in Chapter 22.  For, in this
chapter, Babbitt acts as an individual and a loyal friend to Paul Riesling.  Having been
involved in false acts such as philandering and a venture as an ersatz outdoorsman,
Babbitt's insistence upon speaking with Paul in prison and his extension of true
friendship is the only authentic act of this
character.

This act is authentic since Babbitt risks social
condemnation for being on the side of a man charged with attempted murder on his wife. 
As he leaves the prison, Babbitt feels that "It seemed somehow wicked to return to the
office."  This reflection of Babbitt indicates that he is not conforming to American
standards, but is thinking for himself.  When he returns home his wife is excited about
the tintillating details of the charges against Paul and readily condemns him, but
Babbitt orders,

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"I forbid any of you to say a word about Paul!
I'll 'tend to all the talking that's going to be necessary, hear me?  There's going to
be one house in this scandal-mongering town tonight that's isn't going to spring the
holier-than-thou. And throw those filthy evening papers out of the
house!" 

Yet, Lewis writes
that Babbitt himself reads the papers after dinner.  So, the indication is that
Babbitt's efforts to redefine himself will not last and he will return to being a
"standardized citizen" as his other efforts at rebellion are meaningless failures and
he, again, returns to conformity.

What happens to Othello when Iago rouses his jealousy?

As Iago says, Othello becomes jealousy personified--the
"Green-Eyed Monster."

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O, beware, my lord, of
jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth
mock
The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in
bliss
Who, certain of his fate, loves not his
wronger;
But, O, what damned minutes tells he
o'er
Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly
loves!

As Emelia
says, Othello becomes a stomach to churn and spit out women, who seem worthless status
symbols to him:

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'Tis not a year or two shows us a
man:
They are all but stomachs, and we all but
food;
To eat us hungerly, and when they are
full,
They belch
us.

Othello becomes
a belching, seizure-ravaged, tongue-tied beast who plots double murder and suicide
rather than suffer a stain on his manly reputation.  Just listen to his monosyllabic
wailings after he learns of the missing handkerchief:

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Death and damnation!
O!

O monstrous!
monstrous!

I'll tear her all
to pieces.

O, blood, blood,
blood!

Othello, the
mighty orator who won Desdemona's hand in court in Act I is reduced to ranting and
raving by Act III--all because of jealousy.  Othello is like the Beast in "Beauty and
the Beast," but instead of love transforming him into a prince, jealousy causes him to
become more monstrous.

Identify the speaker, plot, significance of following quotes from The Rocking Horse Winner (few setences for each)1. "It's what causes you to have...

I am thinking that this may be an assignment you have for
class, and while I do not want to do the assignment for you, I will provide you with
partial answers so that when you (re)read the story you can complete the assignment on
your own.

1.  Paul's mother says this to him when Paul asks
her if luck is money.  Paul has been hearing the house whispering "There must be more
money."  Intuitively he knows that his parents, particularly his mother, wish for more
money and highly value material goods.  His mother is quite bitter about her current
economic status and blames her husband for her inability to live a more lavish
lifestyle.  Paul interprets her answer quite literally and seeks luck to please his
mother.

2.  The narrator states this to explain why the
uncle questions Paul's choice for the winner of the race.  This is the first race Paul
will be attending with his uncle now that his uncle has learned that he can accurately
predict winners.  Paul sees these winnings as his luck because they bring money.  Also
consider Paul's desire to please his mother.

3.  Uncle
Oscar says this to Paul when he agrees to let his mother have the entire sum of money at
once.  This quote and section are directly linked to the mother's
greed.

4.  The narrator explains Uncle Oscar's attempts to
calm and comfort Paul after he continues to lose money, for which he is desperate so
that he can give more to his mother to make the whispers stop.  Examine how the desire
to win is affecting Paul, how his behavior and interactions are changing and how others
react to these changes.

5.  Uncle Oscar says this to Paul's
mother just after Paul has died; it is the beginning of the last sentence of the story. 
The "poor devil" is Paul.  This phrase is followed by "he's best gone out of a life
where he rides his rocking horse to find a winner."  Think about what the uncle may be
saying here and why he thinks Paul's death may be a good thing.  I believe he (and the
author) sees Paul as a victim of his mother's greed.

Explain the 4 parts of the Declaration of Independence.What is the Preamble, Declaration of Natural Rights, List of Grievances, and Resolution of...

The Declaration of Independence does indeed have four
parts.

The parts come in this
order:

FIRST, the preamble basically says why the
Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Independence.  It states that when it
becomes necessary because of injustice, a group of people should be able to state their
grievances and take action.  The preamble is the first item in a document almost 100% of
the time - thus, it is called the PREamble, or "explanatory stuff that comes first".
 Other words for a document's preamble are "preface", like we have in books, or
"introduction", like when a speaker is introduced before his
speech.

SECOND, the Declaration of Natural Rights states
that all human beings were given certain rights by their Creator and that the government
should protect these rights.  

THIRD, the List of
Grievances, gives a run-down of all the rights that the Continental Congress believed
the British government, and King George III in particular, has
violated.

FOURTH and last, the Resolution of Independence
says what the Continental Congress has decided to do about all the aforementioned
things.  In this section, the United States informs Britain that it has decided to
become its own country.  

How is Mayella Ewell portrayed as both disgusting and pathetic in Chapter 18?Give examples of both qualities by quoting examples of statements that...

