Discuss the role of the parents in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been.

On one level, it is really tough to judge any parents that
had to endure what Connie's parents were forced to endure.  They left the home and when
they return their child is gone.  Presumably, the child will not return.  Few, if any,
can ever imagine what that pain is like.  I think that any assessment of their parenting
skills in the story has to be tempered with this.  I think that there are some typical
adolescent/ parent chasms.  Connie's mother seems to constantly criticize her for her
superficial indulgences.  At the same time, there is comparison with the more
traditional sister ("You don't see your sister using that junk [hair spray]." The father
does not seem to be a very active figure in the story.  This might be more cultural, as
the father who drives Connie and her friends to the mall picks the children up and
doesn't ask any questions.  Connie is separate from her family when she decides to not
attend the barbecue, probably one of the most fated decisions in the story.  It seems
that Connie's parents are in the awkward adolescent/ parent dynamic where they want to
give freedom to the child and yet criticize in the vain attempt of trying to forge some
connection and have some role.  The lack of genunie link between parent and child is
problematic.  In general, there is a lack of connection between children and their
parents.  To a certain extent, Friend picks up on this and stresses this to Connie in
his assertion that she is "not like them."  In the initial stages, this appeals to
Connie when Friend comes by the home.  Yet, it is something that she ends up affirming
when she recognizes the potential threat Friend poses to her family.  She ends up being
the best of daughters to save her family at the cost of her own happiness.  There is no
doubt that there is a relationship present, but I think that there might have been too
great of an error made in not imposing greater restrictions on Connie to force her to
gain a psychological footing or foundation that would have helped her repel the Arnold
Friends of the world.

From the Redfern speech, outline the practical suggestions given by Paul Keating for righting the wrongs of the past inflicted on the aboriginals.

Although this speech is one of the best-known and most
important speeches in modern Australian history, it does not give that much in the way
of specifics.  It is more important for the fact that Keating openly admits that white
Australians wronged the aboriginals than for any specific practical
suggestions.

Keating says that if white Australians open
their hearts and see what they have in common with aboriginal
Australians

we
will see the things which must be done - the practical
things.

However, he does not
go on to list many specifics.  He does cite the creation of the Council for Aboriginal
Reconciliation.  However, he does not say what it should do.  He talks about improving
living conditions and health care in aboriginal towns, but he does not say how this will
be done.

This speech is more about empathy than about
practical suggestions.  What Keating really wants Australians to do is to understand the
wrongs done to aboriginals and to feel the desire to right those wrongs.  Once that is
done, he believes, specific details of how to right the wrongs will become
apparent.

What is the mission of the members of the Roman Catholic Church?

If you are taking a religion class, I wonder if your
particular text has a specific answer you are supposed to give.  I say this, because I
do not remember ever being taught that I, as a Catholic, had some specific mission other
than the mission of every Christian.

As Christians, we have
(or should have) a mission to follow God's word as closely as we can.  We also have a
mission to spread the word of Christ by our words and by our actions.  But these are
not, in my opinion, specific to Catholics.

What is the value of b if the following quadratic equation has equal roots: 4x^2 + bx + 18 =0

Given that 4x^2+bx+18 = 0 is a quadratic equation whose
roots are equal. To find the value of b.

If Ax^2+Bx+C = 0
has equal roots, then the discriminant D  B^2-4AC = 0.

In
this case A = 4, B = b and C = 18.

Therefore B^2-4AC = 0
implies b^2-4*4*18 = 0.

b^2 =
4^2*18

Therefore b = +sqrt (4^2*18) , b= - sqrt
(4^2*18)

So  b = 4*3sqrt2 , b =
-4*3*sqrt2.

Therefore b = 12sqrt2, or b=
-12sqrt2.

What is unusual about the speech Hamlet begins to recite (2.2.430-444) and the First Player continues (2.2.448-498)?

Hamlet is meta-drama: it's a play
based on a play, and it has plays within its play.  And everyone's a foil for Hamlet,
even Greek allusions.  Here, in this speech about an act of revenge during the Trojan
War, Hamlet tries to get into character (as an avenger) by reciting it, but he can't
finish it, and so the First Player takes over.  The scene foreshadows Hamlet's
indecision regarding the nature of revenge.

