for the cubic: f(x) = ax^3+bx^2+cx+d, a is not zero, find conditions on a,b,c and d to ensure that: a) f is always increasing on (-infinity, +infinity

For f(x) to be increasing, the derivative of f(x) has to be
positive.

We'll determine the first
derivative:

f'(x) = 
(ax^3+bx^2+cx+d)'

f'(x) = 3ax^2 + 2bx +
c

For the expression of the first derivative to be positive, we'll
impose the constraint that the discriminant delta to be
negative.

delta = (2b)^2 - 4*3a*c

delta
= 4b^2 - 12ac

delta < 0

4b^2 -
12ac < 0

We'll divide by 4:

b^2
- 3ac < 0

We'll add 3ac both
sides:

b^2 <
3ac

The constraint for f(x) to be increasing over the
interval (-infinite, +infinite) is that: b^2 < 3ac.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is a indirect quote that represents who Atticus is as a person?

Atticus Finch is an example of a truly good man, who seems to
always do his best to see the good in the world and to refrain from juding others harshly.  While
Atticus does not condone inappropriate actions and reactions in anyone, he does view others and
their deed with consideration and compassion.  He does not excuse those who are guilty of wrong
doing, but does attempt to make sense of their mistakes and understand that errors are often made
out of ignorance, rather than malice.  These traits are made evident on page 30 of Chapter 3 (of
my copy), during Atticus's discussion with Scout, which takes place following Miss Caroline's
first day of school and subsequent run-in with Burris Ewell and misunderstanding of the
Cunningham family, as well as Scout's own difficulties. 

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Atticus said I had learned many things today, and Miss
Caroline had learned several things herself.  She had learned not to hand something to a
Cunningham, for one thing, but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we'd have seen it
was an honest mistake on her part.  We could not expect her to learn all Maycomb's ways in one
day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no
better.

This indirect quote reveals
Atticus's understanding of the harm often caused by ignorance.  He was aware that Miss Caroline
had been wrong in her actions, but also that she had meant to be a help, rather than a
hindrance.  This trait of Atticus's is repeated throughout the book, but is emphasized most in
his undertaking of Tom Robinson's defence during his trial.

What were the results of America's 19th century imperialism?

I'll talk about two sorts of
results.

The first, and most obvious, result was that the
United States obtained a sort of empire that gave it a presence over a huge area of the
Pacific (and the Caribbean as well).  The US presence extended all the way to the
Philippines.

The second impact of this was that American
imperialism led to complications in dealing with other countries.  The most prominent
example of this was WWII.  You can argue that if the US had not taken its Pacific Empire
(notably the Philippines and to some extent Guam), Japan would never have attacked Pearl
Harbor.  This is not to say that Pearl Harbor was our fault, but it is to say that Japan
would have had no reason to worry about the US if our territory ended on the West Coast
(or even, likely, if it ended at Hawaii).

Instead, by
extending our reach, we put ourselves into areas that would become the subject of
conflict.  We involved ourselves in more areas of the world than we would otherwise have
been involved in and this, at times, led to problems for us.

What were some of Florence Kelley's main achievements?

Florence Kelley was best known for her work in trying to
improve working conditions and protect the rights of workers back in the late 1800s and
early 1900s.

Among her main achievements
were:

• She translated a book by Friedrich Engels
  (who cowrote the "Communist Manifesto" with Karl Marx) into English.  The book was
  The Conditions of the Working-class in England in
  1844.


• She was an inspector in charge of
  monitoring working conditions in factories in
  Illinois.


• She conducted major sociological research among
  the poor people of Chicago.


• She was the head of the
  National Consumers' League -- an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of
  women and children workers.


• She convinced the Illinois
  legislature to limit women's work days to 8
  hours.

Please follow the links for
more.

Discuss the three organs of government.

The term government has many meanings. In its most popular
usage it refers to the system of managing the affairs of a large political unit such as
a nation, a state, a province, a county, a city, or a village. There are many different
forms of government followed in different countries. In modern times, the most popular
form of governments are democratic governments that are managed by representative
elected by the people.

To ensure that these representatives
work effectively, and to control misuse of power and authority by them, the democratic
governments are generally divided in three broad organs or branches of government. These
are legislative, executive and judiciary branch.

The
legislative branches makes the laws, that defines rights and obligations of the people
and of various arms of government, and defines rules of conduct of various actions and
functions affecting the well being of the collective good of the
society.

The Executive branch is responsible for managing
the affairs of the country in accordance with the laws passed by the judiciary branch,
This includes among other things collecting taxes, and operation of common services in
the society such as roads, water supply, policing, and
defence.

The judiciary branch is responsible for
interpreting the laws passed by legislative branch, and settling disputes between people
and between people and government regarding correct application of law. It also awards
appropriate punishment for violation of law.

A famous line is found in Act V, Scene 2, line 7 of Othello. The famous line is: "Put out the light, and then put out the light." What does line...

"Put out the light, and then put out the light" (V.2.7) of
Shakespeare's Othello is said as a soliloquy by Othello right before the
scene in which he finally takes action and murders Desdemona.

At the
beginning of this soliloquy, Othello is comparing Desdemona's life to the flame on a candle. He
realizes he can snuff out her life just as he does the flame of a candle. However, he realizes
that if he takes this step, he can never get Desdemona back unlike with a candle which he always
just relight.

Although Othello seemed resolute in the previous
scene, he is again wavering about his decision in these lines. Once she is awakened, all his
doubts about killing her seem to disappear immediately. It is as if he sees Desdemona at her most
pure and innocent when she is lying unconscious there and wants to preserve that purity by
prohibiting her from being conscious anymore.

When Lady Capulet says "I would the fool were married to her grave" what does this reveal about her relationship with Juliet?

Be careful with this quote, Lady Capulet does not know
that Juliet is actually married to Romeo. However, this comment certainly functions to
foreshadow the future as both fools who fall for Juliet end up married to "her grave".
Lady Capulet is essentially washing her hands of Juliet here which demonstrates a great
division in their relationship. Lady Capulet could actually care less about her
daughter. She is almost wishing her daughter dead with this reference to the grave. She
might be suggesting that there is no sense, no life left in this young woman. A girl
always hopes that when division comes between herself and her father, a mother might be
the one who tempers the relationship. That is not the case here, Lady Capulet takes the
dad's side.

If Oedipus had accepted the Crown of Corinth and ruled both cities simultaneously, what different direction might Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex have...

It actually would have been logistically
impossible for Oedipus to have become king of both Corinth
and Thebes. One reason is because had he returned straight home after
consulting the oracle, he never would have traveled to
Thebes in the first place. Had he not been heading in the direction of
Thebes, he would have never encountered on the same road
the man that turned out to be his father, nor would he have
killed that man. The  prophecy was only fulfilled because Oedipus tried to
run away from his fears.

According to the story Oedipus
relays, when he was a young man he traveled to the oracle at Delphi to learn the truth
about his parentage after hearing a drunken man at a banquet proclaim that Polybus was
not his real father. However, Oedipus was only told by the oracle that he would one day
kill his own father and sleep with his own mother. It was at this point that
Oedipus decided to run away from Corinth with the intention
of never seeing the prophecy fulfilled, as we see in Oedipus's
lines:

I heard
and fled, henceforth to share with Corinth only the stars, where I would never see
completed the disgrace of those evil oracles of mine.
(822-825)

However, Oedipus
happened to be at a place where the three roads leading from Corinth, Thebes, and Delphi
meet. Therefore, instead of returning to Corinth, Oedipus continues on to
Thebes instead. At that same moment King Laius was traveling from Thebes
towards Delphi to consult the oracle himself. He and his traveling companions ran
Oedipus off the road when they saw him, and in his state of anger over the oracle, plus
his fatal character flaw of excessive pride, Oedipus struck out at the man and all his
traveling companions, killing them all. Therefore, had Oedipus never decided to try and
run away from his fate and his fears by running away from whom he thought was his
father, he never would have headed towards Thebes and never would have
encountered his real father. Oedipus would have been crowned king of
Corinth and lived to never lay eyes on Thebes nor any Thebans, including his
mother.

In the end Stargirl mysteriously just moved away. What is the reason for that?

The author never says exactly why Stargirl and her family
moved. He leaves that to the reader's imagination. She and Leo had broken up, so it
makes sense that she did not tell him that they were leaving or where they were
going. From comments Archie makes, he knew that she was leaving and has a general idea
of where she has gone. She has asked Archie to deliver "The Early Life of Peter
Sinkowitz" to his parents. We also know that Stargirl has continued to be aware of where
Leo is and what he is doing through the fact he receives a porcupine tie about a month
before his birthday, fifteen years after the story takes
place.

By leaving things hanging, as Jerry Spinelli did, he
was able to write a sequel, Love Stargirl. The sequel begins with
letters Stargirl is writing to Leo, her "once (and future?)
boyfriend." 