I encourage you to re-read this somewhat short scene in
the novel and consider how you think she comes across as disgusting
and pathetic.  Certainly, the pathetic part is much easier to prove - as she stammers,
cries, speaks in broken/uneducated English - and generally tells her story as if she is
making it up on the spot (or rehearsing a lie, as the case may
be).

As for disgusting.  This one is a little different. 
When we think of "disgusting" I think most of us imagine something gross or nasty or
putrid.  In this case, however, it is almost easier to say, "Why might the onlooker
regard Mayella with disgust?"  It makes her sound a little less like a wad of goo and a
little more like a human who might be dispicable.

The
digust comes as a result of a couple things that pertain either to Maycomb's specific
time period, or a combination of then and now.  One, the obviousness that she's lying. 
Two, the fact that she engages Tom Robinson (a black married man) in a personal
conversation when she is home alone.  Three, her very appearance, language, and
disposition - which all scream "poor white trash."

A couple
quotes (however, you could almost use anything she says in this
scene):

Won't
say a word long as you keep on mockin' me. (181)

I got
somethin' to say and then I ain't gonna say no more.  That nigger yonder took advantage
of me and if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanna do nothin' about it then you're all
yellow stinkin' cowards... (188)

How would you classify hydrogen and why?

Hydrogen is classified as a non-metal based on its
physical properties. Metals, located to the left of the stairstep elements, have the
properties of being shiny, conductive, malleable (can be made into sheets) and ductile
(can be made into wire). Since hydrogen has none of these properties it is obviously not
a metal.

It is located at the top of group one of the
periodic table because the periodic table is arranged so that all elements in a given
group have the same number of outer or valence electrons.  All elements in group one
have one valence electrons, as does hydrogen.

In terms of
its chemical reactions hydrogen can form both covalent and ionic bonds. It bonds
covalently with other non-metals such as nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen, carbon, etc.  In
fact, there are more chemical compounds which contain hydrogen and carbon (hydrocarbons)
than all other chemical compounds combined.

It forms ionic
bonds in acid solutions such as hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, etc. in
which it exists as a positive ion and determines the pH of those
solutions.

Hydrogen is also unique in that it can form
chemical compounds in which it has an ionic charge of -1.  Examples are the metal
hydrides such as LiH, NaH, etc.

Hydrogen has three primary
isotopes, H-1 (protium), H-2 (deuterium), and H-3 (tritium), with H-1 being the most
common and abundant element in the universe.

H-2 is used in
nuclear applications (see link) and H-3 is a radioactive isotope that once was painted
on the hands watches so they would glow in the dark and be visible at
night.

Solve x + 2y + 3z = 6, 3x + 2y + z = 4, 3x + 4y + 2z = 10

We have 3 equations to solve for x, y and
z

x + 2y + 3z = 6…(1)

3x + 2y
+ z = 4…(2)

3x + 4y + 2z =
10…(3)

(1) – (2)

=> x +
2y + 3z - 3x - 2y - z = 6 - 4

=> -2x + 2z =
2

=> -x + z =
1…(4)

2*(2)- (3)

2*(3x + 2y +
z)- (3x + 4y + 2z) = 8 – 10

=> 6x + 4y + 2z – 3x -4y
-2z = -2

=> 3x =
-2

=> x = -2/3

Use this
in (4)

2/3 +z = 1

=> z
= 1- 2/3

=> z =
1/3

Substitute x = -2/3 and z = 1/3 in
(2)

=> -2 + 2y +1/3
=4

=> 2y = 4 +2
-1/3

=> 2y = 6 –
1/3

=> y = 3 –
1/6

=> y =
17/6

Therefore x= -2/3 , y = 17/6 and z =
1/3

Why is Montag not in harmony with his society?

I believe that Montag is not in harmony with his society
because the society is depriving him of things that he thinks are important.  Montag
wants, more than anything it seems, to have human relationships.  But the society does
not encourage such things.

We can see that Montag's life
changes after he meets Clarisse.  She shows him that people can and should care about
one another.  When Montag then thinks about his relationship with Millie, he sees that
the two of them do not really care about each other.  This bothers him, especially when
she almost kills herself.

So Montag is looking for more
meaningful relationships.  Society, however, does not want people to care for each
other.  It wants them to indulge in mindless and emotionless entertainment.  It wants
them to end up like Millie and her friends.  Because of this, Montag is not in harmony
with the society.

What is "Before the Firing Squad" by John Chioles about?

During much of Chioles's gripping short story, the
narrator describes the circumstances of the German occupation of the Peloponnesus during
the Second World War, when the area was used as a point of embarkation for German forces
heading south to fight in General Erwin Rommel’s African campaign. The German strategy
was to attain control of Egypt and the Suez Canal, and therefore it was vital to keep
the conduit of Greece open and clear to permit the movement of German troop replacements
“without incident or delay” (paragraph 2). During this period of occupation, many Greek
men, like the narrator’s father, carried out guerilla actions against the Germans. The
Germans occupied Greece until October 1944, long after Rommel had left Africa, when they
were driven out completely. Because the time of the story is mentioned as both spring
(paragraph 3) and summer (paragraph 36), we may conclude that the story portrays one of
the small retreats leading up to the final German withdrawal.

What is the general theme in "Love in L.A." by Dagoberto Gilb?

Several possible themes emerge from Gilb's story "Love in
L.A."; however, one is certainly dominant:  the most prominent form of love in the big
city is love of self."  This story is a twist on traditional love stories, as it
primarily depicts a man in love with himself--and his
car. 

