Why should the speaker not have stopped in the woods in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost?

There are two reasons mentioned in the poem why the speaker should not be stopping.  First of all, there is no farmhouse nearby. 

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year. 

The speaker mentions that the horse must think it is strange for him to be stopping there while the woods fill up with snow when there is no farmhouse near.  You normally would not stop somewhere unless there is someone to see.  The horse would expect the speaker to go from farmhouse to farmhouse, not stop in the middle of the woods. 

The second reason can be either metaphorical or literal, and it is that he still has miles to go.  The speaker says he still has miles to go before he sleeps. 

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep. 

On a literal level, this means that he is far from home and he should not stop here because he needs to go home.  Stopping here is wasting time, even though it is nice, because he is miles away from home.  He should not stop here in the middle of nowhere.  It could even be dangerous to stop here long while it is snowing. 

On a figurative level, sleep is a metaphor for death.  It is not time to die yet.   The speaker still has a lot yet to do, and therefore it is not time to die yet.  The “miles to go before I sleep” can be interpreted as obligations the speaker has that have to be seen to before death, or just parts of life that the speaker has yet to experience.  In other words, the speaker is not ready to die.

What poetic devices does Johnson Agard use in "The Clown's Wife"?

Besides its imagery, the most obvious poetic devices in this poem are irony and paradox.  While the clown is the "king on the throne" (4) with a silly "red nose" (7) whose job it is to make his audience laugh, the wife assumes that same role when her husband gets home. The poem makes the statement that a person who works so hard at making others happy may have a more difficult time making himself happy. The paradox here is that making the lives of the general population better has a negative effect on the actual life of the individual performer. Perhaps this is true because the performer truly understands that he is only presenting a type of facade rather than reality.

The speaker, the wife, reveals the clown's melancholic personality when she notes that "I do me best to cheer him up, poor soul"(9).  She worries that he buries his emotions inside, the opposite tendencies of a clown.  The poet uses images to reveal the antics of a clown, but humorously uses them to describe not the clown himself, but the wife. In stanza four, she juggles, jokes and performs physical stunts to do, in effect, the same job her husband does during the day. Her understanding of his predicament lends to her characterization as a truly devoted wife.  The husband appreciates his wife's efforts in the last lines, 16 and 17, of the poem:  O life, ah life, what would I do without this clown of a wife?"

The reader understand the images portrayed by a typical street clown, but is more affected by the irony and paradox of the actual life of a clown.  All is not fun and games in real life; even a clown knows that.

Do I need a tourist card to visit the Dominican Republic?

If you are an American citizen, you can visit the Dominican Republic with either a passport and visa or a passport and tourist card. You must have (with your passport) either a visa or a tourist card. If you have a visa, you will not need a tourist card.

According to the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the United States:

1) Does an American citizen require a Visa to enter the Dominican Republic as a tourist?

No, American citizens do not require a visa to enter the Dominican Republic as tourists. You just need to purchase a tourist card (Fee US$10.00) online... or at your port of entry in the Dominican Republic.

2) Is a visa required for non US citizens to enter the Dominican Republic as a tourist?

Any person who can legally travel or reside in the United States, Canada and the European Union (including Great Britain) does not need a Visa to visit the Dominican Republic for tourist purposes and can enter the Dominican Republic with a Tourist Card and a valid passport.

According to the United States Department of State, under Entry, Exit, and Visa Requirements, "Visitors who do not obtain a Dominican visa must purchase a tourist card at the airport for 10 USD upon entry or online prior to travel." So, you will only need to purchase a tourist card (which allows you to stay up to 30 days) if you have not obtained a visa.

Please refer to the links below, which also includes phone numbers for the United States embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Please give a possible thesis statement that compares/contrasts Romeo and Creon as tragic heroes.

One possible thesis statement is that Romeo and Creon are both tragic heroes because they make flawed decisions that bring about their destruction; however, Romeo's decision is motivated by love, while Creon's is motivated by regard for the law over the family.

