given f(x)=2x-6 and g(x)=9x^2-7x-4. Find (f*g)(-6).

In order to find the value of the composition of 2
functions, in our case f and g, we have to follow the
steps:

Step 1: First, we have to find out the expression of
the composition of the 2 functions:

(f*g)(x) =
f(g(x))

To find f(g(x)) we have to substitute x by g(x) in
the expression of f(x):

f(g(x)) =
2*(g(x))-6

Now, we'll substitute g(x) by it's
expression:

2*g(x)-6 = 2*(9x^2-7x-4) -
6

We'll open the
brackets:

2*(9x^2-7x-4) - 6 = 2*9x^2 - 2*7x - 2*4 -
6

f(g(x)) = 18x^2 - 14x  -
14

Step 2:

Now, we'll
calculate the value (f*g)(-6), substituting x from the expression of (f*g)(x), by
(-6).

(f*g)(-6) = 18(-6)^2 - 14(-6)  -
14

(f*g)(-6) = 648 + 84 -
14

(f*g)(-6) =
718

What is the light and dark symbolizing in Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Darkness oftens serves as a symbolic means to represent
evil (black = evil, white = goodness). Of course, darkness can also serve to show a
mysterious or eerie air of uncertainty; it can also serve as a shroud or cover for
activities that you may want to be kept hidden. In Chapter 15, darkness represents
all of these moods and possibilities. The lynch mob obviously chose the cover of
darkness to hide, or at least partially disguise, their activities; they could have
chosen to approach the jail during the daytime hours if they were not worried about
being discovered. The author also uses the darkness to create a bit of mystery about the
town, since the children are rarely allowed to visit this part of Maycomb at
night.

I suppose the "solitary light" from above and under
where Atticus sits serves as a symbolic use of goodness--"solitary" meaning both the
light and the single man who attempts to thwart the evil intentions of the gang from Old
Sarum.

What does Scout think of current fashions in education?

Scout certainly had a big letdown after attending her
first day of school in To Kill a Mockingbird. Although Miss
Caroline is fresh out of college, she seems to have few social skills when dealing with
her students. Scout stood up for Walter Cunningham Jr. when Miss Caroline
unintentionally offends him. The students didn't understand the "imaginative literature"
of Mrs. Cat and the drugstore, and Miss Caroline didn't bother to explain it. Miss
Caroline made Scout feel as if she had committed a crime by learning to read before the
first grade. When punished later by a ruler-spanking of her hands, Scout found Miss
Caroline's action more amusing than academic.

Jem does not
help matters. He tells Scout to be patient about the new teaching method being initiated
by Miss Caroline. "'It's the Dewey Decimal System,'" Jem tell Scout, who "never
questioned Jem's pronouncements." However, Jem was also confused: Miss Caroline's new
teaching style was based on the educational reformer John Dewey (1859-1952)--not the
library system of organizing founded by Melvil Dewey. 

find the equation of a circle through (0,5),(3,4), touching the line y+5=0.

The general equation of a circle has three variables, if
the center is (a, b) and r is the radius: (x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 =
r^2.

You have provided two points through which the circle
passes (0,5) and (3,4) and a tangent line to the circle y + 5 =
0

Now, as the line y + 5 = 0 is a tangent, the y-coordinate
of the point that touches the line is -5. The point (0, 5) lies on the other end of the
circle. This gives the radius of the circle as 5.

So we
have a^2 + (5 - b)^2 = 25

and (3 - a)^2 + (4 - b)^2 =
25

(3 - a)^2 - a^2 + (4 - b)^2 - (5 - b)^2 =
25

=> (3 - a - a)(3 - a + a) + (4 - b - 5 + b)(4 - b
+ 5 - b) = 0

=> 3(3 - 2a) - 1(9 - 2b) =
0

=> 9 - 6a - 9 + 2b =
0

=> 6a = 2b

=>
3a = b

Substitute in a^2 + (5 - b)^2 =
25

=> a^2 + (5 - 3a)^2 =
25

=> a^2 + 25 + 9a^2 - 30a =
25

=> 10a^2 - 30a =
0

=> 10a(a - 3) =
0

=> a = 0 and a = 3

b
= 0 and b = 9

The equation of the required
circle can be x^2 + y^2 = 25 and (x - 3)^2 + (y - 9)^2 =
25

What do the macaroons symbolize in A Dolls House?

In the play A Doll's House, by Herink
Ibsen, the main character is a young wife named Nora. Nora's role within her marriage is
to please and entertain her husband, rather than to serve as a solid foundation for the
family. This has caused Nora to opt for a behavior that befits her role in the marriage:
She is childish, hyperactive, dramatic, and seemingly very immature.

Among her many childish behaviors, Nora tends to sneak
macaroons and eat them behind her husband's back. When he sees her sneaking the
macaroons, he adopts an overly-important fatherly tone to scold her. In turn, Nora
embraces the "little girl" persona as a result. This alone shows how the macaroons help
Torvald assert the authority that he feels that he deserves to have over Nora. Hence,
the macaroons can be seen under a completely different light when we see the dynamics
that eating them creates in the relationship between Nora and Torvald.

Yet, there is much more to the macaroons than it seems:
Nora has to sneak the macaroons. It is a secret pleasure that she is hiding from her
husband. They symbolize the suppressed delights that Nora endures as a result of playing
the role of a child within the marriage. They also symbolize the forbidden and so-badly
wanted pleasure of being allowed to be free within the relationship to engage in the
behaviors that she seems fit. Nora is obviously running on empty and out of ideas on how
else she could act like her husband's doll- The macaroons, and the need to consume them,
are also allegorical to the preoccupation that Nora has to conceal her real self.

What are the elements of the psychological novel?

Psychological novels are works of fiction that treat the
internal life of the protagonist (or several or all characters) as much as (if not more
than) the external forces that make up the plot. The internal action also both results
from and develops the plot.

In psychological novels, the
characterization and development thereof is of primary importance, sometimes creating a
plot that is more of a backdrop than the main point of interest. The interiority may be
expressed in internal monologues or stream of conscious writing or in soliloquies orby
the narrator as is Dostoyevsky's
works.

Hamlet is a famous
example of an early psychological drama, but psychological works date back to
The Tale of Genji, an 11th-century Japanese novel. Psychological
novels are an important genre of modern literature and occur frequently in both English
and French writing.

What did the United States do after Sputnik was launched by the Russians?Answer Choices: A) Hydrogen bomb was tested in the Marshall IslandsB)...

The correct answer here is D.  None of the other ones is
possible.

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957.  When
the Soviets did that, it convinced the United States that the Russians had gotten ahead
in technology.  This was a problem because it might mean that the Russians could get
ballistic nuclear missiles before the US.  In the long term, it might mean that the US
would fall further behind the Russians in military technology.  As a way to combat this
potential problem, the US government started trying to improve scientific education.  It
also created NASA.

All of the other options you mention are
things that happened before Sputnik was launched.  They cannot possibly be effects of
Sputnik.

What is the social atrocity in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"?Comparing a contemporary social atrocity with the social atrocity in "The Lottery."...

Your prompt makes you really think about what Shirley
Jackson's point is in this powerful short story.  It is very easy to read the story and
think to yourself, "that would never happen here."  After all, there is no place we know
of in the United States where a town gathers once  a year to hold a lottery to determine
who will be the human sacrifice in a death by stoning!  This shocking event is the
social atrocity that your prompt asks about. What makes the story especially shocking
and all the more horrible is that the town seems to have almost forgotten why they do
this each year and they REQUIRE that every single person in the community participate in
the actual stoning, including the family members of the condemned.  The whole story
builds to this sickening conclusion, but when we finish reading we are relieved that
this would never happen here. 

The second part of your
prompt is what makes the story applicable to our lives.  This story explores several
themes that ARE relevant in small and large ways in our lives.  First, the story
explores the idea of the "mob mentality" and the "anonymity of the mob."  It makes you
think about the things we do because we are caught up with a group of other people all
doing that thing.  An example might be something like rushing onto the field at a the
end of a sporting event.  You wouldn't run out there alone, but you don't stop yourself
when you are caught up in the actions of a crowd.  Or, you woudn't start a food fight,
but you'll throw something when everyone else is.  Neither of these examples are
actrocities, but you get the idea.  On the atrocity level, many people associate this
behavior with the actions and attitudes of some of the people in Germany during the Nazi
regime.  Many people "went along with" what the Nazi's were doing because it is what
everyone else was doing.  One soldier may not have murdered an innocent person, but when
all the soldiers involved were shooting the Jews, then it is easier to relieve oneself
of the guilt.

Another theme of the story is the
unquestioning belief in traditions, even in the face of a question about the value of
the tradition.  On a small level, it is like any tradition that we do -- even if we
hardly know why we do it.  When we find ourselves unwilling to change because "that's
the way it has always been done" we are like the people in the story.  Racial and ethic
attitudes, and the violence that comes out of those attitudes could be an example of a
social atrocity.  The racist beliefs of the KKK could be considered a "tradition" of
sorts, and their terrorizing of innocent blacks would certainly be considered a social
atrocity.

