Why did the author include the conversation about sunsets at the end of Chapter 8? What is the conversation really about?

At the end of Chapter 8, Ponyboy asks Cherry the question, "can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?" (Hinton 129) Cherry says that she can see it real good, and Pony says he can see it good too from the East Side. S.E. Hinton includes this comment about sunsets at the end of an intense conversation with Ponyboy and Cherry to create a connection between the two characters. Sunsets are more than just a symbol for seeing the natural world and time passing throughout the novel. When Ponyboy first meets Cherry they have a connection and both mention that they enjoy watching sunsets. In Chapter 8, Ponyboy criticizes Cherry for not wanting to see Johnny, and there is a rift between the two characters. After Ponyboy sees that Cherry is about to cry, he feels compassion and remembers that they are both similar. Even though Pony is a greaser and Cherry is a Soc they are both experiencing similar types of pain. Cherry reminds Ponyboy that she is only trying to help and tells him that he is a nice kid. Ponyboy remembers that despite their differences they share a lot of things in common, including sunsets. Hinton uses Ponyboy and Cherry's similar interests in sunsets to connect the two characters. Cherry and Ponyboy's ability to view the sunsets from either side of town creates a bond between the two and sends the message that "things are not so different after all."

What are three solutions in the book Number the Stars?

The first solution in Number the Stars is that Annemarie overcame her fear.  When needed, she was filled with courage.  In a conversation with Uncle Henrik, he asked Annemarie if she was brave.  She replied that she was "not very" brave.  Her uncle reassured her.  Later, Annemarie had to walk alone on the path to the water to deliver the package to Uncle Henrik.  On the way, she was encountered by Nazi soldiers with dogs.  They interrogated her and she was frightened.  She managed to have enough courage to say the right things to the soldiers so they would let her go.

Another solution is that Ellen and her family were able to escape.  Their escape was carefully planned, and there were several close calls that almost prevented it from happening.  In the end, they sailed across the water to freedom in Sweden.

Last, Ellen and her family still had their pride.  They had lost so much.  They had to leave behind their home and possessions.  But despite their difficulties and sacrifices, they had kept their pride.  This was noted as such:

...their shoulders were as straight as they had been in the past: in the classroom, on the stage, at the Sabbath table. So there were other sources, too, of pride, and they had not left everything behind.

In Of Mice and Men, what is learned about the character Candy in Chapter Two? Why is he described as "the old swamper?"

Candy, described as the "old swamper" because his position is the menial job of straightening, cleaning, and mopping the bunkhouse, is an old employee who knows all the gossip about the ranch.

The job of "swamper" is given to Candy because he can no longer work in the field with the others for two reasons: He is disabled, having lost a hand, and he is old. When George and Lennie arrive, Candy is careful about what he says to them because he does not want anything he says to get back to the boss. But, as he talks with George, his natural proclivity for gossip overtakes his caution and he gossips about the boss, telling him that he was nice enough to give the workers a gallon of whisky during Christmastime. He also warns George and Lennie about how angry the boss was that they did not arrive in time to work in the morning. 

When the boss arrives, Candy shuffles out quietly saying to the boss, "Them guys just come." After the boss departs, Candy re-enters the room slowly. He reassures George that he was not listening in on their conversation with the boss:

"I ain't interested in nothing you was sayin'. A guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions."

But he does ask George how he liked the boss. Soon the son of the boss, Curley, enters and wants to know if they have seen his father; when Lennie does not say anything, Curley becomes confrontational. When asked, Candy tells Curley that the boss has just left and headed to the cook house. After Curley departs, Candy looks carefully around, then he describes to George and Lennie the personality quirks of Curley: He "hates big guys" like Lennie, and he is always "scrappy"; that is, he is always looking for a fight. But, adds Candy, nothing will happen to Curley since he is the boss's son; he adds more gossip: Curley is "cockier'n ever since he got married." 

When George voices a personal opinion of Curley, Candy warms to the gossip, having "drawn a derogatory statement from George." He is, therefore, "reassured" and provides the newcomers with even more gossip, this time about Curley's wife. He continues informing the men about Curley and his wife, offering his opinion that Curley's wife is a "tart." Finally, he realizes he must leave and start putting out the washbins for the ranch hands who will soon return for lunch.

Explain, in words, the meaning of a type I and a type II error in this situation and write down, in a few sentences, the consequences for the...

An administrator at a hospital claims that an average of 185 beds are occupied each day. A board member believes that the number is inflated and gets data for 16 days. The null hypothesis is the mu=185 and the alternative hypothesis is mu!=185.

(1) A Type II error occurs when a false null hypothesis is accepted. In this situation, if the average number of beds is not 185 ( and from the data given it appears to be less than 185) but the test does not reject the null hypothesis this would be a Type II error.

If you believed that you needed, on average, 185 beds when you actually needed fewer you might incur additional costs (including staffing for nurses, custodial work, etc...) You might also approve an additional wing which would prove unnecessary.

(2) A Type I error occurs when a true null hypothesis is rejected. In this case, if the average really was 185 but the data indicated that you should reject the null hypothesis a Type I error would occur. (If the board member "cherry picked" the data for unusually slow days this could easily occur -- more difficult to happen by chance. The probability that this happens by chance is restricted by the significance level of the test.)

If you reject the claim that you need 185 beds, when you actually do, you might find yourself understaffed or unable to accommodate your patients.

What conclusions can you draw about Scout's feelings towards reading and writing?

At the beginning of the novel, Scout is told by her teacher, Miss Caroline, that she cannot read at home with Atticus and that she needs to stop writing. Scout is extremely upset that she cannot read with her father and tells Atticus that she's not going to school anymore. Atticus makes a "compromise" with his daughter that he will continue to read to her at night, as long as she continues to attend school. While Miss Caroline reads the children a story in class, Scout mentions that the rest of her classmates do not share an interest in imaginative literature. Scout is the only student who knows how to read fluently. Scout also mentions that Calpurnia taught her to write by copying verses out of the Bible. The reader can tell that Scout is very passionate about literature and writing based on her reaction to Miss Caroline's directives. Much like her father, who consistently reads the newspaper, Scout loves to read. She learned to read by sitting on Atticus' lap at night and reading whatever he happened to be reading. Her father is a lawyer who values education, and Scout shares the same feelings about reading and writing as her father.

Who is Leigh Botts in the book, Dear Mr. Henshaw?

Leigh Botts is the name of the main character in Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. He is self described as being extremely average. In the book, Leigh rights to his favorite author (Henshaw) for a school project. Upon getting a reply written more with irritated silliness than care, his mother makes him write back out of courtesy. After getting Leigh's response letter, Henshaw softens towards the boy and a pen-pal relationship develops between Leigh and Mr. Henshaw.

    Through this relationship, Leigh Botts is able to talk about issues that are affecting his life ranging from his parents' divorce to someone stealing his lunch. Later, Mr. Henshaw tells Leigh to begin writing a journal of his thoughts and feelings. When he begins journaling, he still writes as though he is writing to Mr. Henshaw, starting each entry with "Dear (Pretend) Mr.  Henshaw." Despite the fact that Henshaw is no longer his pen-pal, Leigh's writing develops and he eventually wins a writing competition for his school. His reward is to have lunch with his favorite author. 

How do liverworts, mosses and hornworts differ in appearance?

Yes. Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts look different from one another. Each type of plant has a unique set of physical characteristics, as explained below.

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  Liverworts have thorny leaves that do not have ribs. Liverworts can be either thallose or leafy. Thallose liverworts have large and rubbery leaves with flower-like capsules that contain spores for reproduction. Leafy liverworts have smaller leaves that are arranged on a small stem.


•  Mosses look velvety. The stems of mosses are minute and contain simple leaves. Acrocarp is a group of mosses that stand upright. Pleurocarp a mosses that creep.


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   Hornworts are made of thalli. Thalli are irregularly lobed and branching bodies.

Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts are examples of a group of plants called bryophytes. Bryophytes are small, flowerless green plants that lie low to the ground. Bryophytes lie low to the ground because they do not have a vascular system to carry nutrients high above the ground.

From J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, how does Holden show exaggeration?

Holden is a funny and interesting character. He's a teenage boy who sees most adults as phonies and doesn't seem to fit in with many kids his age. Almost everything that Holden observes is exaggerated because he suffers from social anxiety, depression, and possibly bipolar disorder--all of which weren't even terms back in the 1940s and 1950s. As with many people, not just teenagers, situations and events generally seem worse than they really are. Holden is no exception. Therefore, one can pretty much turn to any page in the book and find a hyperbole--or exaggeration. Below is one of the best examples:

"One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddam window" (13).