Jake is consumed with himself and with gaining more
pleasure for himself.  His first obsession is with his car, and this is what he
wants:   

He
needed an FM stereo in something better than this ’58 Buick he drove.  It would have
crushed velvet interior with electric controls for the L.A. summer, a nice warm heater
and defroster for the winter drives at the beach, a cruise control for those long trips,
mellow speakers front and rear of course, windows that hum closed, snuffing out that
nasty exterior noise of freeways.  The fact was that he’d probably have to change his
whole style.  Exotic colognes, plush, dark nightclubs, mai tais and daiquiris, necklaced
ladies in satin gowns, misty and sexy like in a tequila
ad.

He wants much more than
he has, and he wants it in order to help him "get" more women.  He clearly sees himself
as a ladies' man and uses every opportunity to collect them.  The main incident in this
story is a minor car accident during, of course, rush-hour traffic in L.A.  Jake uses
even this opportunity to make his moves.  As he gets out of the car, he doesn't ask if
the young woman is okay; instead, he asks, "So, how you doin?" and follows with the
remark that he "kinda" hopes she's not quite all right so he can talk with her
longer. 

This is the consistent attitude and behavior
throughout the story--a desire for "love" at the most shallow and self-serving level.
Thus the theme. 

Solve the system using matrix x+3y=7=0 2x+y+4=0 3x+2y+11=0

To solve the system, we'll have to re-write the
equations:

x+ 3y +7 =0

We'll
subtract 7 both sides:

x + 3y = -7
(1)

3x+2y +11=0

We'll
subtract 11 both sides:

3x + 2y = -11
(2)

2x+y+4=0

We'll subtract 4
both sides:

2x + y = -4
(3)

We'll determine the matrix of the system.
The determinant is formed from the coefficients of x and
y.

           1    3

    A
=  3    2

           
2    1

We'll take the first2 lines and columns of the
matrix and we'll calculate the minor of the matrix
A.

         1    3

d
=   

         3     2 

d = 1*2
- 3*3 = 2 - 9 = -7

Now, we'll calculate the determinant
that we'll tell us if the system has solution or not.

This
determinant will be formed from the minor, the last row and the column of the terms from
the right side of equal:

        1    3   
-7

C =  3     2   -11

       
2    1    -4

C = -2*4 - 7*3 - 3*2*11 + 2*2*7 + 11 +
3*3*4

C = - 8 - 21 - 66 + 28 + 11 +
36

C = 20  - 1 - 30

C =
-11

Since C is not zero, the system has no
solutions.

The system doesn't have
solutions.

What are the codes to change the usb font colours?i mean the colour of the files's name?

On a Mac, this is quite easy.  If you are looking to
highlight the file's name in different colors for recognition purposes, you will have to
make sure you know on which file you wish to change color.  Click on the file, so that
it "looks" different from the rest of the screen and to indicate that this is the file
you wish to change.  On my screen, the highlighted file will appear in a darker color
blue surrounding the font.  While it is highlighted, proceed to "File" and click on it.
 You should see a drop down screen.  Go to "Label" and then there is a selection of
colors, an array from which you can choose to highlight the font of the file in
question.  At this point, the file should be a different color from all else. I am not
entirely familiar with how this is going to work on a PC, but I have attached a link
that discussed how to color code all your files, the color surrounding the font, on
Windows, which should help out a bit.

Explain what ideals and attitudes each of the three main settings reflect and how the settings enhance characters.Setting is often an important...

The main setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great novel is
that of the Jazz Age.  This provides the tableau for the development of character and
plot and theme.  Within this tableau there is a cultural and lifestyle revolution, a
revolution that is created with the class conflicts, the cultural rift between East and
West, and the contrast between innocence and experience in the main character's
life.

An examination of each setting:  East Egg, West Egg,
and the Valley of Ashes leads to the development of characters.  For instance, while
Gatsby is on his lawn of West Egg, he looks longingly at the green light (money, wealth)
at the end of Daisy's pier.  His parties in the West Egg are attended by people who do
not know him and only take advantage of his new wealth, lending a falsity to his
environment.  Yet while there is this falsity, Owl Eyes discovers that Gatsby's leather
bound books in his library are genuine.  Traditionally, too, West is symbolic of the
horizon, the end.  Gatsby's sacrificial death occurs as he lies on his mattress in a
crossed position in his pool in the West Egg.

The East Egg
is symbolic of the establish wealth and position and its decadence.  While Daisy appears
innocent in her white garments, like her name, there is a golden, moneyed center to
her.  In fact, Nick's description of her includes, "her voice was like money."  She
feigns foolishness and is extremely materialistic.  After her murder of Myrtle Wilson,
she returns to the shelter of the East Egg where her money and Tom's influence protect
her from her crime. 

The Valley of Ashes, which suggests
death and corruption and waste is, indeed, the setting for death.  The poster of Dr.
Eckleberg sees nothing as this is the hiding ground for the industrial and moral waste
of New York City.  Interestingly, Nick and the others pass through this valley of death
as they engage in their dissolute activities. Poor Mr. Wilson is blinded by his life in
this wasteland, believing that Gatsby has killed his
wife.

With so much imagery and symbolism in his narrative,
the settings of Fitzgerald's novels reflect the conditions for the actions and
development of the characters.

Where is the foramen ovale in the fetal heart?

The foramen ovale is an opening between the right and left
atria of the fetal/infant heart. This is a pathological opening that allows blood in the
infant circulation to flow from atria to atria. When blood flows in this manner it
bypasses the lungs. In a vast majority of cases the foramen closes on its own shortly
after the baby is born. In a small number of cases, the opening does not close on its
own and these infants will have to undergo surgical repair of the
foramen.

