Calculate tan(x-y), if sin x=1/2 and sin y=1/3. 0

We'll write the formula of the tangent of difference of 2
angles.

tan (x-y) = (tan x - tan y)/(1 + tan x*tan
y)

Now, we'll have to establish the signature of tan x a
and tan y. We know from enunciation that, tan x belongs to the first quadrant and it is
has positive and tan y belongs to the second quadrant and it is
negative.

tan x=sin x/cos
x

cos x = sqrt[1 - (sin
x)^2]

cos x = sqrt[1 -
(1/2)^2]

cos x = sqrt(1 -
1/4)

cos x = sqrt3/2

tan x =
(1/2)/(sqrt3/2)

tan x = sqrt
3/3

tan y = -(1/3)/sqrt[1 -
(1/3)^2]

tan y =
-(1/3)/sqrt(8/9)

tan y =
-1/2sqrt2

tan y =
-(sqrt2)/4

tan (x-y) = [(sqrt 3)/3 +
(sqrt2)/4]/[1 - (sqrt6)/12]

Analyse how Dickens uses parallelism to state themes that might be developed in A Tale of Two Cities.The opening paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities...

You are right in identifying parallelism as a major
stylistic tool that is employed in this incredible novel. The main conflicts of the
novel are referred to in the famous opening chapter, that draws our attentions to the
strange dichotomy of the times:

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of
times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of
belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season
of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of
despair...

You might want to
think how such opposition is created by the way that characters are matched against each
other and also events repeat themselves. For example, Charles Darnay and Syndey Carter
are doubles of each other, with Charles Darnay representing the goodness that Syndey
Carter seems unable to find within himself until the final pages of the novel. Equally,
both Dr. Manette and Madame Defarge are victims of the French aristocracy. Charles
Darnay suffers two trials in the pages of the novel, one where he is charged as a
traitor of Britain, the other when he is charged as a traitor of France. Lucie is
opposed to Madame Defarge, who, towards the end of the novel, increasingly
psychologically dominates her. And lastly, of course, lest we forget the title, this is
a tale of two cities and how both effect each other. Doubles or matches abound in the
novel, and parallelism is established as a manner of introducing conflict and
highlighting themes.

If we accept Romeo's love for Juliet as immature, how does it affect our predisposition that this play is an archetypal love story?This question...

In studying Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet, I do not believe that it serves as an archetypal love story. I
believe it is archetypical of the "star-crossed lovers" love
story.

In terms of Shakespeare and prevalent themes in his
plays, change plays an enormous role in providing his plays with in-depth and believable
characters, and these changes drive the plot. The protagonists, for example, in
Macbeth and Hamlet, go through extensive
changes based upon who they are, their journeys of self-discovery, and their interaction
with the other characters.

Romeo is a young man, and his
experience of life is limited. It would appear that he has never truly been in love, but
has been infatuated with Rosaline, another member of the Capulet household. We never
meet the object of his affection, but certainly see enough of his
immaturity—perhaps a "puppy love"—that has no real substance; but we see a great deal of
"suffering" on the part of Romeo. The fact that he transfers his affections so quickly
to Juliet may be the clearest, and perhaps the last, indicator of his immature outlook
on love, and life.

Once Romeo commits himself to Juliet,
every step seems sincere, and the very adult world around him brings clarity where there
has been none before. Mercutio, Romeo's close friend, is killed by Tybalt; Romeo kills
Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. The casual nature of Romeo's existence, once spent mooning over
Rosaline, has altered forever. It could be argued that these things, as well as Juliet's
total acceptance of him regardless of his family's name, force him to turn a distinct
corner in "growing up." The fact that he takes his own life when he believes Juliet is
dead could be an indication of the depth of his dedication, but
this is debatable: is it mature to commit suicide in the face of
loss?

I personally see no difficulty in perceiving Romeo as
an immature young man at the start of the play. However, I do not believe an audience is
predisposed to see this as an archetypal love story—there are many doomed romances in
Shakespeare's tragedies. Romeo and Juliet are seen as archetypical sweethearts whose
fate is predestined—they are doomed before they meet, their ending "written in the
stars." (See the Prologue.) There is much discussion, in fact, as to whether the lovers
could have done anything to change the outcome of the
play.

The archetypical love story, in general, does not, I
believe, require death and/or unrequited love. If we look at this love story as
archetypical of Shakespearean love in his tragedies, where there
are no happy endings, perhaps there is validity to the concept. The Bard's happy endings
seem reserved (obviously) for his comedies. However, in general
terms, I don't see Romeo and Juliet's tragic relationship as the model for an
archetypical love story.

What does accommodation mean to Booker T. Washington? How does W.E.B. DuBois respond? I know that DuBois felt that Washington was compromising...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had different
views of how African-American should try to get their rights. Booker T. Washington
believed African-Americans should get their economic rights settled before pursuing
their political rights. He believed that African-Americans should get vocational
training so they would be able to get jobs and become more secure financially. This
position, known as the Atlanta Compromise, suggested economic rights should be pursued
before going after political rights.

W.E.B. Du Bois
believed African-Americans should get all of their rights at the same time. He believed
it was wrong to pursue only economic rights and not pursue political rights. W. E. B. Du
Bois believed African-Americans deserved all their rights at the same time and should
work to achieve gaining both economic rights and political rights. He and Booker T.
Washington had differing views on how African-Americans should pursue their
rights.

In Act III, scene 2, why may the establishment of Claudius's guilt be considered the crisis of the revenge plot?

The crisis of a drama usually proceeds and leads to the
climax.  In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the proof that Claudius is guilty
leads to Hamlet's decision to not kill Claudius while he's at prayer--and that is the
climax of the play.

Hamlet, until he sees Claudius's
reaction to the "play within the play," isn't entirely sure Claudius is guilty.  He has
no real proof--only the word of a ghost, who, he says in Act 2.2.565-572, could be a
devil trying to deceive him (as, by the way, the witches do to Macbeth in his play of
the same name).  Hamlet needs proof.  He is too reasonable to act like Fortinbras or
Laertes and just jump into revenge without thinking it
through.

The king's reaction to the murder scene in the
play gives Hamlet the proof he needs, though, and he sets off to kill the king.  He gets
an opportunity but decides not to take it.  Why?  Because he thinks Claudius is
confessing (he isn't, but Hamlet doesn't know that), and killing him immediately after
he confesses his sins would send Claudius straight to heaven.  And Hamlet doesn't want
to send Claudius to heaven, not when his father is suffering in a purgatory-like state,
and when Hamlet might be sent to hell because he kills
Claudius. 

The problem is, though, that when Hamlet decides
not to kill Claudius because he doesn't want to contribute to his salvation, he is
playing God.  Salvation is God's business, not Hamlet's.  Hamlet is messing where he
shouldn't be messing.

The result--you see it in Act 5:  the
sight Fortinbras says doesn't belong in a castle, only on a battlefield.  Death
everywhere. 

When Hamlet walks away from his rightful
revenge, by playing God, he dooms himself and so many others.  This is the climax. 
His receiving proof of Claudius's death could be considered the crisis, and Hamlet's
refusal to kill Claudius while the king's at prayer is the climax.  One leads to the
other.  

In Lois Lowry's The Giver, how does the writer use character to express conflict?

You might want to examine this question by looking at the
way in which Jonas's job as Assistant Memory Keeper produces conflict between him and
his former friends. A key moment that demonstrates this is in Chapter Seventeen, when
the children enjoy an unscheduled holiday. Jonas is looking forward to playing with his
friends, but as they play a game whose meaning has been lost, Jonas recognises it for
what it is: a child's version of a war. Jonas is overwhelmed by memories that have been
"shared" with him of pain and conflict, and the game halts awkwardly. Asher and Fiona
are unable to comprehend or understand the viewpoint of Jonas, and we are left with an
image of Jonas by himself, overwhelmed by loneliness and
loss:

Jonas
trudged to the bench beside the Storehouse and sat down, overwhelmed with feelings of
loss. His childhood, his friendships, his carefree sense of security--all of these
things seemed to be slipping away. With his new, heightened feelings, he was overwhelmed
by sadness at the way the others had laughed and shouted, playing at war. But he knew
that they could not understand why, without the memories. He felt such love for Asher
and for Fiona. But they could not feel it back, without the memories. And he
could not give them
those.

Note here how Jonas,
in a sudden moment of realisation, realises how conflict has been produced from his
assignment. His knowledge of the past and the memories that have been shared with him
has produced conflict and division between him and his former friends, such as Asher and
Fiona. With sadness, Jonas realises that now his relationships have been irrevocably
affected for the worse.

Describe the mystique that surrounds Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald..

