Identify and discuss the significance of the narrative points of view of "Harrison Bergeron," "Hills Like White Elephants," and "A Rose for Emily."

"Harrison Bergeron" is told in third person limited point
of view. This means that the story is narrated by an outside figure, not a character in
the story, who is able to know the thoughts of one character in the story, George
Bergeron. Events, however, are related objectively.

The
point of view of "Hills Like White Elephants" is third person objective. This means that
no thoughts of the characters can be understood, only speculated about. This is
significant because it is clear that the characters are in the midst of making an
important decision (whether or not to have an abortion), and the word abortion is never
actually mentioned. It leaves the audience to make inferences about the thoughts of the
characters.

I have linked to another question answered
about point of view in "A Rose for Emily", but will summarize that response here. "A
Rose for Emily" is told in first person point of view from the point of view of a
townsperson in Emily's town. This is significant because the townsperson cannot see
things the way Emily sees them, but can only make inferences about how or why she does
the things she does.

What are the methods that Jane Austen uses to create interest in her characters and their marriages in Pride and Prejudice?

One method Austen uses to create interest in her
characters and their marriages is to develop conflicts
between characters based on inner character traits. For
instance, Elizabeth and Darcy are plunged into conflict because of their pride: her
pride makes her reject Darcy because he is not moved by her beauty enough to dance with
her; his pride makes him haughty and arrogantly reserved at the Meryton ball. Another
example is the conflict between Charlotte and Elizabeth on the topic of marriage and on
Charlotte's choice of accepting Collins in marriage.

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"[It] is better to know as little as possible of
the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life."

"You
make me laugh, Charlotte; ... you would never act in this way yourself." (Chapter 6)

Another method Austen uses
is to develop characters whose traits oppose each other
though without conflict. For instance, Bingley and Darcy
have oppositional traits, though no conflict, because Bingley is willing to see the
best, put himself forward amongst strangers, and accept people's goodness on first
acquaintance. On the other hand, Darcy thinks his actions as a scrupulous and moral man
will speak on his behalf and that he does not have to inconvenience himself with
goodwill to people he meets. Colonel Fitzwilliam's character traits are also
oppositional to Darcy's allowing Austen to give her point a double edge. Another example
is Jane and Elizabeth, whose character traits are oppositional and without
conflict.

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[Darcy]; "I have been a selfish being all my
life, in practice, though not in principle. ... [taught] taught me to be selfish and
overbearing; to care for none beyond my own family circle;..." (Chapter
58)

A third method is that
Austen develops such important villains who cause such
grief and trouble. For instance, the most prominent villain is Wickham whose name even
declares him to be villainous! He causes extreme pain and difficulty for Darcy. He has
also, before the story began, caused near-disaster for Georgianna Darcy. He nearly
causes unhappiness and sorrow for Elizabeth by nearly winning her heart; fortunately he
is dissuaded by her meager fortune. Miss Bingley can be thought of as a villainess in
relation to Jane, who has her heart weighed down and saddened by Miss Bingley's ill
treatment of her. Lydia might be thought of as a villainess in relation to the Bennet
family as she is very nearly their downfall.

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[Elizabeth]: "My younger sister has left all her
friends--has eloped; has thrown herself into the power of--of Mr. Wickham. They are gone
off together from Brighton. You know him too well to doubt the rest." (Chapter
46)

What characteristics of fission make a chain reaction possible?

A fission reaction is one in which a heavier atom is split
to form a lighter one. The decrease in mass is converted to energy as given by the
formula E = m*c^2, where m is the decrease in mass and c is the velocity of
light.

A fission chain reaction occurs when the number of
reactions which result from one fission reaction taking place is not less than one. If a
reaction results in more than one new reaction taking place the increase in temperature
and active particles available further increases the frequency of reactions, which is
referred to as a chain reaction.

An example of a this kind
of a reaction is the splitting up of Uranium 235 when it absorbs a neutron. The reaction
results in the generation of two neutrons in addition to other atoms. The neutrons cause
two fission reactions to occur in the next stage. As the number of reactions is
effectively becoming double at each stage it results in a chain
reaction.

Explain the difference between civil and criminal contempt.

In order to understand the differences between these two,
let us discuss each of these offenses.

Civil contempt
generally occurs when a person fails to carry out an order that a court has issued.  A
common example of this comes when someone fails to pay child support as
ordered.

Criminal contempt is an offense that hurts the
ability of a court to do its work.  A common example of this would be when a lawyer
violates a gag order that is imposed in the hopes of ensuring that a trial can be
conducted in a manner that is fair to both sides.

With this
in mind, we can say that civil contempt is usually committed against an individual (like
the person who was supposed to get the child support payment).  The court usually only
uses charges of civil contempt as a way to force the violator to obey the order given. 
By contrast, criminal contempt is an offense against the whole system of justice and, by
extension, against society as a whole.  When this happens, courts will use charges of
criminal contempt as a way to punish the violator (as opposed to simply trying to get
him or her to comply with a court order).

After 15 years, discuss how the beliefs of both men and women change in "The Bet."

The change that both men undergo forms the essence of the
short story.  The banker has become financially ruined, to the point where his
fulfillment of the bet would break him.  The banker was ready to kill the lawyer in
order for him to not have to pay off the debt owed.  It is interesting to see how the
banker has changed from his original argument.  Prior to the wager, the banker believed
that capital punishment was to be embraced because it was "more humane" than life
imprisonment.  Yet, at this particular moment, he was willing to take life of a
prisoner, not on the basis of humanity, but rather because he simply wanted to avoid his
responsibility to another.  The more profound change is in the lawyer.  His letter
indicated that he is willing to renounce everything in the world, declaring life a
meaningless void.  This is a vast difference from his initial position which indicated
that life in prison is still life, worthy of living.  In the lawyer's time, he has
gained proficiency in a great many talents and skills, but can only conclude that life
is meaningless.  This was not where he was at the start of the story, but where he is at
the end of it.

Please comment on the theme of death in the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

Present day reception of Emily Dickinson's somewhat morbid
and obsessive focus on the theme of death is distorted by our lack of appreciation of
how current the topic of death was in her life and times. During her life, death was a
constant preoccupation. People died from a variety of diseases, such as tuberculosis and
pneumonia. Likewise, even childbirth and pregnancy were potentially fatal conditions in
those days. Thus death was far more in the public consciousness compared to the taboo
subject that we have made it today.

However, within this
focus on death, it is important how Dickinson brings her customary wit and irony to play
in examining death from a variety of different standpoints. For example, in "I heard a
Fly buzz--when I died--" the traditional idea of death as a release from the pains and
sufferings of life and the way in to eternal paradise in heaven is probed by the
appearance of a "fly" with all of its connotations with death and rotting corpses. Death
is likewise personified in a number of different ways that challenges the stereotypical
representation of death. Most famously, of course, Death is personified as a polite
gentleman caller in "Because I could not stop for Death," but also as a dangerous,
threatening yet passionate figure in "Death is the supple
Suitor."

So, whilst we can definitely say death is a major
theme in her work, we would do a horrendous injustice to treat this as some kind of
obsessive necrophilia. Dickinson explores the one unknown territory of humanity in a
multifaceted approach that questions, challenges and pokes fun at the way death was
considered in her day, and indeed in our day today.

What makes the death of Okonkwo meaning (courage or coward) in Things Fall Apart?

From my point of view, I think we are meant to see
Okonkwo's suicide as an act of cowardice. Although you could argue that his death is
also an act of rebellion against the injustice of the British, the act runs completely
contrary to the beliefs and mores of the Ibo people. For this reason, it is an act of
cowardice.

His suicide is also the final act of
Okonkwo's tragic flaw as a character that we see throughout Things Fall
Apart: his near obsession with not appearing weak in the eyes of
others.

Please summarize Keats' "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer."

John Keats(1795-1821) the English Romantic poet was the
son of an ostler-a person who looked after the horses in a stable. He had a rudimentary
school education and never went to university. Nevertheless, he was fascinated by
ancient Greek classical poetry. The only way he could read Homer's epics was in an
English translation.

George Chapaman (1559-1634) the
Elizabethan poet and dramatist had translated Homer's epics into English. In October
1816 Keats read this translation throughout the night and then wrote the sonnet "On
First Looking Into Chapman's Homer." The Petrarchan sonnet expresses Keats' intense joy
and amazement on reading the great epics of Homer in English for the first
time.

"deep-browed" refers to the intellect of Homer.
Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" are the seminal works of western literature which continue
to influence writers even today.

"demesne" is a medieval
word meaning 'domain.' The word reveals Keats' love for all things medieval and colours
the poem with an archaic tinge.

In the octave Keats,the
reader and lover of poetry, compares himself to an explorer who has travelled far and
wide and that in the course of his voyages he has heard of Homer's famous 'domain' but
that he couldn't visit it and experience its beauties till he had read the English
translation of Chapman.

