Determine the perimeter of triangle ABC if AB=6, B=pi/4, C=pi/6.

To determine the perimeter of the triangle ABC, we'll have
to determine all the lengths of it's sides.

For the
beginning, we'll determine the angle A. Since the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180
degrees = pi radians, we'll get A:

<A = pi - pi/4 -
pi/6

<A = (12pi - 3pi -
2pi)/12

<A =
7pi/12

<A = pi/2 +
pi/12

sin pi/12 = sqrt[(1 - cos
pi/6)/2]

sin pi/12 = sqrt(2 -
sqrt3)/2

We'll apply sine theorem and we'll
get:

AB/sin C = AC/sin B

6/sin
pi/6 = AC/sin pi/4

AC* 1/2 =
6*sqrt2/2

AC =
6sqrt2

AC/sin B = BC/sin
A

6sqrt2/ sin pi/4 = BC/[sqrt(2 -
sqrt3)/2]

BC*sqrt2/2 = {6sqrt2*[sqrt(2 -
sqrt3)]}/2

BC = 6[sqrt(2 -
sqrt3)]

The perimeter P is:

P
= AB + AC + BC

P = 6 + 6sqrt2 + 6[sqrt(2 -
sqrt3)]

We'll factorize by
6:

P = 6[1+sqrt2+sqrt(2 - sqrt3)]
units

What is the point of view of "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner?

In the context that it was written by Faulkner it focuses on the
induvidual and their relationship with society. Emily is an old woman that was outcasted by never
getting married and the townsfolk always seemes to leave her alone because of her fathers
realtionship with the old mayor. Her house smelled, and the outside appearance reflected the town
poorly and she never communicated with anyone besides her servant especially since none of er
relatives remained in town showing the strain on the institute of community. Also you can come to
the conclusion that she was lonely since she murdered her lover that was going to leave town, so
that he would always be with her. This also arouses the idea that she found it socially
acceptable to kill somebody. It is prevelant that she is stuck in her old ways and is an example
of the Southern past that is afraid to change. Everything around her develops into a more modern
society but she remains to live in her old house, communicating with no one from this new
generation. But at the same time, from lack of a relationship between her and the community Emily
detered from reolutionizing and became complacent till she died with her secrets and her old
South ideals.

Another look at this story is the idea that Faulkner
believed that a story could change the world and had a meaning. But in A Rose For Emily you never
get the whole story. The only charachters that could possibly give you the perspective of what
went on in Ms. Emily's house before she died was Emily and her servant. Neither of them ever
spoke to anyone in the community, and they may not of even spoken with eachother. But Faulkner
purposely gives a story where the whole story is never told, leaving the reader to make the
assumption of whether Emily really did kill her lover or not. The whole story is told from the
point of veiw of the towns folk, but they aren't exactly great sources, thus making this a story
of gossip. A story that may not even be a story at all, but a recollection of what people
percieved when given snipets of reality, and their ideas of Emily.

At the beginning of Act 4 in The Tempest, what is Prospero's warning to Ferdinand?

At the start of Act IV, Prospero announces that he is
going to allow Miranda and Ferdinand to get married.  He has watched the way that
Ferdinand has gone about all the work that he has assigned and he is pleased with what
he sees of the young man.

But Prospero does have one
warning for Ferdinand.  He tells Ferdinand that he and Miranda must not have sex until
they are actually married.  He warns Ferdinand that if the two of them do have sex
before they are married their relationship will not go well.  Here is the relevant
quote:

If thou dost break her virgin knot before
All sanctimonious ceremonies may With full and holy rite be ministered, No sweet
aspersion shall the heavens let fall To make this contract grow, but barren hate,
Sour-eyed disdain, and discord shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loathly
That you shall hate it both.

What is the weight of the empty box in the following case:A box contains an unknown number of apples. The total weight of the box and the apples is...

Let us denote the weight of the box by B and the weight of
the apples by A. Now initially we have A + B = 200, After 3/4 of the apples have been
removed, we have the weight of the box and the apples as 64. This can be written as B +
A / 4 = 64.

Now from the first equation A + B = 200, write
A in terms of B as A = 200 – B.

Substitute this in B + A/4
= 64

=> B + (200 – B)/4 =
64

=> B + 200 / 4 – B/4 =
64

=> 3B/4 = 64 –
50

=> 3B/4 =
14

=> B =
(14*4)/3

=> B = 56/
3

Therefore the empty box weighs 56/3
kg.

What are some quotes that prove that Horatio is loyal in Hamlet?

1. Act I, Sc. 2

HORATIO

As I do live, my honour'd lord, 'tis true;
And we did think it writ
down in our duty
To let you know of
it

Horatio feels that it is duty to inform Hamlet
that he has seen the ghost of Hamlet's father.

2. Act II, Sc.
4

What if it tempt you toward the flood, my
lord,
Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff
That beetles o'er his
base into the sea,
And there assume some other horrible form,
Which
might deprive your sovereignty of reason
And draw you into
madness?

Horatio urges Hamlet not to follow the
Ghost because it may harm him.

3. Act I, Sc.
5

HAMLET 
And now, good friends,
As you
are friends, scholars and soldiers,
Give me one poor
request.

HORATIO
What is't, my lord? we
will.

HAMLET
Never make known what you have seen
to-night.

HORATIO MARCELLUS
My lord, we will
not.

HAMLET
Nay, but
swear't.

Horatio swears to Hamlet that he will
not reveal Hamlet's meeting with the
Ghost.

4. ACT V, Sc.
2

HORATIO: I am more an antique Roman than a Dane. Here's
yet some liquor left.

After seeing that Hamlet
has been wounded with the poison sword, Horatio says that he will commit suicide rather
than outlive his friend Hamlet.  This is in accordance with ancient Roman ideas based on
the Greek philosophy of Stoicism.

Why does the narrator recall the burning of the house? How does this event from the past the reader understand the present action?give details and...

A key element to this story is the difference between
Maggie and Dee.  By recalling the house's burning, their mother is able to emphasize how
different the girls are from one another. 

During the fire,
Maggie was burned very badly (scarred as a result), so much so that her
mother

...can
still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arms stickign to me, her hair smoking and her
dress falling off her in little black papery flakes.  Her eyes seemed stretched open,
blazed open by the flames reflected in
them.

Dee, however, was
unhurt.  In relation to Dee's character, it is extremely telling that, during a time
when her sister and mother are suffering physically and emotionally, Dee simply stands
and watches.

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And Dee.  I see her standing off under the sweet
gum tree she used to dig gum out of; a look of concentration on her face as she watched
the last dingy gray board of the house fall in toward the red-hot brick
chimney.

At a time when Dee
should have been mourning the loss of her family's home and trying to help her mother
and sister in any way possible, not to mention being mortified by her sister's injuries,
she is inwardly celebrating the collapse of a building she considered to be less than
what she deserved.

Understanding Dee's behavior during the
fire allows the reader to understand her lack of appreciation for her culture and family
heirlooms.  She is concerned only with herself and her own desires.  Maggie, however,
appreciates what she has.  She belongs to that culture and represents all that is good
about it.  Maggie has never turned her back on who she is, and is not concerned about
appearances; her scars have only served to reinforce her belief in what really matters,
which is not appearance.

Discuss shortly the theme and background of Shakespeare's history plays.

VERY briefly, Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part
2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part3 and Richard III were plays
that focused on what is called The War of the Roses. This was a series of English civil
wars featuring two branches of the House of Plantagenet, a British Royal dynasty from
which many kings came. The red rose was a symbol of the House of Lancaster and the white
rose was a symbol for the House of York, hence the name, War of the Roses. The other
history plays, King John, focused on the historical events associated with John,
primarily his signing of the Magna Charta. Edward III focuses on King Edward, the Black
Prince, and his intrigues with the wife of the Earl of Salisbury. There has been some
debate about the true authorship of this particular play, but most scholars attribute it
to Shakespeare because its style is similar. Finally, Henry VIII focuses on the early
reign of Henry VIII, his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon, his divorce, his leaving
the church, his marriage to Anne Boleyn. It ends with the birth of Queen Elizabeth. This
play is the most contemporary to Shakespeare’s own lifetime.

What style of narration was used in the story "The Lost Beautifulness" by Anzia Yezierska?

One part of the narrative style used in writing is the
point of view. In Anzia Yezierska's short story "The Lost Beautifulness," the story is
told from the third person point of view,
omniscient.

Another aspect of the narrative style is the
"voice" adopted by the writer. This style of voice can be seen initially in the story's
title. We would probably write, the loss of beauty, but "beautifulness" is part of the
broken English the main character, Hanneh, uses as she
speak.

Adopting this kind of voice brings the reading
audience into Hanneh's world, a place that seems more realistic in that it is told with
Hanneh's words, and with her voice.

This helps develop
another important component of the narrative style: strong characterization. Hanneh is a
forceful, fully developed character who is passionate about everything, including the
love she has for her son, her appreciation for beautiful things in a life that holds
little beauty for her, and for the concept of democracy, which she has learned about
from Mrs. Preston.