Nick Carraway first encounters Jay Gatsby at the end of
Chapter One of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, but only for an
illusionary moment.  Gatsby stands with his arms outstretched, trembling and gazing at
the green light at the end of Daisy's pier, and then he is gone.  Gatsby is an
enigmatic man who longs to recreate his romanticized past because he has no future, only
the present.

Gatsby has a mystique about him because very
little is known of  him; only distant impressions are suggested.  Just as he suddenly
appears on a lawn in West Egg, Jay Gatsby spontaneously has parties with strangers who
know nothing of each other as well as nothing of Gatsby.  In Chapter Four, he asks Nick,
"What is your opinion of me?" and states that he is going to tell Nick about himself so
that there is no "wrong opinion" of him.  But, it is not until Chapter Six and Seven,
the reader does not learn of Gatsby's background or of his criminal activity.  Until
this point, Nick and the reader only are told that Gatsby had parents from the Midwest,
but when Nick asks specifically, Gatsby says, "San Francisco."  He claims to have gone
to Oxford, but only produces a photograph that was supposedly taken while he was in
college, and chokes on the words.  Nick narrates,

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He hurried the phrase" educated at Oxford," or
swallowed it, or choked on it as though it had bothered him before.  And with this
doubt, his whole statement felll to pieces, and I wondered if there weren't something a
little sinister abou him, after all....For a moment I suspected that he was pulling my
leg, but a glance at him convinced me
otherwise.

Something in
Gatsby--"the great Gatsby"--hints at magic and illusion as in "the Great Blackstone" and
other vaudeville personages.  He has beautiful, but unknown guests at his opulent
parties, his library has real leatherbound books, his car possesses mythological
characteristics with its "fenders like wings," and its fenders that reflect the light. 
Gatsby, too, creates an aura of luxury and charm that has no history behind it.  He is
seen with unsavory characters such as Meyer Wolfscheim, but appears at a party in white
flannels with a golden tie.  He claims to have visited the capitals of Europe--Paris,
Venice, Rome--yet he possesses an absolutely loyal heart. Jay Gatsby is an enigmatic
character who bases his sense of worth upon the approval and love of Daisy Buchanan, and
who 

believed
in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year receded before
us.

Find the polynomial having roots at 0, 2i and 3 - i, and passing through (1, –5).

A polynomial  which has the complex roots 2i and 3-i, must
have also the roots which are the conjugates of 2i and
3-i.

Therefore the give polynomial has the a ral root 0,
and complex roots 2i and -2i, 3-i and 3+i.

If a, b, c, are
the roots of a polynomial y(x), then y(x) =
k(x-a)(x-b)(x-c).

Therefore y(x) =
k(x-0)(x-2i)(9x-2i){x+3-i)(x-(3+i)) is the polynomial with roots 0, 2i, -2i, 3-i and
3+i.

y(x) =
kx(x^2+4)((x-3)^2+1).

y(x) = kx(x^2+4)(x^2-6x+10). This
polynomial should pass through (1-5).

Therefore
substituting (x ,y) = (1, -5) in y(x) = kx(x^2+2)(x^2-6x+10), we
get:

-5 =
k(1)(1+4)((1-6+10).

-5 =
k*25.

Therefore k = -5/25=
-1/5.

Therefore the required polynomial which has roots, 0,
2i, and 3-i and passes through the point (1,-5) is given
by:

 y(x) =
(-1/5)x{x^2+4)(x^2-6x+10).

Why do Jem and Scout feel guilty when Mr. Avery tells them that children who disobey, smoke, and make war on each other can cause the seasons change?

They felt guilty because since 1885 Maycomb had not
reported any snow during Winter. Yet, during the specific winter when the action of the
story takes place there was a bit of snow mounted in the yards that was identified as
"flurry". It was very minimal, but it was big enough for Mr. Avery to find in it a
consistent proof of what he had been proposing: That bad behavior in children is what
makes the weather change.

Therefore, to see this sudden
change in Maycomb(although small) was a big deal for the children whose behaviors were
no different than any other child, but were chastised probably much harshly than
children are chastised in modern times. For this reason, the kids felt that their "bad
behavior" was the causative factor for this onset of snow after so many
years.

I need to write a persuasive essay about Global Warming. Can someone help me please.

This should be a direct topic, as there is much
information on the topic.  As with all essays, I think that the first step is to check
with your task description and instructor to make sure that you have included all the
necessary parts of the paper.  The next step would be to take a position on the topic in
terms of what you believe and what you think the evidence indicates about global
warming.  Establishing this will be important.  For example, are you going to argue that
global warming is a concern or something that has been manipulated to be seen as one? 
Are you going to argue that it is caused by human made factors or that it is a natural
climate process?  I think that these positions are, infact, positions on the topic and
can be defended with evidence.  Arranging and understanding the evidence out there and
what you are going to say about it will be of vital importance in the
paper.

Please answer these questions about Lennie and the deaths he causes in Chapter 5 of Of Mice and MenONLYCHAPTER 5,How does Lennie react to...

In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men,
Lennie also tries to cover the puppy up and hide it.  If he can keep George from finding
out that he has killed the puppy, he won't get into trouble.  He is also somewhat
comforted by Curley's wife, who tells him the pup is nothing and can easily be
replaced.

In contrast, Lennie, after killing Curley's
wife, very quickly sneaks out of the barn and, the reader learns later, goes to the spot
George told him to go to if he gets in trouble. 

This does
demonstrate that Lennie understands the difference between killing a puppy and killing a
human being.

What is the angle x if tan 3x -tan^3 x=0?

To find the angle x if tan 3x -2tan^3
x=0.

tan3x = (3tanx-tan^3x) / (1-3tan^2x) is an
identity.

So we use this in the given
equation:

(3tanx-tan^3x) / (1-3tan^2x) - 2tan^3x =
0.

(3tanx-tan^3x) -  (1-3tan^2x)*2tan^3x =
0.

tanx {3 -tan^2x - 2tan^2 + 6tan^4x} =
0

tanx (3-3tan^2+6tan^4x) = 0. We divide by
3.

tanx (tan^4x-3tan^2x +1) =
0.

tanx(tan^2x-1)(1+2tan^2) =
0.

tanx = 0, tan^2-1 = 0, or 1+2tan^2x =
0.

tanx = 0, ortan^2 =1, or tan^2 = 1. So tanx = +or-
1.

So x = npi, or x= npi+pi/4, or npi - pi/4, for n =
0,1,2,..

How is Anne's goal of wanting "to go on living even after my death" fulfilled in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?I didn't get how it was...

I think you are right! I don't believe that many of the
Jews who were herded into the concentration camps actually understood the enormity of
the horrible situation in which they were being placed. Most of them probably could not
visualize their own mass extinction at the hands of their own fellow Germans. Anne
probably did not foresee this either, but she decided to keep a diary to document her
daily thoughts and activities. Whether she ever believed that it would be read at all is
uncertain, but she could never have recognized the power that it would eventually have
over the millions that have read it. Her diary has been translated into dozens of
languages, and it's still a relevant documentation of one of humanity's worst episodes.
The fact that it is still being taught regularly in schools throughout the world has
made it a certainty that Anne Frank will never be forgotten.

If f(x) = 2x -5 and g(x) = lnx + 8x find fog(1)

Given the functions:

f(x) =
2x-5

g(x) = lnx + 8x

We need
to find fog(1)

First we will determine the function
fog(x)

==> fog(x) =
f(g(x))

                 = f( lnx +
8x)

                  = 2(lnx + 8x)
-5

                    = 2lnx + 16x -
5

==> fog(x) = 2lnx + 16x 
-5

Now we will substitute with x =
1

==> fog(1) = 2ln1 + 16*1
-5

                 = 2*0 + 16 -5 =
11

==> fog(1) =
11

Discuss the role of the U.S. in political affairs of other countries and the U.S. and Soviet responses to each other during the Cold War.i need...

The topics that are the focus of your paper seem to take
US history from the time of early imperialism under Teddy Roosevelt in the first decade
of the 1900s to the time when the Cold War was beginning to heat up in the late 1940s
and early 1950s.

So with those two larger topics in mind -
imperialism and the Cold War, you may want to talk about the development of the
first:

* how the United States became an empire and
expanded its territories to include the Panama Canal, control over the Caribbean, with
heavy influence over Latin America and the Philippines.  Include why the US would do
this - for world power in competition with other empires, and for control of resources
which would aid our economy

And the beginning of the Cold
War second:

*how our goal of expanding our control as an
empire changed into a foreign policy of containing the Soviet empire's expansion, and
controlling more resources and influencing other countries with economic and military
aid so they wouldn't be communist, or so the Soviet Union would not gain access to their
resources.

