Why does Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

This is because he made her "start off on the wrong foot
with her first grade teacher, Miss Caroline.

Scout got in
trouble with Miss Caroline partly because she was trying to explain to the teacher why
Walter did not have any lunch.  Scout was trying to explain to the teacher that Walter
was too poor to have lunch.  Miss Caroline got mad at Scout because of
this.

Miss Caroline is mad because (in my opinion) Scout
makes her feel like she does not know what she is doing on her first day at this new
school.

What is the Summary of the steps that Axis powers took to achieve world power prior to WWI?

I assume that you mean WWII and not WWI, since the Axis
powers are a WWII thing.

In general, what the Axis did was
that Germany rearmed and started to expand while Japan continued to build its military
and to try to expand in China.

The Treaty of Versailles had
badly weakened Germany and had essentially destroyed its military.  Germany, under
Hitler, started working to remake the military.  It also took Austria and
Czechoslovakia.  Finally, it made peace with the USSR as a way to secure its eastern
flank.

Japan was on the winning side in WWI so it did not
have to disarm and it got various German possessions.  It tried to expand its influence
in China during the 1930s.

How does the use of dialogue reveal the essence of Hom Hing's personality in Sui Sin Far's story "In the Land of the Free"?

In Sui Sin Far’s short story “In the Land of the Free,”
dialogue is used to reveal the traits of Hom Hing’s personality in a number of ways,
including the following:

• Hom Hing seems happy
  and proud when he first discusses his newly arrived son with the immigration
  officers.


• He seems self-controlled but frustrated when he
  replies to the officers who question his right to bring his son into the United
  States.


• He seems determined when he responds to the
  officers who tell him that his son cannot be admitted to the U.
  S.


• He seems sensitive and poetic when he tells the
  officers about first learning that his wife was
  pregnant.


• He seems confidently authoritative when he
  discusses how his wife obeyed his orders.


• He seems
  resigned when he finally explains to his wife that they must leave the boy with the
  officers for a while:

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“'Tis the law, . . . and 'twill be but for a
little while – until tomorrow’s sun
rises.”

• He seems
  considerate and compassionate when he comforts his wife after their first night home
  together.


• He seems resigned to further delays when he
  first talks with the lawyer.


• He seems concerned for his
  wife’s health when he tells the lawyer that she may soon
  die.


• He seems hopeful when the lawyer first discusses a
  possible solution but then seems frustrated when he learns what the proposal is and how
  much it will cost.

In short, in this story, Hom
Hing runs a gamut of emotions as the circumstances of the plot change and develop. He is
the story’s most dynamic character, emotionally, and most of his emotions are revealed
through his dialogue with other characters.

Solve the following simultaneous equations. 2x – 3y = 5 , x – 2y = 4

We'll solve the system using elimination method. For this
reason, we'll multiply by -2 the second equation:

-2x+4y=-8
(3)

We'll add (3) to (1):

-2x+
4y + 2x – 3y = -8+5

We'll eliminate x and we'll combine
like terms:

y = -3

We'll
substitute y in (2):

x – 2*(-3) =
4

 x + 6 = 4

x = 4 -
6

x = -2

The
solution of the system is represented by the pair of coordinates: (-2 ;
-3).

4^(x-1) =8*2^3x find x.

Since 8 is a power of 2, we'll write it
as:

8  =2^3

Now, we'll apply
the multiplication rule of 2 exponentials that have matching
bases:

2^3*2^3x = 2^(3 +
3x)

We'll re-write the equation, putting 4 =
2^2

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

Since the bases are matching, we'll apply one to one
rule:

2(x-1) = (3 + 3x)

We'll
open the brackets:

2x - 2 = 3x +
3

We'll subtract 2x - 2 and we'll apply symmetrical
property:

3x + 3 - 2x + 2 =
0

x + 5 = 0

We'll subtract
5:

x = -5

The
solution of the equation is x = -5.

The cost to produce x units of lipstick is c(x)=60x+10000 while the revenue is R(x)=85x Find: a. Break-even point b. Revenue at break-even point

The cost function is given by c(x) =
60x+10000

The revenue fuction  is given by: R(x) =
85x.

To determine the break even point, we set cost =
revenue and solve for x.

=> At he break even point
c(x) = R(x).

=> 60x+10000 =
85x

=> 10000 = 85x- 60x =
25x.

=> 10000/25 =
25x/25.

=> x = 400 is
the break even point.

b) To find break even revenue, we put
x= 400 in R(x).

R(x) = 85x

So
break even revenue = R(400) = 85*400 =
34000.

Break
even point = 400 units. Break even revenue = 34000 units of
money.

What hints does the name "J. Alfred Prufrock" give us about the character of the "hero"?

Concerning Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,"
the name Eliot uses is considered to be highly stylized.  This is probably the most
important aspect of the name.

The name does suggest a
businessman, also, but this is probably not so vital.

The
name, J. Alfred Prufrock, being so formal, contrasts with what one usually thinks of
with the words:  love song.  And that's the point.  In other words, the connotations, or
word associations, of "J. Alfred Prufrock," contrast with the connotations of "love
song."

That is the speaker's state of existence.  He
contrasts with anything that can be termed a love song.  He is socially inept.  He is on
his way to ask a woman some vital question during tea, and he never even makes it
there. 

He is isolated and alienated and socially
ineffective.  His love song is not much of one. 

This
contrast, by extension, is also the state of modern man.  Humans are alienated and
isolated, and the speaker represents all of us.   

What is the tone of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth?

This poem has greatly affected my life. It taught me the
ability to take a 'word picture' of something that is special to me, and to be able to
remember it in great detail, in order to recall it & re-visualize it,
re-awakening the feeling evoked by the sight itself.

The tone to me,
is of:
'wonder' at the beauty of the vision of the daffodils,

'loneliness' at being alone wandering through the woods,

'awareness of beauty' at the vision of the rippling field of flowers,

'sharpness of sight' at the shock of the vastness of the surprising field of
blooms,
'poetic' at the sight of 'tossing their heads in sprightly dance',
and 'the waves beside them danced',
'nostalgia' in thinking back to the
feelings of awe at the sight,
'mind clarity and recall' when remembering the
beauty and feelings evoked by the experience.

Truly a poetic and
magnificent series of visualizations.

In Beowulf, the theme of good vs. evil is introduced in Section 1. What greater conflict does the war between the Danes and Grendel represent?

In the story of Beowulf, the theme of
good vs evil is introduced in Section 1. Descended of one known as Beowulf
Scylding, Hrothgar becomes a king of the Danes, and builds a mead hall, where men join
to visit and celebrate. The sound of "revelry" (rejoicing) angers Grendel, a
human-monster that lives in the fens (swamps).

Section 1
tells of Grendel's heritage: he is a descendant of Cain (son of Adam and Eve), who
murdered his brother Abel, in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Because of Cain's sin,
he is exiled, and Grendel, his descendant, is also exiled from the company of
men.

On kin
of Cain was the killing avenged 
by sovran God for slaughtered
Abel. 
Ill fared his feud, and far was he driven, 
for the
slaughter's sake, from sight of men. 
Of Cain awoke all that woful
breed, 
Etins and elves and evil-spirits, 
as well as the giants
that warred with God 
weary while: but their wage was paid
them!

Grendel is considered
evil, as was Cain (who sired his line), elves, evil spirits, and giants. None of these
is at peace with God.

And so the greater conflict here,
beyond simply good vs. evil, and Grendel vs. man, is God vs. all those creatures who
have "warred" with him. This could be translated to mean God vs. the Devil, or the
powers of darkness.

How is the testing of faith a major theme in All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy?

Cormac McCarthy has said that each of his novels is a
wrestling with the God problem.  While McCarthy, like John Grady, is an ethical, even
religious man, he is too smart to reveal his hand in his novels.  He no doubt believes
that the God problem is intensely personal and, as such, he would never divulge an
ideology in his books.

In his latest book, The
Road, McCarthy gives a few more details about his stance on God.  He says,
"There is no God, and we are his prophets," a kind of paradoxical both-ways belief in
non-belief.

In Chapter IV, Part I of All the
Pretty Horses, Rawlins and Grady have frank discussions about belief and
doubt in their quests.  John Grady has been raised a Christian, but just as he is
coming-of-age as a man, he is coming-of-age as a believer too.  As such, he is open to
doubt.

Rawlins is more forth-giving.  He thinks that God
looks out for him:

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Way the world is. Somebody can wake up and
sneeze somewhere in Arkansas or some damn place and before you're done there's wars and
ruination and all hell. You dont know what's goin to happen. I'd say
He's just about got to. I dont believe we'd make it a day
otherwisetening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence.
The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the
void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its
shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If
only my heart were stone.
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Later,
John Grady and Antonio discuss God in Chapter 2:

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But there were two things they agreed upon wholly
and that were never spoken and that was that God had put
horses on earth to work cattle and that other than cattle there was no wealth proper to
a man.

