Using an illustration, discuss the relationship between work, leisure, recreation and tourism.

Work, leisure, tourism, and recreation are all intrinsically linked with one another. Let’s start with simple definitions, and then we’ll give an illustration. Work is obviously one’s job or career: it is how one makes a living, and by definition it is not restful. Leisure is the opposite or absence of work: it is rest and relaxation. Recreation falls within the umbrella of leisure, and it includes the activities and events we do to enjoy our time. Tourism takes it one step further—it is traveling to a location for entertainment and leisure.
For example, I work at a company, but this past week I took vacation (leaving work for leisure). On vacation, I went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, a trip to another location known for being a travel destination (tourism). While there, I went to local businesses, went hiking, and rode rides (all forms of recreation). As you can see, they are all connected in various ways.

Work and tourism are relatively simple to define. Work is what you do because you have to (or you're supposed to), instead of because you want to. Tourism is the practice of traveling to other places for enjoyment.The difference between leisure and recreation is subtler. Leisure is the free time you have, recreation is what you do for fun during that free time. Leisure also includes rest, where recreation is inherently active.How are all these concepts connected? Tourism is a form of recreation which occurs during leisure; but it also requires someone else to do a great deal of work. When you travel to visit another country, there are people working to provide the transportation, people working to serve you food, and people working to maintain your lodgings---not to mention anyone who worked to produce souvenirs or whatever sights you've come to see.This becomes important when we realize that, with rare exceptions, one person's recreation almost always requires another person's work. For me to vacation in Paris, someone else has to fly the plane, maintain the hotel, drive the taxi. I repay this by doing my own work, which benefits others and may help them have leisure. Work is effectively the price we pay for leisure.
http://www.csun.edu/~vcrec004/ls251/resources/VealRecDefinitions.pdf

How would you write a research paper about Walmart's affect on local small businesses and treatment of its employees concerning wages, benefits, and the like?

When writing a research paper, it's important to find sources you can trust such as scholarly journals, news and news magazines, books, and respected encyclopedias. In the case of a study on Walmart, business newspapers and magazines, as well as books, are likely to be your best choices to build a works cited list and provide reputable citations.
Walmart has a bad reputation for the effect it has on local economies as well as the way it treats employees. Stories from small towns across the country have cropped up in recent years covering this topic. A Walmart store will open up in town, causing smaller, mom-and-pop shops to close, and then they themselves will pack up and leave town. The community is left without a grocery store or pharmacy, and the hundreds of people employed at the store are left without jobs. Since Walmart pays its employees an estimated $3 less per hour than other stores, the new jobs that it brings to a community are not worth the pain the stores create.
Walmart's corporate website paints a picture of a plan to increase wages, invest in education and training, and continue to promote from within. One way to approach a research paper on this topic might be to compare the way that Walmart advertises their policies versus what the news reports real employees think and feel.
https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/small-towns-devastated-after-wal-mart-stores-inc-decimates-mom-and-pop-shops-then-packs-up-and-leaves-they-ruined-our-lives

https://money.com/walmart-stores-closing-small-towns/

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2405-real-cost-walmart.html

What is a good thesis statement that demonstrates how Abigail is selfish and manipulative?

A thesis statement not only introduces the topic of an essay, but also makes a specific claim about the given topic, which is then supported by details and evidence throughout the remainder of the essay. A good thesis statement regarding Abigail Williams's manipulative and selfish nature would include a claim that one could argue, using specific evidence from the text. The following thesis statements could be supported by various scenes and quotes in the play.
1. Abigail Williams cleverly uses her "endless capacity for dissembling" in order to increase hysteria throughout the community, while simultaneously elevating her social status.
2. While Miller states that the witch trials developed from the oppressive social atmosphere of Salem, there is evidence that suggests the witch trials were a direct result of Abigail Williams's selfish personality and manipulative nature.

What were some of the influences in the creation of Apartheid?

In South Africa, a system of racial segregation named apartheid was established in 1948 by the National Party, an all-white gubernatorial body.  Apartheid created conditions where non-white South Africans, a majority of the population, were forced to live in separate areas, were required to use separate public facilities, and were forced to not interact with white South Africans.
As we consider some of the influences that led to the creation of the system, we must first realize that racial segregation and white supremacy were predominant within the country of South African long before the official apartheid policies were created.  Consider that in 1911, long before apartheid, the Land Act created territorial segregation where black Africans were required to live on reserves and were forbidden to partake in work as sharecroppers.  
Another major influence in the birth of apartheid was the economic downturn in South Africa following The Great Depression and World War II.  These economic woes created even more racial tension and disparities as black Africans were required to live along tribal lines to decrease their political power.  
https://www.history.com/topics/africa/apartheid

How does the main character struggle?