Please explain the bolded words below from this passage in "Compliments of the Season."i want to know the meaning of :- His hand was itching to...

In the part of the story that you quote for us, Fuzzy has
found the doll but does not know of its significance.  Black Riley does know that he
could get money for the doll.  This is the background to the passage that you have
given.

There are two parts of the passage that must be
explained.  First, the part about the Romans and the Sabine.  In Roman legends, there is
an episode in which Roman men supposedly went and took wives from a neighboring
community.  You can find more about this episode in the link below (the Rape of the
Sabine Women).  So what O. Henry is saying here is that Black Riley wants to take the
doll away by force.

Second, there is the phrase
"merry-andrew."  This is a phrase that is used to refer to a clown or a buffoon of some
sort.  So, by including this phrase, O. Henry is is showing that Black Riley looks down
on Fuzzy and thinks that he is some sort of an idiot.

Were all the townspeople devil worshippers as Young Goodman Brown thought?

This is not clear. We never know if Young Goodman Brown
actually experienced all of this or if it was a dream. Hawthorne did this deliberately.
The story is about the duality of humanity. We all, or all the townspeople, are capable
of good and evil. This is not to point out that we all are hypocrites. The point is that
good people are capable of bad deeds and vice versa.

The
other point of the story is that a failure to accept this is a denial of the reality of
the world. Goodman Brown believes he has lost his religious faith and his faith in
humanity at the very thought that a seemingly pious person, like Goody Cloyse, could
speak, let alone worship the devil. Brown thinks that if evil exists to that extent,
then there is no goodness in the world powerful enough to combat
it.

To rephrase your question in a metaphorical sense, I’d
ask if all the townspeople had evil thoughts, were tempted by evil deeds or actually
committed evil things. The answer is yes, but everyone to greater or lesser degrees.
Every human faces this duality. Everyone in the town has “walked with the devil at
night,” which is to say that even if someone chooses the righteous path, he/she must
have also contemplated the evil path. This is just the logic of choice. You can’t make a
choice unless you are presented with two or more options. This is the good/bad duality
characteristic of human nature.

Even Goodman Brown was left
wondering if it was a dream or not. In the end, it doesn't matter. Whether it was a
dream or a real experience, Brown could not accept the thought of such
evil.

In Lord of the Flies, how is the brutality within each individual often more dangerous than evil from an outside source?I really need help with...

In the final chapter, Ralph "argue[s] unconvincingly" with
himself that the hunters will leave him alone or,
perhaps,

make
an outlaw of him.  But, then the fatal unreasoning knowledge came to him
again. 

Too late, Ralph
recognizes the evil that men do is innate, and is quite dangerous because it is so often
not recognized.  For, if Ralph and Piggy were to recognize the innate sadism in Roger
when he picks up the stone--"that token of preposterous time," as Golding writes--and
throws it and others all around little Henry at the water's edge in Chapter Four, they
may have prevented Roger's sadistically gleeful hurling of the pink granite boulder that
takes Piggy's life.  

Similarly, were Ralph capable of
recognizing in Chapter One the threat that Jack's statement "of simple arrogance"--"I
ought to be chief"--suggests, he may have been able to avert the regression of the boys
to even and all the conflicts involving the hunters and his followers, the groups that
formed after this confrontation.  Certainly, Ralph and Piggy would have been more
attentive to the message that Simon attempted to communicate that the Lord of the
Flies provides him in Chapter Eight:  "I'm part of you....I'm the reason why it's no
go?  Why things are what they are?"  Then, perhaps, Simon would not have been bludgeoned
to death, or SamnEric terrorized and Ralph hunted.

Give some examples of the use of simile and metaphor from chapters 4 to 9 of Night by Elie Wiesel?

Night, by Elie Wiesel, traces Elie's
own experiences of life as a young Jew during the Second World War (WWII), sent with his
father to the concentration camps. He would never see his mother and siblings
again.

In describing Wiesel's experiences, it would be
difficult to describe the fear, the uncertainty, the hate and the disbelief through the
use of factual language as mere words could never describe the suffering. Images need to
be created in the mind's eye so that the reader can become engrossed in the reality and
can believe what actually happened. Without using metaphors, simile, personification,
rhetorical questions and irony, the story would be one of graphic abuse and torture;
something that would possibly preclude some people and dissuade others from reading it.
here are just a few examples.

Towards the end of
Night, the images that are created are stark reminders of how even
simple things can have enormous significance and the reader is aware that nothing should
ever be taken for granted. For Elie and his weakening father, they have been reduced to
something almost, "like a wild beast" and Elie's father is
recognizable more as "a wounded animal," than his own dear
father as he gracefully accepts Elie's offer of a sip of coffee.
 

Even in the midst of terror, Elie feels guilty
for his own desire to survive. He tells the reader that, "My heart was
heavy," because, although he is sharing his soup with his sick father, he
is doing so "grudgingly." His father has been denied food because, as a person close to
death, it would apparently be nothing more than "a waste of food" to give him his own
ration. The irony of Elie's own statement, of his own sense of guilt which he feels on
various occasions, sometimes wishing to be free of his responsibilities, is intensified
by the cruelty by which he is surrounded but he is the one feeling ashamed and his
captors feel nothing.

Elie describes his father as he
continues to get weaker with his, "Face the color of dead
leaves," and being so ill that, "He went by me like a
shadow."  The reader has no doubt that his father is fading away, this
metaphor and simile confirming how Elie's father barely exists. It is ironic as he is
treated as if he has already died by not receiving food rations.
  

As the war comes to an end, "The wheel of
history turned." It is possible that Wiesel is comparing this "wheel" to
the wheel of fortune. Just as the wheel of fortune is a game of chance so too, when the
war ends, the fate of the Jews is still uncertain. "Fortune" can also mean "fate" and so
Wiesel's suggestion that things are about to change - history- is a good thing but the
scars run so deep that, for some there will be no respite and, of course, for others, it
is too late anyway. 

Beside the work on the windmill, what other hardships do the animals have to face in Chapter VII in Animal Farm?

Chapter 7 is really one of the low points for the animals
of Animal Farm.  As you mentioned, they have to work really hard trying to build the
windmill.  But there are other things going on as
well.

• The winter is a really hard one --
  terrible weather.


• They did not have enough food.  Their
  corn ration was cut back and the potatoes that were supposed to make up for that
  spoiled.


• The other thing that I see as a hardship is all
  the executions and the fact that Napoleon is forcing the hens to allow their eggs to be
  sold.

During the time of the "Red Scare" what assumptions were we making about the Soviet Union that would shape foreign policy?

Keep in mind that there were two "Red Scares" in our
history, one essentially soon after the communist revolution and the formation of the
Soviet Union in which we aided "White Russians" in the ensuing Civil War, and conducted
the Palmer Raids in 1919, deporting hundreds of Russians we deemed as people who could
foment a revolution in the US, and a Second Red Scare in the late 1940s and early
1950s.  So our assumption in the First Red Scare was that the immediate Soviet goal was
to spread revolution to the US, who at that time was the largest industrial economy on
Earth.

The Second Red Scare, as detailed above, rested on
two assumptions: 1) that the Soviets were aggressively expanding around the globe and
would only react to the threat of force, and 2) that they had successfully infiltrated
the US government and military, an assumption which led to McCarthy's hearings in the US
Senate.

What happens to aggregate demand when the dollar depreciates?and what happens when households expect lower prices in the future?

When the dollar depreciates against foreign currencies,
exports should increase and imports should decrease.  This is because our products get
cheaper for foreigners and their products get to me more expensive for
us.

In such a case, there gets to be increased demand for
American products.  That means that aggregate demand goes
up.

If households expect lower prices (I assume for all
goods and services) in the future, AD goes down because people will wait to buy until
the prices actually do drop.  In other words, if you think the car that you can buy for
$25,000 is going to cost $20,000 in 6 months, you really ought to wait if you
can.

How does Salman Rushdie present magic realism in his novels, especially in Midnight's Children?

Let us begin by reminding ourselves what a definition of
magic realism actually is before going on to examine this excellent postcolonial
classic. Magic realism is a literary style that combines incredible events with
realistic details and presents them in a tone that seems to suggest credibility. This
interlacing of fantastical events with the mundane was pioneered in Latin America.
Generally, magic realism blends real and fantastic, incorporating magic, myth and
imagination into its genre, seeking to redefine what constitutes
reality.

Now, having given ourselves a working definition
of the term, let us now examine Midnight's Children. It is clear
that Rushdie incorporates "real" and "unreal" elements, drawing on mythology, and, some
critics argue, "remythologising" India in the process. We can see this is evident from
the beginning of the novel, which focuses on the Independence of India. However,
immediately, this very real and political event is juxtaposed with the midnight's
children, who are gifted with magical powers.

