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In the essay, “Can We Love Our Battering Fathers?” Helen H. Gordon creates a sharp image of despair and pain in her family. By reflecting on her past with her family she paints a picture for the readers to imagine what she experienced. This is a reflective essay because as she chooses a Father’s Day card for her father she reflects on her past with him. The main cause of her despair is her father which is demonstrated through his attitude and treatment towards his family, especially her mother. She

Introduction With 3.2 billion internet users [1] and 6.4 billion internet connected devices by 2016 [2], unprecedented amount of data is being generated and process daily and increasing every year. The advent of web 2.0 has fueled the growth and creation of new and more complex types of data which creates a natural demand to analyze new data sources in order to gain knowledge. This new data volume and complexity of the data is being called Big Data, famously characterised by Volume, Variety and Velocity;

"This I Believe..." Paper Light I believe in being pragmatic and empathetic. Pragmatic, by definition, is to deal with things in sensible and realistic ways based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Originally in this paper, we were suppose to pick one trait that most defines us and how we live our life, in a way our guidance. But I can guarantee you that there is not one person who is only

Abstract: In Nowadays, there are two major of database management systems which are use to deal with data, the first one called Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) which is the traditional relational databases, it deals with structured data and have been popular since decades since 1970, while the second one called Not only Structure Query Language databases (NoSQL), they are dealing with semi-structured and unstructured data; the NoSQL types are gaining their popularity with the development

Traditions, heritage and culture are three of the most important aspects of Chinese culture. Passed down from mother to daughter, these traditions are expected to carry on for years to come. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, daughters Waverly, Lena, Rose and June thoughts about their culture are congested by Americanization while on their quests towards self-actualization. Each daughter struggles to find balance between Chinese heritage and American values through marriage and professional careers

Fate, the unpredictable and inescapable rope, which controls every aspect of our lives, has plagued mankind. The power of fate has broached out through a story called Romeo and Juliet. This story is originally written by William Shakespeare, who was a renowned playwright during 16th century. It is a story of two star-crossed lovers from two rival families in the city of Verona who seek their love. This story has been made into several movies and the first modern Shakespearean movie which is directed

The desert air was cool that night. Scattered shards of moonlight cut through the thick overcast, like spotlights sweeping the arid landscape. Luckily, I was posted with Raymond. He was far less chatty than the other group members. We were stationed on the eastern wing of my group’s watch zone, where we were responsible for disposing of any ‘foreign invaders’. That was our mission, kill all who try to cross the border. At least that's what my dad told me. The padded butt of my AK-12 assault rifle

With the new age of technology, solving violent crimes such as murder, physical abuse, and kidnapping have become much easier to solve thanks to forensic evidence. Forensic has solved thousands of crimes and cold cases, some notable cases are the Green River Killer, the cold case murder of Krystal Beslanowitch, and Leanne Tirenan to name a few. I took a personality quiz on 16peronalitys.com, and my results indicated that a forensic scientist would be perfect for my personality. I think job is cool

Dystopian Story The Outcome “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation”. This famous quotation from Martin Luther King JR is what people nowadays want to believe in, but our past endeavours have been about surviving the deathly storm set out by our superiors. I re-enter the world every morning to see the new city that never sleeps, there is always something happening somewhere, either it’s deafening gunfire’ or the cry of the poor and the

back, Simon smashes Kerewin’s guitar, which she values immensely. He leaves, unable to control his anger he vandalizes a series of buildings, and Joe, upon finding out, beats Simon brutally, nearly killing him. Reflexively, Simon stabs joe with a shard of glass (Hulme 309). The violence of the Simon, Joe, and Kerewin is cyclical, as each experiences it, they resort to it. It is also an expression of their Isolation, violence communicates their despair and anger, when there is no other