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Big Data Introduction In approximately 2007, IBM (International Business Machines) researchers set out to create a computer system that could compete with humans on the popular television game show Jeopardy (Clive, 2010). Most search engines, like Bing or Google, generate a list of sources from a keywords search. The sources direct users to webpages that may or may not contain the information sought by the user. IBM researchers aimed to develop a question and answering system that could…

Ever since I was young, I have been exposed to graduate school labs. My father dedicated his life, passion, and determination to his emotional engineering research and students. I grew up watching my father formulate innovative hypotheses and implement them in real-life engineering systems; from these observations, I have grown my own passion and determination to achieve something similar in my future. I pursued my education in engineering in college, and although my grades in my initial years…

History In 1912 a woman named Juliette Gordon Low also known as “Daisy”, decided to gather 18 girls in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia, to teach them about new outdoor and education programs for young kids while she was abroad. With this movement, The Girl Scouts were born. The reason for starting Girl Scouts was Juliette Low wanted these girls to become prepared and be able to grow up with courage, confidence, and character. Juliette Gordon Low was 51 years old when she created Girl Scouts.…

In Best Selling Author Malcom Gladwell’s book, Outliers, Gladwell states, “Researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours” (Gladwell). Could this be true? Can 10,000 hours really be all that is necessary for success? Gladwell’s claim 10,000 hours is a “magic number” for success is only half true, success is based on more than practice alone, genetic predisposition plays a heavy role as well. Gladwell based his “10,000 Hour Rule” on a…

Covington (near Atlanta), Georgia. His family moved to Tampa, which is near Florida, when he was a little boy. Fred’s parents were teachers, who were very devoted to their work. Fred was raised in a very mature and hard-working family. He was very persistent, patient, and very devoted to his work. It happened so that he was the only deaf member in the family. He got a good oral education in his childhood and early teens. After graduating, Fred entered Tampa Technical Institute. He got a…

In 2011, “A federal civil-rights investigation into the Seattle Police Department found routine and widespread use of excessive force by officers”1. In addition, the Seattle Police Department also has problems of racial profiling. On July 9, 2014, 3 years after the investigation, Seattle Police Officer Cynthia Whitlach unlawfully arrested William Wingate after accusing him of assaulting her with a golf club. Officer Whitlach was fired nine months later for her unlawful arrest of Wingate. The…

* * * Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA) Kennesaw State University is one of the largest universities in Georgia with a massive 384-acre university with over 30,000 students, 13 academic colleges and over 100 degree programs. In 2013, the university merged with Southern Polytechnic University to form the university here today. Among its alumni is Ty Pennington…

One Step for Culinary, Two Steps for Womankind Cooking has been around for centuries, but in modern times equipment, preparation, and even the food being prepared has changed. As technology and culture make advancements, so does the culinary world. However, it is also the job of chefs to turn food and the food world upside down. Although there are many jobs in the culinary field, I want to be a chef, as they differ from other careers in terms of education, salary, and working hours. In the…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) is a non-profit association that studies the effect of human life on the ocean. With access to ships and the necessary technology, WHOI has the ability to measure many different ocean environments, ranging from coastal regions to deep sea CITATION WHO15 l 1033 (WHOI, 2015). Other good sources of information…

As nursing changes and evolves to keep up with changes in practice and technology. Nursing Informatics is a relatively new to the Advanced Practice Nursing field in comparison to a much older Certified Nurse Midwife specially. Both of these specialties have evolved over the last 30 years. Both are needed to help get the best possible outcomes for the populations they serve. The term specialist was coined at the turn of the twentieth century and was used to designate nurses who had completed…