This form of narrative style develops
the plot with the use of clearly presented exposition, rising action, a climax, falling
action, and resolution. It contains all the basic elements of short fiction, including
things such as conflict and setting, among other elements, some of which are listed
above.

The narrative style used here is the
"fiction-writing mode." In this mode, the author "recounts" events that are fictitious
but often sound very real. The story speaks to the author's audience, imparting ideas
and themes which he/she feels compelled to share.

The story
"The Lost Beautifulness" has a strong message, but its structural integrity comes from
the author's ability to successfully and adroitly implement the elements of the
narrative style.

A central theme of the play is the reversal of moral order. How does the final couplet of Act one and scene one reflect this theme purpose of...

Fair is foul,
and foul is fair.
Hover through the fog and filthy
air.

 The purpose of these
lines, spoken by the witches in unison, is to tell the audience that what seems good is
not, and what seems bad is not so either. These lines introduce one of the main themes
of the play –deception and the reversal of the expected moral order. Macbeth is deceived
by the witches into believing that it is his place to be
king

 ‘Thou
that shall be king
hereafter’

This prophecy goes
against what was believed to be the natural order of kingship as chosen by God. It is
noted that in the day of King Duncan’s death the sun does not appear to rise. It was
believed at the time that if the Divine Right of Kings was disrupted, there would be
consequences of great magnitude. It is therefore unsurprising that Macbeth’s accession
to the throne causes civil unrest and the deaths of
many.

Macbeth is also deceived into believing he is
invincible and that

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‘none of woman born can harm
Macbeth’

The witches
prophesies are revealed to be true, but with costs, caveats and consequences. In seeking
their support, Macbeth has gone against the Christian faith and brings about his
downfall.

 The purpose of Act 1 Scene 1 is to connect
Macbeth, out protagonist, with evil and foreboding from the start of the play. He does
not appear in the scene, but the witches talk of their meeting with him which is to
come. We can deduce from this that the path Macbeth embarks on is already laid out for
him by these dark forces: he has no real control over the events which affect him, and
the witches are confident that the choices he will make will draw him in to their evil
plot.

sketch y=x^2 and then on separate axis sketch...a) y=2x^2 b) y=(x+1)^2 -3 c) y=-(x-2)^2+1

y = x^2.

This a
parabola.

y = 0  when x = 0. So (x,y) = (0, 0)
vertex.

x = 0  is axis of symmetry of the
paraboa.

y= x^2 could be written as x^2 = 4ay Or x^2 =
4(1/4)y. So 1/4 is focal length of the parabola . The focus is at
(0,1/4).

Since x^2 is always positive, y is also positive.
So the curve is above  X axis . Both branches approach  positive infinity  as x
--> infinity or minus infinity.

2)y =
2x^2

The parabola has
vetex (0,0).

x^2 = y/2. Or x^2 = 4(1/8)x. So 1/8 is the
focal length.

(0,1/8) is the coordinate of the
focus.

The parabola is open upward and above X
axis.

3)

y = (x+1)^2-3
Or

y-(-3) = (x-(-1))^2 is a parabola with vertex at ( -3,
-1).

The vetex i below x
axis.

x+1  = 0 , Or x =-1 is th axis of symmetry of the
parabola.

The parobola intercepts y axis at y = (0-(-1)^3
-3 = -2.

The parabola intercepts xaxis at -1+sqt3 and at
-1-sqrt3.

The parabla is open
upward.

c) y = -(x-2)^2 +1.

Or
y-1 = -(x-2)^2  is a parabola with vertex at (2,1).

x-2 = 0
Or x= 2 is the axis of symmetry of the parabola.

The
parabola intercepts y axis at y = -(0-2)^2+1 = -3.

The
parabola intersects  x axis at the zeros of
-(x-2)^2+1:

So ( x-2)^2 = 1. Or x -2 = 1 Or x -2 =
-1. 

x= 2+1 =3 Or x = 2-1 = 1 are the two points intercepts
of x axis.

For y > 0  for any x inthe interval (1 ,
3)

For all x> 3 and for all x< 1, y is
negative.

So the parabola is open down ward going infinity
as xapprache + or -infinity.

Can I use electroless plating on automotive components?Please explain the procedure in detail with some literature and website references.

Electroplating is the process that consists of applying a
thin decorative or protective metal layer on another material. It is a common technique
used to improve appearance and durability of metal objects. For example, gold and
platinum are applied to jewelries made of cheap materials. The thickness of these layers
varies between 0.03 and 0.05 mm.

The composition of
electrolyte bath  varies and it is kept secret often, but usually it depends on metal to
be deposited, and it may affect the durability and surface quality. For example, the
silver deposited from a solution of silver nitrate does not stick very well to a
metallic surface.

Nickel can be used as a protective layer
and it is coated from a solution of nickel sulphate.

Chrome
is plated from a H2CrO4 solution. 

Some monomers (styrene)
are easily used to create organic anions. These anions can polymerize in a process
called anionic polymerization. We can use an electrical circuit to start this process,
the polymer being located to the cathode. This process was used to paint  new cars. This
process has the advantage that it takes place in water and it is no need to spray with
volatile organic solvents.

In The Bronze Bow, what is the plot and resolution of the story?

The plot is driven by the personal quest of Daniel, who lose his
father and uncle to the Romans and is seeking revenge. Daniel wishes to help the bandit leader
Rosh build an army to drive the Romans out of Israel; as the book continues, Daniel's hatred is
tempered by his interactions with Joel and Thacia. Thacia in particular helps Daniel to
understand more about his own emotions and the power of love instead of hate; she is a student of
the preacher Jesus, who is not yet revered as the son of God.

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When the Romans were defeated and the last of them had
gone, he would come back. He would build a good house for his grandmother and Leah, and there
would be plenty to eat, and a good life for them at last. And there would be no more giving way
on the road and looking over their shoulders before they dared to whisper, but everyone would
walk free.
(Speare, The Bronze Bow, Google
Books)

Daniel's quest is stalled by
his return to his childhood home and the necessity of taking care of his sister, Leah, who has
suffered severe mental trauma. He balances his personal war with his shifting morality and
loyalties, until he learns that Rosh is only working towards personal profit, not towards the
cause of Israeli freedom. With his beliefs challenged and feeling himself at rock-bottom, Daniel
finally accepts the teachings of Jesus into his heart, and embraces love; he cannot drive out the
Romans by himself, but he can drive out his hatred and make the world a better
place.

As seen in chapter five of Shelley's Frankenstein, describe Victor's feelings and emotions regarding the poem and how Frankenstein feels that he is...

Mary Shelley included a stanza from Coleridge's "The Rime
of the Ancient Mariner" in chapter five of her novel Frankenstein.
This inclusion is found after Victor has found success in re-animating life and fled
from his loft (given his fear of the Creature).

This is the
excerpt of the poem Shelley includes:

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“Like one who, on a lonely road,
Doth
walk in fear and dread,
And, having once turned round, walks on,
And
turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth
close behind him
tread.”

Given his fear of the
Creature, Victor (while walking the streets of Ingolstadt) contemplates upon the lines
of the poem. The poems exhibits his own feelings regarding his self-isolation and the
fear he possesses regarding the Creature following him.

"Like one who, on a lonely road / Doth walk
in fear and dread"

Victor is out, alone,
late at night. He is trying to escape from the Creature he left in his flat (who is
fears and dreads will find him).

"And,
having once turned round, walks on / And turns no more his
head"

This allows readers to create a mental
image of Victor walking along the road at night, turning his head once, and deciding
that if he turns again he will (or may) see the Creature. His growing fears force him to
no longer look at what could be following him.

"Because he knows a frightful fiend / Doth
close behind him tread"

Compounding the two
previous lines, the poem illustrates why Victor refuses to turn around to see if he is
being followed. His fear of being followed is too strong to be solidified by his turning
and actually seeing the Creature.

Essentially, the poem
speaks to the great fear Victor possesses regarding the possibility of the Creature
following him. Given the prior allusions to the poem (Walton speaking of the mariner in
his opening letters), the insertion of the poem here not only proves appropriate given
Victor's fears, it also illustrates the doppelganger effect (as Walton and Victor being
parts or mirror images of each other).

In Otto of the Silver Hand, because of Baron Henry, what did little Otto only have one of?

It is in Chapter Eight that Baron Henry chops of Otto's
hand as an act of vengeance for the way that his father was killed by Otto's father.
Yet, because of the younger target audience of this book, it is important to note the
way that Pyle as the author carefully steers away from providing any precise description
of this act of maiming, and the actual event is not mentioned in the novel, with only
the events immediately before the torture being referred
to:

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The fellow stooped, and loosening
Otto's hold, in spite of his struggles and cries, carried him to the bench, against
which he held him, whilst the Baron stood above
him.

After this, the
Baron is shown to exit the cell, instructing one of his servants to send a "leech" or a
doctor to Otto in order to help bind the limb. Otto's hand that is taken from him is of
course an excellent way for him to continue to demonstrate saint-like qualities later on
in the novel when he shows an incredible capacity to forgive and to demonstrate grace in
order to bring peace to the two feuding families. It is his insistence upon keeping his
promise and marrying Pauline, Baron Henry's daughter, in spite of the damage that Baron
Henry did to him, that brings the novel to a resolution.