In the sestet he gives us two
analogies to describe his joy on reading Chapman's "Homer." Firstly, he remarks that he
was as thrilled as an astronomer who discovers a new planet and secondly, he was as
delighted as when the explorer Cortez discovered the Pacific
Ocean:

Then
felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his
ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the
Pacific — and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise
—
Silent, upon a peak in
Darien.

Please identify a court case based on the freedom of assembly.

There are many examples of Supreme Court cases that deal
with the assembly issue.  The one I find fairly interesting is the case of Bethel School
District vs. Fraser.  The details of the case are that Fraser was a student at Bethel
High School.  He delivered a speech at a school assembly for student elections that was
laced with sexual innendo and sexually charged language.  The school suspended Fraser
citing the violation of the school handbook that called for punishing speech that
disrupts the learning environment.  Bethel sued and a lower court agreed with him,
arguing that the school did indeed take away from his right to free speech at an
assembly.  The school district appealed and the Court heard the case.  The Court ruled
that Bethel School District was correct in their finding against Fraser.  The Court
decision indicated some interesting elements.  The first is that the right to free
speech at an assembly at a school has to demonstratete tenets of good citizenship. 
Freedom of assembly is not an automatic blank check to say and do whatever one wants. 
At the same time, the Court ruled that students are held to a slightly different
standard during assemblies at school.  Justice Burger   argued that students in school
have less protection under the First Amendment than adults in public.  Students' right
to free speech and assembly have to be concurrent with the tenets of good citizenship in
public.

In "The Masque of the Red Death," is Poe is going for a mysterious or frightening effect? According to Poe, every literary element in a story...

I think you are on the right track. The emotional effect
Poe intends to create in the reader surpasses the frightening, however, and would be
interpreted more accurately as one of horror--the strongest emotional response to the
unimaginable. Does he achieve horror in the reader? I would say so! Much of the story's
power, with its final horrible revelation, is created as the story develops step-by-step
through, as you said, mysterious details. The mystery is resolved and the horror is
achieved when the Red Death actually appears inside Prospero's
castle.

So why is this such a scene of horror? Examine the
story for details that establish how horribly people suffer when they die from the Red
Death; these are found in the beginning of the story. Examine the great lengths Prospero
goes to to escape from the Red Death. Examine Poe's description of the mysterious guest
when he suddenly appears among them. His "costume" is pretty shocking and revolting!
Finally, establish the people's horror when they attack the masked figure and realize it
is not human. The concluding passage in the story emphasizes the horror that has
occurred within Prospero's castle. Good luck with your essay!

A tank can be fully filled with water using a pipe that fills 20 liters in a minute. A bigger pipe that can fill 25 liters in a minute ..will...

Let the volume of the tank be V ( in
litres)

The rate of filling the tank with a smaller pipe is
20 L / m

Then, the time will be taker to fill the tank is 
T1 = V/20 .......(1)

Now with the bigger pipe, the rate is
25 L / m

Then the time will be taken to fill the tank is T2
= V/25

But the time taken is one minute less than the time
required to fill with smaller pipe.

==>  T2 = T1 -
1

==> T1 -1 =
v/25

==> T1 = v/25 +
1............(2)

Now from (1) and (2) we conclude
that:

v/25 + 1 = v/
20

==> (v+25) / 25 =
v/20

==> (v+25) /5  = v/
4

We will multiply by
20.

==> 4(v+25) =
5v

==> 4v + 100 =
5v

==> V = 100
litre

==> T1 = v/20 = 100/20 = 5
minutes.

Then, the time required to fill the
tank with the smaller pipe is 5 minutes.

Describe the 'Employment Acts in the UK (1963, 88, 89) in general?Please, describe the 'Employment Acts' in general, and not a seperate...

The Employment Act of 1963 was an act passed in the UK
Parliament which is the American equivalent of modern labor laws requiring the "2-weeks
notice". This act aimed for two goals: To give an employee enough notice prior to firing
them so that the employee can find another job or transition easier, and also it is the
first act which established that all the details about one's expected duties are
supposed to be written down and specified under
contract.

The EA of 1988 was also an act passed in the
Parliament but this one was directed to Trade Unions. In this Act, union members are
explained what are their rights, what the funding will be used for (in case dues are
collected) and how they will represent the employee. This will ensure that all
transactions and negotiations done within the organization are done within parameters
and under control.

The EA of 1989 is an amendment of the
Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 and its aim is to create jobs that are available for both
sexes, and with job descriptions that are applicable for anyone to apply. This act also
protects the rights of pregnant employees, limits the work hours of people under 18, and
allows for employees to be trained for work
purposes.

Concisely, the EA acts of 1963, 1988 and 1989 in
general were acts passed by the UK Parliament to ensure the rights of workers, and trade
unions. The Acts enforced the use of specific detailing in contracts, delineated the
duties of worker unions, and assured equality in job descriptions so that everyone is
equally considered for jobs. The importance of the Acts is that they protect the worker
and the unions from unfair and illegal labor practices. IT workers should know these
indicators to ensure that they do not discriminate against sex, creed, ethnicity or
religious preferences when it comes to selecting who will work as part of an IT team. IT
personnel is often stereotyped just because their ability to use technology, however,
many IT students may have their own theories as to who they feel would be fit to do the
same tasks. These acts ask us to not stereotype, and to allow the very complex IT jobs
to be tried by everyone, equally. You never know what a person can do unless they try it
first.

Is Nature a dominant theme in Romantic Poetry?answer in detail

While, broadly speaking, nature is a dominant theme in
Romantic poetry, it is more important to examine what these poets are saying about
nature and how they use it.  Romantic philosophy was a response to the Enlightenment and
Rationalism and the scientific and technological advances it brought.  Romantics
believed that logic and reason could no longer solve life's problems and, in fact, were
creating more.  As such, Romantics sought to restore man's relationship with nature. 
They saw nature as something pure and uncorrupted and, therefore, almost spiritual. 
Most Romantics believed that humans were born pure and good and that society corrupted. 
Nature, therefore, became a symbol of life without society, a truly good life.  Nature
becomes a place where one can go to reflect and comtemplate the many questions of life,
a place where one can find solace and happiness in its purity.  While most Romantic
poets do write about nature, some also write about life in the city.  However, these
poems tend to be much more dark and emphasize the idea that society corrupts. 
 

For an illustration of these ideas consider Wordsworth's
"The World Is Too Much With Us in It."  Throughout this poem he seems to be chastising
mankind for losing their connection with nature and becoming much more caught-up in
things like consumerism.  He ultimately rejects such a society in favor of a much more
simple past culture (Ancient Greece), where nature is appreciated and celebrated.  Also
consider Keats's "When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be."  Throughout this poem Keats
lists the various worldy fears he has, using references and comparisons to nature,
ultimately to state that when he experiences such anxiety all he must do is go out into
nature and think until all of these fears "to nothingness do
sink."

Examples like these are abundant in Romantic
writing, and I would encourage you to examine the poems you are studying to find
examples that connect to these ideas.

describethe mental and physical conditions of speaker at the beginning in the poem. what is he trying to forget?the raven

It seems as if he is grieving, trying to forget a loss of
a person. His mental state seems to be in that place between sleep and wakefulness as he
lets us know it is late at night, he is nodding, and nearly napping and it seems he's
into a book (one of the best ways many of us fall asleep). He is in front of a fire,
likely very warm, and his body quite comfortable in an easy chair although his mind is
not at all at ease.

You mention the beginning of the poem.
The whole poem is certainly about trying to forget someone who has passed, but the
beginning does use the word "forgotten" in reference to lore. Lore means ancient
literature or books. He may have been reading something that many have forgotten. His
intention in reading was to help him forget his sorrow, sorrow for the loss of someone
named Lenore.

What are your specific responsibilities as a citizen of your nation?

Legally speaking, we do not have any real responsibilities
as citizens of the United States.  We are required, of course, to obey the laws.  Beyond
that, however, there is nothing that we are positively bound to do (as opposed to things
that we are negatively bound not to
do).

Morally or ethically speaking, we do have
responsibilities as citizens of the nation.  Since the nation protects our freedom, we
have a responsibility to help make the nation a better place to the best of our
ability.  That would include doing things like volunteer work or charity work.  It would
also include things like voting and making our voices heard in other ways so as to try
to bring about change in our nation.

Overall, then, we do
not have much in the way of legal responsibilites, but we do have a moral or ethical
obligation to do our best to improve the country.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout said, "He ain't company, Cal, he is just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what was Cal's answer?

In a novel that is largely about the falseness of
prejudice, so to speak, Scout's views of Walter Cunningham (and, by extension, his
family) are highly significant. 