The above example is great not only because is it a hyperbole, but the image is hilarious. Just picture Holden's overactive imagination looking at the school windows and "phonies" are jumping through them!

Another exaggeration Holden uses is when he is talking about his brother D.B. having served in the war. He said D.B. probably hated the army more than he did the war; but then Holden says the following which is the exaggeration:

"I swear if there's ever another war, they better just take me out and stick me in front of a firing squad. . . I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will" (141).

Obviously no one is going to let Holden ride on top of a bomb, but he sure has a flare for the dramatic!

One last example of Holden exaggerating is when he describes his actions. He will tell about something he said or did and then follow up with a promise that it actually happened that way--as if he has to prove he isn't exaggerating.

"I got excited as hell thinking about it. I really did. . . But I really decided to go out West and all. All I wanted to do first was say good-by to old Phoebe. So all of a sudden, I ran like a madman across the street--I damn near got killed doing it, if you want to know the truth. . ." (199).

In the above passage Holden follows his pattern of getting excited about something and then spontaneously overreacting. Then, when he writes about it, he says he almost got killed running through the streets rather than simply saying he made it across the street.

What is the difference between to + verb and modal verb?

In English language, to + verb is used in an infinitival construction (a clause in which the verb is infinite). An infinite verb is a type of non-finite verb (there are two more types of non-finite verbs, namely Gerunds and Participles), which does not bear tense and phi-feature agreement morphology. In other words, unlike a finite verb, the verb in its infinite form does not agree with the subject of the sentence for phi features.

Let us take the example of the verb swim. In its finite form, the verb agrees with the number and person (phi) features of the subject in English. The –s morpheme that appears on the verb is a marker of number and person agreement with the subject. In other words, it appears on the verb only when the subject is 3rd Person, Singular.

They swim very fast.

She swims very fast.

English verbs only show agreement with number and person features of the nominal, but in some languages, the verb also agrees with gender of the nominal element.

Now let us look at the infinitival constructions, where the verb does not show any such agreement morphology.

They like to swim.

She likes to swim.

In these constructions, the verb (that comes with to) is an infinite verb (Note that the verb like is in its finite form in these sentences).

Modals or modal verbs, on the other hand, are like helping verbs or auxiliaries, which help define modality of the verb. In other words, they tell you about the ability, probability, etc. of the occurrence of the action expressed by the verb. In this way, they have some semantic content in them. Some modal verbs in English are would, should, might, will, etc.

Evaluate the integral

If f(x) and g(x) are differentiable functions, then

If we write f(x)=u and g'(x)=v, then

Using the above method of integration by parts,

again applying integration by parts,

adding constant to the solution,

Now evaluate the definite integral,

Why was the ending of "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton surprising?

The ending of "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton is surprising because we, the readers, are left to decide what happened. The story does not give us an answer, and we have no way of knowing whether our protagonist chooses the door leading to the lady or the door leading to the tiger. What we do know is that the princess loves our hero, but we also know that she despises the lady behind one of the doors. Does she love him more than she hates the lady? Will she be able to accept this lady as her love's new wife? As readers, most of us want a solid ending. We want to know whether our guy gets eaten or married, but we are not given that closure. Instead, we get to discuss the possibilities with our classmates and friends and decide for ourselves.

If Watson's portrait of Holmes is accurate, what is Holmes planning to do as the story ends?

At the end of "The Red-Headed League," Sherlock Holmes responds to Dr. Watson's enthusiastic praise and congratulations with these words:

“It saved me from ennui,” he answered, yawning. “Alas! I already feel it closing in upon me. My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.”

Watson senses that his friend is going to indulge in his destructive habit of using cocaine or morphine to ease his ennui. These drugs were not illegal in Victorian times and little was known about their dangers. Two great names in British literature are associated with drugs which have since been outlawed. These writers were William Taylor Coleridge and Thomas De Quincey. Coleridge, the great poet, essayist, and philosopher, became addicted to opium, as did the essayist and critic De Quincey, who wrote a book about his experiences with the powerful drug titled Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Coleridge's best-known work is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Holmes' passionate interest in violin concerts is probably another way in which the detective finds escape from the non-stop activity of his powerful mind.

Watson's quotation of Holmes shows how easily the great detective can become bored. In just one day Sherlock Holmes has captured one of England's most wanted criminals and saved an important bank 30,000 pounds worth of French gold. But once he has achieved this stunning victory, he quickly loses interest in it. He does not care about fame anymore. No doubt he will let the Scotland Yard man Peter Jones take credit for arresting John Clay and saving the £30,000 in gold.

When Holmes tells Watson that "these little problems" help him to escape from ennui, this is partially to explain why he took on such an apparently trivial case and why he takes on other such cases out of pure ennui. This desire of Holmes' to keep his mind occupied enabled his creator, Doyle, to invent many unusual plots and to have Holmes work for many people who might otherwise not have been able to pay him his usual high fees. Helen Stoner in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is just one example of a client who needs help but cannot afford to pay him.

Describe The Factors To Consider When Promoting Effective Communication

Communication is the exchange of ideas, information, and/or opinions between two or more parties. Effective communication allows for the concept being addressed to be completely understood by everyone involved and avoids hard feelings by any party. The following factors are suggestions that allow for effective communication:

- Consider cultural differences and adjust your communication as needed.

- Learn to listen. Good listening strategies include giving the other person time to formulate his/ her response, eliminating distractions, putting the other person at ease, being empathetic, and being patient.

- Avoiding personal prejudices. Keeping an open mind to new ideas or solutions.

- Use the techniques of clarification and reflection to confirm what the meaning of what the other party has stated. This will avoid assumptions.

- Be thoughtful of the tone used.

- Use humor in order to reduce stress and anxiety.

- Treat all parties equally.

- Resolve conflict constructively.

- Smile!

What dilemma do the central characters face in "The Gift of the Magi"?

The two characters in The Gift of the Magi are a young married couple, Della and Jim.  Both are faced with a dilemma.  They are both very poor yet desire to give each other special gifts for Christmas.  Della has only $1.87 to use to buy a gift for her husband.  The reader does not know how much money Jim has to spend on a gift, but it is implied that he also has very little.  Della has to make a difficult decision.  Should she keep her long, beautiful hair or sell it to buy a gift for Jim?  Finally, she decides to sell her hair for $20, which she uses to purchase a watch chain for her husband's special pocket watch.  The reader does not see Jim's decision making process, as we do with Della.  We do find out that he comes home having sold his pocket watch to buy a set of combs for Della's long hair.

Which character in "Petrified Man" suffers a disappointment and/or failure?

In Eudora Welty's "Petrified Man," two women, Leota, a hairdresser, and Mrs. Fletcher, her customer, gossip throughout most of the story. While at the start, Leota is sassy and brags about her new friend, Mrs. Pike, Mrs. Fletcher doesn't like her because she's telling people about her pregnancy. Leota will hear nothing bad said against her new friend and fellow beautician. She talks about how cute Mrs. Pike is and what sharp eyes she has. 

However, later, when Mrs. Pike realizes that the petrified man they saw at the freak show was wanted for rape by seeing an ad in Leota's magazine, she plans to collect her $500. reward. Leota is disappointed that it was her magazine and so she should've gotten the reward. She feels that Mrs. Pike took advantage by using Leota's magazine to find out about the wanted petrified man. The next time Mrs. Fletcher comes in, Leota isn't as complimentary of Mrs. Pike; in fact, her entire attitude has changed because she feels that it wasn't fair of Mrs. Pike to do that.

What are main ideas for the three branches of government in the constitution?

When the Constitution was written, many decisions had to be made. The people wanted a stronger government than the one created by the Articles of Confederation, but at the same time they didn’t want the government to be too strong. Thus, a system was developed to try to ensure the government wouldn’t be too strong. The writers of the Constitution developed a system of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent any part of the government from being too strong.

With the system of separation of powers, there are three branches of government. Each branch has a specific job to do, and that job is different than the jobs the other branches do. Therefore, no branch can do it all by itself. The legislative branch makes the laws. This is the job that Congress has. The executive branch carries out the laws. This is the responsibility of the President. The judicial branch interprets the laws. This branch figures out what the laws mean. This is the job of our court system.

The system of checks and balances was created to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. The legislative branch makes laws, but the President can veto those laws. The legislative branch, however, can override the veto with a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress. The courts can declare laws illegal. However, Congress can impeach the judges and the President.