How is "Young Goodman Brown" an example of an allegory?

"Young Goodman Brown" is an example of allegory in that
everything in the story is symbolic or representative of something else. In this case,
Young Goodman Brown's name is the first allegorical symbol to a man who does good deeds.
When he leaves his wife, Faith, to go into the forest, we also see the connection
between his wife's name and his detour from his usual goodness and good faith. As he
walks in the forest, he meets the devil  himself, witnesses acts of witchcraft and
satanism, and sees his elders, his wife and a myriad of others in the path of hell. This
journey through the forest is also representative of a mind about to go in his own
personal hell, and who will abandon his good ways. The insanity in the end of the story
can be interpreted as Young Goodman Brown's fall from grace, and as a lesson on the
emptiness and loneliness that surges after one has abandoned the ways of God.  In its
entirety the story is quite allegorical.

Find the point P(0,a) if it is midpoint A(2,5) and B(b. 3).

To find the mid point M of (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) we use the
formula.

Mx = (x1+x2)/2.

My =
(y1+y2)/2.

We have to find P(0, a)  which is the mid point
of A(0,5) and B(b,3).

We use the same formula to determine
P(0, a) or the y coordinate  Py = a  and the x coordinate Bx =
b.

Therefore Px = 0 = (Ax+By)/2 =
(0+b)/2.

0 = (0+b)/2

2*0 =
0+b. So b = 0.

Py =  a  = (Ay +By)/2 = (5+3)/2 = 8/4 
=4.

Therefore a =
4.

Therefore  a = 4 and b = 0 .

Which number below is the same as ( -2/3) - (-(-3/5))?a. 4/15 b.-4/15 c. -1/2 d. -19/15

-2/3 - (- ( -3/5)

Let us
re-write:

-2/3
-1(-1)-3/5)

First we will start from the right to the
left.

We know that -1*-3/5 = +
3/5

==> -2/3 - (-(-3/5) = -2/3 -1 ( +
3/5)

Also, -1*+3/5 =
-3/5

==> -2/3 -(-(-3/5) = -2/3 -
3/5

 Now we will re-write using the common denominator (
15).

==> -2/3- 3/5 = ( -2*5 - 3*3) /
15

                        = -10 - 9 ) /
15

                         = -19 /
15

Then the answer is
(d).

-2/3 - (-(-3/5) = -19/15

What is the bridegroom's crime in Fuente Ovejuna?

The crime for which Frondoso was accused and arrested in
the middle of his wedding was for threatening a high Commander, don Fernán Gómez de
Guzmán, with a crossbow.

During the times of Fernando and
Isabel, the Catholic Kings of Spain, it was common for higher powers to raid and destroy
smaller villages for the sake of ransack it and keep the territory as part of a higher
conquest. When FuenteOvejuna was attacked, the villagers were abused severely and it was
also a common thing to expect the soldiers (such as Gomez) to take the village
women.

When Gomez tryed to rape Laurencia, Frondoso cooly
waited until Gomez put down his crossbow, and took it to use it against Gomez. However,
he really did not threaten him verbally, but by putting the weapon straight in front of
his face. This was considered an insult, and a sign of high treason, even though it was
Gomez who was in the wrong.

In the end, Gomez was killed by
the villagers who, instead of naming who did it when pressed to answer, choose to join
in and declare that Fuenteovejuna, not just a few people, did the crime. This was a sign
of strength and community that defied even the Kings and attempted to return them of
their dignity.

What is this article about?Nuclear Fuel Memos Expose Wary Dance With Pakistan, it is on New York Times.

This is an article based on some of the diplomatic
documents that have been leaked by Wikileaks recently.  The article talks about
documents having to do with the US relationship with Pakistan.  The basic idea here is
that the US needs Pakistan but, at the same time, needs to try to push Pakistan to do
various things.  The leaks show how hard it is to try to push a country to do something
when you kind of need their friendship.

Here is a quote
that pretty much summarizes the main idea of the
article:

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It may be the most unnerving
evidence of the complex relationship — sometimes cooperative, often confrontational,
always wary — between America and Pakistan ... underneath public reassurances lie deep
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Qaeda, and Washington’s warmer relations with India, Pakistan’s
archenemy.

The US needs
Pakistan's help if we are going to be able to have any chance of "fixing" the problems
in Afghanistan.  At the same time, however, we are unhappy with them about things like
nuclear weapons and the issues mentioned above.  Finally, they tend to get mad at us
over issues like our support for India and our military strikes in their
territory.

So the basic idea is that it is hard to manage
this relationship -- it's hard to try to make them be our friends while (at the same
time) we push them to do things they don't want to do.

Why does Sir Toby believe that he can act as he wishes in Olivia's house in Twelfth Night?

There are two reasons why Sir Toby feels he can act as he wishes
in Olivia's house. First of all, he is using his relationship to Olivia to get away with his bad
behaviour. As Maria makes clear in Act I scene 3, the two characters are cousins, and thus Sir
Toby is exploiting that relationship to get away with his partying and
carousing.

Secondly, it is important to realise that Sir Toby in
this excellent play symbolises the spirit of Twelfth Night, which was a festival celebrated on
6th January. This festival represented the last big party before the Christmas season was over,
the decorations we taken down and everybody returned to their normal, monotonous routines in dark
January. Twelfth Night was all about excess and chaos, and Sir Toby is definitely the character
in this play that represents chaos and excess. Thus it is in his nature to always behave as he
wills, to go to the very limits of acceptable behaviour, and then to consciously cross that line,
so that the party spirit he represents remains unchallenged.

Describe the differing ideological views within the Roosevelt administration.

Roosevelt Administration and the President's New Deal was based
on a broad coalition of different groups whose ideological views were sometimes sharply at odds.
Roosevelt confidence and optimism appealed to people across gender, class and racial division.
His charisma was a crucial factor in holding together different interest groups. Significantly
New Deal legislation has been described as "interest-group democracy" as it seemed to promise
progress and advancement for everyone. Farmers, industrial workers and the unemployed could
benefit from the relief programs while industrialists and bankers took advantage from the
economic measures to boost the American economy. One of the most debated questions during the
years of the New Deal was the extent to which government should enter into the economy and how
far its intervention was really beneficial.

As Michael Denning shows
in his study The Cultural Front (1997), radical left-wing organizations such
as Socialists and Communists were also part, at times, of the New Deal coalition. Yet, the New
Deal and Roosevelt Administration were not revolutionary and sought to reform capitalism from
within rather than subverting its basic principles. Therefore it remained a predominantly
middle-class phenomenon which, however, tried to limit the excesses of laissez faire
capitalism that had characterized economic thought before the advent of the Great
Depression.

What is the Great Burning and Destruction that is talked about in "By the Waters of Babylon"?

We actually "see" for ourselves the "Great Burning" that
destroyed our civilisation in this dystopian masterpiece during the vision that John has
whilst he is sleeping in one of the towers in the city. Note what John says about what
he sees:

When
gods war with gods, they use weapons we do not know. It was fire falling out of the sky
and a mist that poisoned. It was the time of the Great Burning and the Destruction. They
ran about like ants in the streets of their city - poor gods, poor
gods!

We need to remember
that because this story is told from the first person perspective, we see everything
through John's eyes. He does not know about sophisticated military weapons, so he only
describes what he sees. We can infer from his description however that "the Great
Burning" and "the Destruction" were caused by advanced nuclear and chemical weaponry
that brought fire down upon the world and poisonous gas.

Discuss the extent to which Jon and Sylvia are able to/not able to rise above their circumstances?The two stories are Toni Bamabara's "The Lesson,"...

In Toni Bamabara's short story "The Lesson," and Chinua
Achebe's "Civil Peace," I believe that both protagonists can rise above their
circumstances.

The biggest difference is the age of the two
protagonists: Jon is a husband and father, and Sylvia is still just a
kid.

Sylvia indicates in "The Lesson," that she has taken
Miss Moore's message to heart, and that the "lesson" has not be lost on Sylvia. However,
Sylvia is still very much a kid and won't admit it, and could not act on it now if she
wanted to. But as she and Sugar go on their way after the day's outing, Sugar runs
ahead, but Sylvia takes her time to think. The idea that "democracy" does not
necessarily apply to everyone has caused Sugar and Sylvia to take notice, but I think it
will be some time before Sylvia can do anything about it, though she ends her tale
with:

But
ain't nobody gonna beat me at
nuthin.

She can not do
anything at the moment to improve her circumstances, but her comment indicates to me
that she will do something about it when she is old enough: she already as the correct
mind set.

In "Civil Peace," Jon is much more able to rise
above the circumstances that have fallen upon he and his family in face of the Nigerian
Civil War. Jon uses his bike to make money. The family returns to their home to find it
still standing. The family works together to make more money to repair the house. Then
Jon opens a bar for the soldiers in his house because he cannot go back to his job as a
miner. He is thankful for what he has because other fellow miners have not been so
fortunate.