This is what
makes this novel so attractive and such a gripping read. Rushdie seems to offer comment
on real political events but through flights of fantasy that seem to draw on various
myths and legend. Equally, you might want to consider the role of the central
protagonist, Saleem, who is presented in such a way as to undermine his credibility. He
is unattractive and foolish, and yet he is the central way in which Rushdie offers
serious political commentary on the postcolonial nature of India. Again and again, the
absurd and ludicrous is matched with the deathly serioius.

What is the good paraphrase for ARS POETICA?

“Ars Poetica” is a term that means the art of poetry or
the nature of poetry. The art of poetry refers to what makes poetry different from other
types of writing. The nature of poetry refers to the ways poetry is different from prose
in its expression of meaning. Since Ars Poetica is about how poetry works, an Ars
Poetica poem is a poem about poetry. This would be like writing a song about a song or
writing a book about writing.

Archibald MacLeish’s poem,
aptly titled “Ars Poetica,” is an example of an Ars Poetica poem because it is his
poetic description of what a poem should be. He notes that a poem should transcend its
words (“be wordless”). The poem ends with the often
quoted:

A poem should not
mean

But
be.

In transcending words,
and being silent and free as a flight of birds, MacLeish’s view is that a poem is equal
to a natural, meaningful event or image; not just a representation of  words and
phrase.

Why were the terra cotta warriors built?

They were built for the first emperor of China, Qin Shi
Huang, and date back to 210 B.C.   They were discovered by local farmers in 1974, near
the mausouleum of the first Qin emperor. They were built as an army to protect him in
his tomb. The figures included generals, horses, chariots and other figures. It is
estimated that there are over 8000 soldiers, plus chariots, horses etc. buried in pits.
The site is an earthen pyramid and the soldiers were placed there to perhaps guard the
emperor from dangers in the next life. It is said that no two soldiers' features are
exactly alike. The entire complex is a necropolis with many buildings, palaces and
wonderful objects.

Chapter 21 summary?chapter 21

In chapter 21 of the novel Beka Lamb,
Beka and her family visit her friend Toycie in the Belize Mental Asylum.
Toycie has been expelled from school for being pregnant, her boyfriend refused to marry
her, and she has lost her mind. She acts like she is sitll in school, waiting for the
recess bell. Beka's Granny Ivy is dismayed that Toycie has lost her mind just because
she has become pregnant and the reader finds out later that Granny herself had the same
thing happen to her, and yet she did not "degrade herself" like Toycie seems to be
doing. Beka reminisces back about how she and Toycie used to take walks along the sea
wall. Beka remembers how Toycie's Aunt Eila told them folktales - about the evil
Tataduhende who goes around tearing thumbs off little girls and
boys.

Aunt Eila wants to move Toycie out of the mental
institution to her brother's home at Sibun River, a Creole settlement that Beka refers
to as "the bush." Eila thinks Toycie will get better there, among her people, where she
belongs.

Toward the end of the chapter, Granny Ivy
decorates the Lamb house with the blue and white flags of the Peoples' Independent Party
but Daddy Bill makes her take them down and put up the flags of the British colonial
empire, the Union Jack.

This is an important chapter
because it shows the continuing conflict of "be'fo time" and "nowadays" in Belize,
illustrates the continuing conflict of Creoles vs Panias (represented by Emilio and
Toycie), and the political conflict of colonialism vs
independence.

Create a metaphor to describe a person's personality, elaborating on three points that explain its signficance.

Pulling metaphors out of thin air is often difficult and
intimidating.  To help you creat metaphors that describe someon's personality, I suggest
going through the following brainstorm.  This has helped many of my students to create
meaningful metaphors to use in their poetry. Try the
following:

1.  On a piece of paper, make a list of
personality traits that this person has.  For example, funny, strong, selfless,
spontaneous, etc.  These are words that you would use to describe who they are and what
they are like.

2.  Once you have a list of their personal
traits, try to think of objects, images, colors, smells or tastes or touches that also
possess those traits.  Next to each trait, list a few possibilities.  For example, next
to funny, try to think of things in the world that are also funny (a joke, Laffy Taffy
wrapper, stand-up comedy, etc.).  For spontaneous, what is also spontaneous in the
world?  (The blooming of flowers in spring, fireworks, Pop Rocks, summer thunderstorms,
etc.)  Try to do this for the personality traits that you picked; this is pretty tricky,
but if you think it through, you'll be able to come up with
some.

3.  After you have a list of objects in the world
that are also similar to your character's personality, pick one that you can use to go
in depth with.  For example, let's say that for selfless you picked a journal (it's
always there for you).  Make a list of all the ways that a journal is similar to this
person.  For example, they listen all of the time.  They don't judge.  They're always
there for you, etc.

4.  You are ready to phrase your
metaphor.  Start by saying "___________ (whoever your character or person is) is a
journal (or whatever object you picked from your list), because he/she is giving, always
there for you, non-judging and listens all of the time (or whatever reasons you
listed).  And there you have it!  A metaphor with elaborated support and
reasoning!

I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

In Silas Marner, what is Nancy’s reason for not agreeing to adopt a child?

It is important to remember that this novel is written in
a very different time when people held (by our standards) very traditional religious
views that shaped their outlook on life and on many different aspects. In Chapter
Seventeen, when we are presented to Nancy after a break of sixteen years, and see that
she is now married to Godfrey Cass, we are shown her thoughts about
adoption.

Of course, Godfrey's idea to adopt, and in
particular to adopt Eppie, stems from their inability to have any children of their own
and also Godfrey's guilt at not claiming his rightful child as his own. Now that his
father has died, Dunstan remains disappeared and Nancy is his wife, he feels able to
give his daughter, Eppie, the rightful position in society that ironically she actually
deserves. However, it is Nancy that disagrees:

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To adopt a child, because children of your own
had been denied to you, was to try and choose your lot in spite of Providence: the
adopted child, she was convinced, would never turn out well, and would be a curse to
those who had wilfully and rebelliously sought what it was clear that, for a some high
reason, they were better without. When you saw a thing was not meant to be, said Nancy,
it was a bounden duty to leave off so much as wishing for
it.

Thus, from Nancy's
perspective, trying to adopt because you can't have your own children is trying to
interfere in God's providence and the "high reason" that had made you unable to bear
children. Interfering with Providence, from Nancy's perspective, can only bring trouble
as you reject what God has for you.

Other than Abigail Williams, who was the most responsible for starting and perpetuating the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible?

The other girls that follow Abigail’s lead share some of
the responsibility.

I find the most fault with Reverend
Parris who has a moral obligation to find out if the girls are telling the truth. He
lets himself get caught up in the mob hysteria and thinks more about his status than he
does with doing the right thing. Being an adult and the religious authority of the town,
he has the ability and clerical or moral authority to stop the accusations and trial at
any time. He does not.

Danforth is more concerned with the
reputation of the court than looking at the case objectively. Danforth reasons that if
the accusations have all been false, it would reflect badly on the court. Hale is on the
fence. When he arrives in town, he is relatively objective. In the end, he bends to the
conformity of the town.

You could also blame the town as a
whole. There are some examples, people like Giles Corey, who stand up to the hysteria
and think objectively. But the majority of the town just goes with the flow. The town
has a social, collective responsibility and they fail
miserably.

If I had to pick one person, other than Abigail,
it would be Reverend Parris because, for the reasons I
mentioned.

What is the connection that Isabel Allende had with Salvador Allende? How is he represented in Allende's novel The House of Spirits?

Isabel Allende is the niece of Salvador Allende, who was
President of Chile from 1970 to 1973 when he was deposed by a military coup. Allende was
the head of the so-called coalition of "Popular Unity", a left-wing alliance between
Socialists, Communists and other Progressive forces. Allende was the first Socialist to
be democratically elected as the head of government in a Latin American country. The
result was extremely close and his policies of nationalization and
collectivization stirred virulent opposition from the Chilean right and from the Nixon
Administration. These two forces orchestrated the military coup which ushered in the
violent dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, leading Allende to commit suicide
rather than surrender. The exact date was September 11th, 1973, twenty-eight years
before the terrorist attacks against the Twin
Towers. 

Isabel Allende has often stressed that the coup
was a defining moment in her life which caused her to flee to Venezuela with her family.
During this exile, Allende wrote The House of Spirits where she
never mentions Chile by name, but which is clearly about the history of Allende's home
country before and after the Popular Unity. In the novel, the Socialist Candidate is a
clear reference to Allende and his actions to address social injustices are frustrated
by the right-wing conspiracy to cause food shortages.