With the system of separation of powers and checks and balances, the writers of the Constitution were able to create a stronger federal government than the one that existed under the Articles of Confederation while at the same time limiting that power.

On what page in Of Mice and Men does Lennie talk about giving his ketchup to George?

In my paperback edition of the novel published by Penguin Books, Lennie's offer of the hypothetical ketchup is found in the first chapter on page 14. Lennie says:

"I was only foolin', George. I don't want no ketchup. I wouldn't eat no ketchup if it was right here beside me. . . But I wouldn't eat none, George. I'd leave it all for you. You could cover your beans with it and I wouldn't touch none of it."

Poor Lennie doesn't understand that the issue isn't really ketchup. George can hardly be mad about that, since there isn't any ketchup for either of them. George is mad about what happened in Weed. Lennie's mentioning that he liked ketchup with his beans triggered an outburst from George which shows that George has all sorts of pent-up feelings about his partner. George likes him and feels responsible for him, but Lennie is a heavy burden for a man like George who has a hard enough time surviving as an itinerant agricultural worker in the Great Depression era. 

Lennie is softhearted, easily hurt, willing to do anything to please his friend and mentor, even willing to go away and leave him alone, if that's what he wants. George doesn't know exactly what he wants. He would like to be free, but he doesn't want to be alone. And he has a heavy sense of responsibility. Circumstances are impinging on this relationship. Lennie is causing George so much trouble with his impulsive behavior that George may have to break with him whether he wants to or not. The ketchup scene might be said to foreshadow the time when George resolves his problem by killing Lennie with a stolen handgun. 

George was really scared in Weed, when Lennie molested a girl on the main street of that little mountain town and they had a whole mob of men chasing them with the intention of lynching them both. They are now camping more than three hundred miles south of Weed. It looks as though they haven't stopped running ever since. All they have left is three cans of beans. George wanted to get as far away as possible before seeking another job. He hopes to leave the past behind, but he is afraid that Lennie will do something similar again regardless of how far they flee. He can't be watching him all the time. And, of course, his fears are justified. When Lennie is alone in the barn with Curley's wife he ends up killing her in what looks to everybody like an attempted rape. George could be considered an accessory, since he has assumed responsibility for this giant and has brought him to the scene of his crime and gotten him his job. 

George's tirade is useless. Lennie doesn't understand. He thinks it has something to do with ketchup and that George doesn't want him anymore because he is not satisfied with plain beans. Lennie has a short-term memory. George has to repeat the same things over and over, and he never can be sure that Lennie will remember anything he tells him.

The author uses this technique of recriminations, explanations and repetitions in order to provide exposition through dialogue. Steinbeck called it "a playable novel." He intended to adapt it as a stage play immediately, and he wrote it in such a way that the adaptation would be easy and there would be no need for expensive stage settings. Everything takes place in an campsite, a bunkhouse, and a barn. All he had to do was use the same dialogue and add a few stage directions. The play came out in New York in 1937, the same year the novel was published.

A scientist is looking for a solution that is neither acidic nor basic. Which pH would identify a solution as neither acidic nor basic?

A solution that is neither acidic nor basic is neutral and has a pH of 7. The pH scale, which ranges from 0 to 14, indicates how acidic or basic a substance is. A substance that has a pH below 7 is and acid and a substance with a pH above 7 is a base.

The hydrogen ion, H+, is responsible for an substance being acidic and the hydroxide ion, OH-, makes a substance basic. When the concentrations of these two ions are equal the substance is neutral. Pure distilled water is an example of a neutral solution. A very small amount of water ionizes, and in doing so it produces equal numbers of H+ and OH- ions. 

The pH scale is a logarithmic scale, meaning that it's based on powers of 10. The pH value of a substance is the negative logarithm of the H+ concentration. The product of the H+ and OH- concentrations of an aqueous solution is 10^(-14), so in a neutral solution both have a concentration of 10^(-7) and the pH is therefore  7. 

What are the external and internal conflicts about Freak in the book Freak the Mighty?

External conflicts refer to the obstacles, struggles and trials that exist outside of a character. Internal conflicts, on the other hand, have to do with a character's inner (conflicted) feelings, making difficult choices, or indecisiveness. For Kevin in Freak the Mighty, his biggest external conflict is his disabled body which limits his capacity to move and to grow normally; or, it can be termed man vs. nature. Freak's internal conflict centers around his hope to obtain a bionic (robotic) body one day in order to keep on living; or, this can be termed man vs. self. Max, Freak's best friend and daily horse, doesn't quite understand what his friend actually faces, which is death (nature again). After Kevin tells Max about his inner hope to receive a bionic body from the medical research center, he also explains his physical situation as follows:

"No one stays like they are. . . Everybody is always changing. My problem is, I'm growing on the inside but not the outside" (89).

This explanation in no way defines what is medically wrong with Kevin. However, his internal and external conflicts collide here because his brilliant mind could take him anywhere in the world, but his body won't let him. Internally, Kevin chooses internally to face life with hope, confidence and happiness even though his external conflict, which is his body (and/or nature), will eventually die.

What does Miss Maudie mean by "sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of---oh, of your father"? Why...

In Chapter 5, Miss Maudie is explaining to Scout why Boo Radley never leaves his home. Maudie tells Scout that Arthur was a friendly boy whose father was a "foot-washing Baptist." She goes on to explain that Mr. Radley believed that any type of pleasure was a sin and that he followed a strict interpretation of the Bible. Miss Maudie makes the comment, "but sometimes a Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of---oh, of your father" (Lee 60). Scout is offended and comments that Atticus never drank alcohol in his life. Scout is too young to understand Maudie's analogy and takes her statement literally. Maudie was trying to compare the way Mr. Radley misuses the Bible to harm his son and other members of the community to the way alcohol destroys families. Distorting religion and misusing the Bible can be very harmful. Mr. Radley perverts scripture by taking certain passages and applying them literally. Maudie uses the example that "foot-washers" believe that women are a sin by definition to explain their twisted interpretation.

Why is it hard to find a good man according to Flannery O'Cornnor' short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find?"

In Flannery O’Conner’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” the grandmother and Red Sam discuss why a good man is difficult to find. As the family eats dinner at Red Sam’s restaurant/rest stop he describes how he allowed three unknown men to charge their gas but he is unsure why he did it. Grandmother tells him that he did it because he is a “good man.” The grandmother brings up the escaped convict known as the “Misfit.” Sam’s wife expresses her thoughts about the convict showing up at their place of business. Sam tells her to stop talking about it and says, “A good man is hard to find.” He and grandmother talk about times gone by which they think were better times when you did not even have to lock the doors on your home. People could be trusted. The grandmother says she believes things deteriorated because Europe thinks that “we,” meaning Americans, are made of money.

As the reader finds out later in the story, it was the escaped convict that Sam allowed to charge gas as fate brings him together with the family. Therefore, in the end, was Sam really a “good man?”

Why does the cladistic approach to classification suggest that the class reptilian (reptiles) is not a phylogenetic classification? Explain.

The class reptilian is not a phylogentic classification because it is incomplete as a subgroup. Phylogenetic classification (in the cladistic approach of classification) refers to complete groupings of organisms that are identified as groups or subgroups and that derive from a common ancestor, shown by a shared genetic stem.  If a subgroup is incomplete, meaning it has lost, through divergence of genetic traits and characteristics, part of its subgroup, then that incomplete subgroup is classified in the cladistic approach as paraphylogentic (incomplete), as reptiles are, and not monophylogenetic as birds and mammals are.  It is because the subgroup of reptiles is incomplete, having lost birds as they diverged genetically away from reptiles, that reptiles are not a phylogenetic classification.

The cladistic approach is a classification approach to assign organisms to a group that share similar inherited characteristics from a common ancestor.  These groups of organisms are called clades.  The group mammals would be a clade.  The members of this group are warm-blooded, generally have fur, and give live birth to young.  The group aves (birds) is also a clade.  The members of this group are also warm-blooded, have feathers, and give birth to young by laying eggs.  Both these groups share inherited physical characteristic from one common ancestor. Reptiles are in the same cladistic grouping under the same phylogentic classification of Amniotica even though Reptiles are cold-blooded, have neither fur nor feathers, and give birth to their young by laying eggs.  They share enough inherited characteristics from a common ancestor to be included in the same phylogenetic ranking.  But the Reptile subgroup loses the extension subgroup of birds and so is excluded from being a complete phylogentic group as mammals and birds are in phylogentic classification according to the cladistic approach.