This speech in
Act II, scene ii is an echo of the Ghosts' implicit instructions for Hamlet from Act I.
 Hamlet tells the Ghost: "Speak, I am bound to hear."  As the Ghost is a theatrical
Ghost, a kind of prologue Ghost, the Ghost speaks and expects Hamlet to take over by
honoring his demand for revenge.

This speech is the same
way: Hamlet begins, and the First Player takes over.  One player incites another.  Both
speeches are about the nature of revenge.  Instead of literal revenge, though, the First
Player delivers a kind of verbal revenge against his audience (primarily Polonius, who
will tell later Claudius), in hopes of eliciting a katharsis, the
purgation of pity and fear.  Remember, "the play's the thing to catch the conscience of
the king."

All characters here are foils: Pyrrhus is a foil
for Hamlet; Priam is a foil for Claudius.  Here's the allusion: Achilles killed Hector,
Priam's son.  As revenge, Priam's son, Paris, had Achilles killed.  Achilles' son,
Pyrrhus, takes revenge for his father's death by killing Priam.  It's the same
father-son dynamic as that in
Hamlet.

Pyrrrhus is very much like
Hamlet, since both hesitate before vengeance.  Pyrrhus swings his sword to kill Priam
but misses.  Then, after Priam falls to the ground, Pyrrhus butchers him while Priam's
wife, Hecuba, looks on.

The analogy his clear: Hamlet will
pause when trying to kill Claudius at prayer.  He withdraws his dagger.  Later, Hamlet
will kill Claudius mercilessly while his mother, Gertrude, looks on, a literal and
theatrical vengeance (bloodletting as performance).  And Hamlet will butcher his
victims, like Pyrrhus, having at least five people's blood on his hands by the
end.

So, each hero pauses before revenge, possibly to weigh
the consequences of his actions, but then, when each hero does kill, he becomes a
killing machine ("blood will have blood").

What is x if dy/dx=0 and y= 9x^4-3x^3-7?

To calculate the roots of the equation dy/dx=0, we'll have
to differentiate the given relation both sides.

y=
9x^4-3x^3-7

dy=
(9x^4-3x^3-7)'dx

To differentiate the given expression
9x^4-3x^3-7, we'll differentiate each term of this expression, with respect to
x.

(9x^4-3x^3-7)' = (9x^4)'- (3x^3)'-
(7)'

To calculate the derivative of the power
function;

f(x) = x^n

f'(x) =
(x^n)'

But (x^n) = x*x*x*......*x, n
times

(x^n)' = (x*x*x*......*x)' = x'*x*...*x +
x*x'*x*...*x + ...+x*x*...*x' = n*x^(n-1)

If n = 4
=> (9x^4)' = 4*9x^3

(9x^4)' =
36x^3

For n = 3 => (3x^3)' =
3*3x^2

(3x^3)' = 9x^2

(7)' =
0

(9x^4-3x^3-7)' = 36x^3 -
9x^2

Now, we'll calculate dy/dx = 0 <=> 36x^3
- 9x^2= 0

We'll factorize by 9x^2 and we'll
get:

9x^2(4x-1)= 0

We'll put
each factor as zero:

9x^2 =
0

x1 = 0

x2 =
0

4x-1 = 0

We'll add 1 both
sides:

4x = 1

x3 =
1/4

The real solutions of dy/dx = 0 are x1=
0, x2 = 0 and x3 = 1/4.

Describe the special dietary requirements of three types of vegetarians

There are many different types of vegetarians and their
diet varies based on how far they are willing to go in their abstinence from foods that
are now part of regular diets.

Some of the several types of
vegetarians are:

Fruitarians:
They adopt a diet that only consists of fruits, seeds, nuts and other products obtained
from plants which do not harm the plant. No product sourced from animals in any way is
consumed by
fruitarians.

Vegans: Vegans
eat all products sourced from plants, but strictly restrain themselves from any animal
product which includes dairy products, eggs, honey and the
alike.

Lacto-ovo vegetarians:
People who follow this form of vegetarianism make eggs and all dairy
products like milk and cheese part of their diet. They do not consume animal meat and
products derived by killing animals.