What did Hitler think of the Jews?

Basically, Adolf Hitler hated the Jews with a passion. To
him they were not even human. Hitler had a dream of an Aryan nation and Jews were not a
part of this nation. He believed in racial purity. He wanted to kill off "life unworthy
of life."

He thought that Jews would do nothing more but
drag the country down. During this time, Germany was economically unstable. They were
experiencing an economic Depression. He promised the Germans that he would save them
from this economic Depression, the Treaty of Versailles, communism, and other
undesirable minorities. In his mind, the Jews needed to be
extinguished.

Discuss Keats's and Robert Browning's use of imagery in their poetry. I am interested in Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess."

I'll answer concerning the Browning poems you are
interested in, and let another editor compare them to Keats'
imagery.

In "Porphyria's Lover," Browning is addressing the
obsession the outwardly polite and prudish Victorian society had with sensational
stories of horror and depravity.  The themes of sex and violence and madness in this
dramatic monologue speak to this obsession.

Browning turns
the conventional presentation of these issues and themes, however, by making them seem
natural and beautiful.  Porphyria glides (line 6) in amidst the rain and the wind and
shuts out the cold and the storm (line 7).  She builds a fire that warms the cottage
(line 9).  She bares her shoulder (line 17) and lays her hair upon his cheek (line 19). 
These are all images that create beauty and comfort.

At a
poignant (a feeling of specialness) moment, she totally gives herself to her lover, and
he, trying to preserve the moment, strangles her with her own hair, painlessly,
according to the speaker. 

Browning forces readers to
contemplate the relationship between sex and violence and power and complex madness, as
well as beauty. 

Browning uses imagery to a different
effect in "My Last Duchess."  The portrait of his murdered wife may be beautiful, as may
his other works of art, but beauty is not the issue, and isn't what's meaningful to the
Duke.  His wife is now, in the present of the poem, in a perfect state.  She is the
perfect work of art, reflecting back on him.  He kills her because she does not behave
as a work of art.  As a portrait, she does.  The Duke is interested in how works or art
reflect back on him and his 900-year-old name. 

One of the
key images in this dramatic monologue is his wife's countenance, her face, its depth and
passion revealed in her glance as captured in the portrait (lines 7-21).  But the image
isn't important for its beauty, but for how it's interpreted and twisted by the Duke. 
Almost anything could have brought that "spot of joy" to her face, says the Duke.  His
wife had the audacity to be polite when anyone showed her "courtesy," according to the
Duke.  She was "too soon made glad" (line 22). 

The images
that follow, the daylight, cherries, the white mule, all reveal that which might make
his wife smile.  And that is no good. 

The Duke is much
happier now that she is truly a work of art and, therefore, behaves like one.  Now she
smiles only when he pulls back the curtain and allows someone to look at her--someone
like his silent listener. 

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, what two points does Mr. Gilmer try to make in cross-examining Tom, in Ch. 19?

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a
Mockingbird, in Chapter Sixteen, Mr. Gilmer, the prosecuting attorney tries
to make two points during his cross-examination of Tom
Robinson.

The first thing he brings up is the fact that Tom
was arrested for fighting with another man. Gilmer is not interested that it was
considered a "misdemeanor;" he simply wants to establish that Tom is violent, and
capable of violence—inferring his capacity to visit violence upon Mayella
Ewell.

I believe the second thing he his trying to
establish is the reason Tom was on the Ewell property: that it was his choice and he was
pursuing Mayella, rather than the other way around. In disputing Mayella's version of
the incident, Gilmer tries to get Tom to admit that he is calling Mayella a liar, but
Tom simply says she was "confused in her mind." Gilmer tries to take Tom's presence at
the Ewell home on various occasions as proof of his pursuit of Mayella, rather than
helping her with chores as he has testified. Gilmer
asks:

Had your
eye on her a long time, hadn't you,
boy?

Tom repeatedly denies
that he did anything inappropriate, but Gilmer is only interested in twisting the
truth.

In Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities, who is seen peeping through a hole in the wall at Dr. Manette?

As is typical of Charles Dickens, characters and
situations are introduced in the early chapters that will later play larger roles in his
narrative.  For instance, in Chapter 5 of "Book the First," a metaphorical chapter on
its own, Dickens introduces Ernest Defarge, the wineshop owner, whose clientele include
men known as "Jacques." Significantly, Mr. Lorry and Miss Manette accompany Defarge up
the staircase, and at the top "they stopped for the third time." (This number three
recurs throughout the novel.) When Mr. Lorry asks the keeper of the wine shop why the
door is locked, Defarge answers,

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"Why! Because he has lived so long, locked up,
that he would be frightened--rave--tear himself to pieces--die--come to I know not what
harm--if his door was left open."

"Is it possible!"
exclaimed Mr. Lorry.

As
Defarge and his company reach the summit, they come suddenly upon three
men,

whose
heads were bent down close together at the side of a door, and who were intently looking
into the room...through some chinks or holes in the
wall.

These three men are the
same men who have been drinking in the wine shop.  Seeing them staring in at Dr.
Manette, Mr. Lorry asks quietly, but angrily, "Do you make a show of Monsieur Manette?"
Defarge responds that he shows him to a

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"chosen few....I choose them as real men, of my
name--Jacques is my name--to whom the sight is likely to do good.  Enough, you are
English; that is another
thing...."

Jacques
is the name that the bonnets rouges took; that is, the
revolutionaries of 1789 in France. It is an alias assumed by them to prevent
identification.  Defarge shows M. Manette to them because Manette has been a political
prisoner in the Bastille, a prisoner of the aristocracy.  Thus, Manette
is representative of the oppression of the hated aristocracy against whom the Jacques
will soon revolt.  And, Manette will be seen by them on two other occasions in the
narrative, again making the significant completion that the number three
represents.

What are the important things/points of the Victorian age/period ?as an outine or summary ..

Part
2:

Karl Marx brought the concept of
socialism to London in 1870, and Germany was a threat in the political sector. It was a
time of rapid changes in social and economic sectors that had no parallel in earlier
history.

"The
pace and depth of such developments, while they fostered a mood of nationalist pride and
optimism about future progress, also produced social stress, turbulence, and widespread
anxiety about the ability of the nation and the individual to cope, socially,
politically, and psychologically, with the cumulative problems of the age.” -
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H.
Abrams.

Because of the
invention of steam and steel, industrial revolution occurred, which led to the growth of
urbanization, production of great wealth for the expanding middle class, massive
poverty, and deterioration of rural England. Besides, a huge conflict occurred
especially because of Darwin's evolution theory between science and religion. Darwin
suggested that humans are actually originated from the apes. This struck the Orthodox,
and moved the faith of people in religion. Besides, the industrial revolution caused
rapid growth of factories, mills, industries, and people began to yield to mammon while
capitalism enveloped spirituality. Human race became calculating and materialistic.
Science brought new inventions and these inventions, while doing well to humans, was
making them more mechanized. They were more interested in business than religion, were
busy in working and making money.

This chaotic state
especially the conflict between science and religion is wonderfully depicted in the
poems of those poets who were extremely worried because of the conflict; Matthew Arnold
is one of those. Poets like Arnold of nineteenth century started to hold a very
pessimistic view about the Victorian crisis, and in almost all his poems including
Dover Beach, The Scholar
Gypsy, he seems to express only a negative attitude toward his
contemporary age. But we see a quite dissimilar attitude in the poems of his most
renowned contemporary, Alfred Lord Tennyson. Unlike Arnold, he expressed a compromising
attitude to his age and its intricate problems. Tennyson, we find, in his
Ulysses, The Lotos Eaters,
The Charge of the Light Brigade, holds such a sort of view
which is supposed to find a middle ground. He is neither too melancholic like Arnold nor
too optimistic like Robert Browning, another contemporary, in terms of the tone, mood
and theme of his poetry. He tries to portray in his poems a real and clear picture of
the problems of contemporary age in an implicit way, and then shows positivity or a ray
of hope at the end of almost all his poems. In fact the poem 'The Charge of the Light
Brigade', which is based upon the Crimean War, describes the marvelous courage of the
British soldiers and pays homage to them.

More or less, one
thing is common among almost all the poets of the Victorian era (1837-1901); they have
dealt with the Victorian crisis.

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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted viral infection
which may continue as a life-long condition. Apart from taking some pain-killers like
ibufren, some simple self-care measures should be adopted to reduce
discomfort, e.g.

a) keep the infected part clean and
dry;

b) use ice packs for local
application;

c) bathe the affected area with warm saline
water 3 times a day;

d) avoid food rich in fat and
sugar;

e) wear loose-fitting cotton
garments;

f) avoid sexual (especially oral) intercourse
until the sores are fully healed.

Genital herpes, caused by
Herpes Simplex Virus, can never be fully cured as the virus stays
back life-long. So every possible care should be taken to prevent its onset, and to
check the spread of infection.

What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) during the New Deal ?