Saying the Walter does not
qualify as "company," Scout is implying that the popular view of the Cunningham's as
nothing more than poor may be expanded to also suggest that the family should not be
counted and do not belong in the category of "real
people."

Scout's statement is an example of "classism" or
class discrimination. Calpurnia's response is that Scout should not put herself (or her
humanity) above that of others. 

This opposed pair of view
points resonates with many other episodes of prejudice being challenged in the novel.
Boo Radley is pre-judged by many in the community, but turns out to be quite a different
person from the prevalent, gossip-driven view of his
character.

Thus the novel's examination of race prejudice
stands alongside its treatment of class prejudice, age prejudice and gossip-based local
prejudice.

The notion of empathy and subjectivity of
perspective is repeated throughout the novel and addressed directly on several
occasions.

The lesson Atticus gives to Scout can be said to
stand as a unifying thread that connects the various episodes of the novel and which
functions also as the moral of the book. 

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“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a
simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never
really understand a person until you consider things from his point of
view—“

“Sir?”

“—until you
climb into his skin and walk around in
it.”

How does Fitzgerald use the characters of Tom and Wilson to criticise American Society in the 1920's?

In The Great Gatsby, Wilson is at the
bottom of the social and economic system and Tom is at the
top. 

One specific story line accurately demonstrates
this.  Wilson needs to buy Tom's car so he can resell it and earn money.  That's one
thing Wilson does to earn a living:  buy and sell cars.  Yet, when,
as well as if, this business transaction occurs is completely in the power of the
haves (Tom), rather than the have nots
(Wilson).  The man with the car possesses the power.  Apparently, the
discussion or negotiation concerning the car has been going on for some time.  Wilson
needs the deal to happen quickly, but Tom is taking his time.  When Wilson asks about
the car, Tom gets upset and says that maybe we should just forget the deal, then.  Tom
has all the leverage.  Wilson is at his mercy. 

Wilson is
the one who works even when he's sick so that he won't miss a sale, but Tom is the one
with all the power.       

Other aspects  of humankind are
ridiculed in addition to the social and economic, however.  One aspect of humanity that
serves as an equalizer in the novel is the foolishness of both Wilson and Tom.  In other
words, both Wilson and Tom are fools. 

Wilson is jerked
around by Tom, cuckholded by Tom, fooled by his wife, and, at least in part, suckered
into killing Gatsby by Tom.

Tom is as ignorant of Daisy's
affair as Wilson is of Myrtle's, he latches on to cliche, tired, irrational arguments
concerning race, etc., he rashly judges people and situations based on his own needs and
point of view, and he thinks he is always right.

Thus, both
public and private aspects of the Jazz Age are ridiculed in the
novel.

One shouldn't, of course, however, make the mistake
of assuming the novel only applies to the Jazz Age.  The novels criticism applies to us
and our age as well. 

Evaluate expression with help of properties of logarithms E(x)= lg(1/8)+lg(9/10)+lg(10/11)+...+lg(999/1000)

To evaluate expression with help of properties of
logarithms:

E(x)=
lg(1/8)+lg(9/10)+lg(10/11)+...+lg(999/1000).

Specially it
is  noticed  that there is no term lg(8/9) on the right 
side.

Solution:We use the property of logarithms: lga+lgb =
lgab.

Therefore E(x) =
lg(1/8)+lg(9/10)+(10/11)+lg(11/12)...+lg(998/999)+lg(999/1000).

E(x)
= lg(1/8)+lg(9/10)(10/11)(11/12)(12/13)....(998/999)(999/1000)}, as lga+lgb =
lgab.

E(x) = lg(1/8) + lg{9/1000) as other terms
cancel.

So E(x) = lg{(9/8000), by property lga*lgb = lg
ab.

So E(x) = lg9-log8
-lg1000

So E(x) = lg9-lg8 -
3.

If there was the 2nd term  lg(8/9), the sum E(x) =
lg(8/9)+lg(9)-lg8-3 = lg8-lg9+lg8-lg9 3 =
-3.

So E(x) = lg9-lg8 - 3 =
-2.948847478.

How to evaluate the limit of (cos x - cos 3x) / x*sin x if x-->0 ?

Since the trigonometric functions from numerator are
matching, we'll transform the difference into a
product:

cos x - cos 3x = 2[sin
(x+3x)/2]*[sin(3x-x)/2]

cos x - cos 3x = 2 sin2x *sin
x

We'll re-write the
fraction:

(cos x - cos 3x) / x*sin x = 2 sin2x *sin x/x*sin
x

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

2 sin2x *sin x/x*sin x = 2
sin2x/x

Now, we'll evaluate the
limit:

lim (cos x - cos 3x) / x*sin x = lim 2
sin2x/x

We'll create the remarcable
limit:

lim 2 sin2x/x = 2 lim
(sin2x/2x)*2

2 lim (sin2x/2x)*2 = 4 lim
(sin2x/2x)

But lim (sin2x/2x)  =1, if x ->
0

lim (cos x - cos 3x) / x*sin x =
4

In the book Brave New World, analyze John's character in all perspective (actions,behavior ...).

Brave New World is a novel of ideas
and themes, so it isn't too concerned with plot or character.  In some ways, John is the
central character of the novel, but really he isn't.  After
all, he isn't introduced until half-way through the
novel.

Here are some aspects to his role and
character:

Foil: John is a
primary foil for Bernard, the one who finds John and exploits him.  Both are idealistic
and naive in their attempts to change others and the status quo.
 Both are introduced by new worlds and change
accordingly.

Savage: John is a
"noble savage," as he is raised on the Savage Reservation.  His name comes from the
verse drama The Conquest of Granada by John Dryden.  Huxley bases
him on a combination of Caliban and Alonso from Shakespeare's The
Tempest.  He is part slave/savage like Caliban and part civilized Utopian
like Alonso.  After all, the title is taken from a The Tempest, Act
V:

O wonder!
 How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world!
That has such people
in't!

Christ-like
martyr: John is a son who is split between two worlds, the natural and
the supernatural.  He has two fathers, an earthly one and a mysterious other.  In the
end, he dies for the sins of others: for us, the readers, and for his father, the
Director.  He is meant to show us and the Director the extreme effects of both the
utopia and the dystopia.  In the lighthouse, his body is in the shape similar to that of
Christ on the cross.

Byronic / Tragic
Hero: John takes on aspects of both, but it's hard to classify him as a
classic tragic hero.  As a Byronic hero, he is "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."  He is
wounded by love, exiled for his beliefs, and rebellious against authority.  As a tragic
hero, he makes mistakes that lead to his death, namely participating in casual sex and
taking soma.

What is ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’?

In Game theory, the Prisoner's Dilemma is a classical
example for the analysis of how people behave when they are in a situation that does not
have a zero sum. This implies that one person’s loss due to an action by the other is
not exactly equal to the other person's gain; instead it is a lot
higher.

In the Prisoner’s Dilemma the situation under study
is that of two people who have been caught with stolen goods. The police do not have
sufficient evidence to convict either of them for theft. The maximum they can do is to
prove that they have stolen goods with them.

Now, the two
people arrested, A and B are isolated and each is given the following options: a 1 year
term if neither testifies against the other ;a 2 year term if both of them testify
against each other and a 10 year term for the one who doesn’t, if only one of them
testifies against the other.

It has been found here that
neither A nor B cooperates with the other though mutual cooperation yields the shortest
term for them. This follows from the fact that neither is aware of what the other is
going to do. The best option in this case is for neither to cooperate with the other to
assure a maximum term of just 2 years, instead of one cooperating and risking a 10 year
term based on what the other does.

The Prisoner's dilemma
is a way to explain the behavior of two entities and finds applications in the fields of
business, law, biology, psychology among many others.

In Act V, scene v of Shakespeare's Macbeth, identify Macbeth's realization about the prophecies, and how it relates to the play's central theme.

In Act V, scene v of Shakespeare's play,
Macbeth, Macbeth begins to realize that the witches have played him
false with their predictions, especially the second
set.

Recall that Hecate, Queen of the Witches, was angry
with the weird sisters because, among other things, they had not taught Macbeth to
respect their power, and more than that, they had not tricked him into completely giving
himself over to their power. She plans, then, to provide him with
misleading prophecies that, when taken at face value, will lead him to his destruction
by giving him a false sense of security (which she says is man's greatest
enemy).

When Malcolm begins to move in for his attack,
Macbeth scoffs at those who desert his own forces because he believes...no one born of
woman can harm him, that he needs to beware of Macduff, and that he cannot be defeated
until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill.

However, when a
messenger reports that it looked like the woods moved (when it was actually Malcolm's
men camouflaged with branches), Macbeth realizes that the witches were playing "word
games," practicing "doublespeak" or double-talk.