Normally the blood that leaves the right atrium
enters the right ventricle. From the right ventricle the blood travels to the lungs.
Infants with an open foramen ovale experience deficiencies in oxygenation because of the
abnormal shunting of blood. When this occurs all tissues are deprived of
oxygen.

Compare the relationships between Katherine and Bianca with Beatrice and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing.

First, there is the difference in actual blood
relationship.  Beatrice is Hero's cousin and, as such, is living in her uncle Leonato's
house as a sort of charity.  The play is not clear, but if her parents are dead, she
would have had nowhere to go and live, being unable to own her own property as a single
woman.  Hero's father would have then taken his niece in to live with
him.

Katharine and Bianca are sisters and, as such, are
their father Baptista's responsibility to house, feed and maintain until the day that
they each will be married.  There is stress and tension regarding this in the play,
since Bianca has plenty of suitors and could marry and leave her father's house, were it
not for the fact that Katharine is the elder and should be married first.  Katharine and
potentially Baptista and Bianca are all under stress regarding this
circumstance.

Katharine can be compared to Beatrice in that
they both can give any man, in conversation, a run for his money.  There is a sort of
shrewishness in each of them that prickles at society's requirement that they be more
traditionally feminine -- sweet and demure.  Bianca, on the other hand, seems on the
surface to be a model young lady, just as Hero does.  However, by the end of
Shrew, it is clear that, once married, Bianca has changed her
subservient ways and appears to have taken on a bit of shrewishness.  Hero, however,
maintains her traditionally female demeanor throughout Much
Ado.

Perhaps the largest difference in the two
relationships is how protective Beatrice is of Hero, and how she appears to be willing
to give anything to be "a man" and fight for her cousin's honor when Hero is wronged by
Claudio.  Katharine seems to have no such selfless concern for her sister.  Her concern
and interest is very self-involved.

These two pairs of
women share some similarities, but ultimately, provide very different pictures of female
relationships.

In The God of Small Things, what are the two time periods of the novel?

You have identified an incredibly important aspect of the
way in which this unforgettable novel is written. What is distinct about the narrative
style of Roy in this book is that she abandons a chronological narrative in favour of
extensive use of flashbacks and digressions as the story shifts from the present to the
past. The way in which these separate elements are woven together to tell the story of
the Kochamma family and unfold the tragedy that Estha and Rahel are still living under
is a mark of the excellence of this novel. 

The first narrative time frame begins when
Estha and Rahel are children and their cousin, Sophie Mol, is just about to arrive. The
second beings after Estha has been "re-returned" by his father after a gap of twenty
three years. Note what the novel says about this gap:

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Two weeks later, Estha was Returned. Ammu was
made to send him back to their father, who had by then resigned his lonely tea estate
job in Assam and moved to Calcutta to work for a company that made carbon black. He had
remarried, stopped drinking (more or less), and suffered only occasional
relapses.

Estha and Rahel hadn't seen each other
since.

It is this gap of 23
years that Roy crosses at will with her narrative, uniting the present with the past and
showing how the childhood experiences of Estha and Rahel still bear a massive mark on
their lives in the future.

In what ways are autorhythmic fibers similar to and different from contractile fibers?anatomy-Heart

The source of the rhythmical electrical activity that
makes up the heart's lifelong beat is found in autorhytmic fibers. These fibers
"repeatedly generate action potentials that trigger heart contractions. They continue to
stimulate a heart to beat even after it is removed from the body," because unlike
contractile fibers, they are self excitable and do not require neural stimulation to
trigger contractions. "Autorhythmic fibers form the conduction system, cardiac muscle
fibers that spontaneously depolarize and generate action potentials." (p.
726)

Unlike
autorhythmic fibers, contractile
fibers have a stable resting membrane potential
that is close to - 90 mV. When a contractile fiber is brought to threshold by an action
potential from neighboring fibers, its voltage-gated fast Na+ channels open. (p.
728)

Source: Anatomy and
Physiology: From Science to Life, 2nd Edition Gail Jenkins (Montgomery College ),
Christopher Kemnitz (Lake Superior College ), Gerard J. Tortora (Bergen Community
College) January 2009, ©2010

Chapter 20: The Cardiovascular
System: The Heart

Express the area A of a circle as a function of its circumference C

For a circle the circumference can be expressed in terms
of its radius as 2*pi*r

The area of a circle can be
expressed in terms of its radius as pi*r^2

Now we have C=
2*pi*r and A = pi*r^2

From C= 2*pi*r we can derive r = C /
(pi*2) by dividing both sides by pi*2.

And from A = pi*r^2
we can derive r= sqrt ( A / pi).

Now equate both the
expressions we have for r

=> C / (pi*2) = sqrt ( A /
pi)

Square both the
sides:

=> C^2/ (pi*2)^2 = A /
pi

=> A = (C^2 * pi) / ( pi^2 * 2^2
)

=> A = C^2/ pi*
2^2

=> A = C^2 /
4*pi

Therefore we have Area = C^2 / 4*
pi

How do I come up with a argumentative thesis statement that incorporates three literary elements in Big Black Good Man?