One of the major problems for farmers during the Great
Depression was overproduction.  Farmers were able to produce much more than the
depressed markets could buy.  This led to crashes in prices for farm products.  When
farm prices crashed, farmers were, of course, badly hurt.  The AAA was meant to address
this issue.

The main tactic of the AAA was to reduce farm
output.  The AAA set up a scheme in which farmers would be paid
not to produce.  As farmers produced less in the way of
crops, prices would go back up.  This would end up helping farmers get out of their
financial difficulties.

What happens to a current carrying wire when placed in a magnetic field?

Hendrik Lorentz found that a charge moving in a magnetic
field, in a direction other than the direction of the magnetic field, experiences a
force. It is called Lorentz Force. Since current is due to the motion of charge,
therefore a conductor carrying moving charges (or current) places in a magnetic field,
in direction other than the direction of magnetic field, will also experience a
force.

The direction of force on a current carrying
conductor placed in a magnetic field is obtained by Fleming's
left hand
rule.

Fleming's
left hand rule: Stretch the forefinger, middle finger and the thum of
your left hand mutually perpendicular to each other. If the forefinger indicates the the
direction of the magnetic field and the middle finger indicates the direction of flow of
current, then the thumb will indicate the direction of motion of
conductor.

If the conductor is free to move, it will start
moving in the direction of the force.

Thus,
if a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field, it
experiences the Lorentz force (unless the angle between the flow of
current and magnetc lines is 0°).

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How are Ralph and Jack effective or ineffective leaders in Lord of the Flies?

Please limit your number of questions to one per
eNotes
post.

I don't believe either Ralph or Jack proves to be an
effective leader. They are both selected by the boys during their simple election
process because they are the two oldest boys. Jack, of course, is already the
authoritarian chief of the choir, so it is logical that he is considered. However, Jack
does not really believe in the democratic process, and he doesn't consider all of the
boys--especially the younger ones--as equals. Jack easily loses focus when he becomes
addicted to the blood lust of the hunt for pigs. Even as a second in command, he is
unable to fulfill his duty of keeping the fire going. Ralph is a better choice, but he
doesn't use his ally, Piggy, in a proper manner, nor does he show loyalty toward him.
After Ralph loses control, he eventually becomes content to join with those who have
deserted him.

What are some references/examples of Middle-Eastern culture found in The Kite Runner?

I think that a part of the culture that is revealed is the
struggle for identity and the reclamation of voice.  A defining element of cultures in
the Middle East, or the region known as the Middle East, is this struggle.  This is seen
in the novel with its depiction of Afghanistan, a region that in the last thirty years
or so has struggled to find peace and a level of solidity in its articulation of voice. 
The time of the friendship between Hassan and Amir was one that saw the outbreak of the
war with the Soviet Union and the new forces that entered to curtail the individual
freedoms of citizens of the Afghanistan.  The cultural center of Kabul is shown to go
through a series of debilitating developments at about the same time that the friendship
between both boys suffer, as well.  The cultural context of seeking to establish
tranquility, while having one's voice validated is seen in Amir having to return to
Afghanistan in order to right what was wronged.  This is a critical element of the
cultural context of the novel, heightened more with the emergence of the Taliban in the
2000s.

What is meant by receivers of a message "identifying" with or being "alienated" by its content in advertising?

In messages that consumers receive from advertisements,
whenever a consumer sees an advertisement, they receive a message.  The consumer can
respond to the message in a number of ways.  Identifying with it and being alienated by
it are two of these possible responses.

If a person
identifies with a message, they like it and feel that it applies to their lives.  For
example, a parent who sees an ad for a car that emphasizes its safety features and shows
a child being kept safe by those features may identify with the message.  They may feel
that the message speaks to things that are important in their lives.  This is, of
course, what advertisers want.

If a person is alienated by
a message, it means they are repelled or pushed away by it.  For example, an
environmentalist might be alienated by an ad for an SUV that shows it splashing through
streams and driving over untouched landscapes.  This message would go against their core
values and they would feel very unhappy when they viewed it.

The sum of three consecutive even integers is equal to 84. Find the numbers

Let the first even integer be x, Then the next even
integer is (x+2) and the third is (n+4).

Given that the sum
of the three even integers is 84.

Then we will rewrite into
an equation as follow:

n + (n+2) + (n+4) =
84

Now we will combine like
terms.

==> 3n + 6=
84

Now we will subtract 6 from both
sides.

==> 3n = 78

Now
we will divide by 3.

==> n=
26

==> n+2 =
28

==> n+4 =
30

Then, the three consecutive even integers
are 26, 28, and 30.

What is the volume of larger cylinder in the following case?Two cylinders are similar. The lateral areas of the cylinders are 196*pi square...

We have two similar cylinders, this means the ratio of
their radius is equal to the ratio of their height.

The
lateral area of the cylinder are 196*pi and 342*pi. The lateral area of a cylinder with
a radius equal to r is pi*r^2. Let the radius of the cylinders be r1 and
r2.

196*pi / 324*pi = pi*r1^2 /
pi*r2^2

=> 196/324 =
(r1/r2)^2

=> r1/r2 = 14 / 18 =
7/9

The radius of the larger cylinder is 9/7 times that of
the smaller cylinder. As the two cylinders are similar their height is also in the same
ratio. Let the height of the smaller cylinder be h, the height of the larger cylinder is
(9/7)*h

The volume of a cylinder with height h and radius r
is pi*r^2*h

=> lateral area *
h

For the smaller cylinder, the volume is
686*pi

=> 196*pi*h =
686*pi

=> h = 686*pi /
196*pi

=> h =
686/196

=> h = 3.5

This
gives the height of the larger cylinder as
(9/7)*3.5

=> 4.5 cm

The
volume of the larger cylinder is 4.5*324*pi = 1458*pi
cm^3

The volume of the larger cylinder is
1458*pi cm^3

What are the primary constitutional rights of prisoners? What limitations did the courts put on those rights?

Prisoners maintain some constitutional rights and some
constitutional rights are limited while incarcerated.  Prisoners do not have the right
to wages for their work, do not have unlimited right to privacy in their correspondence
or visitations.  Prisoners do not have constitutional right to free speech while
incarcerated; however, they are allowed to practice their religion of choice, receive
medical care, and right to seek redress in a limited form for violation for civil
rights.  The following cases outline a few of the restrictions of prisoner
rights’.

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property because the Fourth Amendment is inapplicable to
them.

Block v. Rutherford, 468 U.S.
576, 104 S. Ct. 3227, 82 L. Ed. 2d 438 [1984] held that prisoners do not have a
constitutional right to enjoy contact visits, as opposed to arrangements where prisoners
are only permitted to talk to visitors over a
telephone

Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S.
97, 97 S. Ct. 285, 50 L. Ed. 2d 251 [1976] held that a prison official's refusal to
provide medical care to a seriously ill inmate violates the Eighth Amendment's
prohibition against cruel and unusual
punishment.

Prisoners can sue
for violation of their constitutional rights, however, he most popular vehicle for
prisoner lawsuits has been a federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (1871;
recodifies 1979) which has become more restrictive in the last 10 years. In 1995 the
Prison Litigation Reform Act sought to minimize frivolous prisoner law suits.  The
statute requires prisoners to exhaust administrative remedies, expands the federal
courts' ability to dismiss lawsuits and forbids a prisoner from filing an action for
mental or emotional injury without a physical injury.

Can you provide a good summary of Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" from The Jungle Books?

Rikki-tikki-tavi enters his story by being washed into the
humans'--father, mother and Teddy's--garden. They all become acquainted when Teddy and
his parents rescue Rikki-tikki-tavi and he exercises his great friendly and curious
personality to "look down between the [Teddy's] collar and neck, snuffle at his ear" and
tickle him under the chin. A bite of meat helped the friendship
along.

Then, while talking to Darzee the tailor-bird in the humans'
garden, Rikki-tikki learns about the presence of the cobra Nag when "inch by inch out of
the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra." Nag had eaten
one of Darzee's baby birds. Now commences the enmity between Rikki-tikki and Nag, and
his wife Nagaina, which leads to their upcoming great battles.

But
now, in the garden, Nag and Nagaina try a sneak attack on Rikki-tikki with Nag
distracting him while Nagaina leaps at him from the rear. Thanks to a warning from
Darzee, Rikki-tikki is faster than Nagaina and escapes to safety at the humans' bungalow
where he saves little Teddy from the attack of the fatal Karait
snake.

A mongoose is sworn by heredity to fight all snakes.
The mongoose is appointed by heredity the protector of the garden creatures and the
humans who dwell as friends nearby.

The first great battle between
Rikki-tikki and Nag occurs in the humans' bathroom as Nag lays in wait to fulfill his
evil plan of killing all the humans to be rid of their new pet
mongoose.

Nag
said, ... "I will kill the big man and his wife, and the child if I can, and come away
quietly. The the bungalow will be empty, and Rikki-tikki will
go.''