By the
time Macduff arrives, and admits his was a cesarean
birth:

Despair
they charm,

And let the angel whom thou still has
served

Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's
womb

Untimely ripped... 
(13-15)

...Macbeth clearly
realizes that he has been tricked. One of the few things to admire about this tyrant at
the end of the play is that he does not cower, but faces Macduff like a man. Ironically,
the Thane of Cawdor, whose title and lands were conferred on Macbeth after the Thane was
convicted of treason, also went nobly to his
death.

The central theme I see in this play (though there
are other secondary themes as well) comes from the witches during their first set of
prophecies for Macbeth:

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Fair is foul, and foul is fair...  (I, i,
11)

Translated, this means,
generally, that what looks good can sometimes be bad, and what
looks bad can sometimes be good.

For
example, Macbeth looks like an honorable man at the start, but hides his vaulting
ambition so no one realizes at first that he could kill the King. On the other hand,
when Malcolm and Donalbain flee after their father's murder, the "rumor" spreads that
they are guilty of the King's death. The truth is that they are afraid
they will be killed also, as Malcolm has just been named heir to
the throne.

With regard to the witches' second set of
predictions, they sound good: Macbeth believes he is invincible, however, they are
inaccurate and they ultimately thwart Macbeth's attempts to hold onto the throne, and
lead to his eventual death.

How is " The Poison Tree" a parable ?

A Poison Tree is not a biblical
story, although a tree is often mentioned in Genesis as the harborer of knowledge and
the place in which sin lurks. This premise colors the poem but the it is not found
literarily in the Bible. However, "The Poison Tree" can definitely be classified as
a parable.

A parable is a story told with the purpose of
teaching a moral, or a lesson. In this case, the Poison Tree is allegorical to growing
hatred within our hearts, and letting its roots anchor within our souls hence producing
nothing but poisonous feelings, and turning us into offensive
beings.

In this parable, a man is harboring a resentment
that he feels against an antagonist. He does not allow himself to analyze the feelings,
nor does confront them. He simply allows them to fester within, and grow bigger and
bigger. As they grow, the main character becomes more and more miserable, until he
finally sees his enemy dead, poisoned by his own
anger.

Therefore, the purpose of this parable is to show
that harboring anger, rancor, and holding grudges leads us nowhere. In fact, cutting the
bad emotions from their root (as if a tree) will prevent us from harvesting the products
of such negativity.

In The Great Gatsby how are Gatsby and Myrtle parallels, considering the values, aspirations and career of each in the story.

These two are great to consider as
parallels.

First, both want what they can't ever have. That
which they both want happens to be attached. Although Gatsby wants Daisy and Myrtle
wants Tom, Daisy's Catholic background prohibits a divorce. So a legitimate relationship
for either pair is out of the question. Thus, Gatsby and Myrtle's continued faithfulness
and devotion to their particular lovers will never get them the outcome they each are
desperately searching for. The both travel on unattainable
journeys.

Second, both look to materialism to fulfill their
needs. This materialism is an avenue or tool to get to the relationship that they want
to be in which, again, is unattainable.

In terms of career,
neither have true careers. From our best guesses about Gatsby, we can read between the
lines and assume he is indeed the bootlegger Tom pegs him to be. Myrtle, on the other
hand, fulfills the role of a wife, but we don't even know how well of a home-maker she
was because we only see the mistress in her character.

Each
character is concerned with what others think of them and will go to great lengths to
achieve approval.

What is the impact of modernism on Harold Pinter?

A complete answer to such a question would go beyond the
allotted space here.  Pinter's place in Western literature is a powerful one and,
consistent with Modernism, an attempt to answer the impact of the movement on he and his
work can only start the discourse and not end it.  I think that Pinter embraces some of
the fundamental elements of modernism.  It should be noted that thinkers like Pinter
represent where modernism and its successor, postmodernism, might blend into one
another.  What is seen as one can also be seen as the other because, true to Modernism,
Pinter was not entirely driven by fitting the prerequisites of an arbitrary label.  I
think that one overwhelming theme that can be seen in Pinter's work is how public
cruelty finds its way into the private.  Pinter's works are studies in how deliberate
cruelty can be present in the internal, and how individuals are not necessarily
alienated from the world when they take the form of it.  Modernist thinkers were
concerned with how the individual can is trapped between the world and their own sense
of self.  Pinter takes this idea and goes to another subterranean level in asserting
that the individual takes the form of the cruelty around him.   In this light, the
"sensitive person" that Modernism hinges upon has become appropriated by the world
around them.  The proverbial monster walks amongst us because we are the monster, and
Pinter's works explore this idea.  There is cruelty that is evident in the outside
world, and how the individual acts amongst this configuration is of vital importance to
the Pinter drama.  Through this, we understand the complete fragmentation of both world
and individual.

In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Bassanio is reluctant to allow Antonio to agree to Shylock's bond; what does this reveal about Bassanio?

In Shakespeare's The Merchant of
Venice, Bassanio strongly encourages Antonio not to agree to Shylock's
bond.

In Act One, scene three, Bassanio has gone to
Shylock, a Jewish money lender, to take out a loan in order to woo Portia, and win her
hand. Antonio has already given Bassanio money and has no qualms about lending him more,
but his assets are tied up in four shipping vessels that have yet to arrive home to
provide him with an increased cash flow. So Antonio goes with Bassanio to basically
co-sign the loan. (Shylock does not care much about Bassanio, but wants revenge against
Antonio.)

To help Bassanio, Antonio agrees to guarantee the
loan from Shylock. These two men have had difficulty in the past: Shylock lends money
for interest; Antonio lends money without interest—it's his way. (Secretly Shylock hates
him because he is a Christian, and lending money without charging interest causes
Shylock to lose money because interest rates drop.)

Shylock
adds a clause into their agreement, where he will change no interest, but should Antonio
fail to repay his debt in the time allotted, Shylock will take a pound of Antonio's
flesh, from whatever part of his body he chooses.

Antonio
is unconcerned by this stipulation, which Shylock insists is simply a joke. Antonio is
sure his ships will return a least a month earlier than the bond is
due.

Bassiano, however, does not want his friend to risk
anything for his sake, especially with Shylock, who is a greedy,
nasty man. And although Bassiano repeats his request of Antonio, stating he'd rather go
without, Antonio still agrees for the sake of his
friend.

We learn in this segment of the play that Bassiano
values Antonio's well-being even more than getting the money he
needs to win Portia's hand. His own success is not as important as his friend's welfare.
We can assume Bassanio is a caring, loyal and selfless friend.

In The Outsiders, after Johnny kills Bob, is Dally's advice any good? Why do the boys think they need to run?Dally tells them to run away

Dally tells them to run to a church in the countryside. He
gives them money and a gun, telling them to lie low for several days. The boys need to
run because they killed someone,someone who is a Soc. Soc's have connections to the law
and the middle class who tends to have more clout than the Greasers do.  They are
Greasers, so the law will assume they did it intentionally even though it was in self
defense. Dally's advice is good, except it makes the boys look guilty. The church is
isolated, and no one will think to look for them there. As fate decrees it, the church
fire will result in the boys looking like heroes when they rescue the kids from the
burning building. The public will look on them more favorably compared to them having
stayed to face their punishment.

What do we learn about Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz as a child and young woman from "The Response to Sor Filotea?"

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz wrote "Respuesta a Sor Filotea
de la Cruz."

Research shows that Juana
Inez was a bright child with a deep desire to read and learn. Boys were educated at the
time, but not girls. She was discouraged, even scolded for reading, but she taught
herself by sneaking into the library in her grandfather's house. Her intellect brought
her a great deal of attention, but she would ultimately join the church, with no desire
to marry.

In "Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz," she
writes:

What
is true and I will not deny (first because it is public knowledge and then—even if this
counts against me— because God, in His goodness, has favored me with a great love of the
truth) is that from my first glimmers of reason, my inclination to letters was of such
power and vehemence, that neither the reprimands of others— and I have received many—nor
my own considerations—and there have been not a few of those—have succeeded in making me
abandon this natural impulse which God has implanted in me . .
.

Juana Inez continues,
writing about her early education. She was not encouraged to learn, but eventually was
given lessons.

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I say that has not satisfied the three years of
my age when my mother sent my sister, older than me, to be taught to read in one of the
she calls friends, he took me behind her the love and mischief, and seeing that the
lesson gave me so I turned on the desire to read, that cheating, in my opinion, the
teacher, told me Mother ordered to give me lessons. She did not believe, because it was
not credible, but for the grace to please, give me one. I went on to go and she
continued to teach, not of ridicule, because the experience disillusioned, and I learned
to read in such a short time, I knew when I knew my mother, whom the teacher hid him for
giving him a taste for whole and receive the award for together, and I said nothing,
thinking that I whipped for doing so without a
warrant.