When the thieves come to rob Jon and his family,
Jon does not have the money they want, but he has received "egg-rashers" which he had
not had before. He hands this over to the men and they leave. When his neighbors express
sorrow for him the next day, he makes light of it because what he lost was something he
had never had to depend on. All in all, Jon still feels very
lucky.

Both Sylvia and Jon have proactive attitudes. Sylvia
is too young to be gracious about what she has, but is determined to succeed. Jon is
older, and he can do things to improve his family's situation and does so without
complaint.

Both protagonists work to rise above their
circumstances: Jon can do it now, but Sylvia will have to wait for a
while.

How is "Metaphors" related to pregnancy?

The major clue that the speaker is a woman,
and a pregnant one, is line 7 (“I’m … a cow in calf”), but the entire poem makes this
conclusion certain. The nine syllables are the nine months of pregnancy. The pregnant
woman is a riddle because (a) even today there is much unknown about pregnancy, and (b)
traditionally, the results of pregnancy are not known until birth. The poem is a riddle
because one has to determine the identity and condition of the speaker. The imagistic
references suggest size, ripeness, increase, and wealth. They all are parts of normal
feelings of pregnancy, especially the expectant mother’s awareness that she cannot get
off the train she is on (line 9). Some of the images—the melon and tendrils, the
elephant—are funny, for however big she might feel, a pregnant woman is not elephantine.
None of the images is shocking or demeaning; indeed, the speaker’s sense of herself as
having “fine timbers” or being a “fat purse” conveys her happiness with herself. The
aspect of early pregnancy suggested by the green apple is morning sickness, while the
stage shows the speaker’s awareness that she is the means by which the human race
continues itself. The onrushing train conveys the speaker’s sense that she is being
carried along by forces beyond her control. Students may wish to apply this image to
situations in life other than pregnancy.

Explain why Montag hides books in the Blacks’ kitchen.

Once Montag decides that something must be done about the
burning of the books and the muder of some of the people that has come about because of the
necessity of burning the books, his original plan is to hide books in the homes of the
firefighters in order to turn the society against the firefighters in general  and hopefully
undermine their authority.

At the time, he is fleeing the
authorities and is partially sedated after his encounter with the hound, but he still sticks to
his original plan in the hopes that it might deflect some of fury of the manhunt, etc. by again
casting some of the light on someone else, in this case Black.

What is the volume of dichromate ion solution required in the following scenario:Ionic Equation : 3SO2+ Cr2O7 (2-) + 2H (+) ----> 3SO4 (2-) +...

The ionic equation given here is 3SO2 + Cr2O7 (2- ) + 2H
(+) --> 3SO4 (2- ) + 2Cr (3+) + H20.

The polluted
air contains an amount of SO2 that occupies 4.8% of 3.0 dm^3 of the air. For every three
molecules of SO2 we require 1 ion of Cr2O7 (2- ).

At STP,
using PV = nRT, the moles of SO2 in the air is given by:

n
= PV / RT

=> n = [4.8%*100*1000*(3/1000)]/
273*8.3145

=> n =
4.8*3/273*8.3145

=> n = 6.34 * 10^-3
mol.

So we need the dichromate ions for 6.34 * 10^-3 moles
of SO2.

We need 2.11* 10^-3 mol of dichromate
ion.

Now there is 1 mole of dichromate ions in 10 dm^3 of
solution or in 10/1000 m^3 of the solution.

2.11*10^-3
moles will be found in 2.11*10^-3*10^-2 m^3 of the
solution.

The minimum volume of dichromate
solution required is 2.11*10^-5 m^3.

What are the new freezing and boiling points of water if 50 g of ethylene glycol(molecular mass = 62 g/mol) is added to 50 g of water?

When an impurity is dissolved in water the temperature at which
water freezes drops and the temperature at which it boils rises. The change in the freezing point
is given by dTf = Kf*cm and the change in the temperature at which it boils is given by dTb =
Kb*cm, where Kf and Kb are constants for a liquid and cm is the the molality of the
impurity.

Here, we have 50 g of ethylene glycol with a molecular
mass of 62 g/mole. 50 g is 0.8065 mole. When this is dissolved in 50 g of water we get a molality
of 0.8065/0.05 = 16.13

The constant Kf for water is 1.858 and Kb is
0.521.

The change in boiling point is 8.40 degrees Celsius or the
new boiling temperature is 108.4 degrees Celsius.

The change in the
freezing point is 29.96 degrees Celsius or the new freezing point is -29.96 degrees
Celsius.

I've been trying to figure out what the plot is in "Good Country People", and I'm coming up empty.Flannery O'Connor

With the irony of the title of Flannery O'Connor's novel,
the reader is pointed in the right direction for an understanding of the narrative that
revolves around the main character Joy, who renames herself Hulga. Hulga is an O'Connor
character who is a soul torn between heaven and hell, looking for solace in her
high-held and vain intellectualism.  For, she believes herself superior to the "good
country people" who are simple and uneducated.  But, when the itinerant Bible salesman
Manley Pointer steals Hulga's artificial leg, which has made her different, he takes
away her individuality.  Then, humbled by her gullibility, she is left with nothing to
believe in.  Yet, with her nothingness she is finally open to believe in something else
even if it is evil.  This is what O'Connor means by the comments of Mrs. Hopewell and
Mrs. Freeman about being "simple."

In "The Chrysalids", how is the philosophy of the Waknuks similar to that of the Fringe people?I need to compare and contrast.

Well, at first glance they appear completely opposed to
each other. The society of Waknuk is implacably opposed to any form of "deviations" as a
result of the Tribulation and the subsequent nuclear fall-out, so much so that any human
that is classified as a "deviant" is neutered and then expelled into the Fringes, which
of course is the unfortunate fate of Sophie, David's childhood friend, in spite of her
parents' best efforts to prevent her "deviation" coming to
light.

So in a sense, the philosophy of the Waknuk
community has created the Fringes. However, when David, Rosalind and Petra are captured
by Fringes men towards the end of the story, they see how the Fringes people are
implacably opposed to the Waknuk community, no doubt driven by the personal enmity of
Gordon the "spider-man" for his brother, David's father, and for the way that he was
disinherited because of his deviation.

So, although there
clearly are differences along religious lines and attitudes to deviation, both groups
seem to be motivated by hatred of the other, as shown by the frequent incursions of both
sides into the territory of the other, for example, when Gordon was captured towards the
beginning of the book.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Miss Maudie view the trial and its results?

Miss Maudie believe that Atticus was almost "called" to
take on Tom Robinson's case. It was as if Atticus was the only person who could morally
take the case and do it right. We see this in her
words,

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“I simply want to tell you that there
are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s
one of them."

Furthermore,
she points out that he did it because the town counts on him to do the right thing and
that is a high honor:

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“We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but
when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for
us."

She goes on to point out
that Judge Taylor and Heck Tate were in the right places too in order to begin to show
the society of Maycomb that the time is coming when blacks will be treated equally with
whites.

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“You think about that,” Miss Maudie
was saying. “It was no accident. I was sittin‘ there on the porch last night, waiting. I
waited and waited to see you all come down the sidewalk, and as I waited I thought,
Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep
a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, we’re making a
step—it’s just a babystep, but it’s a
step.

This shows she realized
that the jury's long time meant someone was really thinking about doing the right thing
as far as the jury was concerned. Maudie calls this a step, but it's a good step and a
necessary step for change to happen.

How the "tradition" in Igbo culture has been affected with the missionaries in "Things fall apart"?

When the missionaries first arrive, there seems to be
little potential for massive conflict.  They have rescued the twins from the forbidden
forest but they don't bring them into the village, and converts sometimes get into
trouble because they go back into the village and pick fights over whose gods are right,
but things are generally calm.

The conflict grows as the
converts start to try and work on the church grounds and do things that will require
them to interact with other members of the village and to use the same resources,
etc.

It is an indirect way of causing the eventual downfall
of Okonkwo and leaving the villagers totally in the hands of the white men, but once the
villagers revolt against the missionaries and burn down their compound, justice from the
white man is swift and spells doom for much of the Igbo culture and opportunity for any
self-government.

Are there any changes between the value of AQHI during the day and night?

The Air Quality Health Index is computed using the amount of
various air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and fine particulate matter. The amount of
all these pollutants is different during the day and the night. This can be attributed to several
reasons.

Ozone is formed at ground level by chemical reactions that
take place between oxygen molecules due to ultra violet radiation in sunlight. As the UV
radiation is not present at night, the amount of ozone formed is reduced. Nitrogen dioxide and
fine particulate matter produced by smaller vehicles is also higher during the
day.

Some reasons why the amount of pollutants might increase at
night include the cooling of the air that moves air pollutants present at height altitudes
towards the ground. Also, some sources of pollution like power stations work throughout the
night. As the number of heavy vehicles traveling is increased at night, this can also increase
the level of some pollutants at night.

What is the new temperature (in degree Celsius) after the sample is transferred to a new container with a volume of 2.65 L and a pressure of 1.26 atm?

You have not mentioned the original temperature, pressure and
volume in your question. That does not allow me to give you an exact answer. Instead, I will
provide an expression in which you can substitute the original values to get the new
temperature.