The musk-rat
reluctantly--because of his great fear of Nag--warns Rikki-tikki, and Rikki-tikki is
victorious in his attack on Nag:

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Chuchundra sat down and cried till the tears
rolled off his whiskers. ... "H'sh! I musn't tell you anything. Can't you
hear,
Rikki-tikki?''

The second
great battle comes the next morning when the grieving and enraged Nagaina heads off to
slay the big man human in revenge, thinking he had slain Nag. Rikki-tikki's first plan
of attack is to destroy all Nagaina's eggs (future cobras). He is summoned to a direct
confrontation with Nagaina, though, when he is warned that is on her way to the
humans.

After snatching her last egg back from Rikki-tikki,
she runs to her underground den into which Rikki-tikki runs in hot pursuit. Darzee is
already singing of the death of the great warrior Rikki-tikki-tavi when Rikki-tikki
emerges the victor. The humans and garden creatures are safe and all celebrate and sing
his praises:

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The Coppersmith [bird] ... is the town-crier to
every Indian garden, and tells all the news to everybody ... .
"Ding-dong-tock! Nag is dead -- dong! Nagaina is dead!
Ding-dong-tock!"

Given o

We have to solve cos 4x = 1 for values of x that satisfy
0<=x<=2*pi

cos 4x = cos
2*2x

=> 1 - 2(sin
2x)^2

=> 1 - 2*(2*cos x * sin
x)^2

=> 1 - 8*(cos x)^2*(sin
x)^2

=> 1 - 8*(1 - (sin x)^2)(sin
x)^2

let (sin x)^2 =
y

=> 1 - 8*(1 - y)y =
1

=> (1 - y)y =
0

=> y = 0 and y =
1

sin x = 0

=> x = arc
sin 0

=> x = 0, pi ,
2*pi

(sin x)^2 = 1

=> x
= arc sin 1 and x = arc sin (-1)

=> x = pi/2 and x =
3*pi/2

The required solution of the equation
is x = {0 , pi/2, pi , 3*pi/2, 2*pi}

What is a common theme between "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas and "Funeral Blues" by W.H. Auden?

The most obvious common theme is that of death.  In
"Funeral Blues," a loved one has died, and as a result, the author's entire world has
stopped--they are devastated.  In "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," a loved one
of the author's also faces death.  Thomas' father is on his deathbed, and Thomas pleads
with him to die with vigor, fighting against it the entire time.  So, death, especially
of a loved one, is a very prevalent main theme.

Another
possible common theme the poems share is love.  It is very obvious that the authors
loved the subjects of the poems.  In "Funeral Blues," Auden's love is described
poetically:

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"He is my North, my South, my East and West/My
working week and my Sunday-rest/My moon, my midnight, my talk my
song."

Auden's love for the
deceased was all-encompassing, and that definitely comes through.  Thomas' love for his
father can be seen all throughout the poem as he wants his father to die a dignified
death, and begs his father at the end, "Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I
pray," making a personal connection, wanting one last moment with his father.  So, a
discussion of the poets' love for the subjects is another common
theme.

Hopefully those ideas help you to get started; good
luck!

"Orderliness and stable rule even rule by a dictator are preferable to chaos." Write your response to the following statement. Do you agree? Disagree?

Many people have believed in this statement over the
years.  We have seen arguments like this used by the fascists in Italy and by the
governments of strict law-and-order places like Singapore.  I would have to say that I
agree with the statement to some extent, presuming that the dictator is not excessively
harsh.

There are some sorts of liberties that people really
do not need to have.  For example, Singapore's notoriously harsh rules about things like
spitting in public do not really infringe on any serious rights.  If dictators want to
take away rights of that sort, it is certainly preferable to chaos.  However, the taking
of much more fundamental rights is not preferable to some amount of chaos.  The sort of
repression that goes on in China, for example, is worse by far than the sort of relative
chaos that we have here in the US.

So I would say that I
agree with this statement so long as the dictators do not take things to extremes.  But
the problem is that they usually do take things to extremes, which is why I do not
generally agree with the statement.

In Chapter 44 of Great Expectations, what does Pip say to Estella and how does she respond?

It is in this important chapter that Pip confronts the
woman who he had thought to be his benefactor and also the woman that he has come to
love. When he turns to Estella, having spoken to Miss Havisham, he confesses his love
for her, even though that now he knows the identity of his benefactor he recognises that
any hopes of a marriage with her are highly unlikely. As he repeats his declaration,
Estella only shakes her head, "perfectly unmoved." When she does respond verbally, she
responds in such a fashion that kills any hope of marriage but also reveals more about
her character and the kind of person that Miss Havisham has brought her up to
be:

"It
seems," said Estella, very calmly, "that there are sentiments, fancies--I don't know
what to call them--which I am not able to comprehend. When you say you love me, I know
what you mean, as a form of words; but nothing more. You address nothing in my breast,
you touch nothing
there."

Note how Estella
reveals how successful Miss Havisham has been in bringing her up to be a breaker of
hearts. She is untouched by emotion, unable to participate or truly understand such
feelings as love and desire. Her heart is literally unreachable and even Pip's most
ardent declaration of love is unable to produce in her any form of excitement. Note how
she responds "very calmly" and that she is unable to describe fully the emotions that
Pip expresses. She is innaccessible.

Why can't exponential growth not be sustained for long in any population?

An exponential growth curve is an S-curve. It shows a
rapid increase and then eventually, it begins to remain stable. If any population
continued to grow exponentially, the resources it needed would be unable to sustain a
population that huge. There wouldn't be enough habitat, food and other resources to
maintain the population. Eventually, competition would increase and individuals would
die off or the population may even become extinct. The Kaibab deer of Arizona is an
example of exponential growth due to the fact that their predators, the wolves, coyotes
and bobcats were killed to protect the deer. Because their enemies in the habitat were
gone, their population exploded and eventually, competition for scarce food led to their
numbers decreasing dramatically.

How is the topic of family relationships treated in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

One family relationship touched upon in Pride and
Prejudice is disappointment in marriage. Mr. Bennet chose his wife for her beauty, with
no thought to her working-class relations. He has grown disappointed to find her to be a
very silly woman who prattles on about her nerves, gossips incessantly, and says
ridiculous things both privately and publicly. His disappointment in his wife has led
him to become sarcastic and reserved.

Another family relationship
Austen's novel deals with is lack of parental control. Mr. Bennet failed to teach his
family principles, and his wife and three younger daughters act poorly because of it. As
he should, Mr. Bennet feels that he is to blame for Lydia's elopement with Wickham that
endangers his entire family's reputation (Ch. 6, Vol. 3).

In the years 1964-2005, what factors contributed to the resurgence of conservatism in American politics and government?

I would say that one of the critical elements in the rise
of Conservatism in the modern American political landscape was what Nixon termed as "the
silent majority."  On some levels, the social unrest of the 1960s went very far in
alienating this group, contributing to the feelings that their voices were not being
validated by the political authority and social
landscape:

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The Silent Majority was mostly
populated by blue collar people who did not take an active part in politics. They did,
in some cases, support the conservative policies of many politicians. Others were not
particularly conservative politically, but resented what they saw as disrespect for
American
institutions.

Whether
valid or not, Nixon's invocation of this group resonated and helped to articulate the
condition of Conservative validation.  Adding to this was the concept of the "Reagan
Democrat," who came to prominence as traditional Democratic voters broke with their
party and voted for the Conservative Reagan in 1980 and 1984.  These individuals were
almost a modern incarnation of the Nixonian "Silent
Majority:"

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..."Reagan Democrats" no longer saw
Democrats as champions of their working class aspirations, but instead saw them as
working primarily for the benefit of others: the very poor, feminists, the unemployed,
African Americans, Latinos, and other groups. In addition, Reagan Democrats enjoyed
gains during the period of economic prosperity that coincided with the Reagan
administration following the "malaise" of the Carter Administration. They also supported
Reagan's strong stance on national security and opposed the 1980s Democratic Party on
such issues as pornography, crime, and taxes.

I think that both
emerging demographics in Nixon and Regan's times, the last two strong Republican
presidents, might help to explain the resurgence of
Conservatism.

What is the role of the Fool in Shakespeare's King Lear?

The Fool is Lear's own stand-up comedian, sure, but more
interestingly, he's the only guy that Lear allows to criticize him.
(Remember, when Kent lips off, Lear boots him out of the kingdom and when Lear doesn't
like what Cordelia has to say, Lear disowns her altogether.)

As in
many of Shakespeare's plays, the Fool is actually really smart – and the only person who
tells it like it is. Compare Lear's Fool, for example, to Feste in Twelfth
Night – neither one of them are afraid to call their misguided masters
"foolish" and they both function as characters that provide a lot of social commentary.
At the same time, the Fool is more than just a funny and brutally honest guy; he's also
loyal. Along with Kent/Caius, the Fool braves the elements (which at times consist of
rain, thunder, and lightning) with his master.