Here, God seems like a
natural Prime Mover who puts all living things into a natural
order.

Still later, in Chapter 4 Alphonsa says this to John
Grady:

There
is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there
is no might have been. There never was. It is supposed to be true that those who do not
know history are condemned to repeat it. I dont believe knowing can save us. What is
constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing
that even God - who knows all that can be known - seems
powerless to
change.

So,
there seems to a divide as to the power of God and the power of fate.  Alphonsa is both
"devout and heretical" according to one critic.  She believes that God is all powerful
and yet powerless in the face of passional human will, another paradox that shows the
duality of belief and doubt.

In the end, faith and manhood
are intertwined in the novel.  Whereas both seem easy to prove in childhood, they become
problematic when one crosses the threshold into adulthood.  Whereas manhood is measured
in blood and sweat, belief and faith may very well be measured in doubt and questioning.
 It is all part of a quest: it is the search that matters.

CollisionTwo blocks of masses, m1 = 2.00kg and m2 = 4.00kg, are each released from rest at a height of 5.00 meters on a frictionless track and...

To have an ahead on collision the blocks should traverse
in opposite directions. The speed gained by each of the blocks in opposite directions
under gravity through the frictionless smooth track  is given by
:

v^2  = 2gs = 2*9.81*5.
Or

(i) v = 9.904544412m/s is the speed in opposite
directions before impact. m2 has +9.90..m/s anticlocwise  and m1 has -9.90..m/s  clock
wise say.

ii) The velocities of the blocks after collision
is given by:

v1f (final velocity of m1 ) =
 [2m2b+(m1-m2)a]/(m1+m2) where a and b are the initial velocities of the blocks m1 and
m2, in this case -v and +v

=[2*4v+(2-4)(-v)]/(2+4) = 10v/6
= 5v/3 = (5*9.904544412m/s)/3 = +16.5076 m/s anti
clockwise.

v2f (final velocity v) =
 [2m1a+(m2-m1)a]/(m1+m2)=2*2(-v)+(4-2)V]/(2+4) = (-4+2)v/6 = -v/3 =
-9.904544412m/3 m/s =
3.3015 clockwise.

iii)

The
first block with speed 16.5076m/s could move a height h meter, given by 2gh =
16.5076..^2 Or h = 16.5076^2/(2g) = 13.8889 meter of height , where g is the
acceleration due to gravity and is assumed  9.81m/s^2

The
second block could go as high as  3.3015^2/(2g) = 0.5556 meter of
height.

Highlight the sociological problems in Great Expectations with respect to one's position in society affecting an individual's ambitions.

The very title of Charles Dickens' novel strikes at the
dilemma of moving from one's place in society in the Victorian Age:  Great
Expectations. Certainly, a trope of Dickens is that society is a prison. 
For, to rise from one's social status in nineteenth century London is a virtual
impossiblity, as Dickens demonstrates in Pip's efforts to become a
gentleman.

Threading through Dickens's novel are various
characters of different social levels who either aspire futilely to rise in their social
class or they are "imprisoned" in their position in London society, whether it be
upperclass or lower. For instance, Miss Havishamis as much a prisoner in her
dungeon-like Satis House as poor Magwitch has been in the streets of London.  Each is
exploited by others in attempts to reach happiness and quality to life.  When Miss
Havisham is abandoned at the altar by the subterfuges of Compeyson and Arthur, she
realizes that she has been stigmatized and, thus, imprisoned in her life as ineligible
in her aristocratic society.  Magwitch, a gamin of the streets who subsists on whatever
he can steal, perceives an opportunity to attain some money with the nefarious
Compeyson.  However, he, too, is exploited both by Compeyson and by society when in his
impoverished and dingy appearance he is summarily judged as being more criminal than the
true criminal Compeyson, who passes himself as a gentleman.  Magwitch, then, is given a
more severe prison sentence.

Attempts to alter one's social
standing are not only portrayed in Great Expectations as
insurmountable, but foolish.  The attempts of the sycophantic Pumblechook and
the ludicrous Sarah Pocket are petty and inanely supercilious. Pumblechook suspiciously
spies upon the other merchants who is turn eye him with envy.  His fawning to Pip after
Mr. Jaggers's visit and his bragging for the newspaper that Pip reads at the Blue Boar
that he is the mentor of Pip cast a laughable doubt upon his character.  Mrs. Pocket's
continuous reading of a book about titles while her children tumble under foot or nearly
choke to death demonstrate the superficiality and selfishness of her character,
especially when she becomes angry and disdainful toward her servant who continually
rescues the children from harm.

As a further example of the
futility of rising from one's socialogical position, Dickens takes Joe Gargery from the
forge where is a respected man to Pip's apartment in London where he appears foolish and
awkward in his suit of clothes and hat.  Telling Pip that he will not return to London
to visit, Joe expresses his awarenss of the folly of trying to be other than what one
is,

"Pip,
dear old chap, ....Wivwisions among such must come, and must be met as they come....You
and me is not two figures to be together in London; nor yet anywheres else but what is
private, and beknown, and understood among friends....I'm wrong out of the forge, the
kitchen, or off
th'meshes....

Pip remarks
that there is a "simple dignity" in Joe for this
realization:

The fashion of his dress could no more come in
its way when he spoke these words than it could come in its way in Heaven.  While one's
ambitions to rise in class are foolish, Dickens tells the reader, the character of a man
in any sociological level, can possess a dignity apparent even by
Divinity.

According to Socrates, how is thinking a kind of preparation for death?

Socrates frequently encouraged introspection and
questioning things in life. An unexamined life is not worth living. He is also famous
for his statement that his wisdom comes from realizing how little he knows. Socrates
always tries to get at the truth, but he would never pretend to know something he
doesn’t. In thinking about things, we learn what we know and what we don’t know. He does
not fear death because he doesn’t know what it is or what may occur after it. In Plato’s
account of Socrates’ trial, the Apology, Socrates
says:

To fear
death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to
think that we know what we do not
know.

“Apology” means defense
in this context. It is Socrates defending himself against charges that he corrupted the
youth of Athens. During his defense, he points out that fearing death shows ignorance.
Those who fear death can only pretend to know that it should be feared. They really
don’t know if they should fear it or look forward to it. Thinking prepares one for death
because it teaches you to acknowledge that fearing the unknown is irrational. You have
no reason to fear something you know nothing about.

What does Scout mean when she uses a reference to Mr. Jingle in To Kill a Mockingbird?Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

In Chapter 18 of Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, Mayella Ewell is called to the witness stand during the trial
for rape of Tom Robinson.  In comparing her to her father, Bob Ewell, Scout remarks that
Mayella is not brash like her father in her testimony; instead she is "stealthy...like a
steady-eyed cat with a twitchy tail."  And, as Atticus meticulously, but politely,
questions her, she feigns offense at having been asked to repeat her age.  Then, after
Atticus's next question, she becomes furious,

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"Won't answer a word you say long as you keep on
mockin' me....Long's you keep on makin' fun of
me."

As she continues her
objections, diverting the direction of Atticus's questioning and becomes evasive in her
next answers, Scout observes,

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Mayella sounded like a Mr. Jingle in a book I had
been reading.

Here Scout
alludes to a comical character in Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, the book she has
been reading. Mr. Alfred Jingle, a strolling actor, is a humorous trickster and
charlatan who employs a strange syntax (e.g. disjointed sentences) of the English
language and weaves rather strange tales.  His comic, but devious tricks affect greatly
the other characters, the Pickwickians.

The protagonist of Oedipus Rex seems to be heading towards peace rather than horror. Elaborate, supporting your answer with examples.

I am afraid your original question didn't make sense, so I
had to edit it and try to guess at what you were originally meaning. I hope I got the
sense of the question right.

However, if this was your
question, I am afraid I have to disagree with it. Throughout the play there is a
brooding sense of the horror that the audience knows is going to befall Oedipus. This is
part of the dramatic irony of the text. We, as the audience, already know what Oedipus
sets himself to find out, and we can anticipate how this knowledge is going to impact
him. Thus it is that we watch his detective work through our fingers, dreading the
moment when all is revealed.

Unfortunately, when Oedipus is
"successful" in his investigations, his act of self-multilation, which is deeply
symbolic, clearly indicates the horror of this self-knowledge. Consider some of his last
words that clearly indicate the terror and sadness of his
position:

And
now what is left?

Images? Love? A greeting
even,

Sweet to the senses? Is there
anything?

Ah, no, friends: lead me
away.

Lead me away from
Thebes.

Lead the great
wreck

And hell of Oedipus, whom the gods
hate.

This play presents us
with the desperately tragic fate of one central character whom it is clear that the gods
have destined to suffer intensely and greatly. Therefore there is no sense of peace in
this play, and no arrival of any "happy ending." We leave this play disturbed by the
plight of the protagonist.

Define the concept of intercultural strategic alliance and list both advantages and disadvantages.