You are on the right track.  'Literary' elements include
about everything you can think of in a written piece:

the
theme of the story (like 'revenge' in Hamlet, for
instance);

the story line or plot (what happens to whom and
why);

the setting (and this includes both the physical
setting and the time or period in which the story takes place– along with the customs
appertaining);

the characters (both their created
personalities and the way in which the author portrays
them);

the author's viewpoint on any of
these;

the literary techniques and devices that the author
uses to create his piece and express his viewpoint;

and the
overall impression that the finished work makes on the reader– its genre, its message,
its art.  This last to me is also a literary element... or at least the cumulative
effect of all of them!

Generally, a good thesis and its
statement will incorporate at least two and probably 3 of these aspects:  "A interacts
with B to create C for the reader" is one common template for utilizing three literary
elements.

How do Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan relate to today's women?

This could be a rather dangerous question.  I think that
it's important to not see too much into gender statements in works like Fitzgerald's.  I
feel that he might not be making a declarative notion on gender as much as one on the
nature of human beings.  I think that it's important to make that known.  If we are to
take something from the depiction of Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan, it would be the
superficiality that exists then still does today.  Yet, this is not something limited to
women.  Tom is fairly superficial as well and his macho and self inflated vision of
identity is something we see in today's setting, as well.  I think that Fitzgerald might
be making an overall statement about the way in which people behave as being relevant to
the modern setting.  In constructing people who crave social acceptance over all else,
he has established a fundamental belief of the lack of real or substantive values within
such pursuits.  This is not as much limited to gender as it is a statement about human
beings, as a whole.

Study the phenomena of resonance for an oscilating system where f(x)=sinx*cos2x

To study the phenomena of resonance, we'll just have to
calculate the indefinite integral of the given
function:f(x)=sinx*cos2x

Int sinx*cos 2x
dx

To calculate the integral, we'll have to transform the
product of trigonometric functions into an algebraic
sum:

We'll use the product formula
for:

sin a*cos b =
[sin(a-b)+sin(a+b)]/2

We'll substitute a by x and b by
2x:

sinx*cos 2x =
[sin(x-2x)+sin(x+2x)]/2

sinx*cos 2x = (sin3x - sin
x)/2

We'll substitute the product by the
difference:

Int sinx*cos 2x dx = Int (sin3x - sin
x)dx/2

Int (sin3x - sin x)dx/2 = (1/2)*[Int (sin3x)dx - Int
(sin x)dx]

Int (sin3x - sin x)dx/2 = -cos 3x/6 + cos x/2 +
C

I’m working on research paper on Linden Hills; I guess I need help developing a strong thesis for my paper. Right now I’m thinking about...

If you are going to write a paper on the class system's
negative effects on the characters of Linden Hill, I believe that
you have chosen a strong topic; the story will provide you with numerous examples to
support your thesis statement, which is absolutely
necessary.

As an example for your paper, while the original
Luther Needed seems to have had some business savvy, and provided future generations
with the ability to build a strong African American community that would thrive
indefinitely (for a thousand years and a day, at least), the present Luther Needed has
completely lost sight of this goal. What he owns and controls has become more important
than the needs of his fellow man, most especially those of his wife Willa and their
newborn son.

Ultimately, it is his loss of touch with
humanity that takes everything he has from him, including his wife, in the fire at the
end of the story.

Based upon what you have listed as the
theme you plan to follow in your paper, I would provide a thesis statement similar
to:

While
being the member of a specific class can make one's life difficult, that connection is
central to survival within one's community. Losing the human connection with others,
regardless of the class status accompanying that position, robs the individual of
essential elements necessary to ground one within the society of which he is a part.
Life holds the most meaning and opportunity for personal satisfaction in the connections
people make with one another, and without these connections, as seen in Linden
Hills, the missing human element will ultimately destroy the individuals that
choose to turn their backs on society, and therefore, humanity
itself.

I hope this reflects
your topic clearly.  Make sure that for each character you list in
your paper, you provide specific examples from the text to indicate the survival or
"destruction" of that individual, based on your thesis. After every
body paragraph, revisit the thesis and make sure you have not lost
focus, and that you have provided accurate examples to support it.
 Good luck.

Why does the narrator keep mentioning the shadow of the three people holding hands at the carnival in Beloved?Specifically, what does this image...

The carnival scene appears to be a symbol of normalcy, and
of family. Paul D. is in high spirits there, and his exuberance influences both Sethe
and Denver;

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"no one, apparently, (was) able to withstand
sharing the pleasure Paul D. was
having."

The repeated
references to the shadow of the three of them holding hands is a sign of hope. The image
symbolizes unity and cohesiveness, and foreshadows that perhaps Sethe and Denver, with
Paul D., might one day become a family.

Sethe in particular
takes note of their shadows. It causes her to entertain the thought
that

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"...maybe...it was a good
sign,"

and consider that
they, the three of them, might at last
find

"A life. Could
be."

Denver, who is so
insecure and jealous of her mother's attention, also finds that her doubts and fears
that Paul D. will be a rival for her mother's affections are lessening. "Soothed by
sugar" and the kindness that Paul D. is showing her, Denver, for the first time dares to
consider that "Paul D. (isn't) all that bad," and that the three of them might work out
after all.

What are some examples of tone in The Scarlet Letter?Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

The prevailing tone of Hawthorne's The Scarlet
Letter is one of irony.  Here are some
examples:

SITUATIONAL
IRONY

The Puritans, who have escaped religious persecution
in England, first build a prison on their settlement.  This prison and the scaffold are
sites where people are persecuted and castigated for their sins.  It is ironic that
public condemnation is considered reliable by the
Puritans. 

The Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, who is perceived
as "ethereal" is as grievous a sinner as Hester Prynne who is sent to prison and made to
stand upon the scaffold in ignominy, scorned by the viewers and later ostracized from
society as she lives on the edge of the woods.  However, the Puritan community exalt
Dimmesdale as a saint while he is a terrible hypocrite in
reality.

The governor of the settlement, Bellingham, has a
sister who is a witch, yet no one objects to her activities.  In addition, the leader of
the Puritans, whose ideology holds to simplicity, has a beautiful mansion complete
with diamond-like glass windows, suits of armor, pewter tankards with the remnants of
beer visible, elaborately carved furniture, and a serving-man who wears a blue coat, the
"customary garb ...in the old hereditary halls of England."  That the leader of the
community has these beautiful objects and enjoys a draft of beer points to the hypocrisy
of those who would deny gaiety and passion to their
community.

The punishment of Hester, the wearing
of the scarlet letter, changes to a symbol of her ability and her solicitiousness to the
community as nurse to the ill and dying.  Thus, the meaning of the scarlet A changes
ironically to Able and
Angel. 

Roger Chillingworth who agrees
to treat Dimmesdale's apparent physical illness--which is ironically not a physical
ailment--is really the minister's torturer. 

VERBAL
IRONY

In Chapter III, Governor Bellingham tells Dimmesdale,
"...the responsibility of this woman's soul lies greatly with
you."

In Chapter IV, Chillingworth tells Hester, "Think not
that I shall interfere with heaven's own method of retribution."  Yet, he intends to
violate the secrets of the minister's heart and destroy
him.

DRAMATIC IRONY

The
readers discover long before the townspeople that Pearl is the child of the Reverend
Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne.

What is the difference between a physician assistant and a nurse practitioner?

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has
additional training. They also have at least a masters degree. They have specialized
training in diagnosing common medical ailments. They work very closely with
doctors.

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Because the profession is state regulated, care
provided by NPs varies. A nurse practitioner's duties
include the following:

• Collaborating
  with physicians and other health professionals as needed, including providing
  referrals


• Counseling and educating patients on health
  behaviors, self-care skills, and treatment
  options


• Diagnosing and treating acute illnesses,
  infections, and injuries


• Diagnosing, treating, and
  monitoring chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, high blood
  pressure)


• Obtaining medical histories and conducting
  physical
  examinations

A
physicians assistant is a medical professional who can practice medicine under the
supervision of a medical doctor. Before becoming a PA, an individual must complete a
specialized educational program.

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PAs are formally trained to provide diagnostic,
therapeutic, and preventive healthcare services, as delegated by a physician. Working as
members of a healthcare team, they take medical histories, examine and treat patients,
order and interpret laboratory tests and x rays, and make diagnoses. They also treat
minor injuries by suturing, splinting, and casting. PAs record progress notes, instruct
and counsel patients, and order or carry out
therapy.

As you can see, the
duties of NP's and PA's are very similar. The main difference between the two is
education.

Explain four different cardiac arrest devices and procedures.anatomy

Cardiac arrest means the heart has either quit beating or
the activity of the myocardium is insufficient to maintain a reasonable perfusing blood
pressure. There are many reasons one would experience cardiac arrest,  but by far the
most common are related to myocardial arrhythmia's (disturbances in the normal
electrical rhythm of the heart).

1. When the heart has
stopped this is called asystole (in the movies...flatline). This means that there is no
pulse. Treatment of asystole is CPR and IV or intracardiac epinephrine (dosage depends
on the age and weight of the victim).

2. Ventricular
fibrillation or VF, this may be "coarse" or "fine" VF. Treatment consists of
defibrillation with a defibrillator and CPR.

3. Ventricular
tachycardia or VT, may be pulseless VT or VT with a pulse. Treatment consists of
defibrillation, CPR, and anti-arrythmics like IV Bretylium or Lidocaine. Note that in
patients in VT that have a palpable pulse, the pulse will not last and in a few seconds
(not minutes) the pulse will be lost.

4. Supraventricular
tachycardia or SVT. Treatment consists of medications first (too many to list),
defibrillation, then CPR if the above have failed.

Note
that AED's or automated external defibrillators are ONLY used for VF. Also note that
pacemakers have absolutely nothing to do with cardiac arrest but may be used later if
the patients condition indicates pacing, which is quite rare.

If the position of a car is given by s=(80/3)[t + (3/pi)sin(pi*t/6)]. Find its velocity.

The velocity is the derivative of distance, with respect
to time:

v = ds/dt

We'll
calculate the derivative:

v = d/dt[(80/3)t + (80/pi)sin
(pi*t/6)]

We'll remove the
brackets:

v = (80/3)(d/dt t) + (80/pi)(d/dt[sin
(pi*t/6)]

v = (80/3) + (80/pi)(pi/6)[cos
(pi*t/6)]

v = (80/3) + (40/3)[cos
(pi*t/6)]

We'll factorize by 40/3 and we'll
get:

v = (40/3)[2 + cos
(pi*t/6)]

What are common literary tones, devices, and themes that can be found in all of Sylvia Plath's poetry.

Plath is hard to put into a box; her poetry entirely
unpredictable.

Her frequent tones seemed to expose herself
at varying times of her life. These would portray brillance, detachment, worry, promise,
disturb, and wrong. Because so many of these ideas seem polar opposites of each other,
her critics and analysts often suffer great confusion with her sufferage. How could her
life have been expressed through her poetry to be so distraught when she was also so
well off?