Write the circle equation if it passes through the point (5,4) and the center of circle is (2,0).

We'll write the equation of the
circle:

(x - h)^2 + (y - k)^2 =
r^2

The center of the circle has the coordinates C(h ;
k).

We know, from enunciation, that h = 2 and k =
0.

We'll substitute them into the
equation:

(x - 2)^2 + (y - 0)^2 =
r^2

 We'll determine the radius considering the constraint
from enunciation that the circle is passing through the point
(5,4).

If the circle is passing through the point (5,4),
then the coordinates of the point are verifying the equation of the
circle:

(5 - 2)^2 + (4 - 0)^2 =
r^2

3^2 + 4^2 = r^2

9 + 16 =
r^2

25 = r^2

r =
5

Note: we remark that 3,4 are the pythagorean numbers, so
the radius could only be 5.

The equation of
the circle is:

(x - 2)^2 +
(y)^2 = 25

What are some memorable quotes and their significance from the story?

Throughout Daphne du Maurier's "The Birds," there are many
memorable quotes.  The inclusion of each of these quotes contributes to the overall tone of the
setting, as well as many other aspects of the piece.  Du Maurier does an excellent job of using
elements such as dialogue and detail to heighten a sense of suspense and impending danger in the
story.

At one point near the beginning of the story, Nat Hocken
begins to encounter the violent aviaries and explains to his wife that the birds were attempting
to enter their home.  His wife, who is extremely sleepy, doubts the truth of what he says and
attempts to dismiss the idea.  Nat does not appreciate her
reaction.

"I'm not
making it up," he said, angry at her suggestion.  "I tell you the birds were on the sill, trying
to get into the room."

This quote is
significant in many ways.  First, Nat's understanding of the birds' intentions is important,
since it prompts him to observe their strange actions and try to counteract accordingly.  In
addition, the attitude exhibited by Nat's wife is reflective of the manner in which Nat's
neighbors and others will react when Nat prompts them to protect themselves from the bloodthirsty
creatures.

Can you give me more details about some of the characters in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence?

The characters in this story are all very interesting,
especially that of little Paul and his money-loving mother.  His mother is described in detail in
the first paragraphs of the story as a rather vain, materialistic woman who feels slighted that
she does not have more money in life.  Also, an interesting fact is that she does not love her
children; in fact, it says that "she could not love them" and that when they were around she felt
"the centre of her heart go hard."  She tries to work here and there, and whenever she does get
more money, she uses it foolishly instead of wisely.  Despite her lack of love for her children,
she pretends to love them, and at the end of the story, shows a lot of concern for Paul before he
dies.

Paul is the main character; he is young, intense, and focused
on gaining his mother's love through the use of "luck," or money.  He is single-minded in this
task for over a year.  He is sincere, intensely dedicated, trusting as he enters into
partnerships with his uncle and gardener, and a rather haunted, disturbed little
boy.

His sisters, father and governess are not dynamic characters;
rather, they are just in the background and make a brief appearance every once in a while.  They
don't impact the storyline as much as Paul and his mother. The only other two characters that
make a difference are the gardener, Bassett, and Paul's uncle, Oscar.  Bassett is a kind,
trustworthy person who did the best that he could with Paul's proclivity for guessing winning
horses. He never cheated Paul on the races, and was very kind and fair.  Oscar is a bit of an
opportunist, jumping in on the Paul bandwagon when it becomes apparent that Paul is always right,
but he still treats Paul fairly, helping him to manage his money.

I
hope that those descriptions help to get you started; good luck!

In Othello, how does lago make himself look favorable in others' eyes?

Iago addresses just this question in Act I, scene i.  He
explains to Roderigo (and the audience) the grievence that he has with Othello's preferment of
Cassio over him.  When Roderigo says, "I would not follow [Othello] then," Iago makes it clear
that he follow no one.  He answers, "I follow him but to serve my turn upon him," and "In
following him, I follow but myself."

This confession sets up the
false behaviour Iago will exhibit throughout the rest of the play.  He, on numerous occasions,
finds just the way to behave that will prey upon his victim's weakness and make Iago, at the same
time, appear to be his or her best friend.  Here are some of the ways he makes himself favorable
to others:

• He convinces Roderigo that he has a chance to
  get Desdemona's love, and that he, Iago, is his ally.


• He convinces
  Cassio both to drink too much, and, once that leads to his dismissal, he convinces him to ask
  Desdemona for help.  All this in the guise of being Cassio's
  buddy.


• He convinces Othello, mostly by swearing that it is NOT
  true, that Othello's wife and Cassio are having an
  affair.

In Act I, scene i, not only does he explain the
situation that has led to his desire to "serve his turn" upon Othello, but he states right up
front that he will hide his true feelings and opinions.  He
says:

Heaven is my
judge, not I, for love and duty,

But seeming so, for my peculiar
end.

. . .I am not what I
am.

Iago is able to make himself look
favorable in others' eyes by "seeming" to be full of "love and duty,"  while beneath, he hides
his true intentions.

For more on Iago's "seeming," please follow the
links below.

What is Comedic and what is comic about A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare?

The Comedic of A
Midsummer Night's Dream would refer to the elements of the play fit the
structure of a classic Comedy.  These criteria were used by the ancient Greeks and
Romans and adapted a bit by Shakespeare, but were definitely considered "rules" to
follow in writing a play called a Comedy.  The structure of a Comedy in the classical
sense doesn't have that much to do with whether the play is funny or
not.

The comic aspects of the
play would be any events or bits of text that are meant to be funny.   For a play, some
of the comic elements can be found by simply referring to the text, but much that is
comic will be added by the actors playing the parts and can only be observed in watching
the play performed live.

Some examples of the Comedic
structure of A Midsummer Night's Dream
are:

• It ends in at least one marriage.  This
  play, in fact, ends in three marriages.


• It contains pairs
  of lovers who are either in love when the play begins (Lysnader and Hermia, Theseus and
  Hippolyta), must "win" each other's love (Demetrius and Helena) or are engaged in a
  "battle of the sexes" (Titania and Oberon).


• It contains
  complications to the lover's being together.


• It contains
  some issues of appearance versus reality, and some practices of deception that
  complicate the play's plot.


• It involves the struggles of
  youth against their elders as well as the society of the world of Athens versus the
  society found in the woods.

Some examples of
comic events in the play are:

• All of the
  Mechanicals, including the play within a play that they perform in Act V.  By the way,
  this comic play is meant to be a spoof of another classic play structure -- a
  Tragedy.


• The tricks played on both Bottom and the Lovers
  by Puck, and the mix-ups that ensue (especially the comic fight between the Lovers in
  Act III).


• Bottom himself.  This character is the main
  "clown" of the play, and is meant to spoof all the overly-dramatic,stage-hogging actors
  that Shakespeare knew.  Most everything that Bottom says and does is meant to be
  comic.

For more on these terms and A
Midsummer Night's Dream, please follow the links
below.

Analyse the last sentence, from the first paragraph of chapter five in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and describe how the language used builds the...

The last sentence the first paragraph (chapter five of Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein) is as follows:

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I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it
breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its
limbs.

This description of the
creature's first breath, first movement, is meant to horrify the reader. Shelley, as denoted in
the 1831 preface to the novel, stated that she desired to frighten her reader in the same way she
was frightened when her nightmares created the "student of unhallowed arts" and his creation.

The sentence is filled with descriptive language: dull, yellow,
hard, convulsion, agitated. Given that Shelley does not provide a complete description of the
creature (limiting it to the height (around eight feet) and superficial elements of the yellow
eyes, stretched skin, white eye sockets, and black lips), readers are left to create their own
picture of the creature. Shelley's lack of a concrete description allows readers to create the
most horrific image of the creature (limited only by their own imagination and creativity).

The atmosphere is, therefore, heightened given the limited nature
of the description provided. Readers are already aware of Victor's
fear.

It was already
one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt
out.

Therefore, not only is the scene
set to be dark and dreary, the image of the yellow eye peering out from the shadowed room adds to
the already frightening scene.

How will society react to Darcy's marriage to Elizabeth in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

Since Darcy is the heir of his father's Pemberley estate
and to his father's fortune and farming income, then he can marry just about anyone he
pleases without incurring too much scorn from society because no one would dare to
ostracize someone of such high social and monetary standing as Darcy. However, in
marrying Elizabeth, there is little that society could offer against his choice except
for the obvious criticisms against her negligent father and spoiled, ill-behaved
family.

While it is true that Elizabeth has no significant
income of her own to contribute to a marriage, she is the daughter of a gentleman. As a
consequence she is fair marriage material for any member of high society (lower than
royalty) who has the wealth to accept a virtually penniless wife. Plus Elizabeth's
personal charms and elegance and good mind make her suitable to a higher society than
she has yet associated with. Therefore, when Elizabeth's relations are not around
(excepting Jane and the Gardiners) society will have little or no reason to dispute
Darcy's choice in marrying Elizabeth.

