How long does it take for codeine to get out of your system?

This is an interesting question. I'm allergic to codeine, so it would be good for me to know how long it stays in the body as well.

A definitive answer will depend on the amount of the dosage taken, but, according to Rutgers University Health Services, generally codeine stays in body tissue 1-2 days.

Codeine is a narcotic pain reliever and is often used in cough medications to ease coughing. It is a protected substance and can be obtained only through a doctor's prescription. It can be habit forming, so whether a person is allergic to it or not, it should be taken with care.

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What are the similarities between "The Importance of Being Earnest" and Wilde's life including every act of the play?

Whoah! This would be a thesis on its own, so I will give you the most important points. HOWEVER- The book that you might want to Google which will have way much more juicy stuff is Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde; Richard Ellman's Oscar Wilde, and his own Grandson, Merlin Holland's book "The Irish Peacock and the Scarlet Marquess: When Oscar Wilde went to trial" as well as H.Montgomery Hyde's "The Trials of Oscar Wilde".

Those books intrinsically analyze The Importance of Being Earnest to Wilde, as well as The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the Portrait of Mr. W.H.

Here are some pointers:

1. In the story, last names such as "Worthing",and  "Bracknell" refer to cities in which someone in Oscar's circle was, and whom he was representing in the story. In this case, Lady Bracknell was referring to Oscar's male lover's mother, Lady Queensberry, who was in Bracknell during the time Oscar wrote the story. The story was written in....Worthing! (Makes you wonder who Oscar really identified with- people say he was Algernon, but he always has said he is the passive, not the active character.

2. Speaking of passive and active, there is Algernon- the aristocrat who lived above his means, was heartless to his family, as deceitful as Earnest, but more brash about it- Again, Oscar has always claimed to be the passive of the ying yang,..so the general opinion for all true Wildeans is that Algernon, contrary to popular belief, is Lord Alfred Douglas personified (Lord Alfred suffered the same demons as Algernon, and he was also younger than Oscar- much so the way Lord Alfred and Oscar).

3. At the time this play was written, Oscar was terribly hard-up for money (Ellman, 69) and for this reason he used the help of Robert Ross, his eternal friend and even his own manservant to use the wits for the play. It is said that Robbie Ross created many  of the epigrams, and the manservant ended up being as funny as Oscar- hence, the character of Lane, ALgernon's own manservant- (the name "Lane" is the same as Oscar's publisher, John Lane, with whom he would always quarrel.

4. THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT: However, is the Bunburyism and deceit that both Algernon and Earnest exhibit in the play. They both have double lives, much like Lord Alfred and Oscar had double lives of respectability during the day, while visiting Little College Street #13 to indulge at Alfred Taylor's male prostitution site for rent boys.

Since Algernon's coinage "Bunburying" implies lying about where you are going, there is plenty of Wilde's real life there too. Like I said, the subject has been central topic for plenty books on the subject, so I strongly suggest you look at those books I recommended.

Enclosed are more Wilde websites.

What words does Edgar Allan Poe use to describe the guests at the party in "The Masque of the Red Death?"

Prince Prospero secluded himself alongwith a thousand friends of his from the aristocracy of his court. Poe describes his friends in the following manner:

"When his dominions were half depopulated, he (Prince Prospero) summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys."

The word "hale" means 'very healthy', and "light-hearted" means 'cheerful, not being worried about anything.'

Who is the real hero according to O. Henry - Ben Price or Ralph Spencer?In "A Retrieved Reformantion."

In this short story, the bounty hunter Ben Price is hot on the heels of Jimmy Valentine(alias Ralph Spencer), a small-time bank robber and specialist in safe-cracking. Since his release from prison, several "jobs" have been done with Jimmy's "signature" on them, namely his expertise and opening the vaults. But Jimmy can't be nabbed as there is no real proof against him.

As Jimmy plans his next hoist, he meets the banker's daughter and falls in love. He decides to "go straight" and open a local shoe store and lead a decent life. One day when he is visiting his future father-in-law at the bank, two little girls are playing and one locks up the other in the vault. As the vault is time-set and will not open until the next day, Jimmy recuperates his burglary tool box and opens the vault so the little girl will not suffocate.

This is just the incriminating evidence Ben Price has been waiting for, but instead of arresting Jimmy (who hands himself over to be taken in), he pretends he doesn't even recognize him.  Price realises that Jimmy is now reformed from his gangster ways and decides to give him a second chance.