But the Fool is also a
big mystery: what happens to him? He disappears after Act 3, Scene 6, and nobody ever
explains where he's gone. The only possible reference to the Fool after that is in the
final scene, when King Lear says "And my poor fool is hanged" (5.3.17). This could mean
a couple of things: 1) Lear might be referring to Cordelia with a pet name, "fool,"
since Cordelia has just been hanged by Edmund's goons. 2) Lear could be literally
talking about his Fool – perhaps the Fool was also hanged by Edmund's henchmen or,
perhaps he hung himself out of despair. It's hard to say what really happens to the
Fool. Some literary critics even speculate that the Fool and Cordelia were played by the
same actor. They never appear onstage together, so some scholars hypothesized that the
part was double cast, and that the Fool had to disappear when Cordelia came back into
the play.

How are diamonds symbolic in Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman?

In Arthur Miller's Death of a
Salesman, Willy Loman has been a salesman for over thirty-five years. Now in
his sixties, the job is very hard for him because he is still on the road for long
hours. He is also very concerned about his children and their success in life,
especially Biff from whom he has always expected great things. However, Biff has
not been successful; Willy lives so much in the past, that he
overlooks his son's failure to graduate his senior year and the loss of his
scholarship.

Willy's other difficulty is being so caught up
in the past (in the way things were and the way his life could have
been) that he has imaginary conversations with his brother Ben. Ben was a great success
in life. One way he made a fortune was going to Africa and coming home with
diamonds.

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BEN:

...instead
I ended up in
Africa.

LINDA:

Africa!

WILLY:

The
Gold
Coast!

BEN:

Principally
diamond
mines.

LINDA:

Diamond
mines!...

WILLY:

...Boys!
Listen to this. This is your Uncle Ben, a great man! Tell my boys,
Ben!

BEN:

Why
boys, when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked
out. And by God I was
rich.

Several minutes later,
Ben repeats himself:

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William, when I walked into the jungle, I was
seventeen. When I was walked out I was twenty-one. And, by God, I was
rich.

The repetition
indicates that this is an important point that Ben is sharing with
Willy—and the audience. Literally it shows that Ben was a success
within just a couple of years, though it was a different time, and
much easier to do. Part of Willy's problem is that he is stuck in
that time. Willy believes there must be a way for his boys to do
the same, if they could be more like Ben. And Willy wishes
he was more like Ben. He admits to Charley that his brother tried
to get him to go to Alaska and make his fortune in timber, but Willy never
went.

Willy's father went to Alaska and never came back.
Ben was older so he knew his dad, and may have caught his adventuresome spirit, but
Willy was almost four when his father left and hardly remembers him. Willy never had an
adventuresome spirit, choosing to play it safe and find a regular job, but this has been
a disappointment to Willy, and he has many regrets.

Even
when Ben gave him a pocket watch with a diamond in it, Linda has to remind Willy that he
ended up selling it at a pawn shop. This demonstrates how difficult Willy's life has
been, and how different it is from his brother's life. Even as a gift, Willy was unable
to hold onto that diamond.

With the near-immediate success
that Ben achieved mining diamonds in Africa, the diamonds become symbolic of success for
Ben, and missed opportunity for Willy. Sadly and ironically, Willy finally gets his
sights on a diamond at the end of the play what will make money for
Linda, and make his boss appreciate him; both perceptions are
flawed.

Oh,
Ben that's the whole beauty of it! I see it like a diamond, shining in the dark, hard
and rough, that I can pick up and touch in my hand...the funeral...will be massive!
They'll come from Maine, Massachusetts...All the old timers...[my boss] will be
thunderstruck...because he never realized—I am
known!

The "diamond" is a
suicide plan: Linda will get his insurance. And the funeral, he believes, will show his
boss how successful Willy really was...except that with suicide
Linda probably won't get any life insurance; and no one will come to the funeral—the old
days are gone. Even in death, Willy is unsuccessful.

In Macbeth, what does Banquo mean when he says the following quote?"Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the Weird Women promis'd; and I...

This famous quote opens Act III, and it is important to
realise how vital this quote is. Banquo has silently witnessed what has transpired in
Act II and how Duncan has been assassinated and Macbeth has seized power. He alone was
there with Macbeth when the witches predicted that Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor,
Glamis, and then King, and now we see that he suspects Macbeth of having gained these
prophesied titled through foul means, as Banquo says tha the fears that Macbeth
"play'dst most foully" for the titles he has won. This is a very important soliloquy in
the play therefore, as in it Banquo voices the suspicions that he has of Macbeth and
internally debates the truth of the prophecies of the "Weird Women." For Banquo, too,
received prophecies, and surely if the prophecies that applied to Macbeth came true,
then those relevant to Banquo will come true as well. However, as that involved one of
Banquo's heirs becoming King, this is potentially a treacherous thought, so he is quick
to be silent when he hears other characters enter.

What have been three of the most important factors that have fueled globalization in recent decades?

1. The fact that United States has become a consumer
nation, rather than one that manufactures has also contributed to globalization. 
When President Clinton gave more support to the North American Trade Agreement, the
textile industry, founded in the South, virtually ended in America and opened trade with
several countries, including Vietnam, Nepal, and such.

2.
The lower prices for which products can be bought from other countries strongly
contributes to global trade, also.  Certainly, after President Nixon opened trade with
China, the consumption of products less expensive thab in the U.S.
began.

3. Another factor that immensely contributed to the
increase in globalization is the ease with which trade can be conducted now.  After the
cancelling of the gold standard in the U.S. in 1971, money was printed and it flowed
overseas to pay debts.  This ease of transfer of money certainly expedited trade, etc.
Nowadays, electronic transfers of money have replaced slower methods.  Transaction among
countries are much easier, also, since the Euro has been accepted
as currency in the continent of Europe.  With a common unit of money, the value of
products can easily be ascertained, so that countries can quickly make judgments
regarding trade and business. Access to the value of the yen, or
other units of money can be completed with ease. as well.

Simplify g^2-20gh-g+20h.

The first step is to create groups of
terms:

g^2-20gh-g+20h =
(g^2-20gh)-(g-20h)

We'll factorize by g the first
group:

g^2-20gh-g+20h = g(g - 20h) - (g -
20h)

We'll factorize by (g -
20h):

g^2-20gh-g+20h =  (g - 20h)(g -
1)

The simplified expresison is:
g^2-20gh-g+20h = (g - 20h)(g - 1)

What are the critical points of h(x)= 5x+(4/x) and are they minimum or maxmum values.

We have the function h(x) = 5x + (4/x). The critical
points of this function are at points where h'(x) = 0

h'(x)
= 5 - 4/x^2

5 - 4/x^2 =
0

=> x^2 =
4/5

=> x= 2/sqrt 5 and -2/sqrt
5

h''(x) = 8/x^3

At x = 2/sqrt
5, h''(x) is positive, therefore we have a local minimum
here.

h(2/sqrt 5) = 5*(2/ sqrt 5) + 4*sqrt 5 / 2 = 4*sqrt
5

At x = -2/sqrt 5, h''(x) is negative, therefore we have a
local minimum here.

h(2/sqrt 5) = 5*(2/ sqrt 5) + 4*sqrt 5
/ 2 = -4*sqrt 5

Here, we see that the local minimum has a
larger value than the local maximum, this is not an error. As the function does not have
an absolute maximum or an absolute minimum, the local extreme values can have the values
we have obtained.

The required point of local
minimum is ( 2/ sqrt 5 , 4*sqrt 5) and the point of local maximum is (-2/sqrt 5 ,
-4*sqrt 5)

What is the social and historical context of Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children?

Brecht is drawing much in way of historical parallel with
the outbreak of World War II.  While the play is set in the Thirty Years' War, the
overarching themes of the destructive nature of war and its commercial aspect are
significant elements in the drama.  The massive rearmament of Germany at the outset of
the Second World War helped to bring to light that war is, to quote Howard Zinn, "the
health of the state."  Germany's rise to economic and political power is done through
militarism and that those in the position of such power reap immediate benefits through
war.  Brecht was able to see this first hand and this becomes part of his
writing:

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Men of all ages were conscripted to
fight in the war. In 1930s Germany, every man between the ages of nineteen and
forty-five were deemed fit for military service, amounting to more than eight million
people in the army
alone.

These
individuals were not the power brokers nor were they in any position of wealth or
privilege.  While war was waged by those who were in such elevated states, the war was
fought by others, and these people, individuals who end up being nameless, are the
center-points of Brecht's work, giving voice to the voiceless.  In this light, the play
makes a very strong statement about war, the social and historical context that envelops
it and that it depicts.

if you were Romeo or Juliet, would you pursue a relationship with the other? explain

Keeping in mind that I am no longer young and am hopefully
less controlled by hormones than people their age, no, I would not pursue a relationship
with the other once I found out who the other was.

When you
have only seen someone for one evening, you have not committed to them for your whole
life.  You can surely get over them pretty easily.  So when the two of them found out
they were from enemy families, they should have realized that it was not going to work
out.  They should have known it would cause more problems than it was worth.  They could
not have been so in love that they could not live with anyone
else...

Why did China not support Russia during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

The major reason for this is that China was much more
concerned with its relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan than with the Soviet Union. 
It is also important to remember that China and the Soviet Union had not been close
allies for years by this time.