Can someone help me with Indentify a product that could be promoted or advertise using a social networking sitewhy you think that product...

I social networking site provides same kind of benefits of
advertising to almost every product. The difference in utility of advertising for any
specific product is likely to be more closely related to the effectiveness of the
advertising for the product category itself rather than the match between product
category and the media (like social networking site). For example, advertising is more
effective for consumer products than for industrial products. This relative
attractiveness of advertising for consumer and industrial products will remain same for
any media such as TV or the Internet.

However effectiveness
of advertising of a product on a networking site is definitely likely to be more
effective if the product can be purchased on-line, for which a link is provided in the
advertisement it self. Here the criteria is not the type of product but place from where
it can be purchased. We can think of advertisement of  product on social networking site
with a link for on-line purchase, as on-line version of POP (point-of-purchase)
display.

Thus only guideline I will suggest for a product
to be advertised on the social networking site is that it should be a product sold
on-line, and the advertisement should contain a link to the website selling the product.
Of course, the person or the company advertising the product will restrict the choice to
a product marketed by the person or the company.

What are differences in the presentation of Kurtz in Heart of Darkness by J. Conrad and in the movie Apocalypse Now by F. Coppola?

I think that there are some significant differences in the
manner in which Kurtz is shown in Coppola's film and Conrad's book.  One difference is
that Kurtz dies on the journey back in the book, while in the film, Kurtz does not leave
his compound upon Willard's arrival.  At the same time, Kurtz seems to die of modern
causes in the book, while he is clearly killed in Coppola's film at the hands of
Willard. Another change would be the level of brutality that Kurtz displays in the
film.  While the book shows him to be violent, the film shows this to another level.
Both depictions are savage, but I think that the film shows it to a far greater level. 
Finally, I think that Kurtz is shown as sick and ill in the book, while in the film this
dimension is not as explored.

How does the Yankee feel about the knights' armor?

Hank Morgan, a modern man from Connecticut, finds the sport of
jousting and the other ways of doing battle absolutely inane.  He describes how the knights don
all their armor and are cruelly encased in the heavy iron and drenched in sweat as they "hack and
batter and bang" each other for five or six hours if they do not break their necks in the
process.  After it is over, Hank complains that it is impossible to determine who has won as the
knights appear like "ghosts in a fog."

In another satiric
observation, in Chapter 15, Morgan observes that when Sir Marhaus becomes "bigger and bigger," he
strains his armour, "and yet little would one of these people mind a small thing like that." 
Obviously, Hank Morgan perceives the wearing of armor as absurd and feels it is cumbersome
and extremely uncomfortable, as well as "cruelly burdensome."

In part one of To Kill A Mockingbird, how has Dill negatively influenced Scout?other than dill's tendancy to lie.

Dill has been a negative influence for a variety of
reasons:

1. Dill is more interested in the rumors of Boo Radley than
either Jem or Scout. We know this because he would go to the lightpole at the end of the street
and look longingly at the Radleys. It was Dill who prompted the dare that made Jem hit the house,
and it was Dill who proposed the note from the fishing pole. Dill had the idea of helping Boo
Radley out with a trail of lemon drops. Other ways that the children chided Boo Radley during the
summers were usually Dill's doing. Think about it, do you know of a scene during the school year
when Jem and Scout hunted Boo on their own? No, because it never
happened.

2. Dill comes between Jem and Scout. With Dill's
influence, the two boys outnumber the girl. This makes Jem treat Scout like the girl she doesn't
want to be but actually is. This starts his calling of Scout names like "Angel May" and his
acting like she is too scared to do the things that boys do together.

In Macbeth, how did the prophecies destroy Macbeth?

This is an excellent question as this play presents us
with a man that is essentially tortured by visions of the future that deliberately
mislead him and give him false security. The witches' predictions come to plague Macbeth
as a character. You might find it worthwhile to analyse one prophecy in particular from
Act IV scene 1, when Macbeth goes out to find the witches and demands the "truth",
whatever the destruction that may befall the
world.

However, it is important to note how the truth that
is revealed here, as in other places in the play, plays with his insecurities and leads
him on into ever greater acts of darkness and evil. When the third apparition comes,
described as "Third Apparition, a child crowned, with a tree in his hand" in the stage
directions, Macbeth responds:

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What is this,

That
rises like the issue of a king;

And wears upon his baby
brown the round

And top of
sovereignty?

It is important
to note that the crown not only completes and rounds, as with the perfection of a
circle, the claim to sovereignty, but it is figuratively the summit of his ambitious
hopes. Macbeth can thus interpret this sign in terms of his own success in keeping the
crown and producing an heir, though the significance of the tree is explained by the
third apparition itself:

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Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no
care

Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers
are:

Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be,
until

Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane
hill

Shall come against
him.

Therefore the tree
represents the danger in the future prophecy of Dunsinane wood moving against Macbeth
and attacking him - the prophecy that becomes terrifyingly true in Act V. Note how this
prophecy gives Macbeth false hope and confidence - it is as if the witches are
deliberately playing with Macbeth's mind, giving him faith and hope, yet knowing that he
will be deposed and the future that Macbeth is clinging on to will come to naught. Thus
the confidence and faith Macbeth has in the prophecies is a major part of his
downfall.

Differentiate g(x) = x^3 * cos^2 x

To calculate the first derivative of the given function, we'll
use the product rule and the chain rule:

g'(x) = x^3 * (cos
x)^2

We'll have 2 functions f and
h:

(f*h)' = f'*h + f*h'

We'll put f =
x^3 => f' = 3x^2

We'll put h = (cos x)^2 => h' = 2(cos
x)*(cos x)'

h' = -2(sin x)*(cos x)

h' =
- sin 2x

We'll substitute f,h,f',h' in the expression of
(f*h)':

(f*h)' = 3x^2*(cos x)^2 - x^3*(sin
2x)

We'll factorize by
x^2:

g'(x) = x^2[3*(cos x)^2 - x*(sin
2x)]

Why is Boo Radley so interested and protective of Jem and Scout? At the end Scout says that he watched "his" children as they grew up. He seems to...

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo
Radley looks as Jem and Scout as his children because he has not only watched them grow up, but
he has nurtured them as well. Remember the torn pants he fixed and left on the fence? Remember
the blanket he's placed around them the night of the fire? Boo's family effectively took away any
chance he had for a naturally made family, so he adopted the children as surrogates for the
gentleness his family denied. His greatest feat as a parent was saving Jem's life when Bob Ewell
tried to kill him the night of the pageant.

How is the power to govern shared under the principle of federalism?

Federalism is the system in which (in the case of the US)
the Constitution divides powers between the state governments and the federal
governments.  By doing this, the Constitution gives each of these levels of government
their own power and prevents either level from completely dominating the
other.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the states
essentially had all the power to govern.  The national government had no power that the
states did not give it.  In such a system, the power to govern is not
shared.

Under the Constitution, both the federal government
and the state governments have defined powers.  In that way, the power to govern is
shared.

A market has a supply curve that is given by: Qs =100-10p. Two types of consumers: Qdc = 90-4p, Qda= 70-16p. What is the equilibrium price?

In the question you have provided a supply curve and two demand
curves for different categories of customers.

A supply curve in
almost all cases is one that is upward sloping. This follows from the fact that as the price of a
product goes up, the producers are willing to produce a larger quantity of the product as the
profit made by them per unit goes up.

The equation you have given
for the supply curve: Qs = 100 - 10p, is a downward sloping curve. As it can be seen, with an
increase in price the quantity supplied decreases. This is not a characteristic of a supply
curve, but rather is something displayed by the demand curve. With Qs = 100 - 10p, we see that
the supply at a price of p = 0 is 100. This implies producers are willing to supply 100 units for
free which is completely improbable.

Unless the correct supply
equation is given, the equilibrium price cannot be calculated.

What do the steps represent in "A Time Past"?

In my opinion, the steps represent time.  They represent
the idea that there are times in the past that are now all gone and can never be found
again.  Even though they are gone, however, we can still recall what was important in
those times.

The steps have changed from wood to granite
over time.  In just this way, time passes and the things that happen to us change.  But
this is not really all that important.  Time and the situations it brings change around
us, but the important things (our memories of love and things like that) remain with us
always.

Characterization: The Outsiders ?So i need to do this characterization assignment that is due by the end of last period tomorrow, and i have no...

Probably the most sympathetic character in the novel is Johnny
Cade. He seemed to have been thursted into the gang lifestyle while still holding on to his
sensitive side. Unlike the other Greasers, Johnny is quiet and generally keeps to
himself.

Two significant characteristics of Johnny
are:

(1) His sense of morality. Johnny has a strong understanding of
right from wrong despite being from the 'wrong side of the tracks'. He advocates for peace when
the Greasers want to retaliate, and he almost intuatively saves Ponyboy when he is faced with
danger.