Let the original temperature be To, the original volume
Vo and the original pressure Po.

Apply the Ideal gas law which
states that P*V = n*R*T, where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n is the amount of the gas in
moles, R is a constant and T is the temperature.

As the amount gas
does not change when it is shifted to the new container, we can write the gas law as: P*V/T = n*R
= constant.

The new values, and the original values can be equated
in the following manner: Po*Vo/To = 1.26*2.65/Tf, where Tf is the new
temperature.

Tf = To*2.65*1.26/Po*Vo

Tf
= (2.65*1.26)*(To/Po*Vo)

Good Vocabulary words and meanings used in chapters 7 through 11 in the novel Grapes of Wrath?

This is a task you need to do for yourself.  Only you know
which words in Chapters 7 through 11 are new to you, and you will not benefit by having
someone else look up definitions for you. This site is an excellent source of help for
students, but it is not meant to substitute for the work you need to do yourself.  Begin
by opening the book to the start of Chapter 7 and read until you find a word you do not
know or one you think you know but you're not sure of.  Even a word you are fairly
certain of can be a good choice if it's a word you do not use often.  Then write down
this word and look it up in the dictionary.  if you don't have a dictionary at home, use
dictionary. com.  Then repeate the process until you have enough words and definitions
to complete your assignment.  Good luck.

Describe the labor system of the antebellum North.

In the years just prior to the Civil War, the economy of the
North was industrializing. It was not as industrialized as it would later be, but it was much
more industrial than it had been before 1830. This had a great impact on the labor system of the
region.

The factories of the North employed wage laborers. Many of
the workers were women and even children. Wages were generally low and working conditions were
typically quite poor. Many of the workers in the factories were taken from the large pool of
immigrants who came to the US, particularly in the 1840s. This system of poorly paid wage labor
also applied to industries such as the mining industry.

Of course,
there were still many small farmers in the North. These were people who worked for themselves,
growing what they needed as well as some amount of surplus to sell. On farms like this, women and
children worked as well with women caring for animals, making cloth and butter and cheese, and
often raising vegetables while children did whatever they could. We do not usually talk about
these farmers because the major trend in this period was towards more industrialization. However,
especially early on, these small "yeoman farmers" made up a large percentage of the labor
force.

What is the definition of Gender Construction and what is it all about?

Gender, to social scientists, is not the physical difference
between male and female. Social scientists refer to this as "sex." To social scientists, the term
"gender" refers to the socially constructed differences between men
and women. Since gender is socially constructed (as opposed to being a biological fact the way
sex is) gender construction is the process of creating the gender differences that exist in a
society.

Gender construction is the process of defining what is
masculine and what is feminine that has occurred and is occurring in a society. As a society
grows and changes, definitions of gender change. For example, in the United States today, there
seems to be a change going on in the perception of what is feminine. Work and making money is no
longer seen as completely masculine and the idea of women working outside the home, even in
positions of power, is much more accepted now than it was a few decades ago. However, this
transformation is not complete and there are still double standards that exist in our
expectations. This shows how our society's construction of gender is
changing.

So, gender construction is this process of creating and
changing a society's vision of what it means to be a man or a woman.

Does the function f(x) = x^3 + 27x^2- 54 have any –ve values.

f(x) = x^3+27x^2 - 54.

To
examine for negative
values:

Solution:

f(x) =
x^3+27x^2 -54 < 0 for x = 0 obviuosly.

f(-26) =
(-26)^3+27*(-26)^2 -54 =  26^2*1 -54 > 0

f(-27) =
(-27)^3+27*(-27)^2 -54 = -54.

Therfore f(x)  has a root
between -26 and -27.

Therefore f(x) < 0 for  x
< -27.

Similarlt f(1) = 1^3 +27*1^2-54  28-54
< 0

f(2) = 2^3+27(2^2)-54  = 62>
0.

So there is a root between 1 and
2.

Also f(-1.5) = (-1.5)^3 +27(-1.5)^2 - 54 =
3.375>0

f(-1.4) = (-1.4)^3+27(-1.4)^2-54 = -3.824
< 0.

So f(x) has a real root between -1.4 and
-1.5

Let  these roots be x1  , x2 , x3 in increasing
order.

Then f(x) = (x-x1)(x-x2)(x-x3). So when x <
x1 all 3 factors are gative. So f(x) is negative.

When  x1
< x  < x2 ,   f(x) = (+ve)(-ve)(-ve) = -ve. So when x is between lower two
roots f(x) positive.

When  x2 < x < x3,  f(x)
= ( f(x) = (+v1) (+ve)(-ve) = -ve.

When  When x > x3
all factors are positive. So f(x)  > 0.

Thesefore
f(x) negative when  x< x1 or x < 
-26.9...

f(x) - ve for x2 < x  < x3, where x2
and x3 are the roots between (-1.5 and -1.4) and (1 and 2).

Add the polynomials (xy+5x^2)+(xy-3y)+xy .

When we add or subtract polynomials, we have to find the
variables and exponents that match.

We'll remove the
brackets:

xy + 5x^2 + xy - 3y +
xy

Now, we'll verify if in the given expression there are
terms that have matching variables.

We'll combine the terms
that have the variables x*y:

xy + xy + xy =
3xy

We notice that the terms 5x^2 and - 3y do not have
matching variables, so we'll add them to the final
result.

The result of adding the polynomials
is:

(xy+5x^2)+(xy-3y)+xy = 3xy
+ 5x^2 - 3y

Explain Chekhov's concept of mood and how it is expressed in The Cherry Orchard.

Chekhov's aesthetic of drama, his theory of drama, describes
mood as one of the two most important elements in drama, whether tragedy or
comedy. To understand this, let's put it in perspective with the standard definition of
mood and the standard idea of what is most important is
drama.

The standard literary/dramatic definition of
mood is that it is a dramatic element that gives the viewer (or reader) a
feeling derived from the emotional and psychological aspects of the play. Perhaps the play may be
existentially depressed and depressing. Perhaps it may be overwhelmingly tragic and sorrowful.
Perhaps a comedy may be lighthearted and joyful. These characteristic feelings are the mood of
the play. Additionally, there may be many changes of mood within one prevailing mood.
Mood, according to the standard definition, is less important than plot and
story-line action: mood only sets the emotional and psychological feeling but plot and action
develop the conflict and resolution.

For Chekhov,
mood is also defined as the emotional and psychological feelings that are
represented and developed in a play, but, unlike the standard definition,
mood is more important than plot and action. For Chekhov, it is mood that
develops the conflict and resolution. It is mood that drives the
plot.

To be more accurate, mood and talking, the dialogue, work
together to develop conflict and resolution; to drive plot and action. This is because, for
Chekhov, the text (dialogue) reveals the life that is submerged therein, submerged in the text.
At one point, Tolstoy is reported to have said that Chekhov's tragedies were not real tragedies
because they depended too much upon mood without providing the necessary action that leads to the
tragic end.

Act IV illustrates Chekhov's emphasis on mood, first,
when Gaev and Lubov are lamenting their lost nursery and cherry orchard and, later, when Fiers
lays down on the sofa in despair, ill, forgotten and alone:

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GAEV. [In despair] My sister, my
sister....

LUBOV. My dear, my gentle, beautiful orchard! My life, my youth, my
happiness, good-bye!
Good-bye!

[...]

FIERS. It's locked.
They've gone away. [Sits on a sofa] They've forgotten about me.... Never mind, I'll sit here....
And Leonid Andreyevitch will have gone in a light overcoat instead of putting on his fur coat....
[Sighs anxiously] I didn't see.... Oh, these young people! [Mumbles something that cannot be
understood] Life's gone on as if I'd never lived. [Lying down] I'll lie down.... You've no
strength left in you, nothing left at all.... Oh, you...
bungler!

To summarize, while Chekhov's
mood is also defined as emotional and psychological feeling, it differs from
the standard definition of mood in that it is more important than plot and
action because (1) mood drives the play and (2) mood and talk reveal
life.

Find the domain and range of y= (sin x) ^2

To determine the domain and range of y =
(sinx)^2.

The domain is the set of all real values of x for
which the image or range or y values are real.

In (sinx)^2
, the variable x can can take any  real value . So the domain   is : - infinity <
x < infinity.

The for any x,   |sinx | < =
1.

Therefore forany x ,  0 = < (sinx)^2 < =
1.

Therefore the range  of the function is : 0 =< y
< =1.

Please explain the use of irony.

I believe you're referring to the story "How Much Land
Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy.  In this story, Pahom is the protagonist, or main
character.

In the story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?,"
Pahom desires nothing more than land.  After purchasing forty acres of land, he and his
wife are content until he can no longer tolerate the trespassing of his neighbors on his
wheatfields and their allowing their cattle and horses to eat his crops.  Pahom endures
this treatment for some time before leaving for land "beyond the Volga," where he is
granted 125 of communal land. 

When Pahom runs into
difficulties with a farming partner, he begins to look for land that he could buy.  A
dealer who is passing through tells Pahom of the "land of the Bashkirs, far away, where
he had bought thirteen thousand acres of land, all for a thousand rubles."  Pahom, of
course, immediately sets out for the place.