 An intercultural strategic alliance is a partnership
between two organizations from different parts of the world. An example of this would be
an alliance between a Japanese corporation and a Corporation in the United States. In an
intercultural strategic alliance organizations contribute resources and expertise for
the purpose of a specific mutually beneficial goal.

Some of
the advantages of intercultural strategic alliances
are:

1. They allow for the pursuit of business
   opportunities in markets that may be otherwise inaccessible.
    


2. They lower the barriers to market
   entry. 

Some of the disadvantages of
intercultural strategic alliances are:

1. They may
   be difficult to implement due to cultural and language
   barriers.


2. They may lead to over-dependence on a foreign
   partner in order to successfully
   operate. 

What is the tone of Kate Chopin's "The Storm"? I was going to say sympathetic, however I don't have enough info to back that up.

I agree with you that the tone of Chopin's "The Storm" is
sympathetic. 

One place to find evidence to support your
conclusion about tone is in the description.  A speaker's description of characters will
usually reveal his/her attitude toward those characters.

In
paragraph twelve, the speaker describes Calixta as
follows:

She
was a little fuller of figure than five years before when she married; but she had lost
nothing of her vivacity.  Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality;  and her
yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about
her ears and temples.

The
speaker describes her character as vivacious, and the character's eyes melt.  The
speaker uses specific detail--"about her ears and temples"--to give her character
verisimilitude, or realism, and to create imagery; to make the face concrete.  The
speaker encourages the reader to imagine Calixta in her
vivaciousness.

In paragraph twenty, when Calixta staggers
backward, she is "encircled" by Alcee's arm--a protective, tender motion.  When
she cannot compose herself,

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Alcee clasped her shoulders and looked into her
face.  The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into
his arms, had aroused all the one-time infatuation and desire for her
flesh.

The moment is
described positively.  Again, specific detail creates imagery--Alcee "looked into her
face"; her body is "warm" and "palpitating"; his infatuation and desire are "aroused." 
The imagery makes the movement concrete, as well as adding verisimilitude.  And the
images are positive and tender.

This is the moment that
leads directly into what society calls adultery, but the speaker considers fulfillment
and necessary passion. 

The speaker's description reveals
the tone to be sympathetic.

Using Newton's 3rd law, explain how a squid moves?

The squid has an unusual way of movement. It can suck
water into its body cavity and then eject the stored water from special organs at a very
fast speed. It is also able to accurately control the direction of the jets of water,
which allow it to steer.

The movement of the squid is
explained by Newton's Third Law which states that for every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction. When the water is being expelled as a jet from the squid's body, it
exerts a force on the squid's body that moves it in the opposite
direction.

If the mass of the water being expelled is Mw,
the velocity with which it is expelled is Vw and the squid's mass is Ms, the velocity
with which its body is pushed in the opposite direction is given by Vs = Vw*Mw /
Ms.

What are racist and anti-racist elements in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain?

Briefly, we can see Huck's relationship with Jim as
more-or-less a relationship of equals. Huck articulates his recognition that Jim loves
his wife and family as much as any one else loves their family, regardless of skin
color.

"I do
believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their'n. It don't
seem natural, but I reckon it's
so."

Huck recognizes also
Jim's kindness and generosity, given freely and outside of any formal
context. 

Also, the commentary made by Pap Finn early in
the novel regarding a clean-shirted free African American functions as an ironic
indictment of racism. Pap's vehemence and resentment work against him and demonstrate
the hypocrisy of his racist sentiments. 

These are
anti-racist sentiments. 

Pap's pettiness and racism are
mirrored later. Jim's treatment at the Phelps farm (both before and after the attempted
escape) is inhumane, lacking common respect, and presupposing of a status quo which
takes this kind of treatment for granted. 

These are racist
sentiments. 

How do I structure a paragraph reflecting shifting values & contextual focus (while definining King Lear's C. F. simultaneously?King Lear...

Your essay must be many paragraphs, so your question is a
bit incorrect and may be blocking you from thinking logically about how to approach your
assignment.  For a complex writing assignment, it's often helpful to begin with a
bulleted list.  I often use PowerPoint to begin with because it automatically bullets
the information, is easy to move items around, and lets me create subbullets or change a
subbullet to a main bullet, etc.  When the outline is done, you are organized and the
hardest part of your essay is done.  

One suggestion is to identify
all the character's values in King Lear in one bulleted list.  You don't say in your
question to us whether you are selecting one character or several but based on your
punctuation I am assuming it is just one character.  Copy that list to a new page,
identify which values shift, and review for yourself how many shifting values you'll
need to discuss in your essay.  This up front research is very important because you'll
want to zero in on the major shifting values for discussion in your essay, but also
reference the other values, both those that shift and those that don't, so your
instructor knows that you know what they are.  Also, it will help you avoid putting too
much emphasis in your essay on only one or two items, or on the wrong items, when you
should be discussing more items or something else.

Once you identify
where your major emphasis should be, you should have a clearer idea of how many major
shifting values you'll need to discuss.  This will help you figure out how long your
essay will be, what your opening paragraphs will be, and whether it will take one, two,
or even more paragraphs to discuss each of the major shifting values. 
 

Now you can begin writing.  Use your opening paragraph to identify
your character and your premise; that is, the values you identified and that certain
ones seem to shift throughout the play.  You'll use the remaining paragraphs to discuss
each of the major value shifts you found, with your closing paragraph to summarize.
 

Keep in mind that it is sometimes helpful to use other characters as
part of the "evidence" in your argument.  For example, if you identify a particular
value as shifting, is there another character with that same value that does not shift,
and is there a point where the two characters diverge because of the firstt one's
shift?

Explain the importance of the title of the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains."

The title of this great futuristic short story is actually
an allusion to a poem bearing the same name by Sara Teasdale. This poem appears as part
of the short story and is obviously intimately linked with the theme and message of what
Bradbury is trying to say. Perhaps the key quote of the poem is as
follows:

And
not one will know of the war, not one

Will care at last
when it is done.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor
tree,

If mankind perished
utterly...

The whole poem
presents nature carrying on completely as normal without regard for the loss of mankind,
which we assume, like in the story, has managed to wipe itself out. Central to the story
then is an essential irony: we are presented with a house that displays such levels of
technological sophistication that it really doesn't need man at all to keep on going.
The scientific level of man is shown to be incredibly high. However, at the same time
the absence of any human characters whatsoever forcibly reminds us that man also
invented weapons capable of destroying himself. This disparity confronts us with a vital
question: what is the point of all of our cleverness if we are unable to realise and
accept our vulnerable position in the universe?

What is the acceleration of a particle at x=10 m if the mass of the particle is 0.2 kg ?the particle is moving along x axis with the potential...

Work is given by the product of the force and distance.
The work done contributes to an increase in potential
energy.

Work = -delta
U.

Force* distance = -delta
U

Here we have the function of the potential energy given
as U(x) = 8*x^2 - 2*x^4.

For an infinitesimally small
change in distance

d/dx (Force* distance) =
-U'(x)

Force = -U'(x)

U'(x) =
16x - 8x^3

At x = 10,

U'(x) =
16*10 - 8*1000

=> 160 -
8000

=> -7840

=>
Force = - (-7840)

=> Force =
7840

So the force at this point is
7840.

Force is the product of the mass and acceleration. We
know that the mass is 0.2 kg.

Therefore the
acceleration is 7840 / 0.2 = 39200 m/s^2

h(x)=(x+1)^2-3 What is the minimum value of h(x)?

h(x) = (x+1)^2-3. To find the
minimum.

Since (x+1)^2 > = 0, for all x, as (x+1)^2
is a square.

(x+1)^2  - 3 > = 0
-3.

Theefore h(x) > = -3 for all
x.

Therefore minimum of h(x) = -3, when (x+1) = 0, or when
x= -1.

or h(-1) = -3 is the minimum of h(x)
.

Determine a if the roots of the equation x^2-x-a=0 are x1 and x2 and x1^4+x2^4=1.