To China, relations with
Pakistan and Afghanistan are fairly important.  The Chinese want to have a buffer zone
of friendly countries between themselves and India since India is an important rival of
theirs.  In addition, the Chinese have a large Muslim population in their country
(particularly in the western areas) and they do not want to anger that population when
they can avoid it.

So, China's strategic interest in
Afghanistan and Pakistan (which also supported the Mujahideen) and their rivalry with
the Soviet Union combined to make China oppose the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.

Verify if arctanx=pi/2-arccotx. -1

The problem could be solved using calulus
methods.

We'll create a function f(x) = arctan x + arccot
x.

We should prove that f(x) = arctan x + arccot x =
pi/2.

In order to demonstrate that f(x)=pi/2 is a constant
function, we'll have to calculate the first derivative of this function
f(x).

If this derivative is cancelling out, that means that
f(x)=pi/2, is a constant function, knowing the fact that a derivative of a constant
function is 0.

We'll differentiate to find out the first
derivative of the given function:

f'(x) = (arctan x +
arccot x)'

f'(x) = 1/(1+x^2) -
1/(1+x^2)

f'(x)=0 => so
f(x)=constant

We notice that for x = 1, the sum of inverse
trigonometric functions is pi/2.

f(1)=arctan 1 + arccot 1 =
pi/4 + pi/4 = 2pi/4 = pi/2

The identity
arctanx=pi/2-arccotx is verified for x = 1. 

What makes a fluid flow in a pressurized system? What controls this flow?

In a pressurized system, the fluid flows due to a change
in pressure which can be produced by pistons, pumps, etc. The flow is controlled by the
pipes along which the fluid flows. At the joints the direction of fluid can be changed
with the use of valves. If a pipe splits into two different pipes, valves are located on
both the branches. The fluid flows in the pipes which have open
valves.

In pressurized fluid systems the pipes have been
constructed and joined in a manner that enables them to withstand the high pressures
without getting damaged. As pressurized fluids can be highly corrosive, valves should be
able to withstand high pressures and strains.

How do the prisoners in Eliezer's block survive the new year's selection in Night?

The prisoners run about before the selection process,
trying to get some color in their flesh. The more color they have, the more healthy they
will appear. This will ensure that they are chosen for work and not the
crematory.

Also, when the selection process begins, the
prisoners run by Mengele as quickly as possible. They want to appear healthy and they
also are running quickly so Mengele cannot notice their numbers. Remember, the prisoners
are known only by their number. If Mengele does not see their number, he will not be
able to write down their numbers. In this way, the prisoners stand a better chance at
not being selected for the crematory.

In one selection
process, Elie Wiesel lies about his age and he tells the selection committee that he is
a farmer. A farmer has a better chance at being chosen to work. In this way, Elie will
escape the crematory for the time being.

Explain how Romeo and the Friar are foils in Act 3.3 of Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Friar Laurence are foils of each other in Act
III, Scene iii in two ways. The first way is their view on Romeo's banishment. The Friar
thinks Romeo should be thankful that he was not killed by Tybalt instead or that the
Prince didn't sentence him to death. At least with banishment, he is still alive.
However, Romeo does not feel this way. He feels banishment is actually worse than death
because he can't be with his beloved Juliet anymore. Romeo would rather be dead than
live a life without her.

Another way in which they are
foils in Act III, Scene iii is their reaction to Romeo's banishment. The Friar is trying
to be the calm one in the situation, since Romeo is extremely upset. The Friar is trying
to be the voice of reason and convince Romeo that banishment is so much better than what
could've happened to him as a result of killing Tybalt. However, since Romeo sees things
differently, he is behaving in an unreasonable, irrational, and mad fashion. He is
crying uncontrollably, threatening to kill himself, and even attempts to kill himself in
front of the Friar.

Multiply (x*y^2*z^3-v^4)(x*y^2*z^3+v^4) but do not use Foil method.

We'll recognize the form (a-b)(a+b) and the product will
become the difference of 2 squares.

(a-b)(a+b) = a^2 -
b^2

a = x*y^2*z^3 and b =
v^4

We'll raise to square a and
b:

a^2 = (x*y^2*z^3)^2 =
x^2*y^2*z^6

b^2 = (v^4)^2 =
v^8

Therefore, the result of multiplication,
without using FOIL method, is: (x*y^2*z^3-v^4)(x*y^2*z^3+v^4) = x^2*y^4*z^6 -
v^8.

In chapter 7 of The Great Gatbsy, what do you think Tom and Daisy were saying to each other in the kitchen?Specifically discuss what Tom knows or...

This is a great scene for the readers to think about.  We
certainly know that after this chapter, Tom goes to Wilson and makes sure to tell him
that Gatsby was driving the car, but the question is "does he
really believe that? or is he covering for Daisy."  By doing this, he essentially
ensures that Wilson will exact his revenge on Gatsby, and he does just that when he
kills Gatsby and himself in chapter 8.  This puts to a complete end any and all of the
the conflicts in Tom's life -- the threat to his marriage is gone and all suspicion that
may have fallen on Daisy is put to rest. There is no one left to
question what happened that fateful night.  With all that said, we don't know what was
actually said in the kitchen that night, but I think Daisy and Tom's behavior in chapter
8 and 9 suggests that Tom did learn the whole truth that night, and preserving his
status in society, and along with that,his society marriage to Daisy was more important
than truth and justice.  Daisy had already rejected the idea of being with Gatsby when
she refused to say that she never loved Tom back at the hotel scene, so her confessing
to Tom makes sense.  She is doing what she needs to in order to preserve her place in
society.  She will do whatever it takes.  The fact that Tom and Daisy don't even
acknowledge Gatsby's death is evidence of where Daisy's priorities are at the end of the
novel.  She is more attached to Tom than ever.  Their shallow carelessness is what
appalls Nick, and us, by the end of the novel.

Who was the father of Portia?

Portia Catonis (70 BC-43 BC), usually known simply as
Portia, was the second wife of Marcus Junius Brutus, the friend and assassin of Julius
Caesar. Portia was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis and his wife, Atilia.
Portia's suicide is also well known, supposedly as a result of swallowing live, burning
coals. Before her marriage to Brutus, she wed an ally of her father, Marcus Calpurnius
Bibulus. They had a son, Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus, but there is some doubt that Portia
actually gave birth to him, since she would have been between the ages of 11 and
17.

What is the standard equation of the circle that passes through the points (-2,4),(3,-1),(6,8)?

The equation of a circle is (x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 =
r^2

As we know three points through which the circle
passes, we can create three equations.

(-2 ,
4)

(-2 - a)^2 + (4 - b)^2 = r^2
...(1)

(3 , -1)

(3 - a)^2 +
(-1 - b)^2 = r^2 ...(2)

(6 ,
8)

(6 - a)^2 + (8 - b)^2 = r^2
...(3)

(1) - (2)

=> (-2
- a)^2 + (4 - b)^2 - (3 - a)^2 - (-1 - b)^2 = 0

=>
(-2 - a - 3 + a)(-2 - a + 3 - a) + (4 - b - 1 - b)(4 - b + 1 +b) =
0

=> -5(1 - 2a) + (3 - 2b)(5) =
0

=> 2a - 1 + 3 - 2b =
0

=> a - b + 1 = 0

(2)
- (3)

=> (3 - a)^2 + (-1 - b)^2 - (6 - a)^2 - (8 -
b)^2 = 0

=> (3 - a + 6 - a)(3 - a - 6+ a) + ( - 1 -
b - 8 + b)(-1 - b + 8 - b) =0

=> (9 - 2a)(-3) + -9(
7 - 2b) = 0

=> 9 - 2a + 21 - 6b =
0

=> 2a + 6b - 30 =
0

=> a + 3b - 15 =
0

Using a - b + 1 =
0

=> a = b - 1

b - 1 +
3b - 15 = 0

=> -4b - 16 =
0

=> b = 4

a =
3

(-2 - a)^2 + (4 - b)^2 =
r^2

=> (-2 - 3)^2 + ( 4 - 4)^2 =
r^2

=> 5^2 =
r^2

=> r =
5

The equation of the circle is (x - 3)^2 +
(y - 4)^2 = 5^2

From the following information what is the cash payment to be made in April.Finch Co. began its operating on March 31 of the current year and Finch...

Finch Co. began its operating on March 31 of the current
year and Finch Co. has the following projected
costs.

Manufacturing costs(1): April:$156,800;
May:$195,200; June:$217,600
Insurance expense(2): April:$1,000; May:$1,000;
June:$1,000
Depreciation expense: April:$2,000; May:$2,000;
June:$2,000
Property Tax expense(3): April:$500; May:$500;
June:$500
(1) 3/4 of the manufacturing costs are paid for the month they are
incurred. 1/4 is paid in the following month.
(2) Insurance expense is $1,000
a month however the insurance is paid four times a year in the first month of the
quarter, i.e. January, April, July and October.
(3) Property tax is paid once
a year in November.
The cash payments for Finch Co. in the month of May
are:
A. $185,600
B. $149,900
C. $187,600
D.
$189,100

What is "willing suspension of belief"? How does having a willing suspension of belief help Mrs. Murry?