After Pahom has
eaten with the Bashkir and given them gifts, the interpreter informs him that the people
will return his kindness by presenting him with whatever they possess that pleases him
most.  Pahom chooses their land as his gift.  The chief tells Pahom
that

Our
price is always the same:  one thousand rubles a day...We sell it by the day.  As much
as you can go around on your feet in a day is yours, and the price is one thousand
rubles a day...But there is one condition:  If you don't return on the sae day to the
spot whence you started, your money is
lost.

In his greed an worry
over issues that do not matter (the shape of his piece of land, etc.), Pahom pushes
himself too hard.

He was exhausted from the heat, his bare
feet were cut and bruised, and his legs began to fail.  He longed to rest, but it was
impossible if he meant to get back before sunset.  Pahom runs on and on, far exceeding
his physical limitations.  He reaches the chief just as the sun sets.  However, he falls
dead at the chief's feet.

The final sentence of the story
sums up its irony:  "Six feet from his head to his toes was all he needed."  In other
words, Pahom's greed and desire for land drove him to his death. He got exactly what he
wanted, but he never got to enjoy it, because he died in the
process.

In The Jungle, how do specific characters respond to events in the story?

I think that Jurgis' responses to the conditions placed in front
of him are unique and interesting. On one hand, the start of the narrative reflects how Jurgis
buys into the American Dream and the pursuit of a capitalist state of being in the world. Jurgis
does not question authority and capitulates to this reality because it is "expected" of him,
almost in a way of having to "pay his dues." Yet, over the course of the novel, Jurgis displays a
sense of resistance. When he defends Ona's honor, he ends up experiencing the downside of the
system of capitalism where power and money are synonymous with one another. It is in this light,
where resistance is seen and Jurgis starts to actively construct a reality that is antithetical
to what is depicted as the "American Dream." Jurgis recognizes the corruption in the world, and
his responses to it are to first be a part of it, but by the end, he actively opposes the
construction of what the world is and strives to establish what it should be. In this light,
Jurgis starts to create a system of life that is different from what he initially believes. The
character who at the outset of the narrative simply said that "I have to work harder" is now one
who recognizes that Socialism is the only approach that can overcome the failures intrinsic to
Capitalism. This is a marked difference in characterization and also one that defines Jurgis'
response to the events in the book.

What are possible values of m if l2m+3l

l 2m +3 l <12

We need to
find the values of m such that m belongs to Z.

By definition we will
rewrite:

==> -12 < 2m+3 <
12

We will subtract 3 from both
sides.

==> -15 < 2m <
9

Now we will divide by
2.

==> -15/2 < m <
9/2

==> -7.5 < m <
4.5

Since m is an integer, then we will find all
integers between -7.5 and
4.5

==> m = { -7, -6, -5, -4,
-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}

What favor does Chillingworth think he is doing for Dimmesdale?

In Chapter 9, Chillingworth becomes the "medical adviser"
to Dimmesdale.  This is an ironic relationship, of course, because the audience knows
(or will soon know) that the cause of Dimmesdale's failing health is in fact, his guilty
conscience.  Though Chillingworth does offer a variety of medical treatments for
Dimmesdale, the truth is that at the same time as he is treating Dimmesdale's
symptoms, he is feeding their
cause.

Chillingworth and Dimmesdale move in to the same
house and spend most of their time together.  From the very outset, Chillingworth has
correctly suspected Dimmesdale to be the father of Pearl.  These two educated men spend
most of their time engaged in scholarly debate, Dimmesdale from the side of a minister,
Chillingworth from a more secular side.  The one advantage Chillingworth of course has,
is that he knows Dimmesdale harbors a secret.  He does his best to hide this knowledge,
but at the same time, does what he can to be a constant reminder to Dimmesdale of his
sin and guilt.

Dimmesdale's physical health weakens as a
result, and Chillingworth takes care of him.  In this way, he is convincing himself that
this "favor" he is doing is for the minister's own
good.

Make no mistake.  Chillingworth's actions are simply
part of an evil and twisted revenge plot which victimizes Dimmesdale until the very end
of his life.

Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist. How does his financial plan show this?

The Federalist Party believed in a Strong and active
Central or Federal Government.  Hamilton's financial plan demonstrated this by including
the following:

1.  Funding at part.  Hamilton purposed that
the government pay off it debts at face value plus interest (total of over 50 million
dollars).  This would establish credit for the nation.  Investors and maybe even other
countries would view us as a "good credit risk"  and be willing to loan us
money

2.  Assumption- The federal government would assume
all of the states' debts.  This would ensure that the wealthy would work to make sure
the nation succeeded.  That way they would be guaranteed to get their money back.  This
would also make the states more loyal and dependant on the federal
government

3.  Founded the National Mint- to coin a
national currency

4.  Created the Bank of the United
States- to run the financial programs.

5.  Created Revenue
for the government in the form of duties and excise
taxes.

All of these actions created a stronger more active
central government which is exactly what the Federalists wanted

How did Japan maintain political independence from China?

Especially in its early history, Japan was heavily
influenced by China.  For example, the most important part of the Japanese writing
system was imported from China even though it was not well-suited for writing the
Japanese language.  Even so, Japan never became a part of China -- it was never
conquered by China.

The best explanation for this is that
Japan is relatively far from the Asian mainland.  Korea and Vietnam, for example, were
conquered by China, but Japan's separation from the mainland made invasion difficult. 
To get a sense for why this would be, think about the fact that England is 21 miles from
the continent at the Straits of Dover.  Even this has made it hard to invade England. 
Japan, by contrast, is about 115 miles from Korea across the Straits of
Tsushima.

Therefore, invasion of Japan was very difficult
and China never managed it even though the Mongols did try it twice in the late 1200s
under Kublai Khan.

To what age group would you recommend this book?

Hi!

The book Animal Farm is
often assigned in the 6th-8th grade levels (Jr. High/Middle School), but it is quite
obvious that Animal Farm appeals to just about any age group who is familiar with topics
such as treachery, exploitation, classicism, despotic governments, the nazis, the
Napoleonic wars, and any other theme of government abuse, separation of classes, wars
against any specific group of individuals.

It deals also
with peer pressure, divide and conquer, the abuse of power, and the human reality of
propaganda which leads people to follow the wrong political
agendas.

Personally I would recommend this book because it
shows the reality of absolutism and the ridiculousness of those power hungry politicians
who destroy civil life.  It shows what ambition does to people and it does it in a
colorful and metaphoric way that appeals even people who do not like to read a
lot.

What are the various themes of the novel, "Haroun and the Sea of Stories?"Pertaining to the first chapter

The artist going silent is an immediate theme that is
evident in the first chapter of Rushdie's story.  If we consider the artistic voice as
something that is thematically important, we can see that it is the voice that allows us
to fully understand reality, a narration that is to be treasured as it helps us to
construct reality as what can be as opposed to what is.  The first chapter helps
establish the theme of the silenced artist.  When Rashid, the Shah of Blah, ends up
going silent, we are immediately reminded of Rushdie's own hell that preceded the
writing of the novel.  The fatwa issued by the Ayatollah, the forced hiding, the
estrangement from son and wife are all realities that Rushdie, himself, endured.  When
we see Rashid lose the desire to tell stories, it is a development of this theme and one
that we, as the reader, can immediately sense has some level of resonance to Rushdie's
own plight.  Being forced to go underground, there were moments when he endured his own
sensation of losing the abilities to tell stories.  In this light, the opening chapter
helps to establish the theme of reclamation of voice, in this sense an artistic
one.

What type of government was in existence in Rome during the Pax Romana?

The type of government that existed in Rome during the
time of the Pax Romana (a time when Rome enforced peace over a large part of Europe and
the Middle East) was an empire.  It was an autocracy in which the Emperor held final
authority.

The Pax Romana started at the same time that
Rome became an empire.  This was in 27 BC when Augustus Caesar came to power as
emperor.  It is generally said to have ended in 180 AD -- this was almost 200 years
before the "fall" of the Roman Empire.  During this whole time, Rome was ruled by
emperors.  Therefore, it is correct to say that an empire or an autocracy was Rome's
form of government during this time.

What was Wickard v. Filburn in 1942?

Wickard v. Filburn was a Supreme Court case that had to do with
the extent of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. In this case, the Court granted
Congress extensive powers in this regard.

The law in question was
the New Deal program known as AAA. Under this law, the government specified how much of certain
crops farmers could produce. Filburn produced more wheat than he was supposed to and sued when he
was fined. He said that the wheat was for consumption on his own farm and therefore had nothing
to do with interstate commerce. The Court ruled unanimously that the wheat did affect interstate
commerce even if it never actually entered the stream of interstate commerce. This was because
any excess wheat produced by Filburn and others like him reduced overall demand for wheat in
interstate commerce.

Overall, then, this is a case about how much
Congress can intervene in the economy using its power to regulate interstate
commerce.

Determine the circle radius if the circle is inscribed in a triangle wich has the sides lenghts of 13, 14, and 15 .