In this light, both men are "heroes" since each has made a choice against self-interest: Jimmy Valentine, to save a little girl even if it meant going to prison again; and Ben Price, to give up a handsome bounty reward and to sacrifice his own reputation by giving Jimmy a fresh start. Of course, the stakes are higher for Valentine, but Price acts in everyone's best interest as well.

Note that O. Henry "did time" in jail too for bank fraud, and it was because of his prolonged confinement that he took up writing. Below are some notes on O. Henry's writing style and a biographical sketch of this intriguing personality.

Explain the quote from Life's Little Instruction Calendar, Vol XIV: "Don't try to out-trade a man who squats on his heels when he talks to you".

This is an interesting quote, and I can see how different people might have different interpretations. My own thought about this is that a man who is squatting on his heels has endless patience and is prepared to stay in that position for hours to out-last the person trying to do a deal with him.  I also see a kind of primitive aspect to a man squatting on his heels, someone who might not be well-versed in the kind of trading that goes on in the modern world, but someone whom the other cannot fool because the man is old and wise in the ways of trading.

Another thought I will share with you about interpreting quotations is that sometimes it is good to know something external to the quote.  For example, who said this?  Where?  When?  Sometimes, if we can situate a quote in history, we can find clues to its meaning.

I should point out that there is disagreement among people about whether or not it is "playing fair" to go outside a reading to interpret the words.  This is an issue that will probably never be resolved.  Should we just look at a group of words and based only on the words decide what they mean?  Or should we be allowed to go looking for clues about the author, the time, or the place in which the words were written?

How do I find any x and y intercepts of f(x) = 2x^2 - 4x + 5? I can't figure out the actual equation for each. If someone could do it in detail...

X and Y intercepts of a line or graph or curve means, where the line or curve or graph  cuts or intersects (or touches in extreme case) X axis or Y axis. The number of intercepting points may be one or more or there may not be any intersections(or intercepts) or touching.

If x and y are related  by an equation,y=f(x), then the x interecept is got by putting y=0  and solving for x value. And the y intercept is got by putting x=0 and  solving for y value.

Finding x intercept:

Put y=0 in y=2x^2-4x+5  and solve for x.

2x^2-4x+5=y. The same equation reversed for my convenience please.

2x^2-4x+5= 0,  as y needs to be put to 0

2(x^2-2x)+5=0, rearranged .

2[(x-1)^2 -1}+5=0, rearranged.

2(x-1)^2-2 =-5.

2(x-1)^2=-5+2 .

2(x-1)^2=-3

(x-1)^2=-3/2

x-1= + or - sqrt(-3/2)

x=1+sqrt(-3/2) or

x=1-sqrt(-3/2).

Both  x values are imaginary. So no real X intercepts.

So the given curve do not cut X axis , as the zeros of the expression, 2x^2-4x+5 are imaginary.

Finding Y intercetpt:

Put x=0

y=2*0^2-4*0+5

y=5.

The given curve cuts (or intercepts) axis at  y = 5.

Point to ponder for you:

Your answer (0,5) is the coordinates of the point, where 2x^2-4x+5 cuts Y axis. The Y cordintate alone 5 where the curve cuts the Y axis is the Y intercept. You are very very nearly correct.

Where is the equation?

f(x) = 2x^2-4x+5 is the equatuation, or

y=2x^2-4x+5 is the equation.

Here x is the variable and for  any value of x , you can find the corresponding value of 2x^2-4x+5 and that is the value of y or f(x).

Example : for x=1, 2x^2-4x+5=2*1^2-4*1+5=2-4+5=3.

So y=3, when x=1.

Hope this helps.

How does Doodle respond to the Scarlet Ibis and to its death?

    Doodle acts strangely--even for Doodle--but seems to almost immediately identify with the "red, dead bird" that falls from the bleeding tree in the James Hurst short story, "The Scarlet Ibis." When he first sees the bird high in the tree, Doodle grabs his throat with both hands. When he realizes it is dead, he wants to bury it but is warned not to touch it. So he drapes a string around the ibis's neck and drags it off to its final resting place. He sings "Shall We Gather at the River" and then buries it next to the petunia bed in the front yard. Twice he refuses his mother's offer of peach cobbler before heading off to Old Woman Swamp with his brother. But on this day, he is too tired to swim, and he

"did not speak and kept his head turned away, letting one hand trail limply in the water."

Perhaps he, too, can sense that his life is nearing its end.