I think you mean the "willing suspension of disbelief".
The romantic poet Colleridge came up with the phrase to explain how a reader can engage
with a text even if the events or themes are not strictly realistic. The reader is
encouraged to overlook the plausibility of events and just appreciate the story outside
of reality. So, happily leave off what you know to be
true.

As a scientist, this would allow Mrs Murray to be
open to ideas that current science might not have answers for. She would be more willing
to entertain the idea of a tesseract, for example.

For the War Powers Act of 1973, were any new problems created that caused other things to happen?like what happened cause of the act. positive and...

By Constitutional standards, only Congress has the power
to declare war.  Although not formal declarations of war, military involvement
instituted by Harry Truman in Korea in the 1950's and involvement again by Lyndon
Johnson in Vietnam in the 1960's posed the question of who controlled the military --
the president or Congress. To limit what it termed "Presidential Wars," Congress passed
the War Powers Act of 1973 in an attempt to assert its authority over the president.
Sadly, the act has failed, as presidents routinely now engage the military without
Congressional consent. This not only disrupts the careful balance of powers established
in the Constitution, amassing power for the Executive Branch at the expense of the
Congressional, it embroils us in foreign issues contrary to the will of the
people.

What qualities (negative and positive) does Piggy bring on the boys' lives on the island in Lord of the Flies?

Piggy seems to be quite a unique character in the novel:
he seems to be the only true voice of reason, yet he is often incapable of physical
work, shows little leadership skills, and is pretty naive as
well.

For his positive qualities, he is the one who voices
what should be done on the island to maintain order and maximize their chance of rescue:
he suggests moving the signal fire, is loyal to the concept of the conch, etc.  He also
proves to be a loyal and true friend to Ralph.

Despite his
positive qualities, Piggy is not taken seriously and often teased due to his physical
appearance and health - even Ralph teases him at times.  Piggy might have the best
ideas, but he lacks the ability to lead the others and seems rather immature when it
comes to social and coping skills.  Finally, Piggy seems to be rather naive - he truly
believes that Jack attacked his and Ralph's camp simply to get the conch, then confronts
Jack for not obeying the rules of it.

What is the meaning of the title of the novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain?

Rain on the track is one of the biggest weather-related
challenges a race car driver will face. According to this story, the protagonist, Denny
Swift, was one of the best race car drivers under rainy conditions. He knew how to
handle the car on the wet tracks without losing control or losing speed. This fact is
used as a metaphor throughout the story. Off the track, Denny is challenged by some very
emotional issues, which could be considered similar to rain on a race track. His wife
died, his child was taken away, and he was accused of raping a minor. Under these types
of pressures, other people might have been wiped out, just as some race car drivers
might have been wiped out on a rainy track during a race. However, Denny knew how to
control his emotions, just as he knew how to control his car on a wet
track.

How can you relate the war in Libya with its geographical location?

The civil war that is going on within Libya is not really
related to the geographical location of Libya as a country.  It has to do not with
geography but with politics.  However, you can certainly argue that the NATO decision to
get involved in the war is related to the geographical location of
Libya.

There are at least three aspects of Libya's location
that may have influenced NATO's decision:

• The
  fact that Libya is located in a place that has oil.  Oil is very important to the world
  economy and NATO has an interest in ensuring the continued supply of
  oil.


• Libya is close to Europe.  Chaos in Libya could lead
  to a surge in refugees trying to reach Europe.  European countries have an interest in
  preventing this.


• Libya is part of the Arab world.  This
  world is undergoing a great deal of upheaval.  NATO has an interest in reducing this
  since the Arab world is strategically important to the West (because of oil and
  terrorism issues).

How is the tone in "The Tell-Tale Heart" callous and disdainful?

Well, we need to remember that the narrative choice that
Poe made to relate this chilling tale presents us with a profoundly unreliable narrator
who himself expresses a series of emotions and views. Let us remember that he stresses
the way that he loves the old man and that there was no element of revenge or greed in
his desire to kill him. Yet at the same time, you are right in indicating that the way
that the narrator kills the old man, producing terror in him and enjoying this fact,
would contradict this earlier assertion that he loved him, and it definitely gives rise
to a callous tone. Note the following quote when it is clear that the narrator delights
in the terror he causes the old man before killing
him:

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Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it
was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief--oh, no!--it was
the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with
awe... I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at
heart.

Note again how we are
presented with this seeming contradiction as the narrator says that he "pitied" his
victim whilst at the same time "chuckling" at the terror he is inducing. It is clear
that the manner of killing creates a callous and disdainful tone, as the narrator could
be likened to a cat playing with a mouse, deliberately terrifying it, before killing his
victim.

Identify any five literacy devices in chapters 1,2 and 3 of The Catcher in the Rye.

In The Catcher in the Rye, the
following five literary devices are prevalent in Holden's narration.  In sum, they
contribute to the humor and alienation in his voice and comment on the disillusionment
of his episodic misadventure in post-war America:

A.
Anaphora: (repetition at beginning of sentence) : “It
rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his
stomach.”

B. Metaphor: “Or
you’d just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in
them.”

C. Alliteration: “crazy
cannon”; “we can smoke till they start screaming at us.”

D.
Verbal Irony (sarcasm, understatement,
overstatement): "It’s really ironical, because I’m six foot two and a
half and I have gray hair.”

E.
Hyperbole: “The one side of my head—the right side—is full
of millions of gray hairs.”

P.S.
Actually, hyperbole is an example of verbal irony, as it
is overstatement, but I think it still counts...

"A guilty conscience never feels secure"~Plubius Syrus: What is the meaning of this quote?

"A guilty conscience never feels secure" by Publius Syrus
is a maxim that is true of many characters in literature. One such example is Fyodor
Dostovesky's novel, Crime and Punishment in which a young student
named Raskolnikov murders an old woman money lender who lives above him to prove his
theory that extraordinary men are above the law since in their brillance they "think new
thoughts" and, thus, contribute to society.  He determines to prove his theory by
murdering a cynical old pawnbroker and her sister.  However, he does not consider his
conscience in his equation.

After Raskolnikov kills the old
woman, he reads the newspaper the next day--nothing is in it about a murder on his
street.  Still, he is watchful, attentive to any prolonged glance at himself or any
policeman passing by.  Days pass without incident, and this pattern continues until one
day, he can stand it no longer.  Raskolniknov's comes into contact with his conscience,
and he is made wretched by his guilt.  He begins to believe that the police officer in
charge of the murder watches him.  Raskolnikov becomes paranoic, imagining that the
officer suspects him.  And, the more Raskolnikov intellectualizes, the more imprisoned
he becomes.  When the officer does notice that Raskolnikov is acting strangely, the
sergeant then follows him and eventually arrests
him.

Constant worry that he would be found out is actually
what has caught Raslkolnikov because he begins to act oddly from his imaginings that the
sergeant suspects him.

In Shakespeare's
Hamlet, for instance, the same is true.  Claudius, who has murdered
Hamlet's father, the king, assumes the throne and marries Hamlet's mother.  But, because
Hamlet begins to act strangely, Claudius worries that he will be found out as one of the
murderers.  He devises various plans to rid himself of Hamlet, whom he suspects knows
much about him.  His final plan fails, however, and he himself is killed along with his
victims.

Where in Camus' The Stranger do characters try and make rational sense of Meursault's actions?

In section I of Part Two, the police question Meursault
and try--and apparently fail--to make rational sense of his statements. This is
indicated when Meursault notes in his narrative that the magistrate, to whom the police
take him next, “eyed [him] with distinct curiosity.” After this, Meursault is assigned a
lawyer who begins to try to make rational sense of Meursault’s actions starting with the
“charge of callousness” surrounding his behavior at his mother’s vigil and funeral. The
lawyer is irritated and disgusted with Meursault, especially when in reply to whether
“he could say that on that day [Meursault] had kept [his] feelings under control,”
Meursault said, “No. … That wouldn’t be true.” Meursault describes the lawyer’s reaction
as one of revulsion:

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He gave me a queer look, as if I slightly
revolted him; then [spoke] in an almost hostile tone … . Soon after this he left,
looking quite vexed.

Finally,
after the lawyer, the magistrate re-examines Meursault. The lawyer is meant by law to be
present there with the prisoner, however, Meursault’s lawyer does not come--the
insinuation is that he stays away out of the disgust and revulsion Meursault engenders
in him. The magistrate however has permission to proceed with the examination. In a
thematically very significant scene, the magistrate, repelled by Meursault’s shocking
answers, such as,

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I said that what I felt was less regret than a
kind of vexation—I couldn’t find a better word for it. But he didn’t seem to understand.

turns the conversation to
religion and belief in God in hopes of breaking through Meursault’s exterior to his
spiritual interior. Yet, Meursault baffles him once again by claiming atheism, thus
preventing the magistrate from making rational sense of Meursault’s actions or
beliefs.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how do the adults deal with the outcome of the trial?Atticus, Miss Rachel, Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra, Miss Stephanie,...