Who is the solitary child in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?

In A Christmas Carol, when Scrooge looks back at himself as a young child, the Ghost of the Past tells Scrooge, "The schoolroom is not quite deserted. A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still...." Scrooge struggles to even look at the image of the young boy (himself) from his past as he is surrounded by feelings of insecurity. This part of his past becomes the foundation that he uses to build the figurative and literal wall (of money) around himself, convincing himself that like the little boy, he does not need anyone. He is a lonely little boy, with no one to love him. In this trip to the past, he is reminded of the solitary child he once was.

What happens to make Watson even more suspicious of Barrymore? What does he see when he follows him?

I believe you are referring to a part of The Hound of the Baskervilles where Dr. Watson has been sent to keep an eye on Baskerville Hall, with regular reports sent by letter to his partner Mr. Holmes. Watson has already grown suspicious of Barrymore for two reasons: First, the fact that while Mr. Barrymore and his wife would not inherit any substantial money from the death of Mr. Henry Baskerville, they would inherit a little and serve as de facto owners of Baskerville Hall. The couple are already maid and butler of the house, rather high-ranking in the makeup of household staff at this time in England. With the house and its income at their disposal, they could live quite the cozy life! What's more, Mr. Barrymore has a beard, and Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes were followed by a man with a beard in London.

During his stay at Baskerville Hall, Dr. Watson has heard a woman crying in the middle of the night—Mrs. Barrymore. Could the death of her employer have been so upsetting to her? Dr. Watson also hears footsteps, and decides to investigate them. Upon hearing the footsteps pass his door, he creeps out and spies Mr. Barrymore walking quietly down the hall with a candle. He enters an empty room, where Watson sees him place the candle in the windowsill, wait expectantly for a few minutes, and then leave. The next day, Watson explores the same room and discovers it has an excellent view of and from the moor. He comes to believe that Mr. Barrymore is signalling someone, and indeed he is. It is later revealed that Mrs. Barrymore's brother is an escaped convict who is taking refuge in the moors, and every other night, Mr. Barrymore signals for them to meet so he can offer him some food.

Why is Scout surprised that her teacher hates Hitler? How is Miss Gates similar in this regard to the ladies in the missionary circle from Chapter...

The question refers to the "missionary circle" of ladies in Ch. 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, while the incident with Scout considering her teacher's hatred of Adolf Hitler comes in Ch. 26.  Both of these come after the celebrated trial of Tom Robinson and the guilty verdict handed down by the jury.

In the trial, Scout's father Atticus Finch presents a strong defense of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white girl.  Although the evidence all seems to point to Tom's innocence, the racial stereotypes and distrust are still so strong that the jury issues a guilty verdict.

In Ch. 24, the ladies' missionary circle gets together, and Scout is there to witness their discussion.  She sees them talk about being "good Christians" and talk about how they want to support missionary activities, and yet their actual speech betrays hatred and bigotry.  They tell Scout she is lucky to "live in a Christian home with Christian folks in a Christian town."  But then they refer to Tom Robinson as a "darky," and they cannot understand why the other blacks in town were "dissatisfied" and "grumbled" after the verdict.  The whole conversation lumps the black residents of Maycomb into one group and stereotypes them all.

Jumping ahead to Ch. 26, Scout learns from her teacher that Hitler's actions in Europe were evil.  Her confusion, though, is summed up in something she says at the end of the chapter: 

Well, coming out of the courthouse that night Miss Gates was -- she was goin' down the steps in front of us, you musta not seen her -- she was talking with Miss Stephanie Crawford.  I heard her say it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us.  Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home --

Scout is confused because she sees individual people as individuals, not as stereotyped members of racial groups.  And she does not understand Miss Gates hypocrisy, speaking one way about blacks after the trial, but then another way about Hitler.  Miss Gates' comment that "it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson" sounds very much like the stereotypes of the ladies in the missionary circle.

Explain how the Maple tree has adapted to its environment.

Maple trees have a number of adaptations to ensure their survival and operation. They have broad leaves to capture the maximum amount of sunlight for photosynthesis. However, they lose these leaves in the winter, thus cutting down on the water loss. Since there is less sunlight during the winter time, maple trees stay dormant and save energy. These trees have reproductive adaptations as well. The seeds of maple trees have wing-like structures, which allow them to be dropped further away from the parent tree and thus increases the chance of the seedlings escaping from predators and/or disease and competition from the parent plant. The roots of these plants are branched out, thus maximizing their water and nutrient uptake from the soil. Some varieties of maple are also shade resistant. That is, new plants can grow easily in the shade of other trees, ensuring better survival.

Hope this helps. 

How does Jody’s sense of responsibility help him to deal with the fawn’s interference with his family’s survival?

Jody begins feeding Flag with his own rations, willing to sacrifice and deal with some hunger in order to feed the helpless creature he has taken in. The first real incident where Jody has to make a decision about what to do with Flag comes when Flag has eaten most of the seedlings of their corn crop.

Jody knows that corn is the most important crop on the farm but to placate Ma Baxter (who wants to kill Flag at once) he works extremely hard to build a high fence around the corn crop and keep Flag out. He is demonstrating that he understands the responsibility he bears and willing to work to mitigate the damage.

But when Flag leaps the fence with ease and destroys another round of corn plantings, Ma Baxter has had enough and shoots the fawn. Unfortunately she only wounds the poor creature and Jody has to bear the responsibility of finding and killing his closest companion. This is when Jody begins to truly bear the responsibility of his love of nature and natural things versus the reality of providing for his family.

What are the physical and chemical properties of Mendelevium?

Physical properties refer to a trait or characteristic of a substance. Physical properties are measurable.

Three physical properties of Mendelevium are listed below.

1.      It has a melting point of 827 degrees Celsius (which is the same as 1521 degrees Fahrenheit or 1100 Kelvin)

2.      Mendelevium is a solid state at 20 degrees Celsius

3.      Mendelevium has an average atomic mass of 258 amu (atomic mass units).  

Chemical properties are properties or characteristics of a substance that are observed during a reaction in which the composition of the substance is changed.

Three chemical properties of Mendelevium are listed below.

1.      Mendelevium is radioactive.

2.      Mendelevium has a preferred III oxidation state. However, it has been shown to also have a II oxidation state.

3.      Mendelevium has an atomic number of 101. This means that Mendelevium has 101 protons in its nucleus.

Who is the narrator of the story? Use textual evidence to support the answer.

The narrator of the story is the one from whose perspective or point of view the story is told. A literary description of point of view usually also includes identifying from which person's perspective the author wrote the story. The story "Charles," is told from the first person point of view in the mother's voice. We know this because of the use of first person indicative words such as my and I.

The narrator of the story "Charles" is his mother. The story is told from this perspective. The reader experiences all the events of the story as seen or understood by the mother. The use of words such as "my son" when she refers to Laurie, are evidence of this. Further text evidence includes the following quotes:

"The day my son Laurie started kindergarten, he renounced corduroy overalls..."

"I asked again, but Laurie slid off his chair, took a cookie, and left..."

"My husband came to the door with me as I set out for the P.T.A. meeting."

Where was Maniac when he found Russell and Piper?

After Maniac Magee lost his dear friend, Grayson, he set off on his own again.  He went all around the surrounding area.  It was wintertime, and he needed to find shelter.  He wound up in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.  He came across the open-air museum at Valley Forge, where the "only buildings... were tiny log-and-mortar cabins, replicas of the army's shelters."  Feeling like a cold, weary, and defeated Revolutionary War soldier, Maniac wrapped himself in a blanket and settled in to one of the replica cabins.  In the middle of the night, he heard voices coming from outside his temporary home.  The voices were arguing and calling each other names.  Maniac did not know who the voices belonged to.  He soon got up to find out.  In the cabin next to his, Maniac found "two little boys" named Piper and Russell.  These boys, who were brothers, were running away from home.

In the "Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam" speech, which crimes by the French are most severe?

In declaring independence for the Vietnamese people, Ho Chi Minh presents a compelling case against the French occupation. He even uses France's own Declaration against them at the beginning of the speech. Ho lists a number of grievances in the speech that justify independence for his people. The idea that the French have forced opium and alcohol on the people of Vietnam is a major grievance and is severe because it has cultural and health implications. Another grievance that is severe enough to justify independence is France's lack of protection from the aggression of Japan during World War II:

In the autumn of 1940, when the Japanese Fascists violated Indochina’s territory to establish new bases in their fight against the Allies, the French imperialists went down on their bended knees and handed over our country to them.