Juana Inez admits
that after she learned to read and write, she discovered that young men were educated in
universities. At that point she began to beg her mother to allow her to dress as a young
man and travel to Mexico to study. She was denied her request and had to make due with
reading books in her grandfather's library. Later, she admits, when she traveled to
Mexico, people there were impressed with how much she knew.

Discuss the role of the United States in Korea in the decade after World War 2.

After World War II, Korea was split into two nations,
North Korea ruled by Kim Il Sung and supported by USSR while South Korea was ruled by
Syngman Rhee and supported by the US. When Communist took over China, the U.S. started
to prepare for possible war in order to defend South Korea since it was a strategic
point near USSR. With US aid (sanctioned by UN), South Korea was able to push back the
North Koreans to the original divide line, however the US wanted to completely unite
Korea, threatening China’s national security. Thus, China sent troops to push the US
back to the 38th parallel again. This military stalemate proved detrimental to Truman,
especially after he dismissed General MacArthur, war hero of World War II and the Korean
War. Truman’s failed promises for a swift, democratic victory in Korea led to skepticism
towards Democratic solutions to the Korean War, the nuclear arms race, and the Cold War
in general. Thus, the Republicans were able to win the election of 1952 with Dwight D.
Eisenhower, who promised an end to the war through peaceful
means.

What are the main ideas for And Then There Were None Chapters IV - VII?

Chapter 4 - The characters realize that their host knows a
lot about them.   Each character explains what really happened to cause the death for
which they are accused. Each character feels exonerated . The only character who would
not speak was Ms. Brent. Ironically, Anthony Marston toasts to crime at the end of the
chapter and dies.

Chapter 5: They determine that Anthony
Marston was poisoned and remove his body to his room. They all retire to their rooms. 
Justice Wargrave, General MacArthur, and Vera Claythorne all think about the murders
they have been accused of committing. Mr. Rogers, the butler, notices that there are
only nine china figures left on the table.

Chapter 6: Dr.
Armstrong thinks about the death he caused and then is called to minister to Mrs.
Rogers, who died during the night. Mrs. Brent says it was because she was guilty. The
boat doesn't arrive to pick them up, and General MacArthur predicts that they will not
leave the island. Mr. Rogers shows Dr. Armstrong that now there are only eight china
figures.

Chapter 7: Vera Claythorne and Emily Brent walk
the summit in search of the boat.  Emily tells her story, and Vera is shocked by her
hardness. Dr. Armstrong and Philip Lombard take a walk and consider the possibility that
the Rogers did kill Miss Brady by withholding medicine.  They discuss the missing china
pieces and the poem "Ten Little Indians" . They discuss the meaning of Soldier Island
and the name U.N.Owen (Unknown ---as in Unknown Soldier)   They decide to search the
island for their host.

Prove: cos(x+y)cosy + sin(x + y)siny = cosx

cos(x+y)*cosy + sin(x+y)*siny =
cosx

First we will use trigonometric
identities.

We know
that:

cos(x+y) = cosx*cosy -
sinx*siny

sin(x+y) = sinx*cosy +
sinx*cosy

Now we will susbtitute into the
equation.

==> [cosx*cosy - sinx8siny) cosy +
(sinxcosy + cosx*siny)siny

We will expand the
brackets.

==> cosx*cos^2 y - sinx*siny*cosy +
sinx*siny*cosy + cosx*sin^2 y

We will reduce similar
terms

==> cosx*cos^2 y + cosx*sin^2
y 

Now we will factor cosx from both
terms.

==> cosx*(cos^2 y + sin^2
y)

But sin^2 y + cos^2 y =
1

==> cosx*1 = cosx.................
q.e.d

What elements help to make Much Ado About Nothing maintain its comic level?

Your question seems to point towards a very interesting
aspect of Shakespeare's comedies: the way in which there seems to be a very thin
dividing line between a "comedy" and a "tragedy." You might like to view the question
from the following perspective: what would you need to change to make this play a
tragedy? Certainly, all the elements are there. You have an evil brother determined to
get revenge and destroy the chance of happiness that other characters have. After the
scene when Claudio confronts Hero about her supposed infidelity, it almost seems as if
Don John has won and evil will prevail, especially when Leonato threatens to disown his
daughter.

However, what keeps this play on the path of the
comedy is the sustained comic tone that runs throughout, apart from the more serious
scenes. The rivalry and gulling of Beatrice and Benedick are hilarious and immensely
amusing. This and the way that, in spite of appearances, the play results in a
satisfyingly happy ending, ensures that the comedy carries us through the darker moments
of the play as we move towards the typical ending of a Shakespearian comedy, involving
unions and marriages and the exiling of the evil elements in the
play.

How does Squealer justify the pigs' move into the farmhouse in Animal Farm?

You can find the answer to this question in Chapter 6. 
Basically, Squealer tells all the other animals that this move is necessary for their
own good.

The way that this is for the good of the other
animals is that Napoleon really needs to live in the house to be able to run the farm
well.  That will help the other animals because it will make their lives
easier.

Squealer also says, though, that Napoleon should
sleep inside the house because that is more dignified and the leader should have
dignity.

So Squealer justifies it partly on the grounds
that it will help the whole farm and partly on the grounds of how important Napoleon
is.

Why is the novel entitled The Outsiders?Kindly provide textual evidence.

The title can refer to the fact that the two gangs, the
Socs and the greasers, are on the edges of society.

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 The rich Socs "jump greasers and wreck houses
and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public
disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." The poor greasers, conversely,
"steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang
fight once in a
while."

 There is an irony in
the fact that both gangs are outsiders from society and are yet vehement in their
dislike of each other: making members of one gang outsiders from the other. Cherry and
Ponyboy go some way to bridging the gap, but with very limited
success.

Maybe
the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same
sunset.

Outsiders can also of
course refer to the ordinary citizens who do not really touch the gang members, who
remain outside the rules and codes of gang warfare. This would include Mr. Wood, the
teacher at the Windrixville fire, and Mr. Syme, Ponyboy's English
teacher.

Is the fool a figment of King Lear's imagination?Most of the time, the fool ONLY talks to Lear, and he only started to appear when Lear started...

It shows deep thoughtfulness that you are considering the
character of the Fool in this way, for this is the kind of questioning that has kept
scholars discussing and analyzing this (and all of Shakespeare's plays!) through the
centuries.

However, if you are interested in a definitive
answer, then I'm afraid you'll simply have to rely on the literal evidence of the text. 
And, as far as characters in his plays, Shakespeare was clear, obvious and direct.  If a
character appears onstage and is visible to all, then that character holds conversation
and is included in the action.  And this is true for the
Fool.

If Shakespeare, on the other hand, meant a character
to be an apparition or visible only to one character, then that is made very obvious in
the text.  In Macbeth, the ghost of Banquo appears at Macbeth's
banquet, but it is unarguably clear from the words that the other thanes and Lady
Macbeth speak that Macbeth is the only one who sees the
ghost.

In Hamlet, the ghost of his
father is visible and audible to him but not Gertrude, when he visits her bedroom in Act
III, and Shakespeare makes sure the audience knows this by the words that Hamlet and
Gertrude speak to each other.  And since Shakespeare does not have any character in King
Lear remark about the King's imaginary Fool, then we must assume that he is as real as
any other character onstage.

I'm afraid that there's simply
no evidence for a playwright in the Renaissance writing anything that is meant to be
"ambiguous" or that contains "subtext" of any kind.  These are modern inventions and,
while it is tempting to apply our modern methods of analyses to Shakespeare's plays (and
can provide very interesting points of departure when staging the plays), there is
absolutely no evidence to support any supposition that Shakespeare had any such "hidden"
agendas in mind.

The upshot here is that if Shakespeare had
meant for the Fool to be a figment of Lear's imagination he would have made this fact
quite obvious in the language that the other characters speak.  However, this is also a
very interesting concept to utilize when considering staging the play, and I encourage
you to stage a scene for your classmates to test it out!

Examine the described the set and staging for the play. How is the set and staging significant to Death of a Salesman?

I'm not sure about the question either, but I suspect that
it might be asking how it can be used to integrate the past with the present.  The play
moves back and forth and includes "real" scenes from the past (Willyand the boys working
in the yard) and some scenes that require a step out of "reality"--the scenes where
Willie speaks with his brother, Ben.  The play must be staged so that the action can
seemlessly move from one place to another and also move from one time to another (real
past) or the present that only exists in Willie's
mind.

I've seen the play done several times, and it's
always interesting to see how different directors deal with these staging questions.  It
might be interesting to compare the two DVD versions that I am aware of (Lee J.
Cobb/Dustin Hoffman) to see how these are handled ... and then, if you're lucky (I
missed out on the Brian Dennehy performance in Chicago) you may get to see it in real
time.

Enjoy!

What is the point of view of the black people in the balcony on the trial of Tom Robinson?If possible provide quotes...i have to write an essay.

