Can you tell me ten animals without backbone?

Quite logically, animals without a backbone or any bone structure to speak of are called invertebrates ('in-' meaning 'not'). A whole host of sea creatures, such as jellyfish and squid, are in this category. For economy of energy (and perhaps for camouflage), their tissues are often translucent or even transparent. If you are lucky enough to observe one in its natural element(water), you can see vital organs in action. At other times some of these creatures are phosphorescent, giving off pulsing light like some underwater UFO. Moreover, fragile and often vividly-coloured coral which makes up reefs, an important ocean biotope, is also classified as "animal" (and not "plant" as often supposed.)

Hard-shell beetles, ladybugs and other such insects have their skeleton (the shell itself) on the outside instead. The same goes for crabs, oysters, mollusks, sea urchins and other types of seafood. The sea turtle and his "cousin" the tortoise (land turtle) also have shells to protect their internal organs instead of backbones.

Remember,too, all those invisible critters - microscopic organisms - which are either plants or animals, the amoeba being the smallest animal of all - a single cell.

desmorpressin acetate 3mcg in two divided doses SQ BID available is desmorpression acetate 4 mcg/1ml. how much mcg/dose

If the desmorpressin acetate is to be given as 3 mcg in two divided doses SQ BID that sounds like each dose needs to be 1.5mcg to equal a daily dose of 3 mcg.  Therefore if it comes as 4 mcg/1ml you can see how much you will use the whole day by dividing the dose 3 by the availble 4 which is 0.75 than divide that by two doses and you get 0.375.  This would be incredibily hard to draw up so you might ask the pharmacy if it is available in another concentration or clarify the order with the Doctor.

What is the name of Rainie's dog that Old Dan gets in a fight with in Where the Red Fern Grows?

The Pritchards' dog's name is Old Blue. 

The blue tick hound is, like his owners, "mean and ugly...a big dog, tall and heavy...his chest...thick and solid".  Rainie Pritchard had bet Billy that Billy's two dogs could not catch the notorious "ghost coon", and just at the point where Old Dan and Little Ann tree the elusive raccoon, Old Blue comes upon the scene, having chewed through the rope with which Rubin and Rainie had tied him.  Old Blue is itching for a fight, growling and walking "stiff-legged around Old Dan, showing his teeth". 

Rubin and Rainie are roughing up Billy when Old Dan finally responds to the challenge from the blue tick hound.  The two dogs tear and slash at each other, and the weight of the bigger Pritchard dog pushes Old Dan over.  Seeing her companion getting the worst of the battle, Little Ann goes to his assistance, even though it is highly unusual for a female dog to fight.  She locks her jaws around Old Blue's throat, and Old Dan slashes at the aggressor's soft belly.  Rainie yells that Billy's dog is killing Old Blue, and Rubin takes Billy's axe to save the hound.  Before he can get to the dogs, however, Rubin trips and falls, impaling himself with the axe.

Billy manages to get his dogs off Old Blue, saving his life, but Rubin, with the axe embedded in his stomach, is mortally wounded.  He dies before help can arrive (Chapter 13).

What points would you bring out in a essay, with the prompt: "Individuals and groups respond to conflict in predictable and unexpected ways."

Predictable:

Teen age girls will sometimes lie to avoid getting into trouble, especially if trouble involves a whipping.Also predictable, it is easier to keep a lie going once it gains momentum than to confess that you've lied and deal with the consequences of your actions. This is especially true when you have lied in the first place to avoid taking responsibility for your actions, and have tried to avoid the consequences.

Perhaps the most predictable actions were when Abigail accused Elizabeth Proctor, and again when she accused Mary Warren. The first was simply to clear the way for her and John Proctor, and the second was simply self preservation. By discrediting Mary, she was also saving the reputation of herself and the other girls.

In the middle (predictable and unpredictable) is what happened with the townspeople. The part that is predictable is that the townspeople were mostly uneducated and superstitous. The devil was real to them and they could believe that the devil was at work because they had been indoctrinated to believe it. What was unpredictable with the townspeople was how quick they all were to confess, especially given that they were a people who took lying very seriously.