The above statement from Ho is telling. If the French did not care enough about the land of Vietnam to commit its own troops in its defense, what rights do they have to Vietnam after the war? France essentially left the land to be defended by Ho Chi Minh and it is reasonable to believe that he should be the ruler of a free Vietnam now. Despite this reasonable assumption, the French violently suppressed uprisings after World War II.

What is the chemical formula for sucrose?

The chemical formula of a compound indicates the number and type of atoms present in the compound. 

The chemical formula for sucrose is .

The letters in the formula are the symbols for each element present in the compound. The symbol for each element can be found in the periodic table.

• C is the element symbol for carbon


• H is the element symbol for hydrogen


• O is the element symbol for oxygen

The subscripts in the formula indicate how many atoms of each element are present in the compound.

• There are 12 carbon (C) atoms, 22 hydrogen (H) atoms, and 11 oxygen (O) atoms.

The carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms are held together in the compound by covalent bonds. In a covalent bond, the electrons in the bond are shared between atoms.

Notice that sucrose has a very similar chemical formula to other sugar compounds such as glucose: .

In Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," why was the mariner narrating the story to the guest?

The mariner committed a sin against one of God's creatures by killing a friendly, harmless albatross, and the polar spirits punished him for it and required him to do penance during and after the voyage. At the end of his tale, the mariner explains in lines 581 - 585 that ever since he made it safely back to his own harbor, he has a spasm of agony "at an uncertain hour." Whenever that pain strikes him, he cannot rest until he has found the appointed person who needs to hear his story and relates the entire event to him. The man goes from place to place, and as soon as he sees the man who needs his story, he knows it. The mariner's speech is enchanted; the person hearing it is under a spell and is unable to leave until the whole story comes out. That is why the wedding guest missed the whole ceremony of his relative who was getting married. As much as he wanted to attend the wedding, the mariner's bewitching tale held him captive. After hearing the mariner's account, the wedding guest is finally able to go his way, and he heads home. The next day, and presumably thereafter, he was "a sadder and a wiser man." He evidently learned the lesson he needed to learn.

In "Ozymandias," what is referred as boundless and bare in line 13? Is it Ozymandias' kingdom or is it the destruction?

Here is the quote you are referring to: 

"Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

The "colossal wreck" refers to the fallen statue of Ozymandias, the once-great ruler of Egypt who commissioned an image of himself so that the mighty should look on his works and despair. The word "colossal" echoes the word "vast" from line 2, identifying the colossal wreck as the vast stone sculpture. The words "boundless and bare" do not modify the statue, nor do they modify the king's empire. If a comma was placed after "bare," the meaning would be ambiguous, and the words could modify either the "wreck," the preceding noun, or the "lone and level sands," the following phrase. Without the comma, however, the words must be read to modify the "sands." The poetic word order might lead to confusion. To clarify, put the words into the word order normally used in speech, like this: "The lone and level sands stretch far away, boundless and bare." This means that the only thing surrounding the fallen statue is a barren wasteland of desert. The word "bare" means that nothing stands on the sands--no city, no temple, no shrine, no gardens, no fountain--not a single stone testifies to the great kingdom over which Ozymandias once ruled with his "sneer of cold command." 

Is cancer an internal or external conflict? Why do you think so?

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, I'm sure that they experience both internal and external conflict. I'll explain why I feel that both types of conflict are present, as well as why I think there is more internal conflict for a person living with cancer.

For starters, there is a very literal conflict going on inside the body of someone with cancer. The person's immune system is battling a proliferation cancerous cells. Metaphorically, this internal attack can cause mixed feelings for the person who is afflicted. Cancer is unlike some other illnesses because there is no foreign antigen which causes the cancer. (Of course, certain substances can contribute to the development of cancer.) The cancer is essentially made of the same stuff as the rest of the body-- it is self attacking self. One must decide how to fight back against the unhealthy cells, and this is another layer of conflict. Should the person let nature run its course and hope that their immune system can overpower the cancerous tissue? Should they try for radiation therapy? Or chemotherapy? Treating cancer can be very hard on the body, and many people choose not to undergo treatment because of the side effects. Chemotherapy in particular is very effective at reducing cancerous tissue, but it works by poisoning the whole body. Many people feel torn over whether they would rather have and possibly die of cancer, or go through the physical and emotional discomfort of chemotherapy to be rid of cancer.

There is also a wealth of external conflict when someone is diagnosed with cancer. Physicians, family members, and friends may all have hopes or suggestions for the person diagnosed, but ultimately it is up to the person afflicted to make decisions about their treatment. Many people who have cancer feel isolated from the people around them because their body hurts in ways they cannot articulate, and the prospect of one's own death can cause them to lose hope. Some people feel they are a burden on those who help to care for them and wish that they did not require such assistance. Outside of the immediate social circle, cancer is still quite a scary term for most people. Others in society may not be sure how to interact with someone who has cancer or feel that the person is defined by their illness. Many people who have cancer struggle to assert their identities during and after treatment, wishing to be treated like themselves outside of the context of their illness. 

These are just some of the possible conflicts a person with cancer may find themselves experiencing. I think that the internal, mental conflict of cancer is greater than the external conflict because all external conflicts have an effect on the internal experience of the person. 

Evaluate the integral

To help you solve this, we consider the the integration by parts:

Let  and

based from for

In this integral, the "m" will be treated as constant since it is integrated with respect to "t".

 From , then

From , then  int dv = v

In , let  then  or

Substitute and

=

                         =    

based from  c is constant in

 Substitute , it becomes

  Then:

Plug into the integration by parts:

                           

                           

                            =

                          =  

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what effect does Atticus's tolerance towards Walter Cunningham have on Jem and Scout?

There are actually two Walter Cunninghams in To Kill a Mockingbird: the father and his son. Atticus shares experiences with both of them and shows patience, tolerance and respect each time. His example in front of his kids during these times teaches Jem and Scout how to handle difficult people in difficult situations without coming off looking or acting worse.

The first example Atticus sets for his children is in chapter three when Jem invites Walter Cunningham Jr. home for lunch. The young boy pours maple syrup all over his non-breakfast food which makes Scout go ballistic. Atticus is patient and shakes his head quietly at his daughter. Even though it is Calpurnia who lectures Scout on her impropriety, Atticus, as head of the household, shows good form by not reacting inappropriately.

There are two other situations that involve Walter Cunningham, Sr., however, that prove Atticus can be tolerant with others socially and professionally. The first situation is professional in nature because Mr. Cunningham owes Atticus money for some legal work. Atticus is tolerant because he allows Mr. Cunningham to pay in-kind; that is to say, he pays his debts with products and services rather than with money. The following passage lists the ways Mr. Cunningham was allowed to pay Atticus:

"One morning Jem and I found a load of stovewood in the back yard. Later, a sack of hickory nuts appeared on the back steps. WIth Christmas came a crate of smilax and holly. That spring when we found a croker sack full of turnip greens, Atticus said Mr. Cunningham had more than paid him" (20-21).

The second example of tolerance that Atticus shows towards Mr. Cunningham is on the night before the trial of Tom Robinson. While Atticus guards the jail that night, Mr. Cunningham and his kin come to lynch Tom. Scout helps calm the situation down by talking to Mr. Cunningham about how she and his son are friends and how his "entailments" are bad. Luckily, he backs down and convinces the others to leave, but Scout asks Atticus if he is still their friend after that. Atticus explains the following tolerant attitude to her as follows:

"Mr. Cunningham's basically a good man. . . he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us. . . Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know. . . you children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. That was enough" (157).

Jem and Scout learn from their father to be peaceful members of their community no matter what other people do or say. Atticus's example leads Jem to read to a mean old woman, Mrs. Dubose, for over a month; Scout stops beating up kids who call her father names; and eventually, both Scout and Jem learn to watch and listen first when faced with difficult people. Scout even turns the other cheek and starts making plans on how to be better friends with her Cunningham schoolmate:

"I remembered the distant disastrous occasion when I rushed to young Walter Cunningham's defense. Now I was glad I'd done it. 'Soon's school starts I'm gonna ask Walter home to dinner,' I planned, having forgotten my private resolve to beat him up the next time I saw him. . . Maybe he could spend the night with us sometime, okay, Jem?" (223).

Eventually, Scout and Jem go from being confused about the Cunninghams to actively wanting to be friends with them because of their father's good example of tolerance.