If
you're interested, there is a film adaptation of The House of Spirits
by Bille August starring Antonio Baderas, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy
Irons, Vanessa Redgrave and Winona Ryder. An interesting episode in the collective movie
September 11 details the role of the CIA in overthrowing a
democratically elected government. The episode, directed by Ken Loach, denounces the
American involvement in a terrorist act and argues that September 11th should not be
remembered only as the date of the attacks against the Twin Towers, but also against the
Chilean Presidential Palace, La Moneda. Finally, a good documentary on Allende and his
government is Salvador Allende (2004) directed by Patricio
Guzman.

Anthony Robbins , the peak performance coach, once said,``I dont motivate the people , I just inspire them.``What is the difference between inspire...

Motiviating means to propel people to act, to impel them
to move, to provide incentive. To motivate seems to suggest that people will receive a
reward from the performance that they do for their
motivator.

Inspiring has to do with arousing, influencing,
producing, or animating (making come alive). This to me, sounds like gaining an
intrinsic or internal value from the speaker that drives one to work or perform from
within. Motivation sounds more like an external or extrinsic force must act upon a
person to make the work or performance occur.

A coach would
be happy with inspiration as opposed to motivation because once you get inside someone,
they continue to motivate themselves.

Can someone analyze the significance of Marbury vs. Madison?i need it for tomorrow please help!

When Thomas Jefferson (a Republican) won the election of
1800, John Adams (a Federalist) quickly appointed a number of his own party members to
fill key positions as his outgoing action. John Marshall, his Secretary of State, was
supposed to fill out papers finalizing these appointments and give them to the people
who had been appointed. Their appointments weren't official until they got their papers.
Marshall did not get the papers to several of the appointees in time but he assumed that
Madison, who would be taking his place in the new administration, would do it for him.
Jefferson, seeing an opportunity, told Madison not to give them their papers,
essentially making those appointments invalid leaving him with the ability to fill those
positions with members of his party, One of those people who did not get his papers was
Marbury. Marbury sued Madison and took the case all the way to the Supreme Court in an
attempt to force Madison to deliver his paperwork to him as Adams had promised. This
case is significant because it established a precedence of judicial review. It also
established that Marbury had a right to his commission, even though he didn't get it,
and that there was a means by which he could argue his case in the courts. Essentially,
this means that the Supreme Court is entitled to review acts of Congress. In this case,
however, it was a no-win situation for the court because even if they found in favor of
Marbury, Jefferson would not honor the decision and that would lead to animosity between
the President and the Supreme Court. The answer they finally came up with was brilliant
in that they acknowledged in writing that yes, in fact Marbury deserved his commission,
but they could not force Jefferson to acknowledge it. It was Marshall's error that cause
him to not get the commission, and the courts would be acting unconstitutionally if they
attempted to force Jefferson to honor Adams' unfinished
appointments.

Quelles choses étranges Sherlock Holmes voient-ils dans la chambre d'helen ?

Puis-je répondre en anglais? Si tu ne comprends pas,
dites-moi et je répondrai encore une fois en
français.

Holmes and Watson do not go into Helen’s room.
They go into the sister’s former room where Helen is now sleeping and they discover some
strange things. First, they notice that there is a bell rope on the ceiling that is
supposed to be used for calling a butler. However, when they pull the rope, they realize
that it is fake. It is not attached to anything and does not ring any bell. Next, they
notice a ventilator in the room. Holmes decides he and Watson must spend the night in
Helen’s room because they suspect her stepfather is planning some evil deed. So, Holmes
and Watson then spend the night in the room where Helen is now
sleeping (her sister’s former room). Helen has not been sleeping in her original room
because her stepfather has told her he needs to make some repairs, which is a ploy to
get her out of her room and into her sister’s former room. At the end of the story, the
reader learns that the rope is for the poisonous snake to crawl down through the
ventilator, bite the girls and kill them. Holmes suspects this and when he hears the
snake hiss, jumps up, hits it, it flees up the rope through the ventilator and bites the
stepfather, killing him. Elementary, my dear
Watson!

Ooops........sorry.........two teachers must have
been working on the answer to this at the same time.

What are some significant events from "All Quiet on the Western Front" that changed the characters' perspectives? Any help would be greatly...

Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front
is full of incidents which dramatically change characters' perspectives on
all kinds of things.

When Paul goes home, he has several
changes in persepective. He realizes that people do not understand (largely because of a
successful government propaganda campaign) that this is an awful, gruesome war and they
are not winning it. Though he suspected it before, Paul realizes there is nothing here
for him after the war--if he comes home alive.

Throughout
the novel, soldiers who arrive at the front lines are continually shocked and often
traumatized by the experience. What was a tidy and glorified ideal is now a horrific and
terrifying reality. Death is near and greedy.

Experiencing
death in some way is always an occasion for a change in perspective; and plenty of young
men, both strangers and friends, die in this novel. The events which trigger such a
change do not always need to be terrible; what they must be is life-changing, and this
is a novel of many such events.

Give the speaker of the following quotation and describe what he addresses? ("To be or not to be...")Hamlet by William Shakespeare

This is probably the most famous infinitive in the English
language.  For, to be is the statement of existence.  The famous
line quoted above is from Hamlet's fourth soliloquy in Shakespeare's play. In The Birth
of Tragedy (1873), Nietzsche saw Hamlet not as the man who thinks too much but rather as
the man who thinks too well.

In his soliloquy, Hamlet,
ponders the present, but the personal experiences of the past immerse themselves into
the present as well.  Here Hamlet has the existential experience of all of life as he
looks into the essence of things.  While questioning if he should try to set right what
life has put out of order, Hamlet is almost nauseated.  Thus, in his malaise, he wonders
if it would be better not to be alive in such
disorder:

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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to
suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of
troubles,

And by opposing end them.  To die, to
sleep--

No more; and by a slepp to say we
end

The heartache, and the thousand natural
shocks...(3.1.56-62)

Hamlet's
question is metaphysical, but it questions deeply the very concept of
existence.

Please answer these questions from this poem. What image of death do you get from it? in third stanza of the poem, the carriage passes the...

Contrary to what is often published about Emily Dickinson,
after having studied her life through her letters and journals in order to play her on
stage and after taking graduate seminars in her poems, I have come to the understanding
that she is quite often misunderstood. She was definitely a woman ahead of her time both
with regard to her feminist leanings as well as her educational level and intellect.
That said, while she was occasionally depressed by life and by the fact that her sister
Vinnie was the pretty one, and while she decided to leave the church and was labeled as
one without hope of salvation by her boarding school marm, she was actually very
spiritual, believed in God, and felt that the saddest part about death (particularly
after the loss of her father and an unknown man who she loved who is only referred to as
master) was felt by those who were left behind. The message of the poem, then, is that
death will come for us all, whether we want him to or not. When he comes, he will be
civil, a gentleman, and he will take us on one last pleasant journey before taking us to
our new home. The key to the hopefulness in the poem lies in the final
lines:

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Since then 'tis centuries, and yet
each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses'
heads
Were toward
eternity.

Time is said to fly
when we are having fun, and it appears that Emily feels that time will pass so quickly
for her after death that it will seem shorter than a day when in reality centuries have
passed.

As to your question regarding the specific objects,
these are things that Emily would have been familiar with. The school represents
childhood, the fields of grain the maturing part of the season or middle life, and the
setting sun represents the end of the cycle of her life and the promise of a new day
tomorrow in the afterlife.

I need quotes that represent the characters of Roger Chillingworth, Hester Prynne, and Arthur Dimmesdale.These quotes must come from The Scarlet...

While Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter,
an Early American novel, does not have the detailed
character development evinced in more contemporary novels nor the dialogue that also
reveals character traits, there are yet observations made by the narrator that
characterize the three important personnages, Hester Pyrnne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and
Roger Chillingworth. 

As the reader peruses the novel,
seeking pregnant passages, he/she may wish to select those passages representative of
important traits, and those which indicate significant actions or ideas that relate to
themes.  

Hester
Prynne

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Above all, the warfare of Hester's spirit at
that epoch was perpetuated in Pearl. (5)

Like all other
joys, she rejected it as sin. (5)

Alone in the world, cast
off by it, and with this sole treasure to keep her heart alive, she felt that she
possessed indefeasible rights against the world, and was ready to defend them to the
death. (8)

Hester's nature showed itself warm and
rich....She was self-ordained a Sister of Mercy....The letter was the symbol of her
calling.  Such helpfulness was found in her,--so much power to do, ... sympathize,--it
meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength.
(13)

She assumed a freedom of speculation....In her
lonesome cottage,...thoughts visited her such as dared to enter no other
dwelling...(13)

... Was existence worth accepting even to
the happiest among them?....At times a fearful doubt strove to possess her soul, whether
it were not better to send Pearl at once to Heaven, and go herself to such futurity as
Eternal Justice should provide.

