According to Jefferson, in his First Inaugural Address, what is the sacred principle of American constitutional government?

Thomas Jefferson made his First Inaugural Address on March 4 1801 after being elected the third president of the United States. According to his speech, the sacred principle of the government was the notion of majority rule:

"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."

It is important to put this idea into its historical context. Jefferson's election as president came after one of the closest elections in American history, defined by smear campaigns and propaganda, between the Republicans and the Federalists. As a Republican, Jefferson advocated a government where people's individual liberties were protected. The Federalists, on the other hand, wanted the country to be governed by a strong federal government (hence the name, Federalist). Jefferson's speech, then, was an attempt to heal this political rift and unite the country under common principles, like that of majority rule where the rights of everybody mattered, regardless of political allegiance. This principle was so influential that it continues to feature in modern democracies today. 

What's the difference between mitosis and meiosis?

Mitosis is cell division of a diploid cell resulting in two identical diploid daughter cells. The chromosomes are replicated before mitosis begins during the S phase of interphase. This ensures a complete set of chromosomes will be distributed to each daughter cell at the end of cell division. 

The steps of mitosis are prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase, followed by cytoplasmic division--cytokinesis. At the end of this process, the resulting daughter cells will be smaller than the parent cell but genetically identical. 

Meiosis is known as a reduction division. It is a special type of cell division that occurs in the gonads-female ovaries or male testes. These are sex organs that produce haploid gametes known as sperm or eggs.

A germ cell in the gonads contains the diploid amount of chromosomes for that species. Replication of the chromosomes occurs before meiosis begins. There are two rounds of cell division--meiosis I and meiosis II. The same steps are followed as in mitosis-prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase for two rounds of cell division.

In prophase I, the chromosomes form homologous pairs in groups of four known as tetrads. Crossing over occurs between non-sister chromosomes. This is an exchange of genetic material and is like shuffling the genes resulting in great variation in the gametes that will form later.  The end result of meiosis is four haploid cells--four sperms in males or one egg and three polar bodies in females.

Meiotic cell division produces haploid gametes and when two gametes fuse together during fertilization, the resulting zygote will have the diploid amount of chromosomes once again.

Which has the highest frequency wave between microwaves, gamma waves, radio waves, and ultraviolet waves?

The electromagnetic spectrum illustrates the range of electromagnetic radiation. Light travels as a wave and different wavelengths represent different types of electromagnetic radiation. For example, the longest wavelength is the radio wave, followed by microwaves, infrared, then visible light. Visible light is used by producers like green plants to carry out photosynthesis.

As we progress through the spectrum, ultraviolet is next, followed by X-rays and then Gamma rays. Gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths.

To calculate the frequency of 

What is Washington Irving warning people about in "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

Irving almost certainly drew a lot of inspiration from the "Faust" storyline, which parallels "The Devil and Tom Walker" in many ways, including the moral lesson. Irving appears to have intended to simply retell the Faust story with more American elements woven into it. We might also contextualize the story in its historical place - Irving was struggling for inspiration to write a follow-up to his previous, successful collection of stories, and the collection in which "The Devil and Tom Walker" appeared was criticized for being too derivative and not representative of Irving's full creative power.

Like the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for material power, Tom's story is a fairly straightforward and simple one. Any reader may discern that Tom will come to regret his bargain in time and attempt to cheat his way out of it, or simply perceive that bargaining one's soul is a poor trade, but that immediate gratification is a powerful lure. Either way, Tom's story has little of the complexity that later versions of Faust portrayed, such as Faust being forgiven for his transgressions because of the purity of his intent. Tom, on the other hand, is simply a horrible person, and the story acts more as a fable; do not allow material wealth and power to blind you, because these things are fleeting and rarely bring both happiness and wholesome living. Likewise, in keeping with some of the Gothic themes of the story, Irving suggests that one take things at face value; a dark, evil-seeming place or person is almost certainly so.

What are 2 conflicts in "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

"The Devil and Tom Walker" contains both physical conflicts and ideological ones.

An example of a physical conflict is the one that, according to the most popular legend of the surrounding events, tells that Tom's wife was murdered by the Devil because she picked a fight with him in her efforts to win the treasure they were negotiating for. We are probably meant to interpret that Tom's wife was willful, but foolish, because anyone with any familiarity with the Devil and his history and powers should know that physically fighting him is pointless. The brutality of her death also serves as a visible indicator of the Devil's abilities, as well as the restraint which he shows in order to get what he wants.

An ideological conflict would include Tom's refusal to deal in the slave trade. One of the conditions of winning the treasure is that Tom must agree to several terms and conditions regarding its use, as laid out by the Devil. The Devil suggests that Tom enter the slaving business, but Tom finds this distasteful and refuses. This is almost certainly a social commentary relevant to the time at which the story was published, indicating that even a person as evil and corrupted as Tom still considered slavery to be unforgivable. 

What imagery of destruction does Ray Bradbury use in the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

"There Will Come Soft Rains" is Ray Bradbury's depiction of the aftermath of a nuclear attack and an automated house which survives despite the deaths of the humans who live there. Bradbury structures the first two-thirds of the story by the house's announcements of time. By eight-thirty the reader realizes that something is amiss as the prepared breakfast is not eaten and is "flushed" away. At ten o'clock we discover that the house is the only one left standing in the city. The description of the "city of rubble" is the first use of imagery evoking destruction, but is not the last.

Images of people who have been killed are blasted on the charcoaled outside wall, and the dog, who has survived the initial blast, succumbs to radioactivity as "its eyes turned to fire." In the last third of the story destruction reigns as the house catches on fire when a tree crashes through a window, spilling a flammable liquid on the hot stove.

Despite all its best efforts to avert calamity, the robotic house cannot quell the spreading conflagration. Windows break, flames race from room to room, the blaze destroys furnishings and, as the attic crashes into the kitchen, the house dies. Bradbury describes it like a "bared skeleton" as wires and the inner workings of the house are revealed by the intense heat. The house is finally portrayed as "heaped rubble and steam." 

What are the aims and objectives of a curriculum design process?

A curriculum design process is a method by which teachers and other instructional authorities consider the goals, needs, and materials for their student group for a particular class or course. During this process, they may also consider which content to teach throughout the course. The curriculum design process will vary for each course of study: the goals and objectives of every class are different. This process is an effective way to go about lesson planning in an intentional and purposeful way. It ensures all goals will be addressed, and also reduces the likelihood that students and instructors will fall short of objectives at the end of the course.

The goals of a curriculum design process are not limited to student goals. A good curriculum design process will also include goals for the institution, faculty, and staff. A note about the word "process"—the curriculum design process is not linear: curriculum planners do not go straight from goals to action. The fact that it is a process allows educational professionals to set a goal and continually assess whether it fits in as a part of the larger curriculum design.