(2) His bravery. Johnny sacrifices himself to save the
children from the fire, even when knowing the risks. His bravery seems to stem from constantly
being 'kicked around' due to his size, and his treatment from the mainstream society. It is his
bravery and selflessness that makes Johnny's death the tragedy of the
novel.

Compare the relationship between Oliver and Orlando with that of Duke Senior and Duke Frederick in As You Like It.

The relationship between Oliver & Orlando is
highly co-incidental to that of the Dukes.

Oliver and
Orlando are the sons of Sir Rowland De Boys. Both have a blood relationship but desire
nothing but the blood of each other. The are bitter enemies, be it in monetary or social
terms. Similarly, the Dukes also have a strong hatred towards each other. Even here,
monetary terms(estate and kingdom) comes into play.

A very
interesting thing is felt at the end. Both the villains - Oliver and Duke
Fredrick, renunciate public and courtly life and prefer to live in the forest, ceding
all their property to their brothers.

The nobility between
Orlando and Duke Senior is also similar although the Duke has a feeling of pride in
him.

These are the basic points ..... Hope it helps
!!!

In Fahrenheit 451, what did the government or people do to Montag after he realize the society he lived in?What. Did the government or people do to...

The government burned his house. His wife left him and the
government provided her with a safe haven in the city. In fact, she turned him in --- ironic
since she was the person so concerned about losing their home. He was tracked on television and
everyone was put on alert to look for him.

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"...watch for a man running...watch for a running
man....watch for a man alone, on foot... watch..." (pg
124)

Because the man hunt was being
shown on television, they had to have the Mechanical Hound catch him. We know by this point that
he has burnt the Mechanical Hound to a crisp. They have to bring another one into the city from
another fire department. While he is heading to Faber's house, a beetle (car) tries to run him
over. Helicopters are also in the air searching for him. It is known
that

"the Mechanical
Hound never fails....Tonight, this network is proud to have the opportunity to follow the Hound
by camera helicopter as it finds its way to the target." (pg
133)

When he leaves Faber's house, he
heads toward the river. The government tells everyone to open their front and back doors and look
outside.

"The fugitive
cannot escape if everyone in the next minute looks from his house." (pg
138)

Montag jumps in the river,
changes into Faber's clothes and douses himself with liquor. Then he floats down the river. The
Hound turns around at the river and after a few moments of shining their lights on the river,the
helicopters fly away. But the government cannot let the people think that Montag got away. So
when he meets Granger, Granger explains,

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"The show's got to have a snap ending, Quick! If they
started searching the whole damn river it might take all night. So they're sniffing for a
scapegoat to end things with a bang. Watch. They'll catch Montag in the next five minutes." (pg
148)

They capture some poor fellow who
is out for a walk and kill him. The men sitting around the fire are not surprised. They
say,

"Montag is dead; a
crime against society has been avenged." ( pg
149)

What ideological perspective(s) is/are presented in the following source?"There would be fewer blunders involving society as a whole if big...

The ideological perspective that most closely conforms to these
ideas is elitism. One definition of elitism is that it is a political ideology that holds that
some people are better equipped to rule than others and that these people should have the most
power. This is the idea expressed in the passage you cite.

This idea
has also been espoused by a variety of other ideologies. For example, the republicans/Federalists
from the time that the Constitution was being written would have agreed with this statement.
Alexander Hamilton was one of them and he believed that the mass of people were not really smart
enough or wise enough to be given much of a say in government. Taken to extremes, this idea is
espoused by totalitarian ideologies like fascism and communism.

So,
this idea could come from a variety of ideologies that do not believe in full democracy. However,
the best fit is elitism.

Who is the protagnist and the antagonist in The Glass Menagerie?

I think that this is a very difficult question to answer. 
I am not certain that there is one specific protagonist or antagonist in the drama. 
Part of what makes Williams' dramas so compelling is that there are no really simple
answers to anything because of human consciousness being so complex and incapable of
reduction to a singular element.  This play is no different.  Certainly, I think that an
argument could be constructed that Tom is a protagonist, as we begin to understand the
elements that set up the play through his narration.  We also tend to understand the
dynamics of the family through his perception.  Yet, if we accept this, then we also
have to accept the fact that Tom is not the type of protagonist that we can fully
embrace or admire because of his own emotional frigidity and frail nature.  While he has
physically left, his emotional compass is still discombobulated.  If Tom is the
protagonist, then we would probably say that Laura is the antagonist.  Yet, we also have
to concede that our antagonist is probably more loyal from a moral standpoint because
she stays while Tom leaves.  The dynamic between both of them might cause this
configuration to be considered in terms of protagonist and antagonist.  I would also
toss out there that Laura could be considered to be the protagonist.  It is her life
that is the center of so much discussion between brother and mother, her collection from
which the play derives its title, and she represents the fundamental glue of the
family.  When mother and brother fight, she strives to make the peace.  The play ends
with her blowing out the candles of her own birthday cake, causing the audience to see
her life as the center point as the lights dim.  I think that Laura has a claim to being
a protagonist, as well.

New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled by the English, yet by 1700 the region became two distinct societies. Why did this occur?

The motivations, religion and economies of the two regions
were different from the very beginning.  The Chesapeake colonies were Royal colonies and
Single Proprietorship Maryland, all cash crop economies based largely on tobacco farming
and slave labor.  The main motivation for Virginia and the Carolinas being settled was
simple economic profit. 

In New England, you had religious
diversity and a subsistence economy with few actual social ties to Mother England.  As
their economy would not sustain cash crops (poor soils, the wrong climate and lack of a
real river system), they developed into merchants, yeoman farmers and fisherman that did
not have such sustained trade with Great Britain.  Their religious discrimination in
England had prompted them to come to the colonies and establish havens for Puritans and
Quakers, as well as others, and many wished to have little to do with the King or his
Anglican Chesapeake colonies.

Finally, there was a
considerable physical distance between the two regions and no real road system by 1700,
so they were socially isolated from each other except for the port
cities.

Did poetry and fiction written in the decades between WWI & WWII address the same concerns and reflect the sames issues?

I think that you can find the presence of modernism in
much of the literature between the World Wars.  The reality was that there was a
fundamental disbelief in the promises of totality and authenticity which were assured
following World War I.  In his poem, "The Second Coming," Yeats writes that"the falcon
cannot hear the falconer."  In this light, one sees much in the way of loss and
abandonment that is experienced by the Modernists following the First World War.  The
intensity of challenge in seeking to find meaning in a setting where this was absent
becomes a dominant theme in Modernist literature of the time.  These concerns bring
themselves out in Expatriate literature and they dominated much of the literature that
comes out of the Great Depression.  The desire for structure and the futility that
results from such a quest is a concern in the literature between the great
wars.

How much time will be required by 1 single large pipe to fill the pool in the following case? Four small pipes can fill a swimming pool in 16...

There are 4 pipes to fill a swimming pool in 16
min.

==> 1 small pipe will fill the pool in 16*4 =
64 min.

==> after 4
minutes

1  pool  = 64 min

v   
= 1 min.

==>  v = 1/64  ( the portion of the pool
filled with 1 small pipe in one minute)

==> v= 4/64
= 1/16 ( the potion will be filled with 4 small pipes in 1
min)

==> 1/4 the pool will be filled in 4 minutes
with 4 small pipes.

==> 3/4 the pool will be filled
with 4 larger pipes in 4 minutes.

==> (3/4)/4 = 3/16
will be filled with 4 larger pipes in 1 minutes.

==>
(3/16)/4 will be filled with 1 large pipe in 1
minute.

==> 3/64 of the pool will be filled with 1
large pipe in 1 minute.

==> To fill the pool we will
need 64/3*3/64 = 1 v

==> we will need 64/3
minutes.

==> 21.3 minutes required to
fill the pool with one large pipe.

Who is the protagonist of "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway?

It is possible to have a protagonist in a story who never
appears in person but whose motivation and influence is are felt throughout. A good example of
this, with which Hemingway must have been familiar, is to be found in Henry James's greatest
novel, The Ambassadors (1903). Mrs. Newsome, the rich and domineering mother
of Chad Newsome, is the protagonist although she remains in America while everything take place
in Europe. It is she who sends the middle-aged hero Lambert Strether to Paris to find her son
Chad and persuade him to come home to take his place managing the family manufacturing business.
It is Mrs. Newsome's strong motivation that drives the story. When Strether does not seem to be
making much progress with Chad, who is having an affair with a married woman, Mrs. Newsome sends
two more "ambassadors" to France, her stiff, prudish daughter and her daughter's husband. Since
there should be an antagonist as well as a protagonist, it is clear that the antagonist is the
cultured, sophisticated Mme. de Vionnet, Chad's mistress. The two women on two different
continents are fighting over possession of the handsome playboy Chad
Newsomee. 