The scarlet letter had not
done its office (13)

...Hester Prynne...glanced her sad
eyes downward at the scarlet
letter...

Arthur
Dimmesdale

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...Arthur
Dimmesdale, false to God and man, might be, for one moment
true!(17)

"The judgment of God is on me...It is too mighty
for me to struggle with!"(17)

"If .. I could recall one
instant of peace or hope, I would yet endure, for the sake of that earnest of Heaven's
mercy. But now...wherefore should I not snatch the solace allowed to the condemned
culprit before his execution?...Neither can I any longer live without her companionship;
so powerful is she to sustain,--so tender to soothe!  O Thou to whom I dare not lift
mine eyes, wilt Thou yet pardon me?" (18)

No man, for any
considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without
finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
(10

"Ha! tempter!  Methinks thou art too late!"..."Thy
power is not what it was!  With God's help, I shall escape thee now!"
(23)

"But there stood one in midst of you, at whose brand
of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered!" (23)

"....It may
be, that, when we forgot our God,--when we violated our reverence each for the other's
soul,--it was thenceforth vain to hope that we could meet herafter, in an everlasting
and pure
reunion."(23)

Roger
Chillingworth

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[to Hester] "We have wronged each other"
(4)

"He will be mine!" (4)

His
form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy
prophecy of decay in it. (9)

Had a man seen old Roger
Chillinworth, at that moment of his ecstasy, he would have had no need to ask how Satan
comports himself when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom.
(10)

"Thou hast escaped me!"
(23)

Why is Clarisse afraid of her peers in Fahrenheit 451?

Clarisse specifically
states,

"I'm
afraid of children my own age. I'm afraid of them and they don't like me because I'm
afraid."

Here is the deal
with Clarisse. She represents everything that is real. This world that
Fahrenheit 451 takes place in contains nothing of the reality that
we want to have in place today... except Clarisse. She fears her peers because the are
reckless and they don't have any sense of
responsibility.

Just a few paragraphs later Clarisse claims
that she really enjoys watching people. She doesn't necessarily know them, but she likes
to use her imagination and try to figure out where people are going and what they intend
to do when they get there.

These features of Clarisse prove
that she thinks much more than the average kid in the society represented by this
novel.

What was Fortunato's crime?

As Poe's "The Cask of Amantillado" begins, Montressor
says:

THE
THOUSAND INJURIES of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon
insult.

During the story,
however, Montressor neither divulges any of the injuries nor the insult.  Since
Montressor is Italian and has a coat of arms whose symbol and motto are symbolic of
revenge, the reader must assume that Montressor comes from an honor culture which prides
itself on revenge in response to any individual or familial insults.  The crime could
have been something as trivial as a breech of manners; regardless, it is so negligible
that Fortunato never suspects any offense, even when he finally realizes his
doom.

Just as Iago never gives a good enough reason to take
revenge on Othello, so too does Montressor never divulge his motivation.  In this way,
he is a vice character who prides himself on duping and taking advantage against his
supposed enemies purely out of spite.  It's a kind of
game.

The reader must admit that Fortunato's crime during
the story is drunkenness and gullibility.  He arrives at Montressor's catacombs
inebriated and with a bad cough.  To venture far into the vaults, given the nitre, is
foolish.  In this way, he puts his health in jeopardy.

His
main crime is materialism: he must have the amontillado.  It is a rare possession that
he, a connoisseur, must have, at all costs.  To put his life in danger for the sake of a
vintage wine violates the cardinal sins of pride and envy.

Summarise what is involved in managing change.

According to Bateman and Zeithami, there are four specific
factors that need to be addressed in terms of managing change in an organization. These
are the strategy to be taken, the technology that is going to be used in order to
conduct and implement the changes, the structure that will be followed as due process to
create the change, and lastly (but never least) the people involved in the process.

The strategy refers to which change will the organization
make in order to improve it. It is usually the process that will be followed in actions.
The strategy needs to be compared to what is currently being done to determine whether
it is comparatively better than what has been done as common
practice.

The technology refers to the newer ways and means
to implement change in the 21st century. However, one has to be careful as to not
overwhelm the people (factor 4) and much training and support must be provided at all
times.

Finally, people are the most important component
because they are the heart and soul of the organization. Understanding the anxiety that
change brings, opening doors for help and support and always maintaining fresh and
ongoing communication will  help change be more acceptable than
challenging.

Solve the quadratic (x+57)/6=x^2

We have to solve
(x+57)/6=x^2

(x+57)/6=x^2

=>
x + 57 = 6x^2

=> 6x^2 - x - 57 =
0

The roots of a quadratic equation ax^2 + bx + c = 0 are
given by [-b + sqrt (b^2 - 4ac)]/2a and [-b + sqrt (b^2 -
4ac)]/2a.

Here a = 6 , b = -1 and c =
-57.

Substituting we get

x1 =
[1 + sqrt(1 + 24*57)]/12

=> x1 = 1/12 + sqrt 1369 /
12

=> x1 = 1/12 +
37/12

=> x1 =
38/12

=> x1 = 19/6

x2 =
1/12 - sqrt 1369 / 12

=> x2 = 1/12 -
37/12

=> x2 =
-36/12

=> x2 =
-3

Therefore x is equal to -3 and
19/6

Why are we feeling hot when outside temperature is 36C? Isn't our body temperature 36C?

In normal health, our body maintains internal temperature
of about 37 degrees celsius, irespective of the temperature around us. Thus our feeling
hot or cold is not related to the temperature of the body, but to the amount of extra
heat we need to generate to keep the body warm in cold environment, and the extra heat
we need to remove from the body to keep it cool in hot
environments.

Our body is constantly generating energy to
maintain its internal functions as well as for doing external work. Additional heat
generated in this process must be released to the environment to to maintain the body
temperature at 37 degrees Celsius, even when the outside temperature is 37 degrees or
lower.

Humans, wearing light clothing, and not engaged in
any vigorous physical activity, feel most comfortable when the environmental temperature
is about 20 degrees Celsius. At temperatures lower than this, we feel cold and need to
protect ourselves by means such as extra clothing. As the environmental temperature
rises above 20 degrees we start feeling less comfortable, as body needs to employ
additional mechanisms such as air circulation and sweating to maintain the body
temperature at the optimum level.

What are the reasons Indian families continue to have large numbers of children?

For a long long time, Indian family system has been very
traditional and unified.Only in the last couple of decades, things are showing some
changes. At the back of Indian families being big and having large number of children,
you may find the following reasons:

1) traditionally
agriculture-based society, and more hands are required to work in the fields and at
home;

2) lack of education>lack of awareness in
family planning>lack of motivation in using
cotraception;

3) families being run by patriarchs, women
don't have freedom to exercise choice in the matter of
child-birth;

4) prevailing preference for a boy rather than
a girl-child, may also be a reason of giving birth to more children if the first issue
happens to be a girl;

5) long-cherished cultural values
associated with family love and relationships may be a good reason as
well.

On the whole, old, agriculture-based,
not-so-modernised, male-dominated societies like the Indian society do tend to have
families with a large number of children.

Explain the contrast of theme in John Keats' poem, "On the Grasshopper and Cricket." Explain in full details.

John Keats' poem, "On the Grasshopper and Cricket," is a
wonderful poem.

Keats, as a second-generation Romantic
poet, pays special attention to nature in his poem, which is a characteristic of this
kind of writing: the return to, and admiration for,
nature.

Keats' first line tells use that "the poetry of
earth is never dead." He states that it as a living thing, and, indeed, in his poem he
proves just that: the creatures come alive to the
reader.

First of all, Keats allows the reader to care for
the grasshopper immediately, personifying him as a creature who after he has had his
"fun" in the warm weather, he finds a weed to relax under while he makes his "summer
song."

The contrast the reader is presented with (in the
change of seasons) is artfully joined with the line:

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The poetry of earth is ceasing
never...

...as Keats repeats
the sentiment with which he began the poem. Even after the summer ends, and humans
retire inside, missing the lushness of trees, the "mowing of mead," and the sounds of
birds and grasshoppers, the cricket continues the poetry of earth, in a way taking up
the grasshopper's job.

The quiet of winter is disturbed,
near the warmth of the stove, by the shrill "call" of the cricket, continuing nature's
song:

...from
the stove there shrills 

The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing
ever,

And seems to one in drowsiness half lost, 

The
Grasshopper's among some grassy
hills.

In drowsiness, the
grasshopper's call is echoed in the sounds of the
cricket.

Our two contrasts are the seasons: summer and
winter, and the song of grasshopper and cricket. And though the elements of these
contrasts are very different in their extremes, the poetry of nature does not end with
the season, but lives on, simply in a different form.