What does Vonnegut seem to say about individuality in "Harrison Bergeron"?

In "Harrison Bergeron," Vonnegut suggests that equality achieved by means of violence can be no true equality; moreover, without superior individuals in a society, there can be no advancements made in a culture.

Vonnegut's message about individuality is that it must be fostered because there are dangerous forces in a society that wishes to exert control upon all its citizens even with the best intentions. Certainly, the society of Vonnegut's narrative is forcibly mediocre so that no one is a threat to others or to the governing powers. This safe mediocrity is achieved with masks and other disfiguring devices placed on beautiful faces, as well as cruel handicaps that either weigh down the agile and athletically superior. Intelligent and creative thoughts are stifled through painful jolts of loud, discordant noises that scatter ideas. Furthermore, if these means are not effective, then those who would yet exert their individuality are imprisoned.

It is disturbing that Diana Moon Glampers bears a close resemblance to Hazel Bergeron, who is so perfectly "average" that she does not wear one single handicap. That she is the Handicapper General suggests that Glampers resents anyone who has more talent or intelligence than she; therefore, she makes certain that these people are controlled. Moreover, she is not opposed to exerting this control through violence. For, when Harrison breaks into the television station, the ultimate media of mind control, Glampers fires a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun twice, killing both Harrison and the beautiful ballerina.

Vonnegut leads the reader to wonder when people are all forcibly reduced to the mediocre level of Diana Moon Glampers, who will be a real leader, an inventor, an artist, a composer, or a scientist who finds a cure for a disease? 

I need helping writing an essay on Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

Tolstoy's short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is a cautionary tale focusing on greed and the cost of wasting time chasing more instead of enjoying what we have now.

There are several ways to address the work in an essay.  Most essays focusing on other written works are critical essays briefly summarizing the content and commenting on the piece.  To begin, you will need to determine a thesis.  The simplest thesis statement is a comment on the intention of the work.  The goal throughout the essay is to defend your position.

The opening of the work sets the scene for the entire story.  The Devil tempts Pakhom through the introduction of embellishments about available land.  The scene comments on unseen forces eager to woo unsuspecting or foolish people into believing wild tales of a better life somewhere else.

As the story progresses, Pakhom is overcome with envy as those around him are buying land.  He buys land and it seems as if he is to be content.  However, he becomes angry when his land is violated by his neighbors and files grievances against them.  Tolstoy may have been commenting on the lack of compassion by landowners.  Again, envy comes to play when a traveling peasant brings news of a wide open space where Pakhom could own much land.

Eventually, Pakhom made his way to an area controlled by the Bashkirs who promised him as much land as he could cover by walking in one day.  The deal sounded too good to be true, another commentary on foolish investments by Tolstoy.  Pakhom walks the land and realizes too late he will not return in time to seal the deal.  Rather than cut his losses, he exerts himself until he falls and dies at the finish line.  He is buried by his slave and Tolstoy closes out the story with the explanation that all the land Pakhom needed was six feet from head to toe.

Throughout the work, Tolstoy is giving clues and commentary on the reaction to envy, greed and failure.  As you go through the story, summarize a few paragraphs and comment on how Tolstoy used the plot to further his intention of commenting on greed.

I've included a rough sketch of how to set up your essay and how much of the page you should use to address each area.

Essay Plan
Page One:  1/3 Introduction (Include thesis statement); 1/3 Summarize Chapters 1 & 2; 1/3 Comment on how the plot moves (envy, greed, etc.)
Page Two: 2/3 Summarize Chapters 3 -5; 1/3 Comment on the plot
Page Three: 2/3 Summarize Chapters 6-8
1/3 Comment on the plot
Page Four: 1/3 Summarize Chapter 9; 1/3 Comment on plot; 1/3 Closing remarks (how relevant is the story? how did it make you feel? did you enjoy it?)

On the curve included: f(x)= 10 - 3x how do I find points a, b and c? Thanks

We are given the graph of the function and we are asked to find the points a,b, and c as indicated on the graph.

Note that a and b are the x-intercepts, while c is the y-intercept.

(1) c is the easiest to find: the y-intercept occurs when x=0. Then f(0)=10, so the point c is at (0,10).

(2) The x-intercepts can be found in a few different ways. Since the quadratic function has x-intercepts, then the roots or zeroes of the function are real (and the same as the x-intercepts.) So we can factor the function (if possible) or use completing the square or the quadratic formula to find the roots.

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Thus a=(-5,0), b=(2,0), and c=(0,10)

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The graph:

I have a container that has CO2 in it. The root-mean-square speed of the gas is equal to 329 m/s. I need to calculate: 1) the molar mass of the...

1) The molar mass of CO2  = 12.1 g/mol + 2(16.0 g/mol) = 44.1 g/mol

2) Knowing the molar mass allows you to use the rms velocity equation to calculate temperature:

Where R = 8.3145 (kg-m^2/sec^2)/K-mol,

and M = 44.1 g/mol = 0.0441 kg/mol

The equation  shows the dependence of of rms velocity on pressure: The rms velocity is proportional to the square root of pressure or pressure is proportional to the square of the rms velocity when other factors in the equation remain constant. 

This equation is derived from  by:

1. susbstituting (mass/molar mass) for n in the ideal gas equation, and

2. substituting density for mass/volume:

PV=nRT

P=nRT/V

P=mRT/MV

P=dRT/M

P/d=RT/M

What dialogue takes place between Daisy and Gatsby in Nick's bungalow when they are alone in Great Gatsby?

Hoping to repeat the past, Jay Gatsby has Nick arrange a private meeting for him with Daisy at the bungalow. After Nick leaves the room, he hears "a sort of choking murmur and part of a laugh" that is followed by Daisy's voice that sounds artificial: "I certainly am awfully glad to see you again." To this there is again an awkward pause. Nick is not privy to their second attempt at a private conversation, so he only comments upon how Gatsby and Daisy appear afterwards.

Because Gatsby at first is so awkward, Nick feels he must return to the living room where Gatsby stands against the mantelpiece, with his hands thrust into his pockets. Daisy sits gracefully on the edge of a chair, albeit with a frightened look. That Gatsby is haunted by time is symbolized by the "defunct clock" which falls from the mantelpiece. Daisy breaks the silence saying, "We haven't met for many years," and Gatsby automatically states, "Five years next November," surprising both Daisy and Nick.

After they all have tea, Nick again leaves the room, and Gatsby runs after him, saying "This is a terrible mistake." Nick scolds him, "You're acting like a little boy....Daisy's sitting in there all alone." Nick then walks outside to wait. After he returns, Daisy has been crying and Gatsby "literally glowed." With exaggerated sentimentality, he shakes hands with Nick as though he has not seen him for a long time. Then he says,

"I want you and Daisy to come over to my house....I'd like to show her around."

Apparently,while they have been alone in Nick's bungalow, Gatsby has declared his undying love for Daisy, and Daisy has been moved by this sentiment as she has been crying. When Jay says, "What do you think of that? It's stopped raining" like "an ecstatic patron of recurrent light," Daisy tells him she is glad. Nick narrates that "her throat [that was] full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy." Gatsby's first actions to reclaim the past seem successful. 

How does Pahom get the money to buy his first forty acres of land?

In the story, Pahom can only come up with half the purchase price for the forty acres. So, he strikes a deal with the seller, and she agrees to accept half of the payment for the land, with the remainder to be paid within two years.

In order to come up with half the purchase price, Pahom and his wife hire out one of their sons for labor, and they take his wages in advance to put towards the land. Pahom also sells half of his bees and a colt. After also accounting for a hundred roubles they have laid aside for the down-payment, Pahom borrows the remainder from his brother-in-law. 

To his great joy, the harvest from the land is so plentiful that Pahom eventually manages to pay off his debts to the seller and to his brother-in-law within a year.

What does Romeo say that foreshadows his and Juliet’s fates?

The prologue and first act of Romeo and Juliet contain plenty of foreshadowing, but some of the most alarming examples come from Romeo and Juliet themselves. 

The first time Romeo acutely foreshadows his and Juliet's fates occurs in Act 1, Scene 4:

ROM:

…for my mind misgives

Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,

Shall bitterly begin his fearful date

With this night's revels and expire the term

Of a despised life, clos'd in my breast,

By some vile forfeit of untimely death. (I.iv.113-118)

In these lines, Romeo describes "some consequence" that will result in "some vile forfeit of untimely death." Of course, the audience is aware that these lines are foreshadowing Romeo's own death, as the prologue told the audience of the star-crossed lovers' fates. Romeo also touches on popular imagery that occurs throughout the play, such as night, light and the stars. 