In the case of Hemingway's "The Killers," the protagonist
is an unnamed "friend" who is paying the two hit men to kill Ole Andreson. The friend has been
hunting Ole for quite a while, judging from what Ole tells Nick when Nick comes to the rooming
house to warn him. So the antagonist in this story can be none other than Ole Andreson himself.
The hit men would not be there if the friend was not paying them, and Ole would not be on the lam
if he hadn't done something pretty serious to antagonize that friend. George, Nick, Sam, Max, Al.
and Mrs. Bell are all just little people who happen to get involved in a battle between the
protagonist and antagonist. 

In Chapter 17, Describe the impression that Tate gives the reader through his recount of the event and Atticus's cross examination.What conclusion...

Mr. Tate's testimony is very important to the reader
because it establishes a point that Atticus works on making for three chapters. But you
see, the point was never something that Atticus bargained for from the beginning, Tate
helped Atticus figure something out which helps demonstrate that Atticus is not the only
moral person in the courtroom. Tate was helping. Mayella was beaten with
someone who lead with their left. Depending on Tom Robinson's strong
side, this creates doubt and suspicion if he is not a
lefty:

Mr.
Tate said, “Oh yes, that’d make it her right. It was her right eye, Mr. Finch. I
remember now, she was bunged up on that side of her
face…”

Mr. Tate blinked again, as if something
had suddenly been made plain to him. Then he turned his head and looked
around at Tom Robinson. As if by instinct, Tom Robinson raised his head.
Something had been made plain to Atticus also, and it brought him to his
feet.

We can also conclude
that adding this evidence to the testimony of Bob Ewell will put him in
position to be suspected as the one who beat
Mayella.

Consider the Victorian socio-political & historical context.

The Duke in "My Last Duchess" wants the ultimate trophy
wife, as we would think of it today.  He wants a beautiful wife who will give her
attention to only him.  She is to stand around like a work of art and reflect back on
the Duke, demonstrating his good taste. 

The Duke's view of
women and wives is an extreme application of Victorian views of women.  Society was
extremely sexist in Browning's time, seeing women as practically being owned by their
husbands.  Women were not allowed to vote, and had little opportunity for social or
economic advancement, other than marrying a husband of a higher status than themselves. 
Victorians, however, did not make a habit of killing wives who did not please their
husbands.

Specifically, though, concerning the character of
the Duchess, she is probably an ideal Victorian woman.  She is beautiful, loyal, polite,
and attentive to her husband.  She is a kind, gracious hostess and admiring of nature. 
She is an ideal Victorian woman.

She just doesn't live up
to the Duke's obsessive requirements.  She doesn't limit her smiles to only him; she
doesn't fawn over him because of his ancient name.  She doesn't patronize him and feed
his arrogance well enough.

She is an ideal woman, but she
is not good enough for him.  He is extreme, even for a
Victorian. 

In Macbeth, who is to blame for the death of Duncan?

This question, actually is one that is very much debated
in regards to this play.  In order to answer it satisfactorily, you must define "to
blame."  Do you mean who actually wielded the knife?  No question, then, it's Macbeth
himself.  Though we don't see the murder onstage, he and Lady Macbeth have a scene --
Act II, scene ii -- in which Macbeth has just come from the
murder.

However, "blame" is often distributed, in a murder,
to those who function as accessories to the crime.  In this case, is Lady Macbeth also
"to blame?"  How about The Witches?  Let's look at both of these possibilities
individually.

First, Lady Macbeth, in the scenes before the
murder, seems to drive the action forward.  In Act I, scene v, she all but declares the
murder a done deal.  She says that "never/[s]hall sun that morrow see," referring to
Duncan's staying the night at their home, but not living to see the next day.  She ends
this discussion with a reluctant Macbeth by saying, "Leave all the rest to me," implying
that she will see that the murder is committed.  And the actual plan, divulged in Act I,
scene vii, is given to Macbeth by Lady Macbeth.  She
says:

. .
.When Duncan is asleep

. . .his two
chamberlains

Will I with wine and wassail so
convince

That memory. .
.

Shall be a fume. . .when in swinish
sleep

Their drenched natures lie as in a
death,

What cannot you and I perform
upon

The unguarded
Duncan?

This plan implicates
Lady Macbeth as being the mastermind behind Duncan's death, and, as such, partly to
blame for the murder.

The Witches are also considered by
some to share in the blame, since their prediction of Macbeth's becoming King is what
leads him first to consider the idea.  Have they poisoned his brain in some way, created
some evil spell that has caused him to act against his better nature in killing Duncan? 
Well, this can only be a supposition, there is not evidence in the text to prove it. 
But it is certainly worth considering that the Witches, through their supernatural
intervention, also share some of the blame for Duncan's
death.

So, Macbeth is the actual murderer in the play, but
Lady Macbeth and the Witches could both be considered to share in the blame for the
death of Duncan.

The links below will give more detail for
considering this question further.

What impact did European affairs have on the United States in the first two decades of the nineteenth century?

European affairs had a huge impact on the United States
during this time.  Most significantly, European affairs almost got the United States
into a war with France and then actually did help to cause a war between the US and
Great Britain (this was the War of 1812).

During this time
period, the most important European event was the rise of Napoleon and the wars that his
rise set off.  The central players in these wars were Britain and France.  The US got
caught up in these wars because both sides wanted to prevent the US from trading with
the other side.  This led both sides to violate the US's right to free navigation.  The
taking of US ships on the high seas led to the near-war with France and the War of
1812.

What are the symbols in this story?

The Lottery contains several symbols
that contribute to the work's entire meaning.

A first
symbol to consider is the stones. In the beginning of the story, the very stones that
the children play with for fun will later be used for the greatest possible destruction.
These stones symbolize the power of life from beginning to end. In the beginning, life
is simple, playful. As time goes on it becomes more complex and ultimately destructive.
AS we age, our abilities to hurt each other increase. Our willingness to destroy each
other increases.

A second and more important symbol is the
black box itself. This color obviously symbolizes evil, but the features of the box
represent the tradition that has remain unchanged. This box has seen incredible amounts
of time. It is only used once a year, yet it is
damaged.

The slips of paper represent each person, but
beyond that these slips represent chance.

Names of many
characters represents factors about them that hold irony. For example, "Graves" would
symbolize death, "Summers" symbolizes the hope of the time of
year.

The summer solstice is when the great event of the
lottery occurs. For many, this is the longest day of the year just in terms of time.
Literally and figuratively, for whoever "wins" the lottery, this day can become an
eternity... in heaven or hell.

How do I solve this simultaneous equation:x+y=8 x- y=1

We'll can also solve the system of simultaneous equations
using the substitution method (instead of elimination
method).

For this reason, we'll extract x from the second
equation:

x- y=1

We'll add y
both sides and we'll get:

x = y + 1
(1)

We'll substitute x into the first
equation:

x + y = 8

y + 1 + y
= 8

We'll combine like
terms:

2y + 1 = 8

2y = 8 -
1

2y = 7

y = 7/2
(2)

 We'll substitute y in
(1):

x = y + 1

x = 7/2 +
1

x = (7+2)/2

x =
9/2

The solution of the system is the pair of
coordinates (x,y):

(9/2 ,
7/2)

With evidence from the text, explain how you would feel if you were Ponyboy and two of your friends, Johnny and Dally, had just died.

In The Outsiders, Ponyboy's first
reaction to the deaths of his friends is denial. When Ponyboy is sick, he tries to take
the blame for Bob's murder and also insists that Johnny is not dead. As time passes, he
grows tougher in order to protect himself in his rough environment. At one point, when
three older boys threaten to beat him up, Ponyboy breaks a bottle and threatens them
with it so fiercely that they run away.

By the end of the
book, Ponyboy accepts that his friends are dead. He decides to focus on the good that is
still left in the world, and he realizes that boys like Dally need somebody to speak for
them. Ponyboy decides to write the greasers' side of the story in order to share the
experiences he had with his friends who died.

That is how
Ponyboy reacts. Your question, however, asks how I would react. I would not spend so
much time in denial; I'm the kind of person who cannot help but face up to negatives.
However, I am pretty sure I would become more afraid rather than tougher. The one thing
I think I would do like Ponyboy is try to write a story about my
friends.

How would you react? Are you the sort of person
who tries to pretend that bad things have not happened, as Ponyboy tries to do? Would
you react to tragedy by fighting back harder, or by avoiding fighting? How would you
honor your friends after you accepted their deaths and began trying to move on with
life? Would you write their story or do something else entirely?

Why does elecronegativity increase across the periodic table?

Electronegativity is a measure of how strongly the nucleus
of an atom attracts electrons to itself.

As you noted,
electronegativity increases as you go across a period on the periodic table. The reason
is as you go from one element to the next you are increasing the number of protons in
the nucleus.  Because the nucleus is small and dense, its positive charge is
concentrated in a small volume. This increasing concentration of charge attracts the
surrounding electrons more and more strongly and thus the electronegativity
increases.