All of the characters in "Harrison Bergeron" struggle to a certain degree. The people in society who have anything special to brag of (beauty, brains, strength, etc.) are forced by the government, which is monitoring them at all times, to handicap themselves for the sake of equality. Harrison, the son of George and Hazel Bergeron, has it the worst: he is 14 years old, 7 feet tall, and extremely intelligent. He is also handsome and talented and has the strength of 20 lumberjacks.
It appears that Harrison is the most advanced specimen of the human race, and so he is forced to wear the most handicaps out of anyone. He constantly has noises shooting into his ears to confuse his brain and make him "stupid," he is chained and shackled to prevent him from using his strength, and he is confined to his room for fear that he will overthrow the government. Harrison is, in fact, its greatest fear. It can be argued that he struggles the most out of anyone, because he is the most repressed person in all of society; he has never been allowed to be himself. 
In the story, he attempts to escape his shackles to have his moment of glory when he can revel in all that he is. Finally, he escapes and makes his way to the concert hall where the television is broadcasting some ballerinas for people to watch. One of the dancers is so beautiful and graceful that she is also heavily handicapped. Together, they put on the most glorious show the people have ever seen, and Harrison attempts to overthrow the government. Harrison finishes by crowning himself emperor in the process, because he knows that he is the greatest person to have ever lived. Alas, he is killed by the government and everything goes back to the way it was, with his own parents forgetting the spectacle that they have just witnessed, the murder of their only son. 

Calculus of a Single Variable, Chapter 8, 8.5, Section 8.5, Problem 6

int 2/(9x^2-1)
To solve using partial fraction method, the denominator of the integrand should be factored.
2/(9x^2-1) = 2/((3x-1)(3x+1))
Then, express it as sum of fractions.
2/((3x-1)(3x+1))=A/(3x-1)+B/(3x+1)
To solve for the values of A and B, multiply both sides by the LCD of the fractions present.
(3x-1)(3x+1)*2/((3x-1)(3x+1))=(A/(3x-1)+B/(3x+1))*(3x-1)(3x+1)
2 = A(3x+1) + B(3x-1)
Then, assign values to x in which either (3x+1) or (3x-1) will become zero.
So plug-in x=1/3 to get the value of A.
2=A(3*1/3+1) +B(3*1/3-1)
2=A(1+1) + B(1-1)
2=A(2) + B(0)
2=2A
1=A
Also, plug-in x=-1/3 to get the value of B.
2=A(3*(-1/3)+1)+B(3*(-1/3)-1)
2=A(-1+1)+B(-1-1)
2=A(0) + B(-2)
2=-2B
-1=B
So the partial fraction decomposition of the integrand is
int 2/(9x^2-1)dx
= int (2/((3x-1)(3x+1))dx
= int (1/(3x-1)-1/(3x+1))dx
Then, express it as difference of two integrals.
= int 1/(3x-1)dx - int 1/(3x+1)dx
To evaluate each integral, apply substitution method.

u=3x-1 du=3dx 1/3du=dx w=3x+1 dw=3dx 1/3dw=dx

Expressing the two integrals in terms of u and w, it becomes:
=int 1/u * 1/3du - int 1/w*1/3dw
=1/3 int 1/u du - 1/3int 1/w dw
To take the integral of this, apply the formula int 1/x dx = ln|x|+C .
=1/3ln|u| - 1/3ln|w| + C
And, substitute back u=3x-1 and w=3x+1.
=1/3ln|3x-1| -1/3ln|3x+1|+C

Therefore, int 2/(9x^2-1)=1/3ln|3x-1| -1/3ln|3x+1|+C .

What does the seafarer say about salvation—that is, what message about salvation does the text give, and what techniques are used to achieve this?

"The Seafarer" is an elegy in the Anglo-Saxon tradition and focuses mainly on the theme of exile. Its protagonist, the seafarer himself, speaks of having been "fettered" by the cold of the sea when he had only ylfete song (the song of the wild swans) to lift his spirits, because he was kept away from the laughter of his companions and the buzz of the mead hall. Like all Anglo-Saxon exiles, the seafarer is lamenting that he has been forced to wander hwæles eþel—"the whale's abode," a kenning referring to the sea—and is therefore alone.
However, this extreme pain has caused the seafarer to yearn for his spirit to be able to journey beyond the earth and escape the pain which has been visited upon him by dryhten, the Lord.
Toward the end of the poem, the seafarer begins to speak of dryhtnes dreamas, the joys of the Lord, for which his spirit now yearns. Of salvation, he says that it is far more important to have joy among the heavenly host than on Earth, where the riches are transitory and will pass away. However, he does also state that it is to the benefit of the living to ensure they have a good reputation in life, so that their children will speak well of them afterwards, which will ensure them a good place among the angels. Perhaps the poem's most significant comment on salvation is this:

ne mæg þære sawle þe biþ synna fulgold to geoce for godes egsan
"Gold cannot be any help to a soul that is full of sin before the terror of God."

There is no value in hoarding gold while living, or burying gold with the dead, for these are not the means by which salvation will be achieved. Instead:

Dol biþ se þe him his dryhten ne ondrædeþ; cymeð him se deað unþinged.Eadig bið se þe eaþmod leofaþ; cymeð him seo ar of heofonum
"He who does not fear the Lord is foolish, because death will come to him unprepared. He who lives humbly will receive grace from the heavens."

I have included the Anglo-Saxon text specifically so that you can see the parallelism in the two phrases, which emphasizes the difference between these two states using the anaphora of "cymeð him."
In order to reach God, then, we must consider how we intend to reach him through our behavior on earth. We should consider this long before death comes to us, so that we may live blessedly with God. The seafarer's ponderings on God use various stock "gnomic," or wise, phrases to emphasize this fact toward the end of the poem.