This is a great question because the Negro community
doesn't have the advantage of telling you their side of the story. They aren't the
speakers in this book, so all we have to use to try to judge their point of view is
their actions.

Scout
narrated:

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Reverend Sykes came puffing behind us, and
steered us gently through the black people in the balcony. Four Negroes rose and gave us
their front-row seats.
(p.166)

Everyone
wanted to see this trial, the bottom was full, the balcony was full and their was
standing room only. Yet, out of respect for what Atticus was doing for their community
these 4 Negroes who likely arrived early just for the opportunity for front row seats,
gave them up for white children. That shows tremendous respect and
sacrifice.

In chapter
17,

The
Negroes behind us whispered softly among themselves; Dill was
asking Reverend Sykes what it was all about, but Reverend Sykes said he didn’t know. So
far, things were
utterly dull:

I
believe this quote shows that the Negroes kept their point of view to themselves, but
certainly had one as Atticus questioned Tate and Ewell about the progress to get a
doctor or not.

This is the best place I think you see their
true point of view.

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Mr. Ewell looked confusedly at the judge. “Well,
Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but
I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th‘ window and I seen—” Mr.
Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. “—I seen
that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”

So serene
was Judge Taylor’s court, that he had few occasions to use his gavel, but he hammered
fully five minutes. Atticus was on his feet at the bench saying something to him, Mr.
Heck Tate as first officer of the county stood in the middle aisle quelling the packed
courtroom. Behind us, there was an angry muffled groan from the colored
people. (pg.
175)

Obviously,
the colored folks were hurt and angered by the accusation they felt was not
true.

This is going to be hard to write about. Be sure to
point out that there is not opportunity given for interviews of the balcony in Lee's
book. All we have are gesture and this "muffled groan" to work
with.

Good luck!

Describe the consequences of their actions in terms of 'power of goods/equipment seizure'?IMPORTANT NOTE - Relate the consequences to a student...

If you are referring about the consequences that IT
workers could face when taking away or breaking into someone else's lent or loaned
computer, then the consequences could be quite
harsh.

First, an IT worker is known for having the tools to
access someone else's equipment, where a lot of privileged information is kept. By
privileged information, we mean "private". Anything that is kept private by a person is
not to be accessed under any circumstance by anyone else, as it is stated in the
underlying moral codes that exist in our Bill of Rights and our
Constitution.

Second, the only way anyone in IT is allowed
to access people's private information in computers is with an order that warrants that
the investigation is in place, legal, and should
proceed.

Third, should an IT worker still crack into the
private information of another citizen, the citizen has every right to not only sue the
IT worker, but also to have the employer of the IT worker revoke his IT rights and
permissions, and advise other employers to refuse employment to the hacking
individual.

In a world in which codes and encryptions are
now the norm, special care has to be placed in regulating the rights of those who have
the power to decipher them.

As far as high school IT
students, their access to information and the way that they can obtain it might result
in a lot of temptation on their part to try and get to it. However, the consequences are
quite harsh. Most school district maintain a very strong policy against sharing
passwords, hacking accounts, accessing other people's e-mail inboxes, and/or spreading
hate mail via blogs and such. Consequences include termination of Internet access,
suspension, removal of computer equipment such as laptops, locking their school
accounts, detention, limitations of Internet access and even expulsion if the actions
were meant maliciously and breaking every code of Netiquette for which the students are
supposed to sign to comply.

3 l x-3 l + 4 = 10 find x.

Q: 3 l x-3 l + 4 = 10  We have to find
x.

Solution:

We  subtract 4
from both sides of the equation:

 3 |x-3| = 10-4
=6.

 3|x-3| = 6.

We divide
both sides of 3|x-3| = 6, by 3:

 |x-3| =
2.

If x> 3,  then |x-3| = x-3  = 2
.

So x- 3 = 2, Or x = 5.

If
x< 3, then  |x-3| = 3-x = 2.

So 3-2 = x. Or x=
1.

So x= 1, or x =
5.

Can somebody please give me some information on the history of microorganisms and how they helped us? (preferably a book, mostly a website)

Bacteria are microorganisms that many times get a negative
reputation, however, most are harmless and some we couldn't live without. There are
bacteria that produce vitamins, help with digestion and occupy niches that otherwise
would be home to harmful bacteria. Probiotics are bacteria found in yogurt and are
actually good for your digestive system. Bacteria of decay help with decomposition of
dead organisms, thereby returning chemical compounds that would otherwise be lost, back
to the environment. Some bacteria are nitrogen-fixing bacteria and can convert
atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates that plants can use to synthesize plant proteins.
This is an important part of the nitrogen cycle. Bacteria are necessary for the process
of fermentation and products like cheese and sauerkraut are made utilizing bacteria. The
link below provides additional references including books and articles regarding the
importance of bacteria.

What is polynomial ax^3+bx^2+cx+d if divided by (x-1),(x+1),(x+2), the reminder is always 3?

We'll note the polynomial P(X)
= aX^3+bX^2+cX+d.

We'll write the reminder theorem, when
P(x) is divided by
(X-1):

P(1)=3

We'll write the
reminder theorem, when P(x) is divided by
(X+1):

P(-1)=3

We'll write the
reminder theorem, when P(x) is divided by
(X+2):

P(-2)=3

From these
facts, we notice that the reminder of the division of   P(x) to the product of
polynomials (X-1)(X+1)(X+2) is also 3.

We'll write the
reminder theorem:

aX^3+bX^2+cX+d=(X-1)(X+1)(X+2) +
3

We'll remove the
brackets:

aX^3+bX^2+cX+d=(X^2-1)(X+2)
+3

aX^3+bX^2+cX+d = X^3 + 2X^2-X -2 +
3

We'll combine like terms and we'll
get:

aX^3 + bX^2 + cX + d = X^3 + 2X^2 - X +
1

P(X) = X^3 + 2X^2 - X +
1

Indicate why the framers believed it was important to create a "separation of powers".

The framers, in wanting to create a new form of government
that was not authoritarian like the monarchy that they left behind, sought to draft a
constitution that did not place all of the power for decision-making into one branch of
government. This is why the United States has three separate branches - executive,
legislative, and judicial - each with a unique role in the decision-making process and
each with some degree of "checking" power on the others (this is the system that we
refer to as checks and balances). This degree of group oversight did not exist in Great
Britain. In the United States, Congress is the legislative or law-making branch of
government. They write the laws. The executive branch is headed by the President who is
commander in chief of the armed forces and has the ability to negotiate treaties,
execute the laws enacted by congress, and make various appointments subject to the
approval of the senate. Essentially, this branch carries out the laws. The Supreme Court
acts as the primary judicial body whose main task is to make sure that the Constitution
is never violated. In other words, it acts as a review board. Through this separation,
the framers created a system that minimized the threat of any one branch becoming too
powerful and turning into a dictatorship which is what they felt they were seeing in
Britain.

What was Rousseau's biggest achievement?

This one is going to be interesting.  I would say that
Rousseau's biggest achievement is to be one of the first voices of intellectual
complexity.  Contrary to other thinkers in the Enlightenment period, Rousseau was simply
complex and intricate in his thinking.  Voltaire was almost monolithic in his assertion
for individual rights, while Montesquieu's principles of divided government helped to
define him in many spheres.  Yet, Rousseau was complex, writing on a great many topics
and evoking the thorny and challenging elements within each domain.  For example,
Rousseau writes about the need for the general will in political systems, yet he also
understands the need for individual liberties in this system to prevent a dictatorship. 
At the same time, Rousseau understands that individual freedom at the cost of progress
and advancement in a political setting could result in disaster.  One sees the same
development of thought in his writing on education.  While embracing the Enlightenment
theory of acquiring knowledge, he was one of the first thinkers to suggest that the best
way to ensure the proper intellectual growth of a child is to ensure that individualized
approaches to knowledge acquisition should feed the development of the "whole child," a
premise that flew directly in the face of Enlightenment theories.  I would say that
Rousseau's biggest achievement is the idea that thinkers can be complex and raise
different aspects of intellectual development in embracing ideas and developing the
historical narrative of ideas.

Use trigonometric identities to calcuate sin(345)

We have to find sin 345.

sin
345 = sin ( 360 - 15) = - sin 15

Now cos 30 = (cos 15)^2 -
( sin 15)^2

=> cos 30 = 1 - 2*(sin
15)^2

=> 1 - 2*(sin 15)^2 = cos
30

=> - 2*(sin 15)^2 = cos 30 -
1

=> 2 (sin 15)^2 = 1 - cos
30

=> 2 (sin 15)^2 = 1 - sqrt
3/2

=>  (sin 15)^2 = 1/2 - sqrt
3/4

=> (sin 15) = sqrt (1/2 - sqrt
3/4)

=> sin 15 = sqrt (1/2 - sqrt
3/4)

Therefore sin 345 = - (sqrt (1/2 - sqrt
3/4))

Why should a man who stole a medication should be prosecuted?