You may have also noticed that electronegativity
decreases down a period. That is because as you go down, the distance from the nucleus
to the surrounding electrons decreases.  Coulomb's law says that the force of attraction
between charges in inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. So
as the atomic radius increases the attraction between the nucleus and the electrons
decreases quickly.

Coulomb's Law:  F =
kQ1Q2/d^2.

F = force in
Newtons

Q1, Q2 = charge in
coulombs

k = Coulomb's
constant

d = distance between charges in
meters.

When Atticus leaves the courtroom in To Kill a Mockingbird, why did those people sitting in the balcony stand?

Those people sitting in the balcony during the trial scene
of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird--aside from Scout, Jem, and
their friend Dill--are black people, of course. In that bygone era of Jim
Crow legislation and widespread segregation across the South, it's not surprising to see
the blacks having to take the supposedly least desirable seats. (“Supposedly,” I’ve
written, because sometimes the balcony seats are actually the best. These seats give the
best view of the courtroom drama in the novel, for example, and center balcony seats are
often the best seats for musical performances in
general.)

The black people in Harper Lee's novel stand to
honor Atticus Finch, whom they view as their advocate because he served as the legal
defense for Tom Robinson.

What happens when you mix lauric acid and stearic acid ,both in solid form?i am looking forward for a mixture as a Phase Change Material.I want to...

Lauric acid is a long chain fatty acid of formula C12H24O2
with melting point of 44 C.  Stearic acid is another long chain fatty acid of formula
C18H36O2 and melting point of 69.6C.  To mix them you would have to weigh out the amount
of each desired in the mixture and heat gently to melt and stir to mix.  When they cool
again you will have a homogeneous mixture of the two with a melting point somewhere in
between depending on the ratio of the two in your mixture.  There will be no chemical
reaction between the two when mixed.

Why was the Giver now ready to make a plan for change?

Basically, having Jonas around has convinced the Giver
that change is possible.  Jonas has made him think change is possible and has given him
an idea as to how to bring it about.

About 3 or 4 pages
into Chapter 20, the Giver tells Jonas that he has come to believe that change is
possible.  He has thought for years that things should change, but it is only since he's
worked with Jonas that he has thought it is possible and indeed
necessary.

He has gotten this idea by listening to Jonas's
ideas about feelings and things like that.  They have made him realize the community is
really missing something.  Then, when Jonas talks about what might happen if he (Jonas)
died, the Giver started to think about the possibilities of how losing Jonas would
change the community.

If the boat heads eastward, directly across the river what are the direction and magnitude of its total velocity?A boat travels 4.0 m/s in still...

The total velocity is the vector sum of the velocity of
the boat and velocity of the river.

The vector of velocity
of the boat is perpendicular to the velocity vector of the
river.

We can draw the diagram of velocity vectors where
the hypothenuse of the right angle triangle is the resulting
velocity.

The hypothenuse is calculated using Pythagorean
theorem:

v^2 = (boat's velocity)^2 + (river's
velocity)^2

v^2 = (4 m/s)^2 + (5.5
m/s)^2

v^2 = 117625
(miles/hour)^2

v total= 6.8
m/s

The magnitude of the total velocity of
the boat is the angle that the direction of the boat makes with the east
direction.

tan a = river's velocity/boat's
velocity

tan a = 5.5/4

tan a =
1.375

a = 54
degrees

The total velocity of
the boat is v = 6.8 m/s at 54 degrees south of
east.

How to do this moles questionAn oxide of Y has a formula YO. When 2.16g of this oxide is heated strongly. it decomposes completely to give 120 cm^3...

When the YO decomposes, it will produce one mole of Y for
every mole of YO and 1/2 mole of O2 for every mole of
YO.

Since there are 22,400 cc of a gas in one mole, then in
this case there are 120/22,400 moles of oxygen produced.  This is equal to .0053 moles
of oxygen. That means you started with .0107 moles of
YO.

Now .0053 moles of oxygen = .0848 g which leaves 2.16 -
.0848 or 2.0752 g of Y.  Since this is equal to .01068 moles of Y, if you divide the
mass by the number of moles you get the molar mass of the element.  2.0752/.01068 =
194.3 g.  Looking at the periodic table, the element closest in mass to this is platinum
at 195.2 g/mole.

Therefore, the name of the oxide would be
platinum oxide.

What would be a thesis statement for The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail involving either individuality, freedom, or conformity?

We editors do not write thesis statement for students;
however advise may be given:

Henry David Thoreau, one of
the greatest individualists of America, wrote,

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How does it become a man to behave towards the
American government today?  I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with
it.

He also said these
words--words quoted by Martin Luther King, Jr.,in the letter from the Birmingham City
Jail on April 16, 1963:

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I submit that an individual who breaks a law that
conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to
arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the
very highest respect for
law.

From what Thoreau has
written in these lines and in his "Resistance to Civil Government," his
non-conformity and resistance to authority are salient
forces in his thoughts and writings.  His refusal to pay a tax that supported the
Mexican War was a very individualistic act that, in its non-conformity, brought to light
issues that Thoreau felt should not be supported.  Thus Thoreau's non-conformity in
going to jail to "expresses the very highest respect for the law"--that which follows
the constitution--and is an act of individuality that brings to light three points which
you can develop. 

Further, in the play by Jerome Lawrence
and Robert Lee, Thoreau also meets a slave, so the recurrent theme of resistance to the
popular acceptance of slavery would also be a point to consider including as the idea of
being chained to institutions is a violation of one's
individuality.

APBIO muscle contractionDescribe how the muscle contraction works by using sliding theory in a molecular level. You must specifically explain how...

The “Sliding-Filament Theory of Muscle Action”
explains how the movement of thick and thin filaments relative to each other leads
to the contraction and relaxation of whole muscles. There are two physical units that are
important for the action of muscles: thick filament and thin
filaments. Muscle tissues can be described in terms of units called
sacromere. These units are defined in terms of groups of overlapping
filaments (thick and thin filaments). The length of a sacromere and the zones
within each sacromere (H zone, I band, and A band) are determined by the positions
of the thick and thin filaments relative to each other. This sliding filament
mechanism can only occur when there are sufficient calcium ions and
ATP.

During Muscle Contraction, the
myosin heads on the thick filaments "hook" onto, and so pull, the
thin filaments towards the centre, which is "M-line", of each
sacromere. As the thin filaments slide over the thick filaments, the I bands and H zones becomes
narrower and narrower until they disappear when the muscle reaches its fully contracted
state.

During Muscle Relaxation, the
myosin heads release their hold on the thin filaments when the myosin heads on the thick
filaments relax, thereby allowing them to slide back to their "relaxed" positions in which the I
bands and H zones appear again.

This leads to questions about what
causes the myosin heads to lock onto the thin filaments and pull them, and what causes them to
relax and release their hold on the thin filaments. These processes happen as a result of
instructions sent via the nervous system to activate and deactivate these tissues. The muscular
and nervous systems are connected to each other by neuromuscular
junctions.

Is there a specific quote that Atticus tells Jem, Dill and Scout when they get caught stalking Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird? Is there...

Apparently Atticus has managed to limit his children's curiosity
about Boo Radley--until Dill's arrival in Maycomb, that is. It is Dill that spurs Jem and Scout's
greater interest in the neighborhood phantom, and Atticus does his best to keep the children out
of Boo's business. He catches Jem trying to send a message to Boo via a fishing pole, and he
witnesses their play-acting about the Radley family. He is not amused. Following the fishing pole
incident, he tells them

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"Son," he said to Jem, "I'm going to tell you something
and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man. That goes for the other two of you."
(Chapter 5, page
49)

But Atticus knows that words alone
will not stop their curiosity, and we find out much later that he somehow knew that Jem had
sneaked out of the house late at night to retrieve his lost pants from the Radley fence. In the
end, his patience won out, and Scout discovered that Boo had actually been keeping an eye on them
all along.

Why did Chris McCandless go into the wild?i have some general ideas of why Chris decided to go into the wild. He was young, wanted adventure. He...

According to a letter he wrote to Ron Franz, Chris
McCandless believed that true happiness comes from experiencing new things.  He says
that

...there
is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new
and different sun.  If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your
inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will
at first appear to you to be
crazy.

Chris believed that he
had to abandon the constraints of society and civilization in order to truly experience
the beauty of life. 

Chris McCandless also romanticized
survival in the wilderness.  He felt that shedding his reliance on money and material
possessions would in some way bring him closer to nature and a sense of purity and
freedom that were impossible while following the expectation of the world.  This
sensibility (or lack of sense) was fed by McCandless's love of a Tolstoyan way of
thinking.  He internalized the writings of Tolstoy, Thoreau, and
others.

McCandless simply could not accept the world he
lived in.  He felt he had been mistreated by those he loved, whether justly or not, and
could not understand what he perceived to be cruelty.  He also could not fathom human
desire for "things" when there was a lack of motivation to attain what he believed truly
mattered:  purity, beauty, joy, etc.