A tragic hero is an otherwise virtuous character who makes a choice that causes his or her ruin. Romeo is a loving man who is already married to Juliet when he and Mercutio stumble upon Tybalt, who is from Juliet's family (rivals of Romeo's family). Romeo at first refuses to fight Tybalt, but in the fight that ensues, Tybalt kills Mercutio. Romeo's mistake is to then be so angered by love for his friend Mercutio that he slays Tybalt. As a result, he is banished from Verona, leading to the misunderstandings that cause his and Juliet's deaths.

Creon in Antigone is also a virtuous leader who makes a wrong choice, as he refuses to allow Antigone to bury her brother, Polynices. He thinks that the law of the state, which brands Polynices as a traitor, is more important that Antigone's familial ties to Polynices. After this decision, Antigone feels like she must disobey Creon, and she is put to death, causing death and tragedy in her wake. Creon is a tragic hero like Romeo but is, unlike Romeo, motivated by the law of the state rather than thinking of the bonds of love and the family. 

Why has Eckels come to the Time Safari office? What does he plan to do?

It’s the year 2055. Eckels is a hunter. He’s come to the Time Safari office in order to be taken back to prehistoric times and to kill a dinosaur. He’s paying $10,000 for the opportunity to do so. At least, this is his plan. He joins a hunting party led by two guides, Travis and Lesperance; and they use a time machine to go back to the crucial moment. They’re going to kill a Tyrannosaurus rex that would have been killed by a falling tree anyway. But once faced with the tremendous beast, Eckels becomes terrified. He stumbles back to the time machine, not even realizing that he has stepped off the Path that everyone was warned to stay on. The Time Safari people had done their best to make sure that their actions would not impact the future in any way. Of course, once they return to 2055, they see that this is not the case. Eckels’ misstep has evidently set off a series of changes that now make contemporary life quite different than it was before.

What is the relationship between taxation and production?

The question asks about the relationship between taxation and production. This should be discussed at two levels. The first level is the analysis of short-run, microeconomic effects. At this level, microeconomic theory shows that increased taxation as the effect of raising prices, with the result of declines in production and amounts demanded. In general, this would lead to the macroeconomic effects of lower employment. The ultimate distribution of effects between producers and consumers will vary by market, and be determined by the relative elasticities of supply and demand for those markets.

The second level is more complicated, namely, the effects based on what the taxes are used for. That is, taxation does not occur for its own sake, but rather to finance governmental activity. Much of that activity is essential for production to occur, especially that activity which supports a legal system which allows commerce to occur efficiently. Few things impede efficient production like anarchy and fear. Additionally, commerce and production benefit from effective physical infrastructure and a well-developed educational system, all things which are frequently supported by governmental action. Quantifying the relationship between these activities, the amounts spent on them, and the benefits to production is difficult, however, and many times the decisions regarding allocation of tax revenues are driven by political motivations as much or more so than economic ones.

What do you think Fudge might do to Peter's new pet in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume?

In the book, Fudge is Peter's toddler brother. He's mischievous and often gets into trouble at home.

In Chapter 10, we discover Fudge has swallowed Peter's pet turtle, Dribble. Frantic with fear and worry, the boys' mother takes Fudge to the hospital. At the hospital, Fudge is given castor oil, milk of magnesia, and prune juice. The idea is to ensure Fudge will pass Peter's turtle out in his stools. In the meantime, Peter worries about Dribble; he's pretty angry Fudge once again managed to make life difficult for him.

In the end, Dribble is passed out in Fudge's stools; however, the turtle is dead, and Peter is upset about the whole affair. There is a silver lining to the whole mishap, however, when Peter gets a surprise from his parents. Because Peter has been a relatively good sport about the loss of his turtle, his parents buy him his own dog. Since Fudge is expected to try to appropriate (seize or take) Peter's new pet for his own, Peter's parents joke they chose a pet for Peter which can't be easily swallowed. That way, Peter won't have to worry about Fudge taking away his new pet.

So, yes, if given the opportunity, Fudge will likely take Peter's new pet for his own. Also, since he's only a baby, he will likely physically treat the dog less carefully. We already see evidence for this when Fudge first spies Peter's new pet. He immediately walks over to the dog and grabs its tail. Fortunately, Peter's father manages to free the dog from Fudge's grasp and tells the toddler in no uncertain terms that the dog belongs to Peter.