There is an old expression among attorneys that "hard
cases make bad law." The situation you describe is one of those "hard cases."
Nonetheless, it is necessary that laws be enforced uniformly. If exceptions are made on
the basis of circumstances, then there would be a never ending series of convincing
stories to justify one's actions. Theft is theft, pure and simple. It is possible that
if there were extenuating circumstances, he might be treated with a degree of leniency.
Still, his theft was most likely the result of poor judgment rather than need. Our legal
system is far from perfect; there are numerous situations where the punishment seems
disproportionate to the crime; yet imperfect humans must deal with the imperfect
institutions they have created as best they can. There is no suitable
alternative.

Who is the female black American artist who creates story quilts and has written and illustrated children's books?

The artist to whom you are referring is Faith Ringgold.
She is an award-winning artist and illustrator of children's books. She was born in
Harlem, NY in 1930 and she was educated at the City College of New York. Her works of
art have been featured in prestigious museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.

She is very well-known in the field of education (she
was a teacher and an activist as well) for her Caldecott Medal-winning book,
Tar Beach. She also won a Coretta Scott King award which is given
to talented illustrators.

Ringgold uses the quilt to
replicate a practice done by slaves, and by her ancestors, in the past. This practice
was to use quilts in lieu of words as a way to tell stories. The women would create
symbols and pictures on the quilt and they would hand them down from generation to
generation. It was also a very convenient way to carry around history, so to speak,
because the quilt was easy to take from place to place.  Her first story quilt was
presented in 1984 and, ever since then, she has continued with this traditional
method.

4sinxcosx-1=2(sinx-cosx) find x

4sinx*cosx -1 =
2(sinx-cosx)

We will expand the
brackets.

==> 4sinxcosx -1 = 2sinx
-2cosx

Now we will move all terms to the left
side.

==> 2cosx -2sinx +4sinxcosx -1 =
0

==> 2cosx +4sinxcosx - 2sinx -1 =
0

Now we will factor 2cosx and
-1.

==> 2cosx( 1+ 2sinx) -( 2sinx+1) =
0

Now we will factor
(2sinx+1)

==> (2sinx+1) *(2cosx -1) =
0

==> 2sinx = -1 ==> sinx = -1/2
==>

 x= pi+pi/6 = 7pi/6 +
2npi

x = 2pi - pi/6 = 11pi/6 +
2npi

==> 2cosx -1 = 0 ==> cosx =
1/2

==> x = pi/3 +
2npi

==> x = 2pi - pi/3 = 5pi/3 +
2npi

==> x = { 7pi/6 + 2npi , 11pi/6 +
2npi, pi/3 + 2npi , 5pi/3+ 2npi} n= 1, 2, 3, 4,
.....

What quotes refer to darkness or blindness in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex?

Two recurring motifs in
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex are references to both sight
and blindness. Sophocles uses the motifs to represent Oedipus's own
blindness and naivete.

Sophocles
especially uses sight to refer to the things that Oedipus
should be able to notice, thereby contrasting his ability to see what's going on around
him with his inability to see what is going on in his own life. In particular it is
pointed out that Oedipus should be able to see the suffering that is taking place in
Thebes due to the plague. At the very beginning of the play, the priest points out that
Oedipus should be able to see their suffering in his lines, "You see how many of us sit
here at your alters" (15-16). Oedipus even confirms that he sees his citizens' suffering
in his lines:

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My poor children, what you desire is known to me
and not unknown, for I see well that everyone is sick.
(63-65)

However, the fact
that Oedipus is able to see his citizens' suffering is
ironic because he is unable to see that his own
transgressions are actually the cause of their suffering. We later learn it has been
prophesied that Oedipus will kill his own father and sleep with his own mother. Oedipus
thinks he has escaped his horrific fate by fleeing Corinth and living in Thebes.
Ironically, he does not realize that his real father is not the king of Corinth, but
rather King Laius of Thebes, whom he killed on his journey to Thebes many years ago.
Therefore, ironically, Oedipus does not realize he has actually fulfilled the prophecy
rather than escape it; he is blind to what he has done and
it's ramifications. The seer Tiresias points out Oedipus's naivete or
ignorance and relates it to blindness, as we
see in his lines:

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I will reply, since you reproach me as blind:
You, even though you see clearly, do not see the scope of your evil, nor where you live,
nor with whom you dwell.
(432-435)

Hence, we see that
Sophocles' recurring motif of sight and blindness serves to illustrate Oedipus's own
blindness and lack of understanding.

In "A Modest Proposal," what is ironic about the word “modest” in the title?

The key to answering this question lies in the
one-sentence paragraph that serves as the transition between the introduction of the
proposal and the actual proposal. Swift concisely
states:

I
shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to
the least objection.

Swift
skillfully lays out valid arguments to help the Irish people with poverty and
overpopulation. Everything makes complete sense the way he spells it out. It sounds
reasonable for him to say,

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That the remaining hundred thousand [children]
may, at a year old, be offered in the sale to the persons of quality and fortune through
the kingdom; always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month,
so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an
entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter
will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good
boiled on the fourth day, especially in
winter.

The irony comes in
the fact that he's talking about eating children. If the reader puts aside his or her
feelings, Swift's arguments sound pretty good. However, that is impossible to do, and
Swift knows it. There is nothing "modest" about Swift's proposal. Swift was trying to
get the English and the Irish to listen to him. By modestly proposing to use babies as a
source of food and income, he was finally able to get some
attention!

A man normally takes 5 hrs to travel at a certain speed from city A to B. One day, he increases his speed by 4 km/h and finds that the journey...

Let the distance from A to B be
D.

==> The time is T1 = 5
hrs.

==> Then, let the speed be S1 = D/T1 = D/
5

==> S1 = D/
5

==> D
= 5*S1 .............(1)

After increasing the speed ( the
distance remains the same.)

==> S2 = S1 +
4 

==> T2 = T1 -
(0.5)

==> D = S2* T2 = (S1 + 4) * (5 -
1/2)

==> D = (S1 +
4)(9/2)

==> D = (9/2)S1 +
18

But D = 5S1

==> 5S1
= (9/2)S1 + 18

==> (5-9/2) S1 =
18

==> (1/2) S1 =
18

==> S1 = 36 km/
h

Then, the normal speed is 36 km /
h

In Twelfth Night, what does Viola learn about herself regarding her feminine and masculine sides?How does acting as a man complete her feminine side?

There a two specific ways in which "playing" a man gives
Viola insight into herself.

The first is that, by playing
the part of Cesario, she is able to have access to Orsino that she would be denied as a
woman.  Shakespeare lived and worked in a time when especially high born men and women
had to follow many strict rules about spending time together.  Spending time alone
together would have, generally, not been possible for an unmarried man and woman.  So,
Viola, as Cesario, is given the rare chance to simply "hang out" with Orsino and have a
regular, "man to man" chat with him.  This access allows her to develop real feelings
for a man she has come to know, rather than rely on love from a more superficial
distance.

Secondly, her interactions with Olivia allow her
to stand outside the female experience and witness it as an observer.  By witnessing
Olivia's love for her, she can experience, albeit secondhand, a woman's expressing her
love to the man she desires.  Viola, constrained by her disguise, cannot tell Orsino of
her love, so it is possible that she sees and understands her own womanly feelings
better through her interactions with Olivia.

In "A Christmas Memory," what obstacle must Buddy and his cousin overcome to make their gifts?

This nostalgic memory of a childhood Christmas is
remarkable for a number of reasons, but one is the context in which the memory is set.
It is clear that Buddy and his cousin come from a poor background, which makes their
feat of baking over thirty cakes impressive, to say the least. The story narrates the
various challenges that they have to overcome in order to buy or obtain the ingredients
that they need in order to bake the cakes, and the detail provided shows what obstacles
they need to overcome. Consider, for example, the way that they save all year to get the
ingredients that cannot be obtained in any other way:

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But one way and another we do each year
accumulate Christmas savings, a Fruitcake Fund. These moneys we keep hidden in a n
ancient bead purse under a loose board under the floor under a chamber pot under my
friend's bed. The purse is seldom removed from this safe location except to make a
deposit, or, as happens every Saturday, a
withdrawal...

The way that
this money is carefully and painstakingly collected is made clear. Throughout the year,
Buddy and his cousin have engaged in every kind of employment possible to earn a few
more pennies, such as killing flies. It is clear that baking these cakes becomes a
year-long endeavour, with many individual obstacles to overcome, but most of all, the
poverty of Buddy and his cousin is the biggest challenge.

What happens at the end of in The Crucible?