What are the components of off-shoring?

From what I can tell, a company will offshore for the
following reasons: 

1)  Reduced labor costs. 
Many companies will move their factories overseas where labor is
plentiful and labor costs are cheaper.

2) 
Strategics.   Many companies desire to tap into new markets and talents
not available domestically, and to avoid domestic regulations, taxes, and
tariffs. 

3)  Emerging IT Superiority of
Third World Countries.  China, especially, has made a push in recent
years to become a provider of technological services, particularly in the area of
software engineering. 

4)  Call Center and
Customer Support.  Due to its highly educated population and honed people
skills, the Phillipines is often looked to for outsourcing in these
areas.

Even though there are risks with data security and
privacy issues associated with off-shoring, some international companies feel it is
worth engaging in.  They take a look at where costs can be cut and where best to cut
them.  As with any domestic expansion project, these companies do their homework.  Plans
are drawn up, land is acquired, construction bids are taken, workers are hired,
and finally production facilities are built.  They take great care to insure everything
is done to the satisfaction and requirements of the country they are locating
in. 

Enough success is achieved by off-sourcing that
companies today continue to use it as a lucrative business
tool. 

About how many weapons, total, were used in World War II?It doesnt have to be an exact number, just approximate.

This is certainly an interesting question but one that can never
be answered accurately. Considering that there were more than 100 million individuals mobilized
by the various international military regimes, you can see that there were at least that many
different weapons used (assuming that all personnel carried a firearm). If you are talking about
different makes of specific weapons, then the answer becomes more of an impossibility to
gauge.

For example, German soldiers carried more than 40 types of
handguns. There were at least 70 different rifle models used in the German military (excluding
automatic and semi-automatic versions). Germans armed themselves with at least 10 types of
machine guns and more than 40 varieties of sub-machine
guns.

American firearms usage is a bit easier to determine. Colt and
Smith & Wesson were nearly the only brands of handguns officially authorized by the U.S.
military, while Browning machine guns were the only make authorized (in at least three different
models).

Since many different nations produced multiple styles of
weapons, the true numbers are practically endless. For a more detailed listing of weapons used by
various nations in World War II, check the links found at the primary site listed
below.

Determine all values of t if 4x^2-lnx>t and t is positive?

The first thing to do is to analyze the monotony of the function
f(x). For this reason, we'll differentiate the function:

f'(x) = 8x
- 1/x

We'll put f'(x) = 0.

8x - 1/x =
0

(8x^2 - 1)/x = 0

We notice that we
have a difference of 2 squares at numerator:

(8x^2 - 1) = (2x*sqrt2
- 1)(2x*sqrt2 + 1)

f'(x) = 0 if and only if (2x*sqrt2 - 1)(2x*sqrt2
+ 1)= 0.

2x*sqrt2 - 1= 0 => x = 1/2sqrt2 =
sqrt2/4

2x*sqrt2 + 1 = 0

x = -
sqrt2/4

The derivative is negative, over the range (0; sqrt2/4) and
it is positive over the range (sqrt2/4; +infinite).

That means that
the function is decreasing over the interval (0; sqrt2/4] and it is increasing over the range
[sqrt2/4; +infinite).

So, the point f(sqrt2/4) is a local minimum
point for the function.

Therefore,
f(x)>=f(sqrt2/4)>=t

f(1/6) = 8/16 - ln(sqrt2/4) = 1/2
+ ln sqrt2/4

So, a =< 1/2 + ln
sqrt2/4

All real values of "a" are located in the
interval (-infinite ; 1/2 + ln sqrt2/4].

Which of the following affects gender construction and socialization most: family, media, school?Gender is the social difference of between men and...

I would argue that the most important of these three is family.
I believe this because the individual is in contact with the family more than with the media or
school friends during the first years of life. These years are sufficient to build a foundation
for the way in which the person will understand what it means to be male or female in their
society.

By the time a person starts to school, they have spent a
huge amount of time around their parents. They have seen what sorts of sex roles their parents
play in their own family. Their family has taught them the basics of how someone of their sex is
supposed to act. For example, a father might call a son his "little man" and encourage him to be
tough while he might call his daughter "princess" and encourage her to be loving. These kinds of
behaviors will socialize the child and help them construct their ideas of gender roles before
they are exposed much to school or media.

In act2 scene5, imagine you are Cory to response to your mother's speech of persuading you to attend father's funeral.

There are several ways to approach this.  Fundamentally, I
am not sure if anyone other than you could write this because of its location within the
subjective.  What this means is that you are going to have to assess if there are some
crimes that cannot be forgiven in the emotional pantheon of parents and children.  Cory
detests his father because he sees him as a controlling figure who wished to extinguish
his own dreams.  The dynamic between them is one where the son sees the father as trying
to repress his dreams and channel him into a life that the son did not want to enter. 
In the end, the need to leave home is one where this emotional dynamic is present. 
Wilson shows the son eventually forgiving the father and attending the funeral.  The
prompt might be one where you have to take the role of Cory and figure out if you would
forgive your parents if in the same position.  In assuming this, you have to make the
call that a child truly does believe their parent to be incapable of love, as Cory feels
about his father.  In this light, I think that you might be able to craft a response
about whether you would attend the funeral.

What is x for x^3 - x^2 + 8x + 10 = 0 and x1 = 3i + 1?

Since the equation has a complex root, we'll recall the
property of complex roots: If a complex number is the root of an equation, then it's
conjugate is also the root of the equation.

So, we have as
root the number z = a + bi => z' = a - bi is also the root of the
equation.

Now, we'll verify if the complex numbers is the
root of the equation by substituting it into the original
equation.

We'll expand the cube using the
formula:

(a+b)^3 = a^3 + b^3 +
3ab(a+b)

a = 1 and b =
3i

(1+3i)^3 = 1^3 + (3i)^3 +
3*1*3i*(1+3i)

(1+3i)^3 = 1 - 27i +
9i(1+3i)

We'll remove the
brackets:

(1+3i)^3 = 1 - 27i + 9i -
27

We'll combine real parts and imaginary
parts:

(1+3i)^3 = -26 +
i(9-27)

(1+3i)^3 = -26 -
18i

We'll expand the square using the
formula:

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

(1+3i)^2 = 1^2 + 2*1*3i +
(3i)^2

(1+3i)^2 = 1 + 6i -
9

(1+3i)^2 = -8 + 6i

We'll
substitute the results into the expression (1+3i)^3 - (1+3i)^2 + 8(1+3i) + 10 =
0.

 -26 - 18i - (-8 + 6i) + 8 + 24i + 10 =
0

We'll combine like
terms:

(-26 + 8 + 8 + 10) + i(-18 - 6 + 24) =
0

0 + 0*i = 0

It
is obvious that 1 + 3i is the root of the
equation.

According to the rule, the
conjugate of 1 + 3i, namely 1 - 3i, is also the root of the equation. So it is not
necessary to verify if 1 - 3i is the root, since we've demonstrated that 1 + 3i is the
root of the equation.

What should you be aware of when you encounter a first person narrator?

This is an excellent question because it draws attentions
to both the limitations and strengths of adopting a first person point of view in
narration. Certainly we need to be aware of the great strengths of this approach - it
creates a real sense of openness and connection with the reader as we literally see
everything through one character's eyes. This can explain the popularity of novels such
as To Kill a Mockingbird, as we feel a real connection with Scout
and sympathy for her as we share her growth from innocence to maturity step by step as
she experiences it herself.

However, we must always be
aware that this strength is also its greatest weakness. For a first person point of view
will always be partial. Because we see everything from the perspective of one person we
always have the danger of being told the story by an unreliable narrator - a narrator
that either intentionally or not deceives us because of their perception of the world
and the action that is happening. Note that this can be used absolutely masterfully by
authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Henry James, whose use of the unreliable narrator is
key to so many of their great stories, when we can tell that what actually is happening
is not what is happening in reality. Try novels such as The Turn of the
Screw or What Masie Knew or short stories such as "The
Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" for excellent examples of the unreliable
narrator at its best.

So, whilst the use of this point of
view undoubtedly has tremendous strengths, we always need to remember the partial nature
of this narration and the potential of the author using an unreliable
narrator.

Who is the speaker in "The Ballad of Rudolph Reed?"***not 14 days

The speaker in this poem is not anyone in particular.  It is an
omniscient third party whose identity we cannot know.  We have no hints as to who is speaking --
all we know is that the speaker can know the thoughts of the people who are actually present in
the ballad.

The speaker is not particularly involved in the drama
that unfolds in the poem.  He or she simply stands back, aloof, and narrates.  Since this poem is
in ballad form, one can imagine a folk singer as the speaker.

The
speaker in this poem is an unknown omniscient narrator.