Common devices Plath employed included the
symbol and the image to great
degree. Often, she used ordinary everyday items that might seem silly to consider worth
literary merit. She incorporated the use of white regularly to symbolize purity and
innocence. The use of babies and corpses, life and death, and the growth of trees and
flowers regularly appears to compliment a developing theme. Her work in "The Mirror"
takes the reflective quality of a mirror to explore the limitations of reflection as
well as the ability to tell the truth, an often sore
occasion.

Themes that also regularly appeared in her poetry
varied. Much confession can be found in Plath's poetry that suggests she must have
struggled with guilt. Likewise, she underwent severe depression more than once in her
life and for good reason, she had endured criticism and a horrible miscarriage. She
imagines herself as less than others and this creates repeated themes of guilt,
inaptitude, insufficiency, and ingraditude.

In Susan Glaspell's one-act play, Trifles, what does Glaspell show us about the position of women in this early twentieth century community?

It shows us that there was no position for women to speak
their minds, give their opinions, nor express their worries because they are seen and
not heard. They also always followed their husbands around. This was a way of telling us
that women were to be shadows of their husbands, and not leaders in any way. Minnie,
herself, was judged entirely on the basis on how unkempt her home looked, how her
kitchen was not well-equipped, and how badly everything was taken care of. Had she been
in a different situation, certainly she would have had a cheerful, clean, and
happy-looking home, but the men in the story dismissed everything that was clearly in
front of them as trifles, and the conversation of the woman as
nonsensical.

Evaluate arctan5/12-arccos3/5

We'll put a = arctan 5/12 and b =
arccos3/5.

So, we'll have to compute the difference between
angles:

a - b

We'll apply the
sine function to the difference above:

sin (a-b) = sin
a*cos b - sin b*cos a

Since a = arctan 5/12, then tan a =
5/12.

Also, b = arccos3/5, then cos b =
3/5.

We'll apply the Pythagorean Theorem and we'll
get:

(sin a)^2 + (cos a)^2 =
1

We'll divide by (cos a)^2 both sides and since tan a =
sin a/cos a

(tan a)^2 + 1 = 1/(cos
a)^2

(cos a)^2 = 1/[(tan a)^2 +
1]

(cos a)^2 = 1/(25/144 +
1)

(cos a)^2 =
144/(25+144)

(cos a)^2 =
144/169

cos a = +/-
12/13

Since tan a = sin a/cos a =>
sin a = tan a*cos a

sin a =
(5/12)*(12/13)

sin a =
+/-5/13

From the funcdamental formula of
trigonometry, we'll calculate sin b.

cos b =
3/5

(sin b)^2 + (cos b)^2 =
1

(sin b)^2 = 1 - (cos
b)^2

sin b = sqrt(1 -
9/25)

sin b =
sqrt[(25-9)/25]

sin b
=+/-4/5

Now, we can compute sin
(a-b):

sin (a-b)=(5/13)*(3/5) -
(4/5)(12/13)

sin (a-b) = (15 -
48)/5*13

sin (a-b) =
-33/65

arctan 5/12 - arccos3/5
= -33/65

On the scene with Hester and Pearl in chapter16 of The Scarlet Letter, why does sunlight shine on Pearl and not on Hester?

The allegory on Ch. 16 of the sunlight shining on Pearl is
actually a form of foreshadowing. Pearl, despite of her elfish and fiendish surreal
nature, actually will have a bright future ahead of her. She will be the heiress of all
of Chillingworth's money and she will be happily married, taken care for, and
rich.

Since Pearl is an extension of Hester, she is both
her punishment and her redemption. During these times when Pearl is little, and so close
to the time of the sin being committed, she would be problematic to Hester. However, as
Dimmesdale confessed the sin, a lifting happened where Pearl was "freed" from her
nature.

Hester, however, was not. She had made the choice
for the sin, Pearl didn't. Therefore, when the sun shone on Pearl, it was a sign that
the light will shine upon Pearl, while Hester will continue her life as the person who
wears the scarlett letter. Which, is exactly what happened.

Why is Shakespeare's Macbeth a tragic story?

This is a fundamental question about the genre and the
ethical issues in the play where the tragedy that we see in it is inscribed. Macbeth is
a tragedy because it shows suffering---physical (Duncan's, Lady Macduff's, Banquo's and
so on) and psychological (Lady Macbeth, most manifestly).  It is the consequence of the
actions, as executed by the different characters in the
play.

It is a tragedy that combines the Greek dimensions of
destiny and the more prominently Renaissance dimensions of individual agency. The play
is a study of evil, both within the mind and without. For Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both,
it is a tragedy of their ambition which is backed by a strong ethical imagination,
rendering their mentalworld chaotic post the event of tragic sin or the action, prompted
by the 'hamartia' of 'hubris' from which they both suffer.

How many characters are in "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield?

The best way of finding out the answer to this question is
of course to read it, however, I will summarise the main characters for you. There are
two families that are referred to in the story: the Burnells and the Kelveys. As
befitting the message of the story which is based on social class and the way that
humanity always tends to exclude and oppress others, the Burnells are very well-to-do
and the Kelveys are shunned by society. The Burnell sisters - Isabel, Lottie and Kezia
feature heavily in the story as the owners of the Doll's House, and the Kelvey sisters,
Else and Lil, feature as the shunned minority who are not allowed to even see the Doll's
House until Kezia lets the Kelvey's in to see the Doll's House. Unfortunately, then
Kezia's Aunt Beryl throws the Kelveys out, reinforcing class distinctions and ruining
Kezia's innocent gesture of class equality.