Find the point (x, y) such that the perpendicular distance of the point from 3x + 4y + 8 = 0 is twice its distance from 6x –8 y + 4 = 0?

The distance of a point (m, n) from the line ax + by + z =
0, is given by |am + bn + z|/ sqrt (m^2 + n^2).

The
distance of the point (x, y) from 3x + 4y + 8 = 0 is |3x + 4y + 8|/sqrt (3^2 + 4^2). And
the distance from 6x – 8y + 4 = 0 is |6x – 8y + 4|/sqrt (6^2 +
8^2).

From what we need to find: |3x + 4y + 8|/sqrt (3^2 +
4^2) = 2*|6x – 8y + 4|/sqrt (6^2 + 8^2)

=> |3x + 4y
+ 8|/sqrt (25) = 2*|6x – 8y + 4|/sqrt (100)

=> sqrt
100* |3x + 4y + 8| = 2* sqrt 25*|6x – 8y + 4|

=>
10|3x + 4y + 8| = 2* 5*|6x – 8y + 4|

=> |3x + 4y +
8| = |6x – 8y + 4|

Now |3x + 4y + 8|can be equal to 3x + 4y
+ 8 or – (3x + 4y + 8) based on the value of (3x + 4y + 8). And |6x –8 y + 4| can be
equal to 6x – 8y + 4 or - (6x – 8y + 4)

To include all
possibilities we have the equations:

(3x + 4y + 8) = (6x –
8y + 4)

=> 3x – 12y – 4 =
0

3x + 4y + 8 = - (6x – 8y +
4)

=> 3x + 4y + 8 = -6x + 8y –
4

=> 9x – 4y + 12 =
0

Therefore each point on the lines 3x – 12y
– 4 = 0 and 9x – 4y + 12 = 0 has a perpendicular distance from the line 3x + 4y + 8 = 0
that is twice the perpendicular distance from the line 6x – 8y + 4 =
0.

I need Critical appreciation of the story 'The postmaster' by Rabindranath Tagore.

Excerpt from:

Lago, Mary M. "Tagore's
Short Fiction." Rabindranath Tagore. Twayne, 1976. 80-114. Rpt. in
Short Story Criticism. Ed. Justin Karr. Vol. 48. Detroit: Gale
Group, 2002. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 Apr.
2010.

Examinations of the psychological
distance between the rural and urban appear again and again in
Tagore's stories, of which three may be considered here as
being splendidly representative: "The Postmaster"
["Postmastar"] (1891),
"The Return of Khokababu"
["Khokababur Pratyabartan"] (1891),
and "The Troublemaker"
["Apada"] (1895).8 All three convey
the message that not all of society's strengths are to be found in the Westernized
society of the cities. Each of these stories brings a citizen of Calcutta into close
contact with a person from the countryside, in a situation with possibilities for
genuine communication; in each, for various reasons, the opportunity is
wasted.

"The
Postmaster" has particular importance as the first of
Tagore's East Bengal stories to speak out clearly with the
voice of Rabindranath, the writer of modern short fiction. The genesis of the story is
well documented. At Shelaidaha the estate post office was in the
Tagore house. The only circumstance transferred literally
to the story is that the Shelaidaha postmaster was a lonely
young man from Calcutta. In 1936 Rabindranath recalled that the Shelaidaha
postmaster "didn't like his surroundings. He thought he was
forced to live among barbarians. And his desire to get leave was so intense that he even
thought of resigning from his post. He used to relate to me the happenings of village
life. He thus gave me material for a character in my story:
Postmaster."9 To this rusticated young man, Rabindranath
added details from the rural scene and a village orphan waif like so many he had
observed during his travels from one part of the estate to
another.

The Shelaidaha
postmaster had Rabindranath to talk to. The fictional
postmaster has no
one:

 Our
postmaster belonged to Calcutta. He felt like a fish out of
water in this remote village. ...The men employed in the indigo factory had no leisure;
moreover, they were hardly desirable companions for decent folk. Nor is a Calcutta boy
an adept in the art of associating with others. Among strangers he appears either proud
or ill at ease. At any rate, the postmaster had but little
company; nor had he much to do.At times he tried his hand at writing a verse or two.
That the movement of the leaves and the clouds of the sky were enough to fill life with
joy--such were the sentiments to which he sought to give expression. But God knows that
the poor fellow would have felt it as the gift of a new life, if some genie of the
Arabian Nights had in one night swept away the trees, leaves and
all, and replaced them with a macadamised road, hiding the clouds from view with rows of
tall houses.

In The Merchant of Venice, why does Antonio never smile?

Shakespeare never reveals why Antonio is so
melancholy--even from the play's beginning.  Personally, I believe that his depression
results from loneliness and from his realizing that he has spent his life making money
and belittling his competition (Shylock) and has nothing to show for it. Even though
Antonio seems to be well-respected and considers Bassanio a friend, the audience must
wonder if he has any true friends.  Bassanio is always asking something from Antonio,
and the only time that he tries to help Antonio is when Antonio is put in the dangerous
position of forfeiting a pound of flesh (a position that he is in because of his own
foolishness and because of Bassanio's borrowing money from
him).

Similarly, at the end of the play when Antonio's
suggestion for Shylock is upheld and all the couples are reunited, Antonio has no one. 
Granted, he still has his wealth, but he has no one to share it with, not even a
friend.  I think that Antonio realizes that he is not unlike Shylock, someone whom he
constantly berated and disdained. For, like Shylock, Antonio is wifeless, childless, and
perhaps even a little faithless after the trial.

"The Open Boat," according to one critic, represents Crane's vision of "a universe essentially indifferent to man." Do you agree?

I definitely agree with the statement. This great short
story of a battle between man and nature proves the truth of this statement by
presenting the four men of the story as utterly helpless in the face of the enormity of
nature. Again and again in the text, the helplessness of the men is referred to as they
are forced to concede that it will only be utter chance that saves them. At any stage,
it is clear, they could perish through any number of different manifestations of nature:
exposure, starvation, a shark or the sea itself. Note how the waves are described in the
first section of the novel:

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As each slaty wall of water approached, it shut
all else from the view of the men in the boat, and it was not difficult to imagine that
this particular wave was the final outburst of the ocean, the last effort of the grim
water. There was a terrible grace in the move of the waves, and they came in silence,
save for the snarling of the
crests.

Note how the waves
are presented. Words such as "grim," "terrible grace," and "snarling" present them
almost as predators of nature, stalking and hunting down the men to claim their
lives.

This sense of utter complete chance is reflected in
the death of the oiler at the end. Although he is one of the stronger men, the
randomness of nature causes him to die and the weaker three to
survive.

In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, what quotations show Macbeth is a hero and what quotes show him to be a villain?

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth is
at first perceived as a hero, but as time goes on and he is tempted by the witches'
prophecies and his wife's ambitious nagging, he turns his back on his morals and sense
of loyalty, and becomes a villain.

The first quote that
shows Macbeth a hero is from Ross, who is reporting Duncan, the King of Scotland's
reaction to Macbeth's valiant fighting on the battle
field:

The
king hath happily recieved, Macbeth, / The news of thy success...He finds thee in the
stout Norweyan ranks, / Nothing afeared of what thyself didn't make / Strange images of
death. As thick as hail / Came post with post, and every one did bear / Thy praises in
his kingdom's great defence / And poured them down before him.  (I, iii, 89-90,
95-99)

In this passage, Ross
is explaining that Duncan has been happy to hear reports of Macbeth's performance in the
midst of battle. It seems that Macbeth was surrounded by a great number of soldiers of
the Norwegian army. Macbeth seemed not at all concerned. Over and over, the enemy
attacked, but Macbeth continued to battle, undeterred, for the glory of his king,
killing all who came near him.

There are  many quotations
that illustrate that Macbeth is a villain. The following is Ross's report to Macduff
that Macbeth has had Macduff's family killed:

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Ross:

Your
castle is surprised; your wife and babes / Savagely slaughtered: to relate the manner, /
Were, on the quarry of these murdered deer, / To add the death of you. (IV, iii,
204-207)

Macduff:

[Macbeth]
has no children. All my pretty ones?...Bring though this fiend of Scotland and myself; /
Within my sword's length set him; if he 'scape, / Heaven forgive him too!   (IV, iii,
216, 233-235)

In this
passage, Macduff not only learns that his family has been destroyed completely, but that
Macbeth had hoped to find him home as well, and have him killed.
(Macbeth sent assassins.) Macduff prays that providence will bring Macbeth within
sword's reach so that Macduff can exact his revenge.