We have to find the radius of the circle inscribed in a
triangle with sides of length 13, 14 and 15.

Now we have
the area of a triangle given as sqrt [ s ( s-a) (s-b) (s-c)] and it is also equal to r*s
where s is the semi perimeter and r is the radius of the inscribed
circle.

So r*s =  sqrt [ s ( s-a) (s-b)
(s-c)]

r = sqrt [ s ( s-a) (s-b) (s-c)] / s  = sqrt [( s-a)
(s-b) (s-c)]/ s ].

As the sides are 13, 14 and 15, the semi
perimeter s = 21 .

So substituting we get r = sqrt [ 8* 7*
6 / 21] = sqrt 16 = 4.

So the required radius
is 4

Discuss the course of the American Revolution.

I think that you will need to add more detail into this
question if you wanted a more specific answer.  The course of the American Revolution
consists of discussion of the rising tensions between both England and the Colonists. 
The background here would be the various acts and laws, as well as actions and
attitudes, that both sides held towards one another.  This fed the antagonism between
both sides and was critical in helping to bring out the outbreak of war.  Once war was
declared, the challenges for the Colonial Army were evident.  They were up against the
greatest army in the world.  The British army had more "lawyers, guns, and money," in
the strictest and most symbolic form of the phrase.  The Colonists experienced this in
early setbacks in Battles for New York and Long Island.  Yet, over time, the lack of
British familiarity with both terrains and conditions began to take its toll.  Battles
at Saratoga proved that the Colonists can defeat the British and also helped to bring in
foreign support during the war, such as France and Spain entering on the Colonists side
after Saratoga.  From this point on, the British desire to try to take both the South
and the North ended up falling short, as momentum swung towards the Colonists and
culminating at the Battle of  Yorktown, with the British being deafeated once and for
all.

The Balance of Payment can been divided into 3 parts. Is this statement true of false?

Balance of payment is an accounting statement that includes all
monetary transactions between a nation and the rest of the World. It can be divided into three
parts. Your statement is true.

The three parts that balance of
payment is generally divided into are:

Current account: this
includes all funds that move in and out of the nation when goods and services are exported and
imported. It also includes some categories of income from assets in other nations, and cross
border transfer of funds as gifts.

Capital account: this is the net
foreign direct investment and the flow of funds when there are transactions in securities in the
nation by foreign entities and when those living in the nation transact in securities with the
rest of the World.

A third part of the balance of payment is the
change in foreign exchange reserves. This is largely influenced by the capital account and the
current account.

what is coordination

Muscles must interact with the skeletal system, in very precise
ways, for coordination of movements to occur effectively and these systems are regulated by the
brain and spinal cord. The cerebrum in the brain controls conscious muscle movements such as
picking up an item, walking, etc. When areas of the cerebrum are damaged as in a stroke,
sometimes the ability to speak, walk or move may be diminished or lost because the cerebrum is
where messages are sent to the muscles to carry out a voluntary activity. Balance and
coordination are further regulated by the cerebellum, an area in the brain along with the fluid
in the inner ear.

Write a short note on major human resource development strategies.

Human resource development (HRD) refers to an approach for
managing the human resources of an organization that emphasizes the importance of
developing the basic capabilities to the people employed by the organization, working as
individuals as well as in groups. It can be contrasted with the alternate approach that
is limited to selecting the people with required capabilities and motivating them so
that they work and use their capabilities in the best interest of the
company.

We can say that the acceptance and use of this
approach to manpower management itself is a major management strategy. Other aspect of
HRD strategy specify the overall approach adopted by the organization towards management
of human resource. To qualify as an HRD strategy it must put substantial stress on
training and internal development of its employees, rather than just evaluating their
performance and capabilities and using such evaluations to take decisions on
recruitment, placement, promotions, and remuneration.

HRD
strategy also requires use of long term manpower planning function. This is essential to
identify the future requirements of manpower quality and quantity, and to take manpower
development action to meet such requirements. This also implies much greater reliance on
internal promotion of people to fill vacancies at higher levels in the organization,
rather than through external recruitment.

What does Nick learn at the party, about Tom and Daisy's marriage?The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 2

As Nick accompanies Tom to New York on the train, Tom Buchanan
forces Nick to get off with him in the Valley of Ashes in order to "meet my girl." On Main Street
they visit Wilson's repair shop where Myrtle Wilson emerges from the office door. After Tom tells
her to get on the train, Myrtle does so, but sits in another car. After they step down from the
train, Nick, Tom, and Myrtle take a cab to an apartment that Tom keeps for his and Myrtle's
rendezvous.

After Myrtle makes some phone
calls, her sister Catherine and her husband arrive along with the McKees. As the afternoon
progresses, Nick learns that Myrtle met Tom on the train one day, and they then began their
liaison. Now that she has seen Tom on several occasions, Myrtle feels entitled to some jealousy
of Daisy; however, when she calls out Daisy's name, Tom strikes her with his open hand so hard
that he breaks her nose. From witnessing the happenings in the appartment, Nick learns that
Myrtle is simply a mistress for Tom's physical pleasure, and he has no respect for her. But, he
will not permit her to say the name of his wife.

Evidently, there
is something missing in his marriage with Daisy, who herself has seemed distracted and careless
in her thinking when Nick meets her in Chapter One. When, for instance, Jordan Baker suggests to
her, "We ought to plan something," Daisy replies, "All right...What'll we plan?....What do people
plan?" After Tom leaves the room, Daisy abruptly throws her napkin on the table and gets up. When
she next speaks it is with "intense gaiety"; however, she admits to Nick that she is cynical,
telling Nick that when their daughter was born, she hoped the girl would be "a beautiful fool"
since that is the best thing to be. So, from his conversations with both Daisy and Tom, and his
afternoon with Tom, Nick perceives that the Buchanans marriage has serious problems and there is
much deception in their relationship; things are not what they have appeared to
be.

I'm writing an essay on free will vs. fate in Macbeth. (I went with free will.) What three points could I grab from this thesis...

If the three witches are to be believed in the role of the
“fate sisters,” Macbeth’s own ambition precedes the proclamations of the witches on the
heath in act 1 scene 3. The witches only served as mirrors on which Macbeth could see
his own mind.

Macbeth’s long soliloquy in act 1 scene 7
reveals how Macbeth examines all the pros and cons of the murder of Duncan. He is
clearly self-divided, drawn asunder by the contrary pulls of his “vaulting ambition” and
his moral scruples. His unlawful ambition seems to get the better of his imaginative
conscience.

It is again Macbeth himself who chooses to kill
Banquo and his son, Fleance, though Banquo didn’t pose any threat to Macbeth’s power and
authority. Fleance was on the hit-list only because of the prophecy of the witches as
regards Banquo.

Macbeth’s decision at the end of the failed
Banquet  to meet the witches is yet another instance of his “free will.” By meeting the
witches and receiving another set of prophecies, Macbeth virtually enhances his
doom.

Even if the tragic downfall of Macbeth appears as
pre-destined, it is Macbeth himself who catalyzes the tragic outcome by his act of “free
will.”

What are some of the main symbols in Heart of Darkness?

This complex novel is indeed rich in symbolism. Some of the
major symbols include these:

• The Congo River: It is the
  river that takes Marlow deep into the African continent, carrying him away from civilization and
  into ever darker regions of an uninhabited wilderness. The river acts as a stream of
  consciousness as Marlow makes not only a physical journey but a psychological journey, as well.
  As he travels into the primitive Congo, he also travels into the unknown wilderness of his own
  psyche.


• Kurtz: In his brutal, self-obsessed state, Kurtz can be
  interpreted as a symbol of Sigmund Freud's id, the part of the human psyche that is most
  elemental, where instinct and primitive human impulses live. The id is not subject to conscience
  or social restraints, just as Kurtz's behavior is not held in check by any moral or social codes
  of behavior.


• The fence of human heads: This is a powerful symbol
  of Kurtz'sdescent into depravity; it symbolizes how completely isolated he has become from
  humanity.


• Ivory: The European traders' insatiable demand for ivory
  and their horrible, inhuman activities undertaken in pursuit of it make ivory a symbol of naked
  greed.


• The candle: As Kurtz lies dying aboard ship, Marlow goes
  to him carrying a candle. The candle can be interpreted as a symbol of Marlow's humanity. He
  despises the evil that Kurtz represents and the suffering he has imposed upon the natives, but
  Marlow finds compassion in himself for the dying man. The light of Marlow's candle contrasts the
  darkness of Kurtz's inhumanity and depravity.

There are
many other symbols throughout the novel, but these five play an important role in developing
Conrad's primary themes.

What are possible a values if l 2a-5 l - l 3a +3 l = 0

We'll write the absolute values for each
term:

l 2a-5 l = 2a - 5 for 2a -
5>=0

2a >= 5

a
>= 5/2

l 2a-5 l = 5 - 2a for 2a - 5 <
0

a < 5/2

l 3a +3 l = 
3a +3 for 3a +3 > = 0

3a >=
-3

a >= -1

l 3a +3 l = 
-3a -3

a < -1

We'll
solve the equation considering 3 ranges of values for a:

1)
a is in the range (- infinite -1)

5 - 2a - (-3a -3) =
0

We'll remove the brackets:

5
- 2a + 3a + 3 = 0

We'll combine like
terms:

a + 8 = 0

a =
-8

Since -8 is in the range of admissible values, we'll
accept it.