Romeo isn't the only one who foreshadows their doom. Juliet also has an eery line when she first sees Romeo:

JUL:

Go ask his name.—If he be married,

My grave is like to be my wedding bed. (I.v.143-144)

This line could be written off as hyperbolic teenage girl speak, but the line comes across differently since the audience knows the play's end. Shakespeare seems to love foreshadowing Romeo and Juliet's demise, as there are plenty of delicious examples like this within the play. 

I need help composing a speech on the effect of political dynasties on Philippine politics. I've included a draft below with some of my ideas. Can...

Political dynasties have two components, the first having to do with elected offices and the second the power of appointment of relatives to non-elective positions. Thus another aspect of what you describe as political dynasties is "nepotism", the practice of appointing relatives to positions of political or corporate power.

Although it is possible that one family may produce many individuals who have both and aptitude and desire to engage in public service, in general, such dynastic systems lead to a far weaker talent pool than more open ones. Even worse, they can often lead to cronyism and oligarchy, with members of prominent families awarding valuable government contracts to relatives and no check on kleptocracy, or stealing from the public purse. Studies have shown that political dynasties typically lead to higher levels of both poverty and corruption than systems not dominated by dynasties.

Politics in the Philippines have been dominated by political dynasties, including those of the Ampatuan, Aquino, Roxas, Estrada, and Marcos families, since independence. Although the Constitution imposes term limits on individual politicians, it does not currently prohibit political dynasties.

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago introduced Senate Bill 2649 in 2011 to restrict the power of political dynasties and similar bills were placed before the House of Representatives in 2013. In your speech, you should cover ongoing legislative efforts to restrict the power of dynasties.

As you work on your speech, you should organize it into the following sections:

1. Central claim: whether you support or oppose the movement to limit the power of political dynasties

2. Definition of a political dynasty

3. Evidence that political dynasties have dominated the Philippines

4. General evidence concerning whether such dynasties have positive or negative effects

5. Specific examples of positive or negative effects.

6. Conclusion showing that the evidence supports your position.

How does Tom Buchanan speak? What is the tone of his typical manner of address?

Tom Buchanan speaks like a person who has never been opposed, like one who has always been listened to, and as though he believes himself to be better than everyone else.  Nick describes his voice as 

a gruff husky tenor [which] added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.  There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked-- [...].  "Now don't think my opinion on these matters is final," he seemed to say, "just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are" (7).

In addition to the arrogance conveyed by Tom's demeanor and bearing, his voice communicates a similar sense of his own importance.  His gruffness is overwhelmingly masculine and powerful, and his way of being constantly touchy and sort of irritated make him seem as though he doesn't like anyone, even the people whom he actually does like.  Tom is authoritative, brooking no opposition, even though he would never say that such opposition was unacceptable.  It's just that his tone implies the question: do you really want to disagree with me, you puny runt, with all my bravado and righteousness?

During dinner on the first night Nick goes to visit, Tom blurts out, "violently," that 

"Civilization's going to pieces [....].  [I]f we don't look out the white race will be -- will be utterly submerged [....].  It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things" (12-13).

His racism further conveys a sense of his cruelty and superiority.  And his tone, here, emphasizes his "fractiousness" again; he is peevish about a threat where none exists.  He is the threat, not those people who he believes to be a danger to the "Nordic" race (13).  

Did Shakespeare come up with the story of Romeo and Juliet?

It might surprise you to know that William Shakespeare was actually not the first author to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet. His play is heavily based on Arthur Brooke's poem, The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet. Even before that, the story was published in both French and Italian. There are some differences among the translations, but the major conflict, plot events, and character names remain quite unchanged. These earlier versions of the story, as well as other historical texts which mention them, relate that the legend is based on true events surrounding a couple who died in 1303.

There is no definitive evidence proving the existence of the real-life Romeo and Juliet, but nonetheless, the story had been a part of European literature for several centuries prior to Shakespeare's work.

A three-year-old girl is beaten to death by her father, who had previously served time for assault. The media sensationalize the crime, which in...

The most likely answer to this question is that this is an example of agenda setting on the part of the media.  It is possible that your instructor means for Option C to be the right answer, but “muckraking” is not usually used in such a negative way.

We can say that this is an example of agenda setting because we can assume that most people had not previously thought that assaults on children by ex-cons was a major problem.  They would not have thought this was a problem until the media played up this murder.  When the media did cover the murder extensively, it made people think about this issue more.  It put the issue on their agenda and they decided to push for a law. 

It is possible that Option C is the correct answer because some people use the term “muckraking” to refer to the press sensationalizing things that really do not deserve to be paid attention to.  Clearly, this was a case when the press dramatized something more than was warranted.  However, muckraking is more commonly used as a term for investigating and exposing wrongdoing by government officials or big businesses.  Therefore, Option C is probably not right.  The best answer, then, is to say that this is an example of agenda setting.

What provides energy in a plant cell?

Plant cells produce energy through the chemical processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Photosynthesis:

Plants contain specialized organelles in their cells called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll molecules. Chlorophyll molecules are able to absorb energy from sunlight. Plant cells use this absorbed energy to convert carbon dioxide and water to glucose and oxygen. The glucose produced in this reaction is then used during the chemical process of cellular respiration. 

light energy ->

Cellular Respiration:

Plants also contain specialized organelles in the their cells called mitochondria.

In the mitochondria, glucose and oxygen react to create carbon dioxide, water, and energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). When ATP molecules are broken down in the plant cell, they release energy for the plant to use.

(energy)

Therefore, the plant cell is able to convert light energy into chemical energy which it can then use to power its cellular processes.

Why does Jeanne decide that if she faces hostility, she will "have to allow it"?

Although Jeanne makes that comment in Chapter 16, when she says that she'll have to allow hostility because something about her deserves it, we'll find a more detailed explanation of that idea in Chapter 20: "A Double Impulse," when Jeanne reflects on the way in which her experiences have shaped her attitudes and her sense of self.

In that chapter, she describes the victims of internment (such as herself and her family) as somewhat at fault for allowing it to happen. She says that in order for the 110,000 people to allow themselves to be locked up in the camps, those people have to have some kind of "acquiescence," some small belief that they actually deserved to be locked away in the camps.

Consider how Jeanne's elders would tell each other "Shikata ga nai," or "It must be done"/"It can't be helped" when Jeanne's father was wrongly imprisoned and when the family was experiencing the chaos of being moved around. This idea of acquiescence, of interpreting injustice as unavoidable and allowing it to happen, has been bred into Jeanne. "I had inherited it," she tells us in Chapter 20.

So when people see Jeanne as someone foreign and strange, or someone not worth associating with, she doesn't fight back. For example, when she's rejected from participating in the Girl Scouts simply because she's Japanese, she simply accepts it. She simply allows that hostility to exist, although on the inside, she yearns for both invisibility and self-assertion (the "double impulse" mentioned in the chapter title).

In To Kill a Mockingbird describe Finch's Landing.

Finch’s Landing is the ancestral home of Atticus and the Finches.  It was once a plantation along the Alabama River about 20 miles from the town of Maycomb.  Aunt Alexandra still lives there with her husband, and Atticus, Scout, and Jem visit there at Christmas time.  The land around Finch’s landing was settled by Simon Finch, a fur trader who put down roots and built a farm with the help of slaves.  The plantation and long history of the family in the area indicate that the Finches are a respected, prominent family in the area.  Atticus and Jack Finch both leave Finch Landing to further their careers as a lawyer and a doctor respectively.   The fact that Atticus and Jack were able to pursue these fields shows that there is some wealth in the family afforded by the land in which their family settled and farmed. 

Finch Landing shows the importance of heritage, social class, and history in the South.

In The Way To Rainy Mountain, in what ways do the activities at Momaday's grandma's house connect to a vanishing way of life?

There is a very pertinent quotation from The Way to Rainy Mountain that has to do with these "activities" you speak of at Momaday's grandmother's house.  From this quotation, readers can certainly connect the Kiowa's "vanishing way of life" with prayer:

I see my grandmother in the several postures that were peculiar to her: standing at the wood stove on a winter morning . . . sitting at the south window, bent above her beadwork . . . going out upon a cane, very slowly as she did when the weight of age came upon her; praying. I remember her most often at prayer.