The roots of the equation x^2 - x - a = 0
are

x1 = 1 / 2 + sqrt ( 1 +
4a)/2

x2 = 1/2 - sqrt ( 1+ 4a) /
2

Also x1^4 + x2^4 =
1

=> (1 / 2 + sqrt ( 1 + 4a)/2)^4 + (1 / 2 + sqrt (
1 + 4a)/2)^4 = 1

=> 1/16[(1 + sqrt (1+4a))^4 + (1 -
sqrt (1+4a))^4] = 1

now we use a^2 - b^2 =
(a-b)(a+b)

=> ((1 + sqrt (1+4a))^2 + (1 - sqrt
(1+4a))^2)*((1 + sqrt (1+4a))^2 -(1 - sqrt (1+4a))^2) =
16

=> ((1 + sqrt (1+4a))^2 + (1 - sqrt (1+4a))^2)*(1
+ sqrt (1+4a)) + (1 - sqrt (1+4a))(1 + sqrt (1+4a)) - (1 - sqrt (1+4a)) =
16

=> [1 + 1 + 4a + 2*sqrt (1+4a)+1 + 1+4a -
2*sqrt(1+4a)]*[2*2*sqrt (1+4a)] = 16

=> [4 + 8a
]*[4*sqrt (1+4a) = 16

=> (1+ 2a) * sqrt (1+ 4a) =
1

=> (1+ 4a^2 + 4a)(1+ 4a) =
1

=> 1+ 4a + 4a^2 + 16a^3 + 4a + 16a^2 =
1

=> 8a + 20a^2 + 16a^3 =
0

=> 16a^3 + 20a^2 + 8a =
0

=> 4a^3 + 5a^2 + 2a =
0

=> a( 4a^2 + 5a +
2)=0

a1 = 0

a2 = -5/8 +
sqrt(25 - 32)/8

=> a2 = -5/8 +i* sqrt 7 /
8

a3 = -5/8 - sqrt
7/8

Therefore a can be 0 , -5/8 +i* sqrt 7 /
8 and -5/8 - sqrt 7/8

What were the economic developments of the English colonies prior to 1700?

I assume you mean the English colonies in America.
Economic development was a major cause of the divisions North and South which would lead
to the Civil War 175 years later. Therefore in discussing economic development, it is
important that one consider geographic factors.

The
Southern Colonies enjoyed warm climate, deep fertile soils, but few natural harbors. As
a result, their economy was primarily agricultural. Large plantations developed which
grew "staple crops," primarily tobacco; but South Carolina primarily grew rice and
indigo. Since a tremendous amount of labor was required, slavery became an important
economic development in the South.

The Northern colonies
had thin, rocky soil and good harbors. As a result, although there was some farming, a
greater emphasis was placed on shipping and shipbuilding. It was for this reason that
the North industrialized much more quickly than the South; and also why Slavery never
gained a significant foothold in the North.

The "Middle
Colonies," primarily Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York engaged in some farming, but
primarily wheat and other grains. Large scale plantations as seen in the South did not
develop; but neither did extensive industry.

How is Curley's Wife presented and developed during 'Of Mice and Men' In Parts 2, 4 and 5?

Curley's Wife is a fascinating character that is often not
given the credit she deserves.  She is a troubled, unhappy young woman who likely tried
to escape an unsastisfying or troublesome childhood by naively marrying Curley.  First
off, pay attention to her name.  She has none!  Thi is not an accident, but a very
symbolic gesture on the part of Steinbeck.  She is not a woman, she is her husband's
property. 

Our first meeting of Curley's Wife is ominous;
George instantly views her as a sign of trouble.  In chapter 2, shortly after checkin in
with the boss, George and Lennie stumble upon the young woman, dressed in red, made up
and wearing mules with red feathers.  the color of her attire and the style of her hair
and makeup suggest some sexuality, as well as a youthful desire to be found attractive. 
She flirts openly with George, immiediately forgetting her mission to find Curley. 
After she leaves, George catches Lennie staring at her, and immediately chastizes him.  
This is clearly foreshadowing to the eventual end of the
work.

In Chapter 4, a new side of this woman is revealed. 
She is both lonely and hostile.  In a confrontation with Crooks, Lennie, Candy and
George, she openly admits that Curley has broken her records and lashed out at her in
anger.   She also turns from victim to abuser when she threatens to have Crooks lynched
if he mocks her, disrespects her, or refuses to answe he questions.  In this scene, our
sympathy for her may disappear, but it helps to bear in mind that her cruelty comes from
a places of anger and lonliness.

In chapter 5, when
confronting Lennie in the barn, Curley's Wife tells her tale of being involved with a
man who let her down, waiting for his letters, thinking she has the ability to be a
movie star, etc;.  However, though my sympathy for her does have a resurgence, it is
worth noting that she is confiding in Lennie not in an effort to befriend him, but
because she is so desperate not to be ignored.  This point is driven home by the fact
that she interrupts Lennie and talks over him several
times.

Her death is tragic, but inevitable.  Lennie begins
the story much as he starts it.  Like the helpless puppy, and the tiny mouse, she is
overwhelmed by Lennie's strength and unable to fight against him.  However, it could
also be argued that her selfishness, her desperate need to talk to him, and her refusal
to listen and understand him also led to her death.

Given the right triangle ABC, where A=90 degrees, calculate the expression: E=cosB/sinC+ cosC/sinB

We'll calculate the first ratio:
cosB/sinC

We know that A = pi/2 and the sum of the angles
of a triangle is pi.

A + B + C =
PI

pi/2 + B + C = pi

B + C =
pi - pi/2

B  +C = pi/2

B =
pi/2 - C

Now, we'll apply cosine function both
sideS:

cos B = cos (pi/2 -
C)

cos B = cos pi/2*cos C + sin pi/2*sin
C

cos pi/2 = 0 and sin pi/2
=1

cos B = sin C

cosB/sinC =
sin C/sin C = 1

Now, we'll calculate the second
ratio:

 cosC/sinB = cos (pi/2 - B)/sin
B

 cosC/sinB = sin B/sin
B

 cosC/sinB = 1

The value of
the given expression is:

E = 1 +
1

E =
2

How do you feel about animal testing?I have a student working on a senior portfolio and a service project to make people aware of animal testing...

I think that using animal models is better than directly
testing on humans initially. I am of the opinion that using laboratory rats and other
organisms to benefit people is not morally wrong. Eventually, the new drug or therapy
will progress to human trials, but putting humans at risk initially is something I
wouldn't agree with. While computer simulations may increase our knowledge, they can
never replace real interactions between cells, tissues and organs. Many of the test
subjects come from pounds and most are euthanized after the experiment. Experiments in
genetics, xenotransplantation, behavioral studies, toxicology and drug research have all
used animals as their test subjects. Not only are vertebrates used, but many
invertebrates are used as well. Armadillos can be used to research Hansen's disease
(leprosy) because they can catch this disease, just as humans can. Using animals for
testing can be traced back to Aristotle, therefore, it is a practice that has its roots
in our ancient history. Until something else can be developed, this is our best way to
allow the medical field to progress.

What does Jem do that shocks Dill and Scout?

There are several times in To Kill a
Mockingbird where Jem shocks Scout and Dill. One of them comes in Chapter 1
when Jem finally accepts Dill's dare and rushes to the Radley house where
he

... threw
open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran past
us... Dill and I followed on his
heels.

Jem does it again in
Chapter 4 when he rolls Scout--who is curled up in an old tire--right up to the steps of
the Radley house.

Jem saves another surprise for Scout and
Dill--and a group of neighbors as well--when he shows up at the Radley front gate in his
underwear. Jem had to discard his pants earlier when he got them caught in the Radley
fence and had apparently forgotten this when he joins the
crowd. 

Nationalism started in Europe from the French Revolution and I am wondering what a good thesis topic would be.Like could I write about how it...

Nationalism surely did help to start WWI.  However, I am
not sure that that is enough of a thesis topic.  I think that I would (depending on how
long the paper has to be) try to talk about the overall effects of nationalism in
Europe.

For example, you could argue that nationalism had
good effects.  You could argue that nationalism led to the creation of countries like
Italy and Germany.  Nationalism helped to bring together all the little states that had
made up Italy and Germany and make them into larger countries.  You could argue that
this is good because it reduced the amount of conflict between all the little
states.

But nationalism did have bad effects as well. 
Nationalism helped lead to WWI because it encouraged people to think that their own
country and their own kind of people were good and others were bad.  This even helped to
cause WWII and the Holocaust.

So I think I would try to
write about all the impacts of nationalism and then evaluate whether nationalism was
good for Europe.

What is Hermes known for in The Lightning Thief?

In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief, like in all of Greek mythology, Hermes plays
the role of messenger. This is particularly important in this book because there are
humans (more accurately, part-humans) who need to be communicated to by the gods. Hermes
is the one to whom they all turn.

Even for Percy to be able
to communicate with his father, Poseiden, god of the sea, Hermes must be called upon to
bring messages back and forth. Hermes is also particularly helpful to Percy during his
defeat of Procrustes.

Find the real solution of the system 3x^2-2y^2=-5 xy=12

This is a homogenous system and the first step is to
eliminate the numbers alone.

For this purpose, we'll
multiply the 1st equation by 12 and the 2nd equation by
5:

36x^2 - 24y^2 = -60 (3)

5xy
= 60 (4)

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

36x^2 + 5xy - 24y^2 =
0

We'll divide by x^2:

36 +
5y/x - 24y^2/x^2 = 0

We'll substitute y/x =
t:

-24t^2 + 5t + 36 = 0

24t^2
- 5t - 36 = 0

We'll apply quadratic
formula:

t1 =
[5+sqrt(25+3456)]/48

t1 =
(5+59)/48

t1 = 4/3

t2 =
(5-59)/48

t2 = -9/8

We'll put
y/x = 4/3

y = 4x/3

We'll
substitute y in the 2nd equation:

x*(4x/3) =
12

4x^2 = 4*9

x^2 =
9

x1 = 3 and x2 = -3

y1 = 4
and y2 = -4

y/x = -9/8

y =
-9x/8

-9x^2 = 8*12

-3x^2 =
32

x^2 = -32/3

This equation
has no real solutions.