Clearly the
most interesting characters in my mind are Else and Kezia - Kezia for her decision to
show the House to the Kelveys, and Else in her final comment regarding the lamp, which
you would do well to analyse further and consider what its symbolic importance might
be.

What is the thesis of George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"?

anjames1989,

Orwell's widely
anthologized non-fiction essay "Shooting an Elephant" has an implied thesis:
“Imperialistic rulers must behave so as not to lose face or power over the populace,
even if it means doing something against their better
judgment.”

Orwell felt pressured by the people, almost
overwhelmed by their power over him through their mere presence. In theory, he explains
at the start of the selection, he “was all for the Burmese and all against their
oppressors, the British” (2). But, in reality, Orwell says, he felt the common people of
the country were “evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible”
(2).

During the shooting incident the people were “happy
and excited,” and they watched him “as they would a conjurer about to perform a trick.”
He resentfully saw himself as having to spend his life “trying to impress the ‘natives’”
(7). He reports later that, as he fired a shot, the crowd emitted a “devilish roar of
glee” (11). His choice of words shows that he resented and disliked the
Burmese.

Orwell shoots the elephant because the two
thousand native people standing behind him expect him to. They want vengeance for the
man it killed, the meat the carcass will provide, and the entertainment of watching the
shooting. “The people expected it of me and I had got to do it” (7), he writes. There is
an implication that if he decided not to shoot the elephant, both he and the British
empire would suffer a loss of prestige, but the main concern in Orwell’s mind is the
“long struggle not to be laughed at” (7). He is even afraid to “test” the animal’s mood
by going closer for fear it might attack and kill him before he could shoot, thus giving
the crowd a sight it would enjoy as much as the slaughter of the
beast.

Despotic governments result from the need to
maintain power over subtly resistant people. Such a government can rule only by
fulfilling the people’s expectations and responding to every crisis with the expected
force. Orwell points to the irony that he stood armed in front of an unarmed crowd, yet
he was powerless to do as he wished or as his judgment told him. Instead, he felt
himself “an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind”
(7).

In an annotated works cited, is it in alphabetical order by the author or first letter of the source?I did this wrong two time and my teacher is...

In an annotated works cited list, the order
that is correct to use is the first letter of the source in
creating your alphabetical order. The reason for this is that sometimes
there is not a single author for a work or an author at all. This can happen when the
information you cite comes from a company's literature which is a collective statement,
not necessarily something by one author. This occurs more and more with Web created
materials as well. Depending on your format, APA or MLA, your indent or justification
varies. Usually, the indent is a hanging indent which means the first line is all the
way left justified and everything after that is indented for each
entry.

What are ecologists and biologists doing to limit the mitten crab population?

In many areas, where they migrate upstream, crabs are
caught in screens usually by dams and discarded. In many places, it is illegal to have
or transport live mitten crabs. Bilge water in boats and ships must be carefully cleaned
to avoid infesting other waters when the bilge water is released. Traveling screens have
been placed in areas like dams when the mitten crabs are migrating in an attempt to
capture them. In some places, commerical fishing of these crabs and exportation to Asia
is encouraged as a method of control, because they are considered a delicacy there.
However, they are very destructive due to their burrowing nature and attempts to control
them have met with little success in both Europe and North
America.

If the vectors u and v are perpendicullar find m . u=mi+3j v=(m-2)*i-j

We'll put the vectors u and v in the standard
form:

u = xu*i + yu*j

v = xv*i
+ yv*j

Now, we'll write the constraint for 2 vectors to be
perpendicular:

the dot product of u and v has to be
zero,because the angle between u and v is 90 degrees and cos 90 =
0.

u*v = |u|*|v|*cos(u,v)

Now,
we'll identify xu,xv,yu,yv from the expressions of
vectors:

xu = m

xv =
(m-2)

yu = 3

yv =
-1

We'll calculate the product of vectors
u*v:

u*v = xu*xv + yu*yv

u*v =
m(m-2) + 3*(-1) (1)

But u*v = 0
(2)

We'll put (1) =
(2):

m(m-2) + 3*(-1) = 0

We'll
remove the brackets:

m^2 - 2m - 3 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic
formula:

m1 = [2 +
sqrt(4+12)]/2

m1 = (2 +
4)/2

m1 =
3

m2 =
(2-4)/2

m2 =
-1

Since it is not specified
if m has to be positive or negative, both values are
admissible.

In the story "The Flying Machine" by R. Bradbury, what danger does the flyer's invention pose and why does the Emperor feel this way?

In "The Flying Machine," published by Ray Bradbury in
1953, the literal danger the Emperor perceives in the creation of the flying machine is
that this innovation will cause people to move away from the beauty brought about by the
creation, and cause some to find a way to use the invention for evil purposes,
specifically flying over the Great Wall of China. In order to be assured that this does
not happen, the Emperor kills the inventor, burns the invention, and "silences" all
those who have witnessed the man flying in the
sky.

However, figuratively, the danger the Emperor
anticipates is change and advancement. The peace he enjoys comes from living an
existence rooted in the present, in the moment. With inventions come change, and the
Emperor fears change. It is not until the end that he realizes that his actions will not
guarantee that progress will cease. Even though he loves and wants to hold onto his
world as it is, he finally understands that if one man was inspired to fly by studying
the birds, it is only a matter of time before another man will do the
same.

The Emperor would rather hold onto his peaceful way
of living rather than enjoy the beauty and benefits that come with advancement. However,
progress cannot be stopped, though this is what the Emperor in the story has tried to
do.