The
character of Macbeth shows how a good man can turn his back on what he knows is right
and good, and become a vile
black-heart.

find the domain of f(x) = 1/sqrt(x-3)

Given the equation: f(x)
=1/sqrt(x-3)

We need to find the domain of
f(x).

We know that the domain is all x values such that
f(x) is defined.

Since f(x) is a quotient, then the
denominator can not be zero.

Also, we notice that the
denominator is a square root.

Then (x-3) must be positive
values.

==> sqrt(x-3) >
0

==> x-3 >
0

==> x >
3

Then the domain is x = ( 3,
inf)

How would you compare and contrast the Pardoner to the Monk in The Canterbury Tales?

This is a very astute question to ask, because actually,
although overtly the Paroner and the Monk dwell in very different social spheres, and
the Pardoner is far more overtly disapproved of, both are shown by the somewhat ironic
narrator to take advantage of other people to sustain themselves. Let us consider how
both are compared and contrasted in "The General
Prologue."

The monk we are told is a proud man, who loves
sports and has a number of good horses. He also has different, and more tolerant, views
than might be expected of the monk:

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Being out of date, and also somewhat
strict,

This monk I speak of let old precepts
slide,

And took the modern practice as his
guide.

The narrator wryly
notes that the sleeves of his fine garments were edged with "squirrel fur, the finest in
the land" and he wore "an elaborate gold pin." All of this extravagant details as to his
wealth cause the narrator to concede that:

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No question but he was a fine
prelate!

Not pale and wan like some tormented
spirit.

A fat roast swan was what he loved the
best.

His saddle-horse was as brown as any
berry.

So, reading between
the lines, we can see that the narrator is gently poking fun at the way that the Monk
uses his position to indulge in his favourite pastime (hunting) and to keep himself in
wealth.

The Pardoner is described as a much more
disreputable figure who openly exploits the ignorant to gain wealth. He openly admits
how he tricks people, and the narrator comments:

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In just one day he'd pick up far more
money

Than any parish priest was like to
see

In two whole months. With double-talk and
tricks

He made the people and the priest his
dupes.

He has a rather
unsavoury appearance, with the narrator highlighting his "yellow" hair which hung "in
meagre clusters"  and in "rat's tails." He has "big bulging eyes" and it is suggested
that he is a eunuch, because his face is so smooth the narrator mistakes him for a
"gelding" (a horse that has been neutered).

Thus, though
the Pardoner and the Monk are obviously two very different people in terms of their
social position and their appearance, with the Pardoner being far more disreputable than
the socially acceptable Monk, both are rather ironically shown to profit from their
involvement in religion.

Why is it important that breakfast should be eaten everyday?

Breakfast is a very important meal of the day. It is one
which should never be missed. The usual breakfast should consist of carbohydrates and
proteins and provide approximately one third of the body's daily energy requirements. It
can consist of cereal, fruits, dairy products and the alike which are light, easy to
digest and high in nutrients.

Eating a good breakfast has
been found to improve the academic performance of children; they suffer less from
obesity and are more active and energetic throughout the day. Breakfast alleviates heart
ailments and many other illnesses associated with excess consumption of the wrong foods
and in adults. Food that is eaten as breakfast can be digested and used in a better way
by the body and it also enables the body to deal with physical and mental tasks that
have to be done throughout the day in a more efficient way.

How does Edward's downfall in Edward Scissorhands enlighten the audience?Arthur Miller says that the role of tragedy, including the common man's...

The inclusion of Miller is an interesting subtext to the
question.  There are few writers better than Miller in articulating the condition of the
individual terrorized by the community.  Similar passionate displays of individual
identity is present in Burton's work.  Edward's downfall comes from the fact that the
social order does not understand him.  He does not bring this upon himself, but rather
finds himself fundamentally misunderstood by the social order, which seeks to either
appropriate him in accordance to their own subjectivity or outright eliminate him.  In
this setting, there is little understanding of difference and those who break the social
mode.  When Edward is hunted down by this community, the audience understands what it is
like to be different and how painful it is to be the victim of the "tyranny of the
majority."  It is in this condition that the audience is enlightened to either assume
the condition of Kim, who defends that which is despised, or at the very least, to not
be a member of the community that is manipulated or controlled by others in pursuit of
an individualistic agenda.

How has DNA technology improved methods of identification?fact

One of the newest processes used of establishing identity
of persons is DNA Fingerprinting. This process uses analysis of genetic material
contained in some substances such as blood, hair, or semen to identify the person from
whom these substances have come.

DNA is the genetic
material, called deoxyribonucleic acid present in most cells of living organisms. The
DNA structure varies greatly from person to person, and it is highly unlikely that DNA
structure of two person will be exactly alike. However the variation in DNA structures
is not random. Rather thee is close resemblance in DNA structure of a person with his
parents, children and siblings. Utilizing these characteristics of DNA, the technique of
DNA fingerprinting analyses and classifies the structure of DNA extracted from evidence.
This pattern can then be compared with similar pattern of known person to identify the
original source of the evidence.

This techniques is used
for various purposes such as identifying criminals or victims of crimes. This techniques
is also used to establish parentage of of people.

Why do some people believe that high tariffs promote prosperity?

High tariffs are a means to reduce cross-border trade.
They are taxes levied on imports and can be used by the government to restrict the entry
of products made in foreign countries. Tariffs can be so high as to stop an import
altogether or can impose the addition of a sufficiently high tariff that makes these
products more expensive and less attractive than products manufactured by local
industries.

The policy of using high tariffs to protect
American industries was used extensively for a long time. The link below gives a brief
outline of their use as a means to allow fledgling American companies a chance to grow
large enough to be able to compete with more efficient companies in
Europe.

The argument for using high tariffs as a means to
increase prosperity has always been that of increased employment rates, better wages for
workers, and a compulsion for customers to buy locally manufactured products. Though
this is not an ideal way to achieve the required results, it does increase prosperity
for small intervals of time.

In the 1954 version of Lord of The Flies, where is the quote, "The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away?"

The 1954 version of William Golding's Lord of
the Flies is the first edition and there have been many editions since and
two movies; one in 1963 and another in 1990. The book's ability to expose human nature
and its failings, regardless of the generation in which the story takes place, ensures
that this novel is a piece of classic literature. 

By the
time the story reaches chapter five, Beasts from Water, the boys have certainly faced
many uncertainties and difficulties. In chapter one, there is the conch and all it
stands for; good order and civilization;  and there is Ralph, the natural leader. In
chapter two, with no "grown ups," and having established that the island is
"uninhabited," there is a need for shelter and a rescue fire. There is also the first
mention of a "beastie," a "snake-thing," and Jack's ironic comment that "After all,
we're not savages. We're English..." Things are already showing signs of getting out of
control, such as the fire and the presumed loss of the "littlun" with the mark on his
face. 

In chapter three, Jack begins to unsettle the group
with talk of meat and is anxious to make his first "kill." The rescue seems secondary to
Jack and his hunters. Jack, in chapter four, paints his face to camouflage himself and
is delighted that he looks like "an awesome stranger." He has neglected the fire and
there is no way, therefore, of alerting a passing ship to their whereabouts. He has
however, killed his first pig. 

Now believing that the
beast may come out of the sea, there is much discussion and even the possibility that
the beast is "a ghost." Ralph is anxious to "stick to the rules" but talk of the beast
and the approaching darkness have intensified the problem, at this point in chapter
five, and Ralph feels despondent as he considers: "The world, that understandable and
lawful world, was slipping away."

Please suggest five possible topics that I can use for evaluation essay.

Keep in mind that the purpose of an
evaluation essay is to place value on
a subject or idea and prompt readers to accept your ideas by aligning them with their
own sense of value.  In this way, it is very similar to an argumentative
essay.  Keep in mind also that though it is important to be impartial and
objective, evaluation essays often draw out common feelings and
therefore appeal to readers emotions as much as they may rely on facts as
evidence.

Almost any subject can be made into an evaluation
essay.  Think about it this way: what subject do you have enough experience with and a
strong enough opinion about to evaluate it?  If you have been given
the opportunity to write about absolutely anything, my advice is to
pick a topic that is relevant to you and your peers, interests you, and is something you
know a lot about with minimal research.  That way, your research will be easier and will
truly enhance your
paper.

Ideas:

• Evaluate
  Entertainment: current movies, songs, popular bands (especially ones that you might not
  believe deserve the fame they receive), books, new restaurants, fun places to go/things
  to do with friends.


• Evaluate (new piece of technology) as
  it applies to your life, job, success as a student,
  etc.


• Evaluate a recent piece of legislature or a current
  law and how it affects your generation.


• Evaluate the cost
  of tuition at your current institution.


• Evaluate a
  product you regularly use and (possibly) the effectiveness of advertising for this
  product.