In the story "The Ransom of Red Chief," explain in about 100 words the main characterwrite a paragraph on the main character in about 100 words

As the title suggests, the main character of O. Henry's
ironic story is the only son of Ebenezer Dorset, the boy who calls himself "Red Chief,
the terror of the plains."  And, he is, indeed, a terror as he hurls a brick into the
face of Bill, one of the kidnappers as he is
caught.

Instead of being frightened, Red Chief is delighted
to have Bill Driscoll with whom he can pretend to be a wild Indian.  Sam, the narrator
comments,

Yes,
sir, that boy seemed to be having the time of his life.  The fun of camping out in a
cave had made him forget that he was a captive
himself.

Of course, the irony
is that Bill in effect becomes the captive and Red Chief the captor as he has Bill hit
with rocks, tied, whipped, ridden like a horse, and on the ground with his hair pulled
and a knife poised at his scalp.  So terrorized by Red Chief is Bill that he tells his
partner that one more night of this boy's presence will send him to Bedlam [hospital for
the insane in New York].

Knowing that his son is an "enfant
terrible," Mr. Dorset offers to not pay the ransom, but take the boys off the men's
hands if they pay him $250.  So, desperate to be rid of the boy who has physically
abused them and made them fearful, the men agree.  Red Chief, "the terror of the
plains," triumphs in his unruly behavior and fantastic
imagination.

Compare "Dulce et Decorum Est" to All Quiet on the Western Front.Could someone possibly please help with relating of both works of litatraure and...

In the poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est," Wilfred Owen refers to a
line from Horace when he says, "How fitting it is to die for one's country." However, Owen
prefaces this line with the words "The old Lie" because he wants to challenge the idea that it is
fitting to die for one's country. Throughout the poem, the speaker details the horrors and
hardships that soldiers must face on the battlefield, including poisonous gas and fatigue. The
fighting kills any hopes and dreams that the soldiers may have had in their civilian lives.

In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front,
Remarque makes similar comments about the nature of war. The novel's protagonist Paul
Baumer says that the young soldiers' lives have become "a wasteland" because they do not
understand why they are fighting yet they have lost all their hopes, dreams, and future
aspirations because they have become so degraded by the war. In Chapter 9 of the novel, Paul is
trapped in a shellhole with a French soldier and he instantly attacks him because he sees the
Frenchman as the enemy. However, Paul then realizes that this man is simply a man just like
himself with a family and probably his own dreams. Paul then regrets his actions and prays that
the soldier lives. When the man dies, Paul is scarred.

So, the
novel and the poem both espouse similar themes--that it is NOT fitting to die for one's country
and that this extreme sense of patriotism and nationalism goes against our
humanity.

Solve the following system of linear equations. Present your solution as an ordered pair (x,y) 3x + 4y = 11 x - 2y = 7

solve the following
system:

3x+4y=11

x-2y=7

Step
1.)

Solve any one of the
equations for one variable in terms of the other. By
solving 3x=4y=7 for x, we
find

3x=-4y+11, devide this by
three so that it
become

x=-4y+11/3

Step
2.)
Next, we back-substitute into the equation x-2y=7 as
follows

(-4y+11)/3-2y=7

(-4y+11-6y)/3=7......cross
multiply

-4y+11-6y=7(3)

-4y+11-6y=21

-4y-6y=21-11

-10y=10.........divide
this by
10

y=-1

step
3.)

Now, we have
to find the x-coordinate of the point of intersection of the two lines.
Back-substituting into the equation 3x+4y=11
, we
get

3x+4(-1)=11

3x-4=11

3x=11+4.....divide
this by
three

x=15/3

x=5

Therefore,
the solution to the linear system of equations or the point of intersection
of
the two lines is (5,-1).

How and why does Ibsen undermine and at the same time affirm the female stereotype in A Doll’s House?

In Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's
House, it appears that while Ibsen undermines the female stereotype, he
affirms it as well.

In the central plot of the story (and
there are several plots moving along at the same time), Nora, a dutiful wife, has
borrowed money illegally in order to save the life of her husband who was very ill and
needed to be taken to a warmer climate for a time.

Nora
struggles throughout the play to keep Torvald, her husband, from finding out about the
IOU, and to pay it off. In the end, Torvald does discover her secret. He is angry with
her because he is afraid his reputation will suffer when it is discovered that she broke
the law, and by no means thankful for what she has done for
him.

Nora, at this point, realizes that she has been
controlled in her home and by her society for the entirety of her life, and chooses to
leave Torvald and her children to "find herself."

Kristine
Linde, a old friend of Nora's, has fallen on hard times in the past. She knows how
difficult it is for a woman alone, of good character, to survive in this society. She
struggles to find meaningful employment because she is a woman. She gets a job with
Torvald's help, but also marries Krogstad so that together they might find a way to be
happy.

Nora is presented as a child in this play. Her
father and husband have always told her what to do and how to think, essentially
controlling her. She has found that to get the things she needs from Torvald (like extra
money to secretly pay the IOU), she must pout and flirt, like a little girl. Torvald,
feeling much the noble benefactor, "gives in" to her, while chiding her for her foolish
and thoughtless spending habits.

Within these examples, we
see how Ibsen challenges the sterotypes for women when Nora decides to go off on her own
at the end, and Kristine takes a job.

However, Ibsen
affirms the stereotypes when showing that Kristine and Nora both need men in their lives
to survive. Nora's performance, like that of a trained animal, in order to get what she
wants shows again how women depend on their men, but also how they are manipulative. We
also learn that it is illegal for women to borrow money, so Nora must forge her father's
signature, after his death, in order to fund Torvald's trip south, which makes her look
sneaky and underhanded.

Ibsen explained that this play,
which caused quite a stir upon its first performance, was not a play about women's
rights, but about human rights. The problems experienced in this
play fall not only on the women, but also on the men (such as Krogstad and Dr. Rank), in
terms of society's expectations of them.

It would seem that
Ibsen must present first the affirmation of society's expectations of women, supporting
the stereotype, in order to, by comparison, exemplify the choices women
should be afforded, regardless of their
gender.

Although we see or hear of the stereotypes visited
upon Nora or Kristine, we find that Ibsen allows that each has the
opportunity to defy societal expectations. Kristine
chooses to take a job to support herself; she marries to be happy,
for companionship, and to help Krogstad start a new life for himself and his
children.

Nora is offered the opportunity by Torvald to
stay with him as a "brother," and live as she pleases. She chooses,
instead, to leave.

Ibsen must show what needs to be fixed
before he suggests how it can be fixed, and demonstrates the choices the women in the
play make on their own terms, defying the stereotypes of the
time.

Is J. Edgar Hoover related to the Gay/Velvet Mafia? If so, how exactly?

Since the Gay Mafia (or
Velvet Mafia) is generally a term that refers to
upper-echelon homosexual members of the arts, music and fashion community, this alone
should exclude the late, former FBI director, John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972). The term
"Homosexual Mafia" was first coined in 1967 (in an article that
Playboy rejected). The term "Velvet Mafia" was first used in the
1970s, and the word "Velvet" was later replaced by "Gay." The term only gained
widespread usage in the 1980s and 1990s. There are several specific reasons why Hoover
was never a "member" of the "Velvet
Mafia."

1. Since Hoover died in 1972, the term had
   not become widespread in use (or possibly even coined
   yet).


2. Hoover vehemently denied being a homosexual. Since
   "Velvet Mafia" associates were usually openly gay, this would  eliminate
   Hoover.


3. Although Hoover has been accused of
   cross-dressing, in no way can he be considered a member of the fashion
   industry. 

Hoover did have a connection with
"gay" and "Mafia," however--the Italian Mafia, that is. According to one source,
journalist Anthony Summers,

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... the Mafia had blackmail material on Hoover,
and that as a consequence, Hoover had been reluctant to aggressively pursue organized
crime. 

Hoover has also been
accused of spreading homosexual rumors about several of his opponents, including former
Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. Hoover also kept files on the supposed lesbian
lovers of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Such actions do not a "Velvet Mafia"
member make.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what are some good quotes to show how Scout and Atticus are alike and how Scout and Aunt Alexandra are different?

It is not by chance that Scout's character is drawn by
author Harper Lee as a chip-off-the-block of father Atticus. Lee based both characters
on her own life: Scout is a microcosm of Lee herself, and Atticus is derived from
her father, who was also an attorney. Scout and Atticus share many traits: They are
inquisitive, sensitive, love to read, and people persons. Scout and her Aunt Alexandra
have few common traits or interests. Scout is a tomboy, and Alexandra prides herself on
being a lady. Scout prefers the company of males, while Alexandra surrounds herself with
women whenever possible. Scout finds good in most people, while Alexandra looks down her
nose at many of Maycomb's citizens.

Aunt Alexandra
fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of
Jem and me. I so often wondered how she could be Atticus' and Uncle Jack's sister that I
revived half-remembered tales of changelings and mandrake roots that Jem had spun long
ago.