The system will have
the following real solutions {(3 ; 4) ; (-3 ;
-4)}.

Can we classify Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children as histogriographic metafiction?

I think that Rushdie's work fits several of the conditions
of historiographic metafiction.  On one hand, the construction of the narrative through
Saleem's eyes makes him the center of the work.  This supposed authority is complete
with fragmentation and a sense of disunity.  Rushdie is deliberate in this, for Saleem's
writing of Indian History is limited, at best.  Saleem attempts to be the agent of his
own being, but the conditions that surround him are overwhelming.  At the same time, I
think that the conscious attempt for Saleem to be constructing a narrative of Indian
History makes him a source for historiography, as well.  The idea of being able to write
history, for both self and nation, is something of which Saleem is conscious.  In the
end, Saleem understands his motivations in both realms, making the work fit both
standards.

Describe Slim in three ways (with quotes) and indicate what his importance is to Of Mice and Men.

Slim must be a hard-working leader among the guys. He is
described as being out with his team and Candy says of
him:

Slim's a
jerkline skinner. Hell of a nice fella. p.
28

Later, some of the guys
note that Curley's wife has the eye for Slim. But Slim keeps her in line and makes sure
there is nothing inappropriate going on between them. She comes into the bunkhouse
apparently looking for Curley and then Slim enters. The way he deals with her shows his
integrity:

"Hi
good-lookin."

"I'm trying to find Curley,
Slim."

"Well, you ain't trying very hard. I seen him goin'
in your house."

Finally, in
the end, Slim is the only loyal and encouraging friend George has. We see this when Slim
says of Lennie's sacrifice,

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You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on,
with me.

 Slim is the voice
of reason and integrity in this book. His purpose is to help show the error of other
people's ways and to confirm the right actions of folks as well.

In Stalag 17 how does the portrayal of American soldiers seem consistent with American values?

There seems to be some challenging wording in the
question.  I think that the film depicts the soldiers as ones who believe in the power
of solidarity and social cohesion.  The soldiers are not necessarily shown as ones who
are predisposed to targeting and scapegoating.  For example, when they believe Sefton to
be the spy in the camp, the prisoners take to redistributing his significant gains. 
When Sefton convinces them of Price's guilt as the spy, they help in creating a
distraction so that Sefton and Dunbar can escape.  The prisoners do not lose sight of
their opposition to the Germans and display a strong level of solidarity and unity with
one another.  In many circumstances, the film represents the ideals that are so commonly
associated with America and the values that Americans themselves shought to display to
everyone.  In this idea, depicting these ideals when Americans are in prison helps to
enhance the idea that these values are universal, yet commonly associated as part of the
American sense of character.

What are the similarties and the differences between the play Trifles and the short story "A Jury of Her Peers"?

There is more authorial intrusion in the
short story "A Jury of Her Peer" than in the play
Trifles.
As such, Glaspell reveals many more of her characters' feelings in the
short story.  She leaves the emotional subtext for the actors to reveal on
stage.

So says one
critic:

For
example, on page 275 the writer explains how Mrs. Hale first met Mrs. Peters, “the year
before at the county fair”. Mrs. Hale’s opinion of Mrs. Peters is brought to the surface
on page 276 when the writer reveals that she felt Mrs. Peters “didn’t seem like a
sheriff’s wife”. Whereas in the play Trifles, the reader is left with no insight of this
nature since the dialogue is so central (all you know is what you see and hear).
Feelings are left out of the play, and revealed in the short
story.

Another
obvious difference is the title. The play's title
Trifles is more subtle, whereas the short story's title "A Jury of
Her Peers" basically reveals two major themes from the start: feminist community ("her
Peers") and legalism ("Jury").  Trifles is wonderfully ironic: it
is what the men think of women's work.  As such, its title better reveals the little
things (the clues and subtext), which drives this psychological
play.

The women are marginalized more in the
play. They are physically segregated from the men, and their presence on
stage keeps them--as a community--front and center.  No one woman is more important than
the other.  Even though it is titled Trifles and not "A Jury of Her
Peers," the play's grouping of the women allows them to be more of a physical jury.
 This is more symbolic and
meaningful.

Audience participation, I feel,
is the biggest difference. Quite frankly, the short story gives too much
away.  It's too easy, too seamless.  The play, even if it is read and not seen, is much
more like a detective story.  As a reader or viewer of the play, we have to use more
deductive reasoning and fill in the pieces to the mystery.

The sum of a man's age and his son is 66. What are their ages if the digits are reveresed ? The teacher said there are 3 answers.

Let 10x+y be the fathers
age.

The sun's age is in reverse digits by data. So the
sun's age = 10y+x.

Naturally father's age  is more than
sun's age.

=> 10x+y > 10y
+x.

=> 10x+y-10y-x >
0

=> 9x-9y >
0.

=> 9(x-y) >
0.

=> x-y >
0.

 x > y.....(1)

Also
the sum of their ages = (10x+y)+(10y+x) = 11(x+y) which is 66 by
data.

So 11(x+y) = 66.

We
divide both sides of 11(x+y) = 66 by 11:

x+y =
6.....(2)

So x> y and x+y = 6. So we have the
choice: x= 3, x= 4, x = 5, x = 6.

Then  the corresponding y
values are  y= 3,  y = 2, y = 1 and y = 0.

So  father's age
= 33 ,  42,  51, 60.

Sun's age : 33 , 24, 15,
06.

We exclude 33 as it is not
practical.

So father and sun's age are one of
the pairs:  (42 , 24) , (51, 15) , (60, 06).

Why did the U.S and Britain invade Afghanistan in 2001?

There are several clarifications that need to be made to
your question.

1.  The U.S. and England were not the only
countries to send troops to Afghanistan in 2001/2002--to this day, there are many NATO
countries with troops in the region.

2.  The U.S. did not
attack Afghanistan.  It attacked Al Qaeda--a global terrorist organization which had its
base in Afghanistan at the time--and the Taliban, the radical ruling group of the
country which oppressed its own people and willingly gave shelter to Osama bin Laden and
Al Qaeda.

3.  In 2001, the United States and England began
working with many native Afghans to rid their country of terrorists and to place the
decision-making process back in the hands of the Afghan people not in the hands of an
elite few who terrorized their own countrymen.  Many of the Afghans who assisted and who
still assist U.S. forces were followers of Massoud (an Afghan leader who fought against
the Taliban until he was assassinated two days before 9/11), and they would not see the
U.S. and England as attacking their country.

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, what does the monster learn by observing the DeLacey family?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the
creature learns a great deal from observing the DeLacey
family.

The creature learns what a family is, how they
share each other's company, and how they support and love one another. He is amazed at
the simple things they employ: tapers (candles) to lengthen the day, a guitar to create
music. He comes to understand the concept of reading aloud. He learns that others are
unhappy, as he is, though it amazes him that those who are beautiful and enjoy good
company could also feel the unhappiness that engulfs
him.

The creature comes to understand poverty and
hunger.

A
considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of
this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing
degree...They often, I believe, suffered the pangs of hunger very poignantly, especially
the two younger cottagers; for several times they placed food before the old man when
they reserved none for
themselves.

In seeing their
hunger, the creature, who had been eating some of their food, abstained from doing so,
knowing what harm it caused the family. Here he learns compassion, though none has been
shown to him. The monster learns charity, by doing work that will help the family to
survive, such as gathering wood.

Soon the creature began to
understand that the family communicates with each other using
words.

By
degrees I made a discovery of still greater moment. I found that these people possessed
a method of communicating their experiences and feelings to one another by articulate
sounds. I perceived that the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain,
smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenances of the hearers. This was indeed a
godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with
it.

The creature comes to
understand the concept of reading, but has no way to master this skill. And it is also
from Felix, the young DeLacey, and his sweetheart, Safie (who appears one day on
horseback), that the creature learns of love.

In A Tale of Two Cities, what does Lucie's not collapsing as Charles is condemned, say about her?

As a character in A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens, Lucie Mannette represents the typical Victorian heroine. 
Her fainting fits as witnessed in the beginning book and in Chapter VI of Book the Third
when Charles is released from the charges in France through the intervention of Dr.
Manette--

Her father had gone on before, to prepare her,
and when her husband stood upon his feet, she dropped insensible in his
arms--

Lucie's relentless earnestness, too---she
insists that she hears "echoing footsteps" at Soho and she fears that something terrible
will happen after Charles is released--is doubtless part of the concept of Victorian
womanhood.