With the townspeople, the predictable elements were those where people acted in consistency with their character. Some people, the Putnamn's for instance, saw an opportunity to gain and they took it. They were basically unloving people from the start, so their actions were consistent with their personality. Similarily, the characters who refuse to confess in order to protect their honour are also predictable, at least from within the perspective of the culture they come from. They would consider themselves damned if they lied, so from their perspective, they were giving up their mortal lives to save their immortal ones, their souls.

Unpredictable elements are the ones where people said or did things that they didn't expect to turn into trouble. For instance, when Giles Corey mentioned his wife reading, he would never have thought that it would get her arrested. Similarily, when Proctor said that Elizabeth couldn't lie and she lied to protect him, neither of them knew that it would damn them both.

What was Atticus doing at the jail in chapter 15 of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird finds Atticus having a meeting with Heck Tate and other members of the community. They have come to the house to discuss the fact that Tom Robinson is being moved to the county jail. The men tell Atticus of their fears of there being some sort of violence at the jail. Atticus doesn't voice his concerns to Jem and Scout, but after church and dinner, Atticus takes the car and leaves. Jem is worried about his father, so he and Scout decide to go and see their father.

A long extension cord ran between the bars of a second-floor window and down the side of the building. In the light from its bare bulb, Atticus was sitting propped against the front door. He was sitting in one of his office chairs, and he was reading, oblivious of the nightbugs dancing over his head.

Atticus was there to prevent any fights from breaking out. He knew that Bob Ewell and his friends would come and start trouble, even try to kill Tom, so Atticus was there keeping watch. True to fashion, Bob does show up, but thanks to the innocence of Scout, nothing bad happens that night.

Speak about Holden's attitude to children. Don't you think that he was still a child? Was he trying to behave as an adult?

As a 16/17 year old boy, Holden was in that grey area where, although still young enough to be considered a "child" he really was having adult thoughts and experiences.  Such as the loss of his brother Allie which marked him with a sense of deep grief that he could not come to terms with in any way.  This fuels he belief that childhood must be the last frontier of innocence in life, and why he labels all adults phony.

His observations of adult behavior leads him to feel that he would rather remain a child, in conjunction with the fact that he longs for the past when his brother was alive.  He has a remarkable ability to understand human nature, and questions the meaning of life more than a normal 16/17 year old would or should.  This leads Holden to become trapped in his thoughts instead of living in the present moment.

Holden is plunged into a serious identity crisis after his brother's death, that is when his problems begin, Allie died three years ago in the novel, just when Holden started high school.  He has failed out of all the schools he attended because he is caught in a cycle of grief from which he cannot escape.

Sadly his commentary on childhood is distorted by his mistaken perception that it is a time of carefree fun.  Children have responsibilities, they go to school, and parents expect them to get good grades as they travel up the academic ladder right through high school and college.

Holden is not trying to behave like an adult, he is a confused, deeply troubled young man who needs psychiatric help to sort out his feelings of deep loss over his brother, to understand his purpose in life and to accept that life presents continuous challenges to each of us, death, loss, disappointment, no matter what it brings, each of us is required to cope and move past our loss, sadness, grief and embrace each day of life.

Tybalt is portrayed as a villain in the play, and yet his death is not a positive event. Why is Tybalt's death bad for Romeo and Juliet?

Although Tybalt is a villain, he is still a cousin of Juliet's, and after their marriage, he is then related to Romeo as well.  Besides being officially "family," there had recently been made a law in Verona that no one is to fight between the two families.  Anyone who is caught fighting will be punished by death.  The Prince announced that, and all of them knew the consequences.  When Romeo is banished, the two lovers cannot be together.  This is what begins the confusion.  They no longer can communicate and rely on others to get messages back and forth.  That is what causes both deaths to occur in the end.  Had Tybalt lived, Romeo never would have been banished, and they would have been able to announce their love/marriage to their families.