ATTICUS.  Tired over the long
hours leading up to the trial, Atticus first just wants to get some sleep. He tells his
sister that he is not bitter. Atticus never expects to win this case, but he hopes that
Tom will be set free on appeal. He tells Tom to be patient, but Tom is unable to adjust
to prison life.

AUNT RACHEL. 
Her response to Dill was that "if Atticus Finch wants to butt his head against a stone
wall, it's his
head."

CALPURNIA.  Calpurnia
is a friend of Tom, so she is disappointed with the results (though there is no
reference in the book concerning this). She kindly provides Atticus with all the food
that is brought to him by the appreciative African-American
community. 

AUNT ALEXANDRA. 
Her feelings primarily concern Atticus, but she is disappointed with the outcome. She is
also worried about his safety. However, she does seem genuinely distressed when she
hears of Tom's death.  

MISS
STEPHANIE.  Miss Stephanie was more concerned with acquiring more gossip.
She asked the children several questions, including what it was like sitting with all
the black folks and whether it made them mad to see Atticus
lose.

MISS MAUDIE.  Miss
Maudie is genuinely concerned with the children's reactions. She obviously was
disappointed in the verdict, but she was practical. She tells them that besides herself
and Atticus, there are others in the white community who supported
Tom.

BOB EWELL.  Although Tom
is found guilty, Bob (and Mayella) are disgraced in the courtroom before most of the
town. He blames Atticus for his embarrassment, and threatens to get even with him. He
confronts Atticus downtown, curses him and spits in his face. He does his best to do
this, but he is eventually thwarted by Boo Radley.

Distinguish between gases, liquids, and solids in terms of the particle theory of matter in terms of mass, volume and density.

The particle theory states that matter is made up of small
indivisible particles that are in constant motion, the degree of freedom of which varies
for the different states of matter.

In the case of solids,
the particles are very close to each other and fixed in position. They can only vibrate
in the structures they are a part of. Solids have the highest mass per unit volume or
density.

In liquids, the particles can move relative to
each other but their proximity makes the volume almost constant. Liquids have a mass per
unit volume or density lying between that of solids and
liquids.

In the case of gases, the particles are
sufficiently away from each other to allow them to move freely and independent of each
other. The volume of gases can change depending on the pressure applied. They have the
lowest mass per unit volume or density.

How can I expand upon the point of view in Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"?I need to write 3 pages on it .

Vonnegut is trying to make several points, so can fill
your 3 pages up on one or many of the following
topics:

Technology - Clearly Vonnegut is warning us about
the dangers of becoming too reliant on technology and the ways instituations like the
government can control us through technology.

The
importance of individualim - In Vonnegut's fictional society, everyone has been tweaked
to be the same.  People's talents are surpressed so they don't stand out and make
other's feel bad.  He's expressing the importance of making the most of your talents, as
Harrison attempts to do, rather than stifle
them.

Competition - Vonnegut portrays how bad society would
be if people didn't compete.  Competition is essential in any community.  He seems to be
concerned about new policies enacted in society such as possibly high school's who don't
allow coaches to cut athletes based on ability or possibly even the idea of Affirmitive
Action.

What is one character trait that Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence and the Nurse all share that leads to Romeo and Juliet's death/downfall?

If I had to choose one trait that Romeo, Juliet, Friar
Lawrence, and the Nurse all share that leads to the death of the sweethearts in
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, I would have to say it is their
inability to view the world in a more realistic
fashion.

All of these people have something vested in the
love shared between Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is not realistic, nor is Juliet, with the
idea that they might defy the long-standing feud between their families with any
success. Hate runs high, and even the strongest love, which might break down barriers
between the two young people, is not going to be welcomed by the others involved. We
specifically see this in the character of Tybalt. He has nothing to win or lose when
Romeo shows up at the Capulet party. Even Lord Capulet has no concern regarding Romeo's
presence and orders Tybalt to let it go. However, Tybalt, the hot-head, refuses to do
so. It is people like him that fuel this feud, and inevitably, his murder of Mercutio
pushes the plot quickly to its tragic end.

Juliet is also
unrealistic in that she is a woman, she has no way to stand up to her parents, and
she—in essence—belongs to them to do with her as they wish.
Defiance may be a normal reaction for a young person, and Juliet
can be excused because Capulet had been so casual on the topic of
her marriage before now. However, she is a young woman in a male-dominated society, and
even her mother will not defy Capulet.

The Nurse is
unrealistic as she allows this relationship to move forward. She may be sentimental
because Juliet is like her dead daughter, Susan, and we know she loves Juliet like a
child, but the Nurse is a servant. She has no say in the household and she cannot do
anything to help Juliet fight the power of her parents. Instead of being forthright with
Juliet, and/or going to her parents when Romeo starts hanging around, she acts more like
Juliet's girlfriend and less like her guardian, and promotes the relationship until the
marriage has taken place—and her favorite, Tybalt, is killed. It is only then that the
Nurse changes her position regarding Romeo's place in Juliet's life. When Juliet
believes the Nurse has turned her back on Romeo, Juliet cuts the Nurse out of her
life.

The Friar's intentions are good: he wants to find a
way to bury the strife between the two families and believes their love is the key to
this hope. However, he should know enough of the sins of people, their shortcomings, and
their inability to put anger behind them to ever believe the Capulets and Montagues
would end their strife for any reason—short of death. This feud has
been going on so long, that no one seems to remember exactly what started it. The
families have been threatened by the Prince with death. If this
will not stop them, the Friar should have been more realistic: for if the families would
not reconcile in the face of the secret marriage, what did he
expect would happen to Romeo and Juliet, even had Romeo not been banished? Would both be
rejected by parents who hated their in-laws? And how would Rome and Juliet
survive?

I believe all of these characters were
unrealistic, and their failure to live with the realization that hearts do not change so
easily leads Romeo and Juliet to disaster. (Of course, Shakespeare also told us in the
Prologue that the lovers were star-crossed.)

Discuss the role mercantilism played in imperial control over the colonies during 1700-1800.

During 16th to 18th century Great Britain practiced an
economic philosophy called Mercantilism in international trade. Great Britain, the
mother country was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the
foremost global power. Colonizing America and pursuing a policy of mercantilism greatly
increased their power.Mercantilism is the idea that colonies existed for the benefit of
the Mother Country and it states that nation becomes stronger by keeping strict control
over its trade. Britain sought to increase its power by obtaining large amount of silver
and gold and by establishing favorable trade with its thirteen colonies. Based on these
ideas, Great Britain, the mother country made decisions that were more advantageous to
themselves than they were to the colonies. There were many regulations that were passed
to support this theory; Navigation Act of 1651, Act of 1660, and many laws as well. This
definitely angered the colonists, but this didn’t really play a role in prompting
Americans to rebel in 1776. There were far more other reasons for the Americans to rebel
in 1776. Therefore, Mercantilism plays a small role in sparking the
rebellion.

To begin with, the theory of Mercantilism
represents the colonists as Britain’s tenants providing “rent” by supplying raw
materials to England. In return, colonists had to buy the finished products back from
Great Britain. To have to export more than you import is not beneficial. But to Britain
it was more than beneficial. Britain wanted to accumulate as much hard money as
possible, since colonial money was worthless in England. Hard money was the source of
prosperity, prestige, and the strength for a
nation.

Furthermore, Mercantilist economy is a managed
economy, managed by the larger and stronger power. The mother country, Great Britain
wanted to be self-sufficient, but for this to be successful, it needed laws and
regulations to protect wealthy British merchants and industrialists at the expense of
the colonists. The regulations that supported mercantilism was the Navigation Act of
1651 which stated that all imports or exports had to be carried in Great Britain ships.
Act of 1660 required that European nations must sell products to the colonies by first
stopping at English ports where they would have to pay a custom duty, taxes, which is a
way for Britain gain more money. Exports from the colonies could only be shipped in
British or colonial ships and had to be sent to England first. After that, the products
would be taxed and was allowed to be sent to other countries in European nation.
Colonial products could not be shipped directly to any foreign nation. These laws and
regulations supported the theory of Mercantilism.

In
addition, Mercantilism doesn’t play much of a factor in prompting Americans to rebel in
1776. As suppliers of raw goods only, the colonies could not compete with Britain in
manufacturing. In fact English ships were favored. It’s being said that the relationship
between Britain and the colonies in the mid-1700s were good. The colonies joined Britain
to fight the French in the seven years’ war. During this time the British had to deal
with the wars in Europe and really didn't enforce the Navigation Acts, due to their
focus with the war. Colonists began to prosper on its own by trading with non-British
colonies in the Caribbean. Britain once again tried to enforce these laws after the
French and Indian War, but the colonists objected. Moreover, Britain had a lot of debt
from the war and thought that the colonies in America should pay much of the debt so
Britain imposed several acts such as the Stamp and Townsend act.  Because of this, their
relationship deteriorated, prompting Americans to rebel in 1776