However, when Charles Darnay is again denounced
by the Defarges, and the Bonnets Rouges/ Jacques come for him,
Lucie does not swoon and faint.  Is this conduct out of character?  Chapter XXI of Book
the Third mentions,

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The wretched wife of the innocent man thus
doomed to die, fell under the sentence, as if she had been mortally stricken. 
But, she uttered no sound; and so strong was the voice within
her, representing that it was she of all the world who must uphold him in his misery and
not augment it, that it quickly raised her, even from that shock.

Lucy, though
shocked, is a devoted Victorian wife, who must be brave for the sake of Charles; she
must show him her "love and consolation" as he walks out.  For the sake of her husband,
Lucie is brave.  As Charles is allowed to kiss her by leaning over the dock, and to bear
her farewell:  "We shall meet again, where the weary are at rest!"  Lucie
replies,

"I
can bear it, dear Charles.  I am supported from above; don't suffer for me.  A parting
blessing for our child."

As
Charles is drawn away and taken, Lucie stands

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looking after him with her hands poised in an
attitude of prayer, and with a radiant look upon her face, in which there was even a
comforting smile.  As he went out at the prisoners' door, she turned, laid her head
lovingly on her father's breast, tried to speak to him, and fell at his
feet.

True to her Victorian
role, Lucie is earnest and devoted to her husband.  However, she is also very delicate
in her condition, and swoons as soon as Charles is taken away.

In The Outsiders, which advisor do you think Ponyboy will be inclined to follow and why?

Your question does not specify which advisors you are
referring to. Clearly, this excellent coming-of-age novel presents us with a
protagonist, Ponyboy, who has a number of different influences in his life. The fact
that he is part of a gang of Greasers, who are renowned for their violence and
delinquency, indicates that this is a very big influence on his life. However, the
actual reality of his situation is far more complicated, as Ponyboy's two brothers,
whilst they let him fight in brawls, are desperate for him to have a better future than
they themselves have been able to attain.

Consider how
Ponyboy threatens a group of Socs who he is bothered by whilst he is with Two-Bit and
Steve:

I
started towards them, holding the bottle the way Tim Shepard holds a switch--out and
away from myself, in a loose but firm hold. I guess they knew I meant business, because
they got into their car and drove
off.

This sight of Ponyboy
threatening a group of Socs in a very convincing manner concerns Two-Bit deeply, as he
says, "You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be..." However, as it quickly
becomes clear, when Ponyboy picks up the broken glass because he doesn't want anyone to
get a puncture, this is just an act that Ponyboy adopts out of necessity. Those members
of his "family" who are involved in gang violence actually want Ponyboy to have a better
future, and that is the prevailing influence that comes to bear on Ponyboy, in spite of
appearances that might suggest he is sinking into the same cycle of petty crime and
delinquency as his friends.

How long can a person be incarcerated for civil contempt?

Punishment for Civil Contempt normally is incarceration
until the offending person agrees to perform the act which he has previously refused to
do. If one were under Court Order to pay child support; he can be incarcerated until
such time as he does so. Judges are given wide latitude in determining the appropriate
punishment, but it must be commensurate with the level of the offense. When I practiced
law, I was once fined $25.00 for being late to Court; and on another occasion, a Judge
sentenced a Physician to thirty minutes jail time because he was thirty minutes late to
Court. The Judge's position was without witnesses and attorney's present, the Court
cannot perform its work. Had he fined me a thousand dollars, or sentenced me to thirty
days in jail, that easily is not commensurate with the offense.  Some states have
statutes that prescribe maximum sentences; but they are rarely more than $100.00 or ten
days in Jail, again dependent upon the severity of the offense.

How are the porch gatherings here different from the ones in Eatonville? Please give specific details from the text to support your response.

I assume by "here" you are referring to the portion of the
novel when Tea Cake and Janie move onto the muck, the
Everglades.

On the porches of Eatonville, and in particular
on the store's porch, Janie was never allowed to be a participant in the bantering and
storytelling that when on among men. She was allowed to listen and to witness, but Joe
does not allow her to participate. It is no coincidence, then, that it is upon the
store's porch that Janie finally "finds her voice" to stand up to Joe and emasculate him
with her "when you pull down your britches, you look like the change of life" insult.
Even with Joe gone, when Janie plays checkers on the store's porch most of Eatonville is
left feeling very uncomfortable with the situation.

The
porches in the Everglades are similar in one way but overall are very different. Just
like in Eatonville, Janie's porch is a gathering
spot:

Tea
Cake's house was a magnet, the unauthorized center of the "job." The way he would sit in
the doorway and play his guitar made people stop and listen and maybe disappoint the
jook for that night. He was always laughing and full of fun
too.

In most other ways,
however, the porches are very different because of the attitudes of the people who
occupy them. In Eatonville, Janie was a listener and a witness; on the muck, she is an
active participant. Janie's memories of the store in Eatonville--and the actions on its
porch from which she was prohibited--are central to her self-actualization.  As she
says, in Eatonville:

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The men held big arguments [...] like they used
to do on the store porch. Only here [on the muck], she could listen and laugh and even
talk some herself if she wanted to. She got so she could tell big storied herself from
listening to the rest.

It is
in the Everglades that Janie finally finds her voice and realizes her
dreams.

Why would Hamlet describe Denmark as a prison in Shakespeare's Hamlet?

Hamlet's description of Denmark as a prison has mainly to
do with his feelings about the place after his father's murder.  He longed to return to
his studies and the relative moral quiet of Wittenburg but was urged to stay by his
mother, to whom he obviously feels a great loyalty, as well as by the desire to see if
he can figure out and avenge his father's murder.

Because
of this, he feels he is confined there and cannot be free, thus the feeling that it is a
prison.  This comes out several times in the play, perhaps the most blatant when he is
speaking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Find the domain of 1/sqrt(3x-2) for the expression to produce a real number?

First, we have to notice that the domain for 1/sqrt (3x-2)
is the same with the domain for sqrt (3x-2), excepting the values for x which is
cancelling the denominator.

Let's find this excepted value
for x (we've considered from the beginning that it's just a single value, based on the
fact that the expression is a linear equation, with a single
solution).

3x-2 = 0

We'll add
2, both sides of the
equation:

3x-2+2=2

3x=2

We'll
divide by3, both sides:

x =
2/3.

So, the excluded value for x =
2/3.

Now, let's find the domain for
sqrt(3x-2).

For sqrt(3x-2) to exists, the expression
(3x-2)>0

So, reiterating the same steps to find the
excepted value for x, we'll find that
x>2/3.

So the domain of definition is
the ineterval (2/3, inf).

Can water waves be reflected and refracted? Give examples. Does Huygens’s principle apply to water waves? Explain.

The answer to the question lies in the definitions of the
terms reflection and refraction. For either to occur, there needs to be a boundary of
some kind. Often, this is from one material to another (as in the case of light), but it
could also be a temperature boundary.

Reflection is the
transmission of energy opposite the direction of propagation of the wave, and refraction
is a change in direction of the remaining forward propagating wave at the boundary. Thus
water can be reflected and refracted. One example of reflection is the case of a wave
impacting a concrete wall. One example of refraction is the change in direction of a
water wave when it moves from shallow water to deeper water (there is a temperature
boundary).

Huygen's principle is that the wave can be
decomposed into a series of point sources that, in the far field, superimpose to
reconstruct the original wave. This principle has it's foundation in the mathematics of
a wave, which can be applied to water waves as well, and also in the understanding that
each point of disturbance in any wave can be understood as a point source for future
disturbances. Both these concepts apply to water waves.

What is the tone of Tagore's short story, "The Postmaster?"

In order to find the tone of the short story, I would pull
from one of Tagore’s poems.  Tagore’s poem, “Passing Time in the Rain,” features a
moment where I think some insight into his tone of “The Postmaster” is
relevant:

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Small lives, humble distress/ Tales of humdrum
grief and pain/Simple, clear straightforwardness;/ of the thousands of tears streaming
daily/A few saved from oblivion;/No elaborate description,/Plain steady
narration...

This might help
to bring out the tone of the story.  The tone, or the attitude of the author, created is
one where Tagore assumes the third person, but does not shy away from bringing out
Ratan’s emotional pain.  For Tagore, what Ratan experiences is similar to idea of “small
lives, humble distress.”  The tone created in the story is one where the tale of an
orphan is painful, but a part of the natural condition that is expressed in the world. 
Tagore’s tone does not steer past one of “humdrum grief.”  There is little “elaborate
description,” for even the ending is one where the experience of Ratan is dwarfed by a
condition where “snares of delusion” impact human consciousness.  Finally, with the
“plain steady narration,” Tagore’s tone brings light to Ratan’s predicament, but only
does so as an internal light is shone within our own state of being in sensing whether
we are more like the postmaster, who breaks her heart, or Ratan, who must endure the
broken heart.

How was social darwinism used to defend and support the new industrial economic order?

In the United States, the theory of Social Darwinism was
used in the "Gilded Age" to justify the fact that some people were gaining immense power
and wealth while others remained in poverty.  This growing stratification of wealth was
occurring as a result of industrialization.