Another note you might want to consider is this: In some
of the different printings of The Crucible there is an explanation
about Abigail, and there should be as she is a major
character.

It portrays Abigail as skipping town and running
away to Boston. Rumor has it that she boards a ship to get
away.

Another important note is that as Elizabeth and John
share their last words, the magistrates prepare to call her back in for a final set of
questions. When she arrives they wonder why she can't get him to confess, and she
responds, "He have his goodness now." This is one of the most crucial lines in the whole
play as it portrays his redemption in the act of knowingly going to his
death.

Why would someone start a catering business?

If I understand your question, you are asking why someone
would start a catering business.  I have edited your question to say
this.

The most important reasons for starting a catering
business are these:

• Perceived demand.  If a
  person is going to start a catering business, they have to think about whether there is
  demand for that particular service in their community.  You would not want to start a
  catering service if you did not think there was enough demand (if there were too many
  caterers already or if people in your area were too poor to afford caterin, for
  example).


• Expertise and interest of the entrepreneur.  In
  order to start a catering business, you would need to know what you are doing and you
  would need to enjoy that line of business.  So one of the major reasons to start a
  catering business would be personal--because you are good at it and you like
  it.

So there are two main reasons--you would
start a catering business because you think you would be good at it and because you
think you could make money.

What is Roderigo complaining about in the opening scene of Othello?

In Act I of Othello, Roderigo
complains to Iago that he is paying Iago money to get Desdemona to love and marry him,
and--so far--it has not worked:

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Tush! never tell me; I take it much
unkindly
That thou, Iago, who hast had my
purse
As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of
this.

Roderigo is
now poor and brideless.  Brabantio has previously denied Roderigo as a suitor for his
daughter, and now Roderigo cannot believe that Iago knows about Desdemona's elopement.
 You see, Roderigo is nothing short of a whiner, and he cannot believe that this beauty,
the daughter of Venitian senator no less, would choose to secretly marry an older Black
man over him.

Also, Roderigo will serve as Iago's
mouthpiece as they both complain to Desdemona's father outside his home.  Under cover of
night, Roderigo will wake up the Senator and tell him that his daughter has
eloped.

Explain the importance of each of Hitler's achievements.-Economic recovery-National Unity-National expansion -Collective Organization

Hi there!

First, I would have
to take issue with the term "achievements."  The definition of an achievement is
"something accomplished"  and carries with it a positive connotation.  I have a hard
time seeing Hitler's programs as accomplishments because they were not enduring and he
was not the first German to advance them.  That's a quibble, though...not really here
nor there.

As for the ideas advanced, let's take a
look:

1) Economic Recovery --
Germany's economy was ruined by the first world war (huge payments required
by the allies) and further pummeled by the great depression.  Unemployment held at 30%
and inflation made German money worthless.  Hitler was able, by controlling the economy,
to reverse these trends.  His massive public works projects and emphasis on military
buildup put people back to work.  When people are working and earning money they tend to
be less radical; therefore, Hitler was able to cut down on dissension and political
opposition by reversing Germany's economic down-slide.

Of
course, during the war he simply took what he wanted form the countries he invaded
(well, forced the people there to sell it dirt cheap back to Germany.)  Forced labor
was remarkably cost effective as well : )

It is hard for me
to see this as an accomplishment...as a result of his policies German manufacturing was
leveled during the war and industry hamstrung.  His policies had the long-term effect of
ending the German economy.

2) National Unity --
Germany, throughout history, has been a fractured entity.  It is only
recently that it has been able to function as a unified body.  Hitler,
through destroying rivals, abolishing unions, outlawing political parties, and running
an incredible propaganda campaign was able to unite the German people.  It can't be
forgotten, either, that he was able to consolidate German nationalism by vilifying
foreign governments and scapegoating the German Jews.

I
don't see this as an accomplishment, either.  Because of his plan Germany would be split
apart after the war and not be united for 40 years or
so.

3) National expansion -- Germany
lost territory during the first world war, including some very economically productive
areas bordering France.  Hitler was able to get that back, as well as the "peaceful"
annexation of Austria.  Had he stopped there he probably would have gotten away with it.
 At its height, he had, indeed, expanded the German nation well beyond its
borders.

Again, this is not a real accomplishment, though,
as it was all taken back after the war (and then some.)

4)
Collective Organization -- To be frank, I am not sure what you mean
here.  The only type of "collective organization" I can think of are trade unions.
 Under Hitler, these were made illegal.  Though this might be considered an
"accomplishment" by some fat-cat business types, it's hard for me to see it that
way.

I hope these ideas bring something to the
discussion!

In ONE short paragraph, write a brief introduction to 'meiosis'?

Meiosis is a cell division. Its purpose is to produce
sperm and egg cells, which are reproductive cells. What it does is to cut the number of
reproductive cells in half. As we know, body cells have 46 chromosomes in the nucleus.
Therefore, meiosis is what splits the 46 into 23 chromosomes for each homologous
(similar) pair. The importance of this process is that it constitutes the making of the
biggest element for human characteristics.

What is difference between naked short selling and covered short selling?

Short selling in the context of the equity markets is used
with reference to a practice of selling securities which a person does not own when the
sale is made. This is done when the price of the security is expected to fall and
sellers believe that they could be bought back later at a lower price. As the sale is at
a higher price and they are bought at a lower price later, a profit can be
made.

Short selling is generally executed by first
borrowing securities from someone who has the securities, selling them, later buying
them back from the market and returning them to the lender. This is covered short
selling.

In naked short selling, traders sell securities
without first borrowing them. There is no certainty here that the securities will be
later available for the seller to actually deliver to the buyer at the time of delivery.
Naked short selling has been considered a way of manipulating the price of securities.
As the short sellers can increase supply very fast, there is a rapid drop in the price
of the security. Nervous investors then start closing their long positions which
continues to increase supply and there is little if any demand. The short sellers are
then able to easily buy back what they short sold at a much lower
price.

But the chances of default in naked short-selling
are also very high as the seller may not be able to buy back the securities from the
market later due to a shortage. This is an important reason why naked short-selling is
either not allowed in many markets or monitored closely.

Describe Joe’s feelings about Pip. (Give some specific examples from the story, especially from the meeting between Joe and Miss Havisham.)Great...

In Great Expectations, Joe is both
father and friend to the orphaned Pip.  He is protective, shielding Pip from the wrath
of Pip's sister, his wife, who rushes at Pip with "Tickler," a switch with which she
whips Pip.  He carries Pip with him on the marsh, throwing him on top of his broad
shoulders; he holds Pip tenderly by the fire as Pip works on his letters, complimenting
Pip's efforts.  Early in the novel, Joe indicates his tenderness and love for Pip as he
relates his meeting of Mrs. Joe:

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'When I offered to your sister...to be asked in
church, at such times as she was willing and ready to come to the forge, I said to her,
'And bring the poor little child.  God bless the poor little child,...there's room
for him at the
forge.'

After this evening
with Joe, Pip declares,

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Young as I was, I believe that I dated a new
admiration of Joe from that night.  We were equals afterward, as we had been before; but
afterward, at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking about him, I had a new
sensation of feeling conscious that I was looking up to Joe in my
heart.

When he returns from
his first visit to Satis House, Pip complains to Joe that he is "common," as Estella has
labeled him, and that he wishes he were that common.  Disturbed by hearing Pip's words,
Joe tells him,

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'As to being common, I don't make it out at all
clear.  You are oncommon in some things.  You're oncommon small.  Likewise you're a
oncommon scholar.'

On the
occasion of Pip's being apprenticed to Joe, they go to Satis House together where Miss
Havisham, who has requested that Joe bring Pip's indentures with
him:

It was
very aggravating; but, throughout the interview, Joe persisted in addressing me instead
of Miss Havisham.  It was quite in vain for me to make him sensible that he ought to
speak to Miss Havisham.  the more I made faces and gestures to him to do it, the more
confidential, argumentative, and polite he persisted in being to
me.

Joe's behavior in this
scene indicates his feelings of inferiority to Miss Havisham.  Like a commoner in the
presence of royalty, Joe does not directly address Miss Havisham out of respect for her
higher social status.  Instead, he speaks through Pip.  This action also indicates that
he perceives Pip as socially higher than he, now.

Joe's
integrity, however, is insulted when Miss Havisham implies that he wishes a "premium
with the boy."  "Cutting me [Pip] short as if he were hurt," Joe
responds,

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..."which I meantersay that were not a question
requiring a answer betwit yourself and me, and which you know the answer to be full
'No.'"

Joe Gargery's love and
loyal friendship for Pip know no bounds as he continues to love Pip even when the
snobbish Pip neglects him.  Rushing to his aid after he is burned, Joe tenderly nurses
Pip back to health, mitigating Pip's apologies for his behavior with his signature
phrase, "Ever the best of friends, Pip, ol'chap!"