2) a is in the range (- 1 ,
5/2)

5 - 2a - 3a - 3 = 0

We'll
combine like terms:

-5a = -2

a
= 2/5

Since 2/5 is in the range of admissible values, we'll
accept it.

3) a is in the range [5/2 ,
+infinite)

2a - 5 - 3a - 3 =
0

We'll combine like terms:

a
= 8

Since 8 is in the range of admissible values, we'll
accept it.

The admissible values for a are:
{-8 ; 2/5 ; 8}.

Could someone paraphrase this quote for me please? "Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection."I'm doing a big paper on...

This is a quote from Martin Luther King's "A Letter From
Birmingham Jail."  I would say that this quote is not so much about racism as about
fighting against it.

In this quote, King is saying that he
cannot understand people who do not really care much about the issue of racism.  He says
he can understand it if people are racist.  Those people are embracing the evil of
racism and probably think it is good.  But people who are only lukewarm against racism
are strange to him.  He wonders how you can say "well, that's wrong, but I don't really
care enough to do anything about it."

So if you're looking
for a paraphrase, what he's saying is "I understand if you hate me, but if you don't
hate me, how can you not support me when I fight against
hate?"

Like I say, this isn't really a quote about the
nature of racism -- it's about the fight against it.

What were some intellectual achievements of the Umayyad dynasty?

The Umayyad Dynasty began in 661 when Muawiya, an Umayyad
leader, took control of the Islamic Empire that had been growing since the time of
Mohammad.  The Umayyad Dynasty lasted until 750 when the Abbasids overthrew the
Umayyads.  During this time, the capital of the Islamic Empire was moved to Damascus.
The Empire expanded across North Africa and then across the Strait of Gibraltar and into
the Iberian Peninsula. They also expanded the empire east into central Asia. The
Umayyads are known for establishing Arabic as the official language of the empire. They
also established a common coinage.  These coins were engraved with Arabic quotations
from the Koran.  The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
are two of the most important architectural achievements of the Umayyads.  These two
great structures are some of the most revered places next to mosques in Medina and
Mecca. Most of the greatest Islamic achievements in bookmaking, literature, mathematics,
astronomy and medicine took place after the overthrow of the Umayyads by the Abbasids.
One of the Umayyads, Abd al Rahman escaped to the Iberian Peninsula after the overthrow
of the Umayyads.  There, in 756, he established a new Umayyad Dynasty. During the
Umayyad Dynasty in Spain, Cordoba became its leading city.  Cordoba, under the Umayyad
became a center of learning, containing 70 libraries, the largest with over 500,000
volumes. Thousands attended the university and law school there. The Great Mosque in
Cordoba is another of the Umayyad achievements. The Muslim Empire in Spain lasted until
1492 when Isabella and Ferdinand drove the last Muslims out of
Spain.

Two sets, P & Q, satisfy the following conditions P={(x,y):y=2x+5}, Q={(x,y):y=mx+c} & P ∩ Q= Empty set. White down the value of m..& a possible...

If P ∩ Q= Empty set, the sets don' have any elements in
common. That means that the system formed from the
equations:

y=2x+5

and

y
= mx + c

doesn't have any
solution.

The geometric explanation is that the lines whose
equations are y=2x+5 and y = mx + c do not have any intercepting
point.

We'll re-write the
equations:

2x - y = -5 (1)

mx
- y = -c (2)

We'll multiply (1) by -m and (2) by
2:

-2mx + my = 5m (3)

2mx - 2y
= -2c (4)

We'll add (3) +
(4):

-2mx + my + 2mx - 2y = 5m -
2c

We'll eliminate like
terms:

my - 2y = 5m - 2c

We'll
factorize by y to the left side:

y(m-2) = 5m -
2c

We'll divide by m-2:

y =
(5m - 2c)/(m-2)

It is obvious that the ratio doesn't exist
if the denominator is cancelling. So, y has no value and also
x!

For the denominator m-2 to be zero, we'll form the
equation:

m - 2 = 0

We'll add
2:

m = 2

So, P ∩
Q= Empty set, if and only if m = 2.

What are the qualities of the star?

The qualities the speaker attributes to the star are
steadfastness (line 1), patience (line 4), sleeplessness (line 4), and attentiveness
(“gazing,” line 7). He assigns to the star the role of guard or watcher, thus suggesting
that the star is like a divine presence, neither slumbering nor sleeping because of
eternal guardianship over the children of God. The words “forever” and “ever,” combined
with the attribution of the star’s being “steadfast,” provide a backdrop of permanence
for the speaker’s love, which he wishes would remain forever firm and steady. Granted
the comparative permanence of the stars, the choice of the star as subject is quite
appropriate.

What is a good scientific title that I can use for the following experiment?The experiment is rather simple: seeing the effects of certain drinks...

I understand what you're asking for here, and I know the
kind of title you probably need. I can't tell whether you're in high school or college,
so I'm not sure if you can get by with something a little more fun in terms of
wordplay.  Some words to play with, it seems to me, would include: erosion, corrosion,
dental erosion, acid erosion, acidity, effects, and operation.   So, how about something
like this--Can I Get You a Beverage?:  The Effects of Acid Erosion on Eggshells.  The
title would be stronger if a hint as toyour findingswere previewed in it somewhere, and
there are other kinds of catchy beverage-related sayings you might lead with, as well. 
How about "Coffee, Tea, or...(fill in the blank)." Hope that's enough to get you
started, anyway.  Interesting experiment, by the way!

What is a good topic and thesis statement for a critical paper on Uncle Tom's Cabin? Include aspects of literary criticism as described in...

While I'm not familiar with the content of Richter's book
(it looks great and I plan to check it out), I believe that I can maybe get you
started.

What you might want to do is look at "the
irreconcilable differences" (to use a phrase from early in Richter's preface to the
book) in the ways in which we can approach Uncle Tom's Cabin. The
approach that springs first to my mind would look at how the work is both progressive
and conservative. It's not simply "progessive for its time"; it's actualy caught up in
the same ideological forces of the 19th century that maintained slavery -- or, at least,
racist hierarchies of white and black -- as well as strict gender divisions between men
and women.

Specific theoretical approaches that could be
used include New Criticism (identify tensions and ambiguities within the text), marxism
(reveal hidden ideologies), reader response ("read resistantly"), deconstruction (turn
the dominant reception of the novel on its head), and so on. Don't try to include all
theoretical approaches, of course. Often, one approach is enough. Sometimes you can find
it helpful to use two or more approaches within the same text. You can keep the two
approaches very separate or can see how they overlap and complement each
other.

Give me a list of Greco- Roman values!~

Ancient Greek culture achieved conformity to social values
through shame, not through consciousness of guilt.  Thus honor, which is inextricably
linked to shame, was a value of ancient Greece.  I believe conscious as a way to direct
individual behavior is an invention of the English and American Puritains, or maybe of
Protestantism, or maybe of Christainity.  At any rate, shame is capable of influencing
the behavior of everyone, while feelings of guilt are capable of influencing only those
who have a conscious; most people do have a conscious, but sociopaths do not and cannot
be controlled but by shame or by brute force.

Classical
education is said to be about the Greek love of truth and beauty and the Roman genius
for government, so this suggests some of the things that they
valued.

Carl C. Zimmerman in Family and
Civilization, described the trustee family of ancient Greece, then the
atomistic family which evolved and helped to precipitate the conquest of Greece by
Rome.

In Greek times, again in Roman times, and again in
modern times, the predominant type of family evolved from trustee to domestic to
atomistic.

Whenever and wherever neither the state nor the
church ruled the family, the family ruled itself; this was trustee familism (582). In
the trustee family, the family embraces many households. One man is head of the family
but he is subject to a family counsel and occasionally to the entire family if nearly
all members feel so strongly about an issue that they are willing to oppose
him.

Family mores include: men do not openly engage in
premarital or extramarital sex. Women do not engage in premarital or extramarital sex at
all, except for the ever present few blacksliders. Women who are not virgins cannot
marry and are kicked out of the family. Adulteresses also are kicked out, or killed if
caught in the act.

Property is held in common, is received
from previous generations and is held in trust for future generations. The family takes
care of its own. It is responsible for seeking revenge or compensation for injury to a
family member by an outsider; it is responsible for paying compensation if a member
injures an outsider; costly feuds can result.

Trustee and
domestic family members have strong bonds to their families and to the nation of which
their family is a part.  Atomistic family members are very individualistic, me, me, me,
and not very strongly bonded to family or anything else.  They make poor soldiers
because they have no love of family or country.  They have loose morals, have sexually
deviant practices, have no or few children, or allow their children to grow up without
much parental control.  You can see how this type of culture might have been easy for
the Romans to conquor.  and after the Romans evolved such a culture, they were easy for
the barbarians to conquer.