The theory of
Social Darwinism argues that some people are more "fit" than others to succeed in a
competitive economy and society.  In this competition, the fittest people rise to the
top and the less fit sink.  This meant that anyone who was rich during this time had
(the theory goes) gotten that way because they were more fit than others.  In other
words, they were simply better and so they deserved to be rich while the others deserved
to be poor.  This justified the growing inequality because it said that that inequality
was natural and not the result of bad actions on the part of the
rich.

How do manners/etiquette help to develop the theme of Daisy Miller?

Manners and etiquette are the main anchor that develops
the theme of the short story Daisy Miller by Henry
James.

Society has many different ways to evaluate behavior
and at times has gone out of its way to establish parameters (and impose limitations) as
to what is considered acceptable, fashionable, ethical, moral, good, or
bad.

The story of Daisy Miller (as a character) presents a
young lady to whom these parameters and limitations mean very little, and whose self
confidence and aloofness brings others to confuse it with loose behavior and libertine
ways.

The way in which she cuts away from the expectations
of aristocratic and posh Europeans is a direct slap in the face of society, which
ensured that ladies (particularly young ones) would be preserved almost as if pickled
within those extreme behavioral parameters.

Equally, those
same limitations played on the freedoms of some of the characters. Winterbourne was
never able to make a close approach to Daisy on account of the lack of etiquette and
manners that Daisy showed. Society was never able to understand Daisy, not even
Winterbourne. That is how these two factors are so important for the development of the
story.

Why did te white men colonize the Igbo society in Things Fall Apart?

Short of being able to ask those specific white men
themselves, you can look at a variety of historical reasons put forth for
colonization:

One is the constant desire to expand,
demonstrated throughout history by any nation or group of nations grown strong enough to
do so.  The desire for more land, more resources, more labor, etc., has driven countries
to expand and colonize and continues to do so though it isn't always through direct
colonization as it was in the case of Nigeria.

Another has
been the drive of missionaries and others involved with religions to feel that they can
help to "save" ignorant or backwards people from their wrong traditions and that drove
some of the people who went to Africa, they felt they were spreading the gospel which
would help to save the souls of all these people.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," how does Montressor's family motto relate to the way Montressor treats Fortunato?Montresor's family motto translates...

The Cask of Amontillado is a story about how Montresor
avenged his anger at Fortunato. His family motto contributes a lot to the whole of the
story.

"Nobody provokes me with impunity", or simply,
"Nobody insults me without punishment". This is motto reflects on Montresor's character
in the story.

Montresor's anger towards Fortunato is not
only based on a one time happening, he saved up a lot of things that Fortunato did that
provoked his anger. Motresor was like a jar, slowly filling up with anguish and when
that anguish overflowed, he decided to take action for his
revenge.

In the beginning of the story, Motresor described
his fleeting anger, his undefined emotion, his wish to be an avenger. He slowly created
a plan on somewhat called a perfect crime. Having this "crime" planned, he proceeded to
do it. He treated Fortunato with irony. We all know what he's planning yet he used sweet
words to lure Fortunato into the catacombs. He devised a plan to send Fortunato to
death. This treatment is vastly related to his family motto. Never being silenced when
punishment was not done to those people who trespassed them.

What are three character traits for the barber in "Just Lather, That's All"?

The barber in this excellent short story is a very
interesting character. He is not presented as a "hero" in the traditional sense of the
word, and yet it is clear that he is operating in secret as a rebel sympathiser against
a brutal and uncompromising military regime, symbolised in Captain Torres. However,
interestingly, what is emphasised again and again in his short narrative is the way he
takes pride in his skill as a barber. Note what he
says:

Under
the stroke of my razor Torres was being rejuvenated--rejuvenated because I am a good
barber, the best in the town, if I may say
so.

Even though he is shaving
the head of the military regime, the most brutal soldier of all, it is still important
to him to do his job well. For a second characteristic, it is clear that the barber is
timid. He begins to tremble when Captain Torres enters the room and his decision at the
end of the narrative to just be a barber and not a murderer shows that he is keen to
remain with what he is comfortable. Lastly, however timid he is, the story revolves
around the fact that he is a rebel, and therefore opposed to the regime of Captain
Torres. However, in spite of this, it is his decision to not be a murderer that shapes
him as a character above anything else.

Where is the turning point in Alan Sillitoe's short story "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner"?

Smith, the main character in the story, experiences sudden
revelations while running. A particularly important turning point is when he decides
what he should do in the race for which he has been selected by the governor of Borstal,
the reform school where he has been sent after being implicated in a theft. He decides
to lose although he can easily win the race. Winning could give him privileges at the
reform school and a possible career at the end of his sentence. Yet, winning would be
against Smith's principles. Smith decides to lose the race because he realizes that
winning it would not be, ultimately, to his advantage, but to the advantage of the
governor of the reform school, an oppressive institution which Smith hates. To Smith, it
is the act of running, not winning, that is important because it makes him realize what
are his principles and values, and his idea of honesty. These are radically different
from those held by larger society. By deciding not to win the race, Smith succeeds in
resisting the erasure of his identity, the aim of institutions like
Borstal.

How many grams of CaCl2 would be dissolved in 1.0 L of a .10M solution of Cacl2

The gram molecular weight of the Cacl2 ( or the mass of
1Mole of Cacl2) = gram molecular weight of Ca(or a mass of1 mole of Ca) +2 gram
molecular weight of cl (or a mass of 2 moles of Cl ) = 132.90gram+2*35.45 gram = 203.8gm
of CaCl2

Therefore 0.1M  of the substance of Cacl2 has the
mass of 203.8*0.1 grams of CaCl2 = 20.38 gram of CaCl2

In the poem "Same Song" by Pat Mora, what does the title mean?Does the title just mean that even though the son and daughter are different, they...

Unfortunately, because there is no group for Pat Mora or
for this poem, I have to leave it in the overall Literature group. You sould as if you
have cracked the meaning of the poem, however. Clearly, the way that the poem is
structured in two stanzas, both of which deals with the two children of the speaker and
the different ways that they feel forced into practising behaviours that they don't
necessarily want to practise to satisfy the demands of society of their appearance and
the way they look. Note how both daughter and soon peer "into that mirror, mirror" and
frown at their appearance. Also I am sure you identified the allusion to the Sleeping
Beauty fairy tale, where the evil stepmother looks into the "mirror, mirror on the
wall," demanding to know if she is the most beautiful "of them all." Mora seems to be
bemoaning a society that causes children to take such an obsessive interest in their
looks and prevents them from being happy with themselves. Both girl and boy sing the
"same song."

Write equations which represent the discharge at the cathode of the following ions: K^+, Pb^2+, Al^3+, and at the anode of: Br^-, O^2-, F^-.

At the cathode:

K = K^+ + 1
e^-1 (e^-1) signifies an electron

Pb = Pb^+2 + 2
e^-1

Al = Al^+3 + 3 e ^-1

At
the cathode the metal ions are being oxidized through the loss of one or more
electrons.

At the anode:

Br +
1 e^-1 = Br^-1

O + 2 e^-1 =
O^-2

F + 1 e^-1 = F^-1

At the
anode, the non-metal ions are being reduced by the gain of one or more
electrons.

These are examples of half-cell reactions.  If
you are doing an oxidation-reduction reaction the loss of electrons at one electrode has
to equal the gain of electrons at the other electrode. The metals are reducing agents
and the non-metals are oxidizing agents.

To remember this: 
"an oxidizing agent is reduced by the gain of electrons"

Why will The Giver not go with Jonas ?

When Jonas decides to leave, he pleads for The Giver to
come with him.  The Giver responds that he is old and not strong enough for the
journey.  He also says that the community will need
him.

After Jonas leaves, they know he will face harsh
conditions.  Long hours of running, harsh weather and lack of food would be very hard on
The Giver.  He would likely slow them down.  Gabe is enough of a burden, since he too
needs to eat and be kept warm and cannot fend for himself.  The Giver has also given
Jonas many of his memories, possibly leaving him not enough to sustain himself and
them.

The main reason The Giver cannot leave is that when
Jonas leaves, all of the memories he has will be released back to the community. Chaos
will ensue unless someone is there to help them.  With both Jonas and The Giver gone,
all of the memories of pain and suffering would go back to the people.  They would be
confused and not know what was happening to them, and without The Giver there would be
no one to help them through it.

In The Awakening, do you think Mr. Pontellier is sincere where his sympathy torwards Robert's departure is concerned ?I have to write a short...

Leonce Pontellier has never seen himself as a victim of
any kind of behavior coming from Edna, or anyone connected to her. His only aim in life
is preserving appearances, and prolonging the illusion of success in every aspect of his
life.