This quotation is extremely important because it connects Momaday's grandmother directly to the decline of the Kiowa tribe in relation to their worship of Tai-me, the Sun Dance god.  When Momaday's grandmother is "often at prayer," she is praying to Tai-me. 

Throughout the book, Momaday's grandmother was often present during significant events of the Kiowa tribe.  Most significantly, Momaday's grandmother actually participated and performed in the Sun Dance on one particular day that was an important part of their worship each year to Tai-me. 

According to Momaday's historical information, Momaday's grandmother was seven years of age when she went to the very last Kiowa Sun Dance which was in 1887 above Rainy Mountain Creek along the Washita River.  Then, when she was ten, Momaday's grandmother saw the Kiowa people disperse during a Sun Dance without being able to complete their religious rituals.  Momaday gives us the specific date this time:  July 20, 1890.  This was the day that the Fort Sill soldiers ended the Sun Dance for the entire Kiowa tribe. 

In conclusion, the most important activity that connects Momaday's grandmother with the vanishing Kiowa way of life is prayer.  As referenced in the quotation above, the author has a vivid memory of his grandmother at prayer.  Her prayers were often very long, anguished, and rambling.  They are full of her grief for the decline of the Kiowa tribe.

How would a decrease in the number of krill affect the number of crabeater seal?

Crabs eat krill.  Despite its name, crabeater seals don't eat crabs. Crabeater seals actually eat krill as well! Thus, the krill are prey to the crabs and crabeater seals. Likewise, the crabs and crabeater seals are predators to the krill.

When the size of a lower trophic level decreases in a biological community, the population size of all higher trophic levels usually decrease as well.

Therefore, if the number of individuals in the krill decreased, then the crab and crabeater seal populations would decrease because there would not be enough food for all of the individuals of their populations to eat.  However, if the population of an alternative food source of the crabs or seals increased, then the seal and crab populations may be sustained. Likewise, if the crabeater seal and crab populations learn how to eat an alternative food source, then the size of their populations may not be affected.

The opposite is also true. If the krill population increased, then more crabs and crabeater seals could be sustained. Thus, the population size of the crabs and crabeater seals would also increase.

Such predator-prey cycles are common in biology.

Find square root of 110.6 and 10080 without using a calculator.

Let N be the number you want to get the square root. Assume E1 as the initial estimate for .

So the next estimate E2 will be;

Similarly E3 will be;

For 110.6;

We know that and

So let us estimate E1 = 10 for ease of calculation.

If you need further accuracy you can estimate E3 as well.

For 10080;

We know that

So let us say E1 = 100.

Similarly;

So the answers are;

In Monster by Walter Dean Myers, what are some of the reasons why Steve Harmon is pronounced not guilty/innocent?

There are several reasons why Steve Harmon is found not guilty in the robbery and murder of Aguinaldo Nesbitt. Both Osvaldo Cruz and Richard "Bobo" Evans testify that Steve Harmon was supposed to be the lookout. However, they are both excepting plea bargains for their testimonies and are considered unreliable witnesses. Richard "Bobo" Evans testifies that he did not have a conversation with Steve about Steve's job in the robbery, and Steve did not receive a portion of the stolen money. Evans also says that Steve was supposed to give a signal when he left the drugstore, but did not. The only reliable witness, Lorelle Henry, testifies that Steve Harmon was not in the drugstore immediately before the robbery took place. Steve Harmon testifies that he was walking around the neighborhood looking for a good place to film for his next school project. Mr. Sawicki, Steve's teacher, takes the witness stand and comments on Steve's outstanding character, which distances him from the other individuals involved in the crime. When the jury takes into account Steve's upstanding character, coupled with Henry's testimony that he wasn't present in the drugstore before the robbery, they find Steve Harmon not guilty.

How does the poem "I heard a Fly buzz--when I died" connect to today?

This poem by Emily Dickinson was written around 1863, yet because it deals with the subject of death, it is still as meaningful today as when it was written. Interestingly, the narrator of the poem is describing her own death, and we could imagine a person dying nowadays having a similar experience. The poem describes the mourners, the will, and the Fly, each of which we can associate with modern-day deaths.

The mourners are described as having cried themselves out for the present. This created a stillness in the room "like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm." This compares the mourning to a thunderstorm that comes in waves. Between each downpour is a very silent and still respite. This often happens when a person is dying: One person may break down crying and soon everyone in the room is sobbing. Eventually, all the tears will dry up, and it will become very still--that's what stanzas one and two describe.

Stanza three talks about creating a Last Will and Testament, or a will, in which the person who is going to die specifies who will receive her worldly goods after she has passed away. People still do this today.

The "Fly" is more troublesome. Yes, we have flies today, and they could be in a room where someone is dying. The point, however, is the irony. When something is so overwhelming, so indescribable, talking about something as inconsequential as a fly seems sacrilegious, even disgusting. The poet may have had several things in mind. She may be pointing out the insignificance of our human existence in the face of eternity and the afterlife. She may be pointing out that when our human brains are faced with the immensity of life and death, they stall, and fall back on any piece of reality, no matter how unimportant. She may even be imagining a sound effect of the spirit leaving the body at the moment of death. Any of these interpretations and more are possible. A person who has experienced the death of a loved one can read this poem and connect with the experience in whatever way speaks to him or her. 

From the Ramayana, identify and explain at least two examples of how Rama follows his dharma.

In Ramayana, two examples of Lord Rama following Dharma would be when he willingly accepts his banishment to the forest as well as his commitment to retrieve Goddess Sita from the demon- king Ravana.

Dharma is an adherence to one's duty.  Dharma means to act in accordance to righteousness and order. Lord Rama is exiled because Kaikeyi and Manthara seek to consolidate their own power.  However, Lord Rama understands his dharma as a son is to respect his parents.  Even though what is done to him is far from dutiful, he understands his dharma.  Lord Rama follows his dharma as a son and does not hesitate in accepting his banishment to the forest for 14 years.  

Another way that Lord Rama follows his dharma is in finding Goddess Sita. Lord Rama realizes that the demon- king Ravana has abducted Sita Devi.  He understands that to get her back is going to come at intense cost. Yet, he does not hesitate in following his dharma as a husband and soulmate. Along with his brother, Lakshmana, Lord Rama sets out on foot to Lanka in order to retrieve her.  He accepts the dharma that there will have to be a confrontation with the mighty Ravana.  In doing so, he follows his dharma to its natural end.

Write the partial fraction decomposition of the rational expression. Check your result algebraically.

 

Multiply through by the LCD 

Equate coefficient of like terms. Then solve for A, B, and C.

Solve for B and C using the elimination method.

Multiply the first equation by 2. Then solve using the elimination method.

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20=4C

What are 20 events that happened during 1619-2016?

To answer this question, you may want to refer to a timeline.  I have provided a link for one below, but there are also many others available online.  You may want to look at each century and select four or five events in each.  I am providing an example of this below.

During the period of 1619-1699, the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts, the Ch'ing Dynasty was established in China, the Taj Mahal was built, and there were Civil Wars in England, Scotland, and Ireland.  During the 1700s, the First Great Awakening occurred in North America, the thirteen colonies declared independence from Britain, the Revolutionary War was fought and won by the Colonies, the United States established itself as a nation, and the Russo-Turkish War occurred.  In the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution began, the American Civil War was fought, the Crimean War was fought, and electric lights were invented.  During the 1900s, the Titanic sank, World War I and World War II were fought, the Spanish influenza pandemic killed millions of people around the world, and the world rapidly changed because of advancements in technology.  In the 21st century, the United States was attacked on September 11th, 2001, the U.S. began the War on Terror, and Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.  

There is just a sampling of what happened during those years, and this is an example of how to identify important historical events.  When selecting only twenty events, it will be up to you to decide what is most important to include.

In Night by Elie Wiesel, why was the dentist executed?

In Night, author Elie Wiesel is called to the dentist because he has a gold crown on one of his teeth. The Nazis would have gold crowns removed from their prisoners and then melt the gold down to help fund the war effort or to line their own pockets in some cases. Elie tells the dentist he is not feeling well, so the dentist, who Elie describes as a man who "... had a face like a death mask" (Wiesel 49), tells Elie to come back as soon as he is feeling better. 

Elie goes back and again tells the dentist he is feeling sick, so he is given one more reprieve. Soon after this, Elie discovers that the dentist has been arrested and put in prison for selling the gold teeth for his own profit. His sentence would be death by hanging. In other words, the dentist was executed for taking money from selling prisoners' teeth which the Nazis claimed as theirs.