When Robert left for Mexico it came as a surprise to
Edna and it clearly affected her behavior. Whatever Leonce Pontellier felt as a result
of the news of Robert's departure must have struck them as an advantageous opportunity
for financial success. Therefore, if Leonce Pontellier express sympathy towards Robert's
departure it was because he genuinely felt that it would be a good chance for someone to
make a good living.

Regarding Edna, however, Leonce would
not have even noticed any difference in her demeanor. If he did, it would have gone
straight over his head. She was not his priority: He was his own priority. Hence, Leonce
(in his capacity as a businessman) would have heartily agreed that Robert's best chance
was to try his luck somewhere new.

Who or what do you think is mother figure in The Secret Life of Bees?I have to write the essay: find three mother figures and explain what effects...

You have made two great choices for mother figures in this
novel.  And certainly, Black Mary is a mother figure, too.  If you want to use Black
Mary, I think it would be fair to say that she operates as Lily's conscience and as her
spiritual mother.  This is demonstrated by Lily's response to her when she is unable to
touch Black Mary's heart because her conscience is not clear and she is spiritually
bereft.  It is only when the spirit of Black Mary enters her that she is able to touch
her heart.  Black Mary also acts as a kind of role model for Lily, which is what a
mother does.  She was able to escape her own chains, what Lily is trying to
do.  

What I am not clear on is whether or not your choice
must be a real character, as opposed to a statue.  Perhaps Rosaleen might be a choice to
consider for your essay.  Rosaleen certainly does mother Lily in the opening chapters of
the book.  She is the only person who shows Lily any compassion at all, remembering her
birthday and offering her consolation when T. Ray punishes her with the grits.  She
cooks and cleans and does much that mothers do. 

You might
want to clarify the nature of the assignment with your teacher, to see if a statue is a
choice you can make.  There is a good case to be made, though, either
way. 

Why are ocean trenches the deepest parts of the ocean?

A trench in general results when you dig a hole in the
ground which extends for some distance. Imagine you are on top of the grand canyon
looking down. What you are seeing is a huge trench that is lower than the surrounding
ground.

Now imagine that you are on the bottom of the ocean
and the bottom is all flat. Then you would be at the deepest part of the ocean. Now
imagine that you have a gigantic plow that can start digging into the bottom of the
ocean floor. As you dig you will go lower and lower below the surface of the ocean. In
other words you will be going deeper and deeper below the ocean's
surface.

A wire is pulled at a rate of 3 cm/hr. What is the change in its resistance?

It is given that the wire is being pulled at the rate of 3
cm/hr. So, we can take the mass of the substance making up the wire and its volume as
constant.

Due to the pull, the length increases and there
is a corresponding decrease in the area of
cross-section.

Let’s denote the initial volume, length and
area of cross-section by V, L and A resp.

We have V =
L*A

dV/dt = d/dt
(L*A)

=> 0 = (dL/dt)*A + L
*(dA/dt)

=> 0 = 0.03A + L*(dA /
dt)

=> dA/dt =
-0.03A/L

Now resistance = R = rho*L/A, where rho is the
resistivity, L is the length of the wire and A is the area of
cross-section.

The rate of change in resistance is given
by

dR/dt = d/dt
(rho*L/A)

=> dR / dt = rho*[(A*dL/dt –
L*dA/dt)/A^2]

=> rho*[(0.03A –
L*dA/dt)/A^2]

substitute dA/dt =
-0.03A/L

=> rho*[(0.03A –
L*(-0.03A/L))/A^2]

=> rho*[(0.03A +
0.03A)/A^2]

=> rho*0.06/A
ohm/hr

Therefore the rate of change of
resistance is rho*0.06/A ohm/hr

Discuss Robert Frost as a poet of symbolism.

Certainly symbolism is a key element of all of Frost's
poetry. In particular, you might like to think about how he uses the natural world as
key symbols in his poems to suggest much bigger and deeper ideas about death, choices
and success.

For example in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening," the woods are described as being "lovely, dark and deep." They are clearly an
attractive place, and although tempted to stay and delight in their quietness and
beauty, the speaker "has promises to keep." Thus we could argue that symbolically the
woods represent death that the speaker does not feel able to take up because of the
responsibilities that he has.

Likewise, in "After
Apple-Picking," the world of work and labour is represented in the harvest of the
apple-picking. Note what the speaker says about this
work:

For I
have had too much

Of apple-picking: I am
overtired

Of the great harvest I myself
desired.

Success, as defined
in the quantity of apples, has exhausted the speaker, and thus this poem symbolically
comments on work and success.

However, perhaps in his most
famous poem, the haunting necessity of taking decisions is summarised in "The Road not
Taken," where the speaker is forced to make a decision between two paths that would lead
him to different destinations. These paths and the choice of course symbolise the
decisions that we all have to make in life but which we are never able to undo or go
back and select another "path."

Thus through looking at
these three examples of Frost's work, we can see how his poetry operates through natural
symbolism to comment upon realities such as life, death, labour, success and
decisions.

What does the Boston Massacre demonstarate about the perception and bias concerning an historical event ?

I think that the Boston Massacre can represent the power
of image and how events can be manipulated to form public opinion.  At a time when there
was significant discussion as to whether or not the Colonists should adopt a position of
loyalism towards England or advocate the separation from the parent nation, patriots
were actively involved in using the Boston Massacre as a way to galvanize public opinion
in favor of separation and away from the Loyalist position.  Sons of Liberty leader Sam
Adams was able to use his Committee of Correspondence as a way to move public support in
favor of patriotic aims.  The very idea of being able to spin the event into a type of
"Massacre" went very far in the Colonial mindset about how events were to be perceived. 
The fact that the event was "spun" into a way to feed Patriotic bias and perception was
an instant where the British found their actions manipulated by the ends of individuals
who were savvy enough to understand that public perception is something to be molded and
crafted out of specific events.  The so- called "Massacre" was something that Patriotic
"spin doctors" were able to use to galvanize support and start the inevitable momentum
towards an independence movement.

What type of conflict is the main conflict in "The Giver"? Discuss the theme.JUST HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

To me, the main conflict in this book is man vs. society. 
In this case, the "man" is Jonas.  Most of the conflict in the book comes as he tries to
come to grips with what his society is like.  He eventually resolves the conflict by
leaving the society.

I think that the main theme of the
book ties in with this.  The theme, to me, is that people need to be allowed to be
human.  They have to be allowed to have real feelings and make decisions for
themselves.  The author is saying that it is really bad for people to always be
protected and told what to do.

What are the real solution of equation? 2x^2+6x+11=6 ?

First, we'll move all terms to the left
side:

2x^2 + 6x + 11 - 6 =
0

We'll combine like
terms:

2x^2 + 6x + 5 = 0

Now,
we'll verify if the equation has real solutions. For this reason, we'll calculate the
discriminant of the equation.

delta = b^2 - 4ac, where
ab,c, are the coefficients of the equation:

ax^2 + bx + c =
0

We'll identify a,b,c:

a =
2

b = 6

c =
5

delta = 36 - 40 = -4 <
0

Since delta is negative, then the equation
has no real roots, but it has complex roots.

In Hard Times, how does Dickens develop a contrast between the opposing values of the circus to that of ulitarianism?

Firstly, you talk about how the linguistic and ideological
contexts show how language is used in the text. Dickens shows two opposite worlds on his
book. The first being, system and fact. The second being, fancy and life. These are two
contradictory worlds and there is the desire to show that how these two worlds need to
be controlled in their own way.

The themes help to show the
contrasting worlds in Hard Times. Dickens shows how there is no difference between
signifier and signified in the world of Fact. Dickens shows this when he describes Mr.
Bounderby's house and how everything in his house represents himself. Even the name
written outside his house is written in a way "very like himself". Hence there is no
difference between the material things that the character has and the character himself.
However, in the world of Fancy there is a difference between the signifier and the
signified.

Also, there is a difference in language in the
two worlds. Where in the Fact world everything is defined as calculation, payment etc.
But in the Circus world, even calculations can be left to imagination and there is no
set rule. There is always room for imagination in the circus world.

The world of Gradgrind describes fact and anything not
going according to fact is disagreeable. However, in the circus world, realism is
exceeded and imagination comes in.

Fairy-tale is hence
important where imagination allows a system to be formed but not like the one present in
the world of Gardgrind and Bounderby. In the circus world it is seen how efficiency
causes inefficiency and how that inefficiency is good. That is anything bad is good in
the circus world and how it can be differently defined. The language helps to show these
things and the themes present both the world very
clearly.

In the fancy world, everything is different. In
the world of Fact, everything is same and is ironically described in metaphor. The
language of Sleary and Sissy's misinterpretation of statistics clearly shows how such
unclearness leads to clarity.

The world of utilitarianism
is about satisfaction and wants being met, where Bitzer does not leave Thomas alone when
Gradgrind tells him to. Because Bitzer did not owe anything to Gradgrind, he had paid
for his education. Hence utility had occurred. Whereas in the world of Fancy, there is
no such thing as doing one thing for another